Dakota County  
Board of Commissioners  
Agenda  
Tuesday, October 21, 2025  
9:00 AM  
Boardroom, Administration Center,  
Hastings, MN  
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1.  
Call to Order and Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Audience  
2.  
3.  
Anyone wishing to address the County Board on an item not on the agenda, or an item on the  
consent agenda may notify the Clerk to the Board and instructions will be given to participate  
during the meeting. Comments can be sent to CountyAdmin@co.dakota.mn.us  
Verbal Comments are limited to five minutes.  
4.  
Agenda  
4.1 Approval of Agenda (Additions/Corrections/Deletions)  
CONSENT AGENDA  
County Administration - Approval of Minutes  
5.  
6.  
5.1  
Approval of Minutes of Meeting Held on October 7, 2025  
Items Recommended by Board Committee*  
6.1  
6.2  
Parks - Adoption Of Mississippi River Greenway Natural Resource Management  
Plan  
Facilities Management - Approval Of Unified Schematic Design And  
Authorization To Amend Professional Services Contract With ALLiiANCE For  
Empire Maintenance Facility Redevelopment Project  
6.3  
Human Resources - Authorization To Offer One Supplemental Group Short  
Term Disability Plan and Approval of Rate For 2026  
7.  
Central Operations  
7.1  
7.2  
Finance - Report On Invoices Paid In September 2025  
Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Fiber Optic Indefeasible  
Right To Use Agreement With City Of Lakeville  
7.3  
7.4  
Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Fiber Optic Indefeasible  
Right To Use Agreement With Inver Hills Community College  
Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Contract With AVI Systems,  
Inc. dba FORTÉ To Upgrade Boardroom AudioVisual Equipment  
8.  
Community Services  
8.1  
8.2  
8.3  
8.4  
8.5  
8.6  
8.7  
8.8  
8.9  
Social Services-Adult Services - Authorization To Execute Contracts For Adult  
Mental Health Services  
Social Services-Adult Services - Authorization To Execute Contracts For  
Conservator And Guardianship Services  
Social Services-Housing & Community Resources - Authorization To Execute  
Contracts For Housing Services  
Social Services-Housing & Community Resources - Authorization To Execute  
Contract For Volunteer Driver Transportation Services  
Community Corrections - Authorization To Execute Contracts For Community  
Corrections Services  
Community Corrections - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements  
For Sentence To Service Program  
Community Corrections - Authorization To Execute Contract Amendments For  
Community Corrections Services  
Community Corrections - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement  
With Intermediate School District 917 For Education Services  
Public Health - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With Ramsey  
County For Tuberculosis Services  
8.10 Public Health - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With  
Independent School District 196 And Independent School District 200 For  
Smoke-Free Mentoring Cohorts  
9.  
Physical Development  
9.1  
Physical Development Administration - Reaffirmation Of Base Levy And  
Approval Of 2026 Incremental Levy For Dakota County Community  
Development Agency  
9.2  
9.3  
Physical Development Administration - Approval Of Substantial Amendments To  
2021 Dakota County HOME Consortium Program  
Physical Development Administration - Authorization To Submit Funding  
Request To State Park Road Account Program For Paving Pine Bend Trail  
Between Fahey Avenue And Fischer Avenue  
9.4  
9.5  
Transportation - Approval Of Final Plats Recommended By Plat Commission  
Transportation - Scheduling Of Public Hearing To Receive Comments On  
Eligible Projects For County Transportation Sales And Use Tax Funds  
9.6  
9.7  
Transportation - Authorization To Execute Railroad Flaggers Contract Fourth  
Amendment On Railroad Bridge In Castle Rock Township, County Project 86-34  
Transportation - Authorization To Execute Cooperative Construction Agreement  
With Minnesota Department Of Transportation For Two Roundabouts On  
County State Aid Highway 86, County Projects 86-043 And 86-044  
9.8  
9.9  
Transportation - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With City  
Of Apple Valley For Intersection Safety Improvement Project At County State  
Aid Highway 31 (Pilot Knob Road) And Upper 147th Street In City Of Apple  
Valley, County Project 31-118  
Transportation - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With City  
Of Apple Valley And City Of Rosemount For County State Aid Highway 42  
(150th Street W) Mill And Overlay Project, County Project 42-173  
9.10 Transportation - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With City  
Of Apple Valley And City Of Lakeville For County State Aid Highway 23 (Cedar  
Ave) Mill And Overlay Project, County Project 23-088  
9.11 Environmental Resources - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement  
With Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization And City Of  
Lakeville For Construction Of Launch Park Wetland Restoration  
9.12 Parks - Authorization For Contract Amendment Four With  
Short-Elliot-Hendrickson, Inc. To Provide Additional Construction Administration  
And Observation For Veterans Memorial Greenway In Cities Of Inver Grove  
Heights And Eagan, County Project P00147  
9.13 Facilities Management - Authorization To Execute Contract With Quality  
Locksmith, Inc., For Door And Key Repair, Maintenance, And Installation  
Services  
10.  
Public Services and Revenue  
10.1 Elections - Authorization To Award Bid And Execute Contract For Electronic  
Voting System  
10.2 Elections - Authorization To Renew Contract For Printing And Mailing Of  
Election Ballots With SeaChange  
10.3 Elections - Authorization To Submit Grant Application To Minnesota Secretary  
Of State’s Office For Accessibility Grant  
10.4 Service and License Centers - Authorization To Amend Contract With  
ArcaSearch LLC For Vital Records Digitalization Scanning Project  
REGULAR AGENDA  
Central Operations  
11.  
12.  
11.1 Office Of Risk Management - Authorization To Renew Cyber Security Insurance  
With American International Group, Inc (AIG) Specialty Insurance Company  
Physical Development  
12.1 Environmental Resources - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement  
With Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization For Enhanced  
Street Sweeping Study  
13.  
Closed Executive Session  
13.1 Office Of The County Manager - Closed Executive Session: Discussion Of Legal  
Strategy In Caleb Duffy v. Dakota County et al.  
13.2 Office Of The County Manager - Closed Executive Session: Discussion of Legal  
Strategy in Josephine Adu-Gyane et al. v. Dakota County et al.  
14.  
Interagency Reports/Commissioner Updates  
Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC)  
Metropolitan Emergency Services Board  
Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA)  
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District Commission  
National Association of Counties (NACo)  
Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)  
Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Board  
Workforce Development Board  
Others  
15.  
16.  
County Manager's Report  
Information  
16.1 Information  
See Attachment for future Board meetings and other activities.  
17.  
Adjournment  
17.1 Adjournment  
* Designates items discussed in Board Committee(s)  
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