Two administrators to leave Le Sueur County

By: 
Jay Schneider, LifeEnterprise

Long-time Le Sueur County employee Darrell Pettis will be ending his more than 20+ year career with the county.

Pettis submitted his resignation Tuesday, Dec. 22 during the Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners Meeting. The board approved the resignation, which will take affect Jan. 22, 2021.
Pettis has been with the county for 21 years, starting as the county engineer from 1999 to 2009. From 2009 through 2017 he served as both the county engineer and administrator. From 2017 through the present he has been the county administrator.
Pettis did not reveal his future plans but did say it would be announced in the near future.

In other Le Sueur County Board business:
* The board accepted the resignation of Planning and Zoning Administrator Josh Mankowski, effective Dec. 31, 2020.
Mankowski held the position as P & Z Administrator for three years and also was a water planner for one and a half years.
The board will make a decision on his severence during the Dec. 29 meeting.

* Effective Jan. 2, 2021 a one percent cost of living and step increase was approved for eligible non-union employees. Effective July 1 they will receive a .5 percent cost of living increase.

* Salaries for the county attorney ($115,543.92), county sheriff ($128,129.45), and county recorder ($81,926.45) were approved.

* A final hearing date of Thursday, Feb. 4 at 9:30 a.m. was approved for county ditches 41 and 61.

* Le Sueur County was presented a Certificate of Excellence award in recognition of an Outstanding Experience in Workers’ Compensation by Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust.

* A pair of Conditional Use Permits (CUP) were approved.
A CUP was granted to Randy Kubes of Shakopee to transfer the development right of property in Derrynane Township.
A CUP was granted to Judy Long of Madison Lake to allow grading, excavating, and filling of material located in a bluff and to replace retaining walls in Kasota Township near Lake Washington.

* The next meeting of the Le Sueur Board of Commissioners was Tuesday, Dec. 29. They will also meet Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at 9 a.m. at the courthouse in Le Center.

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