

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners will get a New Ulm Company Resource and Innovation Center (NUBRIC) update from director Paul Wessel Tuesday, April 18.
The county board meets at 9 a.m. in the courthouse commissioner’s space.
Formerly identified as the New Ulm Financial Improvement Corporation, NUBRIC is a private, non-profit organization that promotes New Ulm and facilitates financial development by delivering sources to attract and stimulate small business expansion.
Wessel created a board of market leaders from New Ulm to advise on neighborhood development. Plans consist of applications to aid entrepreneurs (a individual who organizes and operates a small business or organizations, taking on monetary dangers to do so, combining capital, land and labor to manufacture goods and present solutions.
An inventor and entrepreneur, Wessel has constructed and sold a number of health-related device providers. He has received a lot of awards like the Distinguished Alumni Award from Concordia University.
Commissioners will also take into consideration:
• A initial quarter summary report for Sentence to Service and Neighborhood Function Crews projects and justice-involved individuals’ hours completed from Brown County Probation Director Evonn Westcott and STS Crew Leader Eric Bruns.
• Authorizing Westcott to sign a $125,500 Minnesota Dept. of Corrections Caseload/Workload Reduction Grant for fiscal year 2024-25. The Dept. of Corrections has offered the fund considering the fact that 1999 as a response to lack of 50% county salary reimbursement. Brown County utilizes the funds to supplant a single agent’s salary.
• Approving the acquire of two transportable radar speed sign trailers. The Brown County Sheriff’s Division bought two radar speed indicators final fall to be deployed at many county areas. 3 trailer selections will be regarded.
• Authorizing the county highway division to obtain a energy broom, an necessary piece for highway seal coating. The highway division got just a single state bid cost for the energy broom, $83,923 from RDO, minus a $13,500 trade-in allowance for a cost of $70,423.





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