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Two letters from North Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding special alert on bridges and posting bridge weight limits. Mr. Richards said the Road Department has a good sign inventory program, and he is comfortable saying all bridges are signed. He said the State takes pictures of signs when they inspect every two years. Mr. Hoy suggested that the Road Department take pictures when a sign is first installed, with the date and location documented for the County's future quick reference. Mr. Shannon said there is a deadline of November 1, 1990, for responding to the July 31 and August 1, 1990 correspondence from the North Dakota DOT on Cass County's bridge situation. Mr. Richards said he will review the correspondence and prepare a response. 7. BRIDGE DAMAGED BY PRIVATE PARTY A bridge on a township road on the west side of Section 29, Everest Township, was damaged by an overloaded farm truck owned by William Dittmer at approximately 8:30 a.m. August 1, 1990. Mr. Richards was disappointed with the Sheriff's accident report, which listed damage as $50.00. Mr. Richards said the damage is more like $50,000. Mr. Hoy advised Mr. Richards to contact the Sheriff's Department immediately to get the accident report corrected and amended. Commissioners were in agreement that he contact the Sheriff's Department as soon as possible. 8. DUMP SITE CLEAN UP The dump site clean -up in Barnes Township is scheduled for August 22nd at 8:00 a.m. The work will be done by Road Department crews. Mr. Shannon asked for before and -after pictures of the site. 9. FLOOD DISASTER DOCUMENTS Representatives from the State Division of Emergency Management will be meeting at the County Road Department on August 22, 1990, regarding documentation of the April, 1989, flood. Mr. Richards said his department has a standard form for documentin9 flood damages. He said his department immediately contacted all townships and other public agencies after the flood asking if they had any damages. The Road Department documented every site that had been damaged. They met with Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) and filled out Disaster Survey Reports for every spot they received requests for. Mr. Richards and Steve Grindberg then talked with State officials and with two guys from Denver OEP. Steve Grindberg signed all of the work sheets that had been prepared on damage sites in Cass County and the work sheets went back with the Denver team. He said copies were never sent back to the Cass County Road Department, and Mr. Richards did not know how all the damages were figured. He said townships were notified to keep their receipts. The Road Department then got a check for $59,000 which is supposed to be the Federal share, or 75 that was to be sent to various applicants. Mr. Richards said all of the funds that were available were distributed last December. He said the disaster amounts did not trail with other reports, and then the Denver office bypassed the County and went to the State Office and to county residents. Mr. Richards said the Road Department did complete the responsibilities they were supposed to do, and told the townships to do theirs. He said the only thing lacking is bills from some of the townships.