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Commission Minutes—January 21, 2014 4252 REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JANUARY 21, 2014 (TUESDAY) 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Chairman Ken Pawluk called the meeting to order at 3:30 PM with members present as follows: Chad M. Peterson, Mary Scherling, and Ken Pawluk. Darrell Vanyo was present via conference call. Vern Bennett was absent. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Heather Worden led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. MINUTES APPROVED MOTION, passed Mr. Peterson moved and Mrs. Scherling seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written. Motion carried. 4. AGENDA, Order approved MOTION, passed Mrs. Scherling moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the order of the agenda with the addition of potential Hazard Mitigation Grant Program acquisitions, Flood Diversion land purchases, and State Water Commission reimbursement request for Fargo flood control projects to the regular agenda. Motion carried. 5. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED MOTION, passed Mr. Peterson moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to approve the consent agenda as follows: On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. a. Approve a special event permit for the West Fargo Speedway Steakhouse & Event Center to serve alcoholic beverages on May 17, 2014, during the hours of 5:00 PM to 11:30 PM for a wedding reception to be held at the Agricultural Building, Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, North Dakota. b. Receive monthly financial statement from the Auditor's Office for the month ended December 31, 2013. c. Approve a raffle and bingo permit for the Four Corners Wildlife Club to be held January 25, 2014, at the Embden Senior Citizen Center in Embden, North Dakota. d. Approve Social Services staff to participate in fundraising events from January 21, 2014, through February 14, 2014, to raise funds for Giving Hearts Day with contributions to be given to the Red River Children's Advocacy Center. e. Authorize the chairman to sign a letter to cities, townships and water resource boards regarding potential flood risk reduction projects and the availability of county sales tax funding assistance. f. Approve a request from Pam Ormand to extend the use of annual leave beyond January 15, 2014, to be used on the dates of January 24, February 26, 27, and 28, 2014, based on the exception allowed under Personnel Policy Section 6.00. g. Contract approval - Flood lot lease renewal for 2014;