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Commission Minutes-August 16, 2004 2777 MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Meyer seconded to establish an early voting precinct as allowed by North Dakota Century Code 16.1-07-15 for the 2004 General Election at the Cass County Courthouse, excluding any regularly scheduled County Commission meeting dates. Mrs. Sorum suggested moving the ballot scanners to another room in the courthouse on the last day of early voting, since it is a regular meeting date for the board. Mrs. Worden said voters can still vote by absentee balloting in the Auditor's Office on that day. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 14. COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE, First meetina in October chanaed Mrs. Sorum made a sug~estion to consider changing the first regular meeting date in October from October 4t to October 1,2004. All five commissioners plan to attend the North Dakota Association of Counties annual convention in Bismarck on October 3-6 at the Ramkota Inn. October 1st is also the last day for approving the annual county budget. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Meyer seconded to change the Cass County Commission's first regular meeting in October from Monday, October 4th, to Friday, October 1, 2004, due to commissioners attending the North Dakota Association of Counties annual conference in Bismarck on October 3-6. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 15. VOUCHERS, Approved MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve Voucher No. 189,902 through No. 190,239. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 16. COORDINATOR UPDATE; VECTOR FACILITY PLANNING; BUDGET MEETINGS; STATE'S ATTORNEY UPDATE; LAWSUITS PENDING, Committee reports Bonnie Johnson attended a recent open house at the Clay County Courthouse in Moorhead and viewed their procedure on transporting inmates to courtrooms without going through public corridors. The Vector Facility Planning Committee will meet at 2:00 PM Monday, August 23rd, in the Commission Room. Mrs. Johnson said Architect Terry Stroh will be present. Rather than continuing budget review into Friday this week, Commissioners suggested completing budget hearings and making some adjustments to the 2005 budget all on Thursday, August 19th, Budget meetings were tentatively scheduled for three days this week; however, the Wednesday meeting was changed to Thursday because Mr. Vanyo was unavailable on August 18th. A meeting to adopt the preliminary budget this Friday may be cancelled if commissioners reach a consensus to approve it Thursday. The preliminary budget must be summarized by the County Auditor and published in the official newspaper at least two weeks before the public hearing on the county budget, which is scheduled for September 20, 2004. Birch Burdick, State's Attorney, reported that he was in Columbia, South Carolina, last week to work as a faculty member at the National Advocacy Center.