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Commission Minutes--September 7, 2004 2787 MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to adopt Ordinance #2004- 3, and related regulations for owners and operators of body art establishments, which includes tattoos and body piercing, for the protection of the health and welfare of the citizens of Cass County, as amended; and to have the State's Attorney publish this ordinance with all other county ordinances into a handbook for Cass County law enforcement officials. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 18. ORDINANCE DRAFT FOR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES, Subcommittee to be formed Mr. Burdick said State law governs overweight vehicles on State highways and he understands this is an issue on county highways also because of concerns about damaging the infrastructure due to trucks being overloaded. He has obtained a copy of an ordinance which exists in Richland County, and he understands they assigned a deputy sheriff specifically to enforce weight limits on trucks hauling over county roads. The Cass County Sheriff's Department has requested authorization in their 2005 budget to hire a deputy specifically to enforce weight limits on Cass County highways. Mr. Burdick said he will talk with all other entities involved and prepare a draft ordinance if the commission wishes to pursue it. Mr. Bennett said he is not sure he has enough information to know if an ordinance is justified. He believes there are a lot of things to consider first. Mr. Wagner said it may be helpful for commissioners to see the presentation again from the county engineer on the cost of overloaded trucks and what that does to the county infrastructure. He would be looking for a way to offset the cost of adding a deputy sheriff through potential fines for violations of the weight limits on county highways. Commissioners were in agreement that a subcommittee should prepare recommendations for the next meeting on a proposed overweight vehicle ordinance. Mrs. Sorum suggested the highway department portfolio commissioner, highway engineer and sheriff to meet with the state's attorney; and Mr. Wagner suggested including John Meyer as the sheriff's department portfolio commissioner. Mr. Bennett volunteered to assist the group. 19. GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Award presentation Kay Anderson, Cass County GIS Coordinator, attended an Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) conference in San Diego recently and accepted a Special Achievement Award which was presented to Cass County and the City of Fargo for collaboration in GIS projects. The conference was attended by more than 12,000 GIS professionals from around the world and Mrs. Anderson said she gained invaluable information on developing address management systems using GIS solutions. 20. SOCIAL SERVICES, Joint powers agreement for Enalish Lanauage Interpreter Trainina and Coordination Kathy Hogan, Social Services Director, presented a joint powers agreement for English language interpreter training and coordination, using $7,000 in federal funds as Cass County's share of this project. The City of Fargo has agreed to host and manage the program. She anticipates having an additional $3,000 available from this year's Refugee Interpreter grant.