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Commission Minutes--February 7,2005 2859 19. NACO CONFERENCE; MEETING UPDATES; COURT FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS; JAIL ARCHITECT; NIMS TRAINING, Committee reports Mrs. Sorum reminded commissioners they should register soon if they plan to attend the National Association of Counties annual conference to be held July 15-19, 2005, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Wagner reported the Orchard Glen/Forest River Bow Hunting Subcommittee held a public input meeting last week, and the committee will meet again to digest that information and make recommendations back to the board at a March meeting. Mr. Wagner also reported that Cass County was awarded grant funds in the amount of $46,750 from the State Court Facilities Improvement Committee, which will be used toward a $200,000 multi-year project for new carpet and pant in the courthouse areas utilized by the District Court Judges and staff, as well as the Clerk of Court office areas. Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator, met with Foss Associates and will bring back contract information on jail pod expansion at a future commission meeting. National Incident Management System (NIMS) training for county officials is tentatively set in Cass County for April 18, 2005, in the Commission Room, according to Mrs. Johnson. 20. CORRESPONDENCE, Received and filed MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to receive and file correspondence outlined by the secretary as follows: Motion carried. letter from Fargo Mayor Bruce Furness indicating their representative on the County Planning Commission, Linda Coates, is unable to attend monthly meetings for the next six months; and the Fargo City Commission is requesting the temporary assignment of City Commissioner Thomas Lane; request for comments to SRF Consulting Group, Inc. on the 1 ih Avenue North improvement project in Fargo; notice of Fargo Planning Commission public hearing to be held at 9:00 AM on February 9, 2005, in the Fargo City Commission Chambers on a zoning change from General Commercial to Downtown Mixed Use on Lots 1-12, Block 18 and Lots 1-6 and Lots 9-12, Block 17, Original Townsite Addition; letter from Richard Henne, Fargo, enclosing a recent newspaper article regarding the State's property tax situation and the exemption of farm re$idential dwellings. 21. ADJOURNMENT MOTION, passed On motion by Mr. Pawluk, seconded by Mr. Wagner and all in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 5:25 PM. ~ / \ ATTEST: APpfO'fD: ~<;t~~~h~~' i hael M ntplalslr - Auditor Cass County, North Dakota