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. Commission Minutes--May 1, 2000 2119 7. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Authorized to hire two Dart-time correctional officers MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to authorize the Sheriff's Department to recruit and hire two (2) temporary job part- time correctional officers as requested and outlined in a letter from Sheriff Don Rudnick dated April 18, 2000. The outdoor recreation position will be open from May 8-September 30, 2000, and the other temporary position will be open from June 1-August 31,2000. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 8. CONTRACT APPROVAL, North Dakota Department of TransDortation Traffic Safety: Rustad's Gravel & Dirt Products: Valley Gravel Inc. MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to approve the following contracts submitted by respective department head and portfolio commissioner, subject to state's attorney approval; and authorize the chairman to sign: On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. North Dakota Department of Transportation Traffic Safety for FY 2000; Rustad's Gravel & Dirt Products for gravel products; Valley Gravel Inc. for gravel products. 9. ROAD DEPARTMENT, Spring weight restrictions on county roads MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to approve discontinuing spring load restrictions for county highways on May 8, 2000, except for the following: Cass County 5 from Erie to County line (Class 1); Cass County 10 from Casselton to Cass 11 (Class 1); and Cass County 6 from Cass 17 to 1-29 (Modified Class 1). On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 10. JAIL UPDATE, Change order committee and change order form established Mrs. Johnson said printing of the jail blueprints will begin tomorrow and will be mailed to contractors next week. She said during the construction process ofthe Cass County Annex, the board of commissioners established a procedure regarding change orders. She recommends the county implement a similar process for the jail project by establishing a monetary threshold regarding change orders requiring commission action. The process will keep the project moving along. The change orders will come directly from Foss Associates. She suggests that a committee be formed to review all change order requests. MOTION, passed Mrs. Quick moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to establish a county committee consisting of Auditor Mike Montplaisir, County Engineer Keith Berndt, County Coordinator/Jail Project Coordinator Bonnie Johnson, Jail Administrator Walt Willis, and Commissioner John Meyer to review all change order requests from the architect and to allow change orders up to $5,000 to be negotiated and authorized by the committee on the board's behalf. A report of all change orders