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Commission Minutes--January 2, 2001 2230 23. JAIL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, ReDort bv Jail Proiect Coordinator. Architect. and ----- Transition Team Leader Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator/Jail Project Coordinator, gave a PowerPoint presentation to update Commissioners on the jail project. .r- r-. Architect Rick Hoganson, Foss Associates, provided copies of interior building sketches of the new facility, and reported on the building progress thus far. He said pay requests from the contractors totaled $1.8 million at the end of December, which is about 11% of the total contracts awarded. The brick for the outside of the building will be purchased from Hebron Brick Supply Company of Fargo, and Mr. Hoganson said this will result in a cost savings of about $35,000 because they are a local company. Construction is about six weeks behind schedule due to excessive rainfall last summer and extreme cold temperatures in November and December, however, Mr. Hoganson expects that contractors will be back on track by mid-July. Walt Willis, Jail Administrator, reported on recruitment and training of the transition team member replacements. The transition team members will begin their duties in that capacity in mid-February. Concerning computer software, Mr. Willis said the County Information Services Department has completed some of the modifications to existing software, and the program is working favorably. In following the Transition Team Action Plan, Mr. Willis requested approval for temporary pay increases at this time. MOTION, passed Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to approve the following temporary promotions: Deputies Deb Assmus and Lyndon Worden, who will be acting as shift supervisors, be promoted from paygrade B32 to C43; Deputy Lori Lawson, who will be the acting programs director, be promoted from B32 to C41; Deputy Curt Malafa, who will replace Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson, be promoted from B22 to B32; Deputies Loretta Orvedahl, Laurie Ward, Ernie Schulz and Gene Lindemann be promoted from B21 to B22 to backfill the four promotions listed above. All staff members who are temporarily promoted in order to replace and backfill for the Jail Transition Team will return to their original positions and paygrade step once the transition process has been completed. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 24. JAIL FINANCIAL REVIEW, UDdate bv County Auditor The County Auditor updated Commissioners on collection of sales tax revenue for the jail construction project, which has averaged $526,000 per month to date. Over $7 million has been collected and expenditures totaled about $3 million, leaving a fund balance on December 31, 2000, of $4,536,128.97. If collections exceed the projections, Mr. Montplaisir said the county could end the sales tax earlier than anticipated. 25. RED RIVER AND WILD RICE RIVER GREENWAY PROJECT, Committee to be aDDointed Keith Berndt, County Engineer, addressed the board concerning his memorandum dated December 22, 2000, for the establishment of greenways along the Red River and Wild Rice River in Cass County. He said flood mitigation funding applications were submitted following