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10. 11. Commission Minutes-December 17, 2001 2394 Rush River Water Resource District William A. Hejl, Amenia North Cass Water Resource District Michael R. Buringrud, Gardner Personnel Overview Committee (Employee representatives) Dean Krabbenhoff David Carlson Carrie Smith CONTRACT APPROVAL, Quanbeck Planninq and Research MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve the following contract submitted by respective department head, subject to state's attorney approval, and authorize the chairman to sign: renewal of county planning agreement with Quanbeck Planning and Research. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. INFORMATION SERVICES, Purchase of on-line qovernment document delivery system County Coordinator Bonnie Johnson and Auditor Michael Montplaisir explained a product from GovDocs.com, which improves public access to documents and information through Cass County's website. Mrs. Johnson said a few other county department heads and staff, including the Information Services Director, had an opportunity to view a product demonstration and were impressed with its capabilities also. Keith Berndt, County Engineer, was present today and said he also viewed the system and believes it will be a valuable tool in keeping the public informed on road projects in his department. The cost of the automatic delivery of government documents would be $7,000 for a set-up fee and a $1,260 per month subscription fee. It is anticipated the service would become available in February. GovDocs also provides a website development and upgrading service, which will be reviewed in January. There would be an additional fee for upgrading the county website. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to approve the purchase of the online government document delivery system, effective December 17, 2001, with funds to be appropriated from the 2001 Information Services budget. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. SOCIAL SERVICES, Contract with Farqo Cass Public Health Birch Burdick, States Attorney, requested board approval of a contract provided to him by Cass County Social Services for renewal of in-home services to eligible recipients by Fargo Cass Public Health. Since this item was not received in the Commission Office for placement on today's agenda, Mr. Burdick called the Social Services Director and learned this contract was approved by the Social Services Board at their last meeting. Mr. Meyer asked if the compensation is the same as this year, and Mr. Burdick said he understands it is the same contract with a beginning date of January 1,2002.