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Commission Minutes--May 20, 2002 2447 In addition, Mr. Montplaisir is recommending that the chairman be authorized to sign an ,-- agreement whereby the North Dakota Association of Counties would provide 10 hours of technical support each week from June 1, 2002 through the end of December, 2002, to assist county staff in trouble-shooting and correcting some ongoing computer and network problems. -- 16. ,-- Mr. Schmaltz commented on the technology study being conducted by the NDACo, and his scope of services in Cass County government. He provided two graphs showing the number of different operating systems and the difference in speed of all the computers in the county system. He estimated that 38% of the current work station inventory should be replaced and another 38% could be upgraded with a new operating system. Mr. Schmaltz anticipates the NDACo's study will be completed in the next 2-3 weeks. MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to authorize the chairman to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the North Dakota Association of Counties to install the computers in the new jail facility, with the funding to come from the Jail Construction Fund. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to authorize the chairman to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the North Dakota Association of Counties to provide 10 hours of technical support weekly for the period of June 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 at a cost of $53 per hour, with the costs to come from the consulting line item in the Information Services budget. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE, Budaet adiustment for new hire trainina Jim Brent, Veterans Service Officer, introduced Mike Vandrovec as a new hire to replace Dan McCarthy, who terminated employment as of April 30, 2002. Mr. Brent is requesting a budget adjustment so Mr. Vandrovec could begin work as a county employee as early as tomorrow in order to be trained in his new job by Beth Fischer, who is retiring as of June 30, 2002. Mr. Brent would like to start another new hire, Lori Bailes, on May 28th for training purposes also. MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to approve the Veterans Service Office budget adjustment in the amount of approximately $5,500 for two newly hired employees to begin their employment for training purposes before the remaining employee, Beth Fischer, retires. Mike Vandrovec will begin county employment on May 21, 2002, and Lori Bailes will begin county employment on May 28, 2002. Funds for the budget adjustment shall come from the Veterans Service Office reserve funds. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 17. MOTOR POOL REPLACEMENT, Sale of two vehicles/replace with one other Mr. Montplaisir informed the board that one of the county's motor pool vehicles, a 1994 Dodge Spirit, was involved in an accident on county property on May 2nd. He would like authorization to dispose of that vehicle because the repairs would be too costly and to dispose of another 1994 Dodge Spirit with 95,000 miles on it.