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6042 Letter from Harwood resident re: procedures for handling rabid animals PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA ---~.1ii!!lT'.,!(IE.~'J..!A'!.!,(l._"'..R:~~ I I I I I Mr. Larson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting Ibe approved as written. Motion carried. i A letter was received from Mrs. Kathy LaFleur of Harwood regarding procedures for ihandling animals to be tested for rabies, as 'her son was bitten by an animal which was I erroneously disposed of before the proper rabies test could be performed. Mrs. Stanton jmoved and Mr. Larson seconded to receive and file the letter from Mrs. LaFleur, land request someone from the County Sheriff's Department and from the Valley Veterinary I Service to appear before the Board next week to discuss the matter. On roll call vote, ithe motion carried unanimously. I REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JULY 27, 1982 Chairman Wold called the meeting to order and upon roll call, all members were present. Co. requests . Mr. Harold E. Flint appeared at the Board's request to discuss means of gathering Mr. Harold Flint i information for the purpose of informing the residents of Cass County of the need for to assist with i an excess mill levy for a two year period to help meet the deficit in the County's advertising for i present operating budget. A special election on the excess mill levy will be held the special elec-i on the date of August 31, 1982, and the Commission asked Mr. Flint to proceed in much tion to promote i the same way as when the County hired him to promote the additional mill levy for the prop. excess i construction of the Courthouse Addition. Mr. Flint will appear before the Board again mill levy : next week with some prepared figures on the cost of advertising, Sheriff Dept. Sheriff Don Rudnick reported that the Sheriff's Department has not been receiving reported that reimbursement from the State of North Dakota for mileage' on serving papers for the they are not : Juvenile Court, and the revolving account for that purpose is almost $5,000.00 short. receiving reimbur! Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Larson.seconded that the Sheriff be authorized to transfer sement for milge.1 funds from the Sheriff's mileage line item in the County budget, not to exceed $5,000.00. on juvenile caseslon roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. I On motion by Mr. Larson and seconded by Mr. Eckert, the meeting was adjourned. ! I I , Chairman Wold called a special meeting to order at 9:15 A.M. with all five i Commissioners being present. I Bids recd. for County Insurance Special meeting to be held on July 29th to award insurance bid Bids were received and opened at 10:00 A.M. from the following for the purchase i of County insurance: I i Baker Jnsurance Company Dixon Insurance Company Warner & Company Dawson-Watson Insurance Agency, Inc. North Dakota Fire and Tornado Fund i Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Larson seconded to receive, file and refer the insurance ! bids to Mr. Robert Rust, Insurance Advisor, for his evaluation and recommendation; i and that a special meeting of the Board of Cass County Commissioners be held on I'Thursday, July 29, 1982, at 9:15 A.M. for the purpose of awarding the bid for the I purchase of insurance. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. SPECIAL MEETING OF CASS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JULY 29, 1982 Mr. Bob Rust presented a letter to the Commission reconwending that the bid for County insurance be awarded to the Dawson-Watson Insurance Agency, Inc. for the reasons stated in his letter. Bid for Co. i insurance awarded to Dawson-Watson I Ins. Agency i as recommended I In view of the above recommendation and the past experience with the County's by County's ! present insurance company, Mr. Hendrickson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to award the insurance adviso~ bid for County insurance to the Dawson-Watson Insurance Company at an annual premium 'I of $52,219.00, this being effective August,l, 1982. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. I Soc. Services Dept. req. permission to replace one employee who is resigning Mr. Hendrickson had to leave at this time to attend another meeting. Due to the Board of Commissioners recent freeze on hiring additional employees and rehiring of County employees when someone has resigned, Mr. Alvin Johnson appeared before the Board on behalf of Torn Jensen, County Social Services Director, to request permission to replace a filing clerk who is resigning. He stated that there is only one filing clerk on the staff and the workload is more than one person can handle so other staff members help with the work, but they could not absorb the entire amount of filing into their work schedules.