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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA M"'C1HI '_I!'HTlH~ C!'.:.; ''''_~O9.~ "...2-. 22tlIl!5 ------- ----~. -- 1 I I Chairman Eckert called the meeting to order and upon roll call, all members were present.j I meeting , REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUGUST 9, 1983 Mr. Larson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that the minutes of the previous !be approved as written. Motion carried. 6105 Mrs. Stanton and Mr. Sondrall reported on meetings they attended last week, of the iState Highway Department regarding 1984 Federal Aid Programs., I : Mr. Larson moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to approve the request by the City of Horace IHorace Community ,.for a detour on County Roa~ 17 thrc;>ugh Hor<;tce on September 10,1983, for their Community Days'IDays--req. for :On roll call vote, the motlon carrled unanlmously. detour on C17 Mr. Jim Thoreson, County Sheriff's Department employee, appeared before the Board ,Commissioners to request a joint meeting between the County Commissioners and the County employees Ito meet with Co. to discuss salaries and benefits for the 1984 budget. The meeting was set for employees ',August 23rd at 7:00 P.M. in the basement meeting room of the Juvenile Justice Center. 'I Mr. Cory Kittleson appeared before the Board on behalf of Imperial Window and Janitorial [Maintenance Cleaning Company, and he submitted an Informal bid of $1,910.00 per month Iservices--informa for cleaning services at the Courthouse and the Annex. He stated that this would be a ibid submitted savings to the County of about $3,000.00 per year. The Board requested him to submit j a list of references from his present business accounts, and the matter will be brought up i again in three weeks. I A petition was received protesting the formation of Street Improvement District IPetition protest- :No. 1983-1 (Holmen's 2nd Subdivision). Mr. Wieland stated that 34% of the lots are 'Iing Holmen's [represented in this petition. The Auditor and States Attorney will draft some guidelines 2nd street improv1 'for creating special assessment districts and present them to the Commission next week. jment district The Auditor received a letter from Doug Seiler representing the South Acres Neighborhood ISouth Acres Association indicating an interest in creating a special assessment district for sewer and iNeighborhood Assn :water services for their area. The Auditor will answer their letter after the Commission 'I' establishes some guidelines as mentioned above. Duane Hoehn, County Auditor, reported that there are 19 cities and 32 townships IAirport authority ,in Cass County that do not levy taxes to support an airport authority. As requested jdiscussion ,by the Commission last week, he stated that three mills on the taxable valuation of these i cities and townships would bring in $65,278.00 based upon last year's valuation. i 1 Mr. Larson stated that there seems to be some unanswered questions after a meeting of the Fargo Airport Authority which he attended yesterday, and he recommended postponing any action for up to one month. Mr. Wieland stated that he would not be ready to vote on the issue at this time. He would welcome a meeting with the Fargo Airport Authority. Mr. Wesley Belter from Casselton was present and stated that he is opposed to the airport authority tax for rural Cass County, the main reason being that Hector Airport is really an international airport but the City of Fargo and possibly rural Cass County are being expected to fund it. He further stated that he feels the Fargo Airport Authority ;is operating a business and that the County Commissioners should not levy a tax for this purpose on the rural County residents. Attorney Wayne Anderson was present representing the Cass County Farm Bureau. He referred to a letter which the Commission received in October of 1981 regarding the airport authority tax indicating that rather than a complete opposition, the Farm Bureau's main concern was that the levy not be an everlasting tax. At this point in time, he felt that it would be appropriate for the County Commission to delay any decisions until some alternatives to the levy can be considered. Mr. Larson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to receive and file the following IOfficer's Reports for July: Motion carried. Clerk of Court County Court Register of Deeds Sheriff Veterans Service Office $ 4,598.75 $23,775.33 $11,247.90 $ 8,109.88 Upon the recommendation of the District Court Administrator, Mrs. Stanton moved and 'Mr. Sondrall seconded that Attorney Edward J. Murphy be paid an additional $1,250.00 'from cass'County under the past Public Defender Contract for County Court cases for the reason that his case load exceeded the 20 cases for which he was paid under that contract. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Officer's Reports I IpUbliC Defender II Atty ., Ed Murphy, ,to be paid for !addtl. cases ! I I i I I I i I I i :;-}V,:!'