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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA C,r) '0 REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DECEMBER 4. 1984 Chairman Stanton called the meeting to order and upon roll call. all members were present. Mr. Larson moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as'written. Motion carried. Steve Grindberg. County Road Superintendent. received a request from the City of North River for a street light at the corner of County Road 20 and County Road 31 as a safety precaution. Mr. Grindberg was agreeable providing there is no expense to the County for the light and maintenance or for moving the light if the County needs additional right of way. and the County will not assume any liability. Steve Grindberg reported on a problem with violation of the weight limit on County Road 6 from Interstate 29 to State Highway 81. There is presently a 6 ton gross weight limit on this road. Mr. Grindberg feels he has spent a large amount of money patching the road. and he is not in favor of increasing the weight limit. However. the present limit prohibits passage of a school bus. and this is a Fargo Public School bus route. A suggestion was made to increase the weight limit to 8 ton with the stipulation that the School District be requested to reduce their speed limit to about 30 miles' per hour on this road. Mr. Larson moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to increase the load limit on County Road 6 between Interstate 29 and State Highway 81 from six tons to eight tons gross weight. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. Steve Grindberg presented a report from Houston Engineering. Inc. stating the results of their i nspecti on of the bri dge between Secti ons 21-22. Harwood Townshi P. on the Sheyenne Ri ver. The engi neer recommended that the bridge be closed due to its poor condition and that an alternate route be arranged in 1 i eu of a ri ver crossi ng due to the problem wi th founda ti on soil sand substanti a 1 hydraul i c requirements of the river at this location. Mr. Larson moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to close the bridge between Sections 21-22. Harwood Township. due to its poor condition; and that the County Road Superintendent take whatever steps are necessary to insure that it is closed and to have it proilerly signed. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. Steve Grindberg reported that he received proposals for preliminary construction engineering services from Houston Engineering. Moore Engineering and from Ulteig Engineering. Upon his recommendation. Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to retain the Moore Engineering Company for the bridge replacement project on County Road 14 between Sections 23-26. Stanley Township; and to retain Houston Engineering for the bridge replacement projects between Sections 18-19. Cassel ton Townhsip. and on County Road 6 between Sections 7-18. Maple River Township. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. Correspondence was received from Bradley J. Burgum stating that the Board of Directors of the Cass County Township Officers' Association appointed Mr. Leslie Roach of Wheatland to serve on the committee, to review projects for County road repair funds. Robert Hoy. States Attorney. presented the final draft of the Outline for Distribution of Pothole and Street Repair Funds. Before adopting the outline. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that the Commission invite representatives of the cities to attend a meeting on December 13th at 4:00 P.M. in the basement meeting room of the Juvenile Justice Center to explain the program and answer questions. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. Discussion was held on the proposals received last week for janitorial services at the Courthouse and Annex. According to the range of the proposals. Mr. Wieland felt that the average monthly cost of Cleaning services should be about $2.200.00 per month. Two of the firms were present--Dilworth Cleaning Servi ce and Gem Cl eani ng Servi ces. Mr. Larson moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to appoi nt a commi ttee of Commissioners Sondrall and Wieland and Scott Krueger to confer. and to make a recommendation next week on : the janitorial services. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. Upon the recommendation of the Administrative Assistant. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Larson seconded to accept the proposal of K & L Insulation for asbestos removal from the main floor area of the Cass i County Annex at a cost of $4.840.00 plus an additional $600-$1.000 for a technician and special testing , equipment to be flown to Fargo for immediate air quality testing. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to hire K & L Insulation to move the necessary furniture in the area of the asbestos removal project at the Annex at a cost of $1.400.00. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to authorize Commissioner Larson. Scott Krueger. Glenn Ell i ngsburg and any other Commi ssi oners that wi sh to go to Mi nneapol i s on Wednesday. December 12th. for the purpose of viewing three telephone systems that are available to Cass County through bid proposals received on November 20th. On roll call vote. the motion carried unanimously. North River req. street light at inter. of C20 and C31 at their expo l'/eightlimit viola- tion on C6 disc.-- Bd. determines to raise limit from 6 to 8 tons Bridge inspection in Harwood Twp.by Engineer--bridge to be closed due to its poor condition Bridge replacement projects--Moore Eng. and:'Houston Eng. retained Appt. of Leslie Roach to committee on road repair funds Outline for distribu- tion of Pothole & Street Repair Funds Janitor services at Courthouse and Annex disc. Annex--asbestos re- moval to be handled by K & L Insulation and they are auth. to do the furniture moving as necessary ITelePhone systems I i n Mp 1 s . to be Iviewed by Adm.Asst. & Commissioners