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ATTEST: PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA 6256 Ordelle Brua County Auditor Cass County, North Dakota APPROVED: Ray Larson, Chairman Cass County Board of Commissioners REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AUGUST 6, 1985 Chairman Ray Larson called the meeting to order and upon roll call, all members were present. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written. Motion carried. Deputy Bruce. Jorgenson from the Sheriff'.s Department presented a proposal for obtaining a police dog to be utilized by the County Sheriff's Department. After discussion and upon his recommendation, Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that Bruce Jorgenson be authorized to attend the Minneapolis Police Department Canine School from September 3 through November 22, 1985, at a maximum cost of $2,500.00. Sheriff Don Rudnick was present and stated that he is in support of the program, and would have no budgetary problems with this. Chairman Larson asked for a commitment of employment from Mr. Jorgenson, and he agreed to a commitment of at least two years. At the call for the question and upon roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. A proposal was made on May 2nd by Coustic -Glo of Fargo to clean the ceiling tile at the Cass County Annex. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to authorize the cleaning of the ceiling tiles at the i Annex at a cost of $2,290.00. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Upon the request of Bonnie Johnson, Child Support Enforcement Director, Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to authorize her to hire a replacement secretary at a salary of approximately $1,000.00 per month, and authorize her to hire a second full-time secretary instead of a part -time position with the final salary to be reviewed by the Salary Review Committee and approved by the Cass County Commission at the next meeting. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Bonnie Johnson also addressed the Commission on a word processing printer and software proposal from NCR Corporation. The Commission suggested that a representative appear before the Board in the next two weeks to explain the proposal and its benefits to other County departments. Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to receive and file the copy of a letter from Robert Hoy, States Attorney, to Edward J. Murphy thanking Mr. Murphy for his generous donation of law books to the States Attorney Office law library. Motion carried. Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to authorize the Chairman to sign the State Highway Department listing of approved Federal Aid Projects for Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Motion carried. Mr. Eckert moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that the Road Department be reorganized into three divisions: Engineering, Administrative Support, and Maintenance; and that Steve Grindberg be redesignated Division Head for Maintenance, and that Don Richards be appointed as Road Superintendent immediately with office duties and compensation effective September 1, 1985, at an annual salary of i $42,000.00. At the time for discussion, Mr. Sondrall questioned hiring Don Richards as a Road Superintendent instead of county engineer, and Mrs. Stanton stated that this motion is based on recommendations No. 28 and No. 29 on page 91 of THE CASS COUNTY REPORT On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Scott Krueger, Administrative Assistant, reported that State Highway Distribution payments to Cass County will be substantially less than the amount budgeted for the County Road Department for 1985. The shortfall of money will be about $508,000.00 this year with a downward trend in the future. Upon the recommendation of Scott Krueger, Mr. Sondrall moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to reduce the Road Department's Highway Fund spending authorization to $2,912,000.00; to instruct the Auditor and Treasurer to deposit any State Revenue Sharing payments in excess of the $101,000.00 budgeted for the General Fund to be put into the Highway Fund; and to authorize the Road Department to defer the following projects: resurfacing C -11 from I -94 to C -10 west, resurfacing C -11 from I -94 to C -11 south, resurfacing C -18 from I -29 to the Red River, new structure at Sections 23 -26, Stanley Township on C -14, and new structure at Sections 18 -19 in Casselton Township. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to appoint Dorothy Howard to be Clerk of the District Court effective immediately to complete an unexpired term ending December 31, 1986, at an annual salary of $25,000.00, the salary to be reviewed January 1, 1986. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. The Commission requested Scott Krueger to immediately notify by telephone the people who were interviewed for the position of the clerk of district court and the people who were interviewed for the position of county engineer of the Board's action this morning, and to write a letter to the remaining applicants for the two positions informing them that the appointments have been made. Shff. Dept. to obtain dog for patrol duty and officer auth. to attend training school Annex ceiling tile cleaned Child Support Enforce ment Dir. to hire replacement for sec. to hire second full -time secretary Child Support Enforce Dir. disc. word processing equip. St. Atty. receives law books from Atty. Ed Murphy Rd. Dept -Chm. auth. to sign list of FAS projects Rd. Dept. to be reorganized into three divisions appt. of Don Richards as Rd. Supt. Rd. Dept. spending to be reduced be- cause St.Hwy.distr. funds will be less than expected. Projects will be delayed Appt. of Dorothy Howard as Clerk of Dist. Court