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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 $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 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 $101,00.00 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. Committee reports were given. Mr Wieland moved and Mr Eckert seconded that Vouchers No 55,274 through No. 55,750 and Vouchers No. 55,917 through 56,274 be approved and ordered paid. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to receive and file correspondence from U.S. Senator Mark Andrews acknowledging Cass County's letter regarding abuses of Community Development Block Grant Funds. Motion carried. On motion by Mr. Eckert and seconded by Mr. Sondrall, the meeting was adjourned.