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G265 Bids recd. for Cthse south wing Disc. on balancing 1986 Co. Budget Salaries for Dept. Heads elected officials disc. Salaries for other Co. employees adopted for 1986 Salaries for part time employees adopted for 1986 ND Centennial Comm. planning committee Tax deductibility- letter to be written to Congressman NDACo letter on local sales tax Weed Control Bd. allowed to construct building on Rd.Dept. property Cthse. parking- changes to be made when constr. begins on south wing- -Fargo School Bd. to be notified to terminate parking at Juvenile Center lot effective Nov. 1, 1985 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA The following bids were opened at 10:00 A.M. for construction of a south wing to the Cass County Courthouse: GENERAL CONTRACTORS Curtis Construction Co. John T. Jones Construction Co. J. E. Krieg Sons, Inc. Meinecke- Johnson Company T. F. Powers Construction Co. Twin City Construction Co. MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS Robert Gibb Sons Grant's Mechanical Laney's, Inc. Peterson Mechanical Manning Mechanical Wess Piping, Inc. West Fargo Plumbing Heating ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Dakota Electric Construction Fritz Electric Globe Electric Modern Electric Moorhead Electric Northern Electric Construction Red River Electric Rick Electric Rickard Electric Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to receive the above bids and refer them to Architect Richard Moorhead for tabulation and recommendation. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Regarding the- 1986 County budget, Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to transfer approximately $69,300.00 of the Detention Center budget to the Jail levy plus taking $60,000.00 from Revenue Sharing, thus increasing the Road Department budget by $129,300.00. Discussion followed on the motion, and Administrative Assistant Scott Krueger suggested delaying a decision on the budget until the building architect reviews the bids received this morning for the south addition. The Commission may be able to reduce the extra ordinary outlay levy to 1 mill for 1986 due to apparently favorable bids. At the call for the question, the motion failed with Mr. Wieland and Mr. Eckert voting "Aye Mrs. Stanton, Mr. Larson and Mr. Sondrall voting "No Regarding 1986 salary increases for department heads and elected officials, the Commission plans to review each individual recommendation from the study completed by Joe Novak of Employment Advisors, Inc. prior to granting approval of these salaries. Mr. Wieland asked that this be done by November 1, 1985. Mr. Eckert moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that full -time County employees, other than department heads and elected officials, receive a $30.00 per month increase plus a percentage increase between 1.25% -2.50% based upon the revised pay scale, effective January 1, 1986; and that the Commission review any salary which falls below the minimum on the pay scale. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Eckert moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that effective January 1, 1986, part -time County employees who work from 20 -39 hours per week shall receive a pay increase of $15.00 per month plus 1.85 and that part -time employees who work over 39 hours per week shall receive a pay increase of $30.00 per month plus 1.85 On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Wieland seconded that Commissioner Oscar Sondrall be appointed to attend the North Dakota Centennial Commission Planning Committee meeting in Bismarck on October 25 and 26, 1985. Motion carried. The Chairman requested Mr. Wieland to write a letter to Representative Byron Dorgan encouraging him to resist any effort to compromise on or eliminate the state and local tax deductibility, based upon correspondence from the North Dakota Association of Counties. Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to receive and file a letter from the North Dakota Association of Counties regarding local sales tax. Motion carried. Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that the Cass County Weed Control Board be allowed to construct a building, roughly 30' X 40' in size, on County property where the Road Department is located at a site to be agreed upon by the County Engineer and Don Eckert; and that the Weed Control Board obtain bids for the project with final approval by the Cass County Commission. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Wieland stated that there will be a parking problem around the Courthouse when construction begins on the south addition. The south parking lot will be needed for construction vehicles, so the people now using the south lot will have to park at the Juvenile Justice Center. Mr. Wieland has talked to the County Engineer about increasing the number of parking spaces and doing some patching and drainage work on the Juvenile Center lot. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to notify the Fargo Public School District that effective November 1, 1985, Cass County will be using the entire parking lot that is located between 2nd and 3rd Avenues South and between 10th and 11th Streets South in Fargo due to construction of a south wing of the Courthouse. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.