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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 the 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.