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Commission Minutes--September 6, 2005 2975 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the project shall be financed with funds raised through the collection of a special assessment to be levied against the land and premises within the watershed benefited by the project in an amount not to exceed 50 cents per acre annually on agricultural lands, and not to exceed 50 cents annually for each $500 of taxable valuation of non-agricultural property; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the North Cass Water Resource District is authorized to proceed with the project in accordance with North Dakota Century Code ~61-16.1-09.1. Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this 6th day of September, 2005. 13. JAIL EXPANSION PROJECT, Bids awarded for sprina construction Rick Hoganson, Foss Architecture & Interiors, was present regarding the bids opened on August 18, 2005, for the addition of two 48-bed pods to the Cass County Jail. He said the bids were within budget and within four-tenths of a percent of the architect's estimate. Low bidders on the project are Comstock Construction, general contractor, Robert Gibb & Sons, mechanical contractor, and Dakota Electric Construction, electrical contractor. In a letter to Cass County dated August 22,2005, Mr. Hoganson provided information on construction costs and alternates, with prices to begin the project in the fall or wait until spring of 2006. Either way, the contracts would remain the same. He said there would be a cost savings of about $54,000 to start in the spring because of the cost of winter shelter. Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor, and Glenn Ellingsberg, Cass County Jail Administrator, talked about interest income on the construction account and reimbursements for federal inmates. Mr. Pawluk suggested the county award bids for spring construction, and allow the general contractor to begin the project now, if they chose to do that. Mr. Hoganson said the footing and foundation work could begin this fall, giving the contractor an earlier start in the spring. Mr. Pawluk said he recently became aware of considerations about relocating the juvenile detention center, and he wondered if this topic should be discussed along with the jail expansion. Mr. Hoganson said a better approach might be to look at that separately since the mechanical system is now being planned, and the county would lose competitiveness on the project with a change order of this size. Mr. Ellingsberg said there would be a number of considerations regarding the location of a juvenile detention center in terms of following federal guidelines. Discussion was held among the board members, the architect and Mr. Ellingsberg on the construction starting date of this fall versus next spring. Mrs. Sorum and Mr. Bennett both feel there is a need for bed space now. Mrs. Sorum favors awarding the bids with only the underground work and summer boiler being completed this fall and the remainder to be completed in early spring of 2006. Mr. Bennett favors awarding the bids with the work to begin immediately this fall. Mr. Ellingsberg talked about daily inmate population figures, and today's number is 241. He and the State's Attorney, Birch Burdick, exchanged information on inmates who may bond out of jail without a court appearance if they meet certain criteria. They said jail population numbers increased last weekend by 19 for those who could not bond out on their own.