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196 REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 21, 1989 Chairman Don Eckert called the meeting to order with all members present as follows: Oscar Sondrall, Alon Wieland, Don Eckert, Sharon "Pepper" Toussaint, and Gene Shannon. Mr. Sondrail moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written. Motion carried. No Board resignations were received in reference to the letters which were mailed on Thursday, February 16th, to former County Commissioners Jeannette Stanton and Ray Larson. In view of the fact that the letters went out on Thursday and there was no mail delivery on Monday due to the Presidents' Day holiday, Mr. Shannon recommended that this agenda item be carried over to the next regularly scheduled meeting of March 7th. Mrs. Stanton was present and stated that she is turning in all keys which she had to the Courthouse, this being one for the Commission Room, one for the Commission Office, and one for file cabinets in the Commission Office. Claudia Frederick from the Lake Agassiz Regional Council was present regarding the County's Community Development Block Grant application for public facilities in the village of Embden. She stated that all of the funds requested from the State are not available at this time but will likely become available before construction begins. The village of Embden will apply for an FHA loan if they do not receive all of the grant money requested for the project. In any event, she stated that it will be known before construction begins whether all of the grant money requested will be available and, if not, it will be known whether an FHA loan is approved for the project. She stated that the grant money can be returned to the State if the project does not proceed for some reason. Mr. Sondrall moved and Mr. Wieland seconded that the Cass County Commission agrees to accept $26,?30.69 of CDBG funds available for the village of Embden's sewage collection and treatment facility. Should anticipated returned funds from previous public facilities grants be made available, those funds will also be accepted to complete the total CDBG funding request for the project. Should those funds not be available, Farmers Home Administration funds will be used to finance the balance not funded through the Community Development Block Grant. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Upon the request of Mr. Blake Strehlow, Manager of the Housing Authority of Cass County, Mr. Sondrall moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded that the Housing Authority of Cass County be authorized to pursue the application for additional funding undcr the houming vnucher program, and that the Chairman be authorized to sign a letter to the Department of Housing & Urban Development in this regard. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.