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Comm. Hinutes--August 15, 1989 309 Mr. Shannon agreed with Mr. Wieland and stated that the Sheriff may need to suggest to NDSU that they contract with a private security service, and the County will augment them in an appropriate manner. He stated that the Sheriff needs to look at some other opportunities that may exist rather than saying he is going to assign administrative staff and they will not get paid for it. Mr. Eckert supported the County continuing to contract with other agencies outside of County functions. He felt this is part of what the Sheriff's Office should be doing, and he would like to see the personnel director work out a solution for this. Mr. Eckert assumed that the administrative staff did not get paid overtime for working security during the Red River Valley Fair because of the overtime policy. Sheriff Rudnick stated that the administrative staff did get paid overtime for working at the Fair because they were not notified of the policy until July 17th. Mr. Shannon asked for a comment from the States Attorney as to what exactly is an exempt position and how different people in the organization are affected by that. Mr. Hoy stated that a letter he wrote earlier which was circulated to the Commission and to all of the departments defined what the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) determines to be an exempt employee. /he County is not ob'ligated by that Federal ]aw to pay exempt peDp]e overtime for hours that they work in excess of 40 hours per week or, in the case of the 'law enforcement, so many hours per month. Neither does the FLSA prohibit the County from paying someone or remunerating them in some manner in excess of what their normal average sa'lary would be. Mr. Hoy stated that there are still some issues involving other departments which would warrant this Commission or some group accumulating information and looking at all of the problems with exempt employees, and how they can be solved in a fair and equitable fashion, both for the County and for the employees that are inv0]ved. Glenn Ellingsberg felt the Sheriff's administrative staff are one of the few people in the Courthouse that wi]] actually be taking a loss in pay for the next six months due to this decision. Mr. Eckert stated that it was mentioned earlier today that an ad3ustment could be made retroactive, but this would have to be a Board decision. Hearing no other comments, it was the general consensus of the Commission to take no further action until the issue can be reviewed by a personnel director. 12. COURTHOUSE SOUTH WING, Lease agreement MOTION, passed Mr. Shannon moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded to take from the table the motion on the lease agreement with the North Dakota Attorney General. Motion carried. Mr. Shannon stated that the correct lease contains a 90 day notice of cancellation. The secretary read back the motion which is