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Comm. Minutes--Nov. 21, 1989 382 12. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, Red River Action Plan MOTION, passed Mr. Shannon moved and Mr. Sondra11 seconded that the County of Cass hereby approves the Red River Action Plan and its Executive Summary; that the County of Cass hereby concurs with the establishment of the Red River Advisory Committee of COG as the Red River project and activity coordinating committee; and that the County of Cass appoint the following to represent Cass County on the Red River Advisory Committee of COG: Gene Shannon and Fred Selberg. Motion carried. 13. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, Red River snag~in~ Steve Zaiser from COG said the Red River snagging project is not in Cass County's jurisdiction, and therefore, the County does not need to sign contracts which were inadvertently sent to the States Attorney. 14. COUNTY COURT, Municipal transfer cases County Judges Frank Racek and Georgia Dawson submitted a letter to the Commission dated November 7 requesting the County Commission to reach an agreement with the cities of Fargo and West Fargo on the division of monies received by County Court on municipal transfer cases, and to set a deadline for accomplishing this. Judge Racek said he is aware that the States Attorney has been in contact with officials from Fargo and West Fargo with a proposal for dividing the fees on a percentage basis rather than a detailed accounting method. Robert Hoy provided the Commissioners with a copy of his letter to Mark Thelen, Fargo Finance Director, dated November 16, 1989, suggesting a one-year contract whereby the annual receipts would be split evenly between the County and the City with the County remitting the City's share oh a monthly basis. He also provided a copy of a letter to the West Fargo City Attorney, dated November 17, 1989, citing reasons for disagreement on a proposal by West Fargo on municipal court cases. Chairman Eckert suggested leaving this to the expertise of the Judges and States Attorney. 15. COUNTY COURT JUDGES, Salaries Judge Racek requested that the Commission approve an adjustment in judges' salaries effective January 1, 1990, because no provision was made fo~ them as for other employees who received one-half of the recommended pay increase pending final report of a personnel director. Mike Montplaisir said the salary study committee did not gather survey data on the county jud~ like they did for other offices, but the Commission decided to in~ ~=ithem in the salary plan at the time it was adopted. Judges were set according to legal minimums and maximums, which'Was'n~t consistent with what the salary study committee did for other offices. MOTION, passed Mr. Shannon moved and Mr. Wieland seconded that Mr. Montplaisir prepare a memorandum to the future personnel director outlining the computation of the judge's midpoint,