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Comm. Minutes--September 4, 1990 514 Commission at 2:00 p.m., September 19, at the Doublewood; notice of bid opening September 21 in Bismarck for bridge structure 3 miles east of Harwood;'Road Advisor's Workshop agenda for Region 8 meeting October 24 and 25 in Rapid City; E-911 budget request from Casselton Volunteer Ambulance Service for funding for dispatching calls; Professional Building Services' response in part to memo concerning insufficient cleaning services in Courthouse; correspondence from Ronald Brakke received August 28, 1990; Cass County Historical Society notice of meeting September 4 at 7:00 p.m. and board minutes of August 7 and August 20; Blue Ribbon Panel notice of meeting September 5 and minutes of August 27; letter dated August 31 from jail inmate referred to States Attorney; letter from Darnell Lundstrom regarding appoint-ment of Howard 01son to Garrison Diversion. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 17. COMMISSION MEETING RECESSED MOTION, passed On motion by Mr. Wieland and seconded by Mrs. Toussaint, the Chairman declared the meeting recessed until 1:30 p.m. for the purpose of approving the 1991 preliminary budget. 18. COMMISSION MEETING RECONVENED, Budget review Chairman Shannon reconvened the meeting at 1:30 p.m. with al1 members present as follows: Oscar Sondra11, Alon Wieland, Don Eckert, Sharon "Pepper" Toussaint, and Gene Shannon. 19. PRELIMINARY BUDGET REVIEW, Accountant's pro,iections Mike Montplaisir projected the tax levy for 1991 will go down by 2.22 mills because revenues for 1990 were better than anticipated at this time last year. However, he said the 1991 budget has a 6.5% increase over last year. Areas affecting the increase are salaries, health insurance, proposal for 15 new employee positions, Courthouse and jail maintenance programs. 20. NDSU COMPUTER CENTER, Added to preliminary budget Mr. Wieland requested that $100,000 be added to the preliminary budget in economic development for North Dakota State University computer center. He said NDSU is looking for dollars to help pay the local share and suggested that President Jim Osbun and Russell Slotten appear at the next meeting to explain their request. Mr. Eckert said he doesn't have a problem with listening to someone's proposal. MOT~ON, passed Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to include $100,000 under job development in the 1991 preliminary budget and allow NDSU to make a formal request to the Commission with a final decision to be reached after it is referred to the States Attorney to see if job development funds can be used for this purpose. Discussion: Mrs. Toussaint asked how this fits into the County's core business. She said NDSU lost State dollars because of the December tax referral vote but so did Cass County. Mr. Wieland said he wasn't voting to accept or reject it at this point but felt they should be allowed to make a presentation. At the call for the question, motion carried with Mr. Eckert, Mr. Sondrall and Mr. Wieland voting "Aye", Mrs. Toussaint and Mr. Shannon opposing.