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Comm. Hinutes--October 2, 1990 544 10. 11. COHPUTER TRAINING, Out of state travel for Data Processing, Road Department, Auditor MOTION, passed Mr. Sondra]] moved and Hr. Eckert seconded to approve out of state travel for Roxane Friese from Data Processing; Audrey Borgerson, Tom Soucy and Rich Sieg from County Road Department; and for Ruby Ackerman from the Auditor's Office to attend a highway costing training session sponsored by Business Records Corporation in St. Cloud, MN October 16 and 17, 1990· On roil ca]] vote, motion carried unanimous]y· OFFICER'S REPORTS, Received and filed MOTION, passed Hr. Sondra]l moved and Hr. Eckert seconded to receive and file Officer's Reports for August, 1990, for the Clerk of Court, County Court, Register of Deeds and Sheriff. On roll ca]] vote, motion carried unanimously. BRIDGE PROJECT EAST OF HARWOOD, Bid awarded to Wanzek Construction Wanzek Construction Company of Fargo was ]ow bidder on the bridge construction project between Cass and Clay Counties east of Harwood, according to County Engineer Don Richards. Their bid is about $145,000 below the engineer's estimate for the project. MOTION, passed Hr. Sondra]l moved and Hr. Eckert seconded to authorize the Chairman to sign a resolution recommending the Commissioner of Highways accept the ]ow bid on Project CRS-0955(51), a bridge over the Red River three mi]es east of Harwood, in the amount of $1,448,631 from Wanzek Construction Company of Fargo. On roil ca]] vote, motion carried unanimous]y· POLICY ON PAY RATES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, Adopted for posting Personnel Director Geoff Riches drafted a po]icy whereby the starting salary for elected officials shall be the minimum of the county pay scale for that position. Salaries for newly elected officials who were previously county employees occupying regular positions wi]] be hand]ed in accordance with established county personnel po]icy as defined in Section 3.2, Personnel Po]icies and Procedures Hanual. Mr. Riches said this policy is being included in the next version of the personnel policies and procedures manual which he is preparing. He said any po]icy adopted by the Commission should be posted for 15 days after adoption before it becomes effective, MOTION, passed Hr. Wieland moved and Hr. Eckert seconded to adopt the po]icy on pay rates for elected officials and post it for the 15-day required waiting period, at which time it will become part of the existing po]icy manual. Discussion: Hr. Shannon suggested sending a letter to candidates on the genera] election ballot informing them of this po]icy, but Hr. Wieland thought it would be sufficient to have the information available through the Personnel Department. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.