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12. Comm. Minut. c,s--Novc,mber £;, 1990 557' Discussion: Hr. Shannon asked Mr. Hoy when the state agreed to release funds to the three regions. Hr. Hoy said he got a telephone call at 9:00 a.m. today from Larry Bernhardt, Assistant Director of the Department of Human Services, who assured Mr. Hoy that the State Human Services Department would release funds to Cass County and the other regions upon execution of the contracts received today. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. SHERIFF STAFF/IACP STUDY, MODEL REPORT, Preliminary action plan Scott Kildahl, Model Project Coordinator, and Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator, met with Sheriff Don Rudnick on two occasions to analyze staffing requests in light of short and long-term recommendations recently submitted in both the "Cass County Model" and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) reports. He provided Commissioners with a copy of a preliminary action plan and proceeded to read their recommendations. Mr. Eckert asked the Sheriff for any comments on the preliminary action plan. Sheriff Rudnick said the IACP report pointed out some problems as far as reorganization, and he thinks the Personnel Department should make some recommendations to the Commission. Personnel Director Geoff Riches said he was not involved in the recommendations but would like to have input on a number of things. Mr. Kiidahi said he and Mrs. Johnson prepared this report for the Commission as a decision-making tool, and now it can be turned over to the Personnel Department to answer the many questions that have to be addressed. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to approve a drug task force officer, a D.A.R.E. drug education employee, a work release coordinator, and continue two transportation officers on a part-time basis in accordance with the outline of the report received on this date from Mr. Kildahi and Ms. Johnson. At the call for the question, the motion carried on roil call vote with Mrs. Toussaint, Mr. Wieiand and Mr. Shannon voting "Aye", Mr. Eckert and Mr. Sondrall opposing. Mr. Eckert said he couldn't support the motion because he would like more time for review. 13. SHERIFF RESIDENCE, Work Release possibilities County Court Judge Frank Racek wrote a letter to the County Commission dated October 16, 1990, asking to use the former sheriff residence adjacent to the jail for the work release classification of prisoners. He said there was a waiting list most of the summer for people to get on the program. The situation has eased up somewhat, at this time. Mr. Wieland suggested taking some time to study this further if it isn't needed at the present time. However, Judge Racek said six people have been double-bunked for the past six months in the work release ceil block. He has talked to Lt. Wait Willis about making more beds available. Mr. Eckert asked how it would affect staffing if the work release program was moved from the jail. Sheriff Rudnick said he would need