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Comm. Minutes--May 20, 1991 671 10. SITE AUTHORIZATION PERMITS, Erie American Legion Club at Erie, F-M Community Theatre at The Windbreak MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Risher seconded to approve the Site Authorization Permits for Dokken & Schroeder Post at the Erie American Legion Club and for the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre at The Windbreak for the period July 1, 1991-June 30, 1992. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. UTILITY PERMIT, Cass County Electric to install underground cable MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Risher seconded to approve a utility permit for Cass County Electric to install an underground cable at County Road 28 between Sections 7-12, Barnes-Mapleton Townships. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. JAIL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS, Bids awarded County coordinator Bonnie Johnson said bids were opened May 16th by Architect Richard Hennings for jail improvements/renovation. Bid proposals included jail remodeling and fire code repairs, temperature controls in the Courthouse and back-up generator. Mrs. Johnson said the annual jail inspection was completed recently and according to Charles Shumaker, Correctional Facility Inspector, the jail will be up-to-date and in compliance with North Dakota Law and Jail Rules when this remodeling is completed. After the bids were opened and later the same day, Mr. Hennings said two of the low bidders asked to be removed from consideration because they said their bids contained "gross errors." One of the bidder's apparently made an error in calculation and the other neglected to bid all materials. After reviewing the situation, Mr. Hennings recommended that the Cass County Commission accept the next low bids for the project, these being MinKo Construction in the amount of $279,775; Manning Mechanical in the amount of $163,436 less $10,000 for alternate #5; and Fritz Electric in the amount of $273,000; for a total project cost of $706,211. The architect's estimate on the project was $722,880. States Attorney John Goff said it appears that the two low bids do contain errors that could be described as "gross errors." MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to accept the bids of MinKo Construction, Manning Mechanical and Fritz Electric, as outlined above by the county coordinator and the architect, at a total cost of $706,211. Discussion: Concerning budgeted funds for the project, Auditor Michael Montplaisir said the Commission may need to establish a deficiency loan levy to help pay for the project. At the call for the question and upon roll call vote, the motion carried with all members voting in favor. RAILROAD CROSSING, Agreement on County Road 11 at Mapleton Commissioner Eckert said the Burlington Northern Railroad Company and the North Dakota Department of Transportation have agreed to update the County Road 11 railroad crossing at Mapleton.