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18. Comm. Minutes--dune 17, 1991 694 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, Membership options The Chairman asked each commissioner to complete a questionnaire on Metropolitan Council of Governments (COG) membership options and send them to COG or return them to the Commission Secretary. Commissioners agreed that the population of Fargo and West Fargo should no't be subtracted from Cass County's population for the purpose of determining membership in COG. 19. CONTRACT WITH STUTSMAN COUNTY, Board of prisoners States Attorney John Golf said Walt Willis, Chief Correctional Officer in the Cass County Jail, asked him to review and recommend that the commission sign a contract with Stutsman County allowing Cass County to board prisoners in their facility at a rate of $35 per day per prisoner, instead of $40 without a contract. Mr. Golf said he might have included additional language on negligence if he had prepared the contract, but he recommended that the commission sign a contract to reduce the cost of housing prisoners in the Stutsman County Jail. MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to authorize the chairman to sign an appropriate contract with Stutsman County, as might be presented by the States Attorney, in order to lower the per diem cost for boarding prisoners in the Stutsman County Jail. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 20. DATA PROCESSING, Review of court software package Several Cass County department heads and employees viewed the Burleigh County court software package in Bismarck last week. States Attorney John Golf and County Judge Frank Racek were in agreement that the package would not necessarily be a step ahead for their offices. Lieutenant Arland Rasmussen, Cass County Sheriff Department, wrote a letter to the commission basically agreeing with Goff and Racek. Data Processing Coordinator, Mike Steiner, thinks Cass County needs an integrated system between the courts, state's attorney and sheriff, and he said the Burleigh County system doesn't provide this. He was also concerned about the method for making modifications to the program. Mr. Shannon suggested drafting letters addressing Cass County's concerns and asking for more direct contact as a county because of Cass County's involvement and size. MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Risher seconded that Judge Frank Racek draft a letter for the chairman's signature to Greg Wallace, State Court Administrator, and other respective entities expressing Cass County's immediate concerns. Motion carried. 21. FINANCE COMMITTEE, Appointed for county Auditor Michael Montplaisir suggested creating a county finance committee, much the same as the city of Fargo utilizes, to make recommendations to the county commission on major finance issues. Some of these issues would be in the area of leasing versus buying equipment, reserve limits for fund balances, methods of financing major projects, insurance amounts and deductibles, banking and investment decisions.