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Comm. Minutes--April 20, 1992 846 17. COURTHOUSE OFFICE SPACE, Lease with Attorney General Office terminated Mr. Wieland said the County received a letter from the Attorney General's Office requesting termination of their lease agreement with Cass County as of June 1 or July 1, 1992, because they have secured office space elsewhere anticipating that their lease wouldn't be renewed in July, 1993, because of overcrowding at the Courthouse. MOTION, passed Mr. Risher moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded to terminate the lease agreement with the Attorney General's Office for office space in the south wing of the Courthouse, effective July 1, 1992. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 18. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), Self-evaluation process County Coordinator Bonnie Johnson provided information on ADA requirements. She said the first step is to complete a self- evaluation of current county services to identify areas of need. MOTION, passed Mr. Risher moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded to begin the ADA self-evaluation process by forwarding the survey to all County departments for completion by June 1, 1992. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 19. COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL, Policy added for county treasurer to receive and Day out county money All Commissioners met from 1:00-2:30 PM today to review individual policies in the Commission Policy Manual. Some suggestions were made for inclusion in the manual along with stylistic changes. Next meeting for further review of the policy manual will be Monday, May 4th, at 1:00 PM in the Commission Room. Mr. Shannon said Jim Brownlee, CPA with the State Auditor's Office, recently performed an annual audit in Cass County and he suggested a policy whereby all county money is received and paid out by the county treasurer. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Shannon seconded to adopt a policy on the county treasurer receiving and paying out all county money, and to include this in the commission policy manual which is under review. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 20. STATE'S ATTORNEY REQUEST, Commissioners may meet in closed session with attorney on pending legal action Mr. Wieland said he placed this item on the agenda to inform the public that the State's Attorney is requesting a meeting, per NDCC 44- 04-19.1, at some future date with County Commissioners as clients on a pending legal. 21. SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT, Possible co-location with Southeast Human Services, Courthouse office space discussed Social Services Director Kathy Hogan said she was contacted last week by John Graham, Executive Director of North Dakota Department of Human Services, regarding the possibility of co-locating Cass County Social Services with a new Southeast Human Service Center (SEHSC) building. She has discussed the possibilities with Jerry Korsmo of Southeast Human Services, and she is asking for input from County Commissioners.