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Comm. Minutes--October 12, 1992 942 The Cass County Courthouse Parking Study, prepared by the Metropolitan Council of Governments in October, 1992, will be presented to the Fargo Planning Commission on October 14th. Mrs. Johnson said the study will be filed in the Commission Secretary's Office. Mr. Risher said the Lake Agassiz Solid Waste Management application will be submitted to the State very soon. Mr. Shannon expressed appreciation for the efforts of Bonnie Johnson in obtaining the grant funds to help with ADA implementation because the time frame was very short for obtaining invoices and getting the work done. Mr. Shannon received a memo from Henry McCormick of Western Bonding concerning soliciting for bail bonding in the County Court area. Mr. Wieland suggested sending a copy of the county's policy on soliciting in the courthouse to people who are in the bonding business. Michael Montplaisir asked for input from the commission on having the courthouse entrance doors open one hour later each night for one week before the general election and possibly the Saturday before the election, for the purpose of accommodating residents voting by absentee ballots. He said being open on Saturday causes some concern about building security so he prefers to only be open one hour extra during the week. He plans to rotate present staff hours to accommodate the additional time rather than utilizing overtime. MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Risher seconded to extend the hours for absentee balloting for one additional hour each day during the week of October 26th - 30th, 1992. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. Keith Berndt updated commissioners on the county's parking lot project east of the courthouse, saying county road department employees will begin preliminary work tomorrow. It was the consensus of the commission to include cement islands in keeping with a plan to develop an aesthetically pleasing campus layout, to add irrigation if there are sufficient funds, and to remove trees and shrubbery as necessary. A decision will be made later on whether electrical outlets should be installed. Mr. Wieland said he requested a correction in The Forum because he received numerous telephone calls about a paragraph reported from the October 5th Commission meeting indicating that the Cass County Commission approved spending $2,500 to host a meeting with Cass County legislators and legislative candidates. He said the majority of the money will be spent for publishing responses to a questionnaire that these people will be asked to complete. The cost of the lunch will be minimal, he said. Bonnie Johnson said the meeting with legislators and legislative candidates will be held at 11:30 AM instead of 11:00 to accommodate the City of Fargo, who is co-hosting the meeting.