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Comm. Minutes--October 11, 1993 1124 25. 26. 27. 28. COUNTY ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, Changes in standing committees/referred to department heads for input Mr. Risher proposed an organizational chart for Cass County and suggested changing the membership on standing committees to include two county commissioners, rather than all five, and involve more county department heads. A suggestion was made to get input from county department heads, and to work through the committees that are involved to see if the current system is not working well. Commissioners were in agreement that Mr. Risher present his plan to department heads at their regular meeting. REGISTER OF DEEDS, Progress report on backlog of documents Deanna Kensrud, Register of Deeds, was present to answer questions on her written progress report dated October 1, 1993. She said she cannot promise to have the backlog of documents caught up by the end of 1993 because she has no control over the daily volume of documents coming into her office. Mrs. Toussaint said $23,791 was allocated for additional staff and overtime in order to have the backlog of documents caught up by December 31, 1993, according to the Commission minutes of August 2, 1993. She wasn't talking about the volume of daily documents at the time that additional people and overtime were approved, she said. Mrs. Kensrud said her staff is entering more information into the computer than what they used to do manually, which will eliminate steps of the grantor/grantees; and that backlog will be caught up by the end of this month. APPRAISAL OF TAX-FORFEITED PROPERTY The County Auditor presented a notice of sale of real estate forfeited to the county for delinquent taxes. Five properties appeared on the list for this year's tax sale, and five properties remain on the list from last year's sale. In the past, the County Commission reduced the appraisal of tax-forfeited lots from the previous year to 20% of the original appraisal for the purpose of providing more incentive to get the property back on the tax rolls. MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Ness seconded to set the value of tax-forfeited properties as outlined in the list provided by the County Auditor's Office; and to set the hearing date on the value of property at 3:30 PM on November 1, 1993. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL AMENDED, Section 4.00, advisory boards Mr. Ness nominated John Nordback, Horace, to serve the remainder of this year on the County Park Board. However, Mr. Wieland said the City of Horace doesn't levy to the county park fund and he thinks the appointment should be made from an area that does levy to county park. Mr. Ness withdrew his nomination. MOTION, passed Mr. Ness moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to amend Commission Policy Manual, Section 4.00, and appoint Douglas Anderson, Arthur, to the Cass County Park Board for the remainder of 1993 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Keith Monilaws. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.