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Comm. Minutes--November 15, 1993 1134 19. 20. MOTION, passed Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Risher seconded to authorize Architect T. L. Stroh to complete all working drawings for the Juvenile Justice Center addition for bidding to multiple prime contractors as soon as possible; and to ask that the County Engineer discuss with and recommend to the Board what additional fees, if any, should be paid to Mr. Stroh. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. SNOW REMOVAL, Contingency fund expenditure for purchase of equipment Mrs. Johnson said a request for proposals (RFP) was sent in September to over 20 large and small contractors listed in the yellow pages of the telephone directory under snow removal services. No response was received by the October 15th deadline, but she later received one inquiry about the job and was quoted a figure of $18,000 for snow removal this season. She felt that was too high and explored other avenues with a recommendation today of purchasing equipment for $13,440 to clean sidewalks on the three blocks of county property and have the County Road Department remove snow from County parking lots. Mr. Wieland asked about leasing equipment as opposed to buying it, but Mr. Montplaisir said for the amount of money involved, he recommends buying the equipment. Mr. Berndt said he can spare staff time to have the County Road Department do snow removal at the courthouse complex. He and Mrs. Johnson initially looked at buying used equipment, but for the price of used, it is more economical to buy new equipment. Mr. Eckert questioned the need to purchase a Bobcat loader because the maintenance department has some equipment with a broom on it, and he is opposed to having Road Department staff do this snow removal. Since no other plan was presented, Mr. Wieland said he will support the purchase of this equipment and asked about using the Bobcat in the summer. Mrs. Johnson said it might be used about 20% of the time in the summer for various projects at the Road Department. MOTION, passed Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Risher seconded to authorize the expenditure of $13,440 from contingency funds for purchase of a Bobcat loader for courthouse snow removal. On roll call vote, the motion carried with Mr. Wieland, Mr. Risher and Mrs. Toussaint voting "Aye"; Mr. Eckert opposing. CONTRACT RENEWAL, Fargo Community Health Center Mr. Montplaisir said the contract for health services for 1994 with the Fargo Community Health Center includes an increase in mileage reimbursement from $.20 to $.28 per mile. He suggested reducing it to $.25 per mile, which is the county's mileage reimbursement rate, and that is acceptable to the Community Health Center. MOTION, passed Mr. Risher moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to authorize the chairman to sign contract renewal with Fargo Community Health Center to provide health services for 1994, changing the mileage reimbursement rate to $.25 per mile. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. Social Services Director Kathy Hogan suggested selecting one or two county