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Comm. Hinutes--January 3, 1994 1157 16. 17. 18. WEED CONTROL OFFICER CLASSIFICATION, Referred to Personnel Overview Committee Hr. Eckert said the Cass County Need Control Board passed a motion at their last meeting requesting that the Cass County Commission declare the Need Control Officer be classified as a county employee. State's Attorney John Goff referred to an Attorney General's Opinion, dated March 12, 1993, concerning employment status of the county weed board members, the county weed control officer, and others employed by the weed control officer. Hr. Goff said the Attorney General's opinion indicates that a factual analysis could result in a finding that the weed control officer is an employee of the county, and Hr. Goff believes the county can designate the weed control officer as a county employee if they want to do that. Mr. Ness said it was his understanding to seek input from the Personnel Overview Committee, and Mr. Eckert said that was discussed but the decision must be made by the County Commission. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to refer the above matter to the Personnel Overview Committee for review and a recommendation back to the County Commission. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. FLEET VEHICLE POLICY, Paragraph 5 not adopted The Commission adopted a fleet vehicle policy on December 20, 1993, with the idea that paragraph B-5 would be finalized at a later date. Mr. Ness said this section relates to who can take vehicles home. MOTION, failed Mr. Ness moved and Mrs. Toussaint seconded to adopt paragraph B-5 in the Fleet Vehicle Policy specifying that the only vehicles to be taken home by Sheriff's Department employees will be 10 marked vehicles and one drug van. Discussion: Sheriff Rudnick presented a memo dated today, in which he outlined the history of take-home vehicles in his department. He requested that the Commission allow him to determine the number of take-home vehicles because off- duty deputies are subject to call when a situation warrants it. He plans to do a cost-analysis to see if reducing more vehicle numbers is cost-effective because the fleet was recently reduced from 30 to 28, he said. At the call for the question and on roll call vote, the motion failed with Hrs. Toussaint and Mr. Ness voting "Aye;" Hr. Wieland, Mr. Eckert and Mr. Risher opposing. Mr. Risher said he wants to meet with Mr. Ness and Sheriff Rudnick after the Space and Planning meeting on January 10th to discuss take-home vehicles. COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL AMENDED, Section 4.00, Advisory Boards--Rush River Water Resource District MOTION, passed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to appoint William Thompson of Page, ND to another three-year term on the Rush River Water Resource District (WRD). Discussion: Mr. Ness thinks the county should appoint new people who show an interest in serving on boards. He said