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Comm. Minutes--April 17, 1995 1324 21. 22. 23. DOME AUTHORITY APPOINTMENTS, County reaffirms names At their regular meeting on March 27, 1995, the Fargo City Commission voted to request the Cass County Commission to resubmit names for the Fargo Dome Authority appointment because Mayor Bruce Furness said the intent of the county appointment is to have someone who lives in rural Cass County. County Commissioners had made personal contacts and an advertisement was placed in The Cass County Reporter, but that did not produce any names from the rural area until after the news that the Fargo City Commission had rejected the county's nominees, Jon G. Lindgren and Bonnie Johnson. The County Commission has since received applications from nine residents of Cass County who live outside of the Fargo city limits. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to reaffirm appointments of March 20, 1995, to the Fargo Dome Authority. On roll call vote, motion carried with three members voting "Aye", Mr. Wieland and Mr. Eckert opposing because they believe consideration should be given to the nine additional applicants. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, Appointment of Commissioner Wieland County Engineer Keith Berndt was asked to report on the benefits of Metropolitan Council of Governments (COG) membership and implications of not continuing that membership because of Cass County's concerns about alleged misconduct on the part of the Executive Director. Mr. Berndt encouraged this Commission to continue their membership in COG. As governments continue to look for ways to become more efficient, cooperation, coordination and, in some instances, consolidation among local governments becomes increasingly important, according to Mr. Berndt. He said COG provides a forum for area planning and engineering staff, as well as elected officials and other county staff members, to discuss items of mutual interest. He outlined a number of projects completed by COG in 1994, or which are currently underway, and he believes the estimated cost of these projects has more than paid back the cost of the County's membership. Mr. Ness asked if Mr. Wieland plans to attend the COG meeting this week, and Mr. Wieland said he will attend the meeting. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to appoint Commissioner Alon Wieland to serve on the Metropolitan Council of Governments as a board member to replace Commissioner Pepper Toussaint. Mr. Ness suggested delaying the appointment of an alternate member until the next County Commission meeting. Motion carried on roll call vote with four members voting "Aye" and Mr. Wieland abstaining. STATE'S ATTORNEY, Vehicle request referred to committee State's Attorney John Goff submitted a request to have a Chevrolet Astro Van reassigned back to his office for use by the newly hired regional Welfare Fraud Investigator, Judy Tollefson. Mr. Ness suggested referring this request to the next vehicle policy committee meeting, and Mr. Goff was in agreement.