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18. 19. Comm. Minutes--August 7, 1995 1374 MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to deny the request of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to house offenders in the Cass County Jail at the rate of $33/day. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. SPECIALASSESSMENTS FOR COUNTY ROAD PBDJECTS, Appointjnent of committee In a memorandum to Commissioners dated August 1, 1995, Mr. Ness stated that he contacted each of the people who spoke at the June 19, 1995, County Commission meeting about establishing a committee to study special assessments for county road projects, with representation on the committee being as follows: 1) Cass County Commissioner/Pepper Toussaint 2) Cass County Commissioner/Donna Schneider 3) County Engineer/Keith Berndt 4) County Auditor/Michael Montplaisir 5) Farm Bureau/Carl ?eterson 6) Township Officers' Association/Jerome Nipstad 7) Farmer's Union/Warren Solberg 8) City of Fargo (to be named) 9) Rural resident at large (to be named) Mr. Ness contacted Wesley Belter, who is a Cass County legislator from District #22, but Mr. Belter declined to serve on the committee because of other commitments. Mr. Eckert contacted people from the rural area about serving on this committee, and he urged the Commission to proceed with selecting another rural resident rather than eliminating the ninth position on the list. Mr. Ness suggested contacting the other two Cass County legislators from District #22 and if they both decline, to fill the ninth position with another Cass County legislator who would be willing to serve. MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded that the ninth position on the committee to study special assessments be filled by a Cass County legislator, preferably one from the rural area; and that the rest of the committee members be appointed as listed above. Motion carried. MODEL PROJECT UPDATE Serving as chair of a committee to re-visit the Cass County Model Project Task Force Report, which was completed in 1990, Mrs. Schneider highlighted the ten areas in the report as addressed by the committee and included in her memorandum to Commissioners dated July 17, 1995. In reviewing the organizational chart contained in the Model Project Report, Mr. Ness said the Commission needs to look at additional areas of consolidation. Mrs. Schneider said her committee did recommend reviewing smaller county departments in the near future.