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17. 18. 19. 20. Comm. Minutes--January 2, 1996 1426 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be inscribed upon the permanent records of the proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners and a copy forwarded to her family. Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this 2nd day of January, 1996. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Fuel supplier selected MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to approve Stop-N- Go Stores, Inc. as the fuel supplier for Cass County Government in 1996 and 1997 at the rate of four cents per gallon over cost. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Purchase order for copy machines MOTION, passed Mrs. Toussaint moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to authorize chairman to sign purchase order for two Lanier copy machines for the Sheriff's Department at a total cost of $12,691.80; and allow them to enter into a maintenance contract for said copiers. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. WATER RESOURCE BOARDS, Committee to be appointed Mrs. Toussaint said a request for board appointment to the Southeast Cass Water Resource District was placed on the agenda for information purposes. Three of the four Cass County water resource districts have board members who met the county's term limitation policy but continue to serve until a successor is appointed. No applications were received for those appointments until Mr. Ness completed an application for appointment to the Southeast Cass Water Resource District. State law, however, prohibits county commissioners from serving on water boards. State's Attorney John Goff was asked about drafting a home-rule ordinance to supersede state law in this regard. Mr. Goff said the home rule charter does talk about home rule superseding state laws with the exception of the ability of cities to govern themselves. He said there is no clear answer regarding the water boards, especially since they are created in the statutes by the legislature, not by county commissions. Mr. Wieland proposed appointment of a committee to study issues broader than adopting an ordinance to allow county commissioners to serve on water boards. Mr. Eckert agreed there is merit in considering some changes concerning water boards and this should entail a certain amount of study to address all of the issues. Mr. Ness was also in agreement with appointing a study committee, and Chairman Toussaint will review the matter of setting up a committee and criteria for that committee. VOUCHERS, Approved Concerning bills for cellular telephones used for county business, Mr. Ness said there is a lack of consistency in programming telephones, resulting in higher billing. He suggested establishing a policy to centralize where telephones are purchased and the programming. County Coordinator Bonnie Johnson will work with Mike Steiner, Data Processing, on a proposed policy. MOTION, passed Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Ness seconded to approve payment of Vouchers No. 82,973 through No. 84,019. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously.