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15. 16. 17. Commission Minutes--September 30, 1996 1519 CONTRACT APPROVAL, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota MOTION, passed Mr. Ness moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to approve contact with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota for employee health insurance coverage for 1997. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. FAIR ASSOCIATION, Dele~_atos to ~tate Fair annual meetin9 MOTION, passed Mr. Ness moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to appoint Roy Faught, Lois Sullivan and Tim Clark as Cass County delegates to the 1996 State Fair Association annual meeting scheduled for November 21, 1996 at the Radisson Hotel in Bismarck. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. BUDGET FOR 1997, Adopted Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor, provided copies of a budget summary showing the current 1997 budget proposal at 61.68 mills for total general and special levies, a reduction of 2.8 mills from the 1996 levy. He said most of the county departments were reviewed with the Finance Committee, and most of the outside agencies were reviewed by the Commission. Mrs. Toussaint asked for any budget changes from members of the Commission. MOTION, passed Mrs. Schneider moved and Mr. Ness seconded to adopt the following 1997 budget changes: 1) reduce practice ammunition by $500 for the tactical team (TACT); 2) reduce TACT investigations from $7,800 to $4,200; eliminate salary for new gang officer in the amount of $34,693; reduce jail overtime salaries from $40,000 to $34,000; eliminate salary of $17,550 for part-time jail nurse and implement a time study, looking at the possibility of contracting with Fargo Cass Public Health on a part-time basis; funding Lake Agassiz Regional Council at $10,000; and funding U.S. Customs at $29,000. Discussion: Mr. Wieland suggested putting money in the budget for contracting the services of a part-time jail nurse, however, Mr. Ness said the service could be paid from the county contingency fund after determining the needs through the time study. Sheriff Don Rudnick addressed the Commission at this time. He made the following points: budget for practice ammunition for the TACT team at $$00 should be sufficient; TACT investigations included $3,600 for equipment; a grant was approved last week for the gang officer salary, with the county share being approximately $8,000; recommend no less than $34,000 for jail overtime because that line item pays for holidays for jail staff; jail staff contacted Fargo-Cass Public Health about contracting for nursing services on a part-time basis and the cost would be $181hour or about $13,000 per year. Mr. Wieland asked commissioners to reconsider budget amounts for the TACT team investigations and gang officer salary. A question was raised whether or not the gang officer position could be eliminated at the end of the three-year grant if the county could not fund the new position at 100% local funds. Concerning TACT team equipment, Mrs. Toussaint said county employees reimburse the