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Commission Minutes--September 30, 1996 1520 county for some of their equipment. Sheriff Rudnick said the TACT team requires special equipment for high-risk situations. At the call for the question and upon roll call vote, the motion carried with Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Toussaint and Mr. Ness voting "Aye"; Mr. Wieland and Mr. Eckert opposing. MOT/ON, failed Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Eckert seconded to reconsider budgeting $7,800 for TACT team investigations and $34,693 for the gang officer salary at a net cost to the county of $8,673 for 1997. On roll call vote, the motion failed with Mr. Wieland and Mr. Eckert voting "Aye"; Mrs. Toussaint, Mr. Ness and Mrs. Schneider opposing. MOTION, failed Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to increase the Southeast Cass Water Resource District levy from three mills to four mills. Discussion: Mr. Ness said he cannot support this motion because the Southeast Cass Water Resource District currently has an excessive amount of reserves. Mr. Wieland believes some of those reserves are dedicated to specific projects and additional projects may be needed, as well. Mr. Eckert prefers to build a reserve before it is needed, he said. On roll call vote, the motion failed with Mr. Wieland and Mr. Eckert voting "Aye"; Mr. Ness, Mrs. Schneider and Mrs. Toussaint opposing. MOTION, failed Mr. Eckert moved to eliminate the budget of the Vector Control District. Mrs. Schneider seconded the motion for purposes of discussion. Mr. Eckert does not believe the program is necessary because North Dakota has not had a problem with the disease of encephalitis, which can be contracted from mosquitoes. Mr. Ness said the vector control program is aimed at killing the breed of mosquito which spreads encephalitis, and the Vector Control District has also assumed limited responsibility of spraying for the nuisance mosquitoes to improve the quality of life when people are outdoors. At the call for the question and upon roll call vote, the motion failed with Mr. Eckert voting "Aye"; Mr. Ness, Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Toussaint and Mr. Wieland opposing. MOTION, passed Mr. Ness moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to adopt the following 1997 budget changes: 1) deduct $20,000 from Sheriff's Department budget for one vehicle, which is already budgeted in 1996; 2) deduct $2,500 for Emergency Management weather station; 3) deduct $2,000 for Emergency Management radio room remodeling; 4) eliminate new half-time file clerk position in the State's Attorney budget and transfer the appropriated funds to legal services in the County Commission budget; 5) deduct $1,000 from State's Attorney office equipment; and