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22. 23. 24. Commission Minutes--August 18, 1997 1688 is not included in the budget for the immediate future. Estimated costs for grading and blacktopping this portion of County Road #5 are $3-3.5 million. BREWER LAKE, Caretaker position Mr. Wieland wrote a memo to Doug Anderson, Chairman of the Cass County Park Board, on August 13, 1997, reminding him the county authorized an additional caretaker position at Brewer Lake for up to 100 hours per season. According to time cards submitted to the county personnel office, the person in this position exceeded the 100-hour maximum by 17 hours. Upon receipt of the memo, Mr. Anderson telephoned the Commission Office to ask the county to approve 30-40 hours, in addition to the 17 hours over the maximum, because the other caretaker, Louis Rieke, is not working his usual number of hours at Brewer Lake due to other employment. MOTION, passed Mr. Koenig moved and Mrs. Schneider seconded to increase the number of hours for Marie Loegedng as caretaker at Brewer Lake from 100 to 150 for the 1997 park season, based upon a reduction in hours worked by Louis Rieke at the county park. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. APPOINTMENT DELAYED, Kindred Planning and Zoning from extraterritorial area A letter was received from Naomi Wadena, Kindred City Auditor, indicating the City of Kindred Planning and Zoning Commission intends to exercise their extraterritorial zoning authority and recommending appointment of Brian Ordahl to serve in that position. Mr. Wieland favored the appointment, however, he suggested placing it on the next County Commission agenda in case anyone else is interested in the position. A completed application form was submitted by Mr. Ordahl. MOTION, passed Mrs. Quick moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to delay action on appointment to City of Kindred Planning and Zoning Commission from their extraterritorial zoning area until the next Commission meeting. Motion carried unanimously. FLOOD UPDATE, Report by Lake Agassiz Regional Council Irv Rustad, Lake Agassiz Regional Council, reported the County's buy-out application of flooded homes was approved for funding. The appraisal work can now begin and he said the county was divided into three areas with three appraisers assigned to complete this work as soon as possible. He intends to have three law firms perform the legal work and asked if anyone felt there would be a conflict of interest since Commissioner Quick's husband is a lawyer at one of the firms. Mrs. Quick said her husband would not be doing the legal work for the buy-out program, and no one felt this would constitute a conflict of interest. Mr. Rustad will have the State's Attorney review the contract. In the latest letter to homeowners participating in the buy-out program, Mr. Rustad informed them FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and State funding remains at 85%, however, the county is still attempting to obtain a waiver of the Iow-income requirement since most of the homes in the buy-out program would not qualify for Iow-income assistance. Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator, spent some time on the telephone talking to the Denver Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). She learned this is the first time they have given direct appropriations to counties since the early 1970's, and they hope to address the Iow-income issue