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Commission Minutes--January 20, 1998 1769 MOTION, passed Mr. Koenig moved and Mrs. Quick seconded to authorize Lake Agassiz Reg ional Development Corporation to proceed with the completion of the sale of four homes in Heritage Hills Subdivision which were omitted from last meeting approval of the Cass County Phase I Hazard Mitigation Acquisition Program; and to complete the contracts in a timely manner. At the call for the question and upon roll call vote, the motion carried with the four members present voting "Aye". Mr. Wieland arrived at this time. 11. JAIL INMATE TELEPHONE SYSTEM, Contract with Reliance Telephone Dave Hangsleben, Reliance Telephone, and Mike Steiner, Information Services Director, were present to discuss a proposed amendment to the Pay Telephone Location Agreement for the Cass County Jail inmate telephone system. Mr. Hangsleben's proposal is to extend the current term of the contract to the year 2002 with the minimum gross revenue guarantee being reduced from $5 to $4 per inmate per day. Regarding the prisoner count calculation, Mr. Steiner recommends using an average of all meals served each month. MOTION, passed Mrs. Quick moved and Mr. Meyer seconded to approve the request of Reliance Telephone to modify the daily minimum guarantee and the average prisoner count calculations in the existing Pay Telephone Location Agreement, contingent on extending the contract out to the year 2002. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. The State's Attorney will draft the contract amendment and work with Mr. Steiner on the meal count calculation. 12. VOUCHERS, Approved MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to approve Voucher No. 110,610 through No. 111,263. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 13. INSURANCE REFUND; CASS/CLA Y COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JOINT MEETING; ANNEX ROOF LEAKS; MEETING UPDATES, Committee reports Mrs. Johnson reported Cass County received reimbursement for overpayment of claims in the amount of $40,737 from North Dakota Blue Cross Blue Shield as the result of a class action suit. Clay County is hosting a joint Cass and Clay County Commissioners meeting to be held at Noon on March 9, 1998, at the TreeTop Restaurant in Moorhead, MN. Agenda items should be submitted to Bonnie Johnson for forwarding to the Clay County Coordinator. Mrs. Johnson reported at the rotational department meeting held earlier today that she has been in contact with the architect and building contractor for the Cass County Annex concerning roof leaks. She asked for direction from the board on whether or not to slow down the Veterans Service Office remodeling project until receiving definitive answers on the roof repairs. The original estimated completion date was February 20, 1998, and Commissioners were in agreement to slow down the project because of the leaking roof. Once a solution is reached for repairing the roof, Mr.