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Commission Minutes-December 4, 2006 3151 8. CABLE ONE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, To be renewed in 2009 Scott Geston, General Manager of Cable One, was present. He said the current franchise agreement with the county is due for renewal on or before August 29, 2009. He said the first step in the renewal process is to ask the county about future cable television related needs and interests of the community. Cable One serves about 300 customers in the rural area. Keith Berndt, County Engineer, suggested that in the next three years the county provide a legal review of the language in the agreement and possibly consider a franchise fee. Mr. Pawluk discussed concerns with county right of way in regard to all utility providers and suggested "as built" plans be provided to the county that show where cable lines are located. Mr. Geston said electronic CAD drawings are available and will be provided upon request. Mr. Vanyo asked that Mr. Geston and Mr. Berndt work together to determine how much a 5% franchise fee would generate to see if this would be worthwhile for the county to consider. 9. COURT FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT GRANT, Chairman authorized to sian application Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator, said the Court Facilities Improvement Advisory Committee was formed a few years ago for county projects to improve or maintain court facilities. Cass County received grant funding in the first round of applications to carpet courtrooms, repair sub-flooring and replace some jury chairs. The county did not receive any grant money in the second round of applications last year. The county allocated $25,000 in matching funds from the 2007 budget for this project. The third round request is for $76,500. She developed a priority list of needs with Rod Olson and Chris Iverson from District Court that include carpeting of office space, jury chair replacement and juvenile court referee office remodeling. Rod Olson, East Central Judicial District Court Administrator, was present. He feels the plan for next year is satisfactory and feels that future needs of the courts have been taken into consideration. MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to authorize the chairman to sign the application for court facilities improvement grant funds for 2007. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 10. RESOLUTION #2006-15, Opposition to Recent Operational Chanae in Radar Approach Control Services at the Farao Tower. Hector International Airport Mr. Pawluk said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently reduced the overnight staff to one person at Hector International Airport in Fargo and re-assigned radar approach control services to the Minneapolis air traffic control center. The Fargo Municipal Airport Authority and the City of Fargo passed a resolution in opposition of the change due to safety, efficiency and service concerns as well as possible overnight closure of the control tower in Fargo. The airport authority will be meeting with the FAA this Thursday to discuss the issue and to request full-time overnight hours be reinstated at the Fargo tower.