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Commission Minutes-July 23,2007 3227 SPECIAL MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JULY 23, 2007 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER A special meeting of the Cass County Board of Commissioners was called to order by Chairman Scott Wagner at 4:00 PM in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse, for the purpose of taking action on emergency declarations regarding damages suffered in severe summer storms on July 15, 2007, and in summer flooding that occurred in June, 2007. The following members were present Ken Pawluk, Robyn Sorum, Vern Bennett, Darrell Vanyo and Scott Wagner. The following county staff was present: Dave Rogness, Emergency Manager and Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor. Members of the local media were also present. 2. EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS, Approved Dave Rogness, Emergency Manager, said initially flooding which began June 4, 2007 in Cass County did not appear to have caused enough damage to qualify for the $375,000 plus threshold needed to receive federal disaster assistance; however, after an assessment of Drain 40 by Moore Engineering, flood damage to the drain was estimated at $250,000. The drain damage along with previously assessed damage from the 2007 flooding well exceeded the $375,000 threshold. On July 17, 2007 Governor Hoeven announced that North Dakota received a Presidential Disaster Declaration for the flooding. Mr. Rogness asked the Cass County Commission to authorize the commission chairman to sign an emergency declaration allowing Cass County to be added to the declaration. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to authorize the commission chairman to sign an emergency declaration as submitted by Dave Rogness, Emergency Manager for the June 2007 flooding in Cass County. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. EMERGENCY DECLARATION WHEREAS, Cass County, North Dakota has been severely impacted by flooding and beginning on June 4,2007, and continuing; and WHEREAS, Cass County citizens and businesses suffered damage caused by the same flood; and WHEREAS, the impact of this incident threatens the health, well-being and public safety of the residents of Cass County; and WHEREAS, the cost of response and recovery is in excess of available normal county resources.