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Commission Minutes—July 26, 2022 5601 Ms. Jansen said the $240,000 is the important funding needed to complete needed repairs. MOTION, passed Mr. Peterson moved and Mrs. Scherling seconded to amend the Bonanzaville 2023 preliminary budget request to $190,000 and an additional $50,000 in matching funds. Discussion: Mr. Peterson said the County is deficit spending and needs to budget conservatively. On roll call vote, the motion passed with Mr. Breitling, Mr. Kapitan, and Mr. Steen voting "yes", and Mr. Peterson and Mrs. Scherling voting "no". 5. WEED CONTROL Stan Wolf, County Weed Control Officer was present to review the 2023 Weed Control budget request. The Cass County Weed Control Board is requesting to maintain the current mill levy at 1.2 mills. Mr. Wolf said in 2022 the Weed Control department changed to having spray contractors bid for the application of herbicides only and the Weed Board purchased enough herbicide to spray 10,000 acres separately. He said some product will be carried over into 2023. Mr. Wolf said the 2023 budget is consistent with the 2022 budget with increases due to inflation. He said no new equipment will be purchased in 2023. Mrs. Scherling asked where the purchased herbicide is stored. Mr. Wolf said the herbicide is stored in climate-controlled, secure storage unit meant for chemicals that the Weed Control Board rents. He said the cost to rent the storage unit is $1,200 per year. MOTION, passed Mr. Peterson moved and Mr. Kapitan seconded to approve the 2023 preliminary budget for Cass County Weed Control as presented. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 6. NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE Rita Ussatis, Cass County Extension Agent for NDSU Extension was present to review the 2023 NDSU Extension Service and Parenting Workshop budget requests. Ms. Ussatis said the request is consistent with previous years requests, up slightly from 2022 with no major changes. She said the increases are due to staff salaries and workshop expenses. Mr. Peterson asked what the COLA for State employees will be for 2023. Ms. Ussatis said 5% was used for budgeting purposes and the final number will be set at the upcoming legislative session. She said she anticipates the actual increase to be closer to 1% as it has been in the past. MOTION, passed Mr. Peterson moved and Mrs. Scherling seconded to approve the 2023 preliminary budget for NDSU Extension and Parenting Workshop as presented. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 7. COUNTY CORONER Kristie Ross, County Coroner was present to review the 2023 Coroner's Department budget. Ms. Ross said the 2023 budget request has two main increases; one due to rising cost of supplies and two a request to change a part time death investigator position into a full-time position. She said the cost of moving the position from part time to full time is an annual salary cost of $25,288 to $52,380 and from a classification B23 to C34. Mr. Steen asked why there was an increase in the amount of salaries from 2022 to 2023 from $226,000 to $321,000. Ms. Heinle said there was an error in the calculation when it was pulled from the payroll system, the full-time salary was included twice in the 2023 budgeted amount. She said she would correct the error and the salary budget would decrease by $52,000. Mr. Steen said he believes this same error exists in the Sheriff's Department salaries budget. He said the Board should come back to this budget tomorrow after the error is corrected.