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Commission Minutes—January 16, 2024 5824 <br />REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />JANUARY 16, 2024 <br />1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER <br />Chairman Chad M. Peterson called the meeting to order at 3:30 PM with all members present as <br />follows: Tony Grindberg, Duane Breitling, Jim Kapitan, Mary Scherling, and Chad M. Peterson. <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Taylor Kaushagen led the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />3. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Breitling moved and Mrs. Scherling seconded that the minutes of the <br />previous meeting be approved as written. Motion carried. <br />4. AGENDA, Order approved <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Kapitan moved and Mr. Grindberg seconded to approve the order of the <br />agenda. Motion carried. <br />5. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Grindberg moved and Mr. Kapitan seconded to approve the consent agenda <br />as follows: On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. <br />a. Approve omitted assessments according to the notices sent by the Finance Office to the property <br />owners. <br />b. Authorize purchase of DJI Mavic 3 thermal unit, GJI Matrict 30T, and accessories from Vertex <br />Unmanned Solutions, LLC in the amount of $20,568 for the Sheriff's Office; authorize the IT <br />Director to purchase required hardware to refresh the County's server and storage environment <br />up to the value of $185,000 as a budgeted line item in 101-1801-401.74.14; and authorize <br />purchase of two pickups from Luther Family Ford in the amount of$57,740 for Vector Control. <br />c. Approve budget adjustment for Vector Control from 2023 to 2024 for building repairs in the <br />amount of$67,000. <br />d. Authorize County Finance Director to accept the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant <br />Program award approved by the United States Department of Energy in the amount of $75,660. <br />e. Amend Commission Policy Manual Section 14.11 with updates to the policy including paying the <br />30 ceremony fee when booking, no age requirements for witnesses, and $10 fee for certified <br />copies as presented. <br />f. Approve a special event permit for Downtown Tavern, LLC dba The Boiler Room to serve <br />alcoholic beverages on January 20, 2024, during the hours of 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM for Kindred <br />FFA's Commitment to Corduroy Event in Davenport, North Dakota. <br />g. Contract approval- <br />KLJ Engineering, LLC—preliminary and design engineering for the structure replacement and <br />incidentals in Tower Township <br />Tyler Technologies—professional services agreement for cyber security <br />Flood lot lease renewals for 2024 <br />6. PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Mr. Peterson asked for public comment and hearing none, moved on to the regular agenda items. <br />7. ABATEMENT, Approved for Starr Thies <br />City of Fargo Assessor, Michael Splonskowski was present to discuss an abatement application <br />submitted by Starr Thies for a property located at 2609 11th Street South in Fargo. The applicant has