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Commission Minutes—April 15, 2024 5851 Highway Access Plan, the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, the Cass County Subdivision Ordinance, and all other applicable regulations. e. Authorize Finance Director to offer 2008 Mack Truck with plow, wing, and underbody, 1994 Kenworth truck, 2006 Kubota tractor, 1996 Ford tractor, 2010 woods three-point mower, and miscellaneous construction and vehicle supplies for the Highway Department on public sale. f. Authorize IT Director to purchase a new multi-function platter, scanner, and copier under budget line item 101-1803-4017401 from Advanced Business Methods in the amount of$8,499. g. Authorize letter of support for Kindred Renaissance Zone plan update. h. Approve raffle permit for Horace High Trap and Skeet Team to be held on May 14, 2024, at The Shooting Park in Horace, North Dakota. i. Contract approval- KLJ Engineering, Inc.—contract documents for right of way services in Tower Township; Vector control contracts for 2024—contracts with various local entities and aerial mosquito control applications; Flood lot lease renewal for 2024. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT Mr. Peterson asked for public comment and hearing none, moved on to the regular agenda items. 7. RESTORE FUNDING REQUEST RESTORE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization who monitors unsupervised probation for the East Central Judicial District Court. RESTORE has been providing services for over 30 years and in 2023 monitored 538 cases for compliance with court ordered chemical dependency and mental health evaluations, domestic violence assessments, and community service. This service consists of meeting with offenders to explain the conditions of their sentence, offering resources to fulfill the conditions, verifying the legitimacy of completions, submitting Affidavits for offenders in non- compliance, and attending order to show cause hearings to testify and provide evidence of non- compliance. RESTORE's only source of funding for this service is the fees paid by the offenders. In 2023, RESTORE received approximately $20,000 in case payments for this program. Currently, the operating expenses for supporting this program are $70,000 per year. RESTORE is requesting Cass County provide $70,000 in funding for 2024 and RESTORE will be requesting operational funding in future years to continue the program. RESTORE Executive Director, Kelsey Augustin was present and said funding from Cass County is needed to keep the program going in 2024. Mr. Peterson said the program is needful for unsupervised probation, however, he believes this is something the State of North Dakota, who is in charge of the East Central Judicial District, should be funding. He said the County has no authority over the judiciary. Ms. Augustin said RESTORE has requested funds from the State and the State believes this program should be funded by the County because it is not a statewide program and cases are committed to the custody of the Cass County Sheriff. Assistant State's Attorney, Katherine Nauman was present and said RESTORE is an extremely useful program to track unsupervised probation. She said supervised probation requires a probation officer and is a separate program funded by the State. Ms. Augustin said it takes a person two domestic assault charges to get supervised probation, she said if RESTORE is not monitoring domestic assault cases, there is a safety risk. Mr. Peterson asked what other counties in North Dakota do to monitor unsupervised probation cases. Ms. Augustin said the clerk's office monitors the cases or there is no monitoring. Mr. Grindberg said he understands the need and request, he said he would like the request to come back during the next budgeting process. He said the County has a lot of work to do with regards to working with the State and what the county versus state requirements are. Ms. Augustin said she is concerned the program will not make it until next year without funding support. Mr. Peterson said RESTORE should bring their full budget and financial information to budget hearings and start a