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Commission Minutes—May 6, 2024 5855 <br />REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />MAY 6, 2024 <br />1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER <br />Commissioner Tony Grindberg called the meeting to order at 3:30 PM with all members present as <br />follows: Tony Grindberg, Duane Breitling, and Jim Kapitan in person; and Mary Scherling and Chad <br />M. Peterson via Microsoft Teams. <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />Taylor Kaushagen led the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />3. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mrs. Scherling moved and Mr. Kapitan 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. Breitling seconded to approve the order of the <br />agenda. Motion carried. <br />5. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Breitling moved and Mr. Kapitan seconded to approve the consent agenda <br />as follows: On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. <br />a. Receive monthly financial statement from the finance office for month ended March 31, 2024. <br />b. Approve omitted assessments according to notices sent by the Finance Office to the property <br />owners. <br />c. Grant a site authorization permit to conduct games of chance under license issued by the North <br />Dakota Attorney General's Office on July 19, 2024, for the North Dakota Chapters of Delta <br />Waterfowl, Inc. at the Hartl Ag Building, Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo <br />d. Approve a raffle permit for Four Corners Wildlife Club to be held on June 13, 2024, at the <br />Embden Community Center in Embden, North Dakota; and approve a raffle permit for Embden <br />Community Club to be held on June 13, 2024, at the Embden Community Club in Embden, North <br />Dakota. <br />e. Approve the budget calendar presented by the Finance Office for preparing and approving the <br />2025 Cass County budget. <br />f. Authorize purchase of tile, thin set, grout, and metal trim for the south end bathrooms on the <br />second floor and basement of the Courthouse from Fargo Linoleum Co. in the amount of <br />10,710; retroactively authorize emergency purchase of two heat exchangers for the Jail Brekke <br />Sales Company in the amount of$30,832. <br />g. Contract approval—Valley Green and Associates 2024 and 2025 lawn mowing contract <br />6. PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Mr. Grindberg asked for public comment and hearing none, moved on to the regular agenda items. <br />7. FARGO PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR NEX SENIOR, LLC, County to participate in <br />incentive for up to a seventeen-year period <br />The Fargo City Assessor forwarded information to the Cass County Commission regarding an <br />application received from Nex Senior, LLC for a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for a new low- <br />income housing apartment building located at 1728 South 42nd Street in Fargo. The request is for a <br />seventeen-year PILOT exemption with a 100 percent exemption of the building value from property