g. Quit claim deed-abandoned highway right of way

" Commission Minutes--April19, 1999 1968' approval, .as follows: Veterans Incorporated at Club 94; Casselton and at Bronco Bar, Chaffee. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 6. COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL, Section 9.50, Adopt-A-Highway Program. amended MOT/ON, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to amend Commission Policy Manual S~ction 9.50, Adopt-A-Highway Program, to-add CountY Road 26 from County Road 11 west 3 miles to the list of Adopt-A- Highway segments. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 7. LOST INSTRUMENT BOND, Received and filed for Fargo City Auditor MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to receive and file the Indemnity Bond on Lost Instrument for the Fargo City Auditor; and authorize the county treasurer and county auditor to issue a duplicate check. On roll ~all vote, 'motion carried unanimously. 8. CONTRACT APPROV AL, North Dakota Department of Transportation MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Koenig seconded to approve the following contract submitted by respective department head and po.rtfolio commissioner, subject to state's attorney approval; and authorize the chairperson to sign: North Dakota Department of Transportation for construction and maintenance agreement and right-of-way certificate for County Highway 26 improvements at the new North Cass School site. On roll call vote, motion carried unanimously. 9. REGISTER Of DEEDS, Conversion update , . Deanna Kensrud, Register of Deeds, updated the Commission on progress being made by her department on' the backlog_of returning recorded documents. As a result of 175 hours.c;>f staff overtime, approximately 200 hours of temporary help, and 158 hours from the'Count}! Treasurer's staff, she said two months of recorded documents from the backlog have been returned since her March 15th update. She estimated the backlog of documents recorded under the previous system will be cleared up by the end of May, and the office will ~hen concentrate on returning the documents that have been recorded using the new computer ,system. Commissioners were appreciative of this effort, commending Mrs. Kensrud and all of the staff for working additional hours on the backlog project. 10. DEED FOR HIGHWAY 81 RIGHT-Of-WAY, Motion tabled At the March 1, 1999, meeting, Commissioners discussed issuing a quit claim deed for former highway right::'()f-way in Section 15, Reed Township, containing approximately three acre~! ~o the adjacent landowner, Luella Holmquist. The item was delayed at that time in order for Ute ,state's Attorney to review the county's options. Mrs. Holmquist and her _, Ron Holmquist, were present at today's meeting. . Birch Burdick, State's Attorney, has reviewed the situation and said DIm County may s~1I this lmrII at a private sale if the value is estimated at less than $1,000.00. If valued over $1,000.00, the