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Road Advisory Minutes-October 15, 2007 1 ROAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE OCTOBER 15, 2007-1 :00 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER Commissioner Darrell Vanyo called a meeting of the Road Advisory Committee to order at 1:00 PM on Monday, October 15, 2007, in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. Members were present as follows: Vern Bennett, Darrell Vanyo, Ken Pawluk, Keith Berndt, Rich Sieg, Scott Saewert, Robyn Sorum, and Scott Wagner. Jurgen Suhr and Mark Johnson were absent. 2. FUTURE HIGHWAY PROJECTS, County Hiqhwav 16 discussed, action Mr. Berndt discussed future highway overlay projects and distributed a handout outlining a draft entitled "2008-2009 County Federal Aid Program". He asked the committee's approval of the recommended program as well as direction regarding whether to pave eight miles of Cass 16 between Davenport and State 18. He stated that Cass County receives approximately $1.3 million each year in federal aid for roads allowing the county to decide on the expenditures of these funds. Bridge projects compete on a statewide basis with no set amount the county receives yearly for projects. Mr. Berndt also presented a handout derived from a PowerPoint presentation which was recently distributed to county commissioners by the director of the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT). The NDDOT has expressed concern that some of their ability to transfer federal funds between programs may be lost with future legislation. If flexibility were to be lost North Dakota counties would lose considerable dollars in federal aid. Mr. Wagner stated that 10 mills generates $3.5 million and since 1984 the county has levied 10 mills for the purpose of infrastructure, 87% of the dollars generated come from the metro and extraterritorial area; however, only 17% of the county roads lie within this area. Mr. Wagner is concerned about using too many dollars to pave low traffic roads. Mrs. Sorum expressed concern regarding paving too many roads and the ability to keep a maintenance schedule. Mr. Pawluk said there are no major paved roads running east and west in the southern part of the county. If Cass 16 were given priority, other maintenance overlays would need to be postponed for several years to free up enough funding for the Cass 16 project. Mr. Berndt plans to attend a NACO Transportation Committee meeting in Dallas, October 17- 19 to work on a proposal regarding the 2009 highway bill. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to proceed with the 2008-2009 priority list for county road overlay projects for Cass County Highway 10 to Highway 17 and Cass County Highway 4-Highway 5 to State Highway 18 as presented and to exclude Cass 16. Discussion: Mr. Saewert said if we abandon Cass 16 again the issue will continue to come back. One of these years the project will have to be done. Mrs. Sorum stated before adding projects for overlay, we need to look at the entire county for needs. On roll call vote, the motion carried with Mr. Wagner, Mr. Vanyo, Mrs. Sorum, Mr. Berndt, and Mr. Sieg voting "Yes" and Mr. Pawluk, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Saewert voting "No".