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Commission Minutes--March 15, 2004 2707 18. REGIONAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, Office restructurina approved Bonnie Johnson, County Coordinator, explained the request for office restructuring in the Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit. Commissioners received a letter dated March 8, 2004 from the director, Kathy Ziegelmann, for authorization to change an unfilled file clerk position to a senior secretary position. She indicated in the letter the filing and mail work in the office is being accomplished on a daily basis by one file clerk, and the additional secretary position would provide customer service and numerous other clerical duties, including reducing the number of projects requiring overtime pay. Funds needed to pay the higher graded position would be $2,679.03 and would be paid from the overtime balance of $9,014.09 in the department's 2004 budget, according to Mrs. Ziegelmann's letter. Mrs. Johnson said the time for requesting a job reclassification is May 1 st and the time for office restructuring is at budget time; however, this request is being made today because the file clerk position is vacant at this time. MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Vanyo seconded to approve the hiring of a senior secretary, pay grade A13, in place of a file clerk position #3106419-1 in the Regional Child Support Enforcement Office, effective April 1, 2004. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 19. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, Annual conference attendance Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor, said the annual conference of the National Association of Counties involves some 6,000 county officials across the nation. It provides networking opportunities and educational seminars relating to counties. The 2004 conference is scheduled to be held July 16-20 in Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona. He will be attending as President of the North Dakota Association of Counties. Mrs. Sorum believes the annual conference is beneficial and plans to attend the Phoenix one. Mr. Wagner talked about State and Federal Government mandates and said attending these conventions gives us a voice nationally. He also plans to attend again this year. Mr. Bennett asked if the county has a policy on commissioners attending conferences at county expense. If a commissioner is at the end of their current term, he said perhaps they should not be eligible to attend, and he would not think a commissioner is eligible to attend if they chose not to run for office. In his opinion, he said Darrell Vanyo would be the only commissioner eligible to attend the Phoenix conference from this county. Mr. Vanyo said he cannot attend the 2004 conference due to a conflict. 20. VOUCHERS, Approved MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve Voucher No. 185,126 through No. 185,927. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 21. MEETING UPDATES, Committee reports Commissioners and staff reported on meetings they have attended, including the joint Cass/ Fargo Commissioners luncheon meeting hosted by Cass County today at the Ramada Plaza Suites, and the East Central Commissioners meeting in Valley City on March 4th.