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Commission Minutes--ApriI19, 2004 2717 8. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Monthly financial statement received MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to receive a monthly financial statement provided by the county auditor. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 9. PERMIT FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY, Approved for Starr Fireworks MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve the permit for a fireworks display for entertainment purposes at Starr Fireworks, 3805 52nd Avenue South, Fargo, according to an application submitted by Dino Alexakos for Cam Starr, on the date of May 1, 2004, beginning at 9:00 PM. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 10. SEVERE SUMMER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK, April 26-30. 2004 MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to authorize the chair to sign the proclamation for Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week on April 26-30, 2004. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 11. VECTOR CONTROL, New director appointed Mr. Berndt said a new director was appointed by the Vector Control board at a meeting held earlier today. He introduced Angela Balint to the commissioners. 12. ELECTION UPDATE, Provided by county auditor Mr. Montplaisir provided an update on elections for 2004. He said with federal legislation, all counties are required to use new election equipment. The county has 59 precincts and will have a precinct scanner at each polling site. Cass County is expected to receive approximately $150,000 in federal funds to cover equipment costs. He discussed election night reporting and said ballots will no longer be counted at the courthouse. Each scanner has a memory card which will be downloaded onto a computer and voting results are received almost instantaneously. He said later this year, work will begin on creation of a statewide voter data base with costs also to be federally funded; however, the majority of the work will be done by local county auditors across the state. Kay Blakeway, GIS Coordinator, gave a demonstration on how the new precinct finder works on the county's website. She said the precinct finder is maintained through the tax system. 13. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Transfer of vehicles Sheriff Don Rudnick said the Sheriffs Department received two Cavalier travel trailers in 1998 that were used by FEMA during the 1997 flood in Grand Forks. The cost was $20 each and they have been stored at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds. The county no longer has any use for the trailers and the fair expressed interest in them. The fair has two GEM cars they wish to trade for the trailers. The Sheriffs Department will use the cars during the Red River Valley Fair, Big Iron, Community Days and other special events. The trailers are valued at about $10,000 and the cars at $12,000 and there would be no monetary advantage by either party from this exchange.