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Cass County Commission April 21,2004 Page 3 The other alternative is for the Weed Board to establish their own personnel policies, benefit policies, develop their own pay structure, obtain work force safety insurance, obtain a federal employer identification number, and either purchase a payroll system or setup their payroll manually. The county would have to do all of the financial work since we hold the funds and pay the bills. We would have additional payroll tax deposits, additional benefit checks to write, and additional federal and state filing requirements for taxes and work for safety insurance. I took a quick e-mail survey of other counties last week. Of the 35 counties that responded, two do not include them in the county system, two have them as independent contractors, two weed control officers are the county agent and paid by the state, and 29 include them in the county system. As the chief financial officer and a taxpayer of Cass County, I would recommend we do the same as we have in the past and as 29 counties are still doing. Sincerely, g~' '¡2¡Vt¡-~ ~t:~1 M:ntplaisir, 'C~ ~- County Auditor SUGGESTED MOTION: Move to cooperate with the County Weed Board in their efforts to streamline the administrative part of the running of the weed department and allow the County Weed Control Officer to be a county employee for all employment matters with the exception that the Weed Board does the hiring, supervision, discipline, and termination. As the Weed Board has already created a job description, vacancy notice, advertisement, and has made a decision to use the pay range in effect for the WeedNector Control Officer as of 2003 no additional pre-employment forms will be required. These forms, along with commission minutes regarding the structure shall be included in the employment file for this position