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G225 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Holiday after Thanks giving -Com opposes prop. bill Raffle Permit for Kindred Lion's Club Salary Review Comm. appointments and terms set DES Workshop in Butte, MT- -Comm. Sondrall to attend Soc. Serv. granted out of state travel RRV Fair Assn. annual report -St. Atty. to inves. method of increasing mill Permits for RRV Fair Assn. granted Co. Insurance bill- motion to pay the bill with stipulatns, Soc. Serv. Dir. to hire Eligib. Tech. Soc. Services auth. out of state travel Fed. Revenue Sharing and Fed. deficit- Comm. writes letter supporting President Reagan's proposed cuts°- motion to send letter opposed by 2 Co. Comm. Mr. Wieland moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded to send a letter to the members of the Senate State and Federal Government Committee opposing House Bill 1251 which proclaims the day following Thanksgiving as a holiday. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Eckert moved and Mr. Wieland seconded to grant the Application for a Raffle Permit for the Kindred Lion's Club on March 23, 1985, at the Kindred School. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. The Auditor reported on the selection of County Department Heads to serve on the Salary Review Committee. Mr. Wieland moved and Mr. Eckert seconded that the Salary Review Committee consist of the following people with their terms being set as follows: Motion carried. Judge Cynthia Rothe -3 year term Robert Hoy -2 year term Donald Rudnick -1 year term Alternates for one year terms -Joyce Holm and John Meyer Michael Argall --3 year term Janice Becker -2 year term Linda Brooks -1 year term Alternates for one year terms Geraldine Watland and Arnold Grindberg Alon Wieland representing the County Commission Commissioner Sondrall was given permission to attend a workshop in Butte, Montana, on April 10, 11 and 12th in connection with Disaster Emergency Services. At least one other Commissioner would be eligible to attend also. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to grant out -of -state travel for Social Services employees Orliss Kringer, Pam Sand and Rainer Lobitz to attend an Intensive Family Based Service Workshop in Brainerd, Minnesota, -on February 13 -15th. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. On motion by Mr. Eckert and seconded by Mrs. Stanton, the meeting was adjourned. REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 19, 1985 Chairman Ray Larson called the meeting to order and upon roll call, all members were present. Mr. Eckert moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written. Motion carried. Mr. Mary Witt from the Red River Valley Fair Association asked if the Commission had any questions on the annual report which was submitted to them last week. Mr. Sondrall asked the States Attorney to investigate whether the one quarter mill levy for the Red River Valley Fair could be raised to one -half mill and if it would require a vote of the people. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to approve the application for concert permits by the Red River Valley Fair Association on July 11 -16, 1985, at the Fairgrounds. Motion carried. Discussion was again held on the County insurance billing from Dawson Insurance Agency in the amount of $27,000.00 for an addition to the August, 1984 premium. Motion was made by Mrs. Stanton and seconded by Mr. Wieland for purposes of discussion to pay the additional insurance premium to the Dawson Insurance Agency. The motion and second were amended to include a stipulation that in the future the County be notified of any changes in premiums, changes in insurance companies or anything else that pertains to the County's insurance as soon as possible when a change occurs and that the Dawson Insurance Agency provide a complete break -down of why the premium changed at this time, this information to be supplied in the next 30 days. The motion carried on roll call vote with four members voting "Aye Mr. Eckert opposing the payment of the bill. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded that the County Social Services Director be authorized to hire one Eligibility Technician. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mr. Sondrall seconded to grant permission for out of state travel for Social Services employees to go to Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The motion carried on roll call vote with all members voting "Aye Scott Krueger, Administrative Assistant, drafted a letter to the North Dakota Congressional Delegation regarding Federal Revenue Sharing and the Federal budget deficit. The letter states that the Commission supports the proposed cuts by President Ronald Reagan in the Federal Revenue Sharing Program because they feel there is no excess revenue to share. It further stated that other Federal programs should be looked at in the same light. Commissioners Eckert and Sondrall cited reasons for not favoring a cut in the Federal Revenue Sharing Program. Barnes County Commissioner W. R. Hanson appeared before the Board representing the Association of Counties and the North Dakota County Commissioners Association. He stated that if counties are going to take a stand on Revenue Sharing, they should be united in their stand. Mrs. Stanton asked who is going to address the problems of the Federal deficit if not local officials.