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HALI. COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING JANUARY 31, 2012 9:05 a.m. Quandt made a motion and Ziola seconded to go into a Board of Equalization meeting. ROLL CALL VOTE — Present on roll call vote were Scott Arnold, Pamela Lancaster, Bob McFarland, Daniel Purdy, Gary Quandt, Steve Schuppan and David Ziola. Also present was Deputy County Attarney Jack Zitterkopf and Board Assistant Stacey Ruzicka. NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING LAW— Chairman Lancaster read the notice of the open meeting law. MINUTES — Quandt made a motian and Ziola seconded to approve the minutes of the January 17, 2012 meeting. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted na. Motion carried. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. COUNTY TR�ASURER EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS —County Treasurer poris Mason presented the fallowing exemptian application: Mid Nebraska Individual Services, Inc., 2536 Carleton Avenue, Grand Island, NE 68803 for a 2011 Gashen bus, to be used to transport developmentally disabled individuals. She has approved this exemption application as per Nebraska 5tate Statute 77-202 and is requesting the board's approval. Ziola made a mntion and Arnold seconded to approve the exemption application for Mid Nebraska Individual Services. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION — LITIGATION STRATEGY RE: NEW HOLLAND TERC APP�ALS — McFarland made a motion and Purdy seconded to go into executive session. This executive session is to protect the public interest. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 9:09 a.m. executive sessian 9:50 a.m. Arnold made a motion and Schuppan seconded to go aut of executive session. Lancaster stated that they did not discuss anything except the issue and there were no votes and no action taken. COUNTY ASSESSOR UPDAT� ON TERRA SCAN- County Assessor Jan Pelland stated that she received notice that Terra Scan was sold to Manatron. She is familiar with the new company; it is part of the Thompson Rider Group. She contacted Marshall with Terra Scan to verify were we stand since we have a three year contract, and he stated that they will honor it, but shE has cancerns that they wilt. Terra Scan will be phased aut but they stated they will support the program in Nebraska. As changes are made it will determine haw soon the Terra Scan program will be phased out. She was asked if Hall County would like to be a pilot county for the new program. She stated that she is planning to look at the new program and will come 1