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.. 9 5" F- 3as-' -, HALL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1995 The Hall County Board of Supervisors met October 10, 1995, at 9:00 A.M. from adjourned session and by published call with Chairman Irene Abernethy presiding. Present on roll call were Irene Abernethy, Richard Hartman, Margaret Landis, Robert Leslie, Gary Quandt, Judy Rosenkotter and Tammie Stelk. Invocation was given by Gary Quandt. Pledge of Allegiance was given. Quandt made a motion and Hartman seconded to accept the mintues of the October 3 meeting and place on file.. Abernethy, Hartman, Landis, Leslie, Quandt, Rosenkotter and Stelk all voted yes and none voted no. Deputy County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz was contacted by Monica McClure with Head Start concerning the purchase of 3 buses. Hall County will need to approve:;anaddendum agreement with Head Start that will give the consent EO.~ne-1:rade-in of the vans for the 3 new buses and agree to the transfer of the grant funds to Head Start for the pruchase. The title of the buses would be issued in the name of Head Start until termination of the agreement and at t~at time the title would vest back to Hall County. This,addendum_Cl._~J;.?emetl"t: would cover all basis for the purchase of the buses. -HeadStart now falls under federal guidelines and must transport children in school buses. Head Start was awarded $94,800.00 from this federal grant. Discussion was held on the use of the vans for public tra~sportation. Quandt made a motion and Leslie seconded to approve theiaddendum agreement,to allow pass through in the equipment acquisition-fund of the grant money in the amount of $94,800.00 to Head Start for the purchase, to consent to' the trade-in of the old vans and to provide that Head Start will deposit the titles of the.n~wbuaes with Hall County. The chair was authorized to sign this'_ addeng.'lJ.ID_Cl.gr~ement. Abernethy, Hartman, Landis, Leslie, Quandt, Rosenkotter and Stelk all voted yes and none voted no. Monica McClure spoke to the board on the audits that are required to be mad.ELon.Head Start. She questionedwnyHead Start pays McDermott and ~lJI~r~~do this audit instead of paYlng Hall County. This matter was referred to the Audit Committee and they will discuss this with McDermott & Miller. James Truell, with Truell, Garroute and Pullen di~cussed the proposed second-tier contract with the Board. The original contract would be for 3 years for $115,000.00 which would cover all second-tier, juvenile and paternity cases. The second proposal would be for ~econd-t{er~r only or use the contract as it was originally submitted~nd-allow':E6r the termination of the juvenile and paternity cases should the public defender elect to take over these cases. Mr. Truell stated that he would take the second-tier only if the board wanted for the amount of $65,000.00. It is still possible for the board to !neg6ti~_'with the Public Defender I s office. QlJ..Clndt requested that.-theChair set up a committee to prQceed with the~egotiations~ Rosenkotter, Quandt and Abernethy will serve on this commi tte-e-=- Janulewiczpointed out that an agreement with the county official could be worked out for additional compensation. This type of agreement has been done in the past. Landis pointed out the costs involved in the operation of the Public Def_e_nder's offJc.e.haveinc::r~ased from $174,000.00 to $210,000.00 and the number of 'cases they' handle has been reduced. - Discussion was held. Lesll.emadea-motlon andQ'uandt--seconded to approve the first part of the contract. Abernethy, Leslie, Quandt, Rosenkotter and Stelk voted yes and Hartman voted no.