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'0: 91;:- -/3iZ Committee report from Stelk - Attended Building & Grounds meeting. Attended the Convention Visitors Bureau meeting. They are .preparing to do. their budget and will need to come to the County Board concerning monies for the budget. Midland Area on Aging - spent. time on '95 budge't for. facilir.ies of their Senior Centers, and the contract wi th ~e_DeckeI-rL and the care project. They are looking at expanding it to Hastings, Columbus and Grand Island Community Colleges. Plans are being made to have a one day tour of the 14 Senior Centers for the Board of Directors on the Midland Area of Aging Agency. The idea of a quarterly visit from the County Board to each of the Senior Centers was questioned. Hartman - Mid-Nebraska Retardation meeting- the con~ract was signed last night.with the state with more funds needed. j: Archit~ctMa~vin Webb appeared with ADA specifications for the court-house. Ot~s Eievator' and O'Keefe Elevator recommended either to modify the existing elevator to meet requirements or for a new elevator. The existing elevator is 36 year old cable elevator and anew one would be a hydraulic elevator. The present shaft would accommedate a new ADA elevator. To r~~do the existing elevator for ADA requirements would cost $8,000 and >tolreplace would be $40,000. Mr. Watson recommends in a letter to '-Upgrade the quality of the elevator and to meet the ADA, that a new elevator would be advisable. Nelson Helm, Regional Planning, appeared to request a hearing date be set for the rezoning of land from Michael & Barbara Binfield and Mitchell & Janice Binfield. The hearing date was set for June 7th at 10:00 A.M. . Ed Schmidt, appeared concerning the Wood River Flood project. He handed out estimated costs for the control project along I-80, SW of Wood River. This.cost would be shared by the State,NRD and Hall County. The county cost would be $217,500 with the site preparation and excavation being done by the County Road Department. Landis made motion, Frauen seconded to proceed with the flood control project. Abernethy, Frauen, Hartman, Landis, Quandt and Stelk voted yes, no one in attendence voted no. ChU9k McCann with the state Road Department will bring agreement to the board at a later date. Izola Sargent and Lois 'stienik~;rt~ the Bandi-bus appeared concerning the cab tickets. The 8,000 t~cKe~s for this fiscal year has been sold. There is more demand for more tickets. The Department of Roads in Lincoln, could have 1,000 more cab tickets for this fiscal year for $625.00. Landis made motion, seconded by Stelk to purchase 1,000 more tickets to. be paid out of the miscellaneous general fund. Abernethy ,.Fr~ue.IJ.luJ!Clrtman, Landis, Quandt and Stelk voted yes, none voted no. \Amendmen~J asking for more tickets. will be put into the agreement for next year. A committee will be looking into the use of vehicles for transportation of senior and'handicapped citizens. Representatives from Mid Nebraska Retardation, Goodwill and Vocational Services were in attendance and agreed that they would like to meet concerning a more ef.fectill/e. use of vehicles in transportation for these people. Frauen made motion, seconded by Landis to postpone the agreement with the state of Nebraska Department of Roads -proiectNQ. ~T-C40l(195). Frauen, Hartman, Landis, Quandt r~Abern~t11y-cl.ndsfeik-v-oted'....y~;~..~v._~-,-_:J-r. None voted no. ~ .. - - .--- -, Recessed for Board of Equalization at 11:33 A.M. and returned to regular session at 11:36 A.M. Jerry Janulewicz, Deputy County Attorney, appeared concerning a Building & Grounds committee meeting in regards to Social Services building and the condition of their building. They would like for it to be "spruc~d" up a little. In thinking of this, the building was surveyed by Environmental Consulting Analytical for asbestos. In the report, the ceiling tile was negative, the roof was also negative. There waS no lead paint on the interior of the building.