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15. 20 Placed on file the Hall County Treasurer's miscellaneous receipts 16. 21 Placed on file communications as received Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 14 TOURISM PROCLAMATION -- Executive Director Brad Mellema, Mike Swanson the Board Chair and Paul Nielsen marketing director were present. He gave a brief presentation on the new web site and a short video. Mr. Mellema read Tourism Proclamation#14-024. 9:20 a.m. Held a Board of Equalization meeting 9:25 a. m .Chairman McFarland adjourned the Board of Equalization meeting and returned to the regular meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION — Chairman McFarland called for public participation and County Surveyor Casey Sherlock requested to address the board. He read an e mail from Register of Deeds Mitch Clark regarding the online mapping and an error from 2009. He stated that the error was made by Mr. Clark and it was corrected in 48 hours by Dan Douglas. He was offended by the acquisitions and would like to have it investigated. Ms. Lancaster thanked him for bringing this forward it isn't on the agenda but does warrant investigation. 7A SET BID OPENING FOR JUNE 3, 2014 AT 10:45 A.M. TO ACCEPT BIDS FOR BUILDING ADDITION TO WOOD RIVER & CAIRO MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS—Mr. Sherlock stated that this had been discussed at budget time and David Krolikowski and Steve Riehle have been heading up this project. He distributed copies and pictures of the buildings. They have basically outgrown the buildings. Cairo has a small office and they are proposing to add a 16 foot addition so all of the graders can fit inside. He has list of the specifications for the contractors. Mr. Riehle estimated that the total would be about $60,000.00 for both with the Cairo shed at $35,000.00 on the high side. Mr. Purdy stated that these are busy hubs and he also noted that the state shed was expanded. Mr. Sherlock stated that Wood River is a little different because they have two buildings one is a machine storage shed and one is the main building where they have office space, equipment and tools they need to expand the size of the door and add space for the office outside of the building. They hope to open the bids on June 3 so it will not be in this fiscal year budget. Lancaster stated she recalls the discussion at budget time and appreciates the information. Mr. Schuppan stated they have talked about this and this is to set the bid opening but we are not obligated to accept the bids. Schuppan made a motion and Ziola seconded to set the bid opening for June 3, 2014 at 10:45 a.m. Arnold, Lancaster, McFarland, Purdy, Quandt, Schuppan and Ziola all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 9:30 A.M. Held a Board of Corrections meeting. 9:53 a.m. Returned to the regular meeting. BOARD MEMBER'S REPORTS -- Chairman McFarland called for board member's reports - 2