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14. 26 Placed on file the County Attorney statistical report 15. 27 Placed on file the Hall County Treasurer's Miscellaneous receipts 16. 28 Placed on file communication from CNCS and Bid Ocean Arnold, Lancaster, Lanfear, Purdy, Quandt Richardson and Schuppan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 9:05 a.m. Held a Board of Equalization meeting. 9:14 a.m. Adjourned the Board of Equalization meeting and returned to the regular meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION —Chairman Arnold called for public participation and no one responded. COUNTY ATTORNEY - No items listed. 7. DISCUSS &AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH MID PLAINS CONSTRUCTION FOR COURTHOUSE HVAC & RENOVATIONS PROJECT- Schuppan made a motion and Lancaster seconded to authorize the Chair to sign the contract with Mid Plains Construction for the Courthouse HVAC and renovations project. County Attorney Jack Zitterkopf came forward and stated that there was an issue with the insurance in paragraph 10. He read the language in that section. There was language that was in the contract from Jon Jackson and after he read this he contacted Larry Pelan with NIRMA and he stated he had not heard of this and that section was deleted. Mr. Schuppan stated that as long as the modifications were reviewed by Jack his motion stands and Lancaster stated her second to the motion also stands. Mr. Quandt stated that he is not against the project but expressed concern that there is no one to lead the project. He questioned if there is more asbestos and other issues that would be handed over to someone else. He stated that the county needs someone to run this $3 million dollar project and if the Judges are unhappy the board will know about it. He stressed that the county needs someone to oversee the entire project. Lancaster stated that if the issue is the costs there would be a way to keep tact of them by using the line items in the budget. Mr. Lanfear stated that the county may need someone but the work that is going to be done falls on the engineer and if here are problems or change orders that could be handled by the facilities committee. Mr. Quandt question the issue on the asbestos but Mr. Humphrey stated that the amount of asbestos that is there is very minimal. He stated that there is some insulation around some of the existing steam pipe joints. He has taken samples to be tested. He also received a quote that is less than $1000.00. Most of the pipe is exposed but there may be some in the bulkhead but they will not know until the demolition. All of the demo crews are trained in asbestos removal. Lancaster stated that the committee could address the change orders or even establish a certain dollar amount that could be approved. He has the quote so everyone would be informed. 2