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........... . . 25 FACILITIES AGENDA- a) Honeywell presentation "Aligning County Initiatives with Operations/facilities" - Lanfear stated that they wanted to bring this information to the full board. Randy Herrick with Honeywell distributed information to the board members regarding a facilities improvement and modernization project. This is what would be in the best interest for the county to address the maintenance costs. They would do a preliminary facility audit and they could provide a cost analysis with the best solutions for energy conservation, maintenance and address the cost of operations. They would address the competitive bidding and procurement laws. He also provided a draft of a memorandum of understanding for review. The boiler and chiller are the original 1979 equipment in the administration building. He also noted the problems with the HVAC in the county attorney building. There are improvements in technology HVAC and the windows and lightening would also be addressed. The boiler currently operates at 68% and that would increase to 92%. The life expectancy of the HVAC units is 25 years and they have exceeded that. This is information for the board. of facilities Lanfear made a motion and Schuppan seconded to table the rest o the e agenda until the May 19th meeting. Arnold, Lancaster, Lanfear, Purdy, Quandt, Richardson and Schuppan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 12 DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON LETTER FROM NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES REGARDING GRAND ISLAND VETERANS HOME HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONSULTATION PROCESS The board received a the letter regarding the veterans home and discussion was held to refer it to a committee or assign a committee. Quandt made a motion and Lanfear seconded to appoint a committee of Gary Quandt, Jane Richardson and Pam Lancaster to the committee. A letter will be sent informing them of the appointment. Arnold, Lancaster, Lanfear, Purdy, Quandt, Richardson and Schuppan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 13 UPDATE FROM CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE REGARDING SALARY SURVEY County Attorney Jack Zitterkopf Chair of the classification committee stated the committee, Scott Arnold, Dan Purdy, Steve Schuppan, Marla Conley, Jerry Watson and Peg Pesek were given instructions by the county board to proceed with implementing the study and the committee met 5 times. The elected officials were also included in the meetings to address the job descriptions. And some of the jobs were moved up or down on the ranges to address that people were compared to others in Hall County. Arnold stated that Stacy did a good job to make the results workable and some of the job descriptions were addressed. It is a good final product. Schuppan stated that this is a good starting point; there may be additional changes later. Quandt stated that he appreciates the work but expressed concern about employees in the private sector and they have been left out. Because the county is currently a MSA there are gaps between private sector and government employees. Arnold stated that private sector should already be at what the market bears the county can only address that we are compared to like counties and are not at the top but at the midpoint. Lancaster also noted that we are not compared to private sector. The legislature created this issue and the county is implementing it at a reasonable amount at the midpoint. The classification and audit committee have reviewed this and it is important to move forward. 9