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Hartman, Hurst, Lancaster, Quandt, Peterson and Richardson all voted yeas and none voted no. Motion carried. Lancaster noted that the county has an investment in the Courthouse building when they made the decision to do the HVAC system. The community does not want to tear the building down. The dollars that are committed are no wasted. B. Loran stated he talked to the zoning administrator in Buffalo County Public hearing for the compost facility for smart Soil LLC will also affect property owners in Buffalo County everyone one needs to be informed. Loran called Andrew and he will set up a meeting to answer some questions regarding the project. Held a 5 minute break. D) DISCUSSION & POSSIBLE ACTION ON MOVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS BACK TO FACILITIES DEPARTMENT— Mr. Hurst stated that they were trying to solve a problem that does not exist and he wants to leave the conditional use permits where they and if they need to address the compensation they can address that. Bredthauer stated that she did so research and there are 5, 10, and 20 year conditional use permits. The fee is $500.00 and only collected once. She noted the following. 2017 no letters sent out 2018 5 letters sent out 2019 4 letters sent out 2020 2 will be 2 letters She expressed concern that this not correct. Something needs to be done. The compensation it $6,000.00 a year that is $1,500.00 a letter and if you compare the costs of the salaries and the cost of the fees collected this does not feel good. Richardson noted this is an unfair description it is not just a letter and this would be frustrating to the employees. It is not based on how many letters and you cannot base on compensation on how much is collected. Janet O'Malley stated that there may be 15 to 50 letters for each of the hearings for conditional use permits. The letters are sent to all adjacent owners. Peterson questioned why there is a difference on the number of years for the conditional use permits. It was explained that some of the permits are from previous years and the O'Neill permit was 7 years because of DEQ requirements. The 20 year permits are expiring and now there are just 5 year permits. Peterson questioned why it is not an annual fee. He noted that that they should charge on what it cost to administer the program. Bredthauer expressed concern that the wages were increased because they received the cola increases. Hartman noted some of the smaller ones are asphalt companies. Lancaster also noted that the gravel company's re also 5 years. Bredthauer expressed concern that the fees are upside down and out of balance. She also noted that the conditional use permits should be with the building inspector. 8