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us regarding 8 county region, she had concerns and talked to Theresa about federal funding and the effect this might have and if there were any interruptions of funds at this point. Carstensen mentioned that she did look over the Interlocal agreement, she stated there would be no interruptions of funds and no risk of losing money at this time, and recommended that the Board have a contact person to have better communication with MAA and their Board. Lancaster stated best to come back to this and put if off for 2 weeks and invite Casey in for information and Senior Citizens as well. Quandt stated that we are paying more money 70,000 last year and 20,000 on top of that people aren't getting meals, he stated we are putting out more money and people are getting less meals, he said we are not doing our elderly justice. Lancaster stated that last year when sitting on the Board for MAA there was a mis- step for 20,000 that did go to Senior Citizens Industries; she stated we had adequate dollars to buy supplies for meals and so on. So many things go along with this, clean facility, cleaning people, staffing, so many things are inter twined. She stated if the Board is willing to have Casey come in and state her case we can state ours, she said if transparency is better the trust level will be much better. Lancaster stated the ultimate goal is fighting and caring for our elderly. 10 A) PUBLIC WORKS PLACE ON FILE 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT Quandt made a motion to accept and place on file the 2018-2019 annual report for Road Dept. Karen seconded the motion. Bredthauer, Hurst, Lancaster, Quandt, Peterson voted yes, none voted no. Richardson and Hartman were both absent. Motion carried. 10 B) DISCUSSION & CONSIDERATION OF SETTING BID OPENING FOR FALL RESURFACING FOR AUGUST 20, 2019 AT 10:30am Steve Riehle stated he would like the Board to consider approval of project number 1 this fall and consider the balance be used this spring. He stated that in 18-19 there was 1,000.033.00 in the budget last year there was 1,000.065.00 and he has 1.4 million worth of projects that are at the top of his list starting with Old Potash Hwy being first on list this fall due to the condition of the road and how rough it is, the rest of the roads he said they can work on getting them scheduled to do patching on them and to get them up to shape. He also stated another road that is not on list, but that would have been near top of his list is Gunbarrel road and Husker Hwy it goes around a curve north of Stolley Park road but half of the road is Merrick County and they indicated they will not be participating in any projects until fall of 2020. Reihle stated he is asking the Board to consider moving forward with project 1 on Old Potash Hwy this fall. Riehle stated that he is not quite convinced with J.I.L. argument that coldness caused the roughness on Wood River road but setting the bid opening in 4 weeks will allow for the completion of the little over 2 miles of Old Potash they can get work done in September while it is still good and warm instead of October. Quandt-asked the question are we having problems with the last piece of road now too? Reihle stated that Ron Baldwin with J.I.L. was here, but had to leave. He said we are fortunate because temperatures have been on our side, and they did make adjustments to their rolling pattern. Reihle stated he drove by on Friday and again on Monday and the problem looked as if it had been fixed. He mentioned that if J.I.L. bids on fall project that paver that was previously used he will make sure they don't use until some adjustments have been made; he said he may still pull the trigger on formal smoothness test, without cost to the County. 8