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Garden Stolley Park upgrades $ 5,000 Total Requests $76,500 There is a balance of$6,353.00 Quandt made a motion and Bredthauer seconded to approve the annual grant awards from the Convention Visitors Bureau. Richardson ask about the funds to GISH and Brad stated that was a onetime contribution. This is a school project. He did meet with them and encouraged them to apply again. Hartman ask about the school issue and if some of the rural schools could receive funding. Brad stated that they look at the impact on tourism and their goal is to put tourists in town and if a school can do this they would look at it. Lancaster stated she is the liaison to Convention Visitors Bureau and is aware of the grant process. Brad stated that the grants are due in October and the applications are on their web site. Once they are received they are reviewed in November and December and then come to the County Board for approval. Discussion was held on the long range planning at the Hall County Park and they could apply for a grant to increase the camping pads. Richardson noted that the equine storage building is listed for a Grant of$82,000. Brad stated this was a new building and it is used to store the horse panels and an area for the horses to work out. This was a $400,000 noted and there is $200,000 left to pay it off. The vote on the motion to approve the grants was held. Bredthauer, Hartman, Hurst, Lancaster, Quandt, and Peterson all voted yes and none voted no. Richardson abstained. Motion carried. Brad stated that they are relocating their offices down town April 1st, 2020 in the Hedde Building they are working to raise the level of visibility 6. JERRY PICCOLO - DISCUSSION & UPDATE REGARDING JUVENILE CASES - Public Defender Gerry Piccolo noted that on the criminal side there were 844 Felonies at 150 cases per attorney there would need to be 5.6 attorneys and if you use the national average, 955 misdemeanors and at 150 cases per attorney you would need 5.62 attorneys. He stated that they are at an acceptable level. On the Juvenile side they opened 411 cases and the national average is 200 cases per attorney. Right now Dorothy has twice the national average. Gerry stated that they opened 38 cases and if you use 40 x 12 that would be twice the national standards. The number on the juvenile side justifies another attorney but that is up to the county board. The Judges appreciate having Dorothy for these cases and Dorothy likes doing the work, but the question is do we hire the extra person or he has to withdraw from the cases. He has withdrawn from 49 cases in the last 3 months. Mr. Klein stated that there was a backlog of juvenile cases and he filed 112 cases and 60 of them have gone through. The 2019 numbers may be a little inflated because some of the cases were from 2018 5