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Steve stated that Wayne Gleason announced his retirement on January 17th and they will be having a retirement party for hi later. Way has worked for 14 years and is a hard working employee he knows the county and all of the section corners. Steve stated that Rich has talked to a contractor about the cracks in the building and how to repair the blocks. They have been doing the bridge inspections but if a bridge is over 20 feet long they have to have the bridge certification. He needs to have one more person with the certification to help with this. He also stated that they have ordered the pipes for the Amick Acres project and are working on the agreements. Steve stated he is watching the overtime budget line item. They have kept in touch with FEMA and are working on category C. They are asking for invoices and information on hours. January 1st they started sealing cracks on the roads. Steve stated they have inspected all of the chains and is changing them. There is a training workshop in Kearney on signs and flooding issues and he will have 2 foemen and the sign tech and he will attend. They are still looking for a bucket truck and there is one in Sioux City and now Southern Power has 2 on Big Iron but they are smaller. He may come back to the board on these but would like to look at a local unit. Steve stated that they received the 2020 tire grant and signed the agreement. It is scheduled for July 25, 2020. Hartman stated they need to get started on some long range planning on the flooding. Steve stated they are looking at the pipes and culverts and looking at the gravel and paved roads. The ground water table is still high. Quandt ask if the plans for Amick Acres are done. Steve stated he is finalizing the elevations and the Home Owners Association is working with a land leveler in Hastings. They are address the county road and will need to address getting the last section of ditch redirected to drain into the lakes. They want the land leveler to do that projects and they have ordered the culverts and get them in when they come. Steve stated they looked at the culvert on Abbott Road and Wayne Gleason had surveyed that and he talked to Wayne they to determine if it is an elevation problem or a capacity problem. He will send a letter to the railroad, and look at increasing the capacity of the county pipes. The railroad took a box culvert and shoved a pipe through it. He can make a suggestion to the railroad how to fix it. C) DISCUSSION & POSSIBLE ACTION ON OLD HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILIDNG — Mr. Humphrey stated that the Fire Marshall informed him that the County has to do something with the sprinkler system in the annex storage area or move out. They had used the Health Department building for storage but the asbestos needs to be removed in order to use it. He has an estimate of about $60,000 to remove the asbestos but the upgrade on the fire suppression in the annex building would only be $4,000. 9