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OFFICE REPORT HALL COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT JANUARY 2020 BUILDING PERMITS $ 4,363.40 REGISTRATIONS $ 1,180.00 TOTAL FOR MONTH $ 6,213.40 FISCAL YEAR TO DATE TOTAL $ 40,294.79 SHERIFF CONRAD — INTRODUCTION OF DEPUTY SULLIVEN AND GIO — Sheriff Conrad stated that is has been 10 or 15 years since the county has had a Caine dog and he wanted to get the program up and going again. The dog was purchased with a donation by an anonymous group and Deputy Sullivan is the dog handler. He took 4 month of training and Gio is a 19 month old Dutch Shepard mix. He lives the Deputy Sullivan. Deputy Sullivan stated there is a lot of drug traffic on the interstate and highways and Gio is an asset to help detect those products. He is also a patrol dog and a tracker and can help clear buildings and can be used for search and rescue. Sheriff Conrad stated he is confident they have selected the right handler and they will serve Hall County well. 9:10 a.m. Held a Board of Equalization meeting 9:15 a.m. Adjoined the Board of Equalization meeting and returned to the regular meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chair Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. 9. PUBLIC WORKS —B) UPDATE PUBLIC WORKS — Steve Riehle was present and had provided the board member with a memo regarding the road conditions. He had talked to other counties and they are having the same problems. Hall County has more traffic than the other counties. They have been hauling gravel and hauled 75 loads of crushed concrete to keep the road passable. They road looked better Sunday and the temperature was good and they worked until 5:00 and worked extra hours yesterday. Quandt ask if it private land owners could do maintenance on county roads and Mr. Riehle stated that they are not supposed to unless there is an interlocal agreement with the land owner They have agreement with the City for snow removal. If private individuals do maintenance NIRMA encourage that there is an interlocal agreement with the property owner. Steve also stated that if they push snow from their property is has to be pushed to the other side of the road. Hartman noted that the roads have a crown on them and if the crown is removed there is no place for the water to drain. Steve stated they have 2 pieces of equipment that they use for maintenance to keep the gravel on the road and they use a disk the grass on the sides of the roads to keep it wide enough. They will have a lot of work to do this spring because of the wet weather. Hartman also noted that Buffalo County has a lot of roads closed too. Our road Department is doing a good job. Steve noted we have more traffic. 2