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HALL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2020 The Hall County Board of Commissioners convened October 13, 2020 by published call in the County Board meeting room, 121 South Pine Street, Grand Island NE. CALL TO ORDER- The meeting was called to order by Pam Lancaster INVOCATION was given by Steve Johnson PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was given in unison. ROLL CALL-Present on roll call were Karen Bredthauer, Richard Hartman, Butch Hurst, Pam Lancaster, Gary Quandt, Ron Peterson and Jane Richardson. Also present were Sarah Carstensen, Deputy County Attorney and board assistant Kim Dugan NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING LAW- Chair Lancaster read the notice of open meeting law. REQUEST TO RESERVE TIME —Chair Lancaster called for anyone from the audience had requested to reserve time and no one responded. HALL COUNTY EXTENSION UPDATE - INTRODUCTION OF NEW ENGAGEMENT ZONE COORDINATOR HILARY MARICLE - Hilary Maricle and D'Ette Scholtz from the extension office were present. Hilary is the Hall County Zone Coordinator. She lives in Albion and works with the University of Nebraska, her zone covers 9 counties. As a zone coordinator she works with the team to connect the University of Nebraska with the communities. She finds out the community's needs and what they can do to serve them better. Richardson ask how many zones there are and Hilary stated there are 11 zones and this is a permanent position. Hilary thanked the board for the opportunity to address the board and encouraged them to contact her. Quandt noted that in the past the board give the Chair authority to act on COVID issues. With the numbers going up and now Buffalo County has closed some of their building he would like to give the chair the authority to act on Covid issues. Lancaster stated this is not on the agenda and is not an emergency so it could be addressed in 2 weeks. If issues come up she will contact Sarah Carstensen. 1