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Lancaster noted that if the county was to proceed we would have to submit the expenditures and hope to be reimbursed. Discussion was held on using the second floor of the Courthouse Annex for county boards to meet in an area where they could do the social distancing. The county does have some considerations for the COVID dollars The board needs to consider these projects and then look at the airport sewer system. Peterson ask Sarah if there could be an executive session regarding the recovery act allocation for the union negotiations and Sarah said they could. 14. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TO HALL COUNTY - Lancaster stated she talked to Stacy Ruzicka regarding the issue of a reporting agent for the COVID dollars. Alaina Verplank receives the dollars but would not do the budget and reporting. She had also discussed this with Kayla with Lutz. Stacy would be the most reasonable person to do this and is willing to do it. She does the budget and the board chair and board assistant sign off on the budget. She would also be able to answer any questions from the federal government if there was a federal audit. Stacy currently is contract labor and there needs to be some consideration for the compensation. Stacy was hired in 2018 and agreed to a dollar amount per hour and this has been increased to $75.00 an hour. Kayla stated that if you hired accounting firm it would be 3 to 4 times more. Stacy currently reviews the keno and year end reporting. The agreement is the same but they are just changing the value. Bredthauer made a motion and Peterson seconded to approve the agreement for financial assistance. Richardson ask for clarification regarding the keno Kim does the monthly keno reports and Stacy reviews and does the oversite. She ask if the end goal was to have someone in Kim's position to do this. Lancaster stated it was in the beginning and does not know the future. Richardson stted she would like to see that the county work with that goal in mind. She is fine with the agreement. Quandt noted that Stacy was here 19 years, Brad has left and the board would have to figure out how do the budget he trust Stacy's numbers and now there is the COVID reporting. We have also had Sarah to help with all of this. Lancaster noted that brad was to have Kayla work with him for 2 years on the budgeting side but now he is gone also. Richardson stated she has never questioned Stacy and she does a good job. Maybe the county needs a new position in the future. Lancaster stated they looked at a county administrator and it is difficult to even find someone. This is a reasonable cost and will be effective for now. 10