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Quandt suggested he would like to spread it out the cost. Right now steel is high and it may go down they may be more expensive now. Discussion was held and they need to get started. Bredthauer agrees some of the machines have a lot of high hours and that means trade is less and they may have more repairs and what happens in 2 years when interest climbs and inflation starts. Lancaster questioned why the county would borrow money but Karen stated thee is the lease purchase program. Steve suggested that they could go out for bids and ask for bids on 3 or 6 units there would just be 2 sets of bids. Bredthauer stated she agrees with this. Sorensen made a motion and Bredthauer seconded to talk to the local dealers to see if they have units that will fit the bids specifications and request bids for 3 or 6 motor graders. Lancaster said she will support this we need the information. Quandt ask how many repairs the mechanics do. Steve said they do the regularly scheduled maintenance and if it is a big item the companies do the work. Steve stated they would need the diagnostic software in order to do the repairs and he would like to make that part of the purchase price Quandt ask if there was a state bid and Steve stated there is one with the lowest life cycle and the lowest bid price. They might have an idea of the cost. Steve said that is the number he put in the budget for the possible purchase. Bredthauer stated that President Biden signed an order that would change it so that manufactures would have to allow repairs shops access to the software. Right now the company owns the software and you cannot get it or afford it. The vote to go out forbids was taken. Bredthauer, Hurst, Lancaster, Quandt, Peterson, Richardson and Sorensen all voted yes and no one voted no. Motion carried. 15.PUBLIC WORKS — Lancaster A) DISCUSS & TAKE ACTION TO AMEND PRESENT LEGISLATION RE — COUNTY ROAD SUPERINTENDENT FROM A POPULATION OF 50,000 — 150,000 — Lancaster stated that she and Karen and Scott met and since Hall county's population exceeded 60,000 and we will now have to comply with the legislation. The committee has looked at this and now the County Surveyor automatically becomes the Road Superintendent. When this was introduced Buffalo County requested that it be amended from 50,000 to 60,000 and if Hall County would have known about this we could have gone with them to have it increased. Scott Peters is the County surveyor and runs the GIS Department. GIS is used by the entire county and other department rely on Scott and GIS. He only has 1 employee and 7