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COMMITTEE OR BOARD MEMBER'S REPORTS — Bredthauer ask if board members wanted to address changing the job description for the highway superintendent. The committee work with Sarah Carstensen and they went through the job description line by line and ask if it was OK to move forward. The rest of the board members agreed to use the job descriptions and move forward hiring a highway superintendent. Peterson reported on the Economic Development Advisory Board meeting there were community members, members from the city and schools and also Brad Fegley was there. Discussion was held regarding housing it is critical issue and they're 1500 homes short of the demand. They questioned if there was a way the county could address the infrastructure for housing developments. It is difficult to build affordable homes. He also stated that the Central District Health Board did not hold a meeting because there was not a quorum. They will be opening a testing site for COVID at the health center with a contracted company this is the company that did the test Nebraska last year. They will be open 3 days a week and the test results should be available in 24 to 36 hours. Bredthauer stated she attended College Park meeting and there is some interest in some of the space. There was also a redistricting meeting but they do no know where that will go. She also said she received a call from Gregg Robb regarding the grade all and motor graders. He told her that there are web site with used equipment that they want to look at. She read some of the information that she found on the sites and the costs. Peterson said this warrants discussion but it may premature until we have a highway superintendent hired. It does make sense to look at it if a piece of equipment value goes down rapidly it maybe something to look at. Karen noted some of the years of the units. Lancaster stated they also need to look at the other required criteria. Lancaster said thein the past the county had used a developer discount for new developments. Discussion was held to look at this. Peterson said now they use TIF to help with developments. He also said FedEx ground will be building a facilities with 200 employees and it will be difficult if they do not have a place to live. He also said New Holland needs employees and they need housing it is critical. Lancaster stated she received a letter from Regional Planning regarding TIF financing. She also said that they may postpone the bid opening for the Airport project because there are some concerns on the dewatering they will have to work through. Bredthauer stated she was appointed to a board by the Crime Commission regarding violent crimes. There has been an increase in this area and they wanted a representative from this area. 6