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15. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON UPDATE ON UNION NEGOTIATIONS —the union negations with the public defenders have not been completed and they have ask Jerry Pigsley to negotiate the agreement with the Road Department .Peterson stated they do not know who will be the road representative Al Ogg has worked on the negotiations in the past but has some health issues. They have given Jerry some basic information but would like to have a Road Superintendent involved in this process. They have postponed this until March. The Road Department employees were not eligible for the premium pay at this time until the contract has been negotiated. Lancaster made a motion and Sorensen seconded to go into executive session for items 6a County attorney, and 17 Performance evaluation and 11 Public Defender. There are 2 reasons for an executive session to protect the public interest or to prevent needless harm or injury to an individual. Bredthauer, Hurst, Lancaster, Peterson, and Sorensen all voted yes and no one voted no. Motion carried. Quant was absent for the vote and Richardson was absent for the vote Motion carried. 6a COUNTY ATTORNEY- A.)EXECUTIVE SESSION-DISCUSSION AND ACTION REGARDING LITIGATION BY CRAIG HARRENSTEIN Held executive session 11:27 a.m. to 11:38 a.m. 11. PUBLIC DEFENDER-DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING JUVENILE CASES Held executive session 11:39 a.m. to 11:51 a.m. 17. EXECUTIVE SESSION-PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS Held executive session 11:52 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. Lancaster made a motion and Sorensen seconded to go out of executive session. No other subjects were discussed no votes were taken and no action was taken. Bredthauer, Hurst, Lancaster, Peterson, Richardson and Sorensen all voted yes and no one voted no. Motion carried. Quant was absent for the vote. Motion carried. 11:56 a.m. Richardson made a motion and Sorensen seconded to refer the performance evaluation to the personnel committee to present to the employee. Bredthauer, Hurst, Lancaster, Peterson, Richardson and Sorensen all voted yes and no one voted no. Motion carried. Quant was absent for the vote. Motion carried. COMMITTEE OR BOARD MEMBER'S REPORTS - Sorensen stated he attended the Weed Board meeting and reported that the UNL Extension office will be offer classes for the individual applicators licenses. He attended the NRD meeting and they are proposing a new office building. They currently have $5 million in funds that were carry over from the flood control project available but would still need and addition $2.8 million. He expressed concern that this is a big stretch and a lot of money and a large building. But this was approved by the 25 member board to move forward. There are other counties representative on this board. Bredthauer reported that the utilities at extension office are 3 time what they used to be and they are at 70% of the utility expenses. If they run out of money they would have to 9