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5. PUBLIC WORKS UPDATE — Don Robb reported that they are doing the contract work on Schaupsville Road and will be starting on 90th and Stolley Park Road. They cleaned and painted the shop, and it took 11 5-gallon buckets of paint. They are starting to patch some roads. He said they are laying asphalt on three of the subdivisions and have 3 more to do. 6.FACILITIES UPDATE — Loren Humphrey reported that the work on the county attorney building insulation has been completed. There was one pipe that had a pin hole in it that they had to repair and remove some insulation. He said there is also a pipe in the County Treasurer's motor vehicle department that must be repaired. He also said that the IT department had a temperature and humidity sensor that they are using in the county attorney building to monitor the humidity. The information is reported to the computer and if changes need to be made it will be reported to Loren and Janet to address. He reported that with the recent rain it flooded the tunnel at the old Courthouse. Chief took care of cleaning up the water and finding out where it is coming in. He also noted that there was a lot of vibration from the construction work and there some cracked walls and some downspout damage but they will replace those. The construction is going well and there will be punch list to go over before the walls are closed in. Some of the windows have glass is in and they made the final pour on the roof and will be installing the roof membrane. Diamond is planning to start work on the ADA ramp and he informed the employees that they will have to use the Sycamore side door. It will take about 3 weeks. 13.DISCUSSION & POSSIBLE ACTION ON HALL COUNTY RURAL TRANSIT— Bob McFarland provided the following options for the county transit system. • Option #1 continues services with the County incurring additional expenses at $75,000 to $85,000 over the local match of$31,275 • Option #2 Reduce services by eliminating bus service on Fridays, renegotiating contract with current provider the savings per year $53,000 • Option #3 Terminate existing contract and rebid the service • Option #4 end bus service 12/31/2026 and begin shutdown, dispose of buses and submit final reports to NDOT for reimbursement this option would stay in the NDOT proposed budget • Option #5 Cancel existing contract and make the service a county run entity no estimate on cost to do this • All options except 1 and 5 would require a public hearing He also provided information regarding the total cost per ride of$147.35 and noted that the administration fees are over a third of the cost. 4