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F03142 Eriksen stated that there is a difference in the private construction and the private operation. He stated that Mr. Dawe raised good issues and he is concerned with the safety issues but the county will still have the board of corrections to oversee the jail. Chairman Lancaster stated that public participation will be held later because of the scheduled public hearing. 10:00 a.m. PUBLIC HEARING 1 & 6 ROAD PROGRAM - Jeffries made a motion and Arnold seconded to open the public hearing. The board members received a copy of the plan. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries and Lancaster all voted yes and none voted no. Rye was absent. Dan Hostler and Jeff Palik were present and reviewed the 1-year plan. Project C40 121. The Cairo East project will now be completed because they will be able to purchase the right-of-way. C40 (259) and C40 (277) are two bridge projects and C40 (311) is another bridge project. The railroad crossings at 90th, 60th and 190th roads will be closed and removed. C40(319) is a box culvert project. As the work on the Wood River Warm Slough has been completed one bridge on the floodway will have to be replaced with a box culvert. They will also work on the seeding and landscaping on the South Locust project. In the 6-year plan Project C40 (95) was deleted because the area was annexed by the City of Grand Island. It will now be project C40(327). This is on Schimmer Drive on the south side of Ponderosa. Eriksen questioned stated he would like to see a master road plan and he questioned if the county will be able to maintain all of the roads. Hostler stated that the State of Nebraska provides a classification map and this is what is followed. Eriksen questioned if the new bridges can handle all of the new farm equipment and weight. Hostler stated that the bridges are all posted and the new bridges are built to handle the weight. Chairman Lancaster called for public response. Dick Pitcher, 160 Ponderosa Court requested to speak to the county board. He stated that the residents of this subdivision have requested that something is done with Schimmer Drive and he understands that this project will be addressed in 2004. He stated he appreciates that this will be done. This area was annexed to the city and it is in their 1 &6 Plan. Hartman questioned if the county paves township roads. Mr. Hostler stated that the county couldn't pave a township road if it is a minimum maintenance road. The classification would have to be changed and if it is then the state would also pay. Jeffries made a motion and Arnold seconded to close the public hearing. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries and Lancaster all voted yes and none voted no with Bob Rye absent. Motion carried. Arnold made a motion and Eriksen seconded to approve Resolution #03 -007 for the 1 & 6 Road Plan. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries and Lancaster all voted yes and none voted no with Bob Rye absent. Motion carried. 4