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:-~03173 5e DISCUSS & REVIEW REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF ELM ISLAND ROAD - The Hall County Board received a letter from Duane Burns attorney for Thomas & Marty Ann Purdy concerning access to their property from Elm Island Road. The dedicated public road stops between sections 25 and 26 even though the road continues to run south to the section line. Since a portion of this road is not officially opened the land owned by the Terry's cannot be accessed. They are no requesting that anything be done to the road they just need to have the right-of-way sot their land can be accessed. Dan Hostler stated that they have to provide access to the property. Jeffries made a motion and Hartman seconded to refer this to the public works director and county Attorney Jerry Janulewicz and bring it back to the board for further action. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Jeffries requested that the board break so the park committee can review the bids for the water and sewer project for the park. Returned to session Jeffries stated that the park committee and the engineer reviewed the bids and recommended awarding the bid to the low bidder General Excavating from Lincoln Nebraska. Jefferies made a motion and Humiston seconded to award the bid to General Excavating and authorize the chair to sign the contract. The total bid was $129,117.65. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Jeffries stated that the park committee also discussed the need to close the camping sites at Hall county Park until the construction of the diversion ditch is completed. They hope that this will be completed by fall. Arnold stated that most of the committee would like to open the park before Labor Day but if the work is not completed it would be better to close for the entire season. Parks Director said that they will also be working on the construction of the road and he may also have to close it then. Jeffries made a motion and Arnold seconded to close the park for camping until the diversion project is completed and to have Park Director Chuck Kaufman close the park when necessary for the construction of the road and the water and sewer system for safety reasons. He will have to let the public know when it is closed. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 9 PURCHASE OF SERVICES FROM ABACUS BUSINESS SERVICES - Will Bennett with ABACUS Business Services was present to update the board on the computer system. He provided a power point presentation on the status of the mobile data system with the sheriff and police department. Jeffries stated that the current budget is almost $800,000.00 and in two years it would be $1,000,000.00. Lancaster stated that the county computer budget is under one budget and the county does not have a department to handle this. Jeffries stated that this is a big priced item for the county and the taxpayers should know this. The only costs that the departments have to spend are the consumables. 8