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../ f-,/ {1\33c>r:- ( '0' ".0'-> BOARD MEMBER'S REPORTS - Hartman - no report Humiston - no report Eriksen - He stated he attended the safety meeting and the Memorial Day Services at the Veterans Park. He also attended the assessor committee meeting and the long range-planning meeting. The Health Board opened the bids for the remodeling of the Drisbachs building and they will take formal action at the next meeting. They received bids from five contractors and Lacy Construction had the low bid at $324,000.00. Rye - no report Jeffries - He stated that the criminal justice committee met and he distributed information on the law enforcement contracts with the villages. These new contracts will expire at the same time and the cost per hour is set the same. The contracts were presented to the villages and they have all approved them. Some of the contracts are lower because they will provide space to install a medial tower on the city water towers and the villages were allowed credit for this. Some of the contracts have reduced hours sot they are lower. Sheriff Watson will be at the June 1 th board meeting to present this information. Jeffries reported that the park committee met and they have two full time people that are on medical leave and they have hired one temporary part-time person that was budgeted for but they may need to hire another temporary part-time person to cover. Jeffries stated that the veterans committee also met and he reported that Sherman County veterans receive more money per veteran for disabilities than any other county in the State. Hall and Howard Counties are also in the top four along with Sherman County. Arnold - He stated he attended an ADA meeting and they discussed the money that they have left in the budget. They had anticipated spending funds for Mid Plains and for the county park but did not have to do this so the committee made and approved a motion to transfer these additional funds to the equipment and improvement reserve fund for the ADA expenses for the Kranz property. He also reported that the building and grounds committee met and they are looking for benches to replace the old theater seats in the courtroom. They also discussed purchasing new mowers for the park and building and grounds and are getting quotes on them. He stated that the juvenile committee met and the new juvenile services plan should be completed soon. It needs to be submitted to the state by the end of June. They have also applied for additional grant funds for a Spanish speaking person to assist the juvenile diversion office. Troy Chandler completed this grant and it would not require any additional matching funds because of our current grant. Lancaster noted that we can make English as the official language but we still need to communicate. She stated that she and Jerry Janulewicz met with some foreign visitors and provided them with some information on government issues. NEW OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Chairman Lancaster called for new or unfinished business. 8