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(03629 HANDGUN APPLICATIONS TITLE INSPECTIONS 35.00 2,660.00 Lancaster asked that the board approve a contract agreement with Terra Scan Inc. for updating and maintaining the county's GIS coverage. The agreement is on a week by week basis and will include the following items. Updates to all GIS layers used within Mapsifter and related GIS applications previously maintained by the County. Cost for this agreement is $450. For the first week and $75 for every week after that. This is a short term agreement could extend up to twelve weeks, or a total of $1 ,275. Jeffries made the motion to accept the agreement as stated, seconded by Rye. Scott Arnold, Jim Eriksen, Dick Hartman, Bob Humiston, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster and Robert Rye all voted. 7 yes 0 no Motion carried. County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz met with the board for discussion and approval of retaining professional consultant services for pre-design phase of Hall County Jail project. It was Janulewicz recommendation that the board approve the hiring of a professional consultant service for putting in to fashion as to what is need for a county jail project. Janulewicz reminded the board that a consultant firm would in the long run save the county money because they would be informing the board as to what is need and not what might be needed for this project. He reminded the board that this is only phase one of the pre-design phase. After lengthy discussion Arnold made a motion and Ericksen seconded it to authorize the County Attorney to enter into a negotiations with Hanscomb, Fiathful & Gould of Denver Colorado for phase one pre-design for the county jail cost. Scott Arnold, Jim Eriksen, Dick Hartman, Bob Humiston, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster and Robert Rye all voted. 7 yes 0 no Motion carried. Second item for the county attorney was to set the bid opening for November 4, 2003 at 2:15 p.m. for HVAC Maintenance for services for County Attorney Building. Jeffries made the motion and Arnold seconded it to set the date and time for the bid opening. Scott Arnold, Jim Eriksen, Dick Hartman, Bob Humiston, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster and Robert Rye all voted. 7 yes 0 no Motion carried. Marian Ferguson met with the board to discuss and consider development of a South Central Economic Development District. Ferguson asked the board for economic Development Corporation. New future of a new development plan for the area for the following counties in Nebraska Buffalo, Hall, Merrick, Hamilton, Clay, Adams, Kearney, Phillips, Harlan, Franklin, Webster, and Nuckolls Counties. Ferguson told that board that the EDC is in the process of making a video along with the chamber of commerce showing the developmental future of our area and would at a later date like to present that video to the board. He also mentioned block grants that would be beneficial for the South Central Development. He stressed that we have not developed a central district., but that there is interest in developing these districts. The primary object is levying funds from the district for project development outside the city of Grand Island. Projects that would be funded are public works, research partnership, tech assistant programs, and many others. Ferguson foresee it as a good opportunity for Hall County and the other counties in the named region. Ferguson asked the board to enter into an agreement with the other counties for a benefit of the rural areas. Due to numerous questions by board members about this development Lancaster asked that Mr. Ferguson take a break for a few minutes while a bid opening was held and then the board would continue further discussion.