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F'20020661 HALL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING NOVEMBER 19, 2002 CALL TO ORDER - The meeting was called to order by Chairman Pamela Lancaster INVOCATION -Invocation was given by Pastor David Zelmer with Zion Lutheran Church. 1a. A.O.K. LADIES PRESENTATION REGARDING GRAND ISLAND BEING NAMED THE CITY OF KINDNESS - Mrs. DeMay was present and stated that on November 22, 2002, the City of Grand Island signed a proclamation naming Grand Island the "City of Kindness". She stated in 1998 sixty women came together to find something good. Grand Island has good people and good things going on. Their goal is to spread kindness and in the last five years they have made people aware of what an act of kindness can do. They have touched the lives of 1200 school children and various organizations in the community. The community kindness letters are also in the newspaper. She stated that they hope they have made a difference. She distributed cards to the board member and Lancaster thanked her for sharing. CONSENT AGENDA - Arnold made a motion and Jeffries seconded to approve the following by consent agenda. 1. Accept and place on file the minutes of the November 5th meeting 2. 7 Authorize the Chair to sign the agreement with Hines & Associates 3. 9 Authorize the chair to sign the agreement with DMG Maximus 4. 15 Approve the final plat for Hockensmith Subdivision 5. 23 Accept and place on file the office reports from the Clerk of the District Court, Emergency Management, County Clerk, Register of Deeds and County Court 6. 24 Accept and place on file the Hall County Treasurer's Miscellaneous Receipts 7. 25 Accept and place on file communications as received Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. ROLL CALL ROLL CALL - Present on roll call were Scott Arnold, Jim Eriksen, Richard Hartman, Bob Humiston, Bud Jeffries, Pamela Lancaster, and Lonnie Logan. Also present was a representative from the Grand Island Independent and KRGI. 2a DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH FOP LODGE #10 - County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz stated that they have been negotiating with the Hall County Sheriff's FOP Union for several months and are ready to take action on the agreement. He stated that through the negotiations they have reached an agreement on pay differential for bilingual pay of fourteen cents and an increase on the canine officer's pay from fourteen cents to twenty-three cents. They have also increased the tuition reimbursement. They have also changed the training officer pay. This is a two-year contract with a 2% increase and no step increases for the first year and a 3% increase with steps for the second year. The members of the bargaining committee agree with the changes and he recommended approval. Logan questioned how the bilingual pay would work and Janulewicz stated that it works better to use an hourly increase instead of a flat rate. This works better with they new payroll system. The training officer pay is for a set time for each eight-hour shift and this is used only for a certain number of weeks. Jeffries made a motion and Hartman seconded to approve the Hall County Sheriff FOP contract. Arnold stated that