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(20020664 Eriksen - He stated the health board met and accepted the $250,000.00 offer from the county and to look for other office space. They will request equal funding from the city and are waiting for their response. Logan - No report Jeffries - He reported that the justice committee and talked to the Doniphan village board about the rate for hourly patrol of their town. This rate is the additional hours that they request services. The rate has not been changed since 1988 and the committee met and recommended changes and signing a three-year contract. The current rate is at $14.00 per hour and it would be increased to $23.00 an hour. This is the same rate that is charged to Cairo and Wood River. Hartman questioned what the City of Grand Island pays. The sheriff does work for the city as far as delivering papers and law enforcement but the county charges the small towns. He questioned if everyone is being treated equally. The villages can have their own police force but have chosen not to. The board will have to review and approve the contracts once they have been completed. Jeffries reported that the parks committee has met and they have an estimated from an engineering firm to put in city water and sewer. The estimate was $190,000.00 and $170,000.00 was budgeted. They will bring this to the full count board in December and set the bid opening for January. Eriksen stated that he would like to see an overall plan for the park. He stated that if the county is going to maintain the park they would need to have sewer and water. Hartman questioned if the camping area is eliminated if they would need this and he questioned if the board wants to increase the camping area because so much has been lost. He stated that the board needs to make this decision. Jeffries stated that the building and grounds committee received a call requesting them to met with Judge Luther and the interior decorator to go over the colors and Jeffries stated he told them to proceed with the project. Jeffries stated she has waited a long time for the remodeling and he is glad it is going to be completed. Scott - He reported that he attended juvenile justice meeting and the public defender committee meeting. Lancaster - She attended the public defender committee meeting and corrections negotiations meeting. She reported that Senior Citizens is working very hard to raise funds for the capital improvements. She also reported that the audit committee met to approve the equipment reserve requests. She also attended two days of meetings with Workforce Development. She reminded the board members that the meeting will be recessed until 6:00 p.m. tonight for the joint meeting with the city council regarding the site for the ethanol plant. Meeting recessed until 6:00 p.m. for the joint meeting.