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V 011.09 9 DISCUSS AND APPROVE HIRING WEED DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE: Bob Humiston stated that the Weed Board has discussed this position and they would like to make this a regular part-time employee and not seasonal employee. This would provide a little more flexibility for the secretary position. The board would like to set more regular hours and get someone trained for the position. Humiston made a motion and Lancaster seconded to approve the hiring a part-time secretary for the Weed Department. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Chairman Hartman expressed his condolences for the family of Jack Niemoth. Mr. Niemoth did a lot of work on the Weed Control Authority Board and was the interim superintendent for a while. He was active on the fire department and he will be missed. 7 10:40 A.M. BID OPENING SEALED BIDS FOR PICKUP AND PAINT STRIPPER: This equipment was declared surplus property and it was advertised to take sealed bids for the pickup and the paint stripper. No bids were received for the pickup. One bid was received for the paint stripper from Curt Clausen, 2324 West 11th Street, Grand Island, in the amount of $580.00. Logan made a motion and Eriksen seconded to accept the bid for the paint stripper from Curt Clausen. Arnold, Eriksen, Humiston, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and Jeffries and Hartman voted no. Motion carried. 9 DISCUSSION ON UPGRADING TOWNSHIP ROAD TO COUNTY ROAD AT 110TH AND LOUP RIVER ROAD: Eriksen asked to put this on the agenda for further discussion. He stated that at the board approved the construction of the road at the last meeting, but this is not the most typical road project that the county does. He would like to address a couple issues, first there may be other requests in the future and second is the road on the section line. If the fencing that is there is on the easement area it should be the responsibility of the landowner to replace the fence. Eriksen made a motion to construct the road on the section line and landowner will be notified and given 120 days to remove the fence, if it is on the right-of-way of the township road. Discussion was held on the location of the fence and what fence line would have to be moved. Jerry Janulewicz, Marsha Medbery and Marla Conley have been doing research on the location of the township road but have not found the necessary information to clarify the location of the road. Arnold stated the motion needs to be rescinded for more planning and to budget for the expense. Hartman stated that Darrel Johnson looked at the road and estimated the cost would be $40,000.00. Eriksen withdraw his motion. The item is not on the agenda so the board could not rescind the motion. Lancaster stated that this is not a personality issue, the county needs to have a plan and make sure that it is right, if the county needs to build the road that is fine they can build it. Arnold stated this is not an emergency and it does not need to be built now. This will be discussed further when additional information is available. 12 LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN LETTERS ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OLD CITY HALL: Logan stated that the letter the encouraging the development of old city hall was included in the packet. Health and Human services have an office in the old Elks Building and would like to have all of their offices together. A developer is looking at the city hall building and they are hoping to acquire tax credits to help with the remodeling project. If the project takes place, Logan stated he would like to use some of the space for Health and Human Services. Discussion was held on the county renting space for these offices. Lancaster expressed concerns on renting the space and also that we are only required