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~01325 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chairman Hartman called for public participation and no one responded. 5 b COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION ON PURCHASE OF MOTOR GRADER: Jeffries stated that the public works committee met and after lengthy discussion recommends to purchase the Cat 12H Motor Grader from Nebraska Machinery Company in the Amount of $107,886.00. Jeffries made a motion and Logan seconded to accept the bid from Nebraska Machinery. Eriksen questioned why they did not consider the low bid or even the second lowest bid, and Jeffries stated that there was a problem getting the parts for the Komatsu graders and they checked the resale value on the units that were the low bids. They also contacted a county that had the New Holland brand grader and they expressed some concerns on the New Holland brand machines. The representative from New Holland requested to talk to the board concerning the information they received from the other county. He expressed his concern that his unit was $25,000.00 lower and was not even considered. The other county expressed concerns on obtaining parts for the machine. He stated that information that the Hall County Board received was not accurate. Discussion was held and additional comments were heard from the New Holland representative. Eriksen stated that he felt the board needs to set a criteria on the bids and expressed his concern on not accepting the low bid and requested that the matter be sent back to the committee for further review. Logan stated that the committee would be willing to review the matter again. Arnold made a motion and Humiston seconded to table the matter for further study by the public works committee. Jeffries called for the question. The vote on the motion to table the matter was taken. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Eriksen and Logan all voted yes to table the matter and Jeffries and Lancaster voted no. Motion carried. 7 MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING BUDGET REQUEST - Lancaster stated that the Midland Area Agency on Aging submitted a budget request and they are asking for the same dollars as last year. The total request is $23,178.00. This request includes the membership fee from Hall County in the amount of $5,928.00, that will assist with administration costs and a continuation of the $17,250.00 for the senior services in Hall County sponsored by Midland Area Agency on Aging. Lancaster made a motion and Eriksen seconded to approve the request. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Eriksen and Lancaster all voted yes and none voted no with Logan and Jeffries absent for the vote. Lancaster stated that a new director, Carla Koecher was selected and she will start on July 5th. 11 APPROVE EARLY CLAIMS - A claim from the Clerk of the District Court was not submitted for processing for the month of May and it is necessary to process the claim for the checking account reimbursement. Eriksen made a motion and Lancaster seconded to approve the claim for $1,283.00 for the Clerk of the District court. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Eriksen, Jeffries, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz stated that there was one more early claim for the purchase of the right of way for Steve and Lola Clark. He has completed the negotiations for the right of way and the total amount due is $4,275.00. Jeffries made a motion and Humiston seconded to approve the claim in the amount of $4,275.00. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Eriksen, Jeffries, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried.