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(i-tl595 requesting some bids and it will need to be replaced as soon as possible. He also thanked the building and grounds department for the lights on the Courthouse. Lancaster - She attended the Senior Citizens meeting and the Head Start meeting and they are going forward with the transition. She attended the Central District meeting and set in on the clerk of the district court meetings concerning the transfer to the new computer system for the child support collection. The state has the computer system and the money to operate the system but there are computer problems. When a test was run on the check disbursements the clerk of the district court only experiences a 1 % rate of error but the new system experienced a 10% error ratio. Nebraska will miss the deadline that the federal government has set for the change over and may be fined, but the computer system has to work. Hartman questioned if Dave Arnold has met with the City concerning the claim on the ambulance fees. Stacey stated that he is in the process of setting up a meeting. Arnold - He also attended the long-range planning meeting and that has already been reported on. He also stated that the lights look very nice. Eriksen - He reported the he attended the Central District meeting in Hastings and he attended the meeting on the Wood River flood control project. The Corp of Engineers has the final design and they will proceed with acquiring the rest of the easements and will then let the contract for the construction. They are working on the last bridge. Logan questioned where the South Locust exchange work is. The bid letting was scheduled for August but it was pulled. Jeffries stated that it is scheduled for a December bid letting and should be started again in the spring. Hartman questioned who owns the right of way that is outside of the city limits. It was suggested that Chuck McCann could be contacted concerning this matter Hartman - He attended the long-range planning meeting and they did not accomplish anything. He stated that the county needs to proceed with the jail project. The county needs to move forward. Logan stated that the health board did not understand that they would have the entire county attorney office building and he wants to make sure that they understand they will have the entire building. Eriksen stated that he will let the director and the board know this. Chairman Hartman called for a break. Returned to session. 9:45 a.m. HEALTH DIRECTOR SONJA SIMPSON DISCUSSION ON LB 692 - Sonja Simpson health director presented handouts to the board members. She has contacted Sherman, Buffalo, Howard, Merrick, Hamilton and Clay counties to participate in the district health department. To date Merrick and Hamilton have committed to participate. Howard and Clay counties will make a final decision soon. Sherman County will go with CNCS and Buffalo County is not taking any action. Some counties do not have enough population to maintain a health department and the state encourages consolidation. Once the county has committed, each county will need to adopt a resolution of agreement and public hearing will need to be held. They will need to adopt the new agreement to incorporate the other counties. The board will remain intact until a new agreement is reached by all the counties forming a district health department and then a