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r20000347 2. CO. ATTORNEY- APPROVE AGREEMENT WITH FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE: County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz stated that the union negotiations for this contract have been completed and the County Attorney presented the agreement and recommended that the Board approve it. Jeffries made a motion and Lancaster seconded to accept the agreement and authorize the chair to sign. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Landis, and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 2b DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE OF ONE-HALF INTEREST IN THE FORMER SOUTHERN PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT BUILDING: The board members received a memo from City Hall signed by Cindy Johnson stating that the City Council did not accept the offer from Hall County concerning the purchase price. Lancaster stated the City of Grand Island offered to buy back the Southern Public Power Building, when the health department stated that it would not be large enough. They stated that they had another use for the building. Arnold made a motion and Lancaster seconded to go into executive session to discuss negotiations on the SPPD Building. Discussion was held and Hartman stated he wanted to stay in open session. Arnold called for the vote. Arnold, Lancaster, Humiston and Logan all voted yes and Jeffries, Hartman and Landis voted no. Motion carried. 9:15 a.m. executive session 9:25 a.m. Jeffries made a motion and Arnold seconded to go out of executive session. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Landis, and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Jeffries made a motion and Lancaster seconded to reject the resolution proposed by the City and withdraw the initial offer of $250,000.00. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Landis, and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 2c APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HOWARD CO. FOR JUVENILE SERVICES. County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz presented copies of the proposed interlocal agreement to the board members. Lancaster made a motion and Humiston seconded to approve the interlocal agreement with Howard County. Jeffries called for discussion. He stated he is not in favor of Hal County always being the big brother for all the surrounding counties and wanted to know if it is costing Hall County to run these programs. Hartman expressed his concern on the additional money paid to the directors and concerns of having to hire additional staff to cover the workload. The director's salary is a budget issue and those salaries will be negotiated. The program fees that are paid by the juveniles will defray some of our expenses. Lancaster stated that the Juvenile Services Director is holding the classes and does not need to hire additional people. The vote on the motion was taken. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Lancaster, Landis, and Logan all voted yes and Jeffries voted no. Motion carried. 3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chairman Hartman called for public participation. Ann Copple, 804 South Gunbarrel Road, requested to speak to the County Board concerning the dewatering project. The City has started meeting on this project and she expressed her concern on how this will affect the ground water. When the city started pumping their quality of water changed and she now buys bottled water even though it is satisfactory to consume. She also stated that the lakes might drop if there is a series of dry years. Lake Davis is a shallow lake and it freezes over in the winter. She only wants