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F/'I7 Grand Island Rural Fire District Board. The Grand Island Rural Fire District Board met in St. Libory two weeds ago and the board wanted to do a compete reorganization. Mr. Stueven stated that this action had already been taken and he requested the minutes of the meeting, but he did not receive a copy of the minutes. He stated that he has been working with County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz to obtain a copy of the official minutes. He contracted Rodney Rauert who is the secretary and Darrel Bockman who is the president, and they stated they remembered an election, but there are no official minutes to verify this action. The members of a fire board are elected at the annual meeting. Mr. Stueven questioned if this meeting being held today was advertised and no on could answer, so the meeting was adjourned and rescheduled for August 31, 2000. He requested that some of the board members attended this meeting. The board members told him that the only way the election process could be changed was by the legislature. 6 EXECUTIVE SESSION - PERSONNEL: Jeffries made a motion and Lancaster seconded to go into executive session regarding personnel. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Landis, and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 10:20 a.m. executive session evaluation The board recessed the executive session until later in the meeting to hold the public hearing. 10:30 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED ADOPTION OF DIGITAL ZONING MAP: Jeffries made a motion and Lancaster seconded to open the public hearing. Arnold, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster, Landis, and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Regional Planning Director, Chad Nabity stated that the regional planning commission held a public hearing August 11 and approved the digital-zoning map. This is the same zoning map that we have on the GIS computer. They are now using the technology to update the map. The resolution has not been prepared but this will be done at a later date. Mr. Nabity stated that he would like to see additional county people added to the GIS committee. Dan Hostler was on the committee but he has retired and they need to have someone take his place. Hartman appointed Bob Humiston to serve on the committee. 10 10:40 a.m. Ron Bishop NRD The board requested that Mr. Bishop talk to the board concerning the dewatering project. The City of Grand Island and the Central Platte Resources District agreed to look a feasability study concerning the high water tables in Northwest Grand Island. The study is nearing completion and should be out by end of the month of August. Olssen & Associates of Grand Island and Lincoln were hired to do the study. They are finalizing the final draft. The board asked how this would be financed and Mr. Bishop stated that the financing of the project would be up to the City of Grand Island. The board questioned if this would affect Hall County Residents and Mr. Bishop stated that the preliminary report indicates that the domestic wells would not be impacted. Jeffries questioned if the lake areas would be affected. Mr. Jeffries stated that when Lake Davis and Kuester's Lake area were annexed and the dewatering wells were installed in the Seedling Mile area, these wells did affect the lakes. Mr. Bishop explained that the dewatering wells will not run all year and they will be small wells. He also explained that the water would be piped to the Platte River. The board members expressed concern on how and where these pipes would be laid and how the project