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Hartman made a motion and Rye seconded to approve the appointments to the drug court board. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 2b DISCUSS AND APPROVE HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR BANKRUPTCY CASES - County Attorney Mark Young was present and he stated that during the transition period he is requesting approval to hire Jerry Janulewicz to handle the bankruptcy cases. These cases have to be electronically filed and the county attorney's office has to have a password from the United States government in order to file objections. He does not have anyone in his office that has had the training and the next training is in February. He needs to file an objection on a case so he contacted Jerry Janulewicz to do the work until his office can take the training. This would be on temporary basis. Hartman made a motion and Arnold seconded to approve hiring Jerry Janulewicz as outside counsel for the bankruptcies cases for 60 to 90 days, until someone can go through the training process. Discussion was held on the costs. This could be paid from the justice system budget. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and non one responded. 4. DISCUSS AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN DRUG COURT GRANT APPLICATION - Drug Court Coordinator Connie Hultine was present. She stated that this is the Nebraska State Patrol meth hot spot grant for $20,000.00. These grant dollars will be used for the drug testing portion of the budget. These dollars are designated by the Nebraska Supreme Court. She is requesting the board to authorize the chair to sign the grant application. Arnold made a motion and Humiston seconded to authorize the chair to sign the grant application. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. 5a. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT BIDS FOR BOX CULVERTS FOR PROJECTS C40(325), C40(330 AND C40(331) b. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT BIDS FOR ASPHALT OVERLAY- Jeffries stated that the public works committee met regarding the bids and recommended to approve the bid openings. He suggested that instead of having the bids due the day of the bid opening have them due at 5:00 p.m. the day before. Jeff Palik stated that the reason they have the bids due right before the bid opening is that the bidders like to hand deliver the bids and if they do this they can be also be present for the bid opening. Jeffries commented that most of the bidders live in town and bringing the bids the day before shouldn't be a problem. If there is a concern on the mail delivery they could overnight the bid packets for send them by certified mail. Jeffries made a motion and Eriksen seconded to accept bids for the box culverts on February 8, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. and to accept bids for the asphalt overlay February 8, 2005 at 10:15 a.m. The bids are to be received by Monday February yth at 5:00 p.m. Arnold, Eriksen, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Rye all voted yes and Hartman voted no. Motion carried. 4