[0:01] If I look on the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, on the nation, I'm under the indivisible with liberty and justice for any

[0:19] church and mosque, any? Where do we see the Canadian Order? Task 123.

[0:29] That's as long as it's going to get. I have to talk loud. Yeah, I've never been accused of talking quiet, but.

[0:37] all right do you have a motion to approve the minutes I'll make the motion

[0:43] motion do we have a second second they take it and that's each party yes any

[0:51] further discussion all those in favor say aye those opposed minutes are approved

[1:03] Thank you, Scott.

[1:04] You're welcome.

[1:06] Do you want to just go ahead, Jessica?

[1:10] Sure.

[1:12] Good morning, everyone.

[1:13] Thanks for letting me call in today.

[1:14] One, it's probably best for all of you,

[1:16] because I've got some kind of bug here,

[1:18] and better not share, best to not share.

[1:22] And just wanted to touch base.

[1:24] Unfortunately, I was hoping we'd have more things to talk about by now,

[1:27] but we're still waiting to hear on the Flex Road

[1:34] applications, or flex for the road project applications and prairie dog applications.

[1:39] But it sounds like you did get good news on your one bridge removal bridge bridge flex project.

[1:48] They granted you a removal of that structure just kind of south of Florida there actually

[1:53] on the Cheyenne.

[1:56] So I just wanted to touch base a little bit on that.

[1:58] I know you guys are waiting actually to hear more from the state, I would assume that hopefully they'll be getting a hold of Scott here soon on that.

[2:08] And then we can talk about bid dates and all of those things.

[2:13] It's not federal dollars, but we'll still have to do cultural and wetlands.

[2:19] So we're going to reach out to our, because preliminary engineering is all in the county.

[2:27] If you guys are okay with it, I'll reach out to our sub-consultants for those items and get a price estimate or cost estimate together for that.

[2:36] And then we can get a number together for the preliminary for you guys to proceed with.

[2:42] It should be pretty not very complicated set of plans anyway, as far as an engineering standpoint

[2:51] for the rainbow book, but we will have to do cultural and wetlands.

[2:56] It's a trust bridge, so there's potential that they might want to look at.

[3:02] It could possibly be eligible for historic.

[3:06] So we might end up going through adoption process.

[3:09] I don't know that yet. Well, no more once we have a cultural survey completed, but

[3:15] because it is a trust bridge, there's a chance of it. With that being said,

[3:21] I would guess that the students we could probably have something prepared and ready for bed would

[3:26] be, you know, shoot for spring of 27. So just to give you guys kind of a heads up of where we're at

[3:33] on things with that, of course, we can discuss that further if it's something different you want to

[3:39] environmental pieces I don't see us getting it ready for bid probably any sooner than winter of this this year December, maybe for a spring bid. So, excuse me.

[3:52] Any questions on that? On that bridge removal for me?

[4:00] which bridge that's down in West Ham a little,

[4:05] it's actually out in the middle of a pasture.

[4:08] The city may just go out there about two years ago

[4:11] and barricaded it.

[4:14] So it hasn't been used in,

[4:17] I knew what you wanted me to do.

[4:19] It's way out in that pasture.

[4:21] Yeah, I had no idea when the last time it was ever used.

[4:25] was, that basically came about the states and an email and said, list this to be ready

[4:33] to say you may want some work done on versus started to bore it down. And they said,

[4:41] oh, it'll fix this one. That's stupid. We get a report and stand and that's how we ended

[4:48] up here.

[4:51] Yeah, so it's because it's a large stretch or over 20 feet, it's listed through the DOT as an eligible bridge, which means you're paying for an inspection every whatever their inspection cycle is four or five years for them.

[5:04] They're basically well inspected and say, hey, you have to need to be close. You can't use it so by going through this removal process that removes it off your books that removes it off of the state's books.

[5:15] You don't have to pay for those inspections anymore, and then it, you no longer have a bridge that's listed as in back condition or critical condition.

[5:25] I'm looking at a decent amount of money every year on bridge inspections.

[5:31] Yep.

[5:32] Yep.

[5:35] And I guess something that we haven't really talked about Scott, but I kind of assumed because it's in the middle of nowhere.

[5:41] it doesn't look like anybody's used it for many many years. I would assume that it's just a

[5:45] removal and it isn't going to be an issue, but um is it a road to live at all? No, it's nothing

[5:55] across the path really.

[5:59] Maybe once a fauna guy might be able to find.

[6:05] So yeah, it's all

[6:08] barricaded, and nobody can get across it or use it. Which is a good thing. Yeah, and so you were

[6:15] awarded select funds for it, which means that the state will pay 100% of your construction and

[6:21] construction engineering to remove the structure.

[6:26] The preliminary, like I said, the preliminary

[6:28] engineering would be on the county, but with it being a removal, it's not going to be as elaborate

[6:35] of a process as just as a replacement would be. So with

[6:47] that, I guess the only other thing that I was thinking of touching base on here was the contract for Brown's road overlay there.

[6:58] Well, you guys signed with Knight River. The next step that you have is to go through the RFP process to select a project engineer for the construction engineering.

[7:10] And I believe Bonnie started the documents for advertisement and so that's kind of where

[7:16] that's at as we'll go through that that hoop there.

[7:19] And then once the project engineer or an engineering firm is selected they can reach out

[7:26] to Knife River and kind of get some timelines for you when they're thinking they're going

[7:29] to be there and and stuff like that so

[7:36] anything else that I'm think that I'm forgetting.

[7:41] And now we're kind of on the holding pattern on the rest of it.

[7:45] Yeah, so the last we heard, we just emailed the state last week because we had gotten stuff.

[7:52] You know, everybody had heard on their bridges, but we hadn't heard anything on roads and what we heard from Brandon by key down there at the DOT was that the projects have been selected and moved on to their next level of approvals whatever that is.

[8:07] and so he's hoping we hear something soon.

[8:10] What soon means is everyone's best guess.

[8:13] So hopefully we're hopeful it's by the end of this week.

[8:18] This is a long way to push this out.

[8:20] Two and a half minutes late right now.

[8:23] Yeah, yeah, they told us to end of December at one point.

[8:26] So we're a little bit behind here, but hopefully,

[8:31] hopefully as soon and hopefully you guys get some good news.

[8:34] we had applied for a couple of township projects and then the chip seal that you guys had talked about

[8:42] last month, countywide chip seals. So once we hear on that countywide chip seal, then you guys can

[8:47] make that decision about whether or not you need to consider county funds for any chip seals with

[8:54] here or not. So

[8:57] we'll wait for this baited breath to hear on those and as soon as you hear something or

[9:03] we hear something we'll be back in touch.

[9:05] That

[9:08] one's good.

[9:10] So you got Jessica?

[9:11] That's all I have unless you guys have something

[9:13] I appreciate you letting me call in.

[9:21] What else you got Scott?

[9:23] Oh, I just have a couple quick things.

[9:26] You may have noticed in the bills,

[9:28] we have a matter of construction for gravel,

[9:33] that will finish out any of the gravel bills for 2026.

[9:40] So it's not Greg and this stuff on and on, 45 to me, or 25 to excuse me, that would be nice for those of us.

[9:46] You're not going to grab all the jerk.

[9:49] You're not going to grab all the jerk.

[9:52] And we do have a few piles out there stockpiled that will already paid for for next year or so.

[10:01] So everything else is done for last year or so right now.

[10:09] The only other thing I really have, the guys are just right now, they're working on trailers

[10:16] in the shop, the black guys go out occasionally and they're directly about all they've been

[10:23] doing.

[10:24] They're driving the roads today just to see.

[10:29] As far as the MPG grant, everything has been approved, but they haven't released the funds yet.

[10:40] So until they do, I won't be getting any quarter of the reimbursement until the state gets the money, so we're just kind of...

[10:50] They said there was the waiting and we'll see what happens, but the grant itself has been

[10:58] approved.

[11:01] That's pretty much all we've got waiting

[11:07] on the flights and stuff.

[11:11] Sounds good.

[11:12] With the state, that's the way to do.

[11:15] Any questions?

[11:17] I found a sander that goes in a pickup box on, aren't it, please put marketplace for $1,500.

[11:25] know if I don't know if you guys have a use per one. Pretty good price. I thought it would open

[11:33] you up to all kinds of phone calls from the standard sidewalks. Well, if they're going to do that,

[11:41] yeah, but I didn't know if you guys have a need for anything like that for intersections or something

[11:48] Instead of running that product out there, something to think about.

[11:56] The odd things you might need at the time.

[11:59] Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[12:00] What's in a while you get.

[12:02] Because usually you're going to end up doing most of the road.

[12:05] Right.

[12:06] It's definitely an intersection.

[12:10] And this happens to be over by, you know, a woods rut near something.

[12:15] and Frank Green has one that I have to do is call him and he

[12:25] lives over there, so he'll run out and do it, you know, if we don't

[12:29] have time for the Sanders busy someplace else because that's

[12:34] just sort of way out on its own over there.

[12:41] He said he would do

[12:43] do a load's grout and then brown road if we did them too.

[12:51] But yeah, this way we can launch it at it.

[12:56] Well, if it fits in, or if it does it, if it doesn't find it.

[13:02] Just kind of like, what the heck would you put it in?

[13:05] Yeah, take a three-quarter time to pick up at least.

[13:08] Yeah, on the one we have left on to the old bank and on

[13:16] it in the new one.

[13:29] All right,

[13:32] thank you.

[13:34] I would entertain a motion to re-point Dick Horner to the Benson County School Reorganization Board for three years.

[13:41] I'll make that motion.

[13:43] I'll second task.

[13:45] We have a motion and a second any further discussion.

[13:50] All those in favor say aye.

[13:52] Okay.

[13:52] I've got it.

[13:53] Those opposed?

[13:55] Motion carries.

[13:58] Benson County Transportation report, is that just FYI, Bonnie?

[14:02] It is, yeah.

[14:03] Okay.

[14:06] There's something about the county financial report, C.

[14:10] It's just for your review.

[14:12] It's the year end, one end, it's the one for December.

[14:15] Okay.

[14:18] And there's the versions going from 50,000 to 100,000 for parks and recreation?

[14:25] Well, yeah, it's a matching recreation grant program if you're interested in applying for it. I don't know if there was any projects that would follow that or not, but all of you in the country have been notified, right?

[14:40] I'm sorry to say that again.

[14:41] All the entities in the county have been notified of this.

[14:44] I don't send it out.

[14:46] Garrison sends it out to whoever they think would benefit from it as the way I understand it.

[14:51] Yeah, I think they can send it out all over.

[14:58] Anywhere we're discussing on the Garrison.

[15:00] President one,

[15:04] do you want to do sheriff's report right away? Or are we trying to figure this out? That's the county transportation director Elvani. Let's do Laura. I think she's here. Okay. She doesn't have to sit through the other. She doesn't want to.

[15:20] Um, I'm thinking to updating this week, I met with Sean Ruin with the Lake Region

[15:28] Agone Service, he's the director, with trying to get some grants approved for equipment

[15:35] for my office.

[15:36] I have yet to hear back yet, just with the holidays and things like that.

[15:40] I'm sure he's in busy too.

[15:44] We had an interview last week with the new higher option that they need to get some

[15:51] stuff sorted out at their home agency before possibly moving here or accepting a position.

[15:59] So hopefully, for good news with that, I went to the middle of the walk-in city council meeting

[16:06] last week, met with board with concerns of the red apartments and stop sign violations in town.

[16:16] I also plan on resigning the contract for your city controlling policing with recommendations

[16:24] of not requiring a deputy to live here as much as I want to. I push for it but with housing

[16:31] limitations, I did advise the board that it's something I do want to have happen. It's just right

[16:38] now as I don't have that person yet, or availability of a house option. So the only way to go in the

[16:46] word age would be recommended not required, but it's still something I plan to push forward if we get

[16:53] someone hired.

[16:56] All the swaths are now outfitted within your decals. The only one that will have the

[17:02] goals lettering is that I drank okay nine units start knowing what the future

[17:08] lays with it. I don't want to spend the money on it to change that up.

[17:12] How do I need to get all of them to do this?

[17:16] I had a Cali Astid last week who assisted HP with a favorite resident who needs that

[17:23] past wave injuries and also had a stabbing on the reservation resulting in a

[17:31] death with the world members involved. That subject has been apprehended. You

[17:38] just the juvenile, so they will be at the end of the investigation. Maybe that

[17:43] matter. The motive is unknown at this time.

[17:57] I'm out of free, Sheriff. We're closing

[18:01] them out of count?

[18:04] Yes, I have that on. I think I'm watching count. Yeah, Lord, maybe

[18:09] that's something that we're going to close out way back with Steve Roar was here, because

[18:13] I don't think they're doing that program anymore. So the money is just kind of sitting there.

[18:20] You know, it should be closed down. It's a few years ago. So I spoke with Brian Lane and

[18:29] Ramsey counting about what he may think it is.

[18:32] We know that statistics with crimes with BCI in our area,

[18:37] but with our new caste system,

[18:39] we use a different statistic company.

[18:42] So I don't feel where we need to be spending

[18:45] the money on crime watched,

[18:46] and neither does we share plenty.

[18:54] What's going on in the account?

[18:57] It was like 2000 something, wasn't it 2000?

[18:59] and it wasn't, I give you a shot of luck.

[19:04] Where are you going to roll that money into then?

[19:06] What's that?

[19:07] That isn't the old one.

[19:09] Oh, yeah, no.

[19:11] Let me look here.

[19:12] I'm missing.

[19:13] Well, I don't have to see where it can go into.

[19:15] Probably just acting on the general fund.

[19:17] Or if Laura has some expenditure that would correlate with what the money was intended for.

[19:24] Was it probably use it that way to get it closed out?

[19:36] Yeah, I'm not sure we have to look into that to see where it could be sent out.

[19:41] But do you need a motion to close this account out?

[19:44] Yes, I do.

[19:45] No, I'll make a motion to close the account out.

[19:47] And if it can be transferred somehow to the sheriff's budget, Soviet otherwise general

[19:54] plan.

[19:56] Okay.

[19:56] We have a motion.

[19:57] Seconded. Any further discussion?

[20:04] You good with that, Sheriff?

[20:06] I'm good.

[20:08] Any further discussion? Here and none. All those in favor? Say aye.

[20:12] Aye.

[20:13] Those opposed? Motion carries.

[20:20] Anything else, Sheriff?

[20:23] No, I'm not for me.

[20:26] Ready for the cold weather?

[20:29] Unfortunately no, but it's common.

[20:36] We have time to do the transportation Bonnie. Yeah, that's fine. Okay, there's 825 we have the public comments. Yeah, anybody comes in. I'm not sure if anybody will be in, but I haven't heard of anybody, so.

[20:52] Okay, let's go ahead and do the acknowledge the resignation letter. We've already gone through this. We don't need it motion to accept it or not.

[21:02] Jim, do you have a motion to accept it, she was appointed by the board, but, I acknowledge it, except, I guess you can accept it, get Baker, come back to work.

[21:13] Right.

[21:16] It's a few days, if you want motion on it, we can certainly do that.

[21:20] I don't think we need one, do we?

[21:22] Okay, we got a motion, let's go forward then.

[21:25] Second.

[21:27] Second.

[21:29] We have a motion in a second. Any further discussion on the resignation letter?

[21:36] Hearing none, all those in favor, say aye.

[21:38] Aye.

[21:40] Those opposed? Motion carries. Okay, and what are we doing to replace?

[21:45] I saw you had a couple different options for us, Bonnie.

[21:48] Yes, I did. We have some options coming in, so.

[21:51] What's the first recommendation you would think?

[21:56] Um, well, um, it's, to me, it's nice to keep, uh, keep jobs within Benson County. Um, so to me,

[22:05] it's nice that we can, you know, either hire a new director or orphan buying with, um,

[22:12] like Benson County housing, something like that. Yeah, I see that on the first option was

[22:16] Benson County, Halsey, and they're willing to do it for a waiting on a state to make sure that

[22:20] that we can do this lawfully. Yeah, but she did send the, uh, email back. I don't know if you

[22:25] seen that in your documents, but Becky Hanson did reply back, you know, thinking that as a

[22:31] viable option is to provide them, you know, the housing authority director position.

[22:38] Thank you, thank you.

[22:40] I say we move forward with that option.

[22:43] Yeah, David, did you read that email?

[22:47] I did. It didn't really say for sure, though. It said that they liked the idea.

[22:51] Well, there's another email that she lays out some steps that we'd have to complete, I guess, if I have it here.

[23:05] One

[23:07] of those emails from Becky Anninson.

[23:12] There's two, right? Yeah.

[23:16] Yeah, it's one that says email from Becky Anninson, it's document number five.

[23:21] So there were some thoughts and discussions for the upcoming board meeting.

[23:24] what board will manage the Benson County Transit. So I'm guessing she's wondering whether

[23:30] it would be the housing authority board or if it would still be the commission.

[23:35] Okay, the cost allocation plan would be required.

[23:41] That's your note.

[23:42] Yeah, and we do, I

[23:48] know we do a cost allocation plan for the county. I'm having social services

[23:52] and that type of thing. So I'm guessing it could just kind of be combined into that maybe,

[23:58] or they could have done however it would work the best.

[24:03] I'm on a how

[24:06] Laura, when I say Laura,

[24:09] Laura went some up for sure. So she's willing to do it. She's an organized person.

[24:19] And to me, transportation and housing, they kind of fit together. They do have somebody on the

[24:26] phones, I can ask the phones are pretty regularly. So that might take care of the

[24:31] boy there. If we do something else, we probably have to have some kind of

[24:37] oversight board set up too. And on dickhead, and doing things, running

[24:47] I mean, the administration was housing.

[24:50] She'd been there about a long 15 years.

[24:54] Oh, yeah, she'd been there a while.

[24:56] And she told me that having the transportation there,

[25:05] many times as a factor of having a resident

[25:07] in one of the facilities, that they need rides

[25:10] and one of these last ones letters that we had done,

[25:15] and the person not being able to get the ride they needed,

[25:19] when that person came into the housing units

[25:24] wherever they're at, that was one of the things

[25:26] that they were pretty much insured

[25:29] that was gonna happen that the ride would be available to them.

[25:32] So, they do have that issue or discussion

[25:36] with potential residents in our only house.

[25:39] And so, there's a lot of things to go hand in hand with them.

[25:44] And so, and especially in the Maddox, any walk-in area and she's very familiar with a lot

[25:55] of the people that potentially could be drivers or whatever, and also civil rights.

[26:01] And also it'd be quite, we talked last time about inviting housing or getting rid of

[26:09] office or something like that cost saving, you know, this would be a good opportunity to do some cost saving for the county.

[26:20] Where is Lori's office now?

[26:22] In West Bay, right here, right?

[26:27] That's what the main thing is in the apartment building, so we're here, you know, which in the direction we have to get to.

[26:34] You drove by it, but you came to it.

[26:36] No, I couldn't.

[26:37] For us to leave.

[26:38] Oh.

[26:40] That's good.

[26:41] That's good.

[26:42] He came to it.

[26:43] Let me ask everybody.

[26:44] So are we in favor of moving forward with this,

[26:47] if it's worth a ball?

[26:49] I'll make a motion that we,

[26:51] that we move forward with it.

[26:53] Now, if we get a second,

[26:55] then we can discuss it all second.

[26:58] Okay, we have a motion and a second.

[27:00] Any further discussion?

[27:03] That's the time.

[27:07] I think Laura would be willing to do that during the interview that we had earlier.

[27:13] It seems like she's kind of at a time in her life where she's maybe looking for something new to add on or something and a little bit more challenging.

[27:25] Certainly, I think we could save some money and provide better services because that's what we want.

[27:32] is to provide better services, obviously.

[27:37] But you mentioned staving money by clothing and office

[27:44] and which office are you thinking that?

[27:48] Well, transportation has.

[27:51] They've got a building in Maddox.

[27:54] We have the big building in Maddox

[27:57] and then she has an office.

[27:59] Is there a reason, is she need to be in Maddox?

[28:03] at this office,

[28:07] I think just the way it's set up in design, it has an office in there.

[28:16] I don't know how much time she spends in there, but there is an office in there.

[28:21] That office would stand empty if she were to operate out of the different office.

[28:27] But my guess is she functioned somewhere out of Maddox also because I think she spends

[28:33] a bit of time doing whatever her job is over there as well.

[28:37] It's probably a site visit service.

[28:40] But regardless, we have to keep the buses somewhere.

[28:43] Well, that's got the building to go.

[28:45] I don't know.

[28:46] It's up.

[28:46] I think we found a building that the vehicles are in now.

[28:51] All right.

[28:51] Thank you to the correct game.

[28:52] But how big is that office? Is there really it gets it's a little office in the side of the shop basically?

[28:59] So basically we have still the storage and maintenance facility for our

[29:04] competition vehicles that can be stored there

[29:08] So the office really I

[29:14] don't think what we do I think what we do

[29:16] And as we move to the buses over to the

[29:20] I don't think we do this building when really would need to close that and maybe there'd be

[29:25] We wouldn't be able to be in bleeds maybe for a couple of weeks while drivers are in depends on the depends on how she runs the so that's it move do things like that and I wouldn't

[29:37] worry so much about what happens with the actual buildings until you know we've got another one or two second we haven't figured out yet so

[29:45] it would get some kind of plan after we see how the program runs and write the ships and things like that could

[29:53] I don't know, are we even covering a lease from Jeff Holdon?

[29:57] Sort of.

[29:59] So I'm happy.

[30:00] That's just a question, basically. But we do have another pay and the leads shop, don't we? So if we did have somebody bus driver and leads, we've got a place we can put it inside. So, yeah. So those are options that we need to have somebody evaluate. But we could have another meeting for a deer, so the figure all itself. I was going to say maybe we should have yours.

[30:29] First up to our next meeting and we can discuss some things and give her a little bit of time to go into some options.

[30:36] If we do go forward with the motion on the floor.

[30:39] I do agree with you Tammy.

[30:43] That way we let Laura get involved and see what kind of plans she wants to do.

[30:48] What works best for her and what.

[30:50] Yeah, I don't know what time we go out on our needs, but the salary and where we're planning.

[31:00] Yes, things, yeah.

[31:01] Where you're planning.

[31:03] Lower is a planner, so that you can get your plan on any further discussion.

[31:12] I'm planning to learn to call earlier this morning when we were in his applications with

[31:17] And I said, you guys will be going over some of the stuff.

[31:21] You know, your options this morning.

[31:22] So right now I'm guessing it's just kind of on old and less.

[31:25] You're thinking of the ways.

[31:27] Yeah, we don't have a director.

[31:29] So we can't really make a decision.

[31:32] All right.

[31:35] Okay.

[31:36] Any further discussion?

[31:39] What do you want to make a decision on this?

[31:45] And there's a motion to move forward with combining the position with men's and coming housing

[31:50] for you is what I have on the blows.

[31:55] So there's a promotion.

[31:57] Laura Winston, what coming to the next meeting to discuss combining the departments?

[32:02] Are we going to have a special meeting?

[32:05] You know, to deal with the issue is we don't want to be without a director too long.

[32:10] We wait till next meeting.

[32:12] I agree with you all, and the planning process could get going.

[32:20] But we need to get feedback from Laura.

[32:24] We need to check into offices and space.

[32:35] You know, for us to just make a decision, now we don't have enough facts.

[32:40] I don't think we have enough facts to make a decision right now.

[32:44] I think we'd probably better off if we do say we'll go with transplant holiday, but

[32:50] that organization plan to be put together by them, and so we, you know, it's the time

[32:58] split, you know, that's a salary split, it's, you know, it's, which office are you going

[33:04] to occupy, are you going to eat other health along the way, you know, if you're doing two

[33:14] two budgets if, you know, do you need a secretary or something?

[33:19] Yeah, it's going to be, I would think,

[33:23] together, I don't know if you need two offices,

[33:26] because I don't think transportation, a lot of that's by phone.

[33:29] All for rights and organizations.

[33:31] If they have an office that would have to go, could close.

[33:35] We

[33:40] have a motion on the floor, any further discussion?

[33:44] We're just moving forward with this plan.

[33:48] And it could change.

[33:49] Moving forward with it.

[33:50] Yeah. Okay, and for the discussion.

[33:55] All those in favor say aye.

[33:57] Aye.

[33:58] Plus goes opposed.

[34:02] Motion carries when we're moving forward right now and we'll see all goes.

[34:05] Laurel come in later on.

[34:07] If we have to.

[34:09] Meeting or do a lot of until the next meeting on February 3rd.

[34:15] Probably we do this, Bonnie.

[34:16] We have Laura.

[34:17] If Lauren thinks we need a special meeting, then we'll call one.

[34:21] How's that sound?

[34:23] That sounds good.

[34:24] Actually, by the end of this time, just to figure out where it's headed.

[34:29] Right.

[34:31] Now we're actually going to talk about the next few things here now.

[34:35] I said, I'm sure it's come up with lots of ideas that we have to think about.

[34:40] Oh, yeah.

[34:41] So, Mr. Chairman, can I enter up?

[34:45] Sure.

[34:45] Because I don't know, I'm not sure you guys know, but you're much brighter than me.

[34:50] I don't think this board is comfortable with what assets, transportation assets, your transportation service actually has.

[35:00] I agree, call a few weeks ago, whether you had a wheelchair left accessible van or not, nobody really knew.

[35:07] So I am, you know, you have a brand new department now, just being stood up or reorganized.

[35:17] I would like to email the author of this, maybe an audit, just a specific audit of that presentation resource.

[35:26] Find out where you're at the set of books.

[35:31] But in addition to the books, plant and equipment,

[35:35] Who's been doing the maintenance on these vehicles, whatever the vehicles are, those kinds

[35:40] of things need to be ongoing, and I think as you plan for either combining or identifying

[35:48] and being director, you need to know what do we have in our toolbox to what resources do

[35:54] we have.

[35:58] So maybe not at all it says, I don't even know who that is.

[36:02] That's a very good point, Mr. Wang.

[36:05] I think Bonnie, who would we get to audit,

[36:07] so we know what kind of inventory we have,

[36:09] all that stuff.

[36:11] Well, the county has a variety of marks

[36:13] and associates do our county audits,

[36:16] and when we are county audits, the housing authority,

[36:20] not housing authority,

[36:22] that's county transportation is in on those audits.

[36:27] So that is a combined audit.

[36:28] We only have it then.

[36:30] Well, we do, but we don't have it up. I mean, we would have to, we're not on 20, 25

[36:35] a lot of yet. So if you want something done, it would probably have to be a

[36:40] separate audit that's done right away because you want to get up and

[36:44] moving again with that department. They have a way for the county out that they

[36:48] will be waiting while. Yeah, but I think it's essential that we have an audit.

[36:57] your DOT coordinator by ants and I think was her awesome. She actually may have the inventory

[37:08] and equipment listed because I know this kind of made that something to do with either

[37:13] money passing through a grant several years ago to buy some bad under transportation assets.

[37:19] So what vehicles you cut?

[37:21] Well, it needs to go over there and see if there's a file cabinet.

[37:26] Is there maintenance records on the vehicles?

[37:30] And that's the things that need to be done.

[37:34] Who has the key to the office?

[37:36] Right.

[37:37] When Susan left.

[37:40] What could Laura do that?

[37:42] As she's already an employee of the county.

[37:45] And we did vote to go forward with this.

[37:48] Would it be appropriate to ask her to go?

[37:50] I think the one of the commissioners should be part of it, you're over it.

[37:58] I am.

[37:59] I sort of eyes lose on the ground and what do we got here?

[38:03] I'm sorry, I just haven't gotten any rides ever, so I don't know what.

[38:08] I'll go over and talk to the lawyer.

[38:11] And I know there's equipment.

[38:12] There's vehicles.

[38:13] Look and see what I say.

[38:15] Did Susan turn in keys and...

[38:18] She said that she didn't give me the code to get in and then she says the key is on stuff or inside the office

[38:24] There was some notes on different things. I would meet Laura over there and we can look through and see what's there

[38:31] If you want to raise that with her and then just call me and I'll give you the door code when you're ready to go over there the vehicle their own

[38:40] It's kind of

[38:42] the DOT controls because they have a lead on the title. So they still control them. They're

[38:48] probably in our name so that we get to pay the insurance, I imagine, on the bills, whatever

[38:53] the plan is. And every three months, I believe it was, there was a report that went in the DOT for

[39:01] reimbursement. So then Susan did hire a CPA. I forget her name right now. She lives in

[39:10] and that I can believe so that there is, I agree with the audit, but we do have some

[39:18] controls here, it wasn't just somebody ready to check off and decide about themselves.

[39:23] So we, but it's good to do.

[39:26] I'm not so concerned about what this may or may not be.

[39:29] I just don't know you guys need to know what assets, resources do you have as well.

[39:36] And Laura Winston or housing whoever takes on that position, I think kind of needs to know that.

[39:45] Yeah.

[39:46] Yeah.

[39:47] Good question.

[39:49] Who would service them?

[39:50] Who would then serve us in?

[39:52] Well, there's a lot of questions that think we don't know anything.

[39:55] That's we shouldn't know a lot more.

[39:57] We should have.

[40:00] And I can't see what coming to Susan Fawton gave you the reports and things like that.

[40:05] And, you know, when the ship is sailing fine, we don't ask questions.

[40:10] So, now it's like, oh my gosh, we got to figure out how does this thing work.

[40:16] That one there is a change administration. I agree with Jim.

[40:19] This should be an audit so we go.

[40:22] You're starting here and everyone can want our full film.

[40:25] If you can hold a great mark and see if they're able to do it soon, if not, I'll find some

[40:30] other accounting place that will do it if that.

[40:35] So what's worse, asking, I'm good.

[40:39] Sounds good.

[40:41] Keep lower in the process too, Bonnie.

[40:44] Sure.

[40:47] Okay.

[40:48] I think care of that transportation.

[40:52] Moving on, we have some financials.

[40:56] We read a letter from the State Historical Society.

[40:59] I did not review that when I have it, but is that just FYI, Bonnie?

[41:03] I think it's just for your information, yes.

[41:08] We read a letter from the Auditor of the President dated January 20th regarding the designation

[41:13] of the depositories.

[41:15] What's that one about, Bonnie?

[41:17] That is just all the places that we deposit funds for Benson, Bonnie, the financial institutions

[41:24] that we use.

[41:25] So yeah, I saw that one. We got four banks. Yes, it's kind of the players of security deal with the elite. It kind of takes a place of it. We used to have to do a pledge of securities and now we just have to do a letter to basic positive.

[41:40] Once you hear.

[41:42] Okay. Yeah.

[41:43] I was learning a question.

[41:45] Yeah.

[41:49] Okay. Do you have anything else for us, Bonnie?

[41:53] Um, just the bills. I guess that we got to say the start.

[42:00] decided to get. Yeah, he did. He did. He did. Yeah, it wasn't for your information type thing.

[42:07] I think unless you see something in there that needs action. Well, say two months of make you

[42:12] help paint over there. I did get a letter and I assume you got a two that the Harrison diversion

[42:20] grant has been raised to 100,000 instead of 15. The matching grant. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was

[42:27] in our documents there.

[42:29] We have a lot of money.

[42:36] Could that be something Scott would park for?

[42:40] Not only depends upon the projects that are able to be used for it.

[42:46] Here's a diversion.

[42:48] Here's a diversion.

[42:49] Some of it go into our like amount of events center,

[42:52] originally I think.

[42:54] Is for recreation.

[42:58] And they had priority.

[43:00] They kind of squeeze, I guess, he'd been centered into that for.

[43:04] Well, I think at that time, sewing pools

[43:06] brought by the existing block list.

[43:10] Sorry, I think that's what it was comfortable.

[43:14] But I mean, like the city park or something, what should be applied?

[43:19] Absolutely, many walk and park.

[43:20] City parks.

[43:22] Sort of the city of Manawaque and Manaka.

[43:26] or they know, are they aware of this?

[43:28] And you should.

[43:29] They get...

[43:30] Okay.

[43:31] They get some sense at all.

[43:32] I guess, but maybe use it for the little part they had

[43:35] with the campsite.

[43:36] No, they probably got money for that before.

[43:39] And that's what the programs for it's at the South Park soon.

[43:43] Really isn't for like indoor facilities, I don't think.

[43:46] All right.

[43:47] So it's for outdoor recreation.

[43:50] And they're looking for extra money to help

[43:52] the cost share for the recreation component of the garrison diversion project, which is a 50-50 local match.

[44:02] So that's what they're looking to cover a lot of that.

[44:05] They're still going to pay off Graves Island State Park, the 50% on that, so local match.

[44:15] And it's a great local program for the counties that are in the garrison diversion.

[44:19] It's quite a lot of good.

[44:20] If you go to the Garrison Diversion website or just Google them, there will be a category

[44:27] and you can see what you can use the grant for and what takes priority.

[44:33] It's an easy read.

[44:35] I think, certainly, there will be a tribe we had applied for the Grants Island School

[44:42] restoration project. We were denied, but anyway, it's not difficult to apply and think there

[44:52] But the last four rounds wasn't too long, it was over 200,000, I think they gave out.

[44:58] Could be.

[45:00] On the side of the abolishment grant, they break that up. Where is it? Just one month, one grand.

[45:07] Well, let's, let's circle. So they split it out pretty good. Well, each county's got a director at the

[45:13] dearest in the version. So they, they watched with it what they came for for each of their

[45:18] counties. So yeah. And Dave Johnson, who is third, Pennsylvania Commission, he was on, I don't

[45:25] on the rest of the year, but he used to be for a lot of years, so they watched these company.

[45:33] He got to watch it early, got to get the line here, took many years of the roller cast,

[45:39] far more.

[45:40] He got to make sure that this, let's properly come and jump in there to get there, little

[45:46] annoying at the pile because he's bald, so.

[45:49] No, you just need a city auditor with a gift and gold to apply for the grant.

[45:57] It's relatively easy and that's pretty much it.

[46:03] That you're going to get the grant.

[46:04] I mean, there's other people applying, but they've got a lot of money that they want to give away.

[46:11] They do it every year.

[46:13] Yeah, several times a year at least.

[46:15] It used to be quarterly, but at least every six months.

[46:21] But you just need somebody to pick it up and vote and wants to write up a branch with an idea.

[46:28] And I don't think the paperwork afterwards is that cumbersome really so I think it's pretty

[46:36] be, you know, why, and then like Jim said, and then also the follow-up that paperwork they

[46:43] need for their cost share program. And I think a lot of them look at it. The expend of

[46:51] this comes from the one mill, let me say, each colony, I think it's still one mill, for each

[47:00] of each colony pays to the Firm and Sea District.

[47:06] I have a question on the bills for the Sheriff's Department

[47:12] and I'm sure how it made Billing is not related to,

[47:19] related to the Stabbing, or is that a different?

[47:23] It would be different that juvenile stabbing would help us federally, we have nothing to do with it.

[47:33] Does they know isn't there quite a sort of shortage of juvenile places

[47:41] that are qualified to hold juveniles?

[47:45] We have grant works and board companies.

[47:49] And maybe there's something far ago, but there is one in board that you've actually purchased

[47:55] and have spent some of, right now we're typically Grand Forks, or mine not, and we have picked

[48:04] them up.

[48:04] Who could be shadowed?

[48:06] Grand Forks.

[48:06] I'm from Willis.

[48:07] It is Mark, too.

[48:09] And while there's Willis, too, but that's a treatment for some of the, but juvenile detention

[48:17] and prevents accounting, we're either, if grant fortune's open, it's not under renovation

[48:23] or something, that's where they go. So that's the building you're seeing. And then, and

[48:29] or, or accounting. You really got one with Arraja?

[48:36] Boys and girls ranch. Yeah, but again,

[48:39] that is a, that is not a, a detention center. That would be more of a treat. That's good,

[48:46] can't have said setting the lower gets glitter once a lot of it is necessary.

[48:53] That wouldn't benefit me to code a voice of guilt for a while. I don't know what it looks like.

[48:58] They would disvolve and go there. We were there just for a week.

[49:02] Basically, the bill is daily fees for how many days after you're not sent in with

[49:08] detention for the facility. So like a jail they cost extra amount of dollars to do not

[49:36] I don't think you have any currently in detention, Laura's

[49:49] wife still working good, but like it's

[49:53] like I'm sitting down like it's just right. She's a paper. See it. See the

[49:57] table. I have every one of the ideas to show who's

[50:01] going to be

[50:09] dividing us at some point. But I read for

[50:11] monthly reports on mileage for vehicles and officers and

[50:15] that sort of thing. Yeah. Yeah. Starting next month since

[50:18] the month is not over this. I'll

[50:23] make a motion to pay the bill

[50:26] small. Yes. Exactly. No motion to pay the bills. We have a

[50:30] second. Second. We have a second. Any further discussion? All those in favor say aye.

[50:39] Those opposed? Motion carries. And they know us, Bonnie.

[50:44] I have anything. That's crazy. Oh, did we have public comment? I saw that and I text Bonnie right away.

[50:52] What is this?

[50:54] But I didn't remember after you told me that, nobody here showed up for public comments.

[51:02] And then I get to be able to adjust how much time they get to stuff like that.

[51:06] Yes, I think, yeah, in the past, we've allowed five minutes per speaker, so I think the board

[51:11] is happy with that.

[51:13] I think we can continue that.

[51:15] So.

[51:16] And by the way, we're all famous.

[51:18] We were on Facebook live last year.

[51:21] Last meeting.

[51:21] motion

[51:25] to adjourn second we have a second any further discussion all in

[51:33] favor say aye those opposed we are adjourned

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