CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AGENDA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026--3:30 PM COMMISSION ROOM, CASS COUNTY COURTHOUSE A. MEETING OPENING 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call of Commissioners 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting 5. Approve Order of Agenda B. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Authorize renewal of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Service Contract with the Village for 2026. 2. Authorize County Flood Lot Lease renewals for 2026. 3. Authorize four Flood Lot Leases for Melvin Bolton for 2026 with adjacent exception. 4. Authorize amended Mental Health Attorney Contract for 2026 with Andrew Marquart. 5. Authorize Memorandum of Understanding and Cost Share Agreement with the City of Buffalo for Parking Lot Extension and and City Drainage Improvements. 6. Authorize Cass County Commission consents to the attached Deed and Use Restrictions for the Forest Mitigation site parcels that were purchased for the FM Area Diversion Project. 7. Authorize Right of Way and Quit Claim Deeds to the City of Horace related to the turnover process of Cass Highway 6 and 17. 8. Authorize Quit Claim Deed with City of West Fargo for 12th Avenue North and Sheyenne Street. 9. Authorize calendar raffle permit for Hickson Community Club. C. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Appoint Cass County Recorder (Tracy Peters) 2. Abatement 4595 for Rodney Enger (Matt Stanger) 3. Purchase of air lines for Sheriff's Office Storage Building (Jesse Jahner) 4. Contract with Border States Paving, Inc. for work on Cass Highway 10 (Kyle Litchy) 5. Adopt the 2026-2030 Comprehensive Highway and Bridge 5 Year Plan as an illustrative plan that provides future guidance for project planning and for this plan to be reviewed and updated annually (Kyle Litchy) 6. Ratify actions of the Personnel Overview Committee and adopt changes to Employee Handbook Policy 313 Military Leave (Tracy Peters) 7. Ratify actions of the Personnel Overview Committee and adopt changes to Employee Handbook Policy 208 Demotions (Tracy Peters) 8. Request to approve carryover of annual leave per Employee Handbook Policy 303 (Kim Hegvik) 9. State Attorney Digital Transformation Update (Bob Henderson and Kim Hegvik) 10. Committee Reports 11. Approve Vouchers (Flakoll) D. PUBLIC COMMENT E. ADJOURNMENT MEETING REMINDERS- A quorum of Commissioners may be present at any of the following meetings: January 6, 9:00 AM--Maple River Water Resource District, Highway Department January 8, 8:00 AM--Cass County Joint Water Resource District, Highway Department January 9, 8:30 AM--Southeast Cass Water Resource District, Highway Department January 12, 9:00 AM--Cass County Weed Board, Weed Control Office *County Commission and County Committee meetings will be streamed live on Cass County Government Facebook and YouTube pages. CASS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AGENDA WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 7 , 2026--3 : 30 PM COMMISSION ROOM , CASS COUNTY COURTHOUSE A. MEETING OPENING 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call of Commissioners 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting 5. Approve Order of Agenda B. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Authorize renewal of the Employee Assistance Program ( EAP ) Service Contract with the Village for 2026 . 2. Authorize County Flood Lot Lease renewals for 2026 . 3. Authorize four Flood Lot Leases for Melvin Bolton for 2026 with adjacent exception . 4. Authorize amended Mental Health Attorney Contract for 2026 with Andrew Marquart . 5. Authorize Memorandum of Understanding and Cost Share Agreement with the City of Buffalo for Parking Lot Extension and and City Drainage Improvements . 6. Authorize Cass County Commission consents to the attached Deed and Use Restrictions for the Forest Mitigation site parcels that were purchased for the FM Area Diversion Project . 7. Authorize Right of Way and Quit Claim Deeds to the City of Horace related to the turnover process of Cass Highway 6 and 17 . 8. Authorize Quit Claim Deed with City of West Fargo for 12th Avenue North and Sheyenne Street . 9. Authorize calendar raffle permit for Hickson Community Club . C. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Appoint Cass County Recorder ( Tracy Peters ) 2. Abatement 4595 for Rodney Enger ( Matt Stanger ) 3. Purchase of air lines for Sheriff's Office Storage Building ( Jesse Jahner ) 4. Contract with Border States Paving , Inc. for work on Cass Highway 10 ( Kyle Litchy ) 5. Adopt the 2026-2030 Comprehensive Highway and Bridge 5 Year Plan as an illustrative plan that provides future guidance for project planning and for this plan to be reviewed and updated annually ( Kyle Litchy ) 6. Ratify actions of the Personnel Overview Committee and adopt changes to Employee Handbook Policy 313 Military Leave ( Tracy Peters ) 7. Ratify actions of the Personnel Overview Committee and adopt changes to Employee Handbook Policy 208 Demotions ( Tracy Peters ) 8. Request to approve carryover of annual leave per Employee Handbook Policy 303 ( Kim Hegvik ) 9. State Attorney Digital Transformation Update ( Bob Henderson and Kim Hegvik ) 10. Committee Reports 11. Approve Vouchers ( Flakoll ) D. PUBLIC COMMENT E. ADJOURNMENT MEETING REMINDERS- A quorum of Commissioners may be present at any of the following meetings : January 6 , 9:00 AM -- Maple River Water Resource District , Highway Department January 8 , 8:00 AM -- Cass County Joint Water Resource District , Highway Department January 9 , 8:30 AM -- Southeast Cass Water Resource District , Highway Department January 12 , 9:00 AM -- Cass County Weed Board , Weed Control Office * County Commission and County Committee meetings will be streamed live on Cass County Government Facebook and YouTube pages .