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DUANE SPOORS, ASSISTANT SHERIFF, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD, RE: 1, DISCUSSED THREE ALTERNATIVES FOR PROVIDING MORE EFFECTIVE PATROL AND ENFORCEMENT I,N SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY PARK AND POINT DOUGLAS PARK, EMPLOYMENT OF SEASONAL HELP; CONTRACT- ING WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; EMPLOYMENT OF FULL- TIME DEPUTY SHERIFF, WHO WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO PATROL AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE TWO PARKS FROM MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER,AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $16,500 FOR 1979. ALTERNATIVE 3 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BEING THE MOST ECO- NOMIC AND PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE, COMMISSIONER FOGARTY MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHAEFER, JR,, TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE EFFECTIVE APRIL, 1979, FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING MORE EFFECTIVE PATROL AND ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY AND POINT DOUGLAS PARKS, AS RECOMMENDED IN ALTERNATIVE THREE ABOVE, SAID MOTION WAS APPROVED UNAN- IMOUSLY; COMMISSIONER OTTE ABSENT. } 2, DISCUSSED PRISONER PER DIEM RATES CHARGED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR LODGING PRISONERS OF OTHER AGENCIES AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PER DIEM RATE BE INCREASED TO $21 PER DAY, i COMMISSIONER FOGARTY MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCGOWAN, TO INCREASE THE PER DIEM RATE THAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE CHARGED FOR LODGING PRISONERS IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL TO $21.00 PER DAY OR ANY PORTION OF A DAY, EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1979, SAID MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY; COMMISSIONER OTTE ABSENT,. CHAIRMAN SCHEEL INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED OVER THE WEEKEND CONCERNING A DEATH AT THE PRISON AND THE UNAVAILABILITY OF ANYONE TO PERFORM THE AUTOPSY, AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FURTHER ELABORATED ON THIS PROBLEM, THE BOARD, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND THE ASSISTANT SHER- IFF DISCUSSED THE COUNTY CORONER SITUATION, THE SERVICES WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDED BY A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST AND DEATH SCENE INVESTIGATORS, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTRACTING FOR THESE SERVICES, COMMISSIONER MCGOWAN MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FOGARTY, TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -COORDINATOR TO CONTACT HENNEPIN COUNTY CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTRACTING FOR THE SERVICES OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, SAID MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY; COMMISSIONER RE: MARK MATTSON, ASSISTANT COUNTY ENGINEER, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD, 1, REQUESTED PERMISSION TO POST GROSS AXLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WHEN NEEDED ON COUNTY ROADS (M" S. 109,37), 2, PRESENTED A RESOLUTION CONCERNING PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN ,T'HE CITY OF LAKE ELMO.