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003 <br />items: <br />Commissioner Womack moved to approve the Consent Agenda which consisted of the following <br />• Minutes from the December 16, 2013 regular meeting, and <br />• Resolution for COLTS Safety Plan (copy attached). <br />Upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Parks, Reives, Smith, and Womack <br />Nay: None <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />Pursuant to N.C. General Statute §153A -52.1, Chairman Parks opened the floor for Public <br />Comments. The following signed up to speak and were allowed 3 minutes for comments: <br />• Keith Clark, 212 Acorn Drive, Sanford <br />The Board conducted a public hearing at this time to consider a zero - interest loan agreement <br />with Fitzpak, Inc. (a New Jersey family based business). County Manager John Crumpton stated the <br />public hearing had been advertised to consider a $150,000 zero - interest loan for building renovation <br />and infrastructure improvements for Fitzpak, Inc., a thermoforming plastic packaging company looking <br />to expand in Lee County. If approved, the loan will support a $4 million investment in machinery and <br />equipment and the creation of 50 new jobs in the County. <br />Chairman Parks opened the public hearing that had been advertised for this date and time. <br />The following spoke in favor of the zero - interest loan: <br />1. Ms. Crystal Morphis, Interim Lee County Economic Development Director, <br />2. Mr. Andy Fitzsimmons, President of Fitzpak, Inc., <br />3. Mr. Donnie Oldham, Chairman of the Lee County Economic Development Board, <br />and <br />4. Mr. Bob Joyce, Executive Director of the Sanford Chamber of Commerce <br />The following spoke in opposition to the loan agreement: <br />Mr. Keith Clark, 212 Acorn Drive, Sanford <br />Chairman Parks closed the public hearing. <br />After discussion, Commissioner Reives moved to waive the Boards' policy on the waiting period <br />for approving public hearing matters. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Parks, Reives, Smith, and Womack <br />Nay: None <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />2 <br />