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LEE "COUNTY <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />To: Gaynell Lee, Clerk to the Board <br />Prom: Eric Griffin, Emergency Management Director <br />Cc: Kenny Cole, Assistant County Manager <br />Date: March 20. 2007 <br />Subject: Request Approval to Accept Donated Amateur Radio Equipment <br />1 am pleased to inform you and the Board that Emergency Management was offered a donation <br />of amateur radio equipment from the executor of the estate of Bill Gordon. Mr. Gordon was an <br />avid amateur radio participant and the executor of the estate, Ms. Sharon Conder Gordon, <br />notified our office with her offer of the equipment. <br />The equipment, if accepted by the Board, would be utilized to provide backup communication in <br />the Emergency Operations Center, and staffed by trained amateur radio volunteers. The amateur <br />radio network is currently used in Lee County to provide a secondary means of communications <br />between the EOC and various command posts and shelter locations. There will be an estimated <br />cost of $2,000 to install the equipment in the EOC, which has been requested in the Office of <br />Emergency Management FY 2007-2008 budget. <br />The value of the donated equipment is estimated to be approximately $4,500- <br />9s <br />S MAR 2 3~ <br />Lee County Office of Emergency Management <br />PO Box 1154, 225 E. Weatherspoon St, Sanford, NC, 27331-1154 <br />919 775-8279 FAX. 919 775-1224 <br />