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007 <br />• Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, and Reives <br />Nay: Shook <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by five to one vote. <br />County Attorney K. R. Hoyle passed out paper ballots that had been prepared for <br />voting. At this time Mr. George Bates stated that he wished to withdraw his name from <br />consideration from District 2 to fill the vacant Commissioner seat. <br />Commissioner Shook moved by acclamation that Mr. Kirk Smith fill the vacant <br />seat on the Board of Commissioners. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives, and Shook <br />Nay: None <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />Chairman Brown declared a recess at this time while Clerk to the Board Gaynell <br />Lee swore Mr. Kirk Smith into office. Once sworn into office, Mr. Smith joined other <br />Commissioners on the bench and the meeting resumed. <br />Mr. Donald Andrews, Jr., presented to the Commissioners the Lee County Fire <br />Advisory Board's recommendations for budgets from the nine (9) volunteer fire <br />departments. Mr. Andrews stated the Fire Advisory Board had reviewed the fire budgets <br />presented and worked with the departments to obtain justification for the budget <br />• requests. The Fire Advisory Board also met one-on-one with each department's <br />representative to get a better understanding of each request. Mr. Andrews presented the <br />following requested and recommended budgets for each fire department: <br />REQUESTED <br />RECOMMENDED <br />DEPARTMENT <br />BUDGET <br />BUDGET <br />Tramway Fire Department <br />$ 312,838 <br />$ 292,838 <br />West Sanford Fire Department <br />$ 75,822 <br />$ 75,822 <br />Deep River Fire Department <br />$ 174,530 <br />$ 174,530 <br />Cape Fear Fire Department <br />$ 241,950 <br />$ 241,950 <br />Northview Fire Department <br />$ 385,350 <br />$ 361,350 <br />Lemon Springs Fire Department <br />$ 180,960 <br />$ 170,960 <br />Carolina Trace Fire Department <br />$ 221,145 <br />$ 197,145 <br />Northwest Pocket Fire Department <br />$ 173,157.32 <br />$ 149,157 <br />Cameron Fire Department <br />$ 82,293 <br />$ 52,000 <br />After some discussion, Commissioner Shook moved to accept the recommendations <br />from the Lee County Fire Advisory Board in reference to budgets from the volunteer fire <br />departments. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Smith <br />Nay: None <br />0 The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />