Minutes - Dec. 21, 2015 Reg. Meeting

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BK:00027 PG -1027 Aye: Dalrymple, Knecht, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered Budget Amendment # 12/21/15/09 for the following departments: Miscellaneous Expenses — appropriate funds to cover overages for workers compensation, property and liability insurance and unemployment. Administration — appropriate from fund balance costs associated with the Board of Adjustment hearings on quarry applications. Health — appropriate $7,000 in grant funds received from the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) for Lee County serving as a mentee in the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standard Mentorship Program and $3,000 in grant funds from the Association for Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) for Foodborne Illness and Food Defense Preparedness and Response Conformance and Audit. All funds are being appropriated in the Environmental Health department. Commissioner Frazier moved to approve Budget Amendment #12/21/15/09 as presented above, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Finance Director Lisa Minter presented the Monthly Financial Report for month ending November 2015. No action was taken. County Manager John Crumpton presented his Monthly Report for December 2015, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. No action was taken. County Manager John Crumpton updated the Board on current water testing in the Colon Road - Osgood Community. Letters to residents within the extended %2 mile coal ash site approved by the Board at the December 7th meeting will go out this week. To date a total of thirty-four (34) requests have been submitted for testing. Chair Dalrymple stated she had been notified by Duke Energy they would cover the cost of all water testing around the Colon Road area. Mr. Crumpton stated the cost for water testing to date was around $3,000.00. The deadline response period for residents to request testing has also been continued until January 31, 2016. No action was taken. At 5:16 p.m. Chair Dalrymple recessed the meeting till 6 p.m. Upon returning at 6 p.m., with all Board members present, Chair Dalrymple called the regular meeting back to order. At this time the Board conducted two public hearings that had been advertised for this date and time.