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001 <br />LEE COUNTY <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. I. A. <br />XX Information <br />Meeting Date: May 23, 2016 _ Action Item <br />_ Consent Agenda <br />SUBJECT: SAGA Budget Request <br />DEPARTMENT: Economic Development/Administration <br />CONTACT PERSON: John Crumpton/Bob Joyce <br />REQUEST: Review $40,000 Annual Increase Request from SAGA <br />SUMMARY: In the Managers recommended budget the amount budgeted for <br />SAGA is $190,000. SAGA requested $230,000. At the Commissioner's meeting on May 161, the <br />Board heard from Charlie Welborn and Bob Joyce who asked the Board to consider SAGA's <br />request for an increase in funding for marketing purposes. The primary reason for having the <br />budget workshop was to discuss and review this request. The attached documents show the <br />three (3) year history of the development of SAGA. In May 2013, the Commissioners signed an <br />MOU with the Lee County Partnership for Prosperity setting the plans in motion that would <br />eventually create SAGA. The Board also committed two years of funding to the new organization <br />at $190,000 per year. In October 2014, when SAGA was formed, the County signed a services <br />agreement with them for Economic Development services. Please remember, the County cannot <br />pay "dues" to the Chamber under North Carolina Law. The county must have a services <br />agreement with the Economic Development agency that provides a fee for service. <br />BUDGET IMPACT: $40,000 increase <br />ATTACHMENT(S): 1) Letter from Joy Thrash Requesting Funding <br />2) Draft Marketing Plan <br />3) Contract for Economic Development Services with SAGA <br />4) Minutes from May 6, 2013 meeting <br />5) MOU with LCPP, City of Sanford & Town of Broadway <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Held on May 16, 2016 <br />PRIOR BOARD ACTION: (1) Approved TourismNisitors Service Agreement with SAGA on <br />April 18, 2016; (2) October 6, 2014 signed ED contract agreement with SAGA; (3) May 6, 2013 <br />passed MOU with Lee County Economic Development Task Force, City of Sanford and Town of <br />Broadway. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Pleasure of the Board <br />