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The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered a request from Wake Stone, Inc. to amend the Ordinance Instituting a Temporary Moratorium on Oil and Gas Development and Mining within Lee County. County Manager John Crumpton stated Wake Stone recently contacted the Lee County Planning and Zoning office to request a modification to their existing Conditional Use Permit for mining operations off Deep River Road. Due to the wording of the Moratorium Ordinance staff would not accept their application for this change. For their application (Wake Stone) to move forward the Moratorium would need to be amended or repealed. After discussions with Attorney Neil Yarborough the following wording was offered to amend the Ordinance and would allow Wake Stone to move forward with their application. Adding the exception to Section 12-110: Limitation on Moratorium (c) "Any existing permitted mining quarry which wants to expand its activity to adjacent area". Since the Moratorium is an Ordinance this would require two readings to pass. If the Board wishes to consider moving forward then this wording can be read at this time and would constitute the first reading. The second reading would occur at the July 18' meeting. If passed, Wake Stone would still have to go through a joint public hearing with the Planning Board and go through the formal procedures to modify their permit. Mr. Tom Oxholm, Vice President of Finance and Administration with Wake Stone stated they were requesting a Conditional Use Permit to rezone a 1.15 -acre tract of land acquired in 2007. The tract would be used to grant access to another four acres the company acquired in 2003, which would be used for storing natural materials. None of the five acres in question would be excavated for new mining activity. After discussion, Commissioner Oldham moved to approve the added wording as presented by Attorney Neil Yarborough to the Moratorium. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Oldham, Reives, and Sloan Nay: Knecht and Smith The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted by a 5 to 2 vote. The Board considered Budget Amendment # 06/20/16/20 for the following departments: Youth Services — appropriate $24,392 in additional funds received from the State for the "Hope Thru Horses" program to purchase a used 12-15 passenger van. General Services — transfer $50,000 from Courthouse Renovations to General Services Building Improvements for renovations to the Elm Street property. State Services — appropriate $15,900 from Fund Balance to cover increased Medical Examiner costs. Commissioner Smith moved to approve Budget Amendment # 06/20/16/20 as presented, 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. At 6 p.m. the Board conducted joint public hearings with the Lee County Planning Board. The first hearing presented was to consider an amendment to the Official Zoning Map of Lee County for the 4