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require the Board of Commissioners' agreement to waive the residence requirement. Commissioner Reives moved to waive the Board's policy regarding residence requirement for committee appointments. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, Sharpe Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Commissioner Oldham moved to approve the appointment of Todd Baker to serve on the Revolving Loan Committee. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe, Sloan Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Lee County Sheriff's Department requested the Board's approval of a vehicle purchase for the Department. Lieutenant Cole stated that the Sheriff's Department would like to purchase a 2017 Nissan Pathfinder SUV with 4WD. The State contract price of this vehicle is $29,413.00 with an additional cost of $1,000.00 for taxes and tags. Payment for this vehicle will come from funds confiscated during drug cases. Commissioner Oldham moved to approve the requested vehicle purchase. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, Sharpe Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board next considered a contract with ELJ, Inc. to install sewer pipe to connect the new nature center building to the existing septic system at San -Lee Park. Parks and Recreation Department Director John Payne stated that Jeremy Thomas with J. Thomas Engineering developed a plan and cost estimate for the installation of a 4" sewer line from the new nature center to the existing septic system located in the lower section of the park. The project was bid and 4 bids were received with ELJ, Inc. being the low bidder. ELJ, Inc.'s bid was 30% higher than the engineer's estimate and Mr. Thomas, Ed Jones (ELJ), Russell Spivey, and I met to explore ways to value engineer the project. Three items were removed from the scope of work and other items were reduced by the bidder to lower the project cost. After discussion, Commissioner Oldham moved to approve the contract with ELJ, Inc. as presented a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results are as follows: Aye: Dalrymple Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, Sharpe Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Tax Administrator May Yow next presented an update on collections/reminder notices. She stated that as a new strategy to improve collections and save taxpayers interest charges, the tax office prepared and mailed a reminder notice prior to the delinquent date on January 6, 2017. Approximately 20,000 notices were mailed in December to remind taxpayers of unpaid taxes and the interest date coming up. Results that we saw indicate it was a successful strategy. Our Page 416