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contingency. The amount budgeted for the project is $42,200.00. Commissioner Oldham moved to approve the award of the OT Sloan Pool Painting Project to Southeast Aquatics Group, LLC in the amount of $28,269 and to establish a $10,000.00 contingency fund. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe Nay: None Absent: Sloan The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board next considered Change Order Number One for the Carbonton Road Manned Convenience Center Paving Project. This item was added at the beginning of the meeting as part of the amended agenda under old business. General Services Director Russel Spivey stated that due to poor weather, the construction schedule to pave the Carbonton Road Manned Convenience Center was extended. In the interim, the center was reopened with a temporary stone base so that citizens could use the facility. This change order covers the final phase for the additional stone that is necessary to ensure a solid base for paving. Commissioner Oldham moved to approve the Change Order Number One for the Carbonton Road Manned Convenience Center Paving Project in the amount of $2,075.00. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe Nay: None Absent: Sloan The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board next considered a letter from Neil Yarborough. This Item was added at the beginning of the meeting upon the request of Commissioner Reives. Commissioner Reives stated that during an audit survey, a former board member initiated significant actions between related parties to look into any instances of fraud or potential fraud. The allegations referred to property he had previously owned and sold to Brick Capital in 2010. County Manager John Crumpton stated that the audit team, staff, lawyers, etc. have investigated the allegations and Attorney Neil Yarborough was asked to review any incidence of fraud within the government pertaining to the purchase transaction of the property at WB Wicker and purchase of the building. Attorney Yarborough interviewed several people to come up with his report including Chair to the Board, Amy Dalrymple, former Commissioner Kirk Smith, Commissioner Robert Reives, County Manager John Crumpton, County Attorney Whitney Parrish, the attorney that performed the closing on the real property transaction, Woods Doster, School Board Attorney Jimmie Love, and Executive Director of Brick Capital Community Development Corporation Kate Rumley. Mr. Crumpton stated that the County went through the proper legal proceedings to purchase the property and enter into the agreement with Brick Capital. The audit was delivered in December 2016 and reported no findings. A copy of the letter is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. No action was taken. The Board next considered a Resolution of Support for Triangle J Council of Governments to form an Economic Development District in Partnership with the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA). Lee Worsley, Executive Director of the Triangle J Council of Governments, stated that the United States Economic Development Administration works with regions across the United States, primarily through Economic Development Districts. In North Carolina, Economic Development Districts have been formed in every region except for the Page 318