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0 etly 17 PrCF '495 C^3 Aye: Cox, Garner, Mansfield, Matthews, Moretz, Paschal and Reives Nay: None The Chairperson ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered an offer from Sprint Communications to lease space on County property. County Manager William Cowan told the Board SprintCom (`Sprint") had notified Lee County of their interest in placing wireless telecommunications equipment on the water tower on Colon Road. Sprint has contracted SBA, Inc. to locate and lease its communications sites in this market After some discussion, Commissioner Moretz moved to approve the recommendation of the County Manager, which was as follows: • ten (10) year lease agreement • automatically renewed for one additional term of five years • one time aggregate payment of $ 100.00 • $ 1,000.00 per month • 15% increase every five years of the lease Commissioner Reives seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Cox, Garner, Mansfield, Matthews, Moretz, Paschal and Reives Nay: None The Chairperson ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board heard a presentation on the Lee County Land Use Development Guide. Community Development Director Reggie Scales gave the Board an update on the development guide and answered questions from Board members. No action was taken on the matter. The Board considered a request to enter into a contract for collection of delinquent Emergency Medical Services (EMS) bills. Tax Administrator Roger Kelley asked the Board to consider entering into a contract with Transworld Systems, Inc. to help collect over 500 delinquent EMS bills at a rate of $7.75 per account Mr. Kelley told the Board there are between 1500 and 1700 outstanding bills that are twelve to eighteen months old. Each outstanding bill is for $ 1,000 or more. After much discussion, the Board instructed Mr. Kelley to try and work on some kind of percentage agreement with Transworld Systems, Inc. and bring it back at the next meeting on May 4, 1998 for further consideration. The Board heard a report from Recreation Director John Payne on the summer hours for San-Lee Park and Wicker Gym. Mr. Payne went over the current summer schedule and answered questions from Board members. After some discussion, Mr. Payne was instructed to work on a revised summer schedule to open San-Lee Park at 6:30 a.m. daily. He was also instructed to try and have the Wicker Gym open part of the time when 3