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BOOK 16 ~nE 653 <br />Commissioners. Commissioner Reives seconded the motion, and upon a <br />vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Cox, Garner, Mansfield, Matthews, Paschal and Reives <br />Nay: Moretz <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by a six to one <br />vote. <br />Commissioner Mansfield moved a letter be sent to Senators and <br />members of the House of Representatives concerning a recent bill <br />submitted by Senator Bobby R. Hall to change the way Lee County <br />Commissioners are elected. Commissioner Cox seconded the motion. <br />After further discussion Commissioner Reives amended the motion to <br />send another letter to the local representatives in the Senate and House <br />of Representatives along with Committee Chairs, Speaker of the House <br />and Majority Leaders. Commissioner Matthews seconded the motion, <br />and upon a vote of the amended motion, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Cox, Garner, Mansfield, Matthews, Paschal and Reives <br />Nay: Moretz <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by a six to one <br />vote. <br />The Board considered a request from the Board of Education to <br />make $1,000,000 available to meet cash flow demands in connection <br />with the construction of Phase I of their Long Range Facilities Plan. <br />School Superintendent Steve Wrenn told the Board this was a cash flow <br />issue and the Board of Education wanted to move ahead with the <br />projects. They would like to open the new schools in the fall of 1998 at <br />the beginning of the new school year. After much discussion <br />Commissioner Cox moved to accept the County Manager's <br />recommendation to table the request until the Broadway School project <br />bids are received by the Board of Education, and further cash flow <br />analysis can be conducted, along with a written response from the <br />school's architect stating his opinion on the adequacy of the $250,000 <br />contingency for $27,672,296 of construction costs. Commissioner <br />Mansfield seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as <br />follows: <br />Aye: Cox, Garner, Mansfield, Matthews, Moretz, Paschal and <br />Reives <br />Nay: None <br />004 <br />4 <br />