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eao; 24 45 • Any employee who is age sixty -five (65) or older by July 1, 2011 and retires with ten (10) years of service with Lee County will be eligible for the post -65 insurance supplement plan, which supplements Medicare. • If an employee is eligible for retiree health insurance benefits and currently covers a spouse on the County's health insurance plan, they may elect to continue to cover their spouse until the spouse reaches age sixty -five (65). Premiums must be paid monthly and on time. After discussion, Commissioner Hayes moved to approve the Retirement Incentive Plan as presented by the County Manager. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered bids for the Jail Renovation Project — Phase 2, defined as the Natural Light Project. County Manager John Crumpton stated the following bids were received and read on March 22, 2011: • BAR Construction, Inc. (BAR) — Greensboro, NC • HM Kern Corporation — Greensboro, NC • Lomax Construction, Inc. — Greensboro, NC • Progressive Contracting Company, Inc. (PCCI) — Sanford, NC • Shaw Construction Company, Inc. — Spring Lake, NC Mr. Crumpton stated the low bidder for both phases was BAR Construction Company, Inc. However, bids for Phase 1 — defined as the padded cell portion of the project, exceeded grant funds received by the Sheriff's Office, therefore, eliminating that portion of the project. The significant change in project scope caused BAR's base bid for Phase 2 to increase from $17,840 to $21,230. With BAR's consent, the County then moved to the next lowest bidder. PCCI respectfully requested to increase their bid from $20,000 to $20,675, thereby making PCCI the new low bidder. After discussion, Commissioner Womack moved to reject bids for the natural light project and bundle this project with the upcoming project for renovation of the basement area at the courthouse to house the Emergency Services Office and Emergency Operations Center. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The County Manager was instructed to send a letter to the 911 Board asking that Lee County be allowed to use 50% of the County's 911 fund balance as of July 1, 2010, for a major public safety project. A total of $644,610.00 would be requested from the 911 Fund. Mr. Crumpton stated he had been working with Mosley Architects in designing a new Emergency Operations Center (EOC), backup 911 Center and expanded operations for both Lee County Emergency Management and the Lee County Sheriff in the basement of the Lee County Courthouse. The Board considered bids for new playground equipment for San -Lee Park that had been removed from the Consent Agenda earlier in the meeting. Parks and Recreation Director John Payne 6