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G]9 The Board considered a resolution of reappointment for the Lee County Tax Administrator. County Attorney K. R. Hoyle told Board members Mr. Timothy Dwane Brinson was reappointed as Lee County Tax Administrator on October 5, 2009 to a two -year term by the Lee County Board of Commissioners. The current appointment ends on June 30, 2011 so Mr. Brinson must be reappointed for a two or four year term at this time. Commissioner Womack moved to reappoint Mr. Timothy Dwane Brinson to a four -year appointment as the Lee County Tax Administrator to become effective July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2015. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and W Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered their meeting schedule for the r 2011. County Manager John Crumpton asked the Board to a the months of July, August and September which would invol\ special meeting is required, in order to allow Commissioners vacation time. For the past several years the Board has only m months. After discussion, Commissioner Parks moved for the during the months of July, August and September on the third p.m. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: is of July, August and September er,a revised meeting for ly one meeting a month, unless a staff opportunity to plan family the'3`d Monday during the summer � to hold one meeting per month day of each month beginning at 6 Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, P�ascha>R eives, Shook, and Womack Nay: None n The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted un - animously. The Board considered construction drawings for a new Backup 911 Center, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Emergency Manageme ces, Sheriff Office expansion, and Clerk of Court record storage. County Manager John Crumpt n stated that staff is seeking approval from the Board of Commissioners begin the design of the architectural plans and construction of a backup 911 Center, Emergency-Operations_Center and office space, expansion of the Sheriff's offices and the creation of a new area for�thee6lerk_of Court record storage in the basement of the Courthouse. Emergency Services Director'Shane Seagroves outlined the proposed plan and discussed the need for additional space and an EOC fo`r department, along with additional needs for the backup 911 Center and Sheriffs Department. Mr. C�rumpton stated that the County and City of Sanford have been in recent discussions about using the 911 funds to provide a backup to the current 911 system. If the County not build the backup center, the City has requested the funds to build a backup in their FY 2011�12,budget request from the County. In addition, the City has provided their basement as the Emergency Operations Center for the past twenty years. Mr. Seagroves discussed how the current EOC is now\out- dated t and too small for County use. The County is responsible for emergency operations in the entire County and needs to have a facility that is large enough for the Shearon Harris training exercises and real life emergency /disaster events. The basement of the courthouse is a secure area that is large enough to house all of these operations that are critical to the County's emergency response. Mr. Crumpton stated that the County has $450,000 remaining from the 2008 transfer of the wire -line 911 fund balance to the General Fund, $644,610 available from the 911 fund balance of June 30, 2010, and capital funds of $300,000 from the Woodland Avenue Building project fund that can be used to pay for this proposed project. Moseley Architects have provided schematic drawings and a project estimate for the project. At the April 18, 2011 meeting, the Board of Commissioners voted to allow staff to notify the State 911 Board of our intentions to use one -half of the fund balance in the 911 fund as of June 30, 2010 for this project ($644,610). The Board also discussed the need for an 3