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V. PRESENTATIONS A. Sandhills Center's Request to Appear to Discuss FY 18-19 County General Funding and Program Updates Victoria Whitt, CEO of the Sandhills Center, provided information on the Annual Community Report for 2017, Quarterly Report January 2018, and funding requests for the upcoming 18-19 fiscal year. The Sandhills Center Board made the decision for the 14th year in a row to not request any addition funding from all of the nine counties. The present funding request is $240,000.00. No action was taken. B. FY 2018-2019 Recommended Budget Presentation County Manager John Crumpton presented his Recommended Budget for FY 2018- 2019. The recommended budget is $75,094,325, which is an increase of$3,897,017 from the 2017-2018 budget. The County Manager provided a PowerPoint presentation on the budget, which included an outline of the reasons for the increase, projected revenues, and historical comparisons. Following discussion, Commissioner Knecht moved to vote on the budget on June 18th to allow time to consider the budget. Commissioner Reives stated he did not want to commit to the 18th if everything is reviewed and finalized beforehand. Commissioner Knecht withdrew his motion. The Board proposed to have a Budget Work Session at 5 p.m. on June 4, 2018, hold the public hearing, then discuss the budget afterwards. Commissioner Reives moved to hold a public hearing on the FY 2018-2019 Budget June 4, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe, Sloan Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had carried unanimously. Commissioner Reives moved to hold a budget work session at 5 p.m. on June 4, 2018. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe, Sloan Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had carried unanimously. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Annual consideration of the contract with the Sanford Area Growth Alliance In October of 2014, Lee County executed a contract for economic development services with the Sanford Lee County Partnership for Prosperity. Since 2014, the County has continued to fund the SLCPP for these services. Per Section 3 of the contract, the contract is to be reviewed along with the membership representation by the Board of Commissioners on an annual basis. County Attorney Whitney Parrish recommended holding a public hearing on June 4, 2018. Last year the contract amount was for $270,000. This year's request is $315,000. Commissioner Sloan moved to hold a public hearing to consider appropriating funds to the Sanford Area Growth Alliance for economic Page 318