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630 <br />Aye: Womack <br />Nay: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, and Shook <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had failed with a 6 to 1 vote. <br />(3) Commissioner Hayes moved to approve $6,000 in funding for the Temple Theater for FY <br />2011 -12. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Paschal, and Reives <br />Nay: Parks, Shook, and Womack <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by a 4 to <br />(4) Commissioner Parks moved that the Lee County Board of Commissioners fund''the school <br />system at the current expense as last year. Mr. Park's-further stated he would make a <br />commitment to provide funding for current operating ezpenses for the coming year. From a <br />prepared statement Mr. Parks read, "It seems unfair t o provide the additional funding to the <br />schools when all county employees have had to , takcuts in%all' departments and staffing for <br />the past three years. The State has made the Teachers and Teacher Assistants position fully <br />funded. We need to hold the line on spending. Times are\tough and we need to face the <br />economic realities that those that rely on tax dollars are going�to +have to do more with less. <br />Most other counties are funding at the same level as last yea;, Moore, Cumberland, Orange, <br />etc. Lee County is hurting more than some of the counties 'in unemployment and it will not <br />get better for a while ". Upon a vote, t'he.resultswere as follows: <br />Aye: Parks, Shook, and Womack <br />Nay: Hayes, Oldham, Paschal, an // d\ eives <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had \iled'with a 4 to 3 vote. <br />(5) Commissioner /Hayes moved to affirm the school budget approved at the last budget work <br />session. Commissioner Reives amended the motion to approve the school budget <br />approved at the la`st,budget -work session contingent upon approval of the contract between <br />the two boards concerning the special current expense appropriation in the amount of <br />$500,000. Upon a vote of�Commissioner Hayes motion the results were as follows: <br />Oldham, Parks, Paschal, and Reives <br />and Womack <br />The Chairman ruled the motion was adopted by a 5 to 2 vote. <br />of the amended motion, the results were as follows: <br />Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack <br />None <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. <br />At this time the Board took a five - minute recess. Upon returning from recess, with all members <br />present, the meeting resumed. <br />0 <br />