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113 x: 9. annually. It 5Mall be the policy of the Lee County Board Le of Commissioners that General Fund tax revenues will not be used for water system expansions. 4) All the procedures in GS153-185 Article 9 must be completed. C. Service Districts It shall be the policy of the Lee County Board of Commissioners that the expansion of the Lee County Water System may be made by the establishment of service districts as provided by GS153-300 Article 16. The following conditions must be met in order to complete extensions under this method. 1) The Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to receive information and evidence concerning the proposed service district. 2) The Board must find that the conditions of GS153A-302 (a) and (b) have been met. 3) The Board will hold a second public hearing as required by GS153A-302(c). 4) Upon an affirmative vote of the Board, the service district will take effect at the beginning of the fiscal year commencing after its passage. D. Other methods of extension It shall be the policy of the Lee County Board of Commissioners that the expansion of the Lee County Water System may be made by the following methods: 1) By grants or loans from any agency of the State or Federal government on terms acceptable to the Board of Commissioners and consistent with existing law. 2) By agreement with the City of Sanford to extend or connect to the City waterline and consistent with existing law. Commissioner Cox advised that the Water Committee has recommended adoption of this policy. He suggested a footnote be put on the bottom of Section 2 explaining the "prevailing reimbursement rate for the fiscal year" so it would be clear that the rate is provided by the Commissioners each year. Commissioner Cox moved for adoption of the Water Extension Policy. Commissioner Dossenbach seconded the motion and upon a vote the results were as follows: Aye: Cox, Dossenbach, Matthews, Stafford and Wicker 5