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13 94 Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Stafford thanked the members of the Water Committee and Mr. Joyce for their work on this policy. The Board next considered a request from the Triangle J Council of Governments to increase dues for a Solid Waste Planner position. Commissioner Stafford advised that the Finance Committee studied this at their regular meeting last Tuesday and sought to rationalize what this person would be doing with the Solid Waste Committee. Since Lee County is getting excellent cooperation from the State Solid Waste Division, the Finance Committee is recommending opposing the hiring of this individual. Commissioner Stafford moved to deny the request from the Triangle J Council of Governments to increase dues for a Solid Waste Planner. Commissioner Matthews seconded the motion and upon a vote the results were as follows: Aye: Cox, Dossenbach, Matthews, Stafford and Wicker Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Stafford brought up for discussion Lee County's affiliation with Triangle J Council of Governments. He reported that the Finance Committee had discussed what Triangle J was doing for Lee County and how we were benefiting from our membership. In the past they have been very helpful in the planning area before each town, municipality and county had their own planners and they did a lot of vital work that was very good. The bill for next year would be $19,456.00 to be a member of this COG and we should make sure what our citizens are paying for. Commissioner Stafford moved that Lee County study and make a recommendation to the Finance Committee to deal with the upcoming budget to consider whether it's in Lee County's best interest to stay in this region or to withdraw from it. Commissioner Cox, the Board's representative on Triangle J advised that he has not attended all of Triangle J meetings because there are so many conflicts. He added they obviously do all counties some good lobbying to the legislators, but the County Commissioners Association does the same things and is more effective than the COG. He advised he had some very sympathetic tendencies toward what Commissioner Stafford said. Commissioner Dossenbach asked that when the Chairman appoints this study committee to consider making the County Manager the Chairman of the group because that way fellow Commissioners in other counties will not be as apt to come to us with extreme pressure. Commissioner Cox agreed that this is a sensitive matter. 6