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019 ® Chairman Brown stated a public hearing had been advertised for this date and time to hear comments from the public in reference to the proposed FY 2008-09 Lee County budget. Chairman Brown opened the public hearing. The following individuals signed up to speak in reference to the budget: • Ms. Kay Ring, Director, HAVEN of Lee County (additional funding for HAVEN) • Mr. Jay Calendine, Sanford (need for additional deputies) • Mr. Jeremy Jackson, Sanford (need for additional deputies) • Mr. Greg Cox, Sanford (need for additional deputies) • Mr. Robert Westbrook, Sanford (need for additional deputies) Chairman Brown closed the public hearing. Commissioner Shook questioned additional funding that HAVEN of Lee County was requesting. HAVEN Director Kay Ring presented a spreadsheet with 5- years of statistics that outlined such things as the number of clients served, number of clients sheltered, number of hot-line crisis calls accepted, and the number of community presentations made by staff. Clients are transported from Lee County and accepted from other counties/states, depending on their need. Ms. Ring stated a total of fifty-two clients from other counties/states have been assisted at the Lee ® County location for the current year to date. There are a total of ninety domestic houses located across the State of North Carolina that assist men, women and children with domestic issues. Currently HAVEN does not track city residents assisted verses county residents assisted but will begin that process when working with clients in the future. Ms. Ring further stated that approximately 35%-37% of the clients assisted at HAVEN are of different ethnic origin. They do not ask if the individual is documented or undocumented. Commissioner Shook asked Ms. Ring to furnish the trend over the past years of foreign born individuals receiving assistance and asked that in the future they track if clients assisted live in the City of Sanford verses the County. At this time Minutes from the June 19, 2008 Finance Committee meeting were distributed and Commissioners were allowed time to review. Commissioner Reives discussed the following Capital Outlay items Commissioner Kelly had questions about during the Finance Committee meeting: $14,000 - 36" Wide Format Scanner for Strategic Services; • $16,500 - Groundsmaster 7200 Mower w/72" cut for General Services, • $11,000 - Hydraulic Power Tool for General Services; • $ 6,000 - Printer for Emergency Management Mobile Command Post, • $27,000 - Vehicle for Fire Marshal's Office; and • $ 9,350 - John Deere Diesel Gator for the Recreation Department County Manager John Crumpton stated that overall he didn't feel departments requested excessive Capital Outlay requests this year. Commissioner Shook stated she would like to leave all of the above requests in the budget. Chairman Brown 2