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• Draft floor plan for the basement project at the Courthouse is currently being redesigned and should be approved within the next couple of week. Several meetings have taken place with City staff in reference to the Backup 911 Center and everything appears to be on track for this project. The plan is to bid the project in January with construction starting around the first of February 2012. • RFP's for the Salary /Pay Study are currently being reviewed and interviews have been held for the best proposals. A recommendation will be presented to Commissioners at the October 3 rd meeting. • Commitment has been received from EDA (Economic Development Administration) on the $800,000 grant request for the paving of the Clyde Rhyne Road extension and upgrades to the Lee County Innovation Center in the Lee County Industrial Park. A commitment has also been received from the Rural Center for the $500,000 grant for the Industrial Road extension drive to Caterpillar. With these commitments the County can begin to proceed on these projects. • Work continues on the transition plan for Economic Development to come under the County Manager. Work is underway to begin work on planning for a strategic plan for Economic Development in the County. Suggestions for facilitators will be presented to the Board in October. • Little progress has been developed in discussions with the City Manager on extension of water and sewer utilities into the unincorporated areas of the County. The Manager has been told, by the City, that annexation is not a county issue. Work continues on the issue. • Buchanan Park update — At the Lowe's Grand Reopening the County was presented a $25,000 check to assist with the re- building of the Park that was impacted by the April 16 tornado. • Community Development continues to assess the property damage in the area and the progress of rebuilding in those areas. They are making field inspections and contacts to offer assistance in getting the properties back in order. • Fracking — the issue of "Fracking" for natural gas is being discussed all around us. County Governments and environmental groups are begging to take positions on this issue. The Board has not taken a position as of yet, but will need to discuss how to proceed in developing a position as a Board. • Landfill Development in Harnett County — A recent meeting was held with the Harnett County Manager to get an update on the development of a Subtitle D Landfill to be located in Harnett County. If approved, the Landfill will have access to Hwy. 24/27 and can be quickly accessed by Hwy. US 1. Since the Landfill is in close proximity to the south /eastern border of Lee County, the County may want to consider a position. on the matter. If the Landfill plan passes the Harnett County Board of Adjustment, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners will take up the franchise consideration in October. Commissioner Oldham asked that in the future on bid requests, he would like to see the name of the bonding company, license name and number and total amount of bids when the Board is asked to award contracts. He would like to see a complete breakdown of all bidders in order to be fair in awarding bids. With no further business to come before the Board, Commissioner Reives moved to adjourn the meeting. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack Nay: None M