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1 -14 County Manager's Report — November 4, 2011 Upcoming Projects /Bids 1) The Lighting project for the Government Center is almost complete. P.R. Faulk Electrical Contractor has been on site for the last week and will be completed in the next week or two. As you recall from the October meeting of the Board, P.R. Faulk Electrical also was declared the low bidder for the work on the Courthouse and Old Courthouse projects. The contract for the work at the Courthouse and Old Courthouse was for the maximum allowed by the Commissioners at $70,200. Mr. Faulk did not want to lower the cost and referenced the next bidder's amount in staying at his bid amount. We have executed the contract and the work will be completed by the deadline of December 15 2) We have not received the contracts back from our Engineer and Architect for the Clyde Rhyne Road improvements and the renovation to the Lee County Innovation Center. As soon as we get them we will deliver them to the Board. 3) We have met with Springsted Consultants and they have started the pay classification study. They will do their introductory meetings with the employees on November 28 and 29 At our December 5 th meeting they will appear before the Commissioners to discuss the process they will be going through with the study. This study should be completed and delivered back to the Commissioners in March 2012. 4) By the time you get this report, Linda Recio with Evergreen Solutions will have already met with the Board of Education (at the November 8` Board meeting). To keep up with their schedule the staff has scheduled meetings with community stakeholders, commissioners, staff and the Board of Education for the week of November 14 th . Other Items 1) The Chairman and I have met with the SBTDC concerning the development of a Strategic Plan for Economic Growth for the County. The SBTDC will present a formal proposal to us to help facilitate this important process. The goal of the process is to develop a plan that will guide the County in the coming years that will enable us to help retain and grow wealth in the County. The SBTDC offered excellent ideas on how to generate information and input from our community partners prior to the workshop. This is critical so that the Commissioners can use this information to formulate a plan that will be supported by the entire community. I plan on presenting their proposal at the December 5 th meeting. 2) The Chairman and I have also spoken about the annual workshop to kick off the budget process. I recommended to the Chairman that we use the School of Governments Board Game — Bottom Line to start our meeting. This is a monopoly type game that simulates the county budget process. Our hope is to invite some of our key partners to play the game with us so that they can understand the difficult decisions we have to make in balancing our budget. I have played the Municipal Board Game — Megalopolis. It is a great tool and will provide us a great lead into our budget process and goal setting for our budget. I have proposed a couple of dates in March to the SOG for this meeting.