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ciov 12 Ft;E S~iO WHEREAS, there are certain provisions contained in Chapter 105 of the General Statutes of North Carolina whereby certain properties qualify for exempt status (examples: real and personal property owned by units of government, real and personal property used for religious purposes, real and personal property used for educational purposes, etc. and WHEREAS, a property owner claiming exemption shall annually file an application for exemption during the regular listing period, and the Tax Assessor, upon examination of exemption claim, processes the claim; and WHEREAS, Chapter 680 of the 1987 session laws of the North Carolina General Assembly provides for a process whereby a taxpayer may file a late application for property tax exemption after the regular listing period has expired: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lee County Board of Commissioners that the Lee County Tax Assessor is hereby authorized to approve a late application for property tax exemption status in the same manner that an exemption request is processed during the regular listing period, as provided for in G. S. 105-282.1. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr. seconded the motion and upon a vote the results were as follows: AYE: Cox, Dossenbach, Matthews, Wicker and Dotterer NAY: None The Chairman ruled the resolution had been unanimously adopted. The Board next took up for consideration the bids received for the digital conversion of existing County tax maps from a multi-year time span and the bids received for the installation of the geographic information system, said system consisting of hardware, software and personnel training. The bids received for the digital conversion were: Landmark Engineers, $87, 500 and Graphic Mapping Group, $93, 437. 50. The bids for the CIS system were: Graphic Mapping Group, $39, 962. 50; Geo-Based, $54, 920. 00; Landmark Engineers, $52, 700 and $60, 300. Mr. John Moore of the Mapping Department reviewed the bids received, and based upon the experienced personnel of the companies, completion time and the closeness between the offices, recommended that the digital conversion project be awarded to Landmark Engineers. Because of the amount of software provided and the better package of software, he recommended that the GIS system be awarded to Geo-Based. The matter was extensively discussed between the members of the Board and Mr. Moore, following which Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr, moved that the Board accept the bid of Landmark Engineers for the digital conversion and the bid of Geo-Based for the GIS system , and that the proper County officials be authorized to enter into contracts for said program.