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Fbw V „u 343 County Attorney K. R. Hoyle appeared before the Board and presented a letter with respect to the Engineering Contract on Project 87-C-0864 in which he recommended that the Board take action to exempt this project from the provisions of Chapter 102 of the Session Laws of 1987, pertaining to procurement of engineering services by a local government. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr, moved the adoption of the following Resolution: WHEREAS, Lee County, through its Grants Administration Department initiated procedures to solicit bids from qualified firms for the furnishing of engineering services in connection with Project No. 87-C-0864, known as the Golden Poultry/Water Plant Project prior to April 3, 1987; and WHEREAS, such bids were used by the County in preparing and submitting its grant application; and WHEREAS, the firm submitting the lowest bid was selected and contract executed; and WHEREAS, at the same time that the County was following the procedure set forth above, the General Assembly of North Carolina was considering and adopting on April 27, 1987, an act to provide a model code for procurement of engineering services by local governments, which act was not widely dis- seminated and was not known to the County officials involved at the time in said negotiations; and WHEREAS, the act provides that local government units may in writing exempt particular projects which in their discretion merit exemption; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners is of the opinion that this particular project should be exempted because the County has followed the philosophy and intent of said act but that confusion may result because of the date of the contract and the date of the ratification of said act; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lee County Board of Commissioners, Project No. 87-C-0864 known as the Golden Poultry/Water Project is exempted from the provisions of House Bill #277 enacted for the procurement of architectural and engineering services by State and local government and Chapter 102 of the Session Laws of 1987 for the reasons stated above. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews seconded the motion and upon a vote the results were as follows: AYE: Cox, Dossenbach, Matthews and Dotterer NAY: Wicker The Chairman ruled that the Resolution had been adopted by a majority vote.