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WORK SESSION <br />OF THE <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />GORDON WICKER CONFERENCE ROOM <br />106 HILLCREST DRIVE <br />SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 27330 <br />May 13, 2019 <br />6:00 P.M. <br />The Budget Work Session of the Lee County Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, <br />State of North Carolina convened at 5:00 p.m. in the Gordon Wicker Room, first floor, Lee County <br />Government Center, 106 Hillcrest Drive, Sanford, North Carolina, on said date. Commissioners <br />present when the work session was called to order were Amy M. Dalrymple, Arianna Del Palazzo, <br />Kevin Dodson, Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe, and Kirk Smith. Staff in <br />attendance included County Manager John Crumpton, Finance Director/Assistant County Manager <br />Lisa Minter, and Governmental Relations Manager Jamie Brown. <br />I. CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Dalrymple called the Work Session to order at 6:00 p.m. <br />II. BANKING PROPOSALS <br />A. Presentation and Discussion to Evaluate the Responses from the Countv's Bankina Proposals. <br />Finance Director/Assistant County Manager, Lisa Minter, presented an overview to the Board <br />the process staff used to review and rank the banking proposals received by the County. Materials <br />provided to the Board at the meeting included a detailed summary of the various proposals. Mrs. <br />Minter provided some highlights: 1) All of the proposals except for BB&T offered an earnings credit; in <br />this scenario both First National and First Bank proposals resulted in a positive outcome for the <br />county, 2) Ali proposals offered an interest earning option; in this scenario, a positive outcome for the <br />county was achieved with BB&T, First Bank and First National, 3) First National provided the lowest <br />overall bid proposal. <br />Staff recommendation is for County to move its account to First National effective July 1. The <br />Board proceeded to ask questions relating to switching accounts. The Board wished to continue <br />discussion at the May 20, 2019 regular meeting. No action was taken. <br />III. BUDGET PRESENTATIONS/DISUSSION <br />A. Fire Tax District Funding Reauests <br />Town of Broadway Mayor, Donald Andrews, provided an overview of the Fire Tax District <br />Funding requests. Mayor Andrews reviewed the recommendations made by each fire tax district as <br />outlined in the materials distributed to the Board. He stated that the Fire Advisory Board met with <br />each fire department in April to review their budget requests. The recommendations by the Advisory <br />Board were unanimous. Mayor Andrews also informed the Board that the long-time serving Fire <br />1 <br />