1985 - 01-22-85 Regular Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

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rnr ."E 6 Elwin Buch n, GrAt's umliIS r tor, appeared before the Board to re ..st approval of some budgransfers on the Lee County Industrial Park Project. Upon motion of Commis- sioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., seconded by Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews, County Manager Walter B. Hartman, Jr., was instructed to prepare the appropriate budget amendment, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. Elwin Buchanan, Grants Administrator, also requested that the Board consider a recommendation for appointment to the Community Development Citizens Participation Committee. Upon motion of -Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews, seconded by Commissioner Jerry M. Almond, it was unanimously adopted to appoint Mr. Charlie I. Carpenter, 1810 Post Office Road, Sanford, N.C., to the Citizens Participation Committee. Bobby Johnson, Landfill Supervisor, appeared before the Board to recommend that the Board accept the bid recently received from E.F. Craven Company in the amount of $75,641 for a Landfill Compactor. Upon motion of Commissioner Jerry M. Almond, seconded by Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews, it was unanimously adopted to award the bid to E.F. Craven Company noting that paymentwill not be made until July of 1985. A bid tabulation is attached to these minutes and by this reference is made a part hereof. County Manager, Walter B. Hartman, Jr., advised the Board that Lee County Youth Services has been awarded a grant in the amount of $460 from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to present a seminar on "Parenting Early Adolescents". Upon motion of Commissioner Jerry M. Almond, seconded by Commis- sioner Bertha L. Matthews, it was unanimously adopted to accept this grant. County Manager, Walter B. Hartman, Jr., was instructed to prepare the appropriate budget amendment to incorporate these funds into the Youth Services budget. Donn Gunderson, Social Services Director, appeared before the Board to request authorization to spend additional $4,100 in Crisis Intervention Funds. Upon motion of Commis- sioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., seconded by Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews, it was unanimously adopted to authorize this expenditure of funds. County Manager, Walter B. Hartman, Jr., was instructed to prepare the appropriate budget amendment to accomplish these expenditures. Donn Gunderson, Social Services Director, also discussed with the Board the Commodity Distribution Program in light of more strict accountability requirements by the federal government and outlined some alternatives for the continu- ation of the program. Upon motion of Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., seconded by Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews, it was unanimously adopted to instruct Mr. Gunderson to continue with the program but to cut back on the number of distributions per year as well as the number of products to be distributed and to use his own discretion as to how best to accomplish this. Mr. Gunderson also presented for the Board's information some statistics on food stamp participants and the unemploy- ment rate.