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Commissioner Reives moved to waive the policy regarding voting following a public hearing to proceed with a vote on the issuance of the loan. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Del Palazzo, Knecht, Reives, Sharpe Nay: None The Chair rules the motion had carried. Commissioner Reives moved to approve the issuance of a loan to the Sanford -Lee County Regional Airport Authority in the amount of $400,000 from the Revolving Loan fund. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Del Palazzo, Knecht, Reives, Sharpe Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had carried. IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pursuant to General Statute § 152A-52.1, Chair Dalrymple opened the floor for Public Comments. The following person signed up to speak during the Public Comments section of the meeting: - Keely Wood, 363 Angel Road, Sanford, NC (Coal Ash) Commissioner Reives requested information on exactly what CHARA has been permitted for. V. REQUEST TO APPEAR A. Presentation from Mackenzie Roche representing Lee County 4-H at this year's NCACC Annual Conference. Mackenzie Roche, a Lee County 4 H Member and Lee County Young Commissioner spoke before the Board regarding the importance of fixed broadband infrastructure. Ms. Roche was required to speak regarding an issue important to the community to satisfy the requirement to attend the NCACC Annual Conference. Ms. Roche requested to be included in any advocacy projects related to this issue in the future. VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Downtown Sanford Wi-Fi RFP and Contract. Information Technology Director Kyle Edwards presented the potential development and release of an RFP for public Wi-Fi in the downtown Sanford, NC area at the Board of Commissioner meeting on April 1, 2019. Since that time, an RFP was issued and proposals have were received. Three vendors submitted bid responses. Two of these bids included pricing and one did not. Mr. Edwards stated that Open Broadband's RFP response was in-line with what we had hoped for from a financial and technology standpoint. The timeline for completion is within 3 months of starting but not more than 6 months. The total monthly cost of $1,150 per month includes 1 GBPS Internet as opposed to the 200 or 400 Mbps options and also include the data analytics module as well so that there can be a clear view of usage statistics of the service. Mr. Edwards stated that the purpose of this deployment is to contribute to economic Page 315