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noK 11 ; rs 245 Mrs. Reggie Durham appeared before the Board and presented contracts between joint Orange-Chatham Community Action program, and the Lee County Department of Aging, for the purchase of Title III-C meals for Lee County Senior Citizens and also a contract between the Department On Aging and the Triangle J Council of Governments, for social and senior center services. These contracts were discussed and reviewed. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved that the contracts be approved and that the Chairman be authorized to execute and deliver the contracts for and on:behalf of the County. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Kenneth Foushee, Administrative Officer of the Sheriff's Department, appeared before the Board with respect to the bids taken for the purchase of 6 automobiles. Mr. Foushee stated that the bid received from Slate Motor Company did not meet specifications and that they recommended that the bid be awarded to Mid-State Ford, who was the lowest bidder on the vehicles. He also requested that $6, 300. 00 be appropriated to the Sheriff's Department to enable them to purchase all 7 vehicles. The matter was discussed and Comm- issioner Jerry M. Almond moved that the Board accept the low bid of Mid-State Ford and that the Board appropriate $6, 300. 00 to the Sheriff's Department for capital outlay in order that it might purchase all 7 vehicles. Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., made a substitute motion to accept the low bid of Mid- State Ford and to authorize the Sheriff to purchase 6 vehicles from his present appropriation. There was no second and the Chair ruled that the substitute motion had died for the lack of a second. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker then seconded the main motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. The Board next considered the, request for the Recreation Depart- ment to approve an in-county travel allowance of $150. 00 per month for the Assistant Director of the Recreation Department, in lieu of an automobile. The matter was discussed. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews moved that the County approve the action of the Recreation Commission in providing in their budget for a $150. 00 per month in-county travel allowance for the Assistant Director, in lieu of providing him with an automobile. Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr. , seconded the motion and upon a vote, Commissioner Almond, Commissioner Dossenbach, Commissioner Dotterer and Commissioner Matthews voted for it and Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker voted against it. The Board next considered Budget Amendment #83 09 06 02, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. The County Manager reviewed the reasons for and effect of the budget amendment, following which Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved that Budget Amendment # 83 09 06 02 be approved and adopted. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews seconded the motion and upon a vote , Commissioners Almond, Dossenbach, Matthews, Wicker and Dotterer voted for it and no one voted against it.