Minutes - April 2, 2012 Regular Meeting

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BK:00024 PG.0825 Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Pursuant to N.C. General Statute 153A -42.1, Chairman Shook opened the floor for Public Comments. The following signed up to speak and were allowed 3 minutes for comments: 1. Keith Clark, 212 Acorn Drive, Sanford (county and school audits) 2. Kirk Smith, 3108 Avents Ferry Road (tracking issue) 3. Rev. Bruce Maclnnes, 515 Hawkins Ave., Sanford (prayer before Board meetings) 4. Ray Martin, 665 Chelsea Drive, Sanford (fracking issue) 5. Ricky Frazier, 124 S. Plank Road, Sanford (fracking issue) Ms. Victoria Whitt from the Sandhills Center completed the required paperwork to appear before the Board and discuss her recent budget funding request and program updates. Ms. Whitt stated that during the Sandhills Center Board of Directors March meeting, the Board agreed not to increase their funding request in Lee County for FY 2012 -13 with the current county general allocation request remaining at $240,000. It was further stated that the Sandhills Center has not requested an increase in County General Funding during the past eight years; that the Sandhills Center currently ranks 15` out of 23 Local Management Entities (LMEs) in terms of per capita County General support; the Sandhills Center devotes its entire County General Funding allocation to the support of their County Walk - in /Crisis Units; and any reduction in County General Funding will result in a loss of critical crisis /psychiatric services for the consumers and families in Lee County. No action was taken. County Manager John Crumpton presented the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) for FY 2013- 2017 and asked the Board to set a public hearing for the 6 p.m., April 16` meeting. After the presentation, Chairman Shook stated she would like the Board to hold a budget work session to meet with members from Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) and the Board of Education (BOE) to discuss building requests before holding the public hearing. Commissioner Womack stated he was not interested in any tax increase this year to fund capital projects and didn't think the County needed to be looking at borrowing money at this time. He further stated the Board needed to slow down on capital spending and look at ways to help the local economy at this time since the tax rate is so high compared to surrounding counties. After discussion, it was decided to hold a budget work session with CCCC and the BOE beginning at 4 p.m., April 16, 2012, to discuss budget requests prior to the regular 6 p.m. meeting. Commissioners are to let Mr. Crumpton know of any budget information they wish discussed for that meeting. The public hearing date for the Capital Improvements Plan will be scheduled at some point after the budget work session. Chairman Shook presented a Resolution in Support of the Extraction of Natural Gas in North Carolina for the Board to consider. The Board agreed to discuss changes to the resolution prior to a motion being made. Commissioner Hayes discussed several changes he wished made to the resolution and Commissioner's Womack and Parks referenced changes they wished made. After discussion, Commissioner Womack moved to approve the resolution with changes made during the meeting, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Hayes, Oldham, Parks, Paschal, Reives, Shook, and Womack Nay: None