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having an agricultural representative on the Planning Board due to the amount of development occurring throughout the County. AgWeekProclamationFinal.docx Motion: Motion to approve Lee County "Ag Week" Proclamation as presented. Mover: Dr. Andre Knecht For: 6 — Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick Absent: 1 — Arianna Lavallee Motion Result: Passed IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pursuant to N.C. General Statute 153A-52.1, the floor was opened for Public Comments. No comments were provided. V. OLD BUSINESS V.A Approval of Construction Manager at Risk Contract with SAMET Inc. and Sanford Contractors Inc. On September 20, 2021, the Board awarded the design of the new Lee County Library to Vines Architecture, Inc. and entered into an agreement with Vines for the design on February 21, 2022. The Board authorized the new library project to be delivered through the construction manager at risk method and Sanford Contrators and SAMET Inc. were chosen to be the Construction Managers on the project. The CMR and architect will work together during the design phase of the project and then the CMR will bid and oversee the construction of the project. Staff is in the process of working with the CMR to finalize the contract. Motion: Motion to approve the Construction Manager at Risk Contract with SAMET Inc. and Sanford Contractors, Inc. once it has been reviewed and finalized by the Legal Department. Mover: Robert Reives For: 6 — Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick Absent: 1 — Arianna Lavallee Motion Result: Passed VI. NEW BUSINESS VI.A Request to Appear - Victoria Whitt, CEO, Sandhills Center Victoria Whitt, CEO of the Sandhills Center, provided program updates and a summary of the annual funding request for the Sandhills Center. Commissioner Kirk Smith and Walter Ferguson, who serve as County appointments on the Sandhills Center Board, were commended for their service. Mr. Ferguson also chairs the Client Right's Committee. For the 18th year in a row, the request for county funding was held at the same amount as the previous year at $240,000. The reason the County funding is held at the same rate is because in 2012 Sandhills Center took over the management of Medicaid, and if they are able to manage dollars they are able to keep the savings to reapply in the community. There are four projects the Sandhills Center uses some of these funds for including the association with Brick Capital, Daymark Recovery case management services, funding of positions with Lee County School System for mental health clinicians and the support of the Department of Social Services providing funding 3