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BOOK 44 PAGE 115 Appointments to County Boards and Commissions, 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: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Quiggle, Reives, and Shook Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered the appointment of a voting delegate for the July NACo Conference. Commissioner Kelly moved to appoint Commissioner Lemmond as Lee County's voting delegate as he is the only Commissioner scheduled to attend the conference. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Quiggle, Reives, and Shook Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Commissioner Reives discussed the upcoming budget since the '/-cent sales tax referendum failed on the May referendum. Mr. Reives stated it would be a very difficult year financially for the County and the Board needed to take drastic action and ask non-county departments to consider their budget requests since county departments have already made cuts. He further stated that funding will be a tremendous task for the upcoming year. County Manager John Crumpton stated the County would have no money available for two or three years for renovations at Lee Senior High School or Central Carolina Community College. After further discussion, Commissioner Reives moved that the County hire and pay for a consultant to complete an assessment on health and safety issues the high school and Jonesboro Center is facing at this time, and to ask the Board of Education and Central Carolina Community College Board of Trustees for their permission to enter school properties to complete the required assessment. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives, and Shook Nay: Quiggle The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by a six to one vote. Commissioner Shook moved that Chairman Brown forward a letter to the Board of Education asking for additional budget information in order for the Commissioners to continue reviewing the School's 2008-09 budget requests. Specifically, Commissioner Shook requested a more detailed budget document for the local expense allocation for the last six years. The motion also included a review of year to date income statements and balance sheets for the Board of Education's current fiscal year through April by funding source, purpose and line item. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Quiggle, Reives, and Shook Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered Budget Amendment # 05/19/08/#24 that had been pulled from the Consent Agenda for further discussion. Commissioner Shook had questions in reference to a 4