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BOOK 22 PAGE 193 amendments presented for various departments and answered questions from the Board. Commissioner Reives moved to approve Budget Amendments 06/30/08/#26 and 06/30/08/#27, copies of which are 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 adoption of the FY 2008-09 Fire District Budget Ordinance. County Manager John Crumpton stated a public hearing was held at the June 23, 2008 meeting in reference to the fire district budgets. No one spoke in opposition to the recommended budget as presented by the Lee County Fire Advisory Board. Commissioner Lemmond moved to approve the FY 2008-09 Fire District Budget Ordinance, 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 adoption of the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Program for FY 2008-09 through 2012-2013. County Manager John Crumpton stated that due to the ''/4% sales tax failure in May, his revised recommended CIP only includes $533,428 in funding for the San-Lee Park Dam Restoration Project. Commissioner Shook questioned wording of the proposed CIP Ordinance where one section addressed "quality of life". After some discussion, Commissioner Shook moved to remove the fourth paragraph of the CIP Ordinance due to the wording. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Shook Nay: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Quiggle, and Reives The Chairman ruled the motion failed with a six to one vote. Commissioner Reives moved to approve the Resolution Adopting the Lee County Capital Improvements Program for FY 2008-09 through 2012-2013, 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 FY 2008-09 Budget Ordinance. County Manager John Crumpton stated revisions to his recommended budget had been made based on action taken at the June 23, 2008 meeting, with the tax rate for FY 2008-09 remaining at $ .75/$100 evaluation. Commissioner Shook moved to amend the Budget Ordinance to allocate $99,000 from the General Fund for the Sheriff's Department to hire two additional uniformed deputies in addition to the five positions recommended in the proposed budget. She presented petitions with over 2