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BOOK 21 PAGE 944 The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered a Convenience Center Decal Program. Solid Waste Superintendent Joe Cherry told the Board that his department was ready to implement the Convenience Center Decal Program that was recommended in the FY 2006-07 budget, effective March 1, 2008. This recommendation was based on a survey conducted showing that city residents and out-of-county residents use the convenience centers. Mr. Cherry stated that decals would be issued annually to all Lee County residents who have paid the solid waste fee. Two decals will be issued to each household and should be placed on the vehicle/s that will be transporting solid waste to the convenience center. Vehicles without a decal will be turned away from the convenience center. Mr. Cherry stated that $10,000.00 had been budgeted for the program with $3,200.00 allocated for printing of policy and decals, and $6,400.00 for postage and mail service. After some discussion, Commissioner Reives moved to table the matter until the January 22, 2008 meeting, and referred the matter to the County Manager and Attorney for a recommendation. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives, and Shook Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered a request from Social Services Director Brenda Potts to apply for a grant through North Carolina Crime Control and Public Safety to purchase and utilize three (3) GPS electronic monitoring units. Ms. Potts stated that due to over-crowding at the jail, a higher number of defendants are being released to the Lee County Pretrial Release program while awaiting their trial date. There have been no reported incidents of violence by a pretrial defendant supervised under the program guidelines, however, there is always the possibility of such happening. Lee County is striving to be proactive in the protection of the community. While the current pretrial program provides supervision similar to conditions of probation, a clear advantage of initiating GPS electronic technology is the ability to ascertain the location of defendants, especially those with higher risk charges including domestic violence, assault and sexual offenses toward children. Ms. Potts further stated the units would be targeted for the higher risk defendants who are released into the community. These active GPS units would track a defendant's movements and would alert officials almost immediately if a defendant entered or was near an "exclusive" zone (forbidden location) such as a domestic victim's home, school, day care center, etc. The actual monitoring would be handled by a contracted agency which would relay any alerts or violations directly to Lee County program staff. Each unit would cost slightly less than $3,000 with a 25% required match (approximately $2,250). The match amount would be budgeted in the Pretrial Release FY 2008-2009 budget. After some discussion, Commissioner Reives moved to approve the application for a grant through N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety to purchase three (3) GPS electronic monitoring units. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Brown, Kelly, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives, and Shook Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Finance Director Lisa Minter presented the Monthly Financial Report for the month ending November 30, 2007. After discussion, Commissioner Kelly moved to accept the report. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: