Minutes - April 22, 2013 Special Meeting

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BK - 00025 PG.0516 LEE COUNTY Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 106 HILLCREST DRIVE SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 27330 APRIL 22, 2013 The special called meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, convened at 5 p.m., in the Commissioners' Room, Lee County Government Center, First Floor, 106 Hillcrest Drive, Sanford, North Carolina, on said date. Commissioners present were Amy M. Dalrymple, Dr. Ricky D. Frazier, Charles T. Parks, Kirk D. Smith, and James K. Womack. Commissioners' Dr. Andre Knecht and Robert T. Reives were absent. Chairman Parks called the meeting to order. Commissioner Dalrymple delivered the invocation. The pledge of allegiance was recited. The Board considered a request from the Sanford -Lee County Airport Authority to borrow money from the Airport Reserve Fund to purchase the former Southeastern Aviation hangar at the Airport. County Manager John Crumpton stated the Airport Authority was first contacted by the N.C. Forestry Service in April 2012 about consolidating their flight operations for the Central Region and Maintenance Operations for the entire State fleet at the Raleigh Executive Jet Port. By Statute passed in the short session last year, the General Assembly required the Service to consolidate flight operations into 3 regions - West, Central and East. After an RFP process that the Authority participated in June of last year, the Forestry Service chose Sanford, Lee County, as their Central Regional location and would also house maintenance operations for the entire state at the facility. The Forestry Service then needed to get approval from the Council of State for the lease. Due to the change in administration (Council of State) this process took 6 months to complete. The Council of State approved the lease in February of this year. After meeting with the Forestry Service two options were developed to meet their needs — (1) building a completely new facility or (2) modify an existing hangar to meet their specifications. The Authority first looked at building new until they were approached by Southeastern Aviation (Patriot) to purchase their hangar. After negotiating a purchase price on the hangar for $450,000, the option ran out when the Council of State delayed action on the lease. After this occurred, the Authority was informed about the pending foreclosure by First Bank and decided to take a chance of purchasing the hangar at