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BrOn ~O Phu 799 September 2005 the Board approved acceptance of a Homeland Security Grant in the amount of $195,000.00 to purchase a mobile command post. Mr. Groves stated the remaining $10,394.00 will be used to purchase radios for each workstation in the mobile unit. The command post will be used by all emergency response organizations within Lee County. After some discussion, Commissioner Paschal moved to approve the bid from Matthews Specialty Vehicles in the amount of $184,606.00 to purchase a mobile command post. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, and Reives Nay: None Absent: Stevens The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered the annual Emergency Management Program Grant for the Emergency Services Office. Emergency Services Director Jim Groves asked the Board to authorize the County Manager to execute all required documents for the annual Emergency Management Program Grant from the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in the amount of $26,491.57. Commissioner Reives moved to approve the request for the County Manager to execute the annual funding grant as described above in the amount of $26,491.57, 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: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, and Reives Nay: None Absent: Stevens The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board considered a request from Emergency Services Director Jim Groves to transfer Specialty Rescue Team (SRT) funds to various volunteer fire departments and the City of Sanford Fire Department. Mr. Groves told the Board that in the FY 2002-03 budget, the Board approved and created funding for the Lee County Specialty Rescue Teams (SRT) with a $300,000 grant, available over three years. An additional appropriation of $23,000 was made to the grant in FY 2004-05. Each volunteer fire department, along with the City of Sanford Fire Department, signed an Agreement for the Grant of Lee County Funds in May 2003 in order for them to receive funding. The SRT was to be made up of members of the county volunteer fire departments and the City of Sanford Fire Department, and would be composed of a land search team, water rescue team, high angle team, heavy rescue team, and a trench rescue team. Mr. Groves stated that the original form of SRT management was not working; therefore, it has been suggested that particular stations handle responsibilities of managing specific SRT duties. Mr. Groves requested that the Board move the remaining funds from the original $300,000 grant directly to the stations that will manage SRT activities and have each department sign a contract or Memorandum of Understanding. After much discussion, Chairman Hincks moved to distribute a total of $52,439.16 to the following 4