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9 BOOK 20 PAGE 940 Strategic Initiatives Director Lesa Price discussed with the Board a recently printed pamphlet from the County Commissioners Association entitled "Welcome to Your County'. The pamphlet is an overview of County Government in North Carolina and addresses such items as how a county is funded, where the money goes, setting a budget, services offered, who runs the county, and who can be a Commissioner. A copy was distributed to each Commissioner for review and use if needed during presentations. Copies of the pamphlet are available in the County Manager's Office. At 10:55 a.m. Chairman Hincks recessed the meeting till 1:30 p.m. when Commissioners would meet with Representative John Sauls and Senator Bob Atwater to discuss legislature concerns as it relates to Lee County. Chairman Hincks reconvened the meeting at 1:30 p.m. on said date, in the Small Conference Room 124) at the Lee County Government Center. Commissioners present were W. Chad Adams, Robert H. Brown, Herbert A. Hincks, Jerry M. Lemmond, Nathan E. Paschal, Robert T. Reives, and Amy L. Stevens. County Manager David M. Smitherman, County Attorney K. R. Hoyle, Strategic Initiatives Director Lesa Price, and Clerk to the Board Gaynell Lee were also present: Chairman Hincks called the meeting to order and welcomed Representative John Sauls and Senator Bob Atwater and thanked them for attending. County Manager David Smitherman discussed the local legislative committee that has been formed which is made up of himself, Commissioner Bob Brown, Commissioner Amy Stevens, and Strategic Initiatives Director Lesa Price. The committee was formed in order to study and better understand current legislative issues. Strategic Initiatives Director Lesa Price gave a short power point presentation outlining Medicaid issues/concerns as it relates to Lee County. County Manager David Smitherman discussed two resolutions approved during the morning meeting that addresses alternative revenue options for the County and a resolution to address a 2006 Lee County State Legislative Agenda. The Board discussed the need for a one-cent additional local sales and use tax that would be used to offset school construction costs. Representative Sauls and Senator Atwater pledged their support to assist Lee County in the upcoming Short Session of the General Assembly. Commissioner Stevens discussed the joint resolution to modify the Sanford-Lee County Airport Charter that was discussed earlier in the day. After some discussion, Chairman Hincks moved to rescind the motion from earlier in the day to allow the Broadway Town Manager, City Manager and County Manager to be ex-officio non- voting members, with the Director of Economic Development being a voting member. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives, and Stevens Nay: None 6