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186 Mr. Kenneth Kiser, Elections Board Chairman, and Mr. Mark Speas, Elections Board Secretary, spoke in support of the Business Records Corporation equipment. Mr. Speas also asked that the contract with Business Records Corporation be increased by $10,000.00 in order to purchase an automatic accumulating program for vote tabulation. Mr. Ed O'Day, Regional Manager with Business Records Corporation, and Mr. Russell Sloss, Marketing Representative, addressed the Board relative to that company's bid for the voting equipment. Motion was made by Commissioner Melvin and seconded by Chairman Lentz to table consideration of the voting equipment bid until the September 5th meeting. The second was then withdrawn by Chairman Lentz. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Simmons with Commissioners Hamby, Simmons, and Moss voting for and Chairman Lentz and Commissioner Melvin voting against, the Board made a specific finding that the bid of Greenhalgh, Thomas and Associates is not at this time a responsible bid based on a finding that they have not received certification by the State Board of Elections and that the equipment the company proposed for the County's use is not presently in existence, and further the Board awarded the bid in the amount of $178,349.00 [$204,959.00 (Equipment) + $1,390.00 (Freight) - $28,000.00 (Trade-in value of 35 V2-1 Tabulators)] to Business Records Corporation as recommended by the Cabarrus County Board of Elections and subject to a successful test operation of the Business Records Corporation equipment in the September 26, 1989 City primary election. Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, informed the Board that $92,500.00 is currently budgeted for the purchase of the voting machines and that the County is taking bids from financial institutions for the lease/purchase financing for the balance of the contract. The Board declined to take action on the $10,000.00 request for the automatic accumulating program until after the test election. Mr. William W. Fitzhugh, Chairman of Concerned Citizens of Cabarrus County, addressed issues of concern relative to increased schools funding, completion of the Senior Citizens Center, establishment of a seven-member county-wide water and sewer authority, and a proposal for an $8 to $10 million water and sewer bond issue to fund sewer trunk lines for the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Mt. Pleasant High School, Midland and Reedy Greek and to fund the balance of the Coddle Creek Reservoir Project. He objected to the proposed airport and asked that the Board place a priority on education and provide water and sewer service before pursuing the airport. The Board reviewed the proposed Rehabilitation Work Contract for housing rehabilitation work by the Department of Aging Weathertzation crew for the City of Concord Community Development Program. It was noted during discussion that there is a lapse in State and Federal funding for the Weatherization Program and the rehabilitation work would enable employees to continue work in the interim until the Weatherization Program funding resumes. Motion by Commissioner Hamby to table consideration of the Rehabilitation Work Contract until the next meeting failed for lack of second. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board moved to discontinue the Weatherization Program until funds are available from the State and Federal level with the County to spend no local money nor bid on other work for this program. The cable television franchise request by Friendship Cable of the Carolinas was deferred until a later date at the request of the cable company. Dr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director, briefly reviewed the proposed engineering contract for a sedimentation basin at the Cabarrus County Sanitary Landfill. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Moss, seconded by Commissioner Hamby and unanimously carried, the Board approved the contract between Cabarrus County and Camp Dresser & McKee for engineering services for a sedimentation basin at the Sanitary Landfill and authorized Chairman Lentz to execute the contract on behalf of Cabarrus County. The contract, which is hereby included by reference as a part of the minutes, included the following general services at a total cost of $11,000.00. The services to be rendered by ENGINEER will be in connection with the design and construction of a new sedimentation basin downstream from the existing, large basin at the Cabarrus County landfill. The work will include: a geotechnical investigation; hydraulic calculations; completion of technical specifications and drawings; OWNER review; submission to the North Carolina Department of Natural