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said the Cabarrus District requested $313,450.00 for drought grant funds and received $18,951.00. The District also asked for $25,000.00 for drought earmark funds and received $5,108.00. The total received was $24,059.00 for the first hatching period. There will be more batching periods in July, September and January. There was a general discussion among the Board and staff regarding the applications and the amount of money allocated to the District as well as other counties. Dennis Testerman and Daniel McClellan attended a drought training session in Carthage, NC. Most people in attendance were county employees. Daniel is working on a letter that will be sent out to applicants to gauge who is still interested in the program since the rules have been finalized. Mr. Testerman also noted applicants for pasture renovations can receive extra points for attending local raining. He said the instructors who conducted the recent soil quality training have offered to come out to counties to conduct training. (4 -C) Strategy Plan and Marketing Dennis Testerman distributed a copy of the annual cost -share strategy plan to the Board. The Board took time to review the strategy plan. There was a general discussion among the Board and staff regarding marketing the District to the public. Mr. Testerman said a meeting could be organized for Monday morning with the County Manager and the Public Information Officer. Mr. Testerman also stated Ralston James, NC Division of Natural Resources Area VIII Coordinator, may be able to attend as well. (4 -D) Budget Ned Hudson said our FY 2009 budget request included money for an intern and temporary help to cover the office when all staff members were not present. He said both of those items have been cut from our budget. Mr. Hudson met with Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager, regarding these issues. Mr. Downs told Mr. Hudson that all temporary workers have been cut from budgets and he assured Mr. Hudson that the County will cover offices when needed. Also, the County only has two intern positions, one in Commerce and one in Human Resources. Mr. Hudson said since we are under the Commerce Department, we would have to consult with Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, in order to obtain an intern. There was a general discussion among the Board and Staff regarding covering the office when all staff needs to be away, as well as money appropriated to our budget and the Board's role in approving the budget. (5) New Business