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· Suzanne Boyd, GIS Coordinator, and Todd Shanley, GIS Analyst, for the development and implementation of the County's GIS Public Access application. · Beth Davidson, Network Coordinator for TCP/IP network implementation, Internet routing, and firewall installation and configuration. · Randy Edwards, Programmer Analyst, for programming, extraction, and manipulation of tax data linked to the GIS graphical database. Ms. Suzanne Boyd demonstrated the use of the County's Internet site and GIS Public Access application. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Confirmation of the Sale of County-Owned Land Adjacent to Lake Concord to Inland Development Company (Expiration of Up-Set Bid Time Limit) Mr. Clifton reported that the upset bid process for the sale of 171± acres of County-owned property at Lake Concord had been completed and the County is now in the position to go forward with the sale. The Notice of Offer to Purchase was published in THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE on June 26, 1998. No upset bids were received during the ten-day period following the date of publication. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Niblock, seconded by Commissioner Mills and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to complete the sale of 171± acres of County-owned property at Lake Concord to Inland Development Company at a purchase price of $1,100,000.00 in accordance with the contract submitted in the agenda. The Contract is on file in the Office of the County Manager. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of Technical ChanKes to the County Work First Block Grant Plan Relative to the Previous Decision to Change from "Electing" to "Standard" Status for the Work First Program UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Mills and unanimously carried, the Board approved the technical changes to the County's Work First Plan as set forth in a letter dated May 20, 1998 to Mr. Kevin M. Fitzgerald, Director of the N. C. Division of Social Services, from Mr. James F. Cook, Jr., Social Services Director. Further, the Board authorized the Chairman to sign the certification concerning these changes. The changes were as follows: · Pages 6 and 7, under VI.A.2.a.: delete last two (2) lines on page 6, beginning with "Eighth, pay for performance..." and remainder of section a. on page 7. Replace with the following sentence: Pay after Performance for Two-Parent families will follow the State Work First plan, and sanctions will follow the State plan. · Pages 7 and 8, under VI.A.2.a.: delete sentence beginning with "Cabarrus County's Work Over Welfare...", and replace with: We will implement the State's wage supplementation as a work component in our plan. In second sentence on page 8 that begins "The increased...", change Grant Diversion to wage supplementation. · Page 8, under VI.A.2.a.: in the 3rd line from the bottom of section a. change Grant Diversion to wage supplementation. · Page 9 under VI.A.3.a.: delete sentence in the middle of the page which reads: The continued WOW incentives, after employment, will make it possible for clients to afford to stay off welfare and remain working. · Page 10, under VI.A.4.a.: Delete the last sentence in that section. Replace with: The State's sanction procedures will be used to help ensure participation. · Page 14, under VI.A.8.a.: delete sentence in line 10 that begins with "When a family is not...", and replace with: When a family is not receiving cash assistance due to pay after performance, a Work First social worker will closely follow the case during those months of no cash benefits to ensure that the children in the home are safe. · Page 18, under VII.E.b.ll.: delete that statement, and replace with: Employ wage supplemented WFA clients as drivers. · Page 20, under VII.F. (last paragraph) Appeals Process. Delete the section following Appeals Process, and replace with: Cabarrus County will follow the State appeals process.