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December 16, 2013 (Regular Meeting) Page 1851 00165610 -9601 Fund Balance $31,494.00 $180,840.00 $0.00 $212,334.00 00195610 -9605 -383 -1 Consultants $0.00 $135,240.00 $135,240.00 00195610- 9342 -383 -1 Minor Technology Equip $153,190.00 $3$,000.00 $191,190.00 00195610- 9570 -383 -1 Service Contracts $210,187.00 $7,600.00 $217,787.00 (F -9) Planning and Development - Soil and Water Conservation District - Authorization to Submit a Grant Application to the N. C. Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation The Cabarrus County Soil and Water District Board plans to submit an application to the N. C. Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation for an Outdoor Education Learning Center grant. This grant would provide funding for scientific monitoring equipment to be used with the District's emerging Conservation Field School at Clarke Creek. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Burrage, seconded by Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Soil and Water District Board's submission of a grant application. (F -10) Planning and Development - Soil and Water Conservation District - Authorization to Submit an Application for State Matching Funds to Purchase Agricultural Conservation Easement In 2012, the Conservation District Board submitted a grant application to the N. C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Agricultural Development and Farmland. Preservation Trust Fund in the amount of $44,400.00 for the purchase of a permanent agricultural conservation easement on 35.52 acres of farmland owned by Michael Barrier. After that grant application was denied earlier this year, the Trust Fund made the decision to invite applicants to resubmit. The District intends to apply for federal matching funds from the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program, a federal Farm Bill program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The county match on this application is limited to an in -kind match. A budget amendment will be submitted at a later date if the grant funds are awarded. Farmland preservation supports goals of both the Board of Commissioners and the Conservation District board by improving the quality of life for County citizens. Permanently protecting farmland ensures the land base necessary for the County's agricultural economy while simultaneously keeping the tax burden low by maximizing land acreage where the cost of County services is lower. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Burrage, seconded by Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the District Board to resubmit a grant application to the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund in the amount of $44,400.00 for the purchase of a permanent Agricultural conservation easement on 35.52 acres of farmland owned by Michael Barrier. (F -11) Sheriff - Approval of the Trade -in /Surplus of Duty Weapons The Sheriff's Office is requesting to trade -in 140 older Sig Sauer P226 .40 caliber handguns in exchange for brand new Sig Sauer P226 .40 caliber handguns. Lawmen's, a state contract vendor for firearms, has extended this trade -in offer to the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office. Lawmen's is offering to give the Sheriff's Office $400.00 per handgun, with the new handgun costing $199.99. The regular cost of a new handgun is $599.99. Most of the 140 handguns recommended for trade -in are 10 years old. The total trade -in value of the 140 handguns is $56,000.00, an amount exceeding the County Manager's $30,000.00 surplus limit. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Burrage, seconded by Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board approved the trade -in of 140 surplus handguns with a trade -in value of $56,000.00 for the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office. (F -12) Tax Administration - Refund and Release Report - November 2013 UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Burrage, seconded by Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board approved the November 2013 Refund - Release report, along with the NCVTS Refund report, as submitted and granted authority to the Tax Collector to process the refunds and releases.. RELEASES FOR THE MONTH OF: November 2013 $35,035.42