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7O JACKSON PARK Jerry Everhardt Clyde Furr Riley G. Honeycutt MIDLAND Howard Troutman Gilbert Black John H. Biggers MT. MITCHELL Clarence Walter P. B. Hileman, Jr. Bobby Kanipe NORTHEAST CABARRUS Walter Barbee O. S. Culp Willard Moose ODELL Brad Foster Bernard Smith Mike Johnson PITTS Jim Allison Carrol Taylor Fletchel Little POPLAR TENT William K. Johnson Daphne P. Long Wallace Halsey RIMER Alvin Moser Earl Barbee Randal Buckwell WINECOFF David Miller Steve McClellan Mike White UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Chairman Lentz and unani- mously carried, the Board awarded the audit contract in the total amount of $31,000.00 for the period beginning July 1, 1986, and ending June 30, 1987, to Arthur Young & Company as follows Services Financial audit and reports in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards Fees $20,300.00 Single Audit under the Single Audit Act of 1984 and OMB Circular A-128 and reports for the period July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987 $10~700.00 $31~000.00 During review of the audit contract, members of the Board indicated that the County should solicit proposals from other audit firms next year. The Board reviewed the recommendation from Mr. Gary Logston, Senior Aviation Specialist with Wilbur Smith and Associates, that the Board of Commissioners request the North Carolina General Assembly to create an Airport Authority to be in charge of the proposed airport in Cabarrus County. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, recommended that management of the airport be set up as a department of County Government with the Airport Commission to act only as an advisory board to the Board of Commissioners. The Board took no action in this matter. Mr. James F. Cook, Jr., Social Services Director, reviewed the proposed Long Term Care Screening Program which would serve as an alternative, where possible, to nursing home placement in Cabarrus County. He explained that the program would be funded through a State grant of $25,000.00 for each of the next two years plus Medicaid reimbursement revenues for services. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Department of Social Services to apply for a Long Term Care Screening grant from the State of North Carolina and designated the Department as the lead agency for this program in Cabarrus County. Mr. Charles D. McGinnis, County Manager, reported that the Social Services Department was experiencing a space needs problem and that there would be a recommendation in the 1987-88 budget for the construction of additional office space to satisfy those space needs. Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney, reported that Mr. John Barnhardt had asked to purchase a small triangle of land located on McCachern Boulevard in order to "straighten out" the property line for land purchased from Cabarrus County in 1985. He further reported that the triangle contained approximately 695 square feet and that Mr. Barnhardt had offered to pay $2,085.00 for the property. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Hamby with Commissioners Payne, Hamby, and Moss and Chairman Lentz voting for and Commis- sioner Melvin voting against, the Board authorized the sale of the following described real property by negotiated offer, subject to upset bid, with an offer of $2,085.00 plus expenses of the sale.