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March 19, 2012 (Regular Meeting) Page 1001 Mike Downs, County Manager, advised the amount is $55,000.00. Vice Chairman Burrage withdrew his MOTION and agreed with Commissioner White's comments on fairness. A lengthy discussion on the budget ensued. Commissioner Carruth and Chairman Poole expressed support for the program and for changing the terms of the Service Agreement to coincide with annual budget deliberations. Commissioner Measmer MOVED to approve the position at full funding ($55,000.00) for the next five (5) years. Commissioner White MOVED to amend the motion to fund the position, but renew the contract with different dates as follows: the 5 -year contract will begin July 1, 2012 and end on July 31, 2017; the Board may renew the Agreement for an additional (5) five years beginning August 1, 2017, upon notification in writing by either party to the other by July 1, 2017; terms of any renewal will be agreed upon and entered into by August 1, 2017. After commenting on the intent further MOVED for the position will be unless otherwise agreed upon by the funding. of his amendment, Commissioner White paid at a rate of $55,000.00 per year Board of Commissioners to increase Chairman Poole asked Commissioner White to change the expiration date to September 30, 2017 to avoid a 30 -day notification issue. Commissioner White amended his motion as requested. Commissioner Carruth seconded the motion and the amendment. Chairman Poole restated the motion for clarification and requested comments. Following a heated discussion, the MOTION unanimously carried. (H) APPOINTMENTS (H -1) Appointments - Agricultural Advisory Board The term of appointment for Vicky Porter and Randy Fisher ended January 31, 2012. Both members have served six (6) consecutive years and are therefore ineligible for reappointment. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Vice Chairman Burrage and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Tommy Porter and Leslie Cook to the Agricultural Advisory Committee for three -year terms ending January 31, 2015 and thanked former members Vicky Porter and Randy Fisher for their service. (H -2) Appointments - Council for a Sustainable Local Economy The term of appointments for members of the Council for a Sustainable Local Economy ends March 31. As the Council for a Sustainable Local Economy was not fully structured with standing committees and bylaws governing the business of the Council until November of 2011, it is respectfully requested that the terms of the initial appointments to be reset to reflect a one and two year term ending on December 31st 2012 and 2013 respectively. In addition, several appointments are needed due to resignations or to replace members who no longer wish to serve on the Council. An audit of the CSLE roster /membership was conducted and a minor adjustment to the roster is needed. In August of 2011, three (3) individuals were appointed to the CSLE as "new" appointments, when in actuality, these appointments were supposed to be "replacements" for members that had resigned. As a result, the roster has 22 "positions" (21 members and 1 alternate) which exceeds the maximum number of positions approved by the Board originally. Currently, there are two (2) vacant positions on the roster. Approval to eliminate those positions is requested. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Vice Chairman Burrage and unanimously carried, the Board changed the term expiration date for all positions on the Council for a Sustainable Local Economy (CSLE) to December 31, as requested. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Vice Chairman Burrage and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Debra Medlin and Jerry Weikle to the CSLE to complete unexpired terms ending December 31, 2013 for positions formerly held by Sylvia Simpson and Shannon Elmore - Wright respectively. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Vice Chairman Burrage and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Heath Ritchie and Francis Koster