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December 1, 2008 (Work Session) Page 1077 Solid Waste - Landfill Expansion Engineering Contract Rick Payne, Solid Waste Manager, presented a request for approval of a contract between Cabarrus County and Camp, Dresser and McKee, Inc. for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the landfill expansion. Mr. Payne reported the expansion of the landfill was approved at the November 17, 2008 regular meeting. He also requested the Board authorize the County Manager to execute any further contracts regarding the expansion on behalf of the County. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the Landfill Expansion Engineering Contract on the December 15, 2008 Agenda as a Consent item. BOC - Lecislative Goals Conference Voting Delegate Designation Chairman White presented information regarding the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Legislative Goals Conference held on January 15-16, 2009. He reported that the Board is requested to designate a commissioner or other official as a voting delegate to attend the conference. A brief discussion ensued. ' UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board designated Vice Chairman Mynatt as voting delegate to attend the Legislative Goals Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina in January. BOC - Resolution Establishinc the 2009 Meeting Schedule Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board, presented information regarding a resolution establishing the 2009 meeting schedule for the Board of Commissioners. She addressed the following items: the January Regular Meeting and September Work Session are scheduled for Tuesday due to holidays; a date is needed for the retreat; the removal of NACo (National Association of Counties) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee; and the need for an alternate location for Work Sessions while the Multipurpose Room is being renovated; etc. A brief discussion ensued. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the resolution establishing the 2009 Meeting Schedule on the December 15, 2008 Agenda as a Consent item. A discussion ensued regarding a date and location for the retreat. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board voted to schedule the retreat on January 30, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. and January 31, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. at Camp T. N. Spencer. Multipurpose Room Renovations - Award of Contract to G.W. Liles Construction Co. Inc. Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager, presented a request to award the contract to renovate the Multipurpose Room located within the Cabarrus County Governmental Center to G.W. Liles Construction Company in the amount of $196,310.00. He reported that bids were received from on November 25, 2008. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the Multipurpose Room Renovations - Award of Contract to G.W. Liles Construction Co. Inc. on the December 15, 2008 Agenda as a New Business item. County Manager - Economic Update To assess the County's current economic position, Kalesha Kennedy, Budget and Performance Manager, presented a comparison of the County's first quarter revenues for EY 09 to first quarter revenues in FY 07 and FY 08 and provided statistical information on other key economic indicators. In general, Register of Deeds and Building Inspection revenues were down 20-30 percent, sales tax and property taxes were on target; and the unemployment rate and home foreclosures were up as were the demands for human service activities. In addition, the Average Daily Membership for both school systems was reviewed and discussed. Finally, Ms. Kennedy reported the County has approximately $3.3 million in unused funds as follows: