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December 3, 2007 (Work Session) Page 639 through the N.C. Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Trust fund. He further reported a local match of $900,000.00 is required to leverage approximately $9 million in grant requests. He proposed the use of declined incentive grant funds budgeted for Philip Morris, USA to cover the local match. Debbie Bost, County Extension Director, identified the following concepts for a holistic approach to a sustainable agricultural system: developing a local food council; delivering local community assessments; developing an incubator farm at the County's Atonda Road Park property; building a harvesting facility in conjunction with a current meat processing/packaging plant in the Rimer community; and a marketing effort that will include the Piedmont Farmer's Market. She also identified several other grants opportunities County staff is working on. There was a general discussion on the concepts and community support for the programs. Ms. Bost also responded to questions from the Board. Mr. Day reported the grant application is due on December 19, 2007 which is prior to the Board's regular meeting date and is not completed at this time. He asked for a consensus to move forward with the grant application, including the fifteen percent local matching funds. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Juba and unanimously carried, the Board voted to move forward with the preparation and submission of grant applications through the N.C. Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Trust fund and other agencies as requested. Finance Department - Budget Amendment (Fund Balance Transfer to Capital Reserve Fund per Board Policy) Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, reported the County's financial statements are complete and the Board will receive a copy of the FY 06-07 audit and an audit presentation at its December 17, 2007 meeting. Further, she presented a budget amendment transferring $10,880,987.00 of undesignated fund balance to the Capital Reserve fund; reviewed how the amount was calculated and responded to questions from the Board. UPON MOTION o£ Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the budget amendment (Fund Balance Transfer to Capital Reserve Fund per Board Policy) on the December 17, 2007 Agenda as a Consent item. Construction and Demolition (C&D) Landfill - Revision of Landfill Fee Schedule Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager, presented a request to increase the County's tipping fees for construction and demolition materials from $22 per ton to $27 per ton, effective February 1, 2008. She reported an excessive amount of waste is being hauled to the landfill because of the County's low fee schedule. She also presented a comparison of disposal fees at C&D landfills within a 50 mile radius of the County's facility. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the revision of the Landfill Fee Schedule for the Construction and Demolition (C&D) Landfill on the December 17, 2007 Agenda as a Consent item. Information and Technology - Budget Amendment (Use of Contingency Funde to Update Addressing Data - $15,000.00) Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, reported a number of rapidly growing urban communities disputed the results of the 1990 census because new addresses were not identified, not surveyed properly and therefore, were under counted. He said several years ago the Census Bureau asked the County to partner with the Bureau to ensure the newly developed areas were captured properly. He presented a proposal to hire a consultant, Spatial Focus, Inc., to work with the LUCA (Local Update of Census Addresses) program directly instead of utilizing part-time staff which had been the County's practice in the past. He estimated the proposal will save the County substantial staff time on the back side of the next census and the County will benefit by having a more accurate census count. He also responded to several questions from the Board concerning confidentiality, other bids, etc. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the budget amendment (Use