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December 19, 2005 - Regular Meeting Page 455 immigration status for benefit eligibility purposals (sic), and to report to the board any previous efforts to implement this law and results of the same. 2. To direct the County Attorney to identify and research the permissibility of policy reforms to enhance the enforcement of immigration laws in Cabarrus County, reporting the results of such analysis to the Board in 60 days with special attention to the following: A. With respect to nonprofit charitable organizations which the county contracts for the provision of servicest permissible methodology for obtaining sufficient identifying information about service recipients to enable the County to verify their qualified alien status; B. Imposing requirement on for-profit persons or entities from whom the county contracts goods or services (including services rendered to members of the public) to verify the eligibility under PRWORA of their employees (third party services recipients) and disqualifying any contractor from County business for failure to meet such requirements; and C. To review the feasibility of requiring all Cabarrus County employers work with the US Department of Homeland Security's newly created program which is designed to stop illegal aliens from getting jobs and allows for the verification of employees' identity and in particular social security numbers. There was discussion regarding the legality of the proposed Resolution, the need for review by legal counsel and the authorship of the proposed Resolution. Commissioner Privette reported he had obtained most of the information from Senator Elizabeth Dole but had added additional language from other sources. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Chairman Carruth, with Commissioner Carpenter, Chairman Carruth and Vice Chair Juba voting for and Commissioners Privette and Freeman voting against, the Board voted to amend Commissioner Privette's motion to provide for review of the Resolution by legal counsel prior to the January work session and for consideration of the Resolution at that meeting. The Board voted unanimously to approve the motion as amended. Request to Reconsider the Turner Construction Contract Commissioner Carpenter approving a contract with management at risk services. asked Turner the Board to reconsider Construction Company for the motion construction John Day, County Manager, briefly explained the action taken by the Board and the future action that would be required prior to beginning construction. He stated the contract approved the preconstruction services and an Amendment would come back to the Board for other work. The Board briefly discussed the procedures for reconsidering an item previously approved by the Board. Commissioner Carpenter stated for the record that, although she cannot change her earlier vote for the contract with Turner Construction, she was uncomfortable with the unknown variables in the contract and had concerns about the cost. Deadline for Moving the Propst and Cline Houses A request had been made earlier in the meeting regarding the relocation of the Cline and Propst houses. UPON MOTiON of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Juba and unanimously carried, the Board set February 15, 2006, as the date for the Cline and Propst houses to be moved from their current location. (I) APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMITTEES (I-I) Department of Aging Advisory Board