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393 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Simmons and unanimously carried, the Board appointed Mr. Keith Clark as a trustee to the Ftremen's Relief Fund for the Odell Fire Department for a term ending January, 1992. Commissioner Simmons presented for discussion a proposed Airport Settlement Agreement with the City of Concord. He reviewed the airport litigation and the events of a meeting on July 22 when two drafts of a settlement agreement (July 19 and July 22) had been presented for consideration by the County and the Concord Board of Aldermen. Commissioner Simmons pointed out that the new agreement was the same as the July 19th draft with the exception that Subparagraph d of the July 22nd draft to permit the County to defend itself from action by a third party had been added. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart and with Commissioners Simmons, Barnhart and Hamby voting for and Commissioner Payne and Chairman Carpenter voting against, the Board voted to add the proposed Airport Settlement Agreement to the agenda. There was lengthy discussion regarding the airport litigation and proposed settlement agreement as well as the recent negotiations concerning the proposal. The discussion included such items as the need for more funds for the County and the schools, the establishment of a Water and Sewer Authority, the operation of County Government, and the timing of the presentation of the proposed Agreement to the Board for its consideration. The following motion was made by Commissioner Simmons and seconded by Commissioner Barnhart: That the Chairman be authorized to execute the airport settlement agreement before us, that it be signed by the Chairman tonight, that it be forwarded to the City of Concord tomorrow for their immediate consideration, that the Board adopt a budget amendment presented in the amount of $325,000 for final payment on Coddle Creek, that the Board adopt the budget amendment presented to allocate Concord's $3,150,000 settlement payment between Cabarrus County Schools Capital Outlay in the amount of $2,542,050 for construction of an elementary school in west/southwest Cabarrus County and Kannapolis Capital Schools Outlay in the amount of $607,950 for installation of replacement windows and air conditioning at A. L. Brown High School, that those amounts be forwarded to the schools in five business days after Concord executes the settlement agreement, and that this settlement agreement be rescinded if it is not adopted and executed by the Board of Aldermen in 10 business days. The motion by Commissioner Payne and seconded by Commissioner Carpenter to table the proposed Airport Settlement Agreement to a date no later than the first meeting in January failed by the following vote. Voting for Commissioner Payne and Chairman Carpenter Voting no - Commissioners Barnhart, Hamby and Simmons Motion was made by Commissioner Hamby and seconded by Commissioner Payne to table the proposed Airport Settlement Agreement until a recessed meeting on' December 3. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Carpenter with Commissioners Payne and Hamby and Chairman Carpenter voting for and Commissioner Barnhart and Simmons voting against, the Board voted to amend Commissioner Hamby's motion and table the proposed Airport Settlement Agreement until the next meeting in December. The vote on the motion by Commissioner Hamby and seconded by Commissioner Payne, as amended, to table the proposed Airport Settlement Agreement until the second meeting in December was approved by the following vote: Voting for: Commissioners Hamby and Payne and Chairman Carpenter Voting against: Commissioners Simmons and Barnhart Chairman Carpenter announced that "Christmas Around the World" sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service was being presented at the Historic Courthouse this week.