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T <br /> as indicated at the beginning of this meeting. <br /> F. REPORTS- <br /> 3. Agricultural Task Force Implementation Committee--In order to accommodate <br /> Ms. Elizabeth Walters, Chair of this Committee, the Board considered this item prior <br /> to the other,reports. (See page 4" of this book for the abstract on this report.) <br /> Following Ms. Smith's report the Board set March 26th as the date for the public <br /> hearing on the Implementation Committee's recommendations. <br /> E-1.0 BUDGET CALENDAR AND*GUIDELINES: Finance Director Wallace Harding presented <br /> the Manager's proposed budget preparation calendar to the Board. The Board told Mr. <br /> ' Harding there were a number of "unknowns" this year, including State and Federal . <br /> budgets, and asked that the Manager consider and incorporate as many of those "unknowns" <br /> as possible into his proposed budget. <br /> F. REPORTS- <br /> ' 1. Capital Im rovements Plan: Mr. Harding presented the County's five year <br /> ' CIP to the Board (See page q d of this book for that Capital Improvements Plan <br /> ' attached to and part of these Minutes). The Board asked that Mr. Harding include <br /> ' additional columns incorporating the CIP as budgeted this fiscal year and as <br /> ' as subsequently amended by Board action. The amended CIP is to be returned to the <br /> ' Board at the meeting on February 15th. <br /> 2. Community Development Block Grant: Community Development Director Albert <br /> ' Kittrell presented a report on the objectives of the CD program. He asked three <br /> ' questions: 1) Should the County apply for a CD grant; 2) if so, which communities <br /> 'should be targeted; and, 3) should there be an economic development component in <br /> the grant? The Board asked that Mr. Kittrell , with the CD Task Force, identify specific <br /> ' needs and return to the Board with specific recommendations. <br /> With no further business to come before the Board it adjourned by consensus. <br /> Richard E. Whitted, Chair <br /> 'Paulette Pridgen, Clerk <br /> e <br />