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BOOK 9 1AGE 268 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, October 16, 1978 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee convened in the Commissioners' room on the second floor of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, on Monday, October 16, 1978, at 7:00 o'clock p. m. Present were Commissioners William H. Cooper, John E. Dotterer, Clyde J. Rhyne, Franklin D. Wicker and Gordon A. Wicker. None of the Commissioners were absent. Chairman William H. Cooper presided and the following business was transacted: The meeting was opened by prayer given by Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne. The minutes of the regular meeting held on October 2, 1978, were approved and ordered recorded upon motion of Commissioner John E. Dotterer, seconded by Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote:: Mr. Hal T. Siler and Mr. John McPhaul appeared before the Board on behalf of the Sanford Downtown Merchants Association. They explained that the association had worked out a lease for the former Steele Street Methodist Church lot and were interested in leasing parking spaces to the County to help defray the taxes on the property. After discussion, Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the County negotiate for rental of parking spaces. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Allen Dew appeared before the Board and presented petitions which he represented contained approximately 1200 names, asking that the Board call a public referendum on the questions of whether the hospital should be operated by public authorities or whether it should be operated by private enterprise. Mr. William Glaser of Carolina Trace, was recognized by the Board and he spoke in favor of a new hospital and asked the Board to resolve the question of public or private operation on its own. Mr. Orton J. Cameron, Attorney for the Lee County Hospital, Inc. , was recognized and he questioned. whether a referendum could be held. The County Attorney advised the Board that there was no legal authority for the holding of such a referendum. Commissioner Rhyne read to the Board a letter received from a citizen urging that the operation of the hospital be turned over to private parties. There followed an extended discussion about hospital operations. Commissioner Rhyne moved that the Board endorse the principle of changing the operation of the hospital from public authority to private enterprise contingent upon agreement upon the terms of sale and the opening of the private hospital. The Chairman asked if there was a second and after waiting a reasonable time, declared that the motion died for lack of a second.