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$~y 776 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING' OF. THE - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY ..OF LEE, -NORTH CAROLINA % Monday, `March- 21 1977 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for :Lee County,- North Carolina, convened: in the Commissioners Room. on the second floor of the.County Office Buildingi....200 Wicker Street,', Sanford, North Carolina, at 7:00 o'clock p.. m. , on Monday, March 21, 1977. Those present when the meeting opened were Commissioners William. H. Cooper, John E. Dotterer, Clyde J., Rhyne, and Gordon A. .Wicker, Commissioner'FranklinD. Wicker was absent when the meeting opened but joined the meeting-later. Chairman William H. Cooper p-resided and the following business 'was' transacted: 3 The meeting was opened by a prayer given by Reverend Bewey Shaver= of Flat Springs Baptist Church.' 'The. minutes of the meetings held on February 21 and March 6, 1977, were considered and corrected. As corrected, they 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. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne reported on various•.road matters. Mr. Billy Ray.Cameron, Coordinator of.Civil Preparedness, appeared before the Board and reported on 'civil preparedness activities in the County. He introduced Mr. Dan3som from the.,North Carolina Civil Preparedness Agency. Mr. Isom presented a program on nuclear. civil preparedness planning. Mr. Beady :Waddell, Mrs. Sharon Wiza, and Mr. Randy Bridges, of the Lee County Department of Social Services, appeared,before the Board and reported. on the child- abuse and neglect program. Mr. Charles Jeffries, President;. Mr. Hal T. Siler, Executive Director;, and Mr. Jerry Almond, -Vice President, of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the Board and presented a document'entitled "Preliminary Study-as to the Feasibility of a County Police Force", prepared by Mr. F. M. Nunnally. The Commissioners expressed their appreciation to'the members of the Chamber for their interest in law enforcement and-particularly to Mr. Nunnally for his work incompiling the report. Mr. Jim Coates, Director of the Department of Social Services, appeared before the Board and requested that the Board increase the charge for handling 'cards of food stamps-from 50~ per card'to 80~ per card and to authorize the Chairman to execute a contract on behalf of the County with the local bank reflecting the change. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the Board increase. the fee.for -handling food stamp cards to 80r from its former rate of 50~ and to authorize the .Chai~rman•to execute agreements with the banks handling the sale of food stamps on behalf of the County. Commissioner. Dotterer seconded the motion and upon a vote it was'unaniinously adopted.