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"G~M1 n R483 V' The Chairman advised the Board that Miss Mary, Estelle Doyle, former Home Economist for Lee County, will be honored by Peace College on April 26, 1975. :Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker was, appoint- , ed a delegate to this ceremony on' behalf of the Board. The Chairman reported that the :County Planning Board had sent him a report that they preferred the Commissioners hire .the Building Inspector. It was reported to the'Boar;d`that the 201 Study Program was. being assembled and approval ;was expected sometime, after ninety days. The Board officially declared the week beginning May 4th as Senior -Citizens Week and designated May 4th-as' "Senior Citizens' Day". Commissioner Dotterer reported.to the Board.that Pate and Mullins, had prepared plans,for renovation of the Courthouse Annex or Agricultural Building and that the total project would run $63, 100.,00.-- This . matter was discussed at some length. The Chairman' reported receiving a letter-from the-Home, Builders •Association,of Lee County, which,was read,to the Board.' This matter ,was referred to the-Planning Board for its recommendations The Chairman reported that he had received a letter from Mayor.Clarence E. Lightner of Raleigh; with respect to the Manpower Con- sortium under CETA. This letter was read at length and discussed by the Board. At the suggestion of Commissioner Franklin D: Wicker.,' response to this letter was held in abeyance pending receipt of other information con- cerning-this program. The request of the Sanford Tobacco Board of -Trade was denied since there was no funds available for this purpose. The Chairman reported that the City of Sanford.had sent a bill for $1; 932, 00 for the County's portion•of an Airport Study made in 1971, Upon motion of Commissioner John E. Dotterer, seconded by C6mm- issioner William H. Cooper,, it was unanimously resolved to appropriate the sum of $1, 932, 0.0 from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund for the purpose of paying the County's portion of.the'Airport Study. Commissioners Cooper; Hancock,' Dotterer,. Franklin D. Wicker and Gordon A. Wicker all voted for, the motion upon a roll call vote. The statement of Pate and Mullins, Architects and Engineers, for'he'work done on the sewer line to the Allis-Chalmers' Plant was presented j to the Board, Commissioner William H. Cooper moved that the bill in the amount of $8, 540. 00 be paid from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund; same to be reimbursed from bond proceeds when said project is later completed. Commissioner John E. Dotterer seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Commissioners Cooper, Dotterer, Hancock,"Franklin'D. Wicker and Gordon A. Wicker all voted for if and no one' voted against it. ,a Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker reported that the Manpower Consortium requested.authority4,tb increase,the grant for activities in Lee County to the total of $149,419.00; 'Corrimis'si6ner7Wi6ker moved that such,authority be given. The motion was duly seconded andupon a'vote was unanimously adopted.