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0 St. Thea. Mass. - 14- Sup. Aud. 16. wks BOOK 8 Kac1202® 106 38. 1821 4, 047. 70 93. 14 4, 146. 95 33. 04 1, 165. 12 6. l l 1tax freight The Board considered the bids but decided to wait until Friday, April 6th, 1973, before acting upon the bids submitted. Mr. J. Fletcher Rosser appeared before the Board and presented the list of names for consideration as members of the Human Relations Council. The nominees were generally acceptable to the Board and were returned to Mr. Rosser for the recommendation of terms for the nominees. Chairman Robert Dalrymple of the Lee County Board of Education appeared before the Board and requested that his Board be authorized to employ an Architect, select a site, and have plans prepared for the construction of a County high school. There was discussion with Chairman Dalrymple about his Board's request and thereafter Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the Board of Commissioners authorize the Lee County Board of Education to hire an Architect, to acquire a school site, and prepare plans for construction of a high school. Commissioner Hal Hancock seconded the motion. During the discussion of the motion, Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker spoke in favor of the motion. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers stated that he had been asked by three members of the Sanford City Board of Education to delay consideration of this matter for two weeks. Mr. Hancock spoke in favor of the motion and Chairman Gordon Wicker spoke requesting delay of consideration of the matter pending further discussion concerning the merger of the two school administra- tive units. The question was called and upon a roll call vote, the Commissioners voted as follows: AYE: Hancock and Franklin D. Wicker NAY: Rogers and Chairman Gordon A. Wicker The vote being a tie, the motion failed for the lack of a majority vote. Mrs. Leonard Ascough and a delegation from the Senior Citizens Association of Lee County appeared before the Board and made a request that the County purchase a bus for use in the Senior Citizens Program. Repre- sentatives stated that they would need at least a 12 passenger bus and requested that this item be kept in mind when the budget was made for the coming fiscal year. Messrs. Fred Beck and Erwin Thomas with the State Highway Commission, appeared before the Board to discuss road matters. Comm- issioner J. Eugene Rogers called their attention to the poor visibility of the lane lines on Horner Boulevard in the City of Sanford. Mr. Beck stated he would refer this matter to the Traffic Engineer. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker inquired about the loop road at Cumnock, the Castleberry Road and the entrance at Carolina Trace. Mr. Beck reported that the Traffic Department in Raleigh had not approved the entrance way into Carolina Trace and such approval was holding up the other road entrances off of N. C. Highway 87. Mr. Beck reported that the Castleberry Road had a present priority of 33 and unless the priority was greatly improved, stood little likelihood of being improved in the near future. ly