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0 0 BOOK O PACE192 Mr. Robert C. Henshaw of the State Division of Community Services appeared before the Board and presented a planning summary and work proposal which he reviewed with the Board. The local share of the total budget of $6, 600. 00 would be $2, 860. 00. The Board took the planning work proposal under advisement. Commissioner William H. Cooper reported that residents in the area of Secondary Road 1434's intersection with U. S. Highway No. 1, had requested that an over-pass be built. Commissioner Cooper suggested that this request be discussed with Highway Commissioner Budd at his next visit. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers advised the Board that in his opinion the present accounting machine used by the County Accountant and Tax offices was not adequate and needed to be replaced. Tax Supervisor Clark, Tax Collector Crissman, Mrs. Beatrice Fields, County Accountant, and Messrs. Underwood and Brogden from John C. Muse & Company, Auditors, all appeared before the Board and spoke on the subject. All of these people agreed that the present mechanical calculator could not handle the tax billings for another year and the equipment needed to be replaced. Commissioner Rogers presented specifications for an electronic machine which the County employees had in- spected and found to be adequate and satisfactory for their needs. Upon motion of Commissioner Rogers, seconded by Commissioner Cooper, specifications were approved and the Clerk instructed to advertise for bids for such a machine. The Board then re-considered the bids received for refuse containers, and Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the low bid of Simpson Equip- ment Company be accepted and the sum of $7, 500. 00 from the Revenue Sharing Funds be appropriated for the purpose of purchasing said equipment. Comm- issioner William H. Cooper seconded the motion and upon a vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, Rogers, F. Wicker and G. Wicker all voted for it and no one voted against it. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker advised the Board he had received a letter from Mr. Kenneth H. Brinson, requesting funds to purchase the tract of land adjoining the site of the Warren Williams School. Commissioner Rogers moved that the sum of $26, 000. 00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund to the Capital Outlay Fund for Schools for the purpose of purchasing land adjoining the site of the Warren Williams School. Commissioner William H. Cooper seconded the motion. There was extensive discussion about the motion and in response to questions posed to him, Mr. E. M. Underwood, Jr. , Auditor, reported that the City School Board had $24, 871. 00 carry over in its Capital Outlay Account which was derived as insurance proceeds from a fire at the W. B. Wicker School site and that no appropriation had been made for the expenditure of these funds. Following further discussion, Commissioner Cooper withdrew his second of the motion. Commissioner Hancock requested permission to make a motion and was recognized by the chair. Commissioner Hancock moved that the Board author- ize the use of the Capital Outlay surplus as of June 30, 1972, which amounted to $24, 871. 00, to be spent to purchase property adjoining the site of the present Warren Williams School and that the additional sum of $1, 129. 00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund to the Capital Outlay Fund for Schools for the purpose of purchasing additional land adjoining the site of the present Warren Williams School. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker seconded this motion. Upon a vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, Rogers, F. Wicker and G. Wicker all voted for it. Mr. Hal T. Siler, Secretary of the Sanford Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the Board to make inquiries about the proposed sewer line to Redman Mobile Homes, Inc., on U. S. Highway 421. After a discussion of this