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M_ ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Friday, December 22, 1972 The adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, convened in the District Courtroom of the Lee County Courthouse in the City of Sanford at 2:30 o'clock P.M., on Friday, December 22, 1972, the same being the time, date and place specified in the motion of adjournment. Commissioners William H. Cooper, Hal L. Hancock, J. Eugene Rogers, Franklin D. Wicker and Gordor. A. Wicker were all present. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: Chairman Gordon A. Wicker reported to the Board on) his conversation with Mr. J. R. Ingram,.Jr.,,'Chairman of the Sanford City Board of Education, and of the fact he had distributed a copy of the proposal containing two alternative plans for merger which had been forwarded by the Sanford City Board of Education to the Lee County Board of Education under the date of December 21, 1972. The Chairman then called on the County Attorney to briefly outline the points of differences between the proposal made by the Lee County Board of Education proposal adopted at their December 1, 1972 meeting and the alternative. number two set out in the Sanford City Board of Education proposal dated December,21,,,1,.972. Following discussion of these differences, Commissioner Cooper advanced the idea that it would be best to have the Boards of Education to work out the differences and to report to the Commissioners by the second meeting in January 1973. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers favored such an idea and stated he thought action by the Board of Commissioners would be premature until the Boards had attempted to resolve their differences. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker advanced the idea that it might facilitate reaching agreement if all three boards met together. Commissioner Hal L. Hancock observed that great progress had'.been made and that he would like for the Commissioners to meet with the Boards of. Education. 'Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker commented that the County Board of Educationr-Is proposal and alternative number two as advanced by the Sanford. C~cy Board of Education were the best two plans he had seen presented on the subject. Commissioner.J. Eugene Rogers noted the presence of Mr. Robert Dalrymple of the County Board of Education and Mr. Lowry Bettis, Attorney for the Sanford. City Board of`Education and requested the Chairman to invite them to make such comments as they desired. The Chairman directed such a request to these gentlemen but each declined,making any statement. Commissioner William H. Cooper stated his reason for not wanting to meet with the Boards of Education at.this,time wa•s that he was afraid the presence of Commissioners might aggravate the' other Boards and he thought a.joint meeting of those boards had a.greater possibility of success. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker observed that he thought the best course of action was to let the Boards of Education work out their differences between them. By a motion of Commissioner William H. Cooper, seconded by J. Eugene Rogers and unanimously adopted, it was resolved to request the Lee County Board of Education and the Sanford'; City Board of Education to attempt to resolve the differences between the Lee County Board of Education proposal dated December 1, 1972 and the Sanford City