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Commissioner Perry White reported that Dr. Garvin had written a letter suggesting joining a health planning commission but he recommended delay in consideration of this request since the County had just joined the Triangle J Council of Government and it seemed to him such activities should be co-ordinated under that body. Upon motion of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Cooper, it was unanimously resolved to appoint Chairman Franklin D. Wicker to be the County's representative on the Triangle J Council of Government. The Chairman then called for consideration of the bids received for Landfill equipment and Commissioner William H. Cooper moved that the County accept the bid of Holt.Truck and Tractor Company, for a truck chassis in the amount of $ that we accept the bid of. Simpson Equipment Company for a compactor body at the bid of $14, 284. 00, plus $120. 00 sales tax and the Simpson Equipment Company bid of $7, 650. 00 for containers plus the applicable state sales tax. Commissioner. White.seconded the motion and upon a vote Messrs. Cooper, Rogers, White, G. Wicker and F. Wicker all voted for said motion and no one voted against it. The Board then discussed the color for the truck and compactor body and selected a green color and directed the County Manager in preparing the purchase order to require Holt Truck & Tractor Company to deliver the truck at Gallion, Ohio. Sheriff D. F. Holder appeared before the Board and discussed operations at the jail. Chairman Wicker appointed Sheriff Holder; Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, Mr. Hugh Brewer, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, as a committee to study improvements at the jail and requested the committee. to report on the third Monday in July,. its ''recommendations for improvements in the security of the present facility. Chairman advised the Board that theyllhad received notice from the Department of Social Services that Mrs. Maria A. Mackey had been re- appointed to serve as a member of the Lee County Board of Social Services for a term effective July 1, 1972 and ending June 30, 1975. The Chairman reported to the Board that the term of Mr. Claybon S. Ragan, as a member of the Lee County Board of Social Services expired on June 30, 1972, and that the Board needed to fill the vacancy. Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, duly seconded by Commissioner Perry White, and unanimously adopted by the Board, it was RESOLVED to appoint Mr. Claybon S. Ragan as a member of the Lee County Board of Social Services., for a term ending June 30, 1975. The Board then took up the matter of the location of the County Manager's office and the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds was authorized to prepare the offices across from the Council meeting room for the County Manager and to re-locate the Social Services office and the United Fund office in available space in the County Office Building. The written report of Mr. Nathan Crissman, County Tax Collector, was presented to the Board and distributed to the members. The written report of D. F. Holder, Sheriff of Lee County, on the activities of his Department, was presented to the Board and distributed to the members. The written report of Mr. Tom Haisli.p, County Agricultural Extension Chairman, was presented to the Board and distributed to the members.