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PLO s fi€ BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, as follows: 1. From and after July 1, 1972, Lee County shall be operated under the Manager form of County Government. 2. Robert Harris be appointed as County Manager of Lee County, effective as of July 1, 1972. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers seconded the motion. Chairman Frank D. Wicker spoke in opposition to the need for a County Manager and to the appointment of Mr. Harris. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker spoke in opposition to the need for a County Manager and to the appoint- ment of Mr. Harris. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers spoke in favor of the appointment of a County Manager. Upon a roll' call vote,, the motion was adopted by a majority vote with Messrs. Cooper, White and Rogers voting in favor of it and Messrs. Gordon A. Wicker and.Frank D. Wicker voting against it. The Board then considered,its budget estimate and there was consideration and discussion with respect to the request made by the School Adm- inistrative Units for additional funds. A note was made of the fact that the budget could have been cut by an additional 20r except for the allocation of sales tax fund for educational purposes.. Commissioner Perry White moved the adoption of the following: WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has consider- ed the various items for the budget estimate for the fiscal year July 1, 1972, 'through June 30, 1973, NOW,, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, that said budget estimate for the expenses of the operation of the County of Lee and its various agencies and departments for the fiscal year July 1, 1972, through June 30, 1972, be and the same is hereby. tentatively adopted as the budget of Lee County for said fiscal year; and the tax rate for said County of Lee be and the same is hereby tentatively fixed and established at $1. 32 for each $100. 00 valuation of the taxable property for the fiscal year 1972-1973. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said budget be filed and lie on the table in the office of the Clerk to the Board of Comm- issioners for Lee County for at least twenty (20) days for public inspection and that a summary of said budget or a notice of the filing of said budget in the office of the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners be published in the Sanford Daily Herald at least twenty (20) days before it is finally adopted as the budget for the fiscal year 1972-1973. • Commissioner William H. Cooper seconded the motion. Upon the first roll call, the votes were as. follows: Cooper-aye; Rogers-pass; White-aye; Gordon Wicker-no; Frank D. Wicker-no. Messrs. Gordon Wicker and Frank D. Wicker requested that the minutes reflect that they voted "no" in opposition to the appointment and appropriation for a County Manager. The Chairman then returned to Commissioner Rogers who had "passed" on the first roll call, and Commissioner Rogers voted "aye". Commissioner Rogers stated he wanted the minutes to reflect that he was willing to'-support a higher approp- riation for current expense and capital outlay than was included in the present budget estimate.