1971 - 03-15-72 Adj. Reg. Meeting

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Perry White The meeting was opened by prayer given by Commissioner Commissioner William H. Cooper presented a contract with Boney and Newcomb, a partnership engaged in engineering and surveying from Raleigh, North Carolina, to engage them to perform engineering services in connection with the proposed water and sanitary sewer improvements to the Coty Industrial site. Upon motion of Commissioner Cooper, seconded by Commissioner White, the employment of Boney and Newcomb and the execution of the contracts were authorized and an allocation of $1,8, 000 from the unapprop- riated surplus in the General Fund is made to fund said contract with the under- standing that in the event the bond issue is passed to provide for such services that payment shall be made from that source in lieu of the General Fund Revenue. The Roll Call vote was as follows: AYE: Cooper, Rogers, White, F. Wicker and G. Wicker NO: None The minutes of the regular meeting held on March 1st, 1971, were approved and ordered recorded. Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, seconded by Commissioner White, the Board RESOLVED to authorize a one step promotion and raise in pay for Deputy Sheriffs Currin, Thomas and Medlin with said promotion to be effective as ofMarch 1, 1971. The Roll Call vote was as follows: AYE: Cooper, Rogers, White, F. Wicker and G. Wicker NO: None The Commissioners then left the Commissioner's Room and went to the Lee County Courthouse Annex at 225 S. Steele Street to conduct a public hearing on the need for a Housing Authority to function in the County of Lee. The public hearing was opened at 10 o"clock a, m., with all Comm- issioners present. Chairman of the Board announced that a petition having been filed with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners by required number of residents of the County of Lee, setting forth that there is a need for a Housing Authority to function in the County of Lee, as provided by "Housing Authorities Law" of the State of North Carolina, and the Clerk having given due and proper notice of a public hearing to be held at this time and place at which the Board of Commissioners will hear all interested parties to ascertain the need for such an authority in the County of Lee. The Clerk was directed to read such notice and the proof of publication thereof required by the "Housing Authorities Law" which notice and proof of publication were ordered spread upon the minutes as follows: " N O T I C E Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed with me as Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, by twenty-five (25) residents of said County pursuant to Chapter 157, General Statutes of North Carolina, referred to as the "Housing Authorities Law", sett- ing forth that there is a need for an Authority to function in said County; that a public hearing will be held on the 15th day of March, 1971, in the auditorium of Lee County Courthouse Annex, 225 South Steele Street, Sanford, North Carolina, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. , at which full opportunity to be heard will be granted to all residents and taxpayers of the County of Lee and to all other interested persons upon the question: (1) Whether insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the County of Lee, and/or (2) Whether there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodat ions in the County of Lee available for all the inhabitants thereof.