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

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nb~ Mrs, Webb McCracken spoke on behalf of the League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters position was contained in a state- ment as follows: "The League of Women Voters through its National Study of Human Resources is concerned with housing. Last year in a local study on this topic we learned that 40% of the housing in Lee County was substandard. It is with this informational background and with the Statement of the National Human Resources Position that the Lee County League of Women Voters urges the Lee County Commissioners to aid in any way possible to see that all of the citizens of Lee County have access to safe and sanitary (standard) housing. " Mrs. R. B. Guthrie, Mr, Isiah Rieves, Mrs, Rachel Boykin, Reverend Atkins, Mr. Tom Haislip and Mr. Hugh Talley, all spoke on behalf of the Housing Authority. Mr. Roy Utley of the Sanford Housing Authority spoke on the operation of the Sanford Housing Authority and Mr. Bostick of the Architect ural firm assisting said agency both spoke on the operations of the Housing Authorities. A total of 23 people were in attendance at the public hearing. Having given full opportunity to everyone present, the Commissioners declared the public hearing at an end and took the matter under advisement and returned to their meeting room in the County office building, Mr. J. Chandler Eakes, Register of Deeds, appeared before the Board and asked the approval of the employment of Miss Patricia Holder to fill the resignation of Mrs. Betty C. Fasick, Upon motion of Commissioner Cooper, duly seconded and unanimously adopted, it was RESOLVED to authorize the employment of Miss Patricia Holder as a Typist I, in Grade 51, Step I, Mr. J. Chandler Eakes invited the Commissioners to his office on March 17 at 7 oc'lock p. m. , for a review of the operations of that office. Commissioner Gordon Wicker moved that the boundaries of the Sanford Fire Department be amended to read as follows: "West Sanford Fire District Lee County, North-Carolina Beginning at a point (#1) on Road #1400 at Deep River; thence proceeding in an easterly and southerly direction along Deep River to a point (#2) at Big Buffaloe Creek, thence in a southwesterly direction to a point (#3) on Road #1403 at Big Buffaloe Creek, thence in a southeasterly direction to a point (#4) on U. S. Highway #421, 1, 6 miles southeast of its intersection with Road #1325; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point (#5) on Road #1325, 1, 6 miles southeast of its intersection with U. S. Highway #.421, thence .in a northwesterly direction along Road #1325 and U. S. Highway-#421 including property 500 feet west of these roads-to a point (#6) at Deep River, thence in a northeasterly direction along Deep River to the-point of Beginning, " Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers seconded the motion and upon a vc it was unanimously adopted. A snap of said area is as follows: