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PrP ` //P*W~' . : I 800K PACE 16~ MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY Monday, December 4th, 1967 The Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, convened at 10 o'clock a, m. on Monday, December 4th, 1967, in the Commissioners' Room in the Lee County Courthouse. Those present were Chairman John E. Dotterer, Commissioners Max McLeod, A. E. White, Franklin D. Wicker, and Charles Robert Yow. None of the Commissioners were absent. Chairman John E. Dotterer presided and the following business was transacted: The minutes of the regular meeting held on November 6th, 1967, were approved and ordered recorded. Commissioner McLeod reported that he had received a letter from the officers of the Bethlehem Methodist Church of Route 3, Sanford, in which they were agree- able to paying the sum of 90 cents per foot for paving of the driveway to their Church which is approximately 75 feet in length. This request was referred to Mr. Tolar, State Highway Commission office in Sanford. Commissioner McLeod reported that Secondary Road 1403 which runs from Northview on U. S. 1 to Cumnock on U. S. 421, was in bad need of work and the Board instructed the Clerk to write the District Engineer and find out what could be done to advance this''road. on the priority list for work. The County Attorney reported to the Board that he had negotiated a settlement subject to their approval for the damage done to the County Ambulance in a collision which occured in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Upon motion of Commissioner Yow, seconded by Commissioner White, and unanimously adopted, the settlement of the damage for the amount of $ 2 Gi..3o was approved and the Chairman and the Clerk were authorized to execute the release for payment of that sum. Commissioner White reported to the Board that signs were needed on the Secondary Road passing by Cool Springs Baptist Church and the Clerk was instructed to call this matter to the attention of the State Highway Commission, District Engineer. Chairman called the Board's attention to the consideration of the prop- osition that Welfare funds be disbursed from one central bank account in Raleigh. After discussion, upon motion of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Yow, consideration for this question was tabled. The Clerk reported to the Board that the bond order entitled "Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $35, 000 School Bonds of the County of Lee", which had been introduced at the meeting of the Board held on November 6, 1967, had been published in The Sanford Daily Herald, on November 22, 1967, with notice that the Board of Commissioners would hold a public Bearing thereon on December 4, 1967 at 10:30 o'clock A. M. Commissioner White moved that the Board proceed to hold a public hearing on the bond order. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Wicker and was unanimously adopted. At 10:30 o'clock a, m., the Chairman announced that the Board would hear any citizen or taxpayer who desired to be heard with respect to the bond order. At the direction of the Chairman, the Cldl. read the bond order and the published notice of hearing.