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0 0 BOOK 12 FiGE 673 taxes had been paid in protest. The matter was discussed at length and Mr. Cooper was requested to confer further with Mrs. Norma Bullard, the Lee County assessor. The Board next took up for consideration the contract between Sanford-Lee County Airport Commission and Mr. John Ogburn as Manager of the airport, and also the Lease Agreement between Central Carolina Aviation, the City of Sanford and the County of Lee, as a fix base operator at the airport. The manner of dividing the hangar rent and the other terms of the contract were discused extensively. The Board took the matter under advisement and advised the representatives of the Airport Commission and Mr. Ogburn that they would reach a final decision in April, 1989. The Board observed a short recess following which they resumed their public meeting with all members in attendance. Chairman Cox repeated for those in attendance his prior remarks about the Lee Senior basketball team and the security being provided by the Sheriff's Department and the monitoring of the meeting which was being provided by the Sanford Fire Department. The Chairman noted the Board's concern to insure that the procedures being followed in electing commissioners complied with the Voting Rights Act. He recognized Mr. Leonard Barefoot, who served on a study group, who along with County Attorney K. R. Hoyle had offered for consideration a plan which would enlarge the Board to seven members and provide for at large voting. Mr. Barefoot distributed copies of the plan that he and Mr. Hoyle had presented to those in the audience. Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr. moved that the Board proceed to hold a public hearing on the matter, and Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews seconded the motion. Upon a vote the results were as follows: AYE: Dossenbach, Matthews, Stafford, Wicker and Cox NAY: None The Chairman declared the resolution had been unanimously adopted and the public hearing open. Mr. Jerome Williams was recognized and stated that he was there as head of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and that he and Mr. Sammy Hill, who represented the Black Leadership Caucus had arranged for Mr. Romallus Murphy, an attorney from Greensboro to speak on their behalf. Mr. Murphy spoke on behalf of a five district plan which they had delineated upon a map. It was based on population figures and had been prepared by Mr. William Cooper of Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Murphy stated that this plan would provide for one district which had more than 50% majority in one district and that - 3 -