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12 241 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Monday; July 6, 1987 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, congened in the Commissioners' Room on the second floor of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, San)6r-d; North Carolina, on Monday, July 6, 1987, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. Those present were Commissioners Raymond C. Cox, Jr., John R. Dossenbach, Jr., John E. Dotterer, Bertha L. Matthews, and Gordon A. Wicker. The Chairman declared a quorum present and the meeting open for the transaction of business. Chairman John E. Dotterer business was transacted: The invocation was given by Board member. presided and the following J. Glenn Edwards, School The draft of the minutes of the June 15th, were reviewed and ordered corrected to reflect that Commissioners Cox, Dossenbach and Dotterer voted "Aye" and that Commissioner Bertha Matthews and Gordon wicker voted "Nay" on the Manual of Standards and Rules to be used in appraising Real Property in Lee County. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr., moved that the minutes of the June 15th meeting be approved as corrected and that the minutes of the June 17th, 26th and 30th meetings be approved as written, which motion was seconded by Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., and upon a vote was unanimously adopted. Mr. William R. Johnson, Superintendent, and Mr. Robert Dalrymple, Chairman, Board of Education, appeared before the Board to present an update on school construction. They also requested (1) that the funds necessary for the completion of Greenwood School be provided in the approximate amount of $1.5 million in 1988-89 and $1.5 million in 1989-90, and (2) that the interest money earned from the investment of school construction be applied to the purchase or school furnishings rather than being applied to debt service, and (3) that, barring the earlier availability of state funding, local funds for a new Deep River School be made available in 1991- 92 and 1992-93 in the total approximate amount of $3:75 million. After some discussion, Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr. moved that the Board agree in concept to provide funds necessary to continue the elementary school building program on a relatively uninterrupted schedule, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews, and upon a vote was unanimously adopted. Mr. Elwin Buchanan, Grants Administrator, appeared before the Board to present and request approval of an