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12 rt„E ~ 47 Mr. Bill Burgess, Director of the District Health Board was introduced to the members of the Board by Mr. John McPhaul. Mr. Burgess met with the Board briefly and discussed the status of the Health Department. Mr. Ken Cameron appeared before the Board on behalf of the Jonesboro Merchants Association, seeking funds for the beautification of the business district of Jonesboro. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved that the Board appropriate the sum of $10, 000.00 for this purpose. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews seconded it. Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr. offered to substitute a motion to refer this matter to the Public Works Comm- ission. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr, seconded the motion. The Chair called for a vote on the substitute motion first and the results were as follows : AYE: Cox, Dossenbach, Dotterer NAY: Almond and Matthews The Chair ruled that the substitute motion carried by a majority vote and no further action was taken on the main motion. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond introduced a resolution levying a one-half per cent (1/2%) additional Local Government Sales and Use Tax and prescribing the method of distribution of the proceeds within Lee County, a copy of which resolution is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr, seconded the motion and upon a vote the Commissioners voted as follows: AYE: Almond, Cox, Dossenbach, Dotterer, and Matthews NAY: None Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr, was called on for a report of the Public Works Committee. Commissioner Dossenbach, on behalf of the committee, moved to award the contract for the Friendship Village water line to the low bidder, Johnson Construction Company, in the amount of $97, 788. 00. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Dossenbach, in keeping with the Public Works Committee's recommendations, moved the approval of the contract between Lee County and the City of Sanford, for the purchase of water for the Friendship Village Subdivision. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Dossenbach, in keeping with the Public Works Commission's recommendations, moved that the Board approve the contract with Floyd Browne Associates, Ltd. , for engineering services on the Friendship Village Water line in the amount of $6, 325. 00. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted.