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0 BOOK 11 PAGE 753 Commissioner Almond stated that he commended the Water Committee for its work and that his opposition was to the method of financing selected by the Board and not to the Water Committee's report. The members of the Board of Education appeared before the Board and Chairman Robert Dalrymple called upon Superintendent William Johnson to present the Board's request. Superintendent Johnson reviewed the school building program and stated that the present needs were for improvements in the elementary school buildings. He then reviewed the planning procedures which had been followed and stated that the Board of Education had concluded that a new building was needed in West Sanford, replacement buildings were needed at Green- r wood and Deep River, and additions were needed at Bragg Street site and the W. B. Wicker School site. Superintendent Johnson then requested that the Board of Commissioners initiate procedures to submit to the voters at the election on November 6, 1985, the question of whether or not a $10, 000, 000. 00 school bond issue should be approved or not. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved that the Board honor the request of the Board of Education and direct and author- ize the Chairman, Clerk and County Manager to initiate procedures to submit the school bond issue to the voters as requested. The motion was duly seconded and upon a vote, unanimously adopted. Chairman Dalrymple of the Board of Educ- ation thanked the Board for its consideration. County Manager Hartman presented to the Board a request from the Town of Broadway for the County to guarantee a loan in the amount of $100, 000. 00, to serve as a contingency fund for the Town of Broadway's sanitary sewer project. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews moved that the request be granted and the guarantee be given. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews moved that the Board accept the $7, 454 grant from the Governor's Crime Commission for the Lee County Youth Services and that the County's officers be authorized and directed to execute the necessary documents to receive said grant. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr. seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved that the requests for releases and refunds of taxes as prepared by the Tax Supervisor, copies of which are attached to these minutes, be approved and ordered paid by the appropriate officers. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr. seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. The Board, acting as the Board of Equalization and Review, con- sidered the request of R. J. Reynold Tobacco Company appealing from the decision of the County Tax Supervisor imposing ad valorem taxes on imported leaf tobacco stored in U. S. Customs Service bonded warehouse. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews moved to uphold the taxability of the tobacco and to deny the request of the appellant. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr., seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted.