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Qr~ it 61r, <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING <br />OF <br />V <br />THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />FOR <br />THE COUNTY OF LEE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />Monday, November 5th, 1984 <br />The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the <br />County of Lee, State of North Carolina, convened on Monday, November 5, <br />1984, in the Commissioners' Room on the second floor of the County Office <br />Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina. Those present when the <br />meeting opened were Commissioners Jerry M. Almond; John R. Dossenbach, Jr <br />Bertha L. Matthews; and Gordon A. Wicker. Commissioner John E. Dotterer <br />was absent when the meeting opened but joined the meeting later. Chairman <br />Bertha L. Matthews announced that a quorum was preseni and the meeting open <br />for the transaction of business. <br />was transacted: <br />Chairman Bertha L. Matthews presided and the following business <br />L <br />The invocation was given by Chairman Bertha L. Matthews. <br />The minutes of the regular meeting held on Monday, October <br />15, 1984, were approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner <br />John R. Dossenbach, Jr. , seconded by Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, <br />which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. <br />Commissioner John E. Dotterer joined the meeting and participated <br />in the further deliberations of the Board. <br />Mr. S. F. Westbrook, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the <br />Board and presented the requests for refunds and releases received by his <br />office during the month of October, 1984, copies of which are attached to these <br />minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Commissioner John E. Dotterer <br />moved that the list of refunds and releases set forth in the report be approved and <br />authorized. Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., seconded the motion and upon <br />a vote it was unanimously adopted. Supervisor Westbrook, upon questioning by the <br />Board, reported that elimination of the food tax, intangibles tax, and inventory tax <br />would reduce the County tax base by $1. 8 million and necessitate a tax increase of <br />12~ or higher to compensate for such loss. <br />