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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Monday, May 7, 1984 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners Room, on the second floor of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, on Monday, May 7, 1984, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Those present were Commissioners Jerry M. Almond, John R. Dossenbach, Jr., Bertha L. Matthews and Gordon A. Wicker. Commissioner John E. Dotterer was absent when the meeting opened. The Chairman declared a quorum present and the meeting open for the transaction of business. Chairman Bertha L. Matthews presided and the following business was transacted. The invocation was given by the Reverend Charles Huggins, Pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church. The minutes of the regular meeting held on Monday April 16, 1984, were approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner- Jerry M. Almond, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker and unanimously adopted upon a vote. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker requested that an inquiry be made of the Department of Transportation as to its plans concerning the bridge over the railroad on Secondary Road 1425 in Deep River Township. The Chair recognized the Reverend Charles Huggins, Pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church, who had requested time to discuss the current future status of the Mary Margaret McLeod home. Reverend Huggins expressed the concern of many citizens in the continued operation of the McLeod home and presented a petition with over 600 signatures on it, expressing support for the project. During Reverend Huggins presentation, Commissioner John E. Dotterer joined the meeting. The Reverend Hope Morgan of the United Methodist Church in Broadway, spoke in support of the program and indicated the willingness of her Church to provide a facility in the Broadway area-for this program. Following the presentation, the Chairman asked the pleasure of the Board, and Commissioner John E. Dotterer moved that the Youth Program presently being carried on at the McLeod home be re-funded in the coming budget at the same level at which it was supported in last year's budget. There was no second and the Chair ruled that the motion died for the lack of a second.