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a00K 11 mu 370 2, The County Manager is authorized to receive in the Board of Commissioners' behalf, bids at public auction for the purchase of the described property, 3. The public auction will be held on Saturday, the 3rd day of March, 1984, at 10:00 o'clock a, m., at the Lee County Maintenance Warehouse. The terms of sale shall be cash and bids shall be subject to acceptance by the County Manager. 4. The Clerk to the Board shall cause a notice of the public auction to be published in accordance with G. S. 160A-270(b), Commissioner Jerry M. Almond seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Ernest Atkinson, Assitant Superintendent of Lee County Board of Education, appeared before the Board and requested the appropriation of $30, 000, 00, of which $20, 000. 00 would be to buy land adjoining the site at W. B. Wicker School from the City of Sanford, and $10, 000. 00 would be spent to provide a two-way communication system between the class rooms and the administrative offices at the school. After discussion, Commissioner John E. Dotterer moved that the County Manager be authorized to negotiate with the city authorities for the purchase of this property and further authorizing him to have an appraisal made of the property and to offer to trade other property for said site or to lease it for use by the schools. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved that the request for the communication system be approved and that $10, 000. 00 be approp- riated for such purpose with the County Manager to prepare a formal budget amend- ment to accomplish such purpose. The motion was seconded and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. The tax refunds in the amount of $15.00 for Edward W. Faucette and $75. 00 for J. F. Mintz, growing out of advertising charges and overpayment of taxes were considered and approved for payment, upon motion of Commissioner John E. Dotterer, seconded by Commissioner Jerry M. Almond, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. Mr. Don McLauchlin appeared before the Board concerning grants for improvement of the facilities at Horton Park. Mr. McLauchlin's proposal was to apply for one grant which did not require matching funds and to apply for another grant which would be funded with Community Development funds, which would be included in the Community Development application. After extended discussion, it was decided that the best policy would be for the Parks and Recreation Commission to apply for the grant which did not require matching funds at the present time and to allow the Community Development organization to consider the other phase of the program, and if they applied for and received the matching funds, then the