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nqo 11. ?AGE 110 It was reported to the Board that citizens had complained about the operation of a softball tournament during Church hours. The matter was referred to the Recreation Commission. Mr. Steve McDuffie appeared before the Board and presented his recommendations for reducing the amount of expenditures in the Recreation Depart- ment budget. Mrs. Karen H; Johnson, Supervisor of Elections, appeared before the Board and reported' to the'Board that the Lee County Board of Elections had reviewed the Petition for an election on having a tax supported fire district in the Northwest Pocket Fire District and the Cape Fear Fire District and that both. petitions were in order and had been executed by more than 15% of the resident freeholders in such area.: Commissioner Jerry M. Almond moved the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, petitions have been presented to the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, requesting that an-election be called to establish a rural fire protection district in the Northwest Pocket and Cape Fear Fire Districts; and WHEREAS, the petitions have been examined and it has been determined that the petitions contain more than fifteen (15%u) per cent of the resident freeholders living in the respective areas; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has a duty to call said elections under N. C. G. S. 69-25. 1; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' OF THE COUNTY OF LEE, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The question whether the qualified voters.in the area described. in the petitions and designated as Northwest Pocket and Cape Fear Fire Districts, shall approve or dis- approve the levying and collecting a special tax on all taxable property in.said districts of not exceeding 15~ of the $100 val- uation of property for the purpose of providing fire protection in said districts shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said districts residing in Lee County, atan election to be held on June 21, 1983; 2. The Lee County Board of Elections is hereby direct- ed to hold and conduct the election in said districts and shall advertise and conduct said election in accordance with Article 3A entitled "Rural Fire Protection District" of- Chapter 69 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and with the procedures