1981 - 06-24-81 Adj. Regular Meeting

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8000 10 rsG 14bq3 MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Wednesday, June 24th, 1981 The adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners Room in the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, at 7:00 o'clock p. m. , on Wednesday, June 24, 1981, the same being the time, date, and place specified in the motion of adjournment. Those present when the meeting opened were Commiss- ioners K. S. Harmon, Lila P. Nielsen, and Gordon A. Wicker. The Chairman declared that a quorum was present and the meeting open for the transaction of business. Chairman K. S. Harmon presided and the following business was transacted: The invocation was given by Kenneth R. Hoyle, the Clerk to the Board. The minutes of the regular meeting held on June 15, 1981, were considered. Commissioner. Gordon A. Wicker moved that the minutes be approved as submitted and recorded. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner John E. Dotterer joined the meeting and participated in the further deliberations of the Board. Mr. Taylor Uzzell, CLU and Mr. Wilson Cox, CPA, appeared before the Board and discussed a proposal to fund the retirement benefits for former employees of the Lee County Hospital. The County holds approximately $282, 000. 00 to finish funding these benefits and the present manager of the program has estimated that it would require all of this sum to fund the benefits. Under the proposal outlined by Mr. Uzzell, a part of the employees would remain with the program administered by Aetna Life Insurance Company and others would be placed under a program administered by General Life Insurance and the cost to the County would be approximately $202, 000 rather than $282, 000. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen moved that the County accept the proposal presented to the Board by Mr. Uzzell and that the Chairman be authorized and directed to execute all documents and take all such actions as may be necessary to implement said plan. Commissioner John E. Dotterer seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Walter B. Hartman, Jr. , County Manager, and Mrs. Beatrice Fields, Finance Officer, appeared before the Board and reviewed the various hospital- ization policies and alternative means of providing health insurance coverage for County employees. Based upon the bids received it was the committee's recommendation that the proposal for health insurance coverage submitted by Equitable Life Insurance Company be accepted. During the discussion of this matter, Commissioner Jack D.