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P goon 9 PAACF 83,13 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, December 1st, 1980 T ~<T;k =k r m T T; :k ~-g; ~ ok:;:.°,: $::;r:;: ~ ~:k T;`• •-'6;~ $<>;ot ok $c 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, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Those present were Commissioners Jack D. Funderburke, K. S. Harmon, Lila P. Nielsen and Gordon A. Wicker. It appearing that the terms of Gordon A. Wicker and Clyde J. Rhyne as County Commissioners having expired and the Board of Elections having certified that Gordon A. Wicker had been re-elected for a four year term and that Dr. John E. Dotterer had been elected to a four year term. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker was present to qualify for office, however, Dr. John E. Dotterer was absent due to illness. Chairman K. S. Harmon called the meeting to order and the following business was transacted: Reverend James Hampton opened the meeting with a prayer. The Chairman recognized Mr. Sion H. Kelly, the Clerk of Superior Court, who was requested to administer the oath of office to the Honorable William A. Christian, Judge of the District Court Division of the General Court of Justice, Eleventh Judicial District. After Judge Christian had taken the oath of office he was requested to administer the oath to the elected County officials. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker was recognized and qualified for office by taking the appropriate oaths, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Mrs. Pattie W. McGilvary was recognized and was administered the oath as Register of Deeds of Lee County by Judge William A. Christian. Mr. M. P. Womble was recog- nized and was administered the oath as a member of the Lee County Board of Education by Judge William A. Christian. Mr. Lewis W. Powell was recognized and was adminis- tered the oath as a member of the Lee County Board of Education by Judge William A. Christian. Mr. J. Glenn Edwards was recognized and was administered the oath as a member of the Lee County Board of Education by Judge William A. Christian. Mr. Gregory Davis was recognized and was administered the oath as a member of the Lee County Board of Education by Judge William A. Christian. Following the ceremony' of the induction of the County officials, the Board took a short recess to allow families and friends of the newly inducted County officials to offer their congratulations. Follow- ing the recess, the Chairman called the meeting to order and introduced the County Manager, Mr. Walter B. Hartman, Jr., to the persons in attendance. The Board then proceeded to re-organize and first held an election for the position as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Ballots were dis- tributed and collected and tallied with the following result: Commissioner Funderburke voted for K. S. Harmon, Commissioner Nielsen voted for K. S. Harmon, Commissioner Harmon voted for K. S. Harmon, and Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker voted for Dr. John E. Dotterer. The Clerk announced that Commissioner K. S. Harmon had been elected Chairman by a majority vote. Thereafter, Chairman Harmon presided over the meeting. The next order of business was the election for the position of Vice- Chairman for the Board of Commissioners. Ballots were distributed and then collected and tabulated with the following results: Commissioner Funderburke voted for Lila P. Nielsen, Commissioner Harmon voted for Lila P. Nielsen, Commissioner Neilsen voted for Lila. P. Nielsen, and Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker voted for Dr. John E. Dotterer.