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~ooK 9 PACE .6$ Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke requested that Department of Transportation officials be asked to talk with Mr. Gerrard Medlin concerning a drainage problem on his land. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne stated he would see that someone contacted Mr. Medlin. The Chairman stated that the Lee County Parks and Recreation Commission had discharged Mr. Jimmy Gaines from employment with them and Mr. 17aines had appealed the decision to the Board. The Chairman then asked the pleasure of the Board and Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke moved that the Board go into executive session to consider the matter. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen sec- onded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Following the executive session, the Clerk announced that the Board would conduct a hearing in the matter of Mr. Gaines' discharge at its regular meeting on Monday, October 20, 1980, at 8:30 o'clock p. M. Mr. Martin Marks appeared before the Board on behalf of the Deep River Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. , and requested that the Deep River Fire District be increased in size to include an area extending out four miles from the new fire station. After discussion and review by the Board,. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the boundary lines of the Deep River Fire District be approved as set out in the map and description filed this date with the Board of Commissioners, copies of which are attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke seconded the motion and upon a vote the motion was unanimously adopted. The Chairman declared the motion duly adopted and directed that certified extracts of this action be furnished to the appropriate agencies. The Chairman announced that the Board had advertised a public hearing on a proposed service district for fire protection in the Carolina Trace area. Upon motion made, seconded, and duly adopted, the Board resolved to conduct such hearing. The Chairman recognized Mr. Herb Fletcher who reviewed the efforts of residents in the Carolina Trace Subdivision to obtain fire protection and outlined the proposed plans to furnish such protection. The Chairman then recognized all interested persons who wished to speak on the subject. The majority of, those who spoke were in favor of establishment of a service district for fire protection. The only person who spoke in opposition was not opposed to establishing a method to provide fire protection but was opposed to establishment of a tax district without a vote. After hearing all persons who wanted to speak and providing an opportunity and requesting anyone who desired to speak to do so, the Board closed the public hearing upon motion of Comm- issioner Gordon A. Wicker, seconded by Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. The Chairman then asked the pleasure of the Board with respect to the establishment of the service district for fire protection at Carolina Trace. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne moved the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DISTRICT FOR FIRE PROTECTION AT CAROLINA TRACE WHEREAS, The County Service District Act of 1973 (Article 16, Chapter 153A, North Carolina General Statutes) authorizes a Board of Commissioners for a County to define and establish service districts in order to finance, provide, or maintain for the district fire pro- tection services, facilities, and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided, or maintained for the entire County; and