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~oOK 9 ?ali~ 763 0 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday, September 2, 1980 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, on Tuesday, September 2, 1980, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Monday, Septem- ber 1st, 1980, was Labor Day and therefore the meeting was held on the next succeed- ing business day as provided by G.: S. 153A-40. Those present were Commissioners Jack D. Funderburke, K. S. Harmon, Lila P. Nielsen, Clyde J. Rhyne and Gordon A. Wicker. None of the Commissioners were absent. The Chairman declared a quorum present and the meeting open business. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne opened the meeting with a prayer. The minutes of the regular meeting of August 18, 1980, were con- sidered and approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne and unanimously adopted upon a vote. Commissioner Rhyne reported on inquiries concerning the Makepeace Farm Road and Secondary Road No. 1141, but no formal action was taken concerning road matters at this meeting. The Chairman intorduced Mr. Paul L. Aderhold, the Building Inspector, to the members of the Board. Mr. Taylor Uzzell, of the Parks and Recreation Commission, intro- duced Mr. Ron Ferris, the new Director of the Parks and Recreation Program, to the members of the Board. • Mr. Tim Westbrook, the Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and discussed with them the procedure whereby an eligible taxpayer over the age of 65 requested the exemption afforded by law. Apparently there were several tax- payers who failed to file for their exemption within the period allowed by law and because of revaluation faced increased bills. The Board, upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke, resolved to request the representatives in the General Assembly to take action to have the law amended to provide that when once a person has qualified that the exemption remain in effect from year to year thereafter. The Board next considered the problem of those local residents who had not made application by April 15th and therefore had lost their exemption. Comm- issioner Clyde J. Rhyne moved that the exemption be extended to anyone who had qualified the year before and who still qualified but had failed to claim or file for the exemption within the applicable period of time. Commissioner Gordon A.'.Wicker seconded the motion. In the discussion on the motion, the County Attorney voiced the opinion that since the tax laws were statewide and universal in application, such action might be beyond the authority of the Board. Because of this advice, when the matter came on for a vote, Commissioners Funderburke, Nielsen and Harmon voted against it and Commissioners Rhyne and Wicker voted for it. The Chair ruled that the motion was defeated by a majority vote.