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60K 9 ?ArE 758 E (2) A 1977 Ford LTD II, 4-door, serial number 7H27H168059; (3) A 1964 Ford F- 100 truck, white, with dog box, serial number F10JN685757. 2. The Clerk is authorized to receive in the Board of Commissioners' behalf bids at public auction for the purchase of the described property. 3. The public auction will be held on Friday, October 3, 1980, at 12:00 noon, at the Lee County Courthouse. The terms of sale shall be cash. 4. The Clerk to the Board shall cause a notice of the public auction to be published in accordance with G. S. 160A-270(b). 5. The person making the highest bid shall deposit with the County Finance Officer an amount equal to 5% of the bid. 6. The highest bid shall be reported to the Board of Commissioners and must be accepted and confirmed by the Board of Commissioners before the sale will be final. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, duly seconded by Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote, it was RESOLVED to expend the sum of $100. 00 of the Commissioners Fund for adver- tising to boost the tobacco sales in Lee County. The Finance Officer appeared before the Board and presented a list of accounts totalling $15, 566. 23, to the Board and advised the Board that these were accounts generated by the Ambulance Service and for which collection could not be made. The Finance Officer asked that her staff be allowed to classify these accounts as uncollectible and be relieved of any further responsibility for actively trying to effect collection. Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, the request of the Finance officer was granted and the accounts on the exhibit were declared to be un- collectible and the Finance Officer be relieved from any further responsibility to try to effect collection. The Clerk noted on each sheet of the exhibit that it had been declared uncollectible as a means of identification. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker advised the Board that Congress- man Whitley's representatives would be in the County on the following day for those who desired to discuss matters with them. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne then recognized the Finance Officer, Mrs. Beatrice Fields, and congratulated her upon being chosen the outstanding Finance Officer in the State of North Carolina, for the past year. A resolution which had been prepared, a copy of which is attached hereto, was then read by the Vice-Chairman. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the resolution be adopted. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. The Vice-Chairman presented to Mrs. Fields a framed copy of the resolution. The Board, upon motionof Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen and upon a vote duly adopted, RESOLVED to go into Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter. Following the Executive Session, the Executive Session was closed by a of ion and the regular public meeting re-opened. There being no further bu~ness come before the session, it was adjourned, sine die. / - N C LE