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~ooc 9 PnE 696 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, June 2nd, 1980 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners Room on the second floor of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, on Monday, June 2nd, 1980, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. 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. was transacted: Chairman K. S. Harmon presided and the following business The invocation was given by the Chairman, K. S. Harmon. The draft of the minutes of the regular meeting held on Monday, May 19, 1980, were considered and discussed. A deletion was made and as so amended, the draft was approved as the minutes for said meeting, upon motion of Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen, seconded by Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker reported that Mr. Baxter Newby of Route 9, Box 879, wanted to know the status of the request on Secondary Road No. 1316, and that Mr. George Smith has requested help in getting maintenance work done on the road to Wayside Chapel in Greenwood Township. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne'was to look into these matters for the Board. Mr. Tim Westbrooke, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and asked that the Board adopt a percentage plan for listing personal property and to permit acceptance of listing by mail. After discussion, Commissioner Clyde, J. Rhyne moved the adoption of the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1. Household personal property is to be appraised in the following manner starting with the next listing period: (a) The taxpayer is to be given a choice to accept as the tax value of all his household personal property five per cent (5%) of his residence tax value (less statutory j exemptions) if he is a homeowner or the product of seven (7) times the current monthly rental of the structure occupied by the taxpayer, if he is a lessee. "Residence Tax Value" shall mean the sum of the tax value of the dwelling occupied by the taxpayer plus the tax value of the home site. (b) If the taxpayer chooses not to accept the values determined by the methods set out in subparagraph "(a)" above as the tax value of the taxpayer's property, then the tax- payer may ask that an "on the spot" appraisal be made of his household-property to determine its value.