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On a motion by Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen, seconded by Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke, the Lee County Commissioners voted unan- imously to adopt the following resolution, authorizing the Chairman to enter into a contract with the North Carolina Department of Transportation' as specified: .WHEREAS, the Chairman, of the Zee County Commissioners has-requested the North Carolina Depart- ment of :Transportation to provide 90% percent of the cost of the following public transportation project: County Transportation Coordinator at an estimated cost' of $15,000 of which the Non-State cost amounts` to 10- 'Percent. cost; :WHEREAS, the Lee County Commissioners desire to provide the non-State cost of the above described public transportation project; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Lee County Commissioners be and hereby is author.ized and empowered. to enter intoa contract with the Department of Transportation as may be necessary to effectuate the aforesaid expressed,purpose, thereby binding the said Lee County Commissioners to the fulfillment of its obligation s.incurred under said contract and this resolution. ' It was reported that the Department of Labor had inspected the County office building and found everything in order except that the School Board had radio equipment in the elevator equipment room. The -Board requested that the School Board be notified of these findings and requested to relocate their radio equipment. The written request of Faye W. Griffin of 505'Hickory Avenue, Sanford, for a refund for taxes paid in 1979 in the amount of $28. 65 was presented to the Board. It appeared that adwelling house on the lot had been removed in-1978 and the taxpayer failed to make,a correction' when the taxes were listed in 1979. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne moved that the County refund to Faye W,. Griffin the sum of $28._65 for taxes paid in'1979 for a nonexistent house and that the County tax records be corrected to delete the valuation of such house for the abstract of Faye W; Griffin. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a roll ' call vote, Commissioners Funderburke, Nielsen„ Rhyne, Wicker and Harn-ion.'voted for it and no one voted against it. s The County Attorney presented a-request from,the'City'of Sanford - for a conveyance of the lift station site on Secondary Road No., 1527. It appeared that the lift station site was acquired by the County pursuant to a contractual agree- a ment with the City of Sanford under which the County installed the•sewe line from the Coty plant to the City system in the vicinity of Jonesboro Heights and the City of A Sanford was to operate and maintain the line and after the County had recovered its initial cost by ad valorem takes 'or service charges-then the, title to the line was to go to the City. It also appearing that the line was constructed in 1971 .and that the County has received its initial cost through payments of ad valorem taxes by Coty, it was upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, seconded by Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne; unanimously resolved to convey the 0, 6 acre tract described in Deed Book 120, Page 246, Lee County.Registry to the City of Sanford in complaince with the County's contractual obligation and.the Chairman and Clerk were authorized to execute and.deliver a deed for such property to the City of Sanford. ,