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ISLE " ij the County and John C. Muse & Company, for auditing services. The Board requested the Finance Officer to examine the contract and report to them later. Mr. James Coats, Director, and Mrs. Brenda Potts, Social Worker, appeared before the Board on behalf of the Social Services Department, and requested authority for the employment of an additional eligibility specialist. Mrs. Potts review- ed the activities in the AFDC Section. Mr. Coats was unable to assure the Board that the employment of an additional eligibility specialist could be financed under the exist- ing appropriation. No action was taken upon this request at this time. Mr. James Coats, Director of Social Services Department, reported that he had been advised that he should have the personnel handling the mailing program for the food stamps, bonded, and had done so, and had received a statement from Childress- Roberts, Inc. , for a premium of $849. 00. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the budget be amended to appropriate the sum of $849. 00 from line item #10-660-57, entitled "Emergency and Contingencies Fund" to line item #10-500-54, entitled "Insurance", under the public building fund, for the purpose of paying the bond premium for social service workers handling food stamps. Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Commissioners Funder- burke, Nielsen, Rhyne, Wicker and Harmon voted for it and no one voted against it. The Board then took a 10 minute recess, and following the recess, Mrs. Viola Bowling appeared before the Board on behalf of the Johnston-Lee Community Action Program and discussed the VISTA Program, as well as the Sanford Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP). Following her presentation, Mrs. Bowling requested that County owned space in the County Office Building be made available for operation of a VISTA Program. There followed a discussion between the Commissioners and Mrs. Bowling and also other parties interested in the VISTA Program, including Mr. Frank Dyar and Mr. Harvey Knotts, Jr. No action was taken upon the request at this time. Mr. Elwin J. Buchanan, Grants Director, appeared before the Board and reviewed his monthly report concerning the various projects presently being con- structed underthe supervision of his department. The Chairman noted the receipt of various departmental reports which had been distributed to the Commissioners at this meeting. The Chairman reported that he had received a letter from Mr. G. N. Childress, complaining about the unsightly condition of a junk yard near Cameron Village. The Chairman reported that Mr. Joel Jackson had requested that Mrs. Betty Eades be appointed to serve on the Emergency Medical Services Board in place of Mrs. Beatrice Fields who had resigned. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne moved that Mrs. Betty Eades be appointed to serve on the Emergency Medical Services Board in the place and stead of Mrs. Beatrice Fields, and for her unexpired term. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unani- mously adopted. A draft of an Ordinance governing the Storage, Collection, Trans- porting and Disposal of Solid Waste in Lee County, was presented to the Board. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne moved that the Board conduct a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance at 7:30 o'clock p. m. , on November 19, 1979, which the next regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. The Chairman advised the Board he had received a letter from the Board of Commissioners for Cherokee County, North Carolina, requesting support for a resolution for support of small farmers. The Board requested that copies of the Resolution be distributed to members of the Board and the matter be placed on the agenda for the next meeting.