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® BOOK !ai;E 553 C) I MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, September 17th, 1979 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, convened in the Commissioner's Room, on the second floor of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford,' -North Carolina, at 7:00 o'clock p. m. , Monday, September 17, 1979. Those present were Commissioners Jack D. Funder- burke, 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 for the transaction of business. The following business was transacted: The Reverend J. Earl Adkins opened the meeting. with prayer. The minutes of the meetings held on September 4 and 5, 1979, were approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne, second- ed by Commissioner Jack D. Funderburke, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne reported on several projects pertaining to the road program. Sheriff Harold Thomas appeared before the Board and requested that his female office deputy be promoted to Grade 59 and paid commensurate with that grade. Sheriff Thomas explained that the position had been graded as Grade 59 and his employee had been certified as qualified for her position. The Board took the request under advisement and no formal action was taken at this meeting. Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne presented a Community-Based Alterna- tives Program Agreement with the Division of Youth Services, Department of Human Resources for a grant for $15, 878. 00, to fund the program of the Commission on Youth. After discussion and review of the agreement, Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne moved that the agreement be approved and the Chairman be authorized to sign the agreement for and on behalf of the County. Commissioner Lila P. Nielsen seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Robert Powell, a representative of the Soil Conservation Service, appeared before the Board and presented and reviewed an agreement between the Soil Conservation Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Lee County, for conducting an accelerated soil survey for land use planning within Lee County. The Board discussed the agreement, following which Commissioner Rhyne moved that the agreement be approved and the Chairman be authorized and directed to sign the docu- ment for and on behalf of the County. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Chairman Harmon invited Mrs. Elva J. Butler, Director of Nursing, District Health Department, and Mr. Lewis Monroe Brown, Chief Jailer, to appear before the Board. The Chairman then made appropriate remarks in appreciation for their services to the County and presented them with framed copies of resolutions of appreciation from the Board. The resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the Board, are attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof.