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BOOK 9 PAG480 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, July 2, 1979 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners Room on the second floor of the County Office Building, Sanford, North Carolina, on Monday, July 2, 1979, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Those present were Commissioners Jack D. Funderburke, Lila P. Nielsen, Clyde J. Rhyne, Gordon A. Wicker and K. S. Harmon. The Chairman declared that a quorum was present and the meeting open for the transaction of business. Chairman K. S. Harmon presided and the following business was transacted: Mr, K. R. Hoyle, the County Attorney, opened the meeting with a prayer. The minutes of the meetings held on June 4, 1979 and June 18, 1979, were approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, seconded by Commissioner Clyde J. Rhyne, which motion was unanimously adopted, upon a vote. Mr. Walter Scoggins, Building Inspector, appeared before the Board and discussed a matter concerning revocation of a building permit because the holder of the permit was not personally building the house. Following the discussion, no action was taken since it appeared that the building inspector was acting within the law and regulations, however, Commissioner Wicker stated that he desired that Lee County be exempted from the provisions of the building code. Mr. Elwin J. Buchanan, appeared before the Board and was accompanied by Mr. Ed Fleis, of Williams & Works. Mr. Fleis introduced to the Board, Mr. Steven M. Rice, who would be working with Williams & Works on County projects in the future. Mr. Buchanan reviewed the status of the various projects being supervised by his office, written copies of which had been furnished to each Commissioner. Mr. Fleis presented a letter addressed to the Chairman and the members of the Board respecting bids received for the, water line project near the GKN plant and in the vicinity of Colon and Osgood. Mr. Fleis' recommendation was that the low bid of W. & W. Contracting Company in the amount of $208, 390. 00 for Section "A" of the project be accepted. Mr. Fleis' recommendation was that the bid of Blue Contracting Company in the amount of $489, 809. 00 based on ductile iron pipe be accepted for Section "B", even though the EDA's interpretation of the bids would hold that Ritchie Construction Company was the low bidder. Mr. Fleis stated that based on their experience there would be additional costs in using the asbestos cement pipe rather than ductile iron pipe, because of increased inspection and the need for more quality control in bedding and backfill procedures and leakage testing and that there would be higher main- tenance and operation costs due to the loss of water through joints. Mr. Fleis