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{I 9 PAu~375 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA February 5th, 1979 Monday The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, convened in the Commissioners' Room on the second floor of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. , on Monday, February 5th, 1979. . 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. Chairman K. S. Harmon presided and the following business was transacted: The invocation was given by the Reverend Richard Hobson, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Sanford, North Carolina. The minutes of the January 15, 1979 meeting were amended and as amended, were approved and ordered recorded, upon motion of Commissioner Rhyne, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Nielsen and unanimously adopted upon a vote. A petition was presented to the Board requesting a change in a stop sign. The petitioners desired that the stop sign be removed from Secondary Road 1156 and placed on Secondary Road 1157, because of the numerous traffic accidents that have resulted from the present method of control. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved that the petition be approved and be forwarded to the Division of Highways and Safety, of the Department of Transportation, for their consideration. Commissioner Rhyne seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Commissioner Rhyne reported on the priority list for improvements to secondary roads. Commissioner Wicker complained of the lack of consideration shown for the lower Moncure Road. The Board next considered the bills as presented by the County Finance Officer. Numerous items were individually discussed and following such review, Commissioner Rhyne moved that the bills as listed by the County Finance Officer, be approved for payment. Commissioner Funderburke seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously approved. Mr. Nathan Crissman, Tax Collector, appeared before the Board and reported on his collections to date. Mr. Crissman requested that $3, 000. 00 be appropriated to his office for the employment of an additional clerk in his office. Commissioner Funderburke moved that the sum of $3, 000. 00 be approp- riated from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund to the office of the Tax Collector's Fund for salaries and that the Tax Collector be authorized to employ a Clerk to work in his office. Commissioner Nielsen seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Commissioners Funderburke, Nielsen, Rhyne, Wicker and Harmon voted for it and no one voted against it.