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BOOK MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, December 15,. 1975 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, convened at 7:00 o'clock p, m., on Monday, December 15, 1975, in the Commissioners Room on the second floor of the County Office Building at the corner of Wicker and Steele Streets in the City of Sanford. Those present were Commissioners William H. Cooper, John E.,Dotterer, Franklin D. Wicker, and Gordon A. Wicker. Commissioner Hal L. Hancock was absent. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: Mrs. Mary McLean, representing the League of Women Voters appeared before the Board and discussed the need for detention homes for children within the local community. The minutes of the meeting held on December 1, 1975, were amended to reflect that Commissioner Cooper added the name of Mr. Richard Rush to the list of nominees for the position of Directors of the Lee' Count'y~Hospital`arid as amended were approved and ordered recorded upon motion-of Commissioner`Cooper, second- ed by Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. ti a. There was a discussion about the vacancy which exists on the Board of Adjustment for the City of Sanford but no action was tak'en'on filling the vacancy at this meeting. The Chairman reported that a request had been received for the County to extend a sewer line to the property of the Sanford-Walker Investment Company on Nash Street. The Board requested they be furnished a map of the area showing the location of the corporate limits, the proposed line, and the industrial site. The request for a sewer line to the industrial site on N. C. Highway 78 was discussed but no action was taken. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the Chairman be authorized to negotiate with the City of Sanford authorities for water and sewer lines to the armory site on Nash Street. The motion was duly seconded and unanimously adopted upon a vote. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the previous action of the Board in appropriating $44, 000 from Revenue Sharing Funds for the purchase of the Armory site be rescinded and that $44, 000 from the Unappropriated Surplus in the General Fund be appropriated for such purpose. Commissioner Dotterer seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Messrs. Dotterer, F. Wicker, and G. Wicker voted for adoption and Mr. Cooper voted against adoption.