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BOO rc~ J MINUTES OF THEREGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS . F OR THE COUNTY•OF.LEE, NORTH CAROLINA, Monday, December Ii 1975 yy JJ..yy yy« y L J.J- . f T . f f,f . fTTT'f TT TTT'"~i 'F i~TT1~TTTTTTTTTTTT'rT~fT 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 at 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, on Monday, December 1, 1975, at 9:30 o'clock a. m. Those present were Commissioners William H. Cooper, John E._ Dotterer, Hal L. Hancock, Franklin D. Wicker, and Gordon A. Wicker. This being the first regular meeting in December, the Board acting pursuant to'G. S. 153A-39, proceeded to select a Chairman and Vice-Chairman to serve for the ensuing year, Mr. James L,_CNark„ Tax,Supervisor wasy•requested to conduct an election by secret ballot for these positions. Mr. Clark distributed ballots to each Commissioner and collected them,and tallied,the results. Mr. Clark announced that, Commissioner Gordon A Wicker liad'unanimously been elected to serve as Chairman and that Commissioner Hal ,L, Hancock had been elected Vice-Chairman by a majority vote of four to one. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker thereafter presided and the following business was transacted: The Board appointed K. R. Hoyle as County Attorney and designated' him to serve as Clerk to the Board of Commissioners upon motion of Commissioner Dotterer, seconded by Commissioner Hancock, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. The minutes of the November 3, 1975 meeting were corrected and as corrected were approved and ordered recorded. The Board recognized Mrs. Darnell, who, besides working as a nurse in the Lee County Hospital is also the President of District 22 of the Nurses Association. Mrs, Darnell asked the Board to. name a nurse to the Board of Directors of Lee County Hospital, Inc, , as a means to allow nurses to have a voice in the determination of hospital policies. Miss Betty Rosser, a part-time employee at the Lee- County Hospital spoke to the Board and stated that the present Directors meeting are not conducive to employees appearing and stating their feelings. Commissioner Hancock asked that the name of Mrs. Nancy Matthews Hall be added to the' list of nominees being considered by•the Board. Commissioner Dotterer made some observations about the operations of.the hospital. Mrs. Reba Coggins, another employee spoke about conditions there. After hearing .all* interested parties, the Commissioners proceeded to hold. an election to name the new directors. -When the votes were tallied, it was determined that Dr. John Blue and Mr. Richard Rush have received the highest number of votes. The Chairman declared that Dr. Blue and Mr. Rush had been duly elected as directors of Lee County Hospital, Inc., for a term,of four (4) years'to expire on December 30,. 1979.