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AOL 8 r~.~E 535 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS .FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, September 15, 1975 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Countyof Lee, convened in the Commissioners Room on the second floor of the County Office Building at 201 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, on Monday, September 15, 1975, at 7:00 o'clock p.m. . Those present were Commissioners Hal L. Hancock, Franklin D. Wicker, and Gordon A. Wicker. Commissioners John E. Dotterer and William H. Cooper were absent. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: The minutes of the regular meeting held on September 2, 1975, were approved upon motion of Commissioner Hal L. Hancock, seconded by Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, which motion was unanimously adopted upon a vote. The road program and the priority schedule submitted by the Highway Division of the Department of Transportation were discussed and re- viewed by the Board. Mr. A. F. Denise of Route No. 1, Box 25, Broadway (Harnett County), North Carolina, appeared before the Board and requested that funds be allocated for an alcoholic treatment program. He presented a written outline of his proposal for the Board's consideration. The Chairman reported to the Board that the statements for the County's share of the purchase price of communications equipment for the Sheriff's Department had been received. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker moved that the sum of $3, 545. 00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund to the Sheriff's Department Fund for the'purchase of equipment. Commissioner Hal L. Hancock seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Messrs. Hancock, F. Wicker, and G. Wicker voted for it and no one voted against it.' The Chairman reported that Mr. Hugh Brewer had advised him that repairs needed to be made to the walls in the vault of the Clerk of Superior Court's office. This work was started late Friday afternoon and the crews worked over the weekend to keep interference with the routine of the office. Mr. Brewer had estimated the repairs will cost $2, 500. 00 and requested that funds be approp- riated since this project was not included in his budget request. After discussion the Board decided to approve the project and would consider a request for funds later in the year if the completed projects have used up the maintenance funds. The Chairman reported that the County had purchased the Pearl Poe property on Elm Street and had obtained insurance on the dwelling house in the amount of $15, 000. 00. This value for the dwelling was approved.