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®o~~ pnst M - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, May 7th, 1973 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 at the corner of Steele and Wicker Streets in the City of Sanford, at 10:00 i'clock a. m. , on Monday, May 7th, 1973. Commissioners Hal L. Hancock, J. Eugene Rogers, Franklin D. Wicker, Gordon A. Wicker and William H. Cooper were present. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: The written request of Mrs. F. W. McCracken, Jr. , for the refund of $41. 90, for taxes paid in the years 1970, 1971 and 1972, on Lot No. 77 in McCracken Heights Subdividion, which belongs to R. P. Williams, was presented to the Board. After discussion and upon the recommendation of the Tax Supervisor, Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers moved that the Tax Collector be authorized and directed to refund the sum of $41. 90 to Mrs. McCracken. Commissioner Hal L. Hancock seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, Rogers, F. Wicker and G. Wicker, all voted for it and no one voted against it. The written request of William H. Leachman, for a request of $800. 50, due to an error in classification of timber land was presented to the Board. It appeared that the property had been classified as timber lands when in fact it was cut over lands and this resulted in the improper tax billing. Comm- Hal L. Hancock moved that the Tax Collector be authorized and directed to refund $800. 50 to William H. Leachman for the over-assessment. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, Rogers, F. Wicker and G. Wicker all voted for it and no one voted against it. Chairman Wicker presented a letter from President J. F. Hockaday of the Central Carolina Technical Institute in which he estimated the needs of the Institution to be approximately $30, 000. 00 between now and the end of the cal- endar year with respect to the improvement program to be financed from the approved bond issue. Inquiry was made of the Local Government Commission as to the feasibility of issuing the bonds. They directed that bids be taken for the project before the bonds be sold. The minutes of the regular meeting held on April 16, 1973, were approved and ordered recorded. Commissioner William H. Cooper called the Board's attention to the special fuel tax regulation with respect to the operation of the equipment at the Sanitary Landfill. No action was taken, but Commissioners Hancock and F. Wicker were directed to consider the advisability of a separate fuel tank to facilitate complying with the regulations.