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(`73 E r ; i K1~~JM a 1 M MINUTE5'OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD' "OF COMMISSIONERS FOR, THE COUNTY'OF LEE,. NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday, April 4th, 1972 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, convened on Tuesday, April 4th, 1972, at 9:30 o'clock A. M. , in the Commissioners' Room on the second floor of the County Office Building at the corner of Steele Street and Wicker Street in the City of Sanford. Monday, April 3, 1972, the normal meeting day was Easter Monday and a public holiday. Those present when the meeting opened were Commissioners William H. Cooper, Perry White, Gordon A. Wicker and Chairman Franklin D. Wicker. Commissioner J._ Eugene Rogers was absent. Chairman Franklin D. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: Mr. James L. Clark, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and presented the written request of The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia, for relief of the penalties on taxes levied on advertising signs located in Lee County. Mr. Clark explained that local distributors had failed to list these signs for taxation and the State Board of Assessment had advised him what valuation to pick up on our books. Tax bills had been prepared in accord- ance with these values and penalties included. Commissioner William H. Cooper moved that The Coca Cola Company be relieved of the penalties on the tax statements since the failure to list had been inadvertant rather than deliberate. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote, Messrs, Cooper, White, G. Wicker, and F. Wicker all voted for it and no one voted against it. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers joined the meeting and participated in the further deliberations of the Board. Commissioner William H. Cooper presented a road petition re- questing that SR 1140 in Greenwood Township be paved between SR 1144 and U. S. Highway No. 421. Commissioner Cooper then moved the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Lee has investigated the condition of the above described road which is now a part of the system of roads maintained by the State Highway Commission, and which is indicated in red on the attached map; and WHEREAS, after careful consideration of the services rendered by said road and the traffic demands of said County, it is deemed necessary that said road be improved in order to better serve the interests of the people of this county. NOW, :THEREFORE,, be it resolved, and the Board of e a fCounty."Commissioners hereby approved and request that the State Highway Commission make the following improve- mentstin the above described road: Paved. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted.