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y MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR _ LEE COUNTY Monday, January 17, 1972 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee,, State of North Carolina, convened on Monday, January 17, 1972, at ten o'clock a, m, in the Commissioners' room, second floor, County Office Building, corner of Steele and Wicker Streets,, Sanford, North Carolina. Those present were: Commissioners J. Eugene Rogers,. Perry White, Gordon A. Wicker and Franklin D. Wicker. Commissioner William H. Cooper was absent. Chairman Franklin D. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: The meeting was opened by prayer given by Commissioner Perry White. The minutes of the meeting held on January 3, 1972, were approved and ordered recorded. Mr. Billy Ray Cameron,. Civil Defense Director, and Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, reported on the meeting held in Raleigh on the preceding Friday on Farm Home Administration participation in County water and sewer projects. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker requested Superintendent Hugh Brewer to report on the electrical service at the County's gasoline dispensing facility. The Chairman then proceeded to open the bids received for ambulances. The bids were publicly opened and read. The bids were as follows: The Challenger Corporation (1971) $ 13, 931.00 Superior Coach Company 14, 098. 15 Mobile Conversion Company 14, 858.00 The Challenger Corporation (1972) 15, 106.00 The bid of Crain-Garage M-M Sales was exam ned and found not to be in conformity with the specifications. The representatives of Superior Coach Company and Crain-Garage M-M Sales were heard. Commissioner Perry White moved the low bid of The Challenger Corporation in the-amount of $13, 931.00 be accepted and the sum of $7,200.00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund to the Ambulance Service for the purpose of purchasing the ambulance. Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers seconded the motion and upon a vote it was adopted upon a roll call vote as follows: Aye: Rogers, White, G. Wicker, F. Wicker Absent: Cooper Niy: None There was a discussion about the recreational program for senior citizens and Commissioner Gordon Wicker moved that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus in the general fund to the Mental Health Department to institute a recreational program for senior citizens. Commissioner Perry White seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote it was adopted as follows: Aye: Rogers, White, Absent: Cooper Nay: None G. Wicker, F. Wicker