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1 BOOK 7 PACE 466 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday, September 8, 1970 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioner's Room of the County Office Building on Tuesday, September 8,. 1970, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., the same being the time, date, and place duly established for the holding of such meeting, Monday, September 7th, 1970, being a public holiday. The Chairman called the meeting to order and on roll call, the following answered present: William H. Cooper, Franklin D. Wicker, Gordon A. Wicker, and John E. Dotterer. Commissioner Perry White was absent when the meeting opened. Chairman John E. Dotterer presided and the following business was transacted: The drafts of the minutes of the meetings held on August 3 and 10, were approved and ordered recorded. Commissioner Perry White joined the meeting and participated in the further deliberations of the Board. The Board then considered the monthly bills as listed by the County Accountant. After discussion, the items for the County Office Building water'. bill and the donation to the Sanford Tobacco Board of Trade were deleted from the list and as so amended, the list was approved for payment upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A., Wicker, seconded by Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, duly adopted. The Chairman called for a motion to provide for payment of the $35, 000 school bond anticipation note. Commissioner William H. Cooper moved that the sum of $35,000. 00 be transferred from the Revaluation Fund to the Debt Retirement Fund for the purpose of retiring the outstanding bond anticipation note with the understanding that a sufficient levy be made in the next budget for debt retirement to. repay the Revaluation Fund. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote it was unanimously adopted as follows: AYE: Cooper, White, F. Wicker, G. Wicker, J. Dotterer NAY: None Mr. Fred Murchison, Jr., and a group of citizens appeared before the Board about improvements on Globe Street Extension in the Mabe Hill section of Jonesboro Heights. It appeared, however, that the road had never been added to the State Maintained Secondary Road System, and the people were furnished with the proper petition to have executed. Mr. Sion H. Kelly, Clerk of Superior Court, appeared before the Board and requested additional air conditioning in the district Courtroom wing of the Courthouse. Messrs.. Sam Bass, Owen Robertson, Vic Keith and Sonny Baker, of the Lee. County Recreation Foundation, appeared before the Board and Mr. Bass discussed the alternative available to the foundation for the development of the Civic Center. There was extended discussion and the representatives of the foundation were asked to confer with the County School Board about the desirability of their site as to the location for a school. No formal resolutions were adopted.