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BOOK 7 PACE 26 I MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Wednesday, July 17, 1968 A Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioner's Room at the Lee County Courthouse on Wednesday, July 17th, 1968, at 3:30 o'clock p. m., in accordance with and pursuant to a call issued by the Chairman under the authority of General Statutes 153-8. Those present were Chairman John E. Dotterer, Commissioners Max McLeod, A. E. White, Franklin D. Wicker, and Charles Robert Yow. None of the Commissioners were absent. Chairman John E. Dotterer presided and the following business was transacted: Mr. Robert Harris, City Manager of Sanford, and Mr. M. B. Harper, President of the Sanford Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the Board, Mr. Harris recommended that the Board consider increasing the size of the Northview water line to a 16 inch line to facilitate future industrial development. He estimated the extra cost to be approximately $94, 000.00. The Board indicated that the need was for a County wide distribution financed by a bond issue. Mr. T. T. Hayes of the firm of Hayes, Howell& Associates, appeared before the Board and presented a drawing showing a method of converting the wing on the south of the Courthouse to a Courtroom. There was a prolonged discussion about use of the Wilrik Building and the additional Courtroom. Commissioner McLeod moved the adoption of the following: That the firm of Hayes, Howell & Associates, be employed to prepare preliminary sketches and summary specifications and then to obtain a con- tractor's estimate of cost for the following projects: (1) A Courtroom in the wing to the south of the original Courthouse building. (2) Renovation of up to two floors of the Wilrik building. (3) New construction at the present Courthouse site of sufficient space to retain the tax collector and tax supervisor's offices at that site as well as to provide for a new Courtroom. There was no immediate second to the motion and Commissioner McLeod withdrew his motion. Commissioner White moved the adoption of the following Resolution: That the firm of Hayes, Howell & Associates, Architects, be employed to prepare detailed plans and specifications for obtain- ing firm bids on the following projects: (1) A Courtroom in the wing to the south of the original Courthouse building. (2) Renovation of up to two floors of the Wilrik building. (3) New construction at the present Courthouse site of sufficient space to retain the tax collector and tax supervisor's offices at that site as well as to provide for a new Courtroom. ~4