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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1951-09-19 A regular meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, was held at the Office Building of said County on the 19th day of September, 1951. Present: Messrs. C. Purcell McCue, E. J. Ballard, Henry Chiles a~ C. R. Dorrier. Absent: Messrs. J. W. Williams and W. W. Woad. Officers present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney. Minutes of the meetir~s of July 18, 1951, August 15, 1951, September 6, 1951, and September 13, 1951 were read. M'mn~tes of July 18, August 15, and September 6 were approved and minutes of Sep- tember 13 Were ordered corrected with regard to the $25,000.00 appropriation to the Joint City-County Airport Committee. Mr. Ra~ndolph H. Perry, Mr. Llegellyn Haden and Mr. C. L. Searcy appeared and requested the Board to appropriate $800.00 to co~er oma-half of the traveling expenses of the Monticello Guards for their trip to Toronto, Canada, the other o~e-half being paid by the City of Charlottesville. Upon motioz made by Mr. Chiles a~ seconded by Mr. Ballard, the following resolution wa~ unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that $800.00 be and is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Re- serve of the General Fund to the Monticello Guards to. cover one-half of its ~ravel- ing expenses on their trip to Toronto, Canada. Mr. Paul H. Cale, Superintendent, appeared and advised the Board that the School Board is work- ing on specifications for equipment for the Central High School and plans to advertise for bids shortly. Mr. Cale also advised the. t there is an overcrowded condition in the seventh grade at McIntire and that plans have been made to make an additional class room out of part of the library and asked the Board if funds for same should be appropriated or used out of operating funds. Mr. Robinson recommended that this work be charged to capital outlay and upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and secondec by Mr. Baltard, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the .Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that $1420.00 be and is hereby appropriated from Unappropriated Surplus of School Operating Fund to Capital Improvements of the School Fund for an additional classroom for McIntire School. Mr. W. W. Shields, Resident Engineer of the Department of Highways, appeared and advised the B_oard that 3.7 miles of Route 677, from Route 250 to Route 676, has been widened and is in shape for oil treatment. Upon motion, made by Mr.~ Henry Chiles and seconded by Mr. C. R. Dsrrier, the following reso- lution was unanimously adopted: ~.~. ~ ~' BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, %hat the State Highway Department be and is hereby recommended to pre- coed with oil treatment of Route 677.~ifor 3.7 miles from Route 250 to Route 676 if funds are available for this work. Mr. W. W. Shields, Resident Engineer, advised the Board that conditions set forth in the fol- lowing Viewers' Report of February 6, 1950, which report was accepted by this Board on February 15, 1950, have .been met by the' petitioners: ~!We, the undersigned, being Viewers appointed by your Board at its regular meeting on January 18, 1950 to view the following described section of road and make re- port to your Board, hereby wish to advise that on January 25, 1950 we viewed this section of road and make the following report: Begizmi~g at Belleview Ave. and the East Corporate Limits of Charlottesville, thence over Coleman Street for 0.1 mile to the north. We find that the present road carries 40 foot right of way and serves three (3) families. We further believe that the landowners er users of this section should be required to stabilize the surface of road with 40 tons of run of crusher (from 1" down) stone. Therefore, we recommend to your Board if~ and when the petitioners provide this re- quired stone that same should be placed in the State Secondary System. ~ (Signed) J. B. Kegley Hugh N. Clark · unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board-of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that the State Highwgy Department be and is hereby recommended to take into the State Secondary System, O.1 mile beginning at Belleview Ave. and the East Corporate Limits of Charlottesville, thence over Coleman Street. Mr. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, presented the Public Service Assessments for the year 1951 made by the State Corporation Commission, which assessments were accepted. Mr. E. H. ~ain appeared before the Board and requested that the Board increase its annual contribution to the Community Chest from $1200.00 to $1500.00. Upon motion, made by Mr. Dorrier and seconded by Mr. Ballard, action on this matter was deferred until the next regular meeting of the Board. Claim of Mr. W. E. Buford for three ewes killed by dogs was presented. Upon motion, made by Mr. Dorrier and seconded by Mr. Chiles, Mr. Buford was allowed the assessed value of $30.00 for each of these ewe s. Claim of Comer Smith f&r five ewes assessed at $20.00 each and five lambs weighing approxi- mately eighty-five pounds each was presented. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, Mr. Smith was allowe~ the assessed value for the ewes and $24.00 each for the lambs. Mr. Leon S. Pure appeared and presented two claims against the Dog Tax Fnnd. The first claim for two ewes for whichMr. Pure was allowed the assessed value of $30.00 each. The second claim for five ewes for which Mr. Dure was allowed one-half of the assessed value due to the fact that his dog may have been involved in the sheep killing. Mr. Robinson advised the Board that Mr. J. T. Via had requested that he be paid for lamb which he claimed was killed by dogs which was not viewed by the Game Warden and which was previously denied by this Board. Mr. P~binson was instructed to write Mr. Via advising him that if more evidence is presente~ in this case the Board will be glad to reopen the matter. Mr. E. H. Bain and a group fr~m Crozet apPeared and requested that Mr. E. H. Davis be employed as a permanent Deputy Sheriff. After a discussion of this matter, motion was made by Mr. Chiles, secon- ded by Mr. Dorrier, offering the following resolution which was unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that if the Sheriff deems it advisable to employ Mr. E. H. Davis as Deputy Sheriff for the months of November and December, 1951, and if he should make application to this Board for additional funds for this purpose, the Board of Supervisors will give sympathetic consider~tion to his request. BE TT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be submitted te Mr. J. Mason S~ith, Sheriff. Sheriff Smith appeared before the Board regarding the foregoing matter and advised the Board that he had been approached regarding the re-employment of Mr. Davis for the months of November and December and he agreed that Mr. Davis' services should be maintained and upon motion, duly~made and seconded, it was ordered that the minutes of July 18, 1951 be amended to show $1,000.00 as the amount of salary for State participation instead of $600.00, and the following resolution was unaz~mously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that $400.00 be amd is hereby appropriated from the U~appr~opriated Re- serve to ceEer the salary of Dep~y Sheriff E. H. Davis for the months of Ne~ember and December, 1951. Report of the County Executive for the month of August, 1951, was presented, approved, and ordered filed. Mr. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statement of Expenses of the Department of Finance for the month of August, 1951, one-third of which to be borne by the~?'State. Upon motion, dul~ made and seconded, this Statement was examined, verified and approved. made and seconded, this Statement Mas examined, verified and approved. Mr. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statement of ExpenSes of the Commonwealth Attorney's Office for the month of August, 1951, one-half of which to be borne by the State. Upon motion, duly made and seconded this Statement was examined, verified and approved. Statement of expenses incurred in the maintenance of prisoners confined in the County Jail during the month of August, 1951, along with a S~ary Statement of Prisoner Days was submitted. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, these Statements were examined, verified,end approved. Claim of Dr. Richard T. Ergenbright, Jail Physician, in the amount of $13.00 was present®d and approved for payment. A report was received and read from the Department of Welfare and Institutions on the inspec- tion of the County Jail a~d was ordered filed. Reports of the Department of Public Welfare for the month of August, 1951, were presented in accordance with Section 371 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1950. Claim of the Ur~iversity of Virgir~ia H~spital in the amount of $1,955.04, one-half of which is due by the County, was presented and approved for payment. The matter of the construction of the County Repair Shop was discussed and Mr. Robinson was i~- structed to contact Mr. ~illiams and Mr. Wood regarding a special meeting te be held regarding this matter. Communication was received from the Compensation Board advising that the request of the Directe of Finance for an additional all&wance of $400.00 for postage and a~ additional allowance of $175.00 for telephone and telegraph had been a~proved by the Compensation Board for the Department of Finance. The matter of the Crozet water supply was discussed at length and upon motion, made by ~r. 6hiles and seconded by Mr. Dorrier, it was ordered that this matter be referred to the Crozet Water Committee with the request that they study the matter and make their recommendations to the Board~ The audit report for the calendar year 1950 and the period of January 1, 1951 through June 30~$~ 1951, of the Sheriff's Office was received from the Auditor of Public Accounts and reviewed by the Board along with the Sheriff. Mr. Dorrier suggested that an annual audit be made of the Sheriff's Office. Report was received from the Department of Conservation and Development on fiscal matters be- tween the County of Albemarle and the Virginia Forest Service for the fiscal year ending Ju~ 30, 1951. Report on the test made on weighing and measuring devices in the County during the current year w~s received from the Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Division of Markets and ordered filed, and upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by Mr. Dorrier, it w~s ordered that the contract with the Division of Markets be renewed for the coming year at the rate of $135.00. Upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by Mr. Ballar~, the following amendments to the Constitution of the League of Virginia Counties were ordered submitted for consideration at the 1951 Annual Meeting of the League of Virginia Counties: Amend Article IV, Officers, (a) to read as follows: (A) The Officers of the League e~all be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary and a Treasurer. Amend Article V, Emecutive Board, to read as follows: The E~ecutive Board shall consist cf the President, Immediate Past Presi- dent, the two Vice-Presidents, and a member from each Congressional District. The Treasurer ami the Secretary shall he members ex-officio. Communication was received from Mrs. T. E. Bruce accepting the Board's appointment ~o the Libra~ Board for a term of two years ending Jm 30, 1953. Communication was received from the Daily Progress and action thereon was deferred until the next regular meeting of the Roard. The matter of tax collections was again brought to the attention of the Board and action thereon was deferred until the next meeting ~f the Board. The matter of the assessment of Robert Crile on turkeys was discussed ami a communication was presented from Mr. Frank Moyers, Commissioner of Revenue of Rockingham County advising that in Reckingham The matter of County dumps was again discussed ~and Mr. MarShall advised the Board that he and Mr. Clark had contacted Mr. Marvin E. Wiess regarding a lease on his property for the establishment of a dump and Mr. Wiess had advised that he would lease this property to the County for $225.00. Upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by Mr. Dorrier, Mr. Samuel S. Clark was authorized to renegotia~ with Mr. Wiess a~d advise him that the Board is Milling to pay up to $120.00 per annum for his property but would pay no m~re. Upon motioh of Mr. Dorrier, seconded by Mr. Chiles, Mr. Clark was also authorize~ to negotiate with the BlU~ Ridge Slate Corp. for a dump at Esmont. Communications were received from the State ghamber of Commerce and ordered filed. A report on the audit of the accounts of the District Home was received from the Auditor of Public Accounts and ordered filed. Mr. D. A. Robineon advised the Board that he had tentatively placed an order for a truck for the Crozet Sanitary District. Upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by Mr. Ballard, Mr. Robinson was authorized to purchase the truck, the cost of which to be charged to the Crozet Sanitary District Upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by Mr. Ballard, it was ordered that r~tice be given in the Daily Progress once a week for two consecutive weeks that at the October 17, 1951 meeting of this Board it is intended to propose for passage ~n Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance to prohibit possession, sale, offering for sale, storage, or use of fireworks of any ~ture whatsoever in the County of Albemarle, Virginia, and providing penalties for violation of said Ordinance as authorized by Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1950, page 619." Claims against the County amounting to $179,368.16 Mere presented, examined, and allo~sd and certified to the Director of Finance for payment and charged against .the following funds: General Fund School Fund Dog Tax Fund CrozetrFire District Fund Crozet Sanitary District Fund Joint Health Fund School Construction Bond Fund $ 49,135.25 65,949.78 262. O0 '~ 907.97 899.49 3,065.72 30,917.06 Albemarle Central High School Fund 27,767.89 Commonwealth of Virginia Current Credit Account ~ $179,368~16 Upon motion, the meeting adjourned. Chairman