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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1944-01-19 A~J~'r~gular meeting of t~e Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia,l was held at the Office Building of said County on the 19th day of January, 19~4. Present: Messrs. E. J. Ballard, T. E. Bruce, P. H. Gentry, C. Purcell McCue, and W. W. Wood, and Dr. L. G. Roberts. Absent: None. Officers_present~ .Co~.u~..~y~Executive, Sheriff, and Commonwealth's Attorney. Minutes of the meetings of December 15, 1943 and January l, 19Z%were read and approved. A Summary Statement of Prisoner Days served in the County Jail during the month of December, 19~3, was submitted~ Upon motion, d~ly made and seconded, this statement was examined, verified, and approved. Statement of the Cost ~f Maintenance .......... of Prisoners confined in the County Jail for the month of December,~19%~, was~submitted. ...... Upon motion, duly made and seconded, this statement was examined, verified, and approved. ~. H. Ao Haden, Director of Finance, submitted a statement of Expenses of the Department of Finance for the mOnth of~De~ember, 19~3, one-third o~. which to be borne by the State. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, this statement was examined, verified, and approved~ ~r. H. A. Haden, Director of Finance, submitted a statement of Expenses of the Sheriff's Office for the month of December, 19~3, two-thirds of which to be borne by the State. Uoon motion, duly made and seconded, this statement was examined, verified, and approved. The following reports were presented and ordered filed: (a) County Executive. (b) Board of Equalization. (c) Game Warden. (d) University of Virginia Nospital. (e) District Home Board. Mr. Shelby, representing the State Planning Board, appeared and requested the Board to consider the advisibility of appointing a Planning Commission for this County. Ection on this matter was deferred until the next regular meeting. Dr. T. S. Englar appeared and recommended that the present Ordinance requiring dogs to be confined or vaccinated be continued and effective for another forty-five days. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the following Ordinance was unanimously adopted:~ BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of County Supervisors of Albe- marle County, Virginia, as follows, to-wit: The owners of all dogs in Albemarle~County shall keep the same confined ~n%heir premises unless muzzled in much manner that persons or animals will not be subject to the danger or.being bitten thereby, provided that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to dogs which have been innoculated or vaccinated in accordance with regulations approved by the County Health Board. It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor for any person to violate or permit the violation of the provisions of this ordinance and every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not tess than $10.00, nor more than $300.00, or by imprisonment in jail for not less than one, nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and impr~sonment~ BE ~T ~R~ER ORDAINED, that an emergency exists, and this ordinance is hereby made effective immediately, to~wit~ On January 19th, 1944, and shall remain in effect for forty-five days. ~.~'~emm~unt~t~on~s received from ~r. George Gilmer, Attorney, concerning the erroneous assessment of a tract of land in Albemarle County. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, Mr. George Gilmer, Attorney, who has been em- ployed to collect delinquent land taxes, has recom~ended that the following parcel of land be deleted from the County's Tax Rolls due to the fact that in his opinion the land is erroneously assessed: Tax Year Name .. Acreage. Distr. ict. 1923-1944 J.J. Wamberliok 11.80 White Hall NOW, THEREFORE,~BE IT RESOLVED. by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that thiseparcel of land be considered as erroneous assessment on the basis of Mr. Gilmer's report and no further efforts be made to collect the taxes on same. A letter from Major Youell, Commissioner of Corrections, concerning the consoli- dation of the City and County Jails was presented. The County Executive was instructed to write Major Youell that the Board felt that it would be advisable if he could arrange to come to Charlottesville and confer with the County Executive, the Sheriff, and the Commonwealth's Attorney concerning this matter. The Commonwealth's Attorney reported that the laws did not provide for any Vice- Chairman of the Board ~t~in ~he absence of the Chairman, the Board should elect a tern- porary chairman to preside at that meeting. The matter of the appointment of an Equalization ~oard for the year 1944 was brought to the attention of the Board. Mr. Gentry nominated Mrl~ C. M. Garnett, Mr. J. B. Kegley, s~ud ~r. P. C. ~inor as members of this Board. There being no further nominations, ~ Mr. Garnett, Mr. Kegley, and ~Ir. Minor were unanimously elected. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, it has been brought to theattention of this Board that there are numerous small tracts of ~and in this County, the taxes on which have no~ been paid for many years, and the value of these tracts is not sufficient to cover the cost of a suit if each piece is sold in a separate suit, and ~F2{EAS, some question 'has been raised as to the amount which should be allowed to an attorne~ as his fee in the tax suits, and WHEREAS, it appears that the owners of a piece of real estate should be liable for the taxes thereon, even though some slight error might be made in the name in which it is assessed by the assessing offic~in the event no one has been injured by such error, NOW, THERAFOF~, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that Mr. John S. Battle, member of the State,Senate, and Mr. E. O. McCue, Jr. and Mr. Allen K. Handolph, members of the House of Delegates, be and they are hereby requested to introduce and vigorously urge the passage of the following legislation: (l) A bill which will authorize the bringing of a suit covering more than one piece of real es- tate owned by more than one person, provided no single piece is assessed at a value over $50.00. (2) A bill which will provide for the fixing of the fees of the attorney in tax suits by the judge of the Circuit Court. A bill which will make the owner liable for taxes on real estate even though some slight error might be made by the assessing officer in assessing the property for taxation. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of this Board that a bill has been or will be introduced in the 1944 Session of the General Assembly to reduce the tax on automobile licenses, ° and WHERF~S, it is .the sense of this Board that the present rate is reasonaS~e, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board 'of County Supervisors'of Albemarle County, Virginia, that this Board go on record as being opposed to a reduction in the tax rate of automobile licenses or any other taxes now levied for the bene- fit of the maintenance and construction of highways in this State. BE IT FURTPH~R RESOLVED that this Board is opposed to the diversion of any road taxes now~ levied to any other purposes. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mr. John S. Battle, member of theState~Senate, and Mr. E. O. NcCue, Jr., and Mr. Allen K. Randolph, members of the S~a~e'~'~L~gistat~ of Virginia Claim of Dr. Burnley S. ¥~hite for board of stray dbgs fr~m September 10th to December 16th amounting to $120.05 was approved for payment. The Board~sattention was called to the fact that it was only necessary to confine a stray dog for five days before it could be disposed of. Some of the dogs included on Dr. White's bill had been kept and billed for as much as thirty-three days. The County Executive was instructed .to notify all officers that in the futUre any officer permitting a dog to remain in Dr. ~hite's care longer than five days would ~be expected to pay the cost beyond the five days period unless there was a good reason for doing so. The Board's attention was called to the fact that the Fire Company of Crozet needed five hundred feet of 1½" hose and there~w~s not sufficient money in the Crozet Fire District Fund to cover the cost of same. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the follow- in~ resolution was adopted by the following recorded vote: Ayes: Messrs. E. J. Batlard, T. Eo Bruce, P. H. Gentry, C. Purcell McCue, and W. W. Wood. Noes: None. BE IT RESOL~D by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that $100.00 or such amount as will be necessary to purchase five hundred feet of l~" hose for the Crozet Fire Department, be and the same is hereby appropriated. The County Executive recommended the appointment of Mrs. Ruth Burruss Huff as County Home Demonstration Agent to succeed the late ~?~s. Bessie Dunn Miller, which recom- mendati~n was approved by the Board. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: ~HEP~S, the County Board of Supervisors for Albemarle County, Virginia, in regular session, assembled this the l?th day of January, 1944, desires to'officially pay tribute and respect to the life, memory, and accomplishments of Mrs. Bessie Dunn Miller, who, for nearly half a century, has served this County as a teacher in the Public Schools and as Home Demonstration Agent, NON THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (1) That in the death of Mrs. Bessie Dunn Miller, the County of Albemarle has sustained the loss of an eminent and honored citizen, who was as well a faithful and efficient ~u~lic servant; (2) That we tender to her husband and to the other members of her family our sympathy in their bereavement; (3~ That a copy'of these resolutions be spread upon the records of this body as a part of the minutes of this meeting; (4) That a copy of these resolutions be published in the Daily Progress; (5) That the Clerk of this Board be directed to trans- mit a copy of these resolutions to her family. Claims against the County amounting to $98,759.49 were presented, examined, and allowed and ordered certified to the Director of Finance for payment and charged against the following funds: General fund School Fund Crozet Fire District Fund Dog Tax Fund National Defense Training Fund Investments Securities: Road Debt Fund: Charlottesville District Ivy District Rivanna District ~hite Hall District~ $20,235.5S 26,181.39 266.58 109.12 38.50 5,000.00 3,000.00 35~000;00 7,000.00 Commonwealth of Virginia: Dog Tax Credit AcCount $ 5.96 Commonwealth of Virginia: Current Credit Account . 1,922.41~ TOTAL $98,759.49 Upon motion, the meeting adjourned. Chairman. A regular meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, was held at the Office Building of said County on the 16th day of February, 1944. '~ Present: Dr. L. G. Roberts, and Messrs. E. J. Ballard, T. E. Bruce, P. H. Gentry, and ~. N. Wood. Absent: Mr. C. Purcell NcCue. Officers present: County Executive, Sheriff, and Commonwealth's Attorney. Minutes of the meeting of January 19-, 1944, were read and approved. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: -BE IT RESOLVEDby the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle~COunty, 'virginia, that the Highway Commission be and is hereby EequestSd-t0~'tAke into the Secondary System of High- ways the following public roads: Road leading from Road'No. 675 to White Hall-RS~reational Lake, a distance of approximately .9 of a mile. (2) R~d l~hding from the Western limits of the 'T6Wn of Scottsville to the proposed Site-~f the Industrial Plant, a distance of approximately .2 of a mile. ROad leading from Route 29 to old Route '29, South of Crossroads, a distance of approximately .2 of a mile. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS,'~it- HaSbeen brought to"the attention of this Board that there are-~ohds in the Secondary System of this County that are no longer of value to the public, NOW, THEPJEFOP~, BE IT RESOLVED by the BoardoSfCounty Supervisors of AIbe~le County, Virginia, that the following roads be abandoned insofar as maintenance be concerned: (1)' .9 of a mil~ on Route 600 from Route 641 to Greene County line. (2) 1.4 miles on Route 747 from Houte 600 South. (3) Route 643 from .2 of a mile North of Route 649 at Proffit to 1.45 miles North of Houte 649. (4) Route 675 from 1.8 miles East of Inter- section'of Route 614 to the Intersection of 678,oA d~tance of 1.4 miles. Route 690 from the Intersection of Route 250 to the Intersection of 692, a dis- tance of .3 of a mile. (6) Route 701 from the Intersection of Route 250 to'dead end, a distance of one mile. Route 631 from .8 of a mile Southwest of the Intersection of Rout~ 712 to 5.1 miles Southwest of the IntersectiOn of Route 712. A claim amounting to $2.50 of Dr. Richard T. Ergenbright, Jail Physician, was presented, examined and approved for payment. A. Su~mnary Statement of Prisoner Days served in the Coo~tyJail during the month of January, 1944, was submitted. Upon mOtion, duly made and seconded, this statement was examined, verified, and approved.