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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-12-20 A regular meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Aiboraar!e County~ Virginia was held at the Office Building of said Ootmty on the 20th day of De~ember~ 1950. ~esen~: ~4~.ssrs. ~. P~cel! ~gcOu~ E, J. Ba!t~d, Hazy Chil~s, C. R. Dorri~r~ ~d J. W. ~Jiliiams. ~bsemt~ ~. ~. ~. Wood. Officers ~esent: County ~ecutiv~ ~ud ~tr. D. B. ~4arshall~ substituting for the Oo~onwea!~h ~ s A~tormey. ~utes of the mes~ings of October 18th, November !st~ and November 15~ wer~ read and approved. ~1r. ~. W. Shields~ Resident Highway Eugimeer, appeared and reported to the Board that d~ages resulting from floods in the Co~uty had amounted to approxir~tely ~6000.00, the worst d~age b~iag in the k~tl Fair ~a. ~. 8hi~!ds advised that the ~n~ay Department would, attempt to ~aarge repairs to flood damage f~ds ra~her than re,ar cotmty f~ds. ~f~. Shields further reported that ~fm'. He~y Chiles and i~. Sam Clark had been working on the rights of way on Route 240 for a sidewalk and that they had the work ~ned in good s~pe~ but requested ~hat ~he Board ~dopt a resection giving authori~ the rights cZ way needed in this project. I¢2~. Shields advised t~t the Highway would move all obst~cti~m off of proposed righ~of we~ ~d rep!ac~ same on o~ners property in as good shape as possible. Upon motiom~ made by I4r. Williams and seconded by i,~h~. Bail~d the following resolution was ~imous~ BE IT ~SOL~D_by ~e Bo~d of County Supe~isors of Albem~le Co~ty~ Virgi~a~ that ~. He~y Chiles and ~k~. S~ Cl~k~ ~ho ~ working om the sidewa~ project along Route ~0 in Orozet, V~gi~a, be and they '~e hereby authorized to sec~e the necessary rights of way for said pro- ject, this avthority being given with the unders~n~ng that ~e State Highway De~rtment shall move a~ obstructions off of proposed right of way and replace s~e on o~sr's ~opsrty in as good s~pe as possible. ~. ~cCue a~ked ~r. Shields what the Highway Department's pl~us ~e for Route 635 ~d ~. S~elds advised that this road had been ~placed in the tentative oiling schedule in next's ye~'s b~get for a distance of 2~ miles. ~ter several citizens appeared reg~ding this ~tter and conc~rsd in ~. ~cCue's reco~endation that an additional .9 ~le be in- in the Highway Department's provue. A petition was received setting forth the l~downers' r~quest. A resolutio$ was received fr~[~the J~or Chamber of Co~aerce r~uesti~ the Bo~d of Supe~isors and ~e State Highway Co~ssion to t~e action necessary to make appropriate improvements to Route 732~ extendi~ from S~neon to Milton, in order to make this route available to visitors going to and from ~enticello. ~. Shields aSvised that this road woul~ cost approx~uately $25,000.00 a~ that there w~e not sufficient f~ds in seconds~y allo- cations to take c~e of this. ~. Leonard Herron and severaloother interested cit~ze~ appeared and presented a petition addressed to the Highway Co~ission requesting that the Department take all necsss~ steps to sl~ traffic at the intersection of Route 29 ~d Route 649 ~d to erect such signs and markings as may be necessary to cut down on accidents at this point~ and requested that the Board of Supervisors m~e tl~s rsco~endation to the Highway D~p~tment. T~s petition was sub~tted to ~r. Shields, and upon motion, made by ~. Chiles a~ seconded by ~. the lo,owing resol~tion was un~imously adopted: BE IT ~SOL~D by the Board of Cowry Supervisors of Albemarle County, V~ginia, that the State Department of Highways be ~d is hereby ......... ~ ~* ~m at the Intersection of Route 29 ~,rs. J. ~. ~acLeod~ President of the Albemarle Historical Society, appeared garding the hanging of Pictures in the Court Room. ~;~rs. ~acLeod stated that numerous citi- zens of the County were anxious to rehang the o~id pictures in the Court Room. ~k~s. ~acLeod was advised that her committee could hang the restored pictures of co~z%ty notables in the gallery of the Cotmty Room in uniform frames and that ~. Robinson would work with the com- mittee on this matter. ~rs. ~acLeod also presented a resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors to authorize the Historisal Society to initiate and supervise the raising of a fund for a portrait of Thomas Jefferson to be hung in the Court Room. U.oon motion, made by ~r. ~il!iam and seconded by ~Ym. Chiles, the following re~olution was unanimously adopted: BE IT ?W~SOLI~D by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle Cou~ty~ Virginia~ that the Albemarle County Historical SoCiety be an~ is hereby authorized to initiate and supervise the rm&sing of a fund for a portrait o~ Thomas Jefferson to be hund in the Court Room and to select the artist to be commissioned to do 'the work. ~,~s. ~Y~acLeod also advised the Board that the Historical Society wished the Board to know that it endorsed 'the proposed Jack Jouett Highway. Claim of ~. C. ~. Pen~ington for five ewes was aggin presented to the Board and ~¢r¢. P'ennington appeared regarding his claim. Mr. Pennington advised that although only two bodies were found, one of them was on the ~ank of the river and this showed evidence of having been killed by dogs, and that he felt that on the basis of this, dogs nmst have killed the other ewes and they were washed away by the river. ~,~. Napier stated that he felt ~¢,r. Penniugton's claim was a just one although he did not ~ew all five bodies. ~pon motion~ ~de by ~r. Chiles and seconded by ~. ~i!iiams~ ~. Pennington's c~.~im was ap- proved on t2ze basis of the Game ~s~cden's statement. Claim of Dr. John L. Nanahan for fouz' ewes was presented. .~. Napier, Game ?¢arden, advised that only one ewe was killed but that another was d~umaged to the extent thatil it could not possibly live¢ and recommended that the Board reimburse B~I 5~anahan for these ~¢~o ewes. However, }Ch'. Napier stated that he could not recommend the Board to pay for the o Dr. t~%anahan's claLm just on the basis that Dr. ~%anahan claimed to have paid more to keep . .~r. Cnmles and seconded by ~. them alive than they were vcorth. Upon motion, made by ~ "' V¢i!!iams¢ Dr..~.(ar~han was allowed the assessed value of ~$.O0 each for two ewes. Claim of S. Douglas for one k4d was presented. Upon motion, made ~ ~r. Chiles '~7~'~' ~r. Douglas was allowed ~!,O0 for this kid, the assessed and se~'onded by ~r. ~,_zmmams~ value of those in his possession on January ist. Claim was received from ~s. B. O. Noore for thirteen guineas missing the first day of huntSnag season. ~r. Napier reported t~hat he did not view any of the bodies and th~s claim. Upon motion, made by ~r. Chiles and seconded could not reco~mmend payment of ~ ~ by ~h~. Williams, this claim was de~ied. ~. Robinson advised t2~at Mr. C. L. Brown who was allowed the assessed value of e~cn for s~v~nte~n ducks at the last meeting of the Board~ had returned his check stating that the ducks killed were not the ducksaassessed but had been purchased s~uce the first of the year. Upon motion, made by ~Y¢. Chiles and seconded by Nr. Ballard, ~¢~. Brown was allowed ~0.75 each for these ducks. Co~m~uaication was received and read from _~r. Napier regarding the claim of ~rs. Grace ~¢~. Keane. ~tr. Robinson advised that in accordance with the Board's instructions he ha& re- quested ~Y~. Napier to give more definite details on future claims investigated. ~. Robin- ~her two ewes in 180 ticate but in t~e future to leave the original copy with the claimant witch instructions that his claim be notarized and forwarded to the Department of Finance, that the second cop~ be submitted by the Narden to the DepartmSnt of Finance~ a~d tha{!'the;~7~arden keep the third copy for his files. After a discussion of this matter~ ~. Rob~ason's' instructions were a~ proved by the Board with the exception of +J%e c~iF~mat's copy being nots~ized, in which in- stant it ~as the Bosm~d's feeling that this would place a hardship on the claimant which could be remedied just as well by a stamp on the claim stating the penalty for giving false information. ~r. 5~arshall was requested to work out a stamp to be used for this purpose. Report of the County ~[ecutive for the month of November, 1950~ was presented, approved, and ordered filed. ~r. D. A. Robinson~ Director of Fir~nce~ submitted a Statement of Expenses of the Department of Finance for the month of November, 1950~ one,third of which to be borne by the Upon motion, duly ma~e and secOnded, this Statement was exa~haed, verified~ and ap- State. proved. N~. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statement of Expenses of the Sheriff's Office for the month of November, 1950, tw~o-thirds of which to be borne by the Upon motion, dully made and seconded~ this Statement was examined, verified~ and ap- State o proved. I~. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statement of ~xpenses of the Commonwealth's Attorney,s Office for the month of November, 1950, one-half of which to be borne ~ the State. Upon motion, duly made mud seconded~ this Statement was ex,ned, veri- ~ d and approved. A Statement of Expenses inc~ed in the maintenance of prisoners confined Lu the County Jai~, along with a Summsa-y Statement of Prisoner Days for the month of Nove~0er, 1950 was submitted. ~pon motion~duly made and seconded, these Statements were examined, verified and approved. Cl~ of Dr. Richard T. Ergenbright in the amount of ~]3.00 was presente~nd ap- proved for payment. ~. D. A. Robinson, County Executive, presented reports of the Welfare Department for the month of November, 1950, in accorded%ce with Chapter 371 of the Acts of +Jne Assembly of 1950. Report of the District H~me for the two month's period ending October 31~ 1950, wa~' presented and ordered filed. ~. Robinson reported that he had written to the Crippled ChilS~en's Hospital requesting the information desired by th® B6ard but that he had received no reply to his letter. The following resolution was received from the School Board~ V~REAS, the State Department~of Education is appropriating $500.00 for changing electric wiring in ~ne general shop for Joint Negro High School, and W~R~AS~ this appropriation is tO be sent to the Albemarle Comity SChool Board with the understanding that it is to be shared equally with the 8harlottesville School Board, BE IT, Tl:22REFOP~ P~SOLVED~ that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors be and is hereby requested to pay to the Charlottesville City' School Board ~250.00, its share Of this appropriation. Upon motion, made by ~fm~. Dottier and seconded by ~. Ffilliams, the above request was unanimously approved. In accordance with a reeuest received from the School Board~ ~he following reso- lution was unanimtusly adopted:~ BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle }.~;~. Robinson reported that he had talked ~th ~h~. lv~cNutt of Wiley and ~ilson amd ~a~ ~..~.~ had ad~_sed %hat ~h~ water line to the consoli~ted high school wout~ cost ap~ox~ately ~72~000.00. ~L~. ~cNutt also reco~ended a ten inch line for ~ae first 4,~00 feet ~d s~ eight inch line thereafter, and also a i00~000 gal. ta~ and a booster p~p. No action was taken on this matter pending a v~i%ten repor~ from ¥~iley and ?~ilson. Co~m~ication was received from ~Ir. George W. Stacsy re~s~ding the assessment students and was ref~red to ~. ~Iarsha!l. ~r. 5~arshali stated that he would like to take ~his ~ter up wi~h ~ir. Fife before advising the Bo~.d on the matter. Commu~cation was received from the Atvorns~ General regarding poll t~es and was ordered filed. Co~m~ication was received from Acme Visible Records, Inc. %ha~g its interest ~a the Company locating in the Cotmty ~ad was ordered filed. Communication was received from ~e City ~anager of the capital of Pelto Rico regarding the attempt on the President's ~fe ~nd the uprising in ?eu~ro Rico and ~. Robinson was inst~cted to ac~owledge receipt of this letter. CoruScation was received ~om Chikao Honda, Pres_den~ of the ~a~chi Newspap~r~ e~,;~b~o, ex~essing ~is gratitude for the co~tesy shown l~m dum~ ~s ~si% %o this co,try and ~r. Robinson was inst~cted to acknowledge reqeipt of this co~ication. Upon motion~ mad~ by ~. Williams and seconded by ~. Dorrier~ the fo!!~i~ Jait Physici~s~ Contracts were approved: THIS A~NT m~e this first day of Juiy~ 1950, by and be- ~?een ~e Co%mty of Albemarle, Party of the First P~t~ and Dr. R. T. ~genbright, ~arty of the Second Part, WITNESSETH: THAT ~AS Dr. Er~en~ight is from time to time called by the Jailor for the County of Albemarle to attend prisoners in County Jail~ NO~, T~FO~, i% is agreed between %he parties hereto that for services so rendered Dr. Ergenbright shall be paid for each visit ~de ~o the Jail $~.00 for the firs¢ patient treated on such visit ~d $!.00 for each ad~tional patient treated on such visit. I% is _%~bher a~eed %ha% patients will not be treated e~c- cept at the request of the Jailer or his Deputy and ~hat all bliss for service rendered shall be itemized and submitted %o the Jailer for approval. ?his con, act s~li remain in force for a period of one yes~ from the date hereof. WITix~SS ~e signatures of the parties the day and the year zzrs% above written. OODI~[TY OF A~f[~LE By D.A. Robinson Co~ty Executive Rich~d T. Ergenbright (Same contract as above ~de with Dr. Thomas E. Jones.) }~. Robinson was requested to con~ot the Compensation Board again reg~ding allowance for Jail Physician~ s fees. ~. Robinson presented the Game ~arden Agreement ~ received from the Co~mission of Game a~ Inland Fisheries and upon motion~ made by [~. Willies and seconded Do~ier~ ~zr. Robinson was authorized to execute this Contract on beha~ of the Oo~%ty upon the ass~ance of the Conmission that telephone sera_ce will be avai!bble %o both Game 9[arde~. ~. Robinson reported ~at he had sub, teed the ~nold Contract to the Compen- sation Board and they had agreed ~o reimb~se the County on the ~intenance of the ~o-way radio equipment. The matter of responsibility for d~ages %o Cowry owned vehicles was discussed and upon the reco~endation of ~. Robinson. ~- k~a~ ~+~ +~ ~ ........ Communication wa~ received from Mrs. Julia G. Ault requesting the Board to chase advertising space in the January issue of the Virginia County Magazine which is saluting Sen. Harry F. Byrd. No action was taken on this matter and ~r. Robinson ~as structed to advi~e ~s. Auit accordingly. Communication was received from the State Chamber of Commerce requesting the Board to make an additional contribution above its annual subscription of $75.00. No acti¢ was taken on this matter. Communication wa~ received from the Office of Civilian Defense and ~. ~illiams reported that all key positions in the Co~uty had been organized. Upon the request of Nilliams, the following resolution, offered by Nr. Ballard and seconded by Mr. Dorrie~,~ was unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albenkmrle County, Virginia, that $250.00 be and is hereby appropriated from the Un- appropriated Reserve of the General ~Wttud to be used for expenses of the Director of Civilian Defense in co~uection with this work. Communication from Mrs. Jesse Wilson was received and read. Communication from Nr. W. O. Fife was received and read. Co,un/cations were received from the State Compensation Board approving the' requasts of the Departmen~ of Finance, the Sheriff's Office~ and the Co~monwealth's At- torney's Office as prepared and submitted by the respective Department heads, With the exception of the omission of the requested z..llowance for office equipment for the Departme_~ of Finance and the reduction from $3600.00 to $660,00 for mileage in the Sheriff's Office. ~.~. Robinson was requested to contact the Compensation Board regarding the a!low~nce for Sheriff's mileage and to advise the 2ompensation Board that this Board objects to said reduction. I~. J. T. Henley suggested that the Board~ give thought to the nattier of the con- struction of a new road leading off of Route 240 at approximately the new Acme Plant lead- ing west to the ~oresent Route 230 intersecting north of the intersection of Routes 2~.0 and 230 to relieve the traffic conjestion at the maderpass in Crozet. Upon the request of ~r. Henley, l~r. Chiles advised that he would discuss this matter with ~.' Shields. Mr. Robinson ad~ed that in accordance with the understanding at the time of em- ployment he and the Sheriff recommended that ~r. Linton Smith's salary be raised to ~150.00 per month effective January l, 1951, the same as that being paid to the other radio dis- patchers. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, ~f~. Smith's salary was raised to ~150.00 per month effective January l, 1951. Upon the recon~endati~on of ~'~o~ D. A. Robinson~ Director of Finance~ the salaries of the tw~o janitors, Henry Nichols and Willie Smith, were increased ~5.00 per month effec- tive January l, 1951~ upon motion, made by ~r. Chiles and seconded by ~fa~. Ballard. ~. D. A. Robinson~ Director of Finance, advised the Board that a new tax billing machine was needed ~_u his office due to the fact that the S2ate income trax notices are re- quired to made on a different form in the future~ ~ad that also the protectograph in his office should be replaced, and estimated -the cost of this equipment to be approximately ~5,000.00. Upon motion~ made hy Nr. Wil?aimms and seconded by ~r. Ballard, ~. Robinson was authorized to purchase the needed equipment £orbthe Department of F~ance, and upon the request of ~. Robinson, ~-. ~cCue named the following cor~mittee to work wilde ~. Robinson in purchasing this equipment: ~; He~zry Chiles and ~ir. C. R. Dottier. Upon the request of Mr. D. A. Robinson, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: ........ ~-- ~ u~=~s ~.~ Coumat¥ Suoervisors of Albemarle without regard to district or color. Claims against the County amounting to $316,912.07 were presented, examined, and allowed and certified to the Director of Finance for payment~ and charged against the fo!!o~Jing funds: General ~hmd School Fund Dog Tax Fund Crozet Sanitary District Fvmd Joint Health Fund School Construction Bond Fund Comm. of Virginia Current Credit Accotmt Upon motion, the meeting adjourned. 12,680.27 68,034.68 563.75 150.75 ~,399.04 900.25 $316,912.07 Chairman A regular meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virgini~ was held at the Office Building of said County o~ the l?th day ef January, 1951. Present: ~essrs. G. Purcell NcCue, E. J. Ballard, Nenry Ohiles~ C. E. Dorrier, J. W. Williams, and W. W. Wood. Absent: None. Officers present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney. I/inures of the meeting of December 20, 1950, were read and apprevedo Nr. C. R. Dorrier nominated Mr. C. Purcell McCue as Chairman far the year 1951~ which nomination was seconded by Mr. J. W. Williams. TI/ereCt.being no further nominations, Nr. McCue was unanimously elected. Upon motion, made by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr. Dottier, it was ordered that the present Clerk of the Board and the present department heads be reappointed for the year 1951. Mr. D. A..Robinson recommended that Mr. R. C. Sours be appointed as Assistant to the Director of Finance and Mr. Samuel S. Clark be appointed as Assistan~ to the County Executive, each having the power to act in his absence. Upon motion, made by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr. Ballard, Mr. Sours was appointed Assistant to the Director of Finance. Mr. D. B, Marshall, Commonwealth's Attorney, advised the Board that the law did not provide for an Assistant County Executive but provided that if a person were needed in this ¢mpacity~ the Board should convene to appoint someone. It was the exp~ essed opinion of the Board that Mr. C~ark was the Beard's choice for such appointment. The Board ins+~acted Er. Marshall to get an opinion on this matter. Mr. O. M. Pennington appeared regarding his !~vestock ~ approved by the Board at its previous meeting. The Commonwealth's Attorney advised that new legislation which became effective July 1, 1950, provided for the payment of f~_~ value of livestock and ~owls regardless of the assessed value. Mr. Pennington was a~sed that this matter would ~ave to be taken under advisement. ~11 current dog claims were deferred until the Board adopts a new p~iicy for the myment of claims against the Dog Tax Fund. Mr. Elllngton of the Highway Department advised the Board that' r~