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Home My WebLink About1940-01-17 Upon..rec~m~en&~%io.n ef the- County Ezecu~ive, Mr. Hugh F. Simms was' designated to per- ~orm. 2he.. duties~ .of. ~C~u~t~. S.u~veyoro · The .followimg were..~el®cte~..School Trustees:~ Mesers, R.. Perrier, B. C. Baker, Henry ~ Chiles.,. R. Mr. Ho Ac Haden~.waa,...desi~nated~ ~-. ~epresent %he..Co,u~%y. en.-.the Joint.Beard ~f~.Health, ~pon motion, duly made ~d-. seconded, it .iwas ~.rdered- %hat .the-.other present employees of the County Be con%i~ued.a% 2he same salaries now exizting. Upon motion, the meetiag adjourned. ~ , Chairman. A regular meeting of the. Board of County Supervisors of AlBemarle County, Virginia, was held at the 0ft~e Building of the said County on the l?th day of January, 19~0. Present: Messrs. J. M. Fray, E. J. Ballard, P. H. Gentry, H. Ashby Harris, and C. Purce!lMcCue, and Dr. L. G. Roberts. Absent: None. The following Officers were present: Cou~nty Executive, COmmonwealth's Attorne~and Sheriff. Minutes of the meetings of December 20, 1939, and January ~, 17~0, were read and ap- proved, The matter Of securities to be deposited by the Citizens Bank e~d Trust Company to secure the County's deposits was considered and referred to the Commonwealth's Attorney for an-opinion as t, the class of securities necessary. ' .... '. -- The Committee, appointed to consider the adVisability of a Probation Officer for this county, reported that it was thought inadvisable to take any action on the matter at this time since such a measure is before the Legislature. This'report Was accepted. Claim,amounting to $51.17, in connection with Insulation in the Comnty Office Build- ing, was presented by the DirumManufacturing Company, of Lynchburg, Virginia. After dis- cussion of the matter, the claim was denied. Communication from the Albemarle Agricultural Planning Board, concerning'Public. Assist- ance Grants to rural p~ople, was presented and referred to the Board of Public Welfare wi%h the request that the matter be handled the best it could under the circumstances. Claim, amounting to $~.00, against the Dog Fund for sheep killed, was presented by Mr. T. L. Anderson and approved for payment. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the County Executive was authorized to offer Mr. E. D. Hundley, Jr., $6,000.00 for thirteen lots in his sub-divisiSn adjacent to Mcintire S~hool. Communication from Mrs. Frederick H. Schroeder, CorresPonding Secretary of the Jack Jouett Chapter, D. A. R., requesting that the flag be raised on the Court House flag pole each morning and taken down each evening, was presented. Upon motion, duly made and seconded the County Executive was instructed to cause this flag to be raised daily in compliance with this request~and to report this action to Mrs. Shroeder. An appropriation of $B06.62 to match $~11.0$ of State Funds for General Relief for the remainder ofthis, currentyearwas made by the following recorded vote~ Aye.s~ .Messrs. J. M. Fray, E. J. Ballard, P. H. ~entry, H. Ashby Harris and C. Purcell McCue., and Dr. L. G. Roberts; Noes: None. Claim of A. L. Cook against the Dog Fund for the loss of a dog killed by other dogs was presented and denied. The following Reports were presented and ordered filed: 333 1. County Executive, 2. District- Board, B. University of Virginia Hospital, 4`. Game I~arden, ~. Charlottesville-Public Library. Mr. H. A. Haden submitted, a.statemeht of expens.,es of. the Department~ of'Finance for the month of December, 1939, one-third of which to'be borne by the State, made amd seconded, this statement was examined, verified and approved. The following Resolutions, offered by Dr. L. G. Roberts, seconded by Mr, H. Ashby Harris, were unanimously adopted:. RESOLUTIG~S. ~HEREAS, the relocation,smd constr~uctiono~Route 231, Project 734-A inAlbemarle County has made it necessary to abandon nine sec- tions of the old location and add to the Secondary System one section built during construction, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that the State Highway Commission be and. is hereby requested to abandon the following sections of eld Route 231, as shown in blue on Plan prepared by the Locating and Planning Division of the State Department of Highways dated November 14`, 1939: TO BE ABANDONED: Section 1 ' From Station 99+40, looping southwest 0.07 mi. to Station l03+2~. Length 0.0~ mile. Section 2 - From Station 108,60, westerly 0.0~ mile to Rte. 608. Length 0.0~ mile, Section 4 - From Station 14`5+95, looping.westerly 0.14` mile's:to Station.15~e20o ~en~th 0.14`.mile~ Section ~ - From 'Station 169,80, looping westerly 0.18 mile to Station 178.90. ~ength 0..18 mile.~ Section S - From Station 188,O0, looping southwesterly 0.10 mile ~o~$tation 193,4`0. Length 0.10 mile. Section 7 - From Station 201690, looping southwesterly 0.09 mile to Station 206+~0. Length 0.09 mile. m. Section $ - From Station 241+20, looping southwesterly 0~06 mile to Station~244+!0. Length 0.06 mile. Section $ - From Station 4`6~$60, looping southwesterly O.08mile, including old bridge, to Station 473+80. Length 0.08 mile, Sedtion 10- From Station 477+?~, looping southwesterly 0.07 mile to Station 481+40. ~ength 0.07 mile~ TOTAL OF, AT,L SECTIONS TO BE, ABANDONED: o.84, mile. BE IT FURTHER RE~0LVED that the Highway gommiSsion~be and is hereby requested to take into the Secondary System of Highways the following piece of road shown as Section ~ in brown on Plan prepared by the Locating and Planning Division of the State Department of Highways dated November 14, 193~ O0NNE~TION TO BE ADDED TO THE SECOndarY SYSTEM: ~ection 3 - From Intersection of Route 608 southeast 0.01 mile to new !eoation of Route 231. Length 0.01 ~ile. TOT.A~ OONNEO~IONS TO BE ADDED. TO THE. SECONDARY SYSTEM:. 0.01 mile~ Notices from the Compensation Board that an allowance of $~,000.00 for salary and ex- penses of the Commonwealth's Attorney and $18,987.~0 for salaries and expenses of the Depart- ment of Finance for the calendar year' begimning J~nuary 1, 1940, had been approved by that Board werepresented and ordered filed. The Board's attention was called to the fact that the roofing and guttering at the Jail would require work to cost $201.00. Upon motion By Dr. L. G. Roberts, seconded %7 Mr. H. Ashby Harris, the County Executive was inst~mcted to proceed with'this work and an approp- riation' of $201.O0, mr am much thereof as may be necessary, was made to cover'same by the following recorded vote~ Ayes~ Messrs. J. M. Fray, E. J. Ballard, P. H. Gentry, H. Ashby Harris, and C. Purcell Mc0ue, and Dr. L. O. Roberts; Noes~ None. Mr. E. V. Walker, Commonwealth's Attorney, advised that in his opinion the Director of FinanCe should f~rnish bond feran amount equal to one-fifth of the total amount of money expected to h~ received by. him during the year. There£o~re, upon,motion duly.made, and ,seconded, the bond of the Director of Finance for the year 1940was fixed at $125,000.00. At the request of t~he..Oounty School Board, a Joint Meeting of the two Boards was ar- ranged fo~.2:30 P. M. em.~Ja~u~ry 26, 1940. A Committee~ consisting of Dr. 'L. G. Roberts and the County Executive~ was appointed Itc confer with our representatives in the General Assembly concerning Legislation. Upon motion by Mr. C. Purcell McCue, seconded by Mr. E. J. Ballard, the County Execu- tire was authorized and directed to ask for bids on $?4,000.00, principal sum, of County and M~nicipal Bonds owned by the Sinking Fund. -Claims against the. County, totalling $94,333.78, were presented, examined, and allowe,, and ordered certified to the Director of Finance for payment and charged against the follow- ing funds! General School Dog Tax Crozet Fire District Road Debt: Charlottesville District Ivy District Rivanna District Samuel Miller District Scottsville District White Hall District Commonwealth of Virginia $ 19,854.2? 65.09 215.35 .20 lO,656.72 .72 .69 5,328.31 Total $94,333.78. Upon motion, the meeting adjourned. 6~ / , C~airman. Pursuant to call, the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, met in special session at the Office Building of the said County on the 26th day of January, 1940 Present: Messrs. E, J. Ballard, P. H. Gentry, H. Ashby Harris, and C. Purcell McOue, and Dr. L. G. Roberts.' Absent: Mr. J. M. Fray. After considerable discussion of the matter, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle O~un%y, Virginia, that this Board is in accord with the County School Board of Albemarle County that a Plan for a School Improvement Program should be developed and that the School Board be and is hereby requested to determine the cost of such a Program with the aid of the County Execu- tive and that the matter be~urther considered at a Joint Meeting of the two Boards to be held at a later date. Upon~m0tion,'d~lymadb~-and seconded, the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that Hon. John S. Battle, State Senator, and Hon. Lo Gordon White and Hon. E. O. McCue, Members of'the House of Delegates, be and they are hereby requested to initiate the following legislation at the current session of the General Assembly: An Act to authorize the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County to establish a Permanent Beard of Land Assessors; the Board of County Supervisors to appoint the members .of said Board; fix their pay and their terms of office. An Act to permit the bringing of a suit leading to the sale of delinquent lands whereby more than one defendant may be included in the same suit; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senator Battle and Delegates White and ~oCue be and are hereby requested to oppose legislation requiring drivers of school buses to be twenty-~ne years of age, and to oppose legislation which would change the method of distribution of proceeds of DoE License Fees. 33 5