1959-06-04SPECIAL June 4, 1959
Pursuant to the following waiver, members of the Bce rd of County Supervisors of Albemarle
County, Virginia, met in special session on this date in the County Office Building, Charlottesville,
Virginia, at 12:00 Noon with the following members present: Messrs. John W. Williams, Edga~ N. Garnett,
H. Ashby Harris, Edward L. Smith, M. Y, Sutherland, Jr. and Robert Thraves. Absent: None.
We, the undersigned, members of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County.,
Virginia, do hereby waive notice and special service thereof, of a meeting to be held
at 12:00 Noon on the fourth day of June, 1959, in the County Office Building, Char-
lottesville, Virginia, for the purposes of =e~ei~ng?~ids on certain alterations and
additions to the Court House and County Office Building, receiving copies of the
1957-58 audit, receiving reports on the care of County dogs, and considering matters
pertaining to capital stock tax of banks and to a replica of the Liberty Bell,~ and
we do hereby consent to any and all business and the taking of such action at said
meeting upon the matters hereinabove mentioned as may be lawful, incident and notes-
sary thereto.
Edgar N. Ga~net~t
Edward L. Smith
~ Y. Sutheriand~,'~.--~
Robert hrT~aves
Officers present: County Executive and Co~Lmonwe~lth's Attorney.
The Chairman called for bids on alterations and additions to the Court House and County Office
Building and the following were received:
N.~am_.~e..o~ Bidder
Charlottesville Lumber Co.
Ivy Construction Company
Rittenhouse Bros.
Base Bi~ ~
$85,700.00
76,358.00
76,800.00
~lternate No. ~ A!ter~ate~o. 2
deduct $ 7,246.00 deduct $ 105.00
" 10,896.00 " !00.00
" 7,342.00 " 220.00
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After due consideration of the bids received, motion was offered by Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr,
Sutherland, that the low bid be accepted and the chairman be authorized to execute contract for same,
the motion carrying with all voting aye with the exception of Mr. Thraves who voted no.
Motion was offered by Mr. Garnett, seconded by Mr. Harris, that $85,000.00 be appropriated to
cover the above mentioned contract, architect's and enginesr's fees and incidentals. There being one
vote against this appropriation cas~by Mr. Thraves, the same was carried over for second reading at the
next regular meeting of the Board.
Mr. Robert Musselman presented copies of the 1957-58 Audit of the accounts and records of the
County and the Join~ Health Department and also requested resolution authorizing the cancellation of
checks over two years old. On motion of Mr. Garnett, seconded by Mr. Sutherland, the following resolu-
tion was u~aA~imously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia,
that the following checks be cancelled,' the respective banks so notified, and the
amounts be returned to fund surpous as indicated:
Date of
Check_ ~ Pa~ Retur~ to.F~u~d~ Amount
CITIZENSBSNK - RE~OLVING ~ND
10-11-55 14460 Otto Franklin General Fund $ 0.25
12-2-55 14548 E.T. Stewart General Fund 1.40
12-19-55 14598 James L. Shiflett General Fund 0.30
1-17-56 14615 Edna Hall Bryan General Fund 0.17
5-8-56 14780 Ha~er and Hildred Lam General Fund
PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK: - Regular Account
8-17-55 1045 Jesse W. Dillon, Tr. of Va. Gener~al~,und~.~ $ 2.00
11-16- 55 1541 Elsie Johnson J~.~He~lth:~Eumd 3.50
ll-16- 55 1580 N.B. Jones General Fund 7.50
3-21-56 2547 A.J. Apperson General Fund ~
$18.00
CITIZENS_ B_A~: - Board of Public Welfare
4-1-57 2174 John H. Smith
Welfare Cancellation $14.00
The matter of care of county dogs was again considered and proposal was received from Mr. C. R.
Marshall for the keep of county dogs at a rate of $75.00 per month, contract to be for at least three
years. Revised proposal was also received from the SPCA stipulating an increase of 25~ per day for the
keep of county dogs. The matter was discussed at length and the chairman instructed the Dog Committee
to give further study to the matter and ~ke report at the next regular meeting.
The Chairman advised that he had been approached by the City Manager regarding a replica of the
Liberty Bell which was presented to the City by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. He stated tha
it was the City's feeling that this bell should be placed on a base in front of the Court House and that
the City would bear one-half the cost of this project. On motion of Mr. Thraves, seconded b~r. Harris,
it was ordered that the County enter into this project with the City.
In accordance with Section 58-476.1 of the Code of Virginia as amended by the 1958 General~
Assembly, the following reeolution was offered by Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Sutherl~nd, and unanimously
adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia,
that the Director of Finance be and he is hereby authorized to make application to the
State Tax Commissioner for refund of bank state capital stock tax az provided by Sec-
tion 58-476.1 of the Code of Virginia as amended.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.'
Chairman