1944-06-27Claims against the County amounting to $?5,574°08 were Presented, ex_~.i~ed, 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 TaxFund
Road Debt Fund:
Rivanna District
Samuel Miller District
White Hall District
McIntire T~ust Fund
National Defense TrainingFund
$11,943.81
6.00
317.o9
2,4.00.00
4.,025.00
825.00
568.15
4-38.50
Commonwealth of Va., Current Credit Account 1 0_~
$ 75,574.08
Upon motion, the Board adjourned to meet again at 8 P.M. on Tuesday, June 2?, 19¢4
to receive an opinion from the Commonwealth's Attorney concerning .therequest of the Town of
S~ottsville and the Scottsville Lions Club for the appropriation of-fmuds.
An a~Journed meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County,
i VirEinia, was held at the Office Building of said County at 8 PoN. on Tuesday, June 27, 1944.
Present: Dr. L. G. Roberts and Messrs. E. J. Ballard, T. E. Bruce, P. H. Ge~t?y,
Purcell McCue, and W. W. Wood.
Absent: None.
Officers present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney.
Mr. W. O. Fife, Commonwealth's Attorney, advised the Board in writing that it was
his opinion tbmt all of the amounts for which an appropriation was requested in a joint petit]
of the Scottsville Bions Club and the Town of Scottsville could be legally made by the Board
las in the Board's opinion it considered ~ise.
Upon motion~ duly made and seconded, the following resolution was accepted by the
on
tfollowing recorded vote: Ayes: Dr. L. G. Roberts, and Messrs. E. J. Ballard, P. H. *entry,
Purcell McOue and W. W. Wood. No%~voting: Mr.. T. E. Bruce.
WHEBEAS, the Defense Plants 0orporation, a Governmental
Agency of the United States, has located a plant in the Ooun%y of
Albemarle, near the Corporate Limits of the Town of Scottsville,
Virginia, to be used as a war emergency and for purposes of con-
tributing to the progress cf the present World War; and
WHEREAS, the said Corporation is a public corporation
created for a public purpse, and local benefits will be derived
from the establishment ef its works in the County of Albemarle,
and such establishment will afford employment to the citizens of
the County and tend generally toward the welfare of its inhabitants;
and
~HEREAS, the authority for the purchase of land for said
plant was limited to the sum of $200,00 per acre, though the cost
of 34.9 acres, a part of the land required, is $300.00 per acre,
a difference of $3,4.90.00 in the cost of land required for the site;
and
WHEREAS, the establishment a~d maintensmce of public sewers
and public water mains along the streets of the Town of Scottsvil!e
and in the County of Albemarle is essential and a prime requisite in
the locating and operating of said plant, and the cost and expense
thereof has been estimated at $2,623.00;
BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED, that i~ is the sense of this
Board that in consideration of the great emergency now existing and
as a contribution to the war effort, and in further consideration of
the publis nature and purposes of the plant, of the local benefits
to be derived by the citizens of the County of Albemarle, and in
order to promote ~he health, safety and meneral welfare of the in-
habitants of the oun y, an appropriation of $~,t13~00 be and the
same is hereby made out of the General Funds of the County for the
purposes aforesaid, said appropriation to be distributed as foll~ws:
To Mrs. Helen Pi%ts, for part of
purchase-money..o2 34.9 acres
of land for plant .site,
$3,4-~0.00
purchase of materials for es-
tablishment of public ser~r and
water mains,
$1,523.00
To hire of necessary machinery and
cost of labor on sewer andwater
mains,
il. 100.'00~
Total $6,113.00
And the proper officials of the County are hereby authorized
and empowered to issue warrants or vouchers for payment' of the said
sums hereby appropriated.
The following resolution was u~animously adopted:
WHEREAS, in connection ~ith the locating in the County of Albe-
marle of the plant of the Defense Plants Corporation, a Governmental
Agency of the United States, it became necessary to establish and con'
struct a public road extending from the limits of the Tovea of Scottsvi!le
to the plant property, and necessary to construct such road on the lands
of said corporation;
AND WHEBEAS, this Board heretofore agreed that if~said Defense
Plants Corporation woul~ locate its plant in the County of Albemarle on
the site upon which it is now being built, the Board would defray the
expense of construction of such road on the property, the costs of which
is not to exceed ~ 0~rG~
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that-because of the National
Emergency, the public nature and purposes of the plant, the local bene-
fits~tobe derived~from its-location and operation, and in order to pro-
mote the health, safety and general welfare of inhabitants of the County,
and~because of the other considerations contained in resolution~adapted
by this Board and spread immediately prior hereto, a s~2 not to,exceed
$~800.OObe and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Gener~i~Funds
ef the County for the Purposes of constructing the road afore said,
And the proper officials of the County are authorized and
powered to issue warrants or vouchers'for the payment of the sum here-
by appropriated.
The following resolution was unanimousl~adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albe-
marle County, Virginia that the Department of Public ~elfare Budget
for the year beginning ~uly i, 1~45 be an~the same is~hereby ap-
proved in the following amounts:
Old Age Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to t~he ~lind
General Relief
Foster Home Care
Administration
Total
$25,000.00
15,000.00
3,000.00
5,892.00
~ ~,~a3.oo
,66,971.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:that the County Budget for the year
beginning July l, 1944 be ammended so as to provide $5,523.00 for
FosterHome Care.- - -
Upon motion, themeeting adjourned~