1948-11-17A regular meeting of the Board of ~ounty Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia~
was held at the Office Building of said County on the 17th day of November, 1948.
Present:
and W. W. Wood.
Messrs. C. Purcell McCue, E. J. Ballard, Henry Chiles, C. R. Dorrier,
Absent: Gen. P. B. Peyton.
Officers present: County Executive and Mr. D. B. Marshall, Attorney of the Office
of the Commonwealth's Attorney.
Minutes of the meetings of October 20, 1948 and November i0, 1948, were read and
approved.
Mr. W. W. Shields, Resident Engineer of the State Highway Department appeared be- ~i
fore the Board and presented a plan for the improvement of Route 692 beginning at the inter-~
section of Route 691 and westwardly to the intersection of Route 250 and Route 692, under
Federal Aid secondary improvements. Mr. Shields brought out that this project 'has not !.
previously been approved by the Federal Government and he requasted approval of this .Board
of this project on the above basis. After consideration~of the above plan and request, the
Board gave its approval of the plan for improvement as proposed by Mr. Shields.
Upon motion'; ~d~by~Mr~ 6hil~s and seconded by Mr. Dorrier the following reso-
!utions were unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle
County, Virginia, that the following sections of Route 6 = Project 680~
D-!,2 be abandoned:
Section No. I - Station 203/90 to 206~60 - O.07 mi.
Section No. 2 - Station 214~70 to 2!6~90 - 0.09 mi.
Section No. 3 - Station 222/30 to 227/70 - Oo!A mi.
Section No. 4 - Station 228/75 to 234~40 - 0.16 mi.
Section No. 5 - Station 237~50 to 258~00 - 0.70 mi.
Section No 6 - Station 258~00 to 319~25 - 1.17 mi.
Section Nol 8 Station 320~75 to 326~90 0.18 mi.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following section of Route 6
be abandoned as a part of the Primary System and added to the Secondary
System:
Section No. 7 ~ Station 320/75 to Int. Route 355 - 0.63 mi.
Communication was received from the Department of Highways approving the followingl.!
additions and abandonments to the Secondary System of Albemarle County as requested by the
Board of County Supervisor~ by resolution dated June 18, 1947:
Additions:
Project 723-F&G, Connection from Station A21/50, (Section 16) toStation
421/50'~('No, 130'). Length 0.02 ~i~
Connection from Sta. 398~10 to 390' S.E. Sta. 398~10 (Section 15).
Length 0.07 Mi.
Connection from Sta. 348~40 ~ Int. Rte. 690. (Section 14) Length O.0~
Cormection from Sta. 220~00 to 120~ so. Sta. 220~00 (Section 13).
Length 0.02 Mi.,
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Old Location of Rt. 250, From Sra. 420/50 to 460/80 (Section 9).
Length 0.86 Mi.
Old Location of Rt. 250, From 250' S.E.Sta. 398/70 to 700' S.E. Sta.
398~70 (Section 8) Length 0.08 Mi.
Old Location of Rt. 250; From Sta. 205/30 to Sta. 254/75 (Section 1.)
Length 1.01 ~i.
Abandonments:
Rt. 692 from Sta. 20~30 Sta. 2i7~50 (Section 17) Length 0~23. Mil.
Rt. 690 from a point 3i5~ S.E. Sra. 344/80, N. to Int. Rt. 690. (Section
1!). Length 0.09 Mi.
Rt. 692 from Sta. 217/50 Int. Rt, 692 (Section I0.)
Mr. F. J. Iobst, State Forestry Supervisor, appeared before the Board and
quested this Board to approve by resolution the Pine Seed Tree Act as enacted by the 1948
General Assembly. Upon motion, made by ~r. Dorrier and seconded by ~&r. Chiles, the fo!lOwingt
resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle
County, Virginia, that Section ~49-a-! of the Code of Virginia as enacted by
the 19A8 General Assembly relating to pine seed trees, be, and the same is
hereby, approved as being effective as of this date dn this County in
cordance with the provisions of the Actl This order shall be entered on the
official records of this Board and it is hereby ordered that an attested
copy hereof be sent to the State Forester, BcE 1368~ University Station,
Charlottesville, Virginia.
The following claims against the Dog Fund were presented:
(a) Claim of J. W. Correll was presented for three sheep and two lambs.
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, it was ordered that the sheep
be paid at the assessed value of $10.00 each and the lambs of 35
pounds @ $0.20 per pound.
(b) Claim of S. C. Ladd was presented for one shee. p assessed at $10.00.
No action was required by the Board. '
(c) Claim of Walter Mehring was presented for six hens weighing seven
pounds each. Upon motion~ duly made and seconded, it was ordered
that $2.00 each be paid for the hens.
(d) Claim was presented for Robert Kennedy for six chickens weighing
two and one-half pounds. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, it
was ordered that Mr. Kennedy be oaid at the rate of $0.87{- per pound.
(e) Claim was presented of Edward Haney for two sheep assessed at $12.00
each. No action was required by the Board.
(f) Claim of J. T. Via wa_s presented for two sheep and one lamb weighing
ni~ety pounds. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, it was ordered
that the sheep be paid at the a~sessed value and the lamb @ $0.20
per pound.
(g) Claim of Stephen Ludwig which was denied by the Board at the last
regular meeting was presented again. Upon request of the Board,
Julian Thomas investiEated this claim and recommended that this claim
be paid. Upon motion, made by ~r. Wood and seconded by ~r. Ballard~
it was ordered that this claim be paid as follows: lA chickens weighing
two pounds each and ll chickens weighing four pounds.each~ at the ~ate
of $0.35 per pound.
~r. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statement of Expenses of the
Department of Finance for the month of October, 19~8, one2third of which to be borne by the
State. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, this Statement was examined, verified, and
approved.
Nr. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statemen% of Expenses of the
Sheriff's Office for the month of October, 19A8, two-thirds of which to be borne by the Statel
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, this Statement was examined, verified, and approved.
Nr. D. A. Robinson, Director of Finance, submitted a Statement of Expehses of the
Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for the month of October, 1948, one, half of which to be
borne by the State. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, this Statement was examined,
verified and approved.
A Statement of Expenses ineurred in the maintenance of prisoners confined in the
Coun~ Jail during the month of October, 1948, was submitted. Upon motion, duly made and
seconded, this Statement was examined,verified and approved.
A Summary Statement of prisoner days was submitted. Upon motion, duly made and
seconded, this Statement was examined, verified and approved.
~r. Paul H. Cale, Superintendent of Schools, and ~r. J. T. Henley, Chairman of the
School Board appeared before the Board and requested that funds be made available to take
care of the County's Share of architect fees for the joint Negro High School.
Mr. Robinson suggested that as a means of providing these funds the Board might
making available to the School Fund the amount of their current levy as shown by theI
consider
original current assessment books of his office, aas~.~l~a$~makin~v~£1~ble to the School
Fund the amount of their 1947 delinquent taxes at June 30, 1948, but that no further tax
revenue be made available from the 1946 levy since the personal property for that year has
already been turned over to Mr. Lyons for collection. He further suggested that in doing
this, he recomn~ended that the same levies be made available to the Consolidated Road Debt
Fund and the Fire District Fund. As a means of accomplishing this, he recommended the
following resolution:
BE IT ~RDERED that for the fiscal year ending June, 1949, the
School Fund, the Consolidated Road Debt Fund, ara the Crozet Fire Dis-
trict Fund receive the full amounts of their current levies as shown
by the original assessment books of the office of the Director of Finance
as follows:
~School Fund
Consolidated Road Debt Fund
Crozet Fire District Fund
$340,~06.13
48,686.59
1,083.30
this to be accomplished by transferring from the General Fund to these
fmnds the amount of their current levies as stated above and crediting
the total of all tax income including penalty, interest, and land
demptions to the credit of the General Fund and further that the amount
of 1947 delinquent assessments of the School Fund, the Consolidated Road
Debt Fund, and the Crozet Fire District Fund be made available to these
funds and that further collection of these taxes including penalty,
interest, and land redemptions be credited to the General Fund and that
in accordance with this order he be authorized to credit tax income to
the General Fund and tr's~nsfer from the General Fund as funds become
available from tax income the amounts of the levies set forth above.
On motion made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by ~r. Wood, the above proposed reso~
lution was unanimously adopted.
Upon motion, made by Mr. Chiles and seconded by Nrc Wood, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle
County, Virginia, that $18,900.00 be and is hereby appropriated from the
unappropriated funds of the School Fund to be used as the County's share
of architect fees for the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Joint
Negro High School.
Co~mnunication was received from Governor William $~. Tuck and was ordered filed.
Lucy T. Johnson, Assistant County Home Demonstration Agent, submitted her resig-
nation to be effective November 30, 1948. Upon motion, duly made and seconded, this resig~
nation was accepted.
The audit of the accounts of the County of Albemarle for the year ending June ~0,
1948, made by T. Coleman Andrews & Company was presented, approved and ordered filed.
Communication was received from J. Gordon Bennett, Auditor of Public Accounts, ac-
cepting report on audit of the accounts of the County of Albemarle for the period ending
June 30, 1948~
Communication was received from J. Gordon Bemnett, Auditor of Public Accounts, re~
garding the bond of the Director of Finance of Albemarle County. Upon motion, ~ad~ by Mr.
Wood and seconded by Nr. Chiles, it was ordered that ~r. D. A. Robinson and Nr. D. B. Marshal~
investigate the cost of increasing the bond to the amount required by law.
Nr. Robinson pointed out that all County aumotive equipment was fully insured and
presented the following schedule of insurance coverage on other County property:
Court House Building
Court House Building
County Office Building
County Office Building
County Jailor's Residence
4-H Club Building and Contents
Crozet Fire House
Boiler - County Office Building
Safe - Director of Finance Office
$10,000.O0
10,000.00
14,000.00
10,000.00
4,000.00
5,100.00
3,000.00
10,000.00
2,000.'00
Upon recommendation of Mr. Robinson, the Chairman appointed the following committee to work
on adequate insurance on County property: Mr. Chiles, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. ~cCue.
Mr. Robinson was instructed to get in touch with Mr. I. T. Quinn of the Commission
of Game and Inland Fisheries and arrange a time when he could meet with the Board of County
Supervisors to discuss the matter of a game warden in Albemarle County.
It w~s brought to the attention of the Board that the term of ~r. E. H. Bain az a
member of the Albemarle County Blanning Commission had expired. Upon motion, made by ~r.
Chiles and seconded by Er. Ballard, ~r. Bain was reappointed for a term of four years.
The matter of rental of office space in the County Office Building 'and Court
House was again brought to the attention of the Board. The following Committee which was
appointed to draw up a contract with the City of Charlottesville for the use of the Clerk's
Office and the Court House was also named to make a study of the rental of other space in
~oth of these buildings~ ~r. Chiles, ~. ~ood, ~r. Fife~ and ~r. Robinson.
A financial report from Pulaski County for the year ending June 30, 1948, was
presented and ordered filed.
~r. Henry B. Goodloe, Secretary of the Electoral Board appeared before the Board
and requested that they take necessary steps t~ward the appointment of a general registrar
for the County of Albemarle with an office in the County Office Building and a reduction and
relocation of the votin~ precincts in said County. There was no immediate action taken on
the request for a gen~ai~registrar as this requires an act of legislature. ~r. Goodloe
recommends that a committee, made up of a representative from the Board of Supervisors,
Electoral Board and Commonwealth's Attorney's office, be appointed to make a study of the
consolidation of certain voting precincts in the County. In complying with Kr. Goodloe's
recommendation, the Chairman appointed ~. C. R. Dorrier to represent this Board on the above
committee.
The report~of the County Executive was presented, approved, and ordered filed.
Communications were received from Fred C. Kimbo and ordered filed.
The reporthof Mr. Davis A. Lyons, Delinquent Personal Property TaX Collector, was
presented, apDroved~ and ordered filed.
~r. Robinson reported that ~r. Arnold had been here and made a test ~urvey from the
proposed location o~ Carter's ~ountain and reported great improvement over the present
location. ~r. Robinson further advised that the Virginia Electric and Power Company had
estimated the cost of. running the electric line to the top of Carter's Mountain to be between
twenty-five hundred and three thousand dollars, which expense would have to be borne by some-
one other than the Power Company. After considerable discussion of other possible locations,
~r. Robinson was instructed to contact A. B. Osgood, land owner, to determine the possibility
of relocation of the antenna to Patterson's ~ountain.
Communication wms received from Colgate Darden, Jr.', regarding the SLH Contract
recently executed by this Board advising that the University of Virginia Hospital would not
be able to accept the Contract with the attached clause. This communication was referred to
the Hospital Committee with the request that they ~eet with the officials of the University
Hospital and the University of Virginia.
Upon motion, made kY Mr. Chiles and seconded by Mr. Ballard, the following reso-
lution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle
County, Virginia, that $1,359.50 be and the same is hereby appropriated
from~the Unappropriated Reserve of the General Fund to cover the purchase
of a 1948 Chevrolet C~r for the Welfare Department.
~r. D. A. Robinson presented a claim of $154.48 for the expenses of the delagates
to the League. of Virginia Counties meeting held at Old Point Comfort. Uoon motion, duly made
and seconded, this claim was approved for payment.
Claims against the County amounting to $213,085.17 were presented, examined, and
allowed and certified to the Director of Finance for payment and charged to the following
funds:
General Fund
School Fund
Dog Tax Fund
Crozet Fire District Fund
Crozet Sanitary District Fund
Joint Health Department Fund
$ 18,336.97
63,625.33
249.31
17.17
892.93
2,775.65
Commonwealth of Virginia Current Credit Acct. 127,183.81
Charlottesville and Albemarle County Joint
Negro High School Fund
$213,085.17
Upon motion, the meeting adjourned.
Chairman