03-31-1955 MinutesAt an adjourned meetin~ of the
I]oard of ~;upervisors of
Chesterfield County, held at
the Courthouse on ~arch 31,
at 7:~0 p.m.
Irvin C.. Homer, Chairman
H. T. Goyne
Robt. 0. Gill
Stanley R. Hallue, Jr.
R, J, }~ritton
J. p. Gunter
This (lay it was reported that the present, policy of collectin~ water bills was
causin{.* some concern to County citizens. Upon consideration wheFeof amd on
mo~ion of ~]r. Gill, seconded by ~[r. }{Fitton, iris resolved that the po]icy fop
handlin{[ delinquent water bi]]s be and the same is hereby set as follows:
A poi ire lettoP be sent to the water custo~rler as soon as Possible
afteF the bill h~s become delinquent. On the ]0th of lhe follow-
ing month if the bill remains unpaid, a follow-up ]ett(T will be
sent which letieF wol~ld cite the fact that wate~ s~rv~ce would be
d~contir,ued in ten (10) days tlnless the I)il] is naJd in
If the bill is not paid at %he end of this ~e~iod, a representa-
tive of the Watem Department will knock on the customer's door
and a~tempt to notify her ~hat he is cu~tin~: off the war:er
if the customeP offer's to nay the total I)i]], ~;]us $2.50 for tho sP~vice
call, sa~d representative is authorized to accept the money and
give a receip~ fop same. If the CtlS~omer ~s no~ at home, the
%~ate~ Department~ rePro)sen%aLive is autho~Lzed to discontinue
the water service at that time.
And ])e it fumther Fesolved that the Wate~ Department representative doin~ this
work is to be sufficiently bonded.
This day the Executive SecPetary read tentative allocations for PFimary moads
in Chesterfield Coon%y, which ~eDoPt is received and filed.
This day the Executive Secretary ~o%ifie~ the }{card that certain advertising
is beinK done by the Vir6~inia Electric ~ PoweF Company, which advertising
showed th(~ advantage of industrial ~ites in Chesterfield County.
This day the ~xecutive Secl'etaPy ~ead a ]et%e~ Fronl M~. ~. E. Piing,
asd Supe~in'tendent of %he Petersbur~-Hopewell Ga~ Company, requesting the
County's appPoval of ~he installation of certai~ ~as lines in ~e~muda District.
It was ~enerally a~Feed that ~his matter ~e delayed until the next meetin~
and the A~}cutive SecFetu~y is asked to ~equest ~Ir. Piing ~o contact Mr. ~oyne,
Supervisor of said l)istric~.
This day the Rlchm()nd ({ua~te~mas~er Depot requested by wri~in~ the County's
approval foF the ~mprovement of ThiFd Avenue in Patl(}~n Park ~ubdivision so
that said Depot could ~aiu access to its futume sewera{~e t~eatment ~la~]t eas~
of said location, said im~rovement ~o be the installation of adequate culverts
and ~:raveled two inches to a width of 12 feet, and
%~h~Feas, the Hil~hway DepaFtmon~ has been requested to ilnl%Ff~ve .2 Of a mile
or1 Thivd Aven~e.
Now~ Therefore. ~{e it ResoJved on motion of ~i~. ~oyne, seconded by }]~.
that this ]{oaFd requ~.~t the Highway Department to improve .D of a mile on
Thimd Avenue to mee~ the specifications of %he }Ii~lhway I)epaFiment. p~ovided
i. ntorested parties will nay their' npoport, ionate cart and same is char,~ed to
the 3~ Road Fund of the
0n motion of FI~. ]{Fitton, seconded hy 5~. (kmter, it is resolved that
reso]u%io~ dated March Zg, 1955, concerni,~g Mr. L~wis ~artin~s proposal to
instal] seweFa~e fFom ~he City of Richmnnd to his pFoperty in ~cC~rie Circle,
be and the same is hereby rescinded.
0n mot[on of Mr. Bri%ton. secoeded by ~Ip. GunteP, it is resolved that the
E~ecutive SecmetaFy be requested to write a letter to the City of Richmond
~iving the County.s approval of alIowin~ Mr. kRwis ~.~rtin and the City of
[{~ch~oi~d Der,nission to construct a seweF l kne f~o,n the corpoFats ~imits of
the City to prooe~ty located on the noFth side of MoGuire Circle, which
letter ~hall include Section 3. Para!~I'aph C-5ub-Paral~ra~)h 1 (e), of a
resolution Numbe~ ~I-SR6;~. adopted by the Richmond City Council Septemb,~
2~, ]951. which Section r(}ads a~
"(e) The applicant shall secure f~om the gove~n~e~
of %he County into which the wa~e[ of sewe~ sePvice
is to be extended a written statement to the effect
that (1) the County does not desire to make such
extensions; ([}) the County autho~}ze the consiroction
of such extension, and (iii) the County authorizes ~he
City or the tfrantee ~o maintain such expression."
wl~ich letter should be approved by the Commonwealthts Attorney.
On motion of ~tr. Goyne, seconded by ~r. [~ritton, it is resolved that this
I{oard r~qu~.st th~ Polleo Chief of the Coumty of Chesterfield ~o cooperate with
the 5tare Police Department to check all forek~l~ ta~s and ir~ particular all
trailers i~ the Coumty of Chesterfield.
On moti~m, the meetinE is adjourned u~]ti[ April ?, 1955, at 7:30
Chairman L--~--