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At 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."