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07-10-1945 MinutesAt a meetA~g of the Board of Supervisors afChesterfieX~ County, held at the Courthouse on July 10, 1945, at !0:00 Pre sent: h. L. Chalkley, Chairman H.T. Goyne J.G. Mening ,,.A. Morner P. ,,.Covington T.D.Watkins The minutes of the last meeting having been r~ad, ~re approved. "Salaries, ~llowances, etc. Paid by the ".xec. Sec'y. from the General Co. ~'Bnd:" Horace Chalkley James G. Hening ~, .~. Horner Harold T. Goyne P. ,,. Covington T. D. Latkihs ~,~. ~. Cogbill J. ~,m. Dance Ceo. W. Moore, Jr. Walter N. Perdue W. H. Caldwe!l Auline Barrett Wills Nancy Fallen P. Rixey Jones B. J.Banks George Baskerville ~,iltie Smith R. F. Jones C. ~,. Smi th ~.. L. S~i th I. E. Bov,:man R.,,. Eoch E.P.Gill G.M. Johnson 0. ,,. Ounningh am H.N.Terrell D...Murphey U.B.Puckett R.~.Feeb~ck Supe rvi s or Commonv:e ~ 1 th' s .~tt orney Treasurer Commissioner of Revenue Cl~r}~, Circuit Court Withholding Tex ~xecu tire ~ecretsr~ ~,it hholding T~x County ~tenogr~pher Withholding Tax Home Dem. ,~gent ~Ji thholding Tax Traveling mxpenses 0o. ~gri .~gent '~;ithholding Tax Janitor ,,ithholding Tax Truck driver's helper "ithholding Tax Truck driver '~':ithho lding T=x Co. ~gri. ~ent (9ol.) ~,ithholding T~x Ohief of Police - .ithholding Tax ~.~ileage and Tel. allow. Forest ~'ire ;,arden ;,ithholding Tax Special Investigator ~. i thholding Tax Mile~g:e and 'Del. allow. Special investigator ,, ithholding Tax !filea~e and Tel. allow. Police Officer kithholding Tax kileage ~nd ~el. allow. Police Officer Withholding Tax Te le phone Police Officer ,,ithholding' Tax Mile~L, ge a~d Tel. Police Officer ,.ithholding Tax Mileage and Tel. allow. Police Officer Withholding Tax Mileage and Tel. allow. Police Officer Withholding TaX Police Officer ~,ithholding Tax Mileage and Tel. allow. ~83.37 1.00 333J33 51.8q 150.00 $27.78 28.58 28.68 28.38-~ 29.13 29.58 245.87. 764.02- 6~6.6T 82.37 281.53 El.50 128.50 85.00 1.10 83.90 20.00 _ 103.90 158.58 3. O0 1~5.58 82, 5O 1.00 81.50 80. '00 1.00 79.00 85. O0 1.10 83.90' 65,00 .50 64.50 240.00 885.8o 207.4o 78.40 150.00 180.(J0 .... 3.70 1~6.30 96.95 .... 273.25 180. O0 3.70 176.30 98.62 .... £74.92~ 160.00 7.30 152.70 97.70 250.40 so.oo ..... 1.00 -79.00 3.99 8~.99 160.00 24. O0 1~§.00 95.80 231.80 160, O0 7.30 98.16 250.86 160.00 3.10 156.9'6 96.38 253.28 86; O0 1.00 79.00. 160. O0 156.90 100.89 257.79 C.R.J~ckson ~is p~tcher 137.50 ,,ithholding Tax 19. O0 Joseph ~arling Dispatcher ~lO0.00 ,,ithholding Ta~ 13.20 ~. T. S~:,i th Dispatcher 110.00 ~,ithholding Tax 1.70 ., .h. Flynn Poli ce 0ffice~ 62.50 ,,ithholding Tax 3,30 J.Garland Jefferson Supplementary compensation 0 .B · Gates ~heri ff 118.50 96.80 108.30 59.20 225.00- 174.80 "Routine ~t~mdara Claim, s pai~ from the General ~'und by the ~xec. Oec'y." o.,.Ellison Virginia ~lectric a Pov~er Co. Car~ilS's Sunoco ~ervice County of Renrico ¥irginia Electric & Po~er Co. Dr.J.G.Loving R.k. Bryant Dr. C.', .Fishburn Dr. ¥,. P. Speck ~r. Claude L. Neale ~r. Harvie ~eJ. Coghill James 0. Kirk, J.P. The C&P Tel. Company ~t::te ~orester of ¥irgini~ S.,.Ellison Virginia Electric & Pov~er Co. Virginia Electric m Po~er Co. Truby EGret Company Truby ~ ~otor Company ice for r.~onth of May, 1945 ~9.75' 6urrent used ..oo~:tock ~ter pump Gas ,md oil ~'or County car 5.71 hoard of prisoners in Henrico County jail for ,,~ril, 1945 104.10 gtreet lightin~ ~'or ~iay, 1945 390.84 Lun~,cy commis~ion-Le~is Henning Stone 5.00 ,,ctin~: coroner -Irvin Le~Jis, Chs~ s..~llen Barfs and Dick Ertison 15.00 Ooml~ission ,o.f lurmcy-henry Cook 5.00 " " -Bobble Rae Vaughan 5°00 " " " - Henry Cook 5,00 " " " - Bobble Ra~ Yaughan 5.00 " " ' - Renry Cook & Bobble ~ae Vaughan 4.00 Loc,,~l ~nd toll service June 1 thru June 20, 1045 294 ,~orest fire control service 290. Ice for month of ,~ril, 1945 Current used O.k., ,,elfare Dept., Camp B~ker, and Oons~rw~tion Office 56. C~rrent used Bellewood ~nor ~,at~r system b~s aha oil for County car 28. Gas ~nd oil- Ccunty truck 53. ~6,041.01 299.0, "~laims ,,uthorized by the mxecutiv~ ~ecret~ry from th~ General County ~und:" ~.i.iiorner 1,0C0 ~t. boarms for ~grt. Bldg. Virginia Printing Co. 7,000 Primary ~ilection Ballots The Notional C~sh Register Company One ribbon Buildings ~quopment & Supply Corp. i doz. 20 oz. Birminghan mops ~pencer Printing Company Richmond Office Supply Co. Inc. kich~ond Office Supply L.M.ttuickerbocker l~rs. Thee ~,~. Cogbill, Snyder Printing Company Mrs. Thee T.Cogbill, P.~T. ~,ater n~ter sheets 1,00O ~orms ~14 Olerk's Office Miscellaneous office supplies and printed forms for Clerk's Office One binder for map One coil 3ct. st~mps ~nd one coil lct. stamps Delin0uent notices, envelopes and postcards - Treas~urer's Office Stamps ~36. 56.0( · 6( 8.21 10.6( 12,4: 130.4~ £0.0~ 86.5; 23.0' "Eiscell~neous Claims Paia from the Cener~l County ~'und by the ~xecutive Secrete ,~ir Reduction 5ales Co. ,~.kobins George B~;skerville ¥~illie Smith h. B. Gilliam, ,~tty. ~tate Treasurer ii. C. Be rry R.b.Eoore R.B.Gillicm, -tty. Elmer ~lye rs Demurra[!e on cylinders ~"~.44 -ork on ,~ricultural Building 593.69 ,.orr on Fair Grounds 18.50 ,,ork on ~'air Grounds 18.50 Commissions on collection of delinquent taxes , prSperty in name of ,,m. Seal's keirs, ~avid A. Lyon, Jr.,et als },iartha C. wood, and ~,nnie ~. Boschen £15. Tc expenses incurred in connection ~,ith the ?udit of accounts ~nd records of Clerk's uffice for calendar year ended Dec. 31, 1944 ~ork on .~ricultural Building, 6 tons Stoker Coal una 6 tons N~S Conz~ssions on collc~ction of delincuent taxes on property in name of Lewis P~rham's Estate 21.76 ,'orr on ~'air Grounds 2.25 192.49 37.50 klexander & ~rrin Mrs. Eancy H. Fallen,Home Dem.~,gent Broaddus & Lucas John T.Draper Sheriff, Prince ¥,m. Co. Shsriff, Fluvanna Co. ,.,,.LaPrade & Bros. Vi=giniu ~lectric & PovJer Co. ~e~h~nics & Merchants Bank Grading race track Leveling off trash dumps $1~69.50 20.00 ~1409.5¢ ~emonstr:~ ti on and office supplies 14.5£ Police r~dio tubes 7.5[ ~ork on Subdivision map 54.0( S,~mmons in suit of Co. of Chesterfield Vs. Allen Beasley's heirs, et als 1.5( Summons in suit of Co. of Chesterfield Vs. Phi 1 Smit~.~ ' ~ido~ :.a~a ~.He irs . Staking off lot in Block C, Plan of Chesterfield Gardens,Chesterfiel~ Co.Va. 15.0( ~treet lighting for June, 1945 ;,ithholding tax paid from ~alaries of County employe<~s for ~une, 1945 219.1( "Election Claims": J.Estes Gill J. '~,esley Crowder, Or. Mrs. Ruth J. Downing Mrs. ~edelle V. Mann ~,[rs. Emma Jane Bowman Judge and r~turninf ballots ~15.50 " 7.00' ,, 7.00~ - 7.00 ,, 7.00 "Claims Pai~ from the Lo~, Tax Fund:" E. J.Oorman A.J.horner Salury and mileage Salary %,ithholding Tax Mechenics & Eerch~nts Benk Mi le aC e ,,ithholdin~ tax paid from salary of Game %,arden wi75.00 1~.10 156.90 60.00 100.00 216.90 18.10 "Claims Paia from ,..ttrick Sa.n.District 0per~tin~ ~un.d.:" Miss Grace B. Pond B.~,.,,alton Petersburg ,,ater ~,orks Ch.~ s. H.Eanes Petersburg ~utO Parts ~cme TAre & Battery Co. The C&P Tel. Company E.E.Titus, Inc. Edwin Cyek ~ -ower ¥irg~nia Electric & Co. District Clerk ~40.00 Janitor Municipal Bldg. 7.50 ~',ater used during May, 1945 175.72 Reading ~ater meters 13.90 10-gallon gasoline fire truck 2.38 Repairs .75 Local service },',ay 28 thru June 27,1945 6.25 12 C.i.meter boxes 54.00 Repairs to fire truck 16.65 Current used Ettrick Town Hall and pump ~6.1____L2 "~laims .~llo'~e~, by the iBQard an~ ?.~,lid by the ,',xecutive ~ecretary from the Dog T2~ · ~. L. O~!~vis Lillie B. 'Aillis ,m. Voltaire L[rs. ~,. C.Che~tham L. S.Morgau R.C. Jennings L. S. Mcr g an Mrs. '~.. C.Eorford R. D. Moo re H.B. ~,alker 11 chickens killea by dogs ( 6 lbs. ea.) ~23.10 8 "killed by dogs ~ 5 " ") 14.00 4 " " " " 8.40 35 Leghorns " " ( 6 lbs. ea.) 18.55 1 New Zealand White Rabbit~ 3.00 i New Zealand White Rabbit 1.00 Z0 chickens killed by dogs 4.00 · 5.00 10 chickens killed ,b,y d o,~is ( 11 lb. each) 5.00 10 " " 10 " " " " " " 5. O0 GRAND TOT~L ................... $11,912.08 ~ ~3,556.57 .~43.50 $335.00 35~.27 ~ und:" $87.05 This day, ~r.J.',,m.~ance, Treasurer, submitted to the BoarC report of expenses incurre8 in the operation and maintenance of his office for the month of June, 1945, in the amount of w1146.03, of which the CouI~ty has paid two-thirds or $76&.0E, the remainder to be pai~ by the ~tate, ~nd the Boer~ approvi~ the same the report is filed. ' This day, I~lr. GeO.W.~[Oore, Jr., Conz~issioner of Revenue, submitted to the Board his report of expenses incurred in the operation ~nd ~aintenance of his office for the month of June, 1945, sho'~ing a total of ~955.00, of which the County h~s paid two-thirds or ~6~6.37, the remainder to be p~id by the State, and the Board approving the s~me, the report is filed. This day, Mr. ~.,~. Cogbill, Commonv;ealth's Attorney, submitted to the Board his report of expenses incurred in the operation and maintenance of his office for the month of June, 1945, showing a total of $491.66, of ~,hich the County has paid one-half or ~245.8~, the remainder to be t-.aid by the ot&~te, and the Board approving the report, the same is filed. This day Mr.0.B.Gates, oherlff, submitted to the Board his report of expenses incurred in the oper~:tion and maintenance of his office for the month of May, 1945, showing a total of ~5£4.40, of ~hich the County has paid one-third or $174.80,,. the remainder to be paid by the otate and the Board approving the same the report is filed. Reports from the follov~ing offices v;er,: submitted ~-~nd filed: Trial Justice, Police Department, Home Demonstration ~gent, ~ricultural ~ents, Health Dept., ~elfare Department, and ~lxecutive Secretary. Report of ~isc llaneous colloctions r.~ceived by the hzecutive Oecretary ~nd turned over to the Trea urer for the month of June, 1945, wos read as follows: 7{~145 6j~0/45 6/~0/45 Chesterfield He~lth ~ept. ~ept. of Public ~,elfare Cash Office rent for June, 1945 ~40.00 Telephone bill 4.00 Lor~ distance telephone calls 4.29 ~48.=,9 and the report is filed. The Oame Jardens made their reports of activities durin~· the month of June, 1945. This day Mr.g;S.H.Greene, Supt. of Schools, presented to the Board a resolution from thc School Board, requesting that the hchool Budget for 1945-'46 be amdnded because of additional monies r~ceived from the State by adding ~24,000.00 from the St~te General ~und to "inst~uction - Teachers' s~laries" -17bl-lZ4; $12C0.00 from the General ~hnd of the otate to "Instruction - Salaries of Principals"- l?bl-lZ3; $3096.00 from the State General ~hnd to "Compensation of Supervisor and Visiting Teacher" - 17bi-135, and ~10,730.00 to ,~udio-Visual ~.ducation - 1762-399. ~nd that the amount of ~9,000.00 be transferred from 17b1-134 to 17e2-215-Repairs to Buildings and Upkeep of Grounds" an~ that ~650,00 be transferred from 17bl-lS4 to 1762-134 - Instruction-Summer ocho¢l,and that ~400.0~ be transferred from 17bl-134 to 17bZ-0therInstructional Costs". Upon consIder~:tion whereof, and on motion of ,~ .... tiornor, it is resolved that ~24,000.0C from the ot~te Gener~l ~und be a~ded to 17b1-$34, and that $1200.00 from the Ot~te General ~'und be added to 17bi-133, and that ~3096.00 from theState General ~'und be added to 17bl-135, ~nd that the sum of ~10,730,00 from the State General Fund be auded to 1762-399. · ~nd be it further resolved that the sum of ~9,000.00 be tr~.nsferr~d from 17bl-lS4 to 17e2-Slb, and that $650.00 be transferred from 17bl-134 to 1762-134, and that $400.00 be transferred from 17bl-134 tO 17e~ -Other instructional Costs. This day again the matter of a water system at and near the New Broad Rock School marne before this Board, and ',hereas, at a meeting- of this Board held on the lath day of June, 1945, the Executive Secretary was authorized to inquire into the quantities and quality of tl:e water in the ~,ell at the new Broad Rock ~chool, and ',hereas, the Executive oecre~ary h~-s reported that the capacity of s~id well is 60-gallons per minute and that th~~ quality of the w~ter is satisfactory, and ,,hereas, it is the desire of this Bo~rd to avail itself of the use of said well for the purpose mentioned, and the use cf the water by the School without cost to the School Board. Eow, Therefore, Upon consider,~tion, it is on motion of h.T.Goyne, resolved, that the County ~chool Board of Chesterfield Oounty, Virginia, ~e ~nd it hereby is respectfully req',!ueste~ to grant to this Boar~ the right to use the -~,ell ~t the new Bros. u Rook School for the purpose of establishin~ a w~ter system at and n~t.r the said new Broad Rock Sc?.o~l,and.' the furnishing of water to said school a' no cost to the ~chool Board, and further that permission be granted to this Board to install all necessary pumps, tanks, equipment and pipe lines. This day the '"xecutive ~cret~ry rea~ a letter from the ~lantation Pipe Line Company st~:tin~ ths~t the Oompany ha~d purchased 1,~50.00 z'orth of ~;ar Bonds in the oeventh ,,ar Loan Drive, and that in accordance v,'ith their policy these bonds had been allocated to the counties and cities in ~,hich their pumping stations, delivery points and division offices were located, and theft $.lS,00G.00 had been alloc~ted to Chesterfield County under this policy. Upon consider tion whereof, and on motion of J.G. Hening, the ~;xecutive Secretary be and he hereby is directed to write to the Plant:~tion Pipe Line Company thanking them for their contribution to Chesterfield's purchase of ,,ar Bonds. This day the Executive Secr~t~ry read a letter from Hon. Lloyd C. Bird, acknowled~i a resolution from the Board of Supervisors of June 12, relative to meeting ~ith the Virginia Conservation Commission, and the letter is received and filed. Lg This day the ",xecutive oecretary read a letter from ~.ir.~,.A.~,right, Chairman, ¥irgin.a Conserv~,tion Co, mission, st~tinc,' theft a meeting would be held on Tuesd~y, July l?, 194~, in the office of the Commission, for the purpose of discussing the possibilit of accepting from the ~eaeral Government and Swift Creek Park ,,rea, inviting the members of the Board of Supervisors and such other guests theft the Board would care to join in this discussion, Upon consideration ¥~her~of, and on ~otion of J.G.}iening, it is resolved that the entire Boaru be requesteu to attend the r~eeting in the office of the Conservation ~ommission on July 17th, 1945. This day a letter was re~ from the ~tate Forester, ~,~r.Ceo. ,,.Dean, r~lativo to the rates ofpay for forest fire fighters and the expense of ~ Forest Fire Prevention, Progr~m in Chesterfield Ccunty, an~ the letter' is received and filed. i'his day a petition from residents livin¢ ~lon~ the hxtension of Rt.?17 was read to the Bo-',.--~rd, requesting the, t this road be put in condition for travel. Upon consideration v,'hereof, ~r~d on motion of ,,.~.horner, it is resolved that the Otate Dep~rtment of ~ii~'hw~ys be arid it hereby is requested to improve an extension of Rt.?l? for a distance of ~pproximately .2 of a mile, ch~:~rging same to the 3ct. road levy. This u~y the Executive Oecretary re~d a letter from the Virginia Department of i~ighv;ays rel~tive to the changing of Rt. ~l, and the letter is received ~nd filed. This day ~irs. F.~i.lleiker c r.,~e before the Board st~!~tinf theft garb~ge trucks from the City of Richmond ;,,ere dumping garbage to be fed to hogs near her residence, and had created ~ very disagreeable condition ~nd requested that some action be taken to provide relief from this situ-~,tion. Upon consider~tion whereof, ~nd on motion of ,~.~.t~orner, it is resolved that the Chairman be requested to appoint a Committee to investig~te the matter and take such action as deemed possible ¥~ith the :~,pproval of the Co~auon¥,'ealth's ,~ttorney. ~,hereupon, the Chairman ~,ppointea as this Committee: Er. ,.~.t~orner, ~,{r. T.D.,'atkins, ~nd the mxecutive Jecretary · This Cay the ,~.xecutive ~ecret~,ry read a letter from ~r. %,.T. Perdue, regarding the improvement of a road near Lakeview. UpSn consider~tion wher,~of, and on motion of p.,,.Oovington, it is resolvea ths't the Executive ~ecretary be and he hereby is requested to communicate with 5~r.Perdue and inform him that this matter ha~ already been placed in the hands of the High~ay Oepartment for action. This day the ~xecutive ~ecretary road a letter from ~[r. Chas. H. Eanes, relative to a request for an increase from 5 to ?,;cts. for reading meters in the Ettrick oanitury District. Upon consider':~tion whereof, and on motion of H.T.Goyne, it is resolved theft this matter be referred to l~r.P.','i.Covington, Supervisor from th~:t District, for investigation. This day a letter w~,s read from ~.r. Thom,~s ~,.~er~uson, Jr., Chairman of the Roads and Streets Committee of the Ben ,,ir Citizens' Ass~oci~:tion, r~lative to the condition of certain roads and streets in Ben ~ir, ~nd the letter is received and referred to the St~,te Deps~rtment of Highways. This day a letter was ream from the Sydnor Pump & %iell Company relative to ~.~ainten of ~ ter systems in Chesterfield County, ~,nd the letter is received and filed. This day the Executive Oecretary read to the ]?card a co~nunication from ~.',r. 0.K. 5:arquts, owner of the w;~,ter system at Chester, containing proposals for the ~le that system to the Board of Supervisors. Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of ti.T.Goyne, it is resolved theft the letter be received :=nm filed and that the matter be continued until s.uch time as a survey can be made of the property and other questionable features cf operation be strai~'htened out. This d~y the ~.xecutive Oecretary presented to the Board the matter of a he~,ting system in the ~gricultur~l Building and was irmtructed to s~ke further investig~t of the same. This day the mxecutive oecretary called the Board's attention to the fact thief Mr.G.lf,.Johnson, of t~e Police Dep~rt~.,ent, hs~ving been incapacitated for more than t%;o yes, rs, and tlmt ~ccoruing to the policy of the Board, future payments of ante f ~on salary to him ~ere not pr ctic~l. Upon consideration '~hereof, and on motion of H.T.Goyne, it is resolved that the hxecutive oecretary be and he hereby is requested to communic,~.te with Z~r. Johnson concernir4~ this m~tter, requesting him to submit a report of his physicul condition and sho~ cause why he should not either return to work or be transferred to the Police Benevolent .~ssoci~tion for any future compensation. This day the ~xecutive ~ecret~ry brou6ht to the ~oard's attention the request for bus service over koute ~10, Upon consideration ~hereof, and on ~otion of H. T. Coyne, it is resolved that the m~ecutive ~ecret:~ry be and he hereby is requeste~ to communicate with transportation companies in an effort to have bus service extende~ over Route ~10 by Chesterfield Oourthouse. ~zhis d~y ~'.H.T.Coyne, reported that there w~s a situation on Rt. 719 which caused water to d~mage the property of ~[r. H.O.Wade. Upon consideration ~hereof, and on motion of H.T.Goyne, it is resolved that the Department of Highways be and it hereby is requeste~ to correct this condition by better drainage on Rt. ?19. This a~y Lir. H.T.Ooyne stated that there ~zas a matter of the improvement of a ro'~d west of the ~eabo~rd ~irline Railroad-in the To~n of Chester, northeasterly alon~ that Railroad for ~ ~stance of approximately 1/ mile. Upon consideration ~hereof, and on motion of H.T.Goyne, this ~,:atter is referred to the Ro~ Committee, '¢~ith a request that it ~ke a report of its findings at the next meeting of the Boarm. it being necessa, ry to have reappropriated such monies as had been set up for special purposes in a previous budget, the matter was brought to the attention of the Board. %pon consi~er~tion wher~:of, a, nd on motion of ,,.~.Horner, it is resolved that the following amounts be r~appropric~ted from the unappropriated surplus of the General ~'und to the following ~ccounts: Police Raaie Broad ~ock ~,~ter ~ystem Chester Jater oystem bellewood Manor ,~ater oystem ~gricu ltur~ 1 Build lng Chester ~'ire ~ept. 19 - 40la ~6,500.00 19 -404 10,000.00 19 -404a 10,000.00 lOd- l£Z 2,405.94 19 - 601 500.00 19 - 400 0rder,d that the meeting be no%, ~djourned until .~ust 14, 194~, at 10:00 a.m. Cha'irm~n '