1955-12-06 PacketVIRGINIA; .t an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield
County, held at 3:30 p.m. on
December 6, 195 5.
Present:
Mr. Irvin G. Horner, Chairman
Mr, J. P. Gunter
I&.R. ;.Britton
Nr. E. T.Goyne
Dr. Robt. 0, Gill
Mr.Sta-FleyR.Hague, Jr.
This day the Board net and reviewed the zoning request of Mt. O.Y..3rooke, Mr. ,;.Be
Tate, Mr.Raymond A,Scott; the requested vacation of a road extending northwardly
from Cozy Lane, and the requested variance for the El Patio Restaurant.
This day the RKecutive Secretary read a ]e tter from Mr. Mnvin Cole, requesting
the sale of 12-acres of land on Belmont Road for delinquent taxes, explaining
that this parcel of land was peculiarly beneficial to the development of a
&proposed subdivision by Mr.Roland Rooke, aid that since Mr. Herbert Gilliam
who usually handles these cases cannot proceed immediately with this sale,
request the action of the Board to obtain the services of some other lawyer
to handle this particular tax suit. Upon consideration whereof and on
motion of Mr.Gunter, seconded by Mr.Britton, it is resolved that Mc. Jerry Jewett
be asked to represent the County and bring sale of 12-acres of land belonging
to Mr.H. P. John oa on the Belmont Road for de lino uent t axes .
This day a letter was read from Mr.Wm. Be Brown of the Mutual Insurers, Inc.,
citing the fact that said Company could guarantee a re t saving of 20% to the
County compared to our present method of purchasing bonds for County employees.
Upon consideration whereof and on motion of Mr.Gunt er, seconded by Mr.Goyne,
it is resolved that the Executive Secretary be and he hereby is authorized
to seek bids on all bonds possible for County employees.
On motion of Dr. Gill, seconded by Mr. Hague, it is resolved thet the Executive
Secretary be authorized to purchase 500 feet of 1-1/2" fire hose for the Ettrick
Fire Department at the recent bid price from the Richmond Rubber Company of
950 per foot.
On motion of Dr. Gill, seconded by IVr.Goyme, it is resolved that the County Engineer
be requested to get a price from the Engine er Consultant, Warren Perrow, for the
preparation of the working plans for the connection of a sewer line from Ettrick
to the City of Petersburg.
It is bare noted that after the brief meeting ,-,'the Board met with the County
P1anoing Commission for a dinner at the Half -:':ay House.
On motion., the meeting is adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Decenb er 13, 1955.
OVERTON S. WOODWARD J/ • 1 T U A
RICHARD C. POAGE
WM. S. GRAHAM
515 WEST
T. WHITFIELD HARRISON
HERMAN A. WILLIAMS
G. RUFFIN WINFREE
INC.
GRACE STREET TELEPHONE 3-6663 RICHMOND 20, VIRGINIA
December 5, 10/55
Board of Supervisors
Chesterfield County
Chest rfield Court Mouse, Va.
Attention: Mr. Melvin Burnett, Executive Secretary
Deer 1''ir. Burnett:
Sometime ago it was my privilege to visit with
you andto discuss your county insurance and bonds.
At that tir:-e it was indicated that the large
majority, if not all, of the public official bonds i-Jill
expire on January 1, 1056.
Tijo of our companies, the Lumbermens Mutual
Casualty Company, one of the largest and finest mutual
companies in the s:orld, and the American Motorists
Insurance Company, a fine capital stocIr company, specialize
in these public official bonds. They both provide the
mal:imiun in sound covera!=,e and service at a substantial
savings.
Ile can guarantee a net savings to you. of 20%0,
amounting- to v,ell over �:;�1,0CC.r'0 as co-rpared to ,your
present 1'ethod of plac=r.,ent.
At present our companies are providing Bonds
for a number of Virginia counties and cities. Z'zrong a
fetia are:
City* of Nei%,tort News City of Falls Church
Henrieo County Campbell County
Albemarle County State of Virginia, Departr-:ent
of Highways
I ,-ill greatly ap--reciate the opportunity to
discuss this Further 1,Tith you or to provide any a ditional
inforr.,ation desired. I ti,ill look forward to serving you.
Yours very truly,
11ILL I:"Ji B . G' AHAM C.9/
MUTUAL INSURERS, INC.
t':='G/es
y ,
ALL LINES OF INSURANCE AT THE LOWEST COST CONSISTENT WITH SERVICE AND SOUND PROTECTION
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LAW OFFICES
ROOKE,MERHIGE S COLS
STATE -PLANTERS BANK BUILDING
J. ROLAND ROOKS
ROBERT R. MERHIGE, JR, RICHMOND 7 VIRGINIA
MARVIN F. COLE
D.J-ESPOSITO December 5, 1955
Mr. Melvin Burnett, Executive Secretary
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield Courthouse, Virginia
Dear Mr. Burnett:
You will recall that I spoke with you and Mr. Herbert Gilliam in
regard to selling 12 acres of land on Belmont Road for delinquent taxes.
I am enclosing herewith a statement from the Clerk of the Chesterfield
County Circuit Court and from the Treasurer of Chesterfield and you
will note that taxes on this property have not been paid since 1947.
The property involved is 12 acres on Belmont Road and your assessed
valuation of this property is $240.
As you know from my previous conversation, I represent Mr. J. Roland
Rooke, who is going to open a new subdivision in the immediate vicinity.
This 12 acres comes in on a sharp angle into Mr. Rooke's property and
it would be advantageous to develop this 12 acres at the present time
for several reasons. First it would provide for a more orderly develop-
ment of the county since it would seem unreasonable to me to run roads
right up to this little strip and then stop. The same would be true
of utilities. In addition to that this property is now on the books of
the county and is not producing any income. If the property kere sub-
divided along with the other property which Mr. Rooke is going to sub-
divide, it would go back on the books of Chesterfield County on a paying
basis. If you are disposed to sell this property for delinquent taxes,
I would very much appreciate your doing it as quickly as possible since
plans for Mr. Rooke's subdivision are now underway. I realize, of
course, that the sale would have to go through the Circuit Court of
Chesterfield County and the land would have to be sold at public auction.
I have taken the liberty of speaking with Mr. Herbert Gilliam in regard
to this, but he informed me that he would not be able to handle this
matter this year and would not be able to get to it for some time next
year. You will recall that you also had a conversation with him in
regard to this. I also spoke with Mr. Jerry Jewett in regard to handling
this matter and he advised me that if it would be agreeable to Chester-
field county that he would handle the matter for you. If there is
anything that you can do in regard to this matter I would greatly appre-
ciate it.
Very truly yours,
ROOKE, MERHIGE & COLE
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