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07-26-1955 MinutesVIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of %he Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, held the Courthouse on July 2.6, 1955, at 8:00 p.m. Present: Mr. %rvin G, tlorner, Ch~iI'man .'.ir. R. J. I:½ritton 5~r. [[. T. Goyne 5lt. J. P. Gunter Dr. Robt. 0. Gill Mr. ,Stanley R. Ilague, Jr. This ~tay the [~oard made an inspection of several houses on the Ivey Tract in ]~er~qucl~ District, to vie~,~ the co~ls%ruotion of houses with Oak flooring on no sub- flo oFln~. The ~oard co~vened ~t the Courthouse at a~roxima~e]y ~:~0 p.m. This day a~,ain the matler of ~rantin.~; a Use P~rmit for a ridin~I scho,~l to Mr. E. P. Raukin on the fo]lowing described .parcel of land came bef.ore the Board: Iu Manche.~'ter Map;ister~al District, Riverside i)pive ap)roximaie]y ~1500 feet ami extendin/% ~50 feet ~orthw;~r~]y to ~he J~mes t~iver, said I)apcel belnt~ ea~% of the in- tersection of Clul) Drive and l~iverside 'Jrive. )Ir. ['.anki. rl and his counsel, Mr. David l,iead Whit:e aopears saying that no building will be constructed on the property, thai; the owner will clean up the property, and tha~ the owner wi]ldo wt~ateveF the people in the area request if a temporar~ use ~er ~it for one year is ~ranted. Th~re a,>pe~red also eleven people with Mr. Samuel Hardwick and >'Ir. John Pearsall as spokesman, o}>:',osing the request, saying that the [)Foperty valves in the are~, ,xre quite hi~h and that the ~fral~ting' of this request wou].d do ~rreparable dama,~e ~o the adj.,cent properties. U!~o~l consl~r'ation wl,,~reof and on ,noti~n of ~qF. Britton, seconded by Mr. Gunter, it i.~ resolved that the Fe,lU~t for a tse Permit by :%Ir. Rankin be and the same is h~;reby denied. This they ~gl'~in Mr. $chmitt req. ue~ted the g'ranging af bui]_dinF, permits fop ten (10) I~ouses, ~hich houses would hav~~ no suP-flooring. ~pon Co~ls[~l~l'~Lion w[l~)r~of, 51~. Goyne [n~t,[e the fo]].owint~ motion w1~ich was seconal oy Mr. ~L.,?,ue: '[hal this }~oard grant the ~equested ten (]0) Dermits, provided %he bmkldeF follows the specificatinns and ~nsfim~ctions of the I{ukldin~ inspector. The vote bein~ taken - M~. Goyne and ~,iF. [[at~ue voted - yes M~. Guoger, Mr. }~ritton and t)F. Gill - Nay. Upon furttmr c~n~ille~ation ~nd on motiou of .~lr. Gunter, seconded by Mr. 13ritton. the. followin'f resolution i.s adopted: l~,e it 01'daine(I 1)y the P, oard of Sup.rv~.sors of Chesterfi. e]d County, %ecti6n 1.5 ti) of the building code be amended %o inclu(le %he fo]- lo~,'in~: D~at no wood floorin~ for a residence shall [)a co~si:ructed Hn]ess the same shall x~ve a sub-flooFin~ with 15-pounds of sluteF~s felt or equal betuee~ tire sub-flooFin~ an~l the finislled floor. An ame~lency e~i,~t[n~, %his am-ndment shall be in force from its passui~e. This day ,~Ir. James Goodwyn and Mr. Ghas, Goodwyn, came before the l~oard seeking the l~oar(i's a,~proval of an of lice building to be erected immediat~ely behind :,{ilson's store and facinF, the road from Rt. 10 to the County jail. And it was ,~enerally agreed after discussing the building progrma of the County that this matter would be held in abeyance until such time as the [~oard could deter~5in the bi, st procedures to follow in the m~i, ier of additional office ~ace for the ~ourthouse. This day Dr. E. C. Gates, Director, County ilealth Department, came before the Board sa) iht that the rental on the Ne%~ tlealth l{ui~ding had not been establishc~d, ~lld he, with the t~oard ar't'ived at l!~e following estimated operational costs: Main tenance Janitor Service Ilea t Electr'ici fy, re]phone & water ~13o.oo 15o.oo 70.00 75.00 $425.00 Upon consi, dcratio:~ whirr'eof and on raotion of Mr. Gunter, seconded by Mr. Britton, it i.s resolved thai this l~oa]~(l set as fhe rental ['ee for the new Health Puildin~ ti]i, sum of 5h25.00 pe~ month. Upou considera, tion w!ereof, and ur)oil the recommendation of Dr. Gates, it resolved on motion of Hr. Gunter, seo,)nded by Mr. Ileal'tie, that the Treasurer of the gounty of Chesterfield be and he h~)rel)y is authorized to transfer the sum of $1721.00 from the unexpended <urp]us of the Oounty to tl'le State DeDartment of }lealth allocati()n. It wa~ ~er orally a,~;reed thai: t, he },;xecut'[ve Secretary invt, s( i:~[~,te the payment of oil bills for th(~ Health Depart:ment u'!~i, le const~-ucti, on was in proc~.ss. l'his day 5lt. ~. S. Darouse came be£ore the Boa~d requesting ~he Boa~d~s approval of Lite proposed sale of used gove~mment d~e]ling's iu the County, ~hich buildings Wotlld classify as pi'e-f,ti,picated bui ldinils. On motion of )IF. Goyne, seconded by )ir. GunteI', it is resolved that this matter ce ref+,rFed to the ~%uildkng' inspector fo~ his recommendatl,~ns on ~-~w said buildings can be improved to meet the Code, ,ind final a~,~roval be gF~inted by this {~oard. 0n motion of ,'.Ir. (~unter, sec,~nded by )ir. (k}yne, it is resolved that this I~,'~a~'d ~p) i. nto Executive session to hear {-tip a,U).{icants for the Assistant }3Lli] d[~lt~ l~spector~ s job. Wl'mrminon the I!oard int~rviewed Mr. k. !{. Oausby, Mr. W. R. Se]den and R. !,i. ,~mith. rl-~e }'.pard r'econvening i_n eden session ~eneral. ly a{.*reed that the po,sition of :~sskstant !hit]ding ~nspectoF be again advert;ised at a salary of a~q~roximately $]600.00 per year. ()iD motion of Dr. Gill, seconded by Mr. }[a(,;ue, it is resolved that the ordinance Committee review the l)reposed ordinallce on th.e esta[)lishmont of a pllrcbasing 0n motion of 5!r. Goyne, seconded by l)r. Gill, it is resolved that the Executive Secretary [)e ulld lie l~ereby is authoI'ized to ~)ay the sum of $52.90 to )Ir. }{a~,~ue, ~nd the `sum of ~].?.~0 to t~le Exe(;u~ irc 5ecl~t ,I'y, which [Dills are for the actual exl)o~lses [ncurFe(| ill the National Association of Gounty Officials con- vent[on held ill liichmond on JuDy ]?th-20th. This day the Oom-tonwoalth~s Ati, ort~(;y repor't~)d to the Board thai; the Judge of the Circuit 0OLlI"t, ttie lion. J. Garland J~fF,~rson, had the imweF ef setting tho salari, es of the Board of Supervisors. U~)o~] con~.i,leration w~mreof aud on motion of D~'. Gill, seconded by Mr. l!riiton, it is ]'~so]ved that this 1%o~r(1 re~tuosi, the iici,. J. Garland Jeff erasco, JudtIe, Oircuit Court of Chesterfield C.'mnty, to establish the salary rat, cs of the members of tl~o Board of Supervisors of said Oounty. 'fhis day ,Xlr. .Mumma presented what ,,IH)eared to be a violation of the }~uilding Oo,le of the County [)y )Ir. Sidney Floyd on Rt. 641 of Dale District. Upon coIlsiderc, tkotl uheroof and on n,otLon of Mr. Britton, 5ecoil(Je(] by Mr. [la~ue, il i.s resolw-,d thai; t~is muLl. oF De i-ef(~Ft'od to l[le llui]dipg ltlspectoF a~}d ihat he enforce tho ]h~Jl(li. nl~ Code to the b~t of Iris ability. D:is day thc: Executive Secretary rea.i a loiter- £rom Mr. Edward F. Monath, re,l,~astinl,; the t~rantin~ of a buildint; permit on ii road ].eadin~; northwardly from the Reams Road in Manchester District, st;alinlI the fact that the owners of t~te nro~t"l:y a~Iree not t,~ soil any more lots ill](J that no owner of tile U~oll c;~nsideI'at. Lon whereof und Oll moti. or~ of ~lr. (~lln~or~ seconded by Mr. Goyrle, it is resolved fi!let a bui],lin~I :~ermit be ffranted to Mr. Mouath, provided the County i.s not required or ro,~uested to improve said road. This day tl/¢ Executive Secretat'y ret)pti:ed th~it: l~e had given ."Irs. John Con, bill an offer of 5]6,000.00 for her property immediately west of the and that !De had peceived a ver)].y stat, lng' tlta, i. l. ht~ owllor~s price was si[1] ~DS,000,00. Upon consideration whereof and on motion of }lt. I~ritton, soc,~nded by Mr. (}unter, it is resolved that tile Executive 5ecrot~ry wFite :~,)g'])i].l sayiiig that f, he County is Dot interested in %tie Property at the offered hI'leO Of 5D,5,000.00. On ,,ol.i,m of' Dr. G. il], seconded by .',Ir. !la¢~ue, it is resolved that the Executive Secretary be authorized to receive bids for a D/b~-ton truck with a panel ~)ody and to confer with the Chief of Police and .Skier-iff of the Jounty and to establish tho speci, fi.c~tions a~reed to ~,y all concer~ed to ~hich the truck wou]d DO of lntrerOst. ,notion of )tr. Goyne, seconded by Mr. Britton, it; is resolved that upon the ,,dvics of ti,e Com, ltoflw~ali;h~s Atiorney that; l.lte fo]_lot, inF. resolution be i~dopted: l.,e it rr;solved by the l!oard of Sul)~rvisor's of the Co ~nty of Che-:terfi. eld, Vir'$,*inia, in re~;'ular meetint~ asCembled, thai the Chairman of said l~oard be, and ~e her~q)y is authori, zed to enter it]to an a¢Ir'eement with lite iltluntic tJoast l.ine Railroad Company, and t;o sitIn same on behalf of said County, whereby the said Railroad Cnmp~ny gives and .;rant:s unto said 'Jouni;y ~he ritIht; of license to lay and maintain for U,e ~urpose of c~)n(lucting water, a Dine of ('i-inch transite pipe ac~oss the ri¢~}~% of way and underneath the tracks nf l-ic~,nsor n~ar ~altha]l., Virginia, at a noin~ 87~ feet sout:~eit~t,cmrclly, measured alontI ttm cent, er ]ine of Licensor's nortl%L)ou~d main tFaclcs, from ~il~ Post ]6: as particul.,irly described in said ~Ireenlerlt, which, a~freo~,~ent i~; dated June 22, 1955. "t'his (lay Mr. I{rktton reDo,'t,~d thai, the %alary Committee had met and interviewed several of tile Department headsiil (liscussing the pl-esent ill'pi,leto of equalizing salaries [)aid ut the Oourthouse and re~or~ed further that the Committee recom- mended that a job analysis be doIle on each clerical job at tile Courthouse, a job description to be writi;en on each class of job and the jobs Fated to the best of the Gommitt;ee's ability. On motion of .Mr-. Gtlnter, sec ~nde(t by Mr. Homer, it is resolved that this Board accept the recommeudation of the Salary Oomntittee and authorize said Committee %o make tx coliN~l~}te qtlPvey of tb~ jobs and sa].apies at the 0oupthou~e. 0~1 ~,~oti,;: of l)~-. GJ]I , seconded by ~p. II~t, Tue, it is resolved that this Board awarrl to t l~,, firm of I~'. D. ~fa] 1 Stle~,t M~Lal Shop. a contri~ct for paintinC the 1-o6f .~' the Municipal Buildin~f i~ Ettrick and insta]li~16~ oo'~Dem ~utteps and Uownspouts on said buil(Ji~lt:, for the price of ~448.00, which DPlce is the lowest Peceived wbe~! sealed bids were ol*ened on July Z6th a~ 10:00 a.m. It is ~enepal].y agreed that the County .En~:ineer be allowed to sell to Mr. W. P. LeonaFd a,l used 5,000-gall. on ~ank for ~00.00 which ~ank will be installed xn the wal, a~ su[>~,ly system of Pocoshock licit:hts. I~ w~s ~lenerally a~l. pe~-(t %httt the Executkve ~ecpetary would ~e% bids on a panch wat~ot] for t}~e ~atep Superintendent, which vehicle would pep]ace the one in u~,% at 1;bis tkme. It was .qellerally ~tfree(l t}'h,t tl~; Exe,~cutive ,~ecpet,-~-y would ~et bi~]s OI1 new police c~rs ttnd at new cat]' fop fhe Executive Sec~'el~ary. On ~notiot~. the, ~,~e~,tit~,~ is adjourned until 10:00 a.m. August 9. 1955. Executive Secretary