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