05-18-1950 MinutesV~{GINIA: At an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Chester-~
field County, held at thc
Cou~'thouse on May 18, 1950, at
8:00 p.m.
J.C.Hening, Chairman
. ~ .do)ne
i~obt. O. Gill
J.C .McKesson
Irvin G. Homer
James %,r.!3ordon;. Jr.
This; day the Supt. of Schools, Mr.E.S.H.Greene, presented to the Board a request
for' ~ appropriation from this Board to theSchool Board to supplement the b, udget
requSred by unexpected expenditures by the School Board. -
Upon consideration whereof, and on motion, it is resolved that the sum of
~$55~OOO.00 be and it hereby is appropriated from the unexpended balance of the
General Fund and loaned to theSehool Board to be paid b ack t o the General Fund
Ly theSchool Boa~'d not ~ than December 15, 1950.
And be it further :re~olved ~hat the Treasurer be and he hereby is directed to so
record this on his ledgers.
This day the Executive Secretary read to the Board a letter siLned by lv~.Stuart
Sckmidt, requesting the County to put in certain water pipes in the area of
Stratford Hills, and agreeing in writin~ to pay the cost of such pipe ~fter it had
been ~nsta!]~d. Upon consideration %d~ereof, and on motion, ~t is resolved that
the ~ecutive Secretary be and he hereby is authorized to install the pipe in
accordance with tker quest of Mr. Scl~:idu~ upon the condition that M~.ScbJnid~
si6n a contract in term~ similar to that entered into with the Franklin Corporation!.
!~]~¢reas, this B~rd has for sometime considered thc aivisability of crea'uing under
.~au, j a water authority~ ~d
.ae.~=~) Alexander Bro~ ~; Sons of Baltimore, has mad~ a ~roposal to this Board to
fin~ce the furt~er construction of the present water systemic, including ~ adequate
source of supply and the ass~ption of the present debt upon the present water
system, as wcll as engineers' repiners ~d proposals made by Wiley an~ ?~lson,
Consulting Engineers, and
~Aereas~ it is d eem~d advisable that this Board consider furthest the creation of
said water authority ~d the proposals of Alexander Bro~ a~ Sons, and ~;iley
& Wi~on~ Consulting ~gineers, ~d
V~reas~ it is the desire of this Board that the people of the Cowry, especially
those ~rsons who are water takers from the water systtm, be, he~d at a public
meet~g to be cal~d for this~rpose before this Board takes ~y final or binding
action on the creation of the proposed water authority, ~d the proposals of
alexander Bro%~n and Sons, and Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers.
Now, Th~ra~fore~ upon consideration whereof, it is re~solued that the citizens of tke~
Co~ty of Chesterfield be notified that ~ informal public meet~g w~ll be held at
Chesterfield Co~thouse on the 6th day of J~e, 19~O~ at ~:OO p.m., and t~t such
other t~mes and places as this B~rdmaydecide for the lurpose of affo~ing the
citizens the opportunity to express their views in favor of the creation of a
water authority and the proposals therewith, or in opposition thereto, ~d to make
such inquirya s to them ~y ap~ar necessary.
(_)n motion of Mr.J.C.McKessca, it is resolved that a news item be released to the
Press notifying the public that an informal meeting will be held at the Courthouse
on June 6, 1956, at 8:00 p.m.
Ordered that the meeting b e now adjourned until June 6, 1950 at 8:OOp.m.
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