08-29-1939 Minutes
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VIRGllrIA: At a special neeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Chesterfi~ld
County, held at the Courthouse on
August 29, 1939, at 7: 30 P .1\:. I
and im the 164th year of the
C ornmonweal th . I
Present:
Horace L. Chalkley, Chairman,
Horace A. Holt,
Hilary L.Fergusson,
Harold T. Goyne,
John B.\/atkins, Jr.
This day, the Executive Secretary requested of this Bo~rd that it approve
the formation of a Council composed of representatives from the County Health
Department County 'delfare Department, and the local Chapter of the .american Red
Cross, for'the purpose of coordinating the vrork of these groups so as to eliminate
the possibility of duplication of services, and,
ifuereas, funds have heretofore, and up to this time, been available to
several departments of the government of this County, for the purpose of ministerirg
to the general welfare of the citizens of Chesterfield County, and
'vihereas, the functions of those departments have tended to overlap, one
with the other, with the result that the maximum effectiveness of the several I
services has not been attained, and
'vlliereas, it is well recognized by this Board, that the ,~lfare of a I
people is dependent upon the v~ll being of each person; that the care of the I
needy must be so administered tl~t it U08S net create dependency, with consequent I
wastefulness of public funds and human resources; end that the full service to
the welfare of the people can be had only by the unhindered coordination of all I
public departments and private organizations:
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Upon Consideration i1hereof, and it appearing proper to do so, this Board t
on motion of John B.Watldns, Jr., doth resolve that a Council, to be kno,'m as the
Chesterfield County 'delfare Council, be, and the same hereby is, created. And. be
it further resolved that this Council be composed of one representative of this I
Board; one representative of the American Red Cross; one representative of the
Local Board of Public \ie1fare; the County Nurse; the Superintendent of Public
\~lfare; the Executive Secretary at the Chesterfield Chapter of the American Red
Cross, and one representative not identified vii th the nemed organizations to be
elected by the members of the Council designated. _~d be it further resolved,
that the Council shall direct its efforts to the coordination of the activities
of the Health Department, the Ilelfare Department and of the American Red Cross,
And the Council shall make periodic reports to this Board.
On motion of R.A.Holt, it is resolved that John B.\iatkins, Jr., be,
and he hereby is, appointed to represent this Board on the Chesterfield County
Helfare Council.
This day the Executive Secretary presented to the Board a request of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to have Chief C.W.Smith, return to the
F.B.I. School in Vmshington, between the dates of September 25 - 30th, 1939 , for
a re-training course. The ~oard appreciating the police training facilities
offered by the F.B.LSchool, doth on motion of Horace A.Holt, direct C.vl.Smith,
Chief of County POlice, to attend the school of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
in Washington on September 20 - 30th, 1939, at the expense of the County.
This day the ~xecutive Secretary reported to the Board his findings
of the need and abi lity to pay for the extension of water and sewer service in
and near the Ettrick Sanitary District #1, and requested this Board to approve
the naking of an application to the \iorks Projects Administration for assistance
in the construction of the aforesaid services. Contribution of sponsor of said
project to be approximately $2,500.00. And it appearing to the Board that the
legality of spending the funds of the Ettrick Sanitary District #1 outside the
bounds of the said sanitary district should be carefully considered before approving
such expenditures, the Board doth on motion of H.T.Goyne, defer the matter of
extending water and sewer service in the Ettrick Sanitary District #1, until such
time as the Board has c onsiderea the legal aspects of expendingc district funds
outside the bounds of said district.
It appe aring to the Board that it would be profi tab le to the County
to enter into contract for the furnishing of fuel oil for heating purposes to the
Bttrick Municipal Building, in the Ettrick Sanitary District #1, the Board doth
on motion of John B.Viatkins, Jr., resolve that the Delta Oil Company of PetersburE
be awar~ed ~ontract for furnishin& fuel oil #2, to the Ettrick MUnicipal Building
in the Ettrlck Sanitary District ffl, for the period ending May 31, 1940 at 6-1/481s.
per gallon. And be it further resolved that the Executive Secretary be ,and he
hereby is, authorized and directed to sign the aforesaid contract in behalf of
this Board.
This day, M.A.Cogbill, Camoonwealth's Attorney. presented to the
Board a matter of the issuance of bonds in the Manchester Sanitary District ifl
wherein he stated that Thomson, Wood and Hoffman, Attorneys of New York, had '
declined to approve the validity of the bonds heretofore authorized; and that he
had taken up the matter of said .ti.ttorneys preparing all papers and proceedings in
connection with another election in said di strict so that said Attorneys would
approve the validity of said bonds. Upon consideration whereof and on motion
of H.T.Goyne, it is resolved that this matter be carried over to the next regular
meeting of this Board, and that the Com~onwealth's Attorney notify the \~ter
Committee of the ~ivic League in said District of this B'~rd's action so that it
may take such action as it deems proper.
OrdeNd that the Board be n01N adj ourned until Vlednesday, September 6th,
1939, at 10:00 A.M.
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xecutive Secretary
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