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Home My Public Portal About1954_02_08 108. _ . REGULAR FJ:BRUARY, 8, 1954. At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Monday, February, 8, 1954, at • - 7:30 o'clock P. M., there were present William-W. Nickels, Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, Reginald K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill, Emmerson H. James, Maurice R. Lowenbach Jr; Frank Raflo, and Morton Riddle 3rd; Councilmen. The minutes of the last regular and special meeting were read and upon motion of Emmerson H. James, seconded by Morton Riddle 3rd; and unaminously carried were -approved as read. The Auditor-Treasurer read his monthly report for the month of January IIII 1954, and_presented his current bills, and upon motion of Maurice R. Lowen- bach Jr; seconded by Morton Riddle 3rd; and unaminously carried the follow- ing resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in. Virginia, that the.Auditor-Treasure be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay the following. bills: • Virginia Electric &"Power Co; $ 285.99-' Y Chesapeake & Potomac Telphone Co; ' 5.35 L. S. Huthchinsons Esso Stations 2.79 � Richard U. Goode - 85.00 — J. S. Whitmore 12.85 Leesburg Service Station 2.53 - Bishop's Service Station 10.90 - McDonald i Jenkins 38.09 Mitchells. 4.50 - 4. J. S. Whitmore( agent insurance) 15.00 rr Wnitmore & Arnold - - 4.50 5 J. T. Hirst_& Co Inc; 7.86 - II Gills Radio & Electric 4.53 - Alban Tractor .97 -- b Loudoun-Times Mirror 84.90 - }444 The Hunt.Company 210.75 ' Raymond R. Rodrick 198.81 Virginia-Carolinia Chemical Corporation 15.38 n i, S. Livingston & Son 7.27 - • Virginia Assn;- of Chiefs of Police 20.00 - $1,017.97 Mr. Martin Kidweel appeared before' Council and requested special per- . . mission to put two Honor Rack Newspaper stands on the streets in Leesburg, Land Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Frank Raflo, and carried by a vote of ( 5 to 1 ) Gheen, Raflo, James, Riddle, and Lowenbach, for, r Gill against, the following resolution was adopted: .i- BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, that Martin Kidwell, vendor fob the Washington Post-Newspaper, be authoriz- ed to let two news per Honor Racks- one in front t the Safeway Store on the south side of Street, and one in front of the Loudouh National r' Bank on the east side of King Street for a period of 30 days. L _ Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and • . unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council 3f the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, that the Auditor-Treseurer be and he is hereby authorized ani. i meted toIII advertise.for sale the whole or part of the Diggs Buildings/onAi..a± cet Street. . The Finance Committee submitted a report and made certain recomendations, and upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Maurice R. Lowenbach Jr; . and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, . that the sum of $3,415.84, of the unappropriated balance on hand June 30, 1953 be appropriated to cover the deficits in departments for the fiscal t year 1953-54, as follows: Capital Outlay S�idevlA�ks,.... - $1,861.85 Capital Outlay-Lp Wpncinng 400.00 444 Capital Outlay-Land,rcplan$ingshubbery 47.00 L 109 Capital Outlay-Sewer System - -$ 346.09 Capital Outlay--Motor Vehicles 691.66 - Capital Outlay--Office Furniture - 69.24 $3,415.84 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby • authorized and directed to make the necessary record change on the books of the Town Accounts to carry out the instructions of this resolution. There being no further business upon motion duly made seconded and carried, Counc' adjourned. 7, oe%! Mayor - Recorder REGULAR MARCH 8, 1954 .. .Atte regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Monday, March 8, 1954 at 7:30 o'clock P. M., there were present: William W. Nickels, Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, Reginald K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill, Emerson H. James, Frank Raflo and Morton Riddle, III, Councilmen. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and upon motion of Morton Riddle, 'III, seconded by Emerson H. James and unanimously carried, were approved - as read. The.Auditor-Treasurer read his monthly report for. the month of February, 1954; and presented his current bills and upon motion of Emerson H. James, seconded by Morton Riddle, III and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted: . • BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay the following bills: Virginia Electric & Power Co. -$ 258.86 Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Va.- - - - .1.30 L. S. Hutchison Esso Stations - 2.75 Radio Communications Company, Inc. 25.00 The Brock Chevrolet, Inc. - 25.00 Creel Brothers, Inc. 59.04 • J. S. Whitmore .75 S. Livingston & Son - ' - 33.90 Moore-Earhart Company - 29.38 ' Leesburg Hardware- • - 2.25 Mitchell's 1.50 - The American' Magazine - 4.00 Armfield, Harrison & Thomas - 55.39 Loudoun Times.Mirror 8.45 Neptune Meter Company - 139.20 T. J. Hatcher • - 12.50 • McDonald & Jenkins • 3.43 W. W. Middleton - 61.64 • J: T. Hirst & Company, Inc. - 31.98 Arlington Stone Company - 10.13 J. V. Apperson 2.50 Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation 16.50 Raymond R. Rodrick 125.44 • • Shaffer Equipment & Supply Company 100.40 Koontz Equipment Corporation 106.07 31,117.36 • On motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Emerson H. James and unanimously carried, the £ollewing resolution was adopted: • WHEREAS, Beans & Thompson have requested the Council of this Town to rezone their property, a tract of land containing 18.26 acres, more or less, situated, lying and being on the East side of South-Street, being the same land conveyed to E. H. Beans and Henry M. Thompson by S. D. Phillips and wife, by