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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1954_03_29SPEC 11. 1 carried, Council adjourned. - or Recorder SPECIAL MARCH, 29, 1954. At special meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Lees- burg in Virginia, held in the Cotncil aoiber+to MorderisMa3 h 29, X 6$ 954, at 7:30 o' clock P. M. , there were present Horace M. Hallett Recorder, Reginald K. Gheen, Howard B. - Gill, Emmerson H. James, Maurice R. Lowenbach Jr; Frank Raflo, and Morton Riddle 111, Councilmen. In absence of the Mayor the Recorderpresidedat the meet- ing. • upon motion of Morton Riddle 111, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and unaminoysly carried, Frank Raflo was elected to serve as Recorder Pro-tem for the said meeting. Horace M. Hallett, read a request from the six members of the Town Council requesting the calling ofthe said special Meet- ing. - Mr. Gheen presented each member of the Council a copy of • the proposed budget that would be presented to the Council at their regular meeting in April, and asked that they study it carefully and report any changes that they thought should be made. Upon motion of Morton Riddle 111, seconded by Frank' Raflo and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: II BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the, Town of Leesburg, in Virginia that, WHERAS, the Town Council of Leesburg at its meeting on April 4, 1952, obligated itself to extend a Sewer line to the Town Limits to join with the sewer line laid by the Loudoun County School Board from the New High School, and WHEREAS, the Loudoun County School Board is now considering the laying of said sewer line to the limits of the Town, and WHEREAS, it seems desireable and necessary for the said Town Council to work with the School• Board to obtain mutual agreement on matters arising in the completion of the project, THERORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sanitation Committee of said Town be and it is hereby authorized and directed to work with the School Board for the purpose of fulfilling in the most economical and efficient manner the decesion of said Counil to make sewer fac- ilities available to the School Board and the said Sanitatton Comm- itte is instructed to make recommendations to the said Council for the deliberation and action by the said Council. Upon motion of Morton Riddle 111, seconded by Frank Raflo, and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted : WHEREAS, Gene Newkirk, owner of the Loudouh Laundry and Dry Cleaners, located on the West side of the Town property, known as the Diggs property, has offered to deed to the Town of Leesburg a r`, •,y1: certain parcel of land to be used as a parking area, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Lees- burg, in Virginia, that the said property be and it is hereby accept- ed by theTown of Leesburg, provided that a satisfactory agreement can be made, wherby Mr. Newkirk and the Town of Leesburg be mutally satisfied with the rights of the said agreement. Upon motion of Maurice R. Lowenbach Jr; seconded by Frank Raflo , and unaminously carried Council adjoured to an executive session. 112 After the executive session, and upon motion of Howard B. Gill, seconded by Frank Raflo , and unaminoubly carried Council adjourned. - i ivx uJ 2Y ko Act n�yor. Hecorde . tem Special April, 7, 1954. At a Special Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday April 7, 1954 at 8 :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, Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr; Frank Raflo, and Morton Riddle 111, Councilmen. Reginald K. Gheen read and letter and presented plans from the Virginia Electric and Power 6ompany, regarding the lighting of the Town s new parking lot, and upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, secodd- ed by Emerson H. James, and unaminously carried the following resol- ution was adopted : BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virg- inia, th t the said Town enter into a contract and agreement with the Virginia Electric and Power Company to furnish and install on the Town Parking Lot on West Loudoun Street, in accrodance with the specifbaations attached to this resolution, being four poles and fix- tures, the poles to be cresoted pine, and the said contract to pro- vide that the Virginia Electric and Power Company will install, own and maintain said poles and fixturs at no cost to the Town of Lees- burg, except the regular yearly fee of $22.50 per lamp, totalling $90.00 which expenditure the said Council hereby authorizes and app- roves. The Mayor requested the Street Committe to investigate the poss- ibility of purchasing land from the Franklin or Lambert property so as to permit traffic to pass from one parking lot to the other. Upon motion of Frank Raflo, 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 Sanitation Committee be and they are hereby auth- orized to employ an engineer on a per diem basis to advise the Town of Leesburg the best method of connecting the New School sewer line to the' Town of Leesburg Sewer System. Upon motion of Emerson H. James, seconded by Frank Raflo, and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted : BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virg- inia that the Loudoun County Health Department be and they are hereby given permission to park a X-Ray truck in front of the County office building, April 20, 21, 22. Upon motion of Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr; seconded by Howard B. Gill, and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, by theCouncil of the Town of Leesburg, in Virg- inia, that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to have the Town Public Toilets closed on and after May, 1, 1954, and the gate to the said alley entering the toilets be clos- ed and locked. Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Frank Raflo, and defeated by a vote of 5 to 1, Gheen, for, Gill, Lowenbach, James, Riddle, and Rafl4against: • That it is the opinion of the Council of the Town of Leesburg that the Mayor, as Chief of Police, has the authority to suspend any policeman of the said Town and recommend his dismissal to the said Council, but as Chief of Police or Mayor he may not dismiss a police- man; that being within the authority of the said Council.