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Home My Public Portal About1954_05_10SPEC • 1. 21` and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted : 'BE IT RESOLVED, that if charges of failure to properly per- form their duties or charges of conduct detrimental to the best interest of the Town be raised against any one of the police officers , the said charge will be told at a meeting of the full Council andthe officer in question be granted an opportunity to speak and defend.himself. ' - I hereby veto the foregoing resolution, and assign my reasons and grounds therefore as follows : (1) The aforesaid resolution puts in issue before public the character and reputation of the.police officer in question, and invites and encourages public criticism of Town employees. (2) . It opens :the. door, for providing the same rights to all employees of the Town,. and prohibits the discontinuance of the services of Town employees without first inviting such employee to contest action of ,the. Town in such case. (3) To offer and. provide the opportunity for character assassination in such a matter is inherently wrong. (4) The matter ,of hiring and firing employees of the Town should be an executive, and administrative as distinguished from • a legislative matter. - (5) ' To that require ,that employees of the Town to be hired and fired by the legislative instead of the executive branch of the Town would, - (a) , be an irwsion of the executive branch of the Town_Towgovernment by the legislative branch, and II . . . . (b) it woldiscourage worthy employees from seek- ing Town employment. • Very truly yours, /S/ William W. Nickels William W. Nickels • Mayor" SPECIAL May 5, 1954 At a Special Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday, May 5, 1954 at 8:00 o'clock P. .M., there .were present Emmerson H. James, 'and Frank Raflo Councilmen fiY8444l' The purpose of the meeting was-t6-allow any citizen of the Town of Leesburg • to.present their views.on the proposed budget for the fiscal year begining July 1,1954 and ending June .30, 1955. r ' There being no.one present for the aforesaid meeting, and purpose, the meeting was ad 'ourned. • ' P:ayor. Recorder. REGULAR May 10, 1954 At a regular meeting of.the .Mayor.and .Council .of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber. on .Monday May, .10, .1954 at 7:30 o'clock P. M., there were present William W. :Nickels, Mayor, .Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, Reginald K. Gheen, Emmerson H. James, Maurice R. Lowenbach Jr; Frank Raflo, and Morton Riddlelll Councilmen. The minutes for the regular meeting for April 12, 1954, the special meet- ings for April, 14, 1954, April, 20, 1954, April, 23, 1954, April 27, 1954 and May 5, 1954, were read and upon motion of Morton Riddle, /111, seconded by Emmer- son H. James, and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: 12 21. BE IT RESOLVED , by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, that the minutes regular and five special meeting be and they are hereby approved as read. - The monthly report of the Auditor-Treasurer was presented and in the absences of the Auditor-Treasurer the current bills were presented by Councilman Riddle, and upon motion Emmerson H. James, seconded Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr; and unam- inously 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 follow- ing bills: • Virginia Electric & Powerec Company 261.39 - C. & P. Telphone Company 5.05 - Loudoun-Times - Mirror 49.40 - Crider & Shockley 163.88 - L. S. Hutchinson, Esso Stations 22.87 - . T. J. Hatcher 13.65 -- Southern 3.65 -Southern States Leesburg Cooperative 36.00 Radio Communications Company, Inc; 7.02 - The Brock Chevrolet Inc; 3.25 , . . McDonalth& .25 - McDonald•& Jenkins 5.22 - J. S. Whitmore .34 - Newton& Kaufman 5.00 J. T. Hirst & Company Inc; 66.48 - Albert F. Anderson' - 50.00 - Rohr' s 50 to $ 1.00 Store 2.98 - • Clovis R. Turner 4.16 Miss E. W. Hammerly 3.00 Neptune Meter Company 139.20 - Raymond R. Rodrick 90.80 W. A. Taylor Company 80.32 - Fisher Scientific Company 132.20 -•- S. Livingston & Son 14.00 - - Commonwealth of Virginia, Auditor of Public 'Acs. 262.81 W. R. Altizer 2413.44 Frances M. Carnes 19.50 - J. Austin -Wright 15.00 - U. S. 'Post Office 6.00 - U. S. Post Office 59.52 - $3,932.48 • Upon motion of Maurice R. Lowenbach Jr; seconded by Reginald K. Gheen, and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, bg the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to charge off the following licenses and penalties. . Licenses Pen. Total .----General Heating Engineering Co; .Inc -Plumber. . . 10.00 2.00 .12.00 Louis B. Saunders, Merchant Retail . . . 23.40 none 23.40 "- Lonis B. Sunders , Tobacco Dealer 5.00 none 5.00 `- Louis B. Saunders, Soft Drink Vending Machine 3.00 none 3.00 • $41.40 2.00 43.40'- Upon .motion of Morton Riddle,lll, seconded by Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr; and carried by a vote of 5 to 1 Riddle, James, Gheen, Ra£1o, and Lowenbach for Gill aganist, 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 Charge off the following water bills: Bernard Trammell 5.00 ✓. Henery Davis 17.64 ✓ Clarence Hogan 4.00 Frank Mallory . 6.20 / Malcolm Campbell • 5.00 ✓ $37.84 ✓ • Roland Flint of the Virginia Electric & Power Company appeared before Council and presented the .pians for a building that his company planned to erect on the east end of the town, out side the town limits and requested permi"s"sion to connect the sewer line from the build ing .to the town sewage system. 123:: This matter was reffered to"the Annexation and Sewage Committee. Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Howard B. Gill, and unamin- ously carried the following resolution was adopted: L BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that Hayes, Seay, Mattern, and Isattern be employed on a per diem basis to assist the Council 'in determining the amount of water we wre now getting from the present springs and wells; to conipre this amount of water used to determine the loss due to leakage, and to recommend the best means of obtaining additional water immediately, and for such other_data as. the Council may deem necessary. Upon mtion of Frank Raflo, _seconded by Reginald K. Gheen, and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the Hayes. Seay, Matter;, and Mattern, be employed on a per diem basis to assist the Council 'in determining the needs_in connecting the new high school sewer/ line to to the Town sewer system. Major Nickels read 'letter from the Board of Zoning Appeals, in which it stated that the said Board reccommend ed that the request of Leon Walcott to re- zon a parcel of land situated between Fayette and Loudoun Streets, as described in the notice of heating, be rezoned from "Business-Residential # 1 to Business. Upon motion of Emmerson H. James, seconded by Reginald K. Gheen, the follow- ing resolution was offered; BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, that the said report of the Board of Zoning Appeals regarding the request of Leon Walcott be accepted and that the said request of Leon Walcott be granted. Upon motion of Frank Raflo, seconded by Eorton Riddle, 111, and carried by a vote of 5 to 1 RhfleilGheen;; Riddle,cJamesi aridpbodenbach; fornGill against the following amendment was adopted; That the report of the Board of Zoning Appeals be tabled until the next reg- ular meeting of the Town Council. • Upon motion of Morton Riddle, 111, seconded by Reginald K. Gheen, and unam- inously carried the following resolution was adopted: • WHEREAS, the following proposed budget was presented to the Council on the 12th dey of April, 1954, and the same was published in the newspaper published in the Town of Leesburg, and a Special Meeting of the Council was held on the 5 th day of May; 1954, and no objections Were made tHerto by any citizens of the 'Town; NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, that the following budget be and same/ is hereby approved and adopted: STATEMENT SHOWING ACTUAL RECEIPTS & DISBURSEMENTS ' Janurary•l, 1953----December 31, 1953 AND ESTIMATED RECEIPTS & DISBURSEh NTS July 1, 1954 -- June 30, 1955 RECEIPTS: Torn General Fund 19531954-1955 Taxes $15,409.81 $15,000.00 Water Rents19,543.25 19,000.00 Licenses & Penalties . 7,710.53 7,000.00 Fines & Cost 2,790.25 1,500.00 Refunds & Rebates 1,456.77 300.00 — Rents - - 885.00 900.00 Parking Meters 6,595.53 6,500.00 Sewer Service (Loudoun Hospital) - 15.00 15.00 Other Sewer Service 119.00 10.00 ABC Profits 5,438.66. 5,000.00 National Bank Stock Tax $,324.30 8,800.00 Motor Vehicle Rollmng Stock Tax - - - 6.97 5.00 $68,295.07 $64,030.00 DISBURSEMENTS: Town General Fund . • Adminstration - - - - 2,520.06 2,280.00 Office of Tuc+n Treasurer . 5,030.88 . 5,500.00 . Policing & Investigating- - - - - - •10,569.35 10,000.00 Confinement of Prisoners and Care- 42,173.77 400.00 Fire Prevention & Extinction 1,447.24 1,200.00 124 Sewerage & Treatment Plant 1,423.77 2,000.00 Water Department Power • 874.90 800.00 Water Department Maintenance 3,849.74 4,000.00 Garbage & Trash Removal 7, 539.68 7,500.00 Street Maintenance 7,880.78 7,000.00 Street Lighting -2,727.37 2,800.00 Education Schools 2,774.77 3,000.00 Building & Grounds- 1,570.00 1,800.00 Sewer Bonds Retired 4,000.00 4,000.00 Sewer Bond Intrest Coupons Paid 682.50 600.00 Note Intrest Town Hall - none 450.00 Capital Outlays: Special Payment--Water Survey 1,500.00 None Special Payment--Airport Survey 951.25 None Special Payment--John E. Caviness Land, Fence400.00 None Special Payment-- Replanting Shnubery-Caviness47.00 None Streets, Sidewalks _ - 6,659.00 3,000.00 Motor Vehicles - 666.66 None Water System - 624:00 None Sewer System - 346.09 3,000.00 Office Furniture 69.24 None Improvement to Buildings none 200.00 Annexation none 4,000.00 Parking Lot Survey(Diggs Property) 30.00 None Fica Contributions 499.37 500,00 $64,857.42 $64,030.00 There being no further business, and upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Emmerson H. James, and unaminously carried Council adjourned. -..-A2Lz4,/ ,4%,52p,‘.04e/ . • Mayor. Recorder. SPECIAL MAY 14, 1954 At a special meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chambers on Friday, May 14; 1954, at 4 :10 o' clock P. M. , there were present William W. Nickesl, Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, Regniald K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr. , Frank Raflo, Councilmen. Mayor Nickels read the following notice : "I, William W. Nickels , hereby call a special meeting of the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, to be held in Council Chambers at the Town Hall at 4:00 •o' clock P. M. on May 14, 1954. /S/ William W. Nickels Mayor" Upon motion of Maurice R. Lowenbach, Jr. , -seconded by Frank Raflo, and •unanimously carried, "the following resolution was adopted : (1) WHEREAS , at its meeting on April 12,1954; the Council of the Town of. Leesburg, in Virginia, adopted the -following ordinance : (2 ) "BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that Officers- Venable, itthey and Turner, be retained by the Town on- a permanent basis- beginning on the first day of-May, 1954,- to-continue to the 31st day of August, 1955; at a salary of $250.00 per month for officer Venable, and $225.00 per month for Athey and Turner." , and, (3 ) WHE• REAS, at its meeting on- Apri1 -12, 1954, the Council of the Town of. Leesburg, in VirginSa,; adopted the following ordinance : (4) "BE▪ IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg •