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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1959_05_25SPEC 238 SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 20, 1959 At a special meeting of the Council of the Town of Lees- burg, in Virginia, held May 20, 1959 in Council Chambers at 12 :00 Noon, there were present : George J. Durfey, Mayor ; Elinor M. Cunningham, Recorder; C. Meloy Fishback, Howard B. Gill ; Reed Johnson, Mae Bass Mitchell , Oden Semones and J. Au6tin Wright , Councilmen. The Mayor stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed budget for the forthcoming year. Copies of the proposed budget were handed to each of the Council members . Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright , and unanimously carried, it was : RESOLVED, By the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that the Budget for the Town of Leesburg, in Vir- ginia, beginning July 1 , 1959 and ending June 30, 1960, be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Leesburg, on May 21, 1959; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a public hearing on said Budget be held June 22, 1959. There being no further business to come before the meeting- upon motion duly made the meeting adjourned. Lir (.Qi ti t \f‘,Q,s -01f Recorder /; or SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 25, 1959 At a special meeting of the Council of the Town of Lees- burg, in Virginia, held in Council Chambers at 4 :00 P. M. May • 25, 1959, there were present : George J. Durfey, Mayor; Elinor • M. Cunningham, Recorder; C. Meloy vishback, Howard B. Gill , Reed Johnson, Mae .Bass Mitchell , Oden Semones and J. Austin Wright, Councilmen. The Mayor stated that the purposeof the meeting was to determine the type of bond to be employed by the Town for the . financing of the water and :sewer installations in the newly annexed areas . Upon motion of Mr. Wright , seconded by Mr. Fishback, and carried by a vote of four to two, Fishback, Johnson, Semones and Wright voting for and Gill and Mitchell voting against , the following resolution was adopted: WHEREAS, the Council for the Town of Leesburg has been advised that the special assessment method of paying, for the sewer and water installations in the annexed areas is illegal in part ; and, . WHEREAS, the Council for the Town is desirous of perform- ing its obligations under the decree entered in the annexation proceedings by installing the water and sewer lines in the three areas in the annexed area; , as shown on Exhibit 20 in the annexation proveedings ; and, 239 WHEREAS, the Council is advised that there are three types of bonds that could be utilized to finance such installations, one known as the general obligation bond, one, the two way bond- . or Section 127 B bond and the last the revenue bond; and, WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is to the best interests of the Town to finance such installations by the two way bond; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg that it is the sense of the Council that the two way bond, or bonds issued under Clause (B) of Section 127 of the Constitution of Virginia shall be adopted as the method of financing the proposed installation of water and sewer lines in the• three aforesaid annexed areas ; and, - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Town Attorney is autho- rized and directed to take the necessary legal steps to advise the annexation Court that this method of financing has been Nadopted and to secure an order from the Court approving of Ot the change in themethod of financing; and, t BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Town Attorney is autho- ,.a., rized to take the necessary steps to employ on behalf of the Town, the law firm of Reed, Hoyt, Washburn and McCarthy, 52 Wall Street, New York, New York, to perform the necessary legal services re4uired in issuing said bonds and to prepare the necessary resolutions and ordinances to perfect the bond issue. There being no further business to come before the meeting, upon motion duly made the meeting adjourned. '//// • , (.4 bl RI - L II • Recorder II / . L- y 41/ A •4- n-_ J '� or 4 REGULAR MEETING, June 8, 1959 • - At a regular meeting of the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in Council Chanbers June 8, 1959 , there were present: George J. Durfey, Mayor; C, Meloy Fishback, Howard B. Gill ; Reed Johnson, Mae Bass Mitchell, Oden Semones and J. Austin Wright, councilmen. In-the absence of the Recorder Mrs. Mitchell was elected Recorder pro-tem. The minutes of the regular meeting held May 11, 1959 were . read and upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright, aal `q)y unanimously carried, were approved as read with the following 0 . , correction-Fifty Dollars. ( 50.00 ) change over cost. ' The minutes of the special meeting held May 20, 1959 were ( II read and upon notion of Mr. Wright; seconded by Mr. Johnson, and unanimously carried, were approved as read. . The minutes of the special meeting held May 25, 1959 Were read and upon motion of Mr,= Wright, seconded by Mr. Fishback and unanimously carried, were approved as read.