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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1959_08_10 2 5 :x'. • REGULAR MEETING; AUGUST 10, 1959 At a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Lees- burg, held August 10, 1959 at 8:00 P. M. in Council Chambers, 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. Austin Wright, being all of the Council- men. - ' The Mayor called the meeting to order and the minutes of the regular meeting held July 13, 1959 were read and upon motion of Mrs . Mitchell, seconded by Mr. "fright were approved as read. The minutes of the special meeting held July 23, 1959 were read and upon motion of Mr. Gill, seconded by Mrs . Mitchell were approved as read. The Auditor-Treasurer then presented his financial statemet CV for the month of July, the Special Sewer Debt Fund, and the bills. CO CC Upon motion of Mr. Wright , Seconded by Mrs . Mitchell, it was : ►a. • RESOLVED, that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to pay the following bills : Virginia Electric & Power Co. $ 476.36 C, & P. Telephone Co. 89 .83 W. F. Dodd 3.10 Armfield, Harrison & Thomas 22.68 Dorothy B. Rosen - 13.50 Leesburg Hardware 8.84 Edwin E. Beaver • - - -372.93 Loudoun Times Punlishing Co. 81.00 J. T. Hirst and Co. Inc: 16. 74 Virginia Trap Rock, Inc. 19.67 Mitchell ' s 1.37 Marken & Bielfeld, Inc. •- 80.98 Newton & Kaufman 5. 50 Hough' s Gulf Service 1.25 Hankey' s Radio Service 8.00 Bill & Bill!:s Auto Service 2. 50 Leesburg Motors, Inc. 31 .05 Umbaugh&s Cities Service 7.70 L. S. Hutchison Esso Stations 8. 94 McDonald & •Jenkins 42.87 Miller Meters 29.14 The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. 69.69 Mueller Compny - - 39.93 George M. Martin, Town Attorney 39.85 " Warren C. Perrow, Town Engineer 647.15 Geo. W. Titus, Treasurer, Loudoun County 50.54 Willage "66" Service R. P. Milligan, Texaco Station _ 1. 25•• Total $2175.36 Upon motion of Mr. Semones, seconded by Mr. Fishback, it was : RESOLVED, By the Council of the Town of Leesburg, that Mary Frances Thornton, S. D. Phillips and Mrs. Robert Curry be afforded street fights at the respective locations requested. J 256_ Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. •Wriehtaand unanimously carried, it was : RESOLVED, That Mr. John Allen Johnston be allowed to have a driveway at his location on Market Street. Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. 'Wright , and unanimously carried, it was : RESOLVED, That Mr. B. M. Hedrick be allowed to haw a driveway at his office on South King Street . Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright, it was : RESOLVED, That Mr. L. Rutter be allowed to have a drive- way on Royal Street, the town to pay one-half of the costs and the said Mr. Rutter to pay the other half. • Upon motion of Mr. Gill, seconded by Mr. upright , and unanimously carried, it was : • ' WHEREAS, the 1958-59 Ford car used by the police de- partment of the Town of Leesburg was wrecked on July 21, 1959 ; and, WHEREAS, the Police Committee and Council asked for and received bids on a new car as follows : Leesburg Motors, Inc. $1200 and an allowance of $1901.45 on wrecked •car R. B. Clark Motor Co. $1600.00 and an allowance of $1238.55 for wrecked car Brock Chevrolet, Inc. $1222.38 and an allowance of 840.00 for wrecked car, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, that the bid of Leesburg Motors, Inc. of $1200.00 and the wrecked car be accepted, and that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and direct- ed to pay to Leesburg,Motors, Inc. the sum of $1200 .00 upon delivery of the new Ford car, and the wrecked car to be turn- ed over to Leesburg, Motors, Inc. as is. Upon motion of Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Wright , and • unanimously carried, it was : RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, that the payment of the several bills rendered by the various in- dividuals in their effort to apprehend the "so-called" prowler in the Town of Leesburg, be paid, which bills are as follows: John Caviness, Jr. $ 204 .00 • • William Bosley • 45.00 Ronald Costello 112. 00 Donald Costello 200.00 Shannon Hauser 67.00 Richard Burbank, Jr. 27 .80• 1 Total $ 655 .00 Upon motion of Mr. Gill, seconded by Mr . Johnson, it was : RESOLVED: By the Council of the Town of Leesburg, that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and diect- ed to charge off the Town license for the Parker Oil Company in the amount of Fifty Six Dollars and Thirty Three Cents (56.33) ; also to collect the penalty on said past due license in the amount of Five Dollars and Sixty Three Cents (.$5.63) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the licenses for the Trailer Park owned by L. W. Parker in the amount of Twenty Four Dollars and Ten Cents ($24.10) and the penalty of Two Dollars and Thirty Nine Cents ($2.39) for Parker Motorsalso be collected. Upon motion of Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Wright , 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 charge off the following utility `C, bills : • a NAME • NO. WATER SEWER TOTAL Lee Hough 1-8 $ 46.25 $ 22 .02 $ 68.27 F. F. Day 1-85 12. 76 6.38 19. 14 William H: Stinnette 2-34A 33.16 16.58 49.74 Franklin Costello 2-117 15. 94 7.97 23.91 Charles Hamilton 2-119 23.34 11.67 35.01 Ernestine Chamblin 2-274F 42.27 21.15 63.42 011ie Mullen 3-121 9.00 4.50 13. 50 Willard McGaha 3-223 9.00 4 . 50 13.50 Lucinda Nrckens 4-108 18. 14 9 .07 27 .21 Samuel G, Simpson 4-184 2.31 1.15 3.46 II $212.17 $104 .99 $317.16 The Mayor then read a communication from Eugene Barber with respect to the closing of the street going by the colored church in order to afford the members attending the forthcoming convention on August 20, ample space to park. Upon motion of Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Wright, an d unanimously carried, it was : RESOLVED, That the request of Eugene Barber acting on be- half of- the colored people for .the closing of the street in front of the colored church be and the same hereby is granted; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Police be requested to check the traffic problems involved in this gathering. Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright and unanimously carried, it was: • RESOLVED, That George M. Martin, Esquire, Town Attorney , be and he is hereby instructed and directed to explore the matter of the problem between the Town of Leesburg andMr. L. W. Parker with respect to the giving of a bond to insure the physical improvements on the L. W. Parker Tract as re- quired by the Town of .Leesburg. The Mayor then stated that a convention of the oc>iored people of the Baptist Church would be held on thel9th and 20th of August and that a request had been submitted tIat 'someone with authority be asked to patrol the school and school grounds of Douglass High School and be able to call a policeman if 258 necessary. The names of Willie Washington and Wilbur Robinson were mentioned. Upon motion of Mr. Wright , seconded by Mr. Gill , and unanimously carried, it was: RESOLVED, That the Issuing Justices be and the same are hereby required to give bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dol- lars (05,090.00) to the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, as approved surety, which bond shall be oaid for by the Town of Leesburg; and, . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the said Issuing Justices be paid a fee comparable to the fees paid by the State. Upofi motion of Mr. '"right , seconded by Mr. Gill , mad unanimously carried the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED, That the following rate of pay for the various named officials and laborers be and the same is hereby set up • as the rate of pay for same: Labor Rate: Smiley Arnette Per Week .$p45.00 Other laborers $1. 10 per hour Roland Keyes Per Week 060.00 Policemen Yearly $3180.00 Town Sergeant Per year 535C0 :00 Town Office Secretary .."185.00 per month • Zoning Administrator 53503 .00 per year Glenn Weatherholts. ' 54095.00 per year Raymond L. Hough $4095.00 per year Auditor Treasurer $4462.50 per year, and; • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the above salary rates shall be effective as of September •1, 1959. There being no further business to come before the meet - ing, upon motion duly made and seconded the meeting adjcurned. SPECIAL MEETING, AUGUST 13, 1959 . ' At a special meeting of the Council of the Town of Lees- burg; held August 13, 1959, at 4:C0 P. M. in Council Chambers, 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. Austin Wright, being all of the Councilmen. The Mayor stated that the purpose of the meeting was to consider the taking of a third deed of trust on the L. W. Parker tract in order to insure the installation of the physical improvements which are required by the Town. Upon motion of Mrs. Mitchell, seconded by Mr. Wright and unanimously carried, Council went into Executive session. Upon motion of Mr. Wright, seconded by Mrs. Mitchell, and unanimously carried Council went back into regular session.