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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1961_10_09 18 Minutes of the Regular. Meeting_of. the Leesburg T'own.. Council, October. 9, 1961 • Mayor Frank.Raflo. called _the Leesburg Town Council_Meeting.. to .order at 7:30 P.M. in the Council. Chambers,,. Leesburg,..V7irginia,. . Councilmen, present were Stanley. F. Caulkins., George_ P, Hammerly, Hunter.M. .Leach, Maurice R. Lowenbach. and.John. W. Pumphrey_. Absent. from.the..meeting..was Council- man George. J... Babson. The minutes of the previous_ meeting were readand approved .wi.th.th'e following correction:. .(1). subsitute the. word_ "use" in_ lieu..of_.zoning in the 13th paragraph..of. page 15. The Mayor's report. was .given. The Town_Manager gave his report.. .: Included__ in_.this. were .facts . concer- ning John Spiller' s request that. the .Town purchase..a. four inch sewer line which he had installed ..by the English Cons.truction. Company. at his own. expense.; Mrs... Edna James' s..r.equest. that _the..Town. accept the road serving. her apartment_house into. the. Town..Road. System.. . Mr.. L. S. Hutchison'.s request. that. the Town .extend_water and sewer. on Church . Street extended. to serve the north .portion. of..a tract. of. land„owned by • Mr. Hutchison and. the fact. that..the._painting_ of. _the_ town. office_.and water tank is proceeding on _schedule. Petitioners appearing before the Council_were _Mr.._C. .C. Saffer and. Mr. Paul Leach. Mr. Saffer requested that the Town construct w .sidewalk. .on the south side of West Loudoun Street from..existing_sid.ewalk .to .Ayr Street., thence South to Ayr Street to the. Town .Branch. Mr. Saffer_was informed. that this request would be put high..on_ the priority. list .at. such. time as this expenditure was .possible. for the. Town. Mr. Leach appeared requesting_that. the_Town. take .an ad in . the Loudoun Times Mirror Historical. Edition. at_ a cost of..$175.00... This. request was. rejected . on. the. grounds that _the. .Town. canno_t__participate in .such undertakings for a profit making. organization. Upon Motion of Councilman .Lowenbach;. .seconded . by Councilman_Pumphrey and there being no objection. to a_ roll_ call..vote. the following.. resol- ution was unaminously carried. "WHEREAS,. the Town of .Leesburg,_ in_Virginia, .requested the Michie.City Publications Company to present...to . said..Town .an_agreement..setting forth the services . said. Company would perform.. in_ preparing. a_New Charter and a New Code of Ordinances for the Town, . and WHEREAS, Michie City Publications.Company. has .presented to. the .Town of Leesburg an agreement, covering in detail these services, .and .the cost thereof, NOW BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council, for .the Town of Leesburg., in Virginia the agreement dated. October. 9,. 1961 by and. .between. Michie City Public • - ations Company and the Town. of Leesburg _be,. and the. same hereby .is , ordered to be executed as of this date. The report from the. Airport Committee. on_ the. meetings..with. members of . the FAA and ,lirway Engineering Corpor.ation .of.. Washington DC _was pre- . sented by. Councilman Hammer.ly. Upon motion . of Councilman. Hammerly;. seconded .by. Councilman. Caulkins. and there. being no. objection to a_.roll_ call. vote the following resolution was unaminously adopted. WHEREAS, the Airport. Committee of the Town. of Leesburg. has. been duly constituted , and WHEREAS, this Committee finds itself unable _to proceed without. establishing the possibility of Federal Aid. being made.-.available for the present Leesburg Airport and. without further.._engineering efforts, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED , that the Town_.of Leesburg..appropriate an . amount not to. exceed $500.00 from the unappropriated. Surplus,;Fund to the General Fund for securing such services from a reputable engineering nroani ,ati0n. 1. 9 The Mayor appointed Councilman_P_umphr.ey_as. an _additional. member of the Pend ing._Litigation..Committee. Upon Motion . of Councilman_Lowenbach;.. seconded. .by._Councilman_Pumphrey the following resolution. was. unaminously__adopted. BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council._for_. the Town__of_Leesburg, in Virginia,_ that II--1 the Auditor-Tr_easur.er, be, and _he_hereby_.is.,...authorized.. to..•pay. the. six ,.,- officials_ and .councilmen_.attending._the_Annual__Convention_of the, Virginia! }_ Municipal. League_.on September_21+.,..25, and .26, ,1961. a .sum .up:. to $50.00 each; 50% to be paid .from. the unappropriated balance. in. the Utility Fund and. 70$ from. the unappropriated.,balance_.in..the_.General Fund. A Report from_the. Human_Relations_ Committee__was_.given..,by .Councilman Pumphrey. The committee .had. .been..requested_ .by_ Fr.ed_Campbell and Louis Bryant to arrange a. meeting of_ all_business _men .in...Leesbur.g . for_ a discussion_on..their...problems. Upon Motion of Councilman_Lowenbach;_.seconded..by.. Councilman..Caulkins and there being no, objection__to..a. roll..call._vote..the .following was unaminously approved. 00 The Human_Relations_Committee, will_co.op.eiate_with_the. request. of IN- Louis Bryant and Fred..Campb.ell...to_ arrange._a_mee.ting:with_the ..business men of_.Leesburg. •> Y There being.no. further._.business _to_..come_before _the Council .at_ this time and upon motion. of Councilman_.Lowenbach;. .seconded by. Councilman Pumphrey the. meeting adSourned_.at._9:55. P..M. • jrayff,. _4 ,.... S • 20 The lower portion of pages 19 and 20 were destroyed by thermo-fax machine. '