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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-11-50Council Minutes ,- s- 1~~3 Pulaski, Va., July 11, x;950 The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council of the Town ~ Pulaski, Virginia was held in the Municipal BLiilding`:~at 4:00 p.m., July 11, 1950. POSTPHONED This meeting was postphoned by action taken by~!the A~EETING Council on July ~, 1950 and signed agreement by a majority o~ the Council, said agreement filed in the Town files. PRESENT There were present: Mayor Marvin G. Graham, presiding °' Councilmen: I. R. Carper, 0. 0. Crowell, G.R.teger~ H. R. Imboden, W. F. White. ~` Absent: O'Neal Amos, W. D. Aust, T. F. Wit. Also present: Town Manager E. A. Reck Clerk: Verna L. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Treasurer: Lottie R. Runion Visitors: C. C. Parsell; J. R. Linkous MINUTffi The minutes of the regular semi-monthly meetin~ held on June 20, 1950 and of the special meeting held on July ~, 11950 were read and approved. J.R.LINKOtiS Mr. J. R. Linkous appeared before the Council tlo dis- 11'~.'H ST. EXT. DEAD END cuss the extension of Eleventh Street, West to provide means~~of CONDITION relieving the dead end condition. On motion duly made by H. R. Imboden, seconded by I. R. Carper, it was unanimously RESOLVID~ that the matter be referred to the T~,rn Manager and the Street Committee for a report. COMNIERC$,. Mr. John McGaughy, engineer for the Commerce Street Rp~ p Bridge Project, reported to the Council that this work was c~tn- FINAL REPORT pleted. It was reported that final settlement with the cont#Ia.etor was in the amount of ~2~+,~09.00, against the original bid priice of X25,901.00, the total cost of the project including water life ~~ changes, engineering fees, watchman services to Norfolk and i~leestern Railway Company's signal line, and other charges which amoun~~ed to ~2 9 ~ 450.00. _~ On motion duly made by I. R. Carper, seconded 0. 0. Crowell, it was unanimously APPLICATION BUILDING RESOLVID ~ that the following applications for ?~~iilding PERMITS permits be granted: To Jackson L. Slusher for one and one-haa`'Lf story -Slusher brick dwelling on the west side of LaGrange Street, between ~~t and -Stanley 2nd Streets S.W., estimated to cost $9,000.00; To F. M. Sta ~ey two -story brick dwelling on north side of 7th Street, betwe __.___ Reyes®1 des Ballinger CALFEE PACK SCOREBOARD ©ELTI~QUENT TAXF~ ERRONEOtTS LIST TO BE REVIEI!'ID Council Minutes Pulaski Va.~ July 11~ 1'950 Jefferson and Washington Avenues estimated to cost ~12~000.00 to $15000.00; R. L. Reynolds for addition of two rooms 12x12 concrete block to store building on north side which is located on the west side of Pine Streets estimated to cost X500.00; To Clara R. Bhllinger (by Jean B. Sharp) for addition of one roomy frame, to residence on west side of Valley Streets between Pulaski Street and Pulaski Terraces estimated ~'S00.00. It was reported that the Roanoke Coca-Cola Bottling Works intended to remove the old scoreboard at Calfee Parks and to erect a new electrified board at the location of the newly constructed fences the scoreboard to belong to the Towns to be for the benefit of the public. The Town Attorney reported on the work being done toward compiling lists of delinquent taxes for prior years and the procedure to be followed in filing lists. On motion duly made by A. R. Imboden~ seconded by 0. 0. Crowell it was unanimously RESOLVID~ that the certified revised list of the Town Treasurer for the year 19-8, showing the remaining delinquent • accepted, and it is ordered that a copy of this list taxes be be transmitted to the Clerk of the Circuit Courts to be filed and the Treasurer is further directed to continue to proceed to collect the taxes listed thereon. DELINQUENT TAX LIST ~~ Real Estate Pro e~ rtv SEWER White 67 Items White - 16 Items Colored ?+~ " Colored-~ Total 1 Total 23 Grand Total Items: 139 UNCOLLECTED TOTALS White ~ 495.E-0 Colored 21 . Grand total ~ 711.3 ~ Total Penalty 5~ - ~ 3b.57 =74B.9~ On motion duly made by H. R. Imboden~ seconded by W. F. Whitey it was unanimously RESOLVID~ that a committee of the Council be appointed to review the erroneous list of taxes presented by the Treasurers and report to the Council recommendations as to disposal of the same whereupon the Mayor appointed Councilmen T. F. Wirt and 0. 0. Crowell. Council Minutes Contd. Ai The matter of local expense incident to obtai~ing the easements on Randolph Avenue Widening Project was disused, and it was determined that this should be charged against tie cosh REPORT The Treasurer presented a report of collectid~ of COLLECTION = OF TAXES taxes as follows: Year Amount Due Amount Collected 8a.lance ,ue 1949 X104,744.15 X95,177.10 ~ 9,567; 5 1948 1947 5,228.61 66 77 3 2, 56. 36 670 $? 2,872., 5 0 1946& . , Prior Years: . 3, 99 9 28 424. "1 1 118.60 2 0 ' 1 Totals ~1 2,1 ?.93 99,322.3 2, .,„0 ~~RANDOLPH 11~IDV~ING PROJECT of the project. -Re.Pulaski It was reported that the Pulaski Hospital, Irk. was Hospital, :~ Inc. not agreeable to the Town's proposal to relocate the proposed water storage tank to the PARgiNG METER NAME PLATES ADAMS AND TATS -Str®et Surf acing SECOND COM~dERCL STREET BRID (~ upon the hospital paying ~~~ Pulaski, Oa., July 11;195© south side of the property contir~ent the additional cost involved, althl~ugh the hospital was agreeable to the offer to sella.certain pa~oel of land. The Town Manager reported that the name plated on the parking meters were incorrect in that the Council had changed ~; to require the use of parking met~rs on, Saturday nights. It was suggested that the cost of replaci~.g the regulations so as not these name plates would be one dollar per meter. ,~ On motion of W. F. White, seconded by 0. 0. C~owell~ it was unanimously RESOLVID~ that the proposal of Adams & Tate C~n- ~i struction Company to furnish and place plant mix on Main Sheet ;; between Washington and Jefferson Avenues, and on south Washington; Avenue between the Norfolk and Western Right-of-way and Fir'~t Streets as recommended by the Town Manager, at a price of Sven r~ Dollars and Sixty Five Cents 07.65) per ton, be accepted. The Town Manager reported that the sece+ond Com~erce Street bridge was in need of repairs, including painting ar n4 general overhauling. It was decided that an estimate on in~tall-' ing a concrete deck should be prepared before undertaking t~e word. On motion duly made by W. F. Whitey seconded '~ H. R. Imboden~ it was unanimously a 2ND RE(~ILAR RESOLVED, that the second regular meeting of MEETING DISPENSED ~~ Town Councils scheduled for July 18, be dispensed with and t 1~~3~ Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski,Ya., July 11, 1950 PECIAL a special meeting of the Council be held July 28 for the ING purpose of receiving the Treasurer's report of delinquent taxes for the year 1949, and that a public hearing on the budget proposed 'for the year ending June 30, 1951 be held at the regular meeting of the Council on August 8, 1950, and that notice of the hearixE be duly published. T CONTROL It was reported that a tank of dust repellent oil had been ordered and that the alleys behind Harrison- Hancock Hardware Company, Inc. and adjacent to the Pulaski High School would be included among those on which oil would be placed. UTHERFORD The matter of a sidewalk and curb cuts in ONTIAC CO B Ct7TS,ETC . front of Rutherford Pontiac (b mpany on Washington Avenue between Fifth and Fourth Streets was discussed, and it was decided that permission would be given for the contractor to ur~d ertake the work o n the Rutherford garage to pour the sidewalk and make the entrance drives, this work to be done under the supervision of the Town, and in accordance with the Town's specifications for concrete work, and further, in event it is possible that all of the property owners in the block between Fourth and Fifth Streets are agreeable to paying one-half of. the cost of the sidewalk, the Town AL SECOND STREET EXTEi~SSON PARKING NEAR FIRST METHODIST CHIIRC$ would undertake the work, in which event, the concrete work would be done by the Town forces. It was reported that there had not been received any rental from the airport lease for the past two quarters, and that another quarter would be due July 13 . It was reported that D. Gray Langhorne had erected signs on Second Street Extension between Magazine Street and Altoona. Road stating that same was a private Right-of way. The matter was referred to the Town Attorney. The matter of local stores parking trucks in the vicinity of the First Methodist Church was called to the attention of the Council by Councilman Imboden, and referred to the Chief of Police, who was requested to con- tact the various owners and ask them to park trucks elsewhere. 1 1 1 qa . ~ ~'ulY 11 y~ '- ~ pu,1a ski ~ 1 mutes Contid. Coun~i ~ aT Attest' ~p unoi~ ~` clerk °f .5o p•m- was ad3°'lr~d at 5' The ,~geting - A Pr°`~ed Mayor 'r ti ~4 ~. L~ ,4 t