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Home My WebLink About03-09-45 ~~ ~~ S 2 7 Council Minutes Pulaski, ~Ta., March 9, 1945 The Council of the Town of Pulaski met in regular se~ision tonight at 7:30 at the Mayors office. PRESENT There were present: Mayor ~. T. Eskridge, presiding;" Lottie H. Runion, clerk; b. W. Gatewood, director of public works; ~. C. Pierce, chief of police, $. C. Taylor, treasure, A. ~-. Harman, attorney, and Council:r,en: 0. P. Jordan, Jr. T. F. Wirt, Howard R, lmbaden, W. F. 1~'hite, F. A. Seagle, I. ~~. Carper, ~~. D. dust and G. C. Hall. Absent: None. i~INUTES The minutes of the regular meeting held on February 6, 195 were read and approved. BILLS ~ The regular bills and payrolls for the month of PAYttOLLS February were read, and on motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, were approved and ordered paid. Said bil;~.s are given at the conclusion of these minutes. The Council approved a bill of R. ids ~aughau, Cripple; BILLS Creek, Virginia for two Ingersoll-Rand hack hammer drills amounting to X50.00. Also, a bill of the Southern Machinery ., & Supply Co., for street signs, amounting to X749.27, predi-j; Gated on the signs all being received and in accordance with" contract to furnish them. Building The following building permits, coming within Permits ~{ the requirements of the ordinance, were granted: To J. S. Herr~pn for addition to office building on the south side of end Stmt, N. E. (P. T. Co. lots) to cost X150.00; to Douglas Martin foz a frame coal and wood house on the east side of Pine Street,;' S. W. to cost iD~0.u0. POLICE Di. C. Pierce submitted the police report for the REPORT month of February, which was read and ordered filed, Mrs. H. L. Dewey and Mrs. F. L. Hiltzheimer, repres~nt- GeHDE1V t CLUB ng the Pulaski Garden Club, appeared before the Council re- questing permission to plant appropriate trees and shrubbery ; on the two parkway squares on the north side of Siat$ Street and Washington Avenue, North. The project to be sponsored by the Garden Club and to be participated in by the citizens ,, . of the town and county, in memory and honor of those in the Armed Service, and the work to be under the supervision of Robert E. Eastman, horticulturist. TheX? also requested tha 6 2 8 Council ~-inutes cont~ d. Pulaski, Va., March 9, 1945 the Town assume the responsibility of maintaining the squares. On motion of W. F. White, seconded by r. ~. Seagle, and unani- mously passed, the matter was referred to the public properties committee for investigation and report. STREET LIGHTS Courthouse Walkway PTCO TERRaCE 'Borman Drive" WEST COERCE St. FOUI1Tt~1N P04L b'IRS`1' ST PAttK ROSES OiiKW00D CE~iERY jn the matter of a request for a light on the walkway at the courthouse lawn between ;end and 3rd streets, north referred to the light couu~ittee at the October 1944 meeting of the Council and continued, Mr. I. R. Carper, chairman reported that the light had been installed on the a~,ley at the rear of the Diver's building, between 2nd and 3rd streets, north. In the matter of request made at the j~ovember meeting of the Council by citizens of Pico Terrace, fir. Carper reported that the installation of two lights on Bowman Drive had been approved and were being installed. The request for a light on Commerce Street,West, in the Big Railroad section, west of the first bridge of the N. ~c W. Railway, was referred to the Light Committee for investigation and power to act. fir. ti. R.~~ygal appeared before the Council and requested that the fountain pool in the west section of First Street 'ark be temporarily drained and filled, to eliminate the danger of small children falling in the pool. On -motion of H. R. lmboden, seconded by VV. F. White, and unanimously passed, the work was authorized to be done under the supervision of fir. ~. W.Gatewood, director of Public Works. On recommendation of M. C. Pierce, and on motion of F. b, ~e~~le , seconded by T. F. Wirt, and unsni~ously passed, the Council authorized the purchase of approximately 90 rose bushes for replacements in the rose garden in Oakwood .Cemetery. ~$e~LBUILDER On motion of ~. ~. Seagle, seconded by W. D. I~;tach. dust, and unanimously passed, the Council authorized the TR~'iILER purchase of a trallbuilder attachwent for the town's tractor, provided that permit for the purchase of same is granted by theGovernment. This equipment to cost X1,695.00. ft J: 629 Council minutes contd. Pulaski, Va., March 9, 194~- In the matter of request of Howard G. Gilmer, Jr~, SIDEWALK broughtYgfore the Council by fir. ~. w. Gatewood, on motion H. C. Gilmer of F. b. Beagle, seconded by H. n. lmboden, and unanimously passed, the Council authorized the installation of 8 two-fob sidewalk, approximately 85 feet long, on the east side of the alley west of the howard C. Gilmer, Sr. residence prope~tty. The walk leading from 4th street to 5th street, I~. W., and beginning at the north side of 4th street and running north in the alley, to serve the entrance to an apartment being prepared on the 2nd floor of the Gilmer residence, the total cost of the construction of the walk to be borne by fir. Gilmer. CHESTNUT ~ request for impro$ements to Chestnut Street, 5~~., St. Im- provements south of martin eve. was brought before the Council by Hr. T. H. Carper, and it was the sense of the Council that the matter would be given consideration later. REVISION In the matter of revision of the town ordinances~j. TOWN discussed at the February meeting of the Council, the mayor ORDTNaiVCE~S reported that der. Edw. Ii. Kuehl, field consultant of the League of Virginls b~tunicipalitles had spent a day here, going over the ordinances, and the mayor stated that the work was:: proceeding in line with his recommendations. OFtUINx~iCE The question of passing an ordinance requiring taxi Ti~XI C~.B cabs, delivery trucks, etc., to have their motors equipped VRith GOV. ' governors to limit the speed of same, referred to the Ordinae committee at the February meeting of the Council, was dis- cussed, with no action taken. CURB Tn the matter of a petition presented by Shilo ~a~RKET farmers for a curb market in the town of Pulaski, discussed.~~t a.. previous meetings of the Council, i~r. G. C. Hall, chairman of the committee investigating the matter, reported that he hac~ conferred with fir. J. ~. Hardy of Draper, who advised that the curb market operations would be light this year, and they committee previously appointed by the Council was continued and authorized to establish a location and set, the price to e charged for such a market. "~ ' ~ $30 Council minutes conttd. Pulaski, Va., larch 9, 1945 In the matter of opening the airport for limited AZttPORT commercial flying, the Mayor reported that he, Messrs. W. F. White, Howard h. lmboden and A. W. Gatewood had recently visited the Preston Glenn airport at Lynchburg, and conferred with R. W. B•; Hart, city manager and the city engineer of 1ynchburg, also i~r. ~'oodie Edmondson who conducts the students' training school at the airport; and had also visited Woodrum Field in noanoke, and had conferred with W. P. Hunter, city manager of Roanoke, and Messrs. ~uartin & O~Brian who conduct the studentst training school at Y'+oodrum Field, and he reported that ter. hart and fir. Hunter had advised that the operations at their respective fidlds had proven satisfactory. The Mayor reported that following this trip, the airport committee had met in Yulsski on March 7th, and conferred with Messrs. martin and O~brian of Roanoke, and R. ~. Hudson of Pulaski, regarding a proposed contract for operations 'at Loving Field, no definite commitments having been made at that time. after full discussion, the same committee was continued, with instructions to agree on a contract covering proposed operations at Loving Field, to be submitted at a call meeting of the council for final approval councilmen waiving attendance fees, The Mayor reported that while in Lynchburg WxTEH SUPPt,Y the commitee called on the firm of Wiley & 1~'ilson, Consulting Engineers, and talked over the crater situation with them. They advised that while some work had been done on the report, they had not reached the point where they were able to make definite recommendations, other work requiring immediate attention having taken up a great part of their time. ~' 631 Council Minutes contd. yulaski, Vs., march 9, 1945 ~UJOUKN- There being no. further business, the Council MBNT adjourned at 9:15 P. Bd. Approved: B~ayo Attest: _- lark of Council Administrat ~gpa~,tmeII,t SThTF~-iENT A. T.Eskridge, '~ayor - - - - - - - - - - -~ 175.00 BILLS & B. C. Taylor, Treasurer - - - - - - - - - - 236.25 P1~.YttOLL5 Lottie H. Kunion, Clerk - - - - - - - - - - 156.50 A. W. Gatewood, Director of ~'ublic Works - 300,00 Maggie Yoindexter,`Janitor - - - - - - -- - 13.00 Walter Cockerham, Fireman - - - - - - - - - 5.50 0 . P . Jordan, ~ r . - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.00 T. F'. Wirt--------------- - 5.00 Howard R. ~mboden - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.00 y~. ~.~~hite=--------------- - 5. U0 F'. A. Seagle-------------- - 5.00 S . it. Carper- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - 5.00 ~j.ll.aust---------------- - 5.00 G. ~%. Hall---------------- - 5.00 Pulaski Community Fund, lnc. - - - - - - - 75u.00 League of Virginia ~unitipalities - - - - - 349.00 ~+. F. Tho~uas - lnsurdnce - - - - - - - -- -- 330.18 C. K.~in----------- ----- - 53.63 Virginia utual Insurance Agency - - - - - 23.85 B. D. Smith`~Bros. ------------ - 15.40 Ditto------------------ - 4.50 Ditto------------------ - 1.75 W. F'. ~yhite- expense account- - - - - - - - 11.70 A. T. Eskridge - expense account-- - - - - - 3.80 J. ~`. Jones--------------- - 1.56 Appalachian Electric Power Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ 16.60 C. &P. Telephone Co. --------_ - x,55 .. d t D t t ~ 2s ~91~,77 a men er epar H. C. ~ ackson, Supt. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~, 215.00 F. B.~hite, Caretaker -- - - - - - - - - 57.75 _ Appalachian Electric Yower Co. - - 113.45 The C. & P. Telephone Co. - - - - - _-,. -- 4.33 Lynchbcarg Foundry Co. - - - - - - - - -- 204.14 Ditto------------------ 206.48 Ditto------------------- 11.44 Ditto------------------ 3.36 Ditto------------------ 16.00 Ditto------------------ 204.17 llitto------------------ 189.55 Ditto------------------ 34.13 Ditto------------------ 203.86 Ditto------------- ----- 353.33 ~t Gemmell's Transfer - - - - - - - - - - - 63.00 H. D. ~+oodCo. ------------- 50.70 Ditto - - - - - - - - - -- 17.20 Superior-Sterling Co. - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ~ 45.00 Harrison-Hancock Hardware Co., inc. _ -- 15.76 The ~athieson Alkali YYOrks, Inc. - - - - 15.23 Jos. G. collard Co., Inc. - - - - - - -- 15.00 Harris Motor Cro. - - - - - - - - - - __ 25.7E3 E.P. M'~hitman, Postmater- - - - - - - - - 15.00 Gulf Oil Corp; ------------- 7.32 Southwest ~'ublishing Co. _ _ _ _ _ .. _ _ 4.50 ~? M• li. Leslie--------------- 4.00 } s32 Council minutes eont'd. Pulaski, V&.~ march 9, 1945 Water.. Dep,~,rtment ( cont' d l Herbert I. White - - - - - - - - - - -~ 2.00 Freight_______________ ___ 3.25 Freight-------------- ---- 1.45 Freight-------------- --- .55 Express-------------- ---- 6_.~1__-- ~ 2,109.24 Stoee Department Rutherford Pontiac Co. _ _ - _ _ _ _ - -X101.14 Standard Oil Co. of l~. J._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 86.09 Ditto- ------------ - --- 34.02 Gulf Oil Corp. ___________ __ 88.32 Davis "umber Co . - _ _ - - .. _ _ _ _ _ _ 77.56 Roanoke Concrete Products Co. - - - - -- 70.65 Pulaski Veneer Corp. - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ 50.00 Wysor rotor Corp. - - - - - - - - - - - 13.38 1~ustGlass Works---------- -- 7.00 Harrison~ancock Hardware Co., Inc. - -- 4.77 Huff Coal Co. ----------- --- 5.20 Whiting Oil Co. - - - - - - - - - - - -- `.53 Pulaski Lumber Co., Inc. - - - - - - - - 1.04 Appalachian Electric Power Go. - - - --- 1.00 Rutherford Freight Lines - - - - - - - - .67 Pulaski hardware Co., Inc. - - - - - - - .05 ~ 543.39 Police DeDartanent M. C. Pierce, hief - - - - - - - - - -~+ 225.OU L. S.Boothe, Lieut. - - - - - - - - - - 169.00 Earl Bouldin, Sergeant - - - - - - - -- 169.00 Bruce Helton - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 160.00 F.M. Ryan_____________ __ 160.00 I. H. Sands,Desk Sergeant - - - - - - - 160.00 C. G. Blankenship - - - - - - - - - --- 160.00 Louie ~. Roope- - - - - - - - - - - - - 160.00 Elizabeth H. Caves - - - - - - - - - -- 115.00 L. R. Summers, Sheriff - - - - - - - -- 53.00 C. & P.Telephone Co. (Feb.) - - - - - - 25.00 Ditto (arch) ----------- -- 25.00 Ditto--------------- -- 13.77 Ditto--------------- -- .17 Harrison-Haneock Hardware Co., Inc. - - 20.36 Young Typewriter ~ Elec. Co. - - - - - - 7.50 Huff Coat Co. ----------- -- 2..00 Buff Coal Co. ----------- -- 1.00 Home & auto Supply Store - - - - - - -- .38 t - t D i ~ 1,626.18 epar men _re ' ~.. H. Wyal, Chief--------- F - 115.50 Pulaski ireman's Band Committee: appropriation for December, 19~- - - - 60.OU gppropriation for January, 199:5 - - - - 60.00 C. K,hing------------- -- 85.63 Frost Service Station - - - - - - - - - 5.00 Appalachian Blectric Power Co. - - - -- 6.16 Pulaski Hardware Co., Inc. - - - - - -- 3.C~0 ~ 303.29 Oakwood C rueterv Garnett~ieredith---------- -~_~~ 73.50 Licht Department Appalachian Electric Power Co. - - - -~ 5..~s_~~ ~„ 528.42 ~ $g~~ ~i ~Bp~~~ ~ Virginia State Department of ealth - ip ~21.QQ ~ 421.00 Capital Investment Rental,_„PrQ,p ~,#y John Crouse - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 12.00 Pulaski Luber Co., Inc. - - - - - _ _ ~~~,~ ~P 19.15 ?~l 633 i~ 1 Council Minutes contd. Pulaski, Va., march 9, 199 Old Power Hou~,~ Bu-~d?~S Appalachian Electric Power Co. - - - - ~ l.UC,Z ~' 1.00 Bonds 109 -Street Improvemeht Bonds, dated February 1, 1915 u ~V500.00 each ~v54, 500.00 8- Ditto------------- 4,000.00 8- Ditto------------- 4,000.UO 5 - Ditto- - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,500.00 3- Ditto------------- 1. 0.00 66, 500 r~00 Interest 109- Interest coupons L ~v12.50 each Street improvement Bonds, dated Feb. 1, 1915----------- 1,362.50 19 -Interest coupons X12.50 each street Improvement Bonds, dated Feb . 1, 1915 - - - - - - - - - -- 237.50 5 -Interest coupons i~ ~w12.50 each Street Improvement Bonds, detect Feb. 1, 1915 - - - - - - - - - -- 62.50 3 -Interest coupons ~ X12.50 each Street improvement Bonds, dated Feb. 1, 1915----------- 37.50 26 -Interest coupons ~ iVb.UO each ~+ater i~orks l~;provement bonds, dated July 1~ 1925 - - - - - - - 65U.~~ ,~ ~+ 2, 350.~rJ0 PAYROLLS Labor ~f~ payrolls ,ter week De~ ending ent Feb. 9 - - Feb.16 - - a '~ ~~ " Feb 23 - - „ u n „ . Liar. 2 - - n ~~ a ,i ~ar. - 9 - S treet Departm ent Labor payrolls week ending F'eb. 9 - - {' " " Feb.l6 - - a M r, „ Feb.23 - - u u „ ° mar. ~ - - rr n u ,- liar. 9 - - ~ 415.?5 348.75 297.00 32u.75 3~s~: `~~ 1, 697. 0 ~ 238.94 170.75 244.19 174.75 166.50 ~ 995.13$ ~ D.~~ Labor payroll for week ending Feb. 9 ~ 135.00 " " " Feb.l6 15u.U0 n " ~~ Feb . g!3 135.00 n ~~ u ~+ far. 2 145.00 u er a -~ guar . 9 ~~,i`?S} 7~.7. Fj re DeRg~ Payroll for month ending February 28th for responding to alarms - - - - - - ~ 27.U0 Payroll for month ending February 28th for attendance at meetings and schools ______~,~,~U ~ 42.5 (cont ~ d) 634 Council Minutes cont d. Pulaski, Va. , Yarch 9, 1945 RECAPITUL~TIO ~......, .Administration Department - - - - - - -~ 2,491.77 mater Department - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,109.24 Street Department - - - - - - - - - - .-- 583.39 Police Department - - - - - - - - - - -_ 1,626.18 Fire Department - - - - - - - - - - - -- 303.29 Oakwood Cemetery - - - - - - - - - - - - ?3.50 bight Department - - - - - - - - - - - - 528.42 Realth Department - - - - - - - - - - -- 421.00 Capital Investment (Rental Fraperty) - - 19.15 Old Power Rouse Building - - - - - - - - 1.00 Bond s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 66, 500.00 Interest--------------- -~•3~s~_ ~ ____ __, ~ 76,966.94 Payrolls dater Department - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,697.70 Street Department - - - - - - - - - _ - 995.13 Realth Department - - - - - - - - - _ - 717.50 Fire Department - - - - - - - - - _ - - 4~i,~p 3~ `.~5~_.$s'~ ~ 80, 4].9.77 1 1