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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 75 - 3-4-1965 - COMMISSIONERMINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL R. FLYNN, JOHN P. BEVEC, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS Roll call vote taken: Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Flynn: The Board of Commissioners acknowledge receipt of the American Flag and the Pennsylvania State Flag as a gift to the citizens of Washington County by Judge Barron P. McCune. Chief Clerk to send letter thanking Judge McCune on behalf of the citizens of Washington County. Also, that the Board compliments Mr. Jack Crouse, columnist and courthouse reporter, for the Washington Observer and Reporter on his new promotion as Editor of the Editorial Page of the Observer, and welcomes Mr. Robert L. Robertson as the new courthouse reporter. Moved by Mr. Mazza, seconded by Mr. Flynn, that this meeting be adjourned. Meeting adjourned. THE FOREGOING MINUTE READ AND APPROVED: h Marc1 -4 ' A 1965 ATTEST: Qjs-� 4jd�116� CHIEF C/I,E NO. 75 Office of the County Commissioners Washington, Pa., March 4, 1965 Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members being present: Commissioners Flynn, Bevec and Mazza. Also present being: Solicitor Capano, Chief Clerk Debreczeni, Jr., Budget Director Gillespie, Mr. Umstead of the Pennsylvania Economy League, Mr. Kenneth Yablonski and Reporter Robertson. Meeting called to order by Chairman and roll call taken: Mr. Mazza - Present; Mr. Bevec - Present; Mr. Flynn - Present. Chairman asked if there were any corrections, additions or omissions to Minute No. 74, each Commissioner having received a copy. Moved by Mr. Bevec, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that Minute No. 74, be approved as read. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Bevec - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. , Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Yablonski had been asked by the Commissioners of East Bethlehem Township to inform the Board of two parcels of property taken for taxes by the County. These properties are in bad condition, with no possibility of renovation and represent a ��► MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL R. FLYNN, JOHN P. BEVEC, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS health hazard to the area. Requested the County to demolish these properties. Mr. Flynn: We will have to get permission from the School District and the Municipality and we will have the Tax Claim Bureau check into this. Mr. Yablonski replied that he would get permission from the School District and the Township. ! i � 4 Mr. Yablonski left the meeting. I Communications: None I i Appointments: Moved by Mr. Bevec, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that Mildred Ivery be appointed as Secretary in the Office of the Chief Clerk; this action to be effective March 1, 1965. Mrs. Ivery is replacing Margaret Pasula, who resigned, p 1 Roll call vote taken: Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Bevec - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. 1 Motion carried unanimously. i Moved by Mr. Bevec, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that William R. i Mentzner, Field Assessor in the Tax Assessment Office, be granted a sixty-day leave of a :)sence beginning March 3, 1965. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Bevec - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Chief Clerk Debreczeni, Jr, presented a list of Field Registration Days submitted by the Registration Office for the Board's approval. Remarks: Mr. Mazza: I would like to make a request for a registration day in Cecil Township:. Moved by Mr. Bevec, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the following areas and dates be designated for field registrations: FIRST DISTRICT Date District E ! March 8, 1965 Burgettstown March 9, 1965 McDonald March 10, 1965 Canonsburg March 11, 1965 Chartiers 6 March 12, 1965 Mt. Pleasant 1 March 15, 1965 Cecil SECOND DISTRICT Date District March 8, 1965 Monongahela March 9, 1965 Carroll 3 March 10, 1965 Donora March 11, 1965 Peters 3 Place Borough Building Borough Building Borough Building Township Building Hickory, Pa. No. 3 Fire Hall Place Borough Building Fire Hall Borough Building Fire Hall (Donaldson's Crossroads) u MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL R. FLYNN, JOHN P. SEVEC, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS March 12, 1965 Charleroi March 15, 1965 Bentleyville March 16, 1965 East Bethlehem 2 March 17, 1965 March 18, 1965 March 19, 1965 March 22, 1965 March 23, 1965 California Marianna Centerville 6 Monongahela North Charleroi Roll call vote taken: Borough Building Borough Building Township Building (Fredericktown) Borough Building Union Hall Low Hill School Borough Building Borough Building Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Bevec - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Mr. Bevec, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the following persons be appointed as Field Registrars: Sam Ridall Grace Carroll Josephine Piccione Dolores Daugherty Remarks: Mr. Mazza: In the districts where we divided precincts, are we having registration in those areas? Mr. Bevec: There is a question on this. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Bevec - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Mr. Bevec, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the following Personal Property Tax refund be made to cover a portion of the 1964 Personal Property Tax paid on June 24, 1964. On February 15, 1964, Elizabeth T. McVitty, R. D. 1, Washington, Pennsylvania, filed her Personal Property Tax return in our County. One of the items listed was 500 sh Tiffiny Products which was not quoted in the stock books and should have been marked "worthless" on her return. Instead, a stock with a similar name - Tiffany & Company was erroneously substituted with a valuation per share of $34.25. The 500 shares of Tiffany & Company were carried forward with a total valuation of $17, 125. 00. The tax on this amount is $68. 50 less $3.43 discount - $65.07. Since Mrs. McVitty never owned the stock for which she had been taxed, a refund is requested in the amount of $65.07. Roll call vote taken: Mr. Mazza - Yes; Mr. Bevec - Yes; Mr. Flynn - Yes. Motion carried unanimously. A letter was received by Mr. Gillespie, Budget Director, from the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington under date of March 3, 1965, request•- ing their first quarterly payment in the amount of $7, 500. 00 against their 1965 County Budget. Also, a letter from the Washington -Greene County Tourist Promotion Agency was received requesting an allocation of $4, 144. 00 ( 1/4 of the annual appropriation). Chief Clerk, Debreczeni brought to the attention of the Board, School Liens