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MINUTE BOOK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J. SLATCH CUMMINS, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS
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Mr. Pettit: All the commissioners should approve this loan, that there is sufficient
anticipated revenue and by the certification of our Solicitor, it is legal to do so. The three
commissioners should sign the loan, release the amount and pay the employees and the necessary
bills.
No action was taken at this time, the payroll to be held up.
Motion by Mr. Cummins, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the meeting be adjourned.
Motion carried unanimously.
THE FOREGOING MINUTE READ AND APPROVED:
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NO. 372 Office of the County Commissioners
Washington, Pa., October 18, 1963
Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following
members being present: Commissioners Pettit, Cummins and Mazza. Also present being County
Solicitor Hormell, Assistant Solicitor Yablonski, John Yuhas, John Cromwell, Director of the
Washington County Planning Commission, Chief Clerk Polaski, Reporter Crouse and Mr. Bradshaw.
Meeting called to order by Chairman of the Board.
Various correspondence was read.
Motion by Mr. Cummins, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the following resolution
in regard to the sale of property for unpaid taxes by the Washington County Tax Claim Bureau,
be adopted:
RESOLUTION NO. NAME OF PURCHASES DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AMCUNT SOLD FOR
690 Charles Koch & Helen Being property described as 5 acres
Koch, his wife surface, adj. property of T. J.
Fawcett, Houston Run, in the Jan. 24,
1940 Tax Sale and again sold on April
27, 1940 as 5 acres surface, adj. land
of T. J. Fawcett Estate at Houston Run
situate in Union Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania, formerly assessed
in the name of Susan Mitchell Estate 75.00
691 Mr$, Elizabeth Being property described as 4 room
Kemenovich frame house, part lot 19, 25 x 100,
Water Street, DB 503-694, formerly
assessed in the name of Mary Clam
Estate c/o Mrs. Elizabeth Kemenovich,
situate in the Borough of Coal Center,
Washington County, Pennsylvania. This
is the owner repurchasing to clear the
cloud of the 10/29/62 Tax Sale. 0475.84
692 Delbert A. Armstrong Being property described as lots 47-48,
& Mary Armstrong, his being a portion of 57.87 acres surface,
wife DB 1025-145, Hillsdale Enterprises, Inc.
situate in Cecil TownshipyWashington County,
Pennsylvania, formerly assessed in the name
of Hillsdale Enterprises, Inc. $225.00
Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Yablonski informed the Board that the National Transit Company has agreed
to remove 2100 feet of pipe along Chartiers Creek for the amount of $31000, which is considerably
lower than previous estimates.
Motion by Mr.Cummins, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that any action on the removal
of the above mentioned pipeline be tabled at this time.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J. BLATCH CUMMINS, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS
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Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Cromwell at this time presented a resolution approving Project 70 to the
Board of Commissioners for their endorsement.
Motion by Mr. Mazza that the Board adopt the resolution approving Project 70.
Motion failed to carry for lack of a second..
Remarks by Mr. Pettit:
I will not sign the resolution; I am not opposed to the Project, but I feel
the people should make up their mind on this and I do not want to act as a guide to the people
in voting. I want them to decide how to vote on this.
Remarks by Mr. Mazza:
I am in favor of Project 70 because I believe that Washington County should
have one or more parks. As a member of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commi.ssioa,
I learned that Butler County has a program of this sort and it is bringing money into the Butler
area. I am strongly in favor of Project 70 because I believe thatit would bring increased
revenue into Washington County,
Mr. Cromwell also requested permission to exhibit a display explaining Project
70 in the main hall of the Courthouse. (Permission was granted by the Board.)
Mr. Hormell informed the Board that he has prepared an Answer for the
Paokrall petition involving the Washington County Airport, and requested that the Commissioners
attach their signatures to it.
Mr. Hormell also the brought the matter of borrowing money up before the
Board.
Remarks by Mr. Mazza:
I will agree to borrow money at this time and I will sign the loanbecause the
County employees should be paid. And I would like to go on record that I want a written opinion
from the Solicitor on what is going to happen two weeks from now and that I refuse to sign for
any more borrowing of money until we can get figures from the Controller's Office on the antici-
pated revenue.
Lotion by Mr. Pettit, seconded by Mr. Mazza, t hat the following resolution
be adopted: (upon the certification of the County Solicitor)
RESOL..UTION
RESOLVED, That, the funds of the County being exhausted, the County borrow
from Pittsburgh National Bank the sum of Two Hundred Thousand ( 200,00.00) Dollars in anticipation
of taxes to be collected for the current fiscal year, the loan to be evidenced by the certificate
of indebtedness of the County in form acceptable to the bank, payable on or before December 31,
1963, with interest from date on the unpaid principal balances outstanding, said loan and interest
to be repaid
from the first monies
available from taxes in anticipation of which such temporary
loan and interest
were made, which
taxes are hereby appropriated for that purpose, and that the
Budget of the
County for the current fiscal year and the taxes levied shall include and be
sufficient to
authorized to
repay said loan, and that any two (2) of the Commissioners be and they hereby are
execute and deliver in the name of the County Commissioners and the County the
certificate of indebtedness which shall constitute the general obligation of the County, and that
the ChiefClerk of the County Commissioners be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to attest