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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 381 - 12-6-1963 - COMMISSIONERa4V MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J. BLATCH CUMMINS, JOHN MAZZ.A, COMMISSIONERS appointed as an extra helper at the Washington County Home and Hospital for Men replacing Edward Shuba; this action to be effective December 2, 1963. Mr. DeBlasio to be employed for a period of one month. Motion carried unanimously. ,Motion by Mr.Cummins, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the meeting be adjourned. .Motion carried unanimously. THE FOREGOING MINUTE READ AND APPROVED: 1963 ATTESTS ACTING CHIEF CI& NO. 381 Office of the County Commissioners Washington, Pa.., December 6, 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, Tax Claim Bureau Solicitor Yablonski, and Mr. Bradshaw. Motion by Mr. Cummins, seconded by Mr. Pettit, that the following Proclamation in honor of President JohnF. Kennedy be adopted and incorporated as part of the minutes. A copy to be forwarded to Mrs. Kennedy. PROC LAMAT ION WHEREAS, on November 22, 1963, the President of the United States, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, was slain by the dastardly and cowardly act of an assassin, and WHEREAS, our President had impressed upon all of us his belief that ours was an Age of Change; that political change had lagged far behind the hurrying pace of technological and industrial progress; that the advancement of society should not be accepted as something rigidly circumscribed and fabulously slow; and that it is men's attitude toward life, not their possessions or their deprivations, that governs the lives they lead, and WHEREAS, during this period of national mourning, the Commissioners of Washington County deem it advisable to take appropriate action in tribute to the courage and the dedicated service JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY gave to his nation and countrymen. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, that we, the Commissioners of the County of Washington. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby proclaim that all citizens are urged to follow the example of our martyred President by making hatred and bigotry a dim remembrance of the past; by dedicating ourselves to the proposition that his death shall not have been in vain; by having the courage to accept the fact and meet the challenge that the further knowledge penetrates the unknown, the more unknowable is the future; and by a rededication to those noble precepts for which he strove to the end that we may be truly "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all". PROCLAIMED this 6th day of December, 1963, at the City of Washington, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. /s/ Francis E. Pettit /s/ J. Blatch Cummins /s/ John Mazza Washington County Commissioners 1 H Motion carried unanimously. H MINUTE BOOK a4l BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION°ERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, FIENNiSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J. SLATCH CUMMINS, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS _ At this time, Harry Sutherland, Director Tourist Promotion Agency, and James Sittler, of the Taxpayers Association, entered the meeting. Mr. Sutherland reported that the Resolution (No. 377) adopted by the Board of Commissioners on November 15, 1963 has been approved by all parties concerned. No. 381 be adopted: Mr. Sutherland at this time left the meeting. Motion by Mr.Cummins, seconded by Mr. Pettit, that the following Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. 381 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH A DEBT INCURRED BY THE ISSUE OF BONDS WAS CREATED, WHERE THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE DEBT WAS CREATED IS IMPRACTICABLE, IMPOSSIBLE AND/OR INADVISABLE WHEREAS, the County of Washington issued and sold funding andimprovement bonds in the aggregate amount of $600,000.00, and said bonds were place on public sale on September 27,' 1961, and WHEREAS, the aforesaid $600,000.00 was to be used as follows: a. The sum of $383,000,00 for the funding of an undfunded indebtedness, and b. The sum of $217,000.00 to establish, c onstrudt and provide for air navigation facilities within the County of Washington, and to erect, equip and establish a suitable building to be used exclusively for the confinement of children awaiting trail or hearing in the Courts of the County, and WHEREAS, the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington County, at No. 332, May Sessions, 1961, approved the sale of bonds for funding an unfunded indebtedness, and said unfunded indebtedness was paid in the amount of $383,000.00, and WHEREAS, the Washington County Institution District issued and sold funding and improvement bonds in 1961 in an aggregate amount of ;150,000.00 and WHEREAS, the aforesaid sum of $150,000.00 was to be used as follows: a. The sum of $55,000.00 for the erection, construction, re- construction, altering and equiping of buildings at the Washington County Home, and b. The sum of $95,000.00 for the funding of an unfunded indebtedness, and WHEREAS„ the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington County, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 1961, approved the sale of bonds for funding an unfunded indebtedness for the institution district, and said unfunded indebtedness was paid in the amount of $95,000.00 and WHEREAS, subsequent to bath bond issues, the institution district was abolished by Act of Legislature, and the functions theretofore performed by the institution district were combined with other duties and functions of the County Commissioners, and madet WHEREAS, from the $600,000.00 bond issue, the following expenditures were a. Construction of air navigation facilities, b. Funding unfunded indebtedness, Total $137,000.00 383,000.00 $520,,000.00 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA _ FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J. BLATCH CUMMINS, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS leaving a balance from said bond issue of $80,000.00 and made: WHEREAS, from the $150,000.00 bond issue, the following expenditures were a. Funding unfunded indebtedness $ 95,000.00 b. Construction of buildings and facilities at the county home, 11,792.00 Total $106,792.00 leaving a balance from said bond issue of $43,208.00, and `a'i:F�tEAS, because of the combining of the functions of the institution distric with those general functions of the county, the unexpended balances of $123,208.00 from both bond issues were combined into one fund and invested and there remains from said fund the sum or $129,682.43, and WHEREAS, $80,000.00 of said fund was designated and is being held to erect, equip and furnish a suitable building to be used exclusively for the confinement of children awaiting trial or hearing in the Courts of the county, and WHEREAS, $55,000.00 of said funds was designated and is being held for the purpose of erecting, constructing, reconstructing, altering and equipping buildings at the county home, and $11,792.00 of said am was used for said purposes, leaving a balance of $43,208.00 from the bond issue for such purposes, and WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of Washington County have made a sincere and strenuous effort to obtain suitable plans and bids for the constructing of a juvenile detention home, but have been unsuccessful, and WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of Washington County have made a sincere and strenuous effort to obtain suitable plans and bids for the alteration and reconstruction of buildings at the Washington County Home, but have been unsuccessful, and WHEREAS, the original plans for the construction of a juvenile detention home have proved to be impracticable, impossible and inadvisable, because of the cost resulting from a building designed pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is excessive ar.d the County Commissioners have determined that another course of action should be pursued to provide for such facilities, by acquisition of a suitable building, and that $25,000.00, plus the amount received from the sale of the present building, should be sufficient for that purpose, and WHEREAS, the original plans for improvements to the county institution district are impracticable, impossible and inadvisable, because the cost thereof would far exceed the monies available, and the commissioners have determined that an alternative course of action for the care of the aged should be pursued, and WHEREAS, there was spent for capital improvements from the general fund during the year 1963, the following sums: a. For flood control $23,740.02 b. For air navigation facilities, 80,501.80 Total $104,241.82, and WHEREASp The aforesaid sum of $104,241.82 was used for purpose for which MINUTE BOOK M3 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, J. BLATCH CUMMINS, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS Et -- __- _ -- _ �—n,u.eu,ec.en ie�.. _:oiae um e,e:r •.:.:6"�-` - - -- - - --- --- - —. _-'------ ' - - --------- - — - payment could have been made from the proceederemaining from the aforementioned bond issues, providing the original purposes for which the indebtedness was created are impracticable; impossible or inadvisable, and, therefore, said amount is properly due and owing to the general 1 fund. NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of the Huni.cipal Borrowing Law (Act of 1941, June 25, P. L. 159, Art. 2, Sec. 216, 53 I.S. 6216 (a) ), the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County does hereby ENACT AND ORDAIN BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County have found and do certify that the construction of a new juvenile detention home is impracticable, impossible, and inadvisable, and that $25,000.009 plus the amount for which the present building may be sold, is a sufficient amount to provide for the acquisition of facilities which are or will be convertible to such use. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County have found and do certify that the erection, construction, reconstruction, altering and equipping of buildings at the Washington County Home is impracticable, impossible and inadvisable. 3. It is hereby found and determined that the need for construction of additional air navigation facilities has existed and does exist. 4. It is hereby found and determined that the need for flood control facilities has existed and does exist. 5. The sum of $104,241.82, which is part of the sum of $129,682.43, remain- ing from those funds borrowed by the issuance of funding and improvement bonds is 1961, by the county and the county institution district, is hereby designated, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Borrowing Law, for use in the establishment and construction of air navigation facilities within the county of Washington. 6. The Controller of Washington County is hereby directed to credit the general fund to the extent that funds from said general fund were expended for the construction of air navigational facilities and flood control facilities, and to designate the balance from the said $129,682.43, or the sum of $25,440.61 for the acquisition of a suitable juvenile detention home. ENACTED AND ORDAINED this 5th day of December, 1963. Attest: Margaret P. Gezzer /s/ Acting Chief Clerk Motion carried unanimously. REMARKS ON ABOVE MOTION BY: Mr. Mazza Francis E. Pettit /s/ J. Blatch Cummins /a/ John Mazza /s/ WASHINGTON COUNTY CCMMISSIONERS Mr. Mazza stated that in all fairness to Mr. Hormell, a few facts should be stated at this time. Mr. Mazza said that although he had heard employees criticizing Mr. Hormell for not receiving their pays, he understood that Mr. Hormell, as Solicitor was busy making a study of the situation during; the last 3 days in question; and he had come up with a solution (the above Ordinance). I feel this is the oAly proper manner in which to handle the matter and