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Home My WebLink AboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 188 - 3-11-1954 - COMMISSIONERMINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS APPROXIMATE QUANTITIES 1. Unit 2. 250v000 Cu- Yds. 3. 30,000 Cu. Yds. *4. 250 Cu. Yds- 5. 104 Cu. Yds. 6. 5065 Pounds 7. 480 Lin. Ft. 8. 200 Lin. Ft. APPROXIMATE QUANTITIES 1. Unit 20 250,000 Cu. Yds. 3• 30,000 Cu. Yds. *4. 250 Cu. Yds. 5. 104 Cu. Yds. 6. 5,365 Pounds 7. 480 Lin. Ft. * 8 . 200 Lin. Ft. CLASSIFICATION Clearing & Grubbing Earth Excavation Rock Excavation Class 2 Excavation (Pa. Dept. HIwy. Spec.) Class B. Concrete (Pa. Dept. Hlwy. Spec.) Reinforcing Bars 2411 Reinf. Concrete Pipe "X-C 42" Reinf. Concrete Pipe "X-C UNIT PRICE Lump Sum -30 .90 3.00 45.00 .20 9.53 24.00 i AMOUNT i 1,500.00 75,000,00 27,000.00 ! 750.00 4, 680.00 1,073.00 4, 574.40 4o 800.00 Total Amount of Bid $3.199377.40 Bidder Joseph Di Cio Canonsburg, Pennsylvania SCHEDULE OF PRICES CLASSIFICATION Clearing & Grubbing Earth Excavation Rock Excavation Class 2 Excavation (Pa. Dept. } H'wy. Spec.) } Class B. Concrete (Pa. Dept. ) H'wy. Spec.) ) Reinforcing; Bars ) 24" Reinf. Concrete Pipe "X-C ) 42" Reinf. Concrete Pipe "X-C ) UNIT PRICE Lump Sum .70 1.40 AMOUNT 5, 500• 00 175,o00-00 42 A00., 00 First 3 Items only Total Amount of Bid - 22Z$'500 Bidder Pittsburgh Asphalt Paving to. Pine Creek Road - R. D. 1 Wexford., - Pa.. By Thomas A. Smith On all above bias the said prices to be in full for all labor; materials; royalties on patented inventions; and for the doing of the said items of work complete. Motion by Mr. Mazza, seconded by Mr. Lane, that all bids be tabled for tabula- tion and further study to be made on all bids. Motion carried unanimously. There being m further business'to come before the Board at this time,the meeting adjourned. THE FOREGOING MINUTE READ AND APPROVED: i N0. 188 i Office of the County Commissioners Washington, Pa., March ll, 1954 Board of County Commissioners in special session, those present being Commis- sioners Pettit, Lane and Mazza. Motion by -Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the proposed budget for the Washington County General Fund for the year 1954 be made available for public inspection in the j Office of the Chief Clerk to the County Commissioners until Thursday, April 1, 1954, on which 1 1 MINUTE B❑❑K BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON-00UNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, J13HN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS �25 0 date the said budget will be finally adopted and the rate of taxation fixed for the year. 1954., and that the following notice be given in the Washington Observer. NOTICE In compliance with the provisions of the Acts of Assembly governing such matters, the proposed budgets for the financial affairs for the Washington County General Fund and the Washington County Institution District for the fiscal year 1954, have been prepared and are available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief Clerk to the County Commissioners, Court House, Washington, Pennsylvania, said budgets to be finally adopted on Thursday, April 1, 1954. ATTEST: FRANCIS E. PETTIT WILLIAM J. LANE JOHN MAZZA County Commissioners Joseph Di Filippo Chief Clerk Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the following resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Washington, State of Pennsylvania, relative to the issue by the said County of a Note for One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars as a temporary loan, was presented, duly seconded and adopted by the said Board to -wit: "WHEREAS, It has become necessary for said Board to borrow the sum of One Hundrec Thousand ($100,00040) Dollars for the purpose of meeting current expenses for the year 1954, and to be payable out of taxes and other current revenues which have been assessed and are to be levied and collected by the County during the year 1954; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of the said County of Wash- ington, that for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of current expenses of the County, the proper officials of the said County are hereby authorized and directed to negotiate a temporary loan on such terms as may be agreed upon by them, payable out of taxes which are to be levied and collected during the year 1954, and so much of said taxes as may be necessary to repay said loan, with interest, is hereby set aside and designated for that purpose, and issue a note herefor, payable August ?, 1954,* with interest from date of said note at the rate of one (1) per cent, per annum, free of all taxes levied by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which said taxes the County of Washington assumes and agrees to pay, said note to be negotiated and issued as follows: PEOPLES FIRST NATIONAL BANK. AND TRUST COMPANY, WASHINGTON, PA.....................$100,000.00" Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that the County Controller be authori: ed to advertisea,.for the sale of bonds in the amount of $120,000.00 in accordance with the fol- W lowing resolution; bids to be opened at 11:00 a.m., E.S.T., Monday, April 12, 1954, in the Office of the County Commissioners. R E S O L U T I O N A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE AND SALE OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($120.,000.00) AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT BONDS. WHEREAS, It is necessary that the bonded indebtedness of the County of Wa Pennsylvania, be increased in the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand (120,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of providing funds for the improvement of airdromes and aviation landing fields within the County of Washington. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, and it is hereby resolved, SECTION I. That the bonded indebtedness of the County of Washington, Common - wealth of Pennsylvania, be increased by the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand ($120,000.00) Dollars for said purpose, by an issue of general obligation coupon bonds of the said County. SECTION 2. Said bonds shall be one hundred twenty(120) in number, numbered consecutively from one (1) to one hundred twenty (120) inclusive, each in the sum of One Thousa 226 MINUTE BOOK. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, JOHN MAZZA, COMMISSIONERS ($1,000.00) Dollars, dated and bearing interest from the first day of May, 1954., and maturing in • numerical order as follows: Ten Bonds, $10,000, on November first of the years 1955 to 1966 both inclusive. I Any or all of the bonds of this issue numbered 61 to 120 inclusive, shall be subject to redemption at the option of the County of Washington in reverse numerical order, on I November 12 1960, or on any interest payment date thereafter, at par value plus accrued interest, on not less than thirty (30) days' notice to the holders thereof. , Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate to be determined by resolution of the � Board of County Commissioners after acceptance of the highest and best bid submitted in accor- dance with public advertisement as hereinafter provided, payable semi-annually from the date thereof on the first day of the months of May and November in each year. Said bonds shall also provide that the County of Washington will pay or refund i any tax (except gift, succession or inheritance tax) legally levied or assessed upon said bonds or upon the debt secured thereby under any present or future law of the Commonwealth of Pemsyl- vania. SECTION 3. The County Controller is hereby directed to offer the said bonds for sale by advertisement in the manner required by law, to bear interest at the best rate bid in a multiple of one eight of one percent, bids to be opened at the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners to be held on the 12 day of April, 1954o and the County Solicitor is hereby direct ed to prepare the necessary proceedings and to retain the law firm of Burgwin, Ruffin, Perry & Pohl of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to examine the proceedings and issue an approving legal opinion to the successful bidder. SECTION 4. All resolutions or parts of resolutions not in accord with this resolution are hereby repealed in so far as they conflict herewith. PASSED this llth day of March, 1954. Motion carried unanimously. Motion b Mr. Lane seconded b Mr. Mazza that the -County Controller be authoriz] Y , Y � Y I ed to advertise for 53 gross U.-So Flags, must be 12" x 18", with fast colors, construction of cloth must be 64" x 60", hemmed on four (4) sides, flags to be mounted on 30" x 3/8" white wood staff, with 2-3/4" gild spear head; must be delivered by May 15, 1954; bids will be opened at , 11:00 a.m., E.S.T., Monday, March 29, 1954, in the office of the County Commissioners. i Motion carried unanimously. , Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that a refund voucher in the amount of $6.65 be made payable to H. S. Pease, 167 nest College Street, Carm nsburg, Penna., said re- fund to cover personal property tax paid July 28, 1953, on 30 shares Ford Motor Co., of Canada l I @64.7/8 when he found that he had not listed the exact name of the stock, which should have been Ford Motor Co. of England, @ 6.J. Therefore, the Tax Assessment Office is authorized to ! prepare said refund. Motion carried unanimously. ? d ( Motion by Mr. Lane, seconded by Mr. Mazza, that a refund voucher in the amount ofl 15.96, paid on August 1, 1953, be made payable to Mary Chludzinski, 225 Hutchinson Avenue, Canonsburg, Pa., on property situate in North Strabane described as House, Lots 415-416 Alexande Plan on the re assessment of the Josephine Powlowski Estate. This refund being made due tothe ,