HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.min.reg.02021948 February 2, 1948.
The Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, met at 10 :00 A. M., Monday
February 2, 1948, with the following members present: Orest A. Gerbaz, Chairman; George W.
.Smith, Commissioner; Clarence 0. Quam, Commissioner; C. H. Darrow, County Attorney; M. M.
Neihardt, Clerk.
The minutes of the meeting held-January 18, 1948, were read and approved.
State Special Road Fund warrant No. 2099, dated Oct. 1, 1945, to Ben Smithy being report-
l ed lost, on motion Board declared the same cancelled, payment stopped /thereon' and ordered II
the Clerk to issue another to take the lace f the same. warrant o e ame. Said arrant was to be in said
amount, as of same date $4.25 and numbered 2099 -A.
neports of County Judge, County Clerk and Clerk of District Court received and filed.
Official Bond of Warren J. Conner in the amount of $5,000.00 given by him and National
Surety Corporation from Jan. 13, 1948 to second Tuesday in January 1949 was approved as to
form and sufffiency. Also approved was State Bond by same Principal and Surety in'the
amount of $1,000.00.
Ebert Kling, County Assessor, who was bonded with the National Surety Corporation under
[their Bonds No. 940674 and 940675, having departed this life, the said Bonds were d &scontin-
ied and Cancellation Notice was duly signed by the Chairman of this Board, on a motion duly
seconded and carried.
! The Clerk was instructed to write the Power Equipment Co., that the Board is ready to
;pay the remaining $3,000.00 due on the grader recently purchased from them as soon as said
Grader is repaired so as to be acceptable.
- i The offer of Chas F. Garlington of $500.00 for Tax Sale Certificate 1131, 1132, 1133,
1134,1135 and 1136 of 1903 for 1902 on Merrimac Lode and others was again tabled.
The following described land was sold to Albert Duroux for the sum of $60.00 and the
County Treasurer was authorized and instructed to issue a County Deed therefor, on receipt
of said amount of $60.00. The said land had been appraised by the County Assessor at $10.00
per acre.
A tract of land situated in the NE*NE*, Section 12, Tp. 10 S., R. 85 W. of the Sixth
Principal Meridian and more fully described as follows: Beginning at a point on the
West line of said NEtNE1 whence Corner # 6, Fowler Placer bears N 45 W, 91.08 feet;
thence south 882.5 feet along the west line of said NEtNEf to the center of the
Roaring Fork River; thence N 89 43' E, 310 feet along the center of the Roaring
Fork River; thence N 70 39' E, 135.1 feet along the center of the Roaring Fork
River; thence S 85 53' E, 361.2 feet along the center of the Roaring Fork River;
thence North 59 feet to the intersection of the line between Corner # 6 and Corner
# 7 of the Fowler Placer; thence N 45 W, 1129.8 feet along said line to the point
of beginning. Containing 8.03 acres more or less.
Less Railroad 1.85 acres - -Net 6.18 acres.
February 2nd, 1948
The above described land lies in the Fowler Placer No. 6788 Roaring Fork Mining
District. Taxes have been paid on the above described property by Albert Duroux
and prior ow.iers, since 1936, being described as part of the Brown Placer.
I xxxig appraise the above land at $10.00 per acre, due to the fact that it is
Seep Land, with many rocks and its location is remote (Signed) Warren J. Conner
County Assessor. '
The Clerk was instructed to write the Highway Department that the Board will accept the
proposition of the Department that the maintenance of Highway #82 from the top of Independ-
ence Pass to Aspen be performed by the Department, at the expense of Pitkin County, provided
that the Department opens the said pass with heavy equipment without charge; that the expense]
of the County as provided shall be withheld by the Department from the gasoline, tax due to
the County, mmmthak as same is incurred; that this agreement applies to the year 1948 only
and that the cost to the County shall not exceed $3500.00 for 1948.
These arrangements made with the understanding that the Department will rebuild and finish;
Highway #82 from Aspen West to Eagle County line in 1949.
The petition. of William K. Martz for refund of taxes for 1948 was allowed as follows:
lots 4- 5- 6- 7 -8 -.9 Block 17 Riverside Add.
lots 13- 14 -15 -16 Block 17 Riverside Add.
est a of Lot 17 Block 17 Riverside Add. to the City of Aspen.
The petitioner states that he protested the valuation in September.1947 to Ebert Kling, County
'ssessor; that said Assessor promised to make the correction; that, due to the death of said
ounty Assessor, the statement and promise can not be verified.
"eduction totaling $460.00 were made by the then County Assessor Ebert Kling, but reduct-
ions were not extended in the Assessment Roll. That he has paid 1948 taxes. The amount of
ebate on said 460.00 would be and s
$ i $18.00
The following report was received from the Pitkin County Library Board and was by
'nstructions to the Clerk, incorporated in these minutes:
PITKIN COUNTY LIBRARY
Aspen, Colorado January 23, 1948
on. Orest Gerbaz, Chairman Board of Co. Commissioners Pitkin County, Colorado
Dear Sir: In accordance with Section 17 of the Colorado State Library Act of 1947 we herewith
.ubmit our report for the year 1947. On December 31 the number of books accessioned was 6221
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of which 551 were acquired during the year. Of these 146 were donated. The total circu1atim
was 7695, an average of 641 per month. The largest number of books issued in any one month
was 929, this being in December. We have subscriptions to 19 magazines of which 5 are do-
nated. Three newspaper subscriptions are also donated.
RECEIPTS FOR 1947 Expenditures for 1947
Taxes $473.28 Books $313.06
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Books 31.93 Books for customers 31.93
Gift 5.00 Librarian 304.00
Fees, Etc. 132.14 Magazines 21.25
Lights 10.00 I
$642.35 Supplies 29.16
Bal. 1946 220.03 Insurance 9.95
Se t'y Bond 5.00
Denver Library 5.00(Loan "ervice)
minting 6.75
New Shelves _45.44
Treas. Fees 7.95
Miscellaneous 25'.54
' Total $862.38 Total $836.63
Bash Balance December 31, 1947 x;25.75
Approximately 1/3 of the amount spent for books was for Reading Circle books which are
used by the country schools as well as Aspen & Basalt schools
The Librarian was on duty two hours a day Monday through Friday and 3 hours on Saturday.
until the middle of May. After that three hours every day. ner wages are 40¢ per hour.
More than 500 books which were donated have not been accessioned because of the limit-
ed time of the Librarian. The room was not cleaned and papered in 1947 as planned because of
limited funds. All December and some November bills remained unpaid at the end of the year.
respectfully submitted Pitkin County Library Board by Louise M. Berg, Secy.
The following Petition was received:
STATE OF COLORADO,)
COUNTY OF PITKIN, )ss. P E T I T I O N
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF PITKIN, IN THE STATE OF COLORADO:
Tom undersigned do hereby respectfully petition your Honorable body to establish within
Pitkin County, Colorado, the following road, as a county road, to -wit:
A forty (40) foot strip of land, . the center line of which is described as beginning at a
point on the South line of Lot 9, Sec. 6, Township 11 South, Range 88 West of the 6th
P.M., whence the east 1/4 corner of said section bears S. 29 16 E. 1513.16 feet; thence
N.6 15 W. 178.1 feet to Sta. 1; thence N. 37 21 E. 330.6 feet to Sta. 2; trance N. 50
25 E. 150.7 feet to,Sta. 3; thence N. 38 39 W. 178.3 feet to Sta. 4; thence N. 11 14
W. 518.0 feet to Sta. 5; and thence N. 40 48 W. 180.7 fe t to Sta. 6, containing one and
forty -one hundredths of an acre, more or less, to connect ublic road on each end throu;,
White River National Forest Lands.
Petitioners ask that said Board pass and adopt a resolution creating the width of such
proposed road to be forty (40) feet instead of the usual width of sixty (60) feet.
Petitioners further request that the right of way for said road be acquired and road es-
tablished by Pitkin County, Colorado, without view.
It is represented by the undersigned that less than twenty (20) freeholders reside witti.
two miles of the said proposed road, and that the undersigned constitute more than one -half
(1/2) of the freeholders residing within two miles old the saicl maut. proposed road.
Dated this 30th day of January, A. D. 1948. SIGNED': John L. Heuschkel
tesiding at Red Stone
Olive M. Heuschkel
Residing at fl ed Stone
Earl Z. McCully
Residing at fled Stone
Hazel McCully
PETITIONERS.
In response to the above petition the following resolution was offered and unanimously
adopted: R E S O L U T I O N
At a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pitkin, State of
Colorado, held at the County Court House on the 2nd day of,February, A. D. 1948, there being
present, Chairman axgsx Orest A. ` Gerbaz, Commissioners C. 0. Quam and Geo. W. Smith, Count•
Clerk M. M. Neihardt and County Attorney C. H. Darrow, the following resolution was unanimoul-
ly passed and adopted, to- wit: th
WHEREAS, thb Board of County Commissioners has been petitioned, by /written petition of the
requisite number of freeholders of Pitkin County, Colorado, to establish a County road here-
inafter described, and have requested that such road be forty (40) feetide instead of the
right fl of way for such
road be acquired and said road be established without view;
AND, WHEREAS, this Board of County Commissioners is of the opinion, after an examination of
said petition, and upo4 an investigation of the facts, that public convenience and necessity
require the establishment of such proposed road and that it be forty (40) feet in width; and
whereas, it is the opinion of this board that the right of way for such road should be acquired
by Pitkin County, Colorado, without view;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of
Pitkin, in the State of Colorado, that the requests of bkdd• petition be granted, and the
this said County acquire and establish, without view, the following road, of a width of
forty 4Q) eet, and that this board proceed to acquire for and on behalf of Pitkin
Count ,p a right of way therefor, to -wit:
A forty (40) foot strip of land, the center line of which is described as beginning at
a point on the South line of Lot 9, Sec. 6, Township 11 South, 'urge 88 West of the 6th
P.M., whence the East 1/4 corner of said Section bears S. 29 16 E. 1513.16 feet; thenc,
N. 6 15 W. 178.1 feet to Sta. 1; thence N. 37 21 E. 330.6 feet to Sta. 2; thence N.
50 25 E. 150.7 feet to Sta. 3; thence N. 38 39' W. 178.3 feet to Sta. 4; thence N. 11'
14 W. 518.0 feet to Sta. 5; and thence N. 40 48 W. 180.7 feet to Sta. 6, containing
one and forty -one hundredths of an acre, more or less, to connect with public road on
each end through White River National Forest Lands. f
AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this resolution be entered in the recorded proceedings of
this Board.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pitkin, in the
State of Colorado, have hereunto subscribed their names by and through their Chairman hereun..
duly authorized, a -d by the seal of said County duly affixed by their Clerk.
f' THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF PITKIN,
ATTEST: � 4 �y i t STATE OF COLORADO,
M. M. Neiha - By Orest A. Gerbaz Their Ciairman.
County Clerk and v ?. of Pitkin County, Colorado, and Ex- Officio
Clerk of the Board ty Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado.
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Bills were audited, approved and ordered paid as follows:
OPERATORS & CHAUFFEURS FUND
Ebert Kling, Exams Dec 14.00 Dept. Revenue, Exams Jan33.00 W.J.Conner, Exams Jan 44.75
MOTOR VEHICLE FUND
Department of Revenue, M V Lic Jan 2,625.95
NO WARRANT
County Clerk, Fees 150.00
ORDINARY COUNTY REVENUE FUND
_ Ebert Kling,Dec.Sal 140.20 R.C.Wiese, Salary 19.67 A.M.Cochrane,Sal 33.00
1 Mt.St.T & T Co.,Phones 8.59 L.L.Brand,Sal,Exp 125.35 Aspen Insurance Agy,Pre 18.930.A
0.A.Gerbaz, Sal, Mile 87.40 C.H.Darrow, Sal, Exp 81.40 Colo. Info. Sery 5.00
G.W.Smith, Do 52.20 Albert Bis#op, Juror 3.15 Eudora Caley, Com Clk 25.00
C.O.Quam, Do 68.60 Wm Marolt, Juror 3.15 State Asso Co.Com,Dues 40.00
M.M.Neihardt, Sal, Exp 143.20 E.E.Bascom, Juror 3.15 City of Aspen,Sewer, Li 115.50
W.C.Stapleton, Ia.lary 145.00 J.M.Shultz, Salary 25.94 State Comp.Ins.Fund,Pre 27.00
Gladys Neihardt, Clerk 41.40 L. M. Berg, Salary 70.30 Mation E.Mosher, Survey 61.10
K. S. Watt, Salary 148.10 Allyn Cole, Sal, Exp 27.85 Ray Combs,Surveyor 21.00
T. F. Beck, Salary 135.90 Wm R. Shaw, Sal, Post 115.46 M. G. Conner, Serv. Off 75.00
Otto Johnson, Fees, Exp 159.80 Intermountain P Co.,Sup 16.54 Mt. Utilities, Water Li 67.10 be
Ebert Kling, Salary 20.00 Aspen Times, P & P 119.32 Out West Co., Supplies 54.07
W. J. Conner, Salary Exp 159.46 Mt. St. T & T Co., Phones 26.45
STATE SPECIAL ROAD FUND
John C. Skiff, Labor 199.10 Clark's Garage, Suppl 73.94 Liberty T & P Co.,Parts 36.911
John Snyder, Labor 189.95 George Condon, Supplies 26.22 A. J. Bionaz, nepairs 13.75
Frank Dolinsek, Labor 91.00 Dummer & Hansen, Suppl 101.74 Tomkins Hdwe, Suppl -s 9.70
Henry Hendrickson, Labor 182.05 Navy Gas & Sup., Gaso 206.02 Power Equip Co.,•. is 200.82
Melvin Phillips, Labor 149.38 George Flogaus, Labor 9.75 Sinclair Ref C.., Gaso 125.77
1I Ludwick Skiff, Labor 142.90 Flogaus Lbr Co., Road Wk 186.00 Ben Smith, epairs 84.80
E.E.Walthers,La w trk 162.50 Aspen Drug Co., Suppl 5.50 State Comp ns, Prem 222.00
HIGHWAY # 82
Dept. Rev. Inc.Tax With10e80 &wie J. C. Skiff, Labor 7.00 Melvin P Mips, Labor 6.50
John Snyder, Labor 17.50 Henry " endrickson, Lab or17.50 Ludwick Skiff, Labor 14.00
HIGHWAY # 104
Dept. Revenue, Withhold 45.10 Claude Crowley,La,Trk 260.00 Gene Williams, Labor 61.75
HIGHWAY # 133
Roy Whitbeck,La, 84.00Carbondale, Blk smith 5.75 United Lbr Co.,Supplies 4.50
Edward McComb, Labor 29.25 Wiley Shaw, Labor 13.00 Contl Oil Co., Supplies 18.48
George Newcomb, Labor 29.25
}IOSPITAL FUND
Dorothy Joan Stead, Salary 173.40 Mt. Utilities, Water,Light 35. Ken Main, Coal 41.701
John Crosby, Salary 152.40 Datema & Turner, Repair 6.05 Will Ross, Inc., Suppl 18.03
Carletta Johnson, Salary 144.50 Geo. Herbert, Supplies 377.08 Sharpe & Dohme, Suppl 1.84
Hazel Anderson, Salary 144.50 Glenwood Produce, Supplies 20.11 C.D.Smith, Supplies 66.68
Dorothy Dodds, Salary 144.50 Mt.St. T & T Co.mPhone 23.96 State Comp.Ins.Prem 32.00
Martha J Osborne, Salary 111.40 Mesa Tra Co., Groc 163.89 Mead Johnson, Suppl 11.48,
Jennie Fergtson,Salary 22.00 Aspen Drug Co., Medc 50.50 A.S.Aloe, Supplies 36.20
Louise Williams, Salary 26.65 Dumont Sales Co., Suppl 42.00 G E X -Ray, Supplies 26.10
Alb rta M' k d elsse, Salary 66.00 Con o1 ted Off Supply Co., Supplies 3.97
_ o�i 'fi e� 400 .-e.." -c,4
a fu er bus ess appearing, the Board adjourned.
Attest Clerk Approved: �/L 4O # .. .0ev. airman.
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