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]~remerton,Washington. February llth 1918.
Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by Mayor ~lle s at 8.00 ~fol~ok
p,m. all councilmen being present,
Minutes of previous session read and approved as read.
Letter read from the Fire Department making recommendation that Mr C.L.Bleiler's
be not accepted,and that his salary be raised to $100. per month ~-d that he be ~n
a vacation of one day per m~nth.
Motion by B~wdoin and Pittack that recommendation of the Department be approved and
Tire Department Drivers salary be increased to $100 per month, carried.
Letter read from Fire Department submitting annual rel~ort, filed.
letter read from ~alin Electric Os. about bill, referred to Finance committee.
Letter read from lark ~oard stating that Mr Benham had been employed as custodian
at the salary of $60. per month ;-d he to have sonoessien for lee cream stand. The
Board also reported that lease held by ~ames l~uel Co. had been transferred to 0hris
Jacobsen at the same rental lease to run from April 1st 1917.
Motion by ~wdoin and Pittaok to approve action ef Park Beard, carried.
Letter read from J.A, Penor requesting license to eperatea dance hall at Eagles Hall
and from Mark L.Sanders to operate dance hall at Celeseum, and en recommendation of
License and Revenue committee, C~erk was authorized to issue license.
Letter read from W.O.Yohe requesting license for two pool tables at Eagles Hall.
and on recommendation of License and revenue oemmittee, Clerk was a~thorized to issue
license.
Olerk read report of ~olice Judge Turner for the month of January and same was refer
red to Finance and Ll~ence committee.
Letter eead from P.T.& T. Co reporting that no franchise was due 'the City.as Company
had no net profits in Bremerten. ordered filed.
Letters read from Seq~_~m_ish I~nd Company and ~avy Yard Developement Company,request-
ing the city to extend water service to their additions,and offering to supply all th~
pipes,and to guarantee twelve per cent on the expense to the City if it woul~ lay the
mains. ,r~ferred to the Public Utilities committee.
Olerk~proposed tariff for boats landing at the Municipal wharf and on motion of Mo
Gillivray and Ferguson same was adopted.
Street and alley committee recommended that new catch basin should be installed at
Fourth and State also that Burwell at l'acifi'c and at ~ashington, the Engineer reported
that there was nc man hole at Fourth an~ State and the recommendation was withdraw~.
i~ublic Utilities oo~:aittee reported en the claim of Albert Blum for salvage on floats
and recommended that he be paid $?.80 and on motion ef Bunker and Ferguson report of
committee was approved.
2.U.0ommittee also reported progress in placing stay ro&s at wharf.
One of the Council report'ed that he had bean requested te bring up the queatienef in
crease of pay for Police officers, the o,~unoil then d,iscusseA the question at some lengt!
and on motion of B~wdoin and Pittack an~ increase of, $25. per month was granted.
The ~lnance committee reported that ~ills as submitted ha~ been approved and en motion
of Reeves and Pittack all bills approved by the l~inance committee were approved.
Mr A,F.Reeves submitted his resignation as Ceuncilma- to take effect at once as he was
about to remove to Seattle, and on motion of Bunker and ~wdoin resignation was ac~epted~
Mr Reeves thanked the members of the C~uncil for courtesies extended to him d~ring his
term as councilman and left his seat.
Motion by McGillivray and Haddon to adjourn, carried.