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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/09/18 Bremerton, ,¥ashington, Septembe~~ 9th 1918. Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~Iayor Giles at 8.00 o'clock p. m. all members being present. [~nutes of previous session read and a~proved as read. Letter read from Ladies of G.A.R. calling attention to condition of flag on City Hall :re£erred to purchasing committee. Letter read from Chamber of Commerce,reporting that Kennedy had ~-.,ithdraWn proposed itariff whereby freight rate was increased to Bay towns, ordered filed. Letter read from Newsboy ,/ilcox requesting permission to erect a small shelter ne~ the Navy Yard gate,from which te sell papere. Me~ien by NcGillivray and Bunker to ref~ 'to Chairman of Street and Alley committee wi~h power to act, carried. City Attorney submitted an ordinance repealing ~rdinance being an ordinance ,establishing the wages of ~Lxmen,Chainmen etc., for the City o--i~m~rton,the City Engr. ~equested that the ordinance be passed, and on motion ef Bowdoin and Pittack it was ~assed. The Mayor reported that ~ Callahan of the Sanitation Department was going to quit ~ud also that he wished the Health and Sanitation ~ committee to take charge of the Department as he (The Mayor) had not the time to attend to the business. Cemetery Committee reported that the Grave digger demanded moremmoney for his work and the matter was referred to Mr Pittack for investigation. i Report was made by Sanitation d~partment that it was necessary to erect a stable for ~ity teams, and on motion of McGilltvray and Pittack the matter was referred to the buil- ding committee. Finance com~itt,ee submitted proposed budget,which was read by Clerk. The question of Paving on ~ashlngton and ~ourth Street and on Park Avenue was then taken up and on motion of ~fcGillivray and Pittack was indefinately postponed. The City Attorney reported that the question of High School facilities had been in- jected into the ~ consolidation question and that the City of Charleston ~ad taken no action in reference to calling election,and in view of the fact he had prepared a resol~ Ution,by which it was proposed to postpone the election on consolidation until the regu- lar election in December. Clerk then read resolution and on motion of Bowdoin and Ferguson it was passed as read. ~t~ention was ~alled to the number of shacks which was being erected and the matter was ~eferred to the Building committee for investigation. ~ ~ ~. ,,~. RasmuSsen owner of property on Sheldon Blv&. claimed that a mistake had been ' nade when the right of way was dedicated, and he requested that some action be taken to ~tr~ighten out the suggeeted irregularity, referred to Oils attorney for investigation. ~,~otion by McGillivray and Bowdoin to allow all bills which had been apgroved by the ?inance core,nit tee, carried. ~,,fotion by Ferguson a~d Bunker to adjourn until ~hursday evening. Sept.12th. Carried. Bremerton, ~'~ashington, September 12th 1918. f~djourned meeting of the Council called to order by Mayor Giles at 9.00 o'clock p.m. ~ll members being present m~.~-.r~-,-~m~A~--~- The City Attorney advised that the council should take some action about survey and appraisal of land needed by the ~'~ater Department at ~Jild Cat Lake,and on motion of Mc Cilllvray and Bunker the F~ngineer and Superintendent were instructed to have the nece- ssary survey and apparisals made. The Fimace ¢om~nittee reported that owing to the annexation of l~nette it was necessary to hold an adjourned meeting on monday evening September 16th 1918. i,,Iotion by Ferguson and Haddon to adjourn until monday evening Sept.16th 1918. carried. rk Bremerton, ?/a?hington, September 16th 1918. J~dJourned m~eting called to order by the I~ayor at 8.~0 p.m. all members being present except Er Pittaok. Letter read ~rom ~ighway co~mi~sioner in re ~ifth Street paving, referred to City Arty ifor necessary action. The ~lttorney exptzined that petition for materials had to be sent ilto the Highwzy commissioner at Olympia ~nd he would then transmit it to ~ashington,D.O. ~iotion by Fergusdn and Bunker to refer to ~ttorney and F, ngineer and authorize l,iayor and Clerk to sign petition, carried. The Clerk then submitted the returns on Special Election held September 10th 1918, iand same were duly canvassed by the Council and fottnd to be as follows: I Electric Light ,¥harf Extn. Manette Oounty ~ Bonds Bonds ~,~extn. Ann~tn. ~irst Electric Light ,'~harf Extn. ~,Ianm~te County Bonds Bonds A_~uextn. Annextn. Second." 83 97 134 47 123 56 139 29 Third " 6~ 89 IOV 43 9~ 4~ 103 29 Fourth " 49 '?Z 89 58 89 34 90 29 Fifth " Jl 41 47 24 4Z 24 5~ ll Sixth " J9 ES ~ ~9 9 4~ 13 41 9 TOTAL CITY VOTE ~net te ~ecinot ' ll2 39 County ~soinct ~otio~ by Ferguson and Bowdoin that the wharf bond proposition having received a majority of all votes c°ast that same be declared carried, that the ~ · .----w,..-.,.-~=mm~-..m,,wm.~=~wmmmmw~.,.mmmmmm.m,.mmm? proposition to annex the terr%tory known ~s '~¥~nette h~ving received a majority of all the votes cast that~ the same be declared annexed and that Clerk certify same to Secretary of State, carried. Finance co~mittee submitted budget for ensuing year and on motion of McGillivray and ~owdoi~ reported was ac~pte~ and ordered published. Report'~s made that a building was being constructed on the 0ity lots on t~acifio ~Avenue,and that no authority had been given or permit issued for same, and on motion of l~IoGilli~ray and Bunker the matter was referred to the ~{ayor, ~,~Iotion by BUnker and Haddon to adjourn, car?led.