HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/15/17 Bremerton, Washington Jan. 15, 1917.
Relu!ar ~eetl~j of the City C~uncil called to order by ~y~r 7LE. 3iles at 7.Z0
p.~. all ~e~ers bei~i present.
Hlnutes o~ pr~vi~us session read and approved as read.
Clerk reported th. at th~ attorney wa~ out of ~own but had requested l{r. Bryan to
ser'ze in his stead and th~i%r. Bryan had declined t} d~ so except on requ,~st of the
H0ti~n by q~j and P~ttack that }~. Bryan be requested to repre~'ent the City 2tt-
orney d~rin~} ~,~}~$~; carried.
Clerk read repor~ {'ro~ the Fire Dept. showing its work duri~ 1916 m~d on motion
of Hc~}illivray and Perguson sa~ae was ordered filed.
]lerk re2ort~d theft this was the ~te met for hearing protests if any against
Elizabeth Street ~'ewer assessne~t roll L.I.D. ;j~8 and that ho protests ~ad been
re~eived. Clerk then read' ordinance approving assess~,~ent roll and on m~tton of
}il livray ~nd ?erguson ordinance was ~ssed as read.
~irs. ,~lida T~rtenson addres~e~ the Codicil on the question of public morals and
was ~s~ured y the l:ay~r that she would have no fl~rther cause f~r c~nplaint.
City Engineer report;ed that he had prepared and filed with t}~e qity C!,~rk the
Assess~ent 2oll in L. LD.
Stre~t a,~d .~llo[- Coa~ittee reported on t~e unsanitary condition of certain aFeys
and on ib ti~n o~ ~.}illivray and Pi~tack the health ~nd sanitation ~l?~nitt,-e was
Circuited to have ~aid nuisances abated.
Street and ~lley ~ ~mittee also reported that a certain 1-~teral sewer on Front
Stre.-t seemed t} have ~aved in and the ~:ity E~gineer was instructed to make examinatio~
and brin~ in esti~ate.
Street and Alley Jo.~ittee also reque~ted that fifty feet ,~f a~se be purchased f~r
the use ~f the 'Jtreot Dept. sad purc~asing Co~lt~ee wa~ instructed1 to make tho
0n reco~'~endation of the Fire ])apt. the l~yor appo'inted the fol!ovrN~g members
t~.~-~ Dept. t> serve ~s .officers during the year of 191?. Chief. Alex 17at~; let
~,~ ~o -~ 2e,~n. 2~d a~ st ]bier J'L. Eagan; Secretary, R. 3. Cook; Treasurer,
Oa~:sity; Driver, ~].L. Bleiler.
iloti~n b~, 2or~uson and Pittaek to affirm appointments; carried.
Hotion bF Bo~doin ,md Pittack that driver ~f Fire truck be placed directly under
t~e Fir<~ Chief and take all orders from him and that the Fire Dept. be hold responsi-
-ble f~c his conduct; carried.
Clerk read resolution authorizing the 0i~y Attorney to waive appeal on behalf of
the City ~f ~re~erton and to agree to that certain Judg ent entered in the King County
Superior Court on the 5th da~' of J~Bary 1917 being cause 87781 and on Hotion of Cady
and Pittaek motion was passed as read.
Clerk read 0rJin~nce p54~ being an ordinance se~ing the dates for issuanc~ of
bonds for tho purchuse of the water plant and on mo~ion of Per,mom ~md ~oudoin 0rdi-
nature was passed on roll call all members voting aye.
The Iayo~ rep~t~d u~on c~nditi~ns in the Poliae Dept and asked for authority to
employ an ~xtra ,~an if found necessary andon motion of H~Gillivray anS. Boudoin request
T~a Hayor ~k~point~d Councilmen Haddon, Pi~ack ~d P~r~son as th~
it~ea f~r tke ~nsuin~ t~r:n and appointed Hr. !. U. Iv~r~on as buil~in~ I~mpac~or and
on m~tion of HoGi!!ivray and ~rguson appoin~man~ w~r~ confirn~d.
~h~ ]~yor appoin~ }~ S.B.~n~ to s,rv~ a~ ~l~ing Ina~ao~or, and on motion of
~r~on and B~kar appoin~m~n~ wa~
~i~y Engineer submitted a report Showing the amount of business transacted by his
office during 1916, and s~e was ordered filed.
A. N. R~ey of '~arren ~venue entered a complaint on the condition of the sidewalk
on R~lph street and the matter wgs referred to the Street Department.
l~otion by Haddon and Per.son to adJ~u~, carried.