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Br~erton,Washlngton, Feb~ar~ 12th
Regular mee,ting of the' City Cou4c~l cailed, to order by May~r Giles at 8'.00. o'clo
all members og the~ Council being presemt. .
~tnutes~ ofp,revious session read and approved.
Letter read from Park Board stating that 5{r A. K, ~rundage had been selec~ted by
the Board as caretaker and Custodian, and that Board ~e,commended t~at ~{r.E.J.Wllliam
be given a lease~ of. the Boat house concessio~ at the Park for a period of three yrs.
at a monthl~ rental of Ten Dollars.
Motion b~ Cady and Pittack to approve report, carried.
The
~:ayor then appointed A.K.Brundage as Caretaker of the Park and on motion of
Cady and HcGillivray the appointment was conf~ed, and the matter of boathouse
lease laid, over until next meeting of council.
Letter read from Mr B.C.Alexander Manger of Washington C~fe askiuS permission
to instal music in Cafe during business hours; and on motion of ~eGi].livray
~addon the request was Eranted.
Letter read from Police Judge Si~onton call~ng attention to a fine due by H.B.
Lampmamand that said Lampman ~d wages coming from the City and t~t the fine amtg.
to ~15~ should .be held out. Mr Ferguson stated t~t Lampman had assigned the amt.
of his claim against the 01ty to him an~believed he had a prior right.
Motion by Cady and Pittack to deduct ~15.20 from the claim off ~r ~mp~n, c~rr~d
~otion by ~4cGillivray and Cady to turn balance to Mr Fer~son, carried.
Letter read from R.A.Dill claiming error in ~ssess~ent in L.I.D ~78. ~r Dill was
presented and stated his case a~tem which the Engineer was called on and proved by
the a,~sessment roll that the assessment ~as correctly made.
Clerk read report of ~rflnger for January showing wharf receipts amounting to
711.20
Health Officer submitted report,showing that several complaints ~d been made In
eference to garbage and ashes beingN~~~ deposited in alleys and
on vacant lots
Street and alley committee reported that the Street and sewer at Front and Paclfl~
had been repaired,that the contractor on the Hele~ Apts. had placed b~ildtng mat~-
ial on the sidewalk and gutters and recommended t[mt he be ordered to remove same
~t once; the committee also recommended that the teamster be paid for seven days per
,~eek at $2.50 a day, the committee also recommended that the request of certain pro-
petty owners for vacation of alley in Block 4 be rejected.
Motion by Bowdoin and McGillivray to approve recommendation of Committee to pay
tem?~s~,er for ~even days a week at $2.50 per day, carried.
~otion by LuCi'~.]ivray and Bowdoin that contractnres be notified to keep sidewalks
and gutters clear, carried..
After some discu~aion the ques~i, on'ofavacatlng alley in Block four was laid over
until next regular misting.
Public Utilities committee, Reported on several matters connected with the wharf
and was ~irected to care for all the matters in question.
Fire and I,i{~ht co~mittce reported that the Hydrant at Washington and Burwell~d
~,he hydrant a,t Fourth and Pacific, and the Fountain at Pacific and Front Street
were in need of repairs, and committee was directed to have repairs made; committee
~lso reported that plans were beJ. ng prepared for a building in second preelnct.
Clerk read a resolution extending ttmnks to the City Council of Charleston for
the goodwill shown in the recent water litigation and pledging to the City of Cham-
[eston and its inhabitants the same care,consideration and se~ice tn the administ-
~aticn of the water distributing system that it gives to the patrons of the system
in the City of Bremerton.
Motio~ by ]~cG~ ~livray and Ferguson to pass resolution as read, carried.
Clerk read a resolution declaring that tn the event of C~rlestofl and )~anet~
~oting for consolidation with the City of Bremerton,that a convention should ~e
held to arrange for proper representation on the City Council of the consolidated
]ity and requesting the City of C]mrleston to pass a proper resolution for such
nesting and to designate the time and place at which tt should be held. ~!otlon by Cady and Pittack to ~de~tr~es~t~nn as read, carried.
Clerk read resolution declaring that it is the opinion of the Council that the
time has come for the City to purchase or construct an Electric Light Plant and
providing that the ~4ayor and Council ~ct as a special co~ittee to meet with the
%,~unlcipal League or other persons at a meeting to be held In the City Hall February
17th 1917. to consider ways and means for carrying out such plans as ~ve been ad-
opted or for adopting new p&ans to purchase or build such a plant.
Motion by Bowd~in and Bunker to adopt resolution as read, carried.
It was shown t~t F.W.York who had been appointed Night ~arshal ~d resigned
;he Mayor explained that he did not %~ish to make a permanent appointment at this ti~
~nd on Motion of Bowden and Bunker the ~tter was deferred until next meeting.
~otion by Cady and NcGillivray to allow all bills Which had been approved by the
~i~nce committee,.~ carried. The Pollowin. g bills were~ a~'roved'tp . F. W. Co er ,.d ~20.
~. Rou~s $10. Bre~ Machine Works ~1.05 Trick and Murray $3.06 Brem Hdwe Co
~oulevard Cafe $12.10 Robertson ~lnes $11.05 Bremerton News $7.75 Bremerton
~earchlight $26.58 Buffington's Bazaar ~1.20 Pacific Transfer $6. Brem Ice and
~uel Co $34.40 City Fuel and Supply Co. $~3.00 Foss Electric $3.19 F.W.York ~30.
February 12, 1917 (Page 2)
H.~. Lampman $42.00. D. W. Haddon $3.00 T.L.Avery $3.85 Denny Renton Clay Co
~70. 0tymoic Foundry Co $47.50 J.S.Kenyon $98. Frank Hubbard $26.50 Elbert
~illiard ~3~. Dan ~etlar'$25.1S. 't~.O.Bulette ~3. W.J.Wilson ,~1.50 L.L.Lent ',$8.
Earl Dickenson ~24. Fred. S.Hat[~a~'ay $68.98 King Libby Co. ~10. N.P.P.S. Co.,
~].73.07 Port Biakely ~ill Co, ~5.60 Pacific Teleohone Co $!8.~0 Garrison Fishe
$13.4.5 .E. Roberts $15. J.O.Boyle $45. J.C.Brown ~3.10 Ward and Company $16.90
Frank Nelzer $54. Frank Townsend $45. Albert Knutson $37150 T. H. Holmes ,$4.80
Alex Watt $4.16 Chas Wood ~3.50 L.C.Smith Co 90~ and,Frank Gore $3.00/
City Engineer asked fo~ the use of a section of Fire Hose to flush back fill
on sewer in alley in Blk 9. referred to Fire and Light committee.
~r E. L. Gale made claim for, $150. said to be due him on a Judgment of the
Superior Court, and the matter was lald over until next regular meeting.
Clerk Called attention to the fact that the next mest&ng of the council was tb
date set for awarding contract for City p~i~tlng and for depositary for C_itN fund:
and on motinn of ~[cGilllvray and Ferguson Clerk was, directed to advertise for bid~
Domplaimt was made that the Daitz estate had erected a building on Broadway,and
· .that same was uns~_ghtly and a menace to the neighborhood, and on motion of~ Bunker
· and ~[cGilllvray Clerk was notified to order the build, lng removed.
~ction by. Bunker and Bowdoin to adjourn, carried.
~rt Clerk,