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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/08/17 379 Brsmerton, Uashtngton, October 8th 1917. ~egular meeting of the City Council called to order by Mayor Giles at 8,00 otolock 9.m, all members being present except Mr Haddon. Minutes of previous session read and approved am read. Letter read from Mr John Bremer offering to pay for and deliver enough four Inch water mains to supply Wm. Bremer's second addition to Charleston, if the Council would be willing to instal same. laid over to unfinished business. Letter read from B,H.Hurt in reference to street on south end of Cemetery, Laid ove~ Letter read from Mater Superintendent, recommending that work be commenced on hew reservoir as soon as possible,hand on motion of McGillivray and Bowdoin report was adopted. Motion by Reeves and Bowdoin that bids be called for construction of reservoir and that bidders be reqUired'to bid for the grubbing and filling and for the concrete work seperately~ carrted~ The question of procuring the necessary land on which to locate the reservoir was referred to the P~blic Utilities committee,with power to act, on motion of McGillivray a~d Pittack. Petition read from residents of Broadway and Warren Avenue for the construction of a combined storm and sanitary sewer, and on motion of Bowdoin mhd Pittack the Council declared its intention to construct sewer according to petition. Cler~ reported that this ~as the date for opening bids on crosswalk construction and stated that only one bid had been received. Motion by Ferguson ~nd Bun~er to open bid. carried; bid was a¢cordlngly opened and found to bc from D.~eMettle~ ~ho offered to do the work for $2.00 per square yard. ~otion by Ferg~eon and McGillivray to award contract to Mr Matt!er, carried. Public Utilities committee recommended tD~t the extm~ ticket office in the wharf ~aiting room be removed and the seats replaced and on motion of Bunker and Ferguson tbs matter w~s referred to the committee with poser to act. Committee recommended that the offer of Mr John Bremer be accepted,on condition that agreement be signed~by Mr Bremer conveying o~nership of the pipes to the City of Brem- e~ton, and on motion of Bowdoin and McGillivray the recommendation of the Committee was adop~ed~ reported Mr E.L.~ale/that he was willing to give the City of Bremerton title to the mains in the Gale and Miller addition if the City would pay the Cost of the mains, necessary to connect same with present mains and pay all the cost of installing same; the City attorney submitted a contract to cover the proposal of Mr Gale, and on motion of' McGillivray and Ferguson the offer of Mr Gale was acce~ted and the Mayor ~d C~erk a~thorized to sign the contract. Health a~d Sanitation committee reported that a great many complaints were being received about the mmx lack of facil~ties for removin~ garbage, and suggested that tho City should attend to the removal of Garba~ instead of letting it out to private individuals, Mr ~. L. Gale requested permission to remove the old Knights of P~thias Hall on to lots ~ and ? Block 18 and on motion of Reeves and Pittack req~est was granted. Clerk read a resolution declaring that in as much as th~ parties to whom a gas franchise was given had not performed that part of the agreement providing for beginn- ing construction withi~a given time, the deposit guaranteein~ such specific perform- ance was therefore declared forfeited a~d the CityT~as~r~r~e~t~d to transfer said ~uarantee into the Current Expense fund of the City. Motion by McGillivray and Bowdoin to pass resol~t~p~s~r~a~ carried. Clerk read ordinance No 881, being an ordinance~i~v~ continuing second stre~ to deep water and condemnin~ lands necessary for such purpose and for paying for the land so t~ken. ~otion by Bowdoin and Bu~ker to pas~ ordinance as read, carried. Cemetery committee recommended that no further action be taken in opening a road on the south end of Cemetery, and it ~as so'ordered. Motion by Reeves and McGllli~ray to allow all bills ~hich had been approved by the Finance committee, carried. ~u~l~ing inspector MoGowa~ made a very nice report, and requested that the Clerk be authorimed to publish a notice oallin~ attention of the public to the provisions of the building code, and on motion of Bo~doin ~nd Plttack request was g~anted and C~erk directed to publish ~otice. Mo~ion by Fergu~on ~Hd Reeve~ to adjourn, carried.