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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/28/16 Bremerton, ~ashington, Pebruary 28th 1916. Regular m~eting of the City Council called to order by l~aycr A. F. Reeves, at ?.30 o'clock p.m. all members being present, also Attorney, Engineer and Treasurer. I,linutes of previous session read and approved as read. Letter read from Prank L. NHite, making format application for the position o.f ;~ngr. Laid over to ~mflnished business. Letter read from City Engineer reporting t. hat garbage was being dumped at Evelyn and Ninth.and that the sidewalk on west ninth had been covered by dirt falling from the abutting property, ordered filed. Letter read from City Engineer submitting estimate for Work done by contractor ih L.I.D/ ~76, Notion by Harrison and MoGillivray to allow estimate and pay warrant for the amount shown to be due, carried. · Street and alley comn.~ittee made report on :the application of Mr Louis Leos for vacatio of alley in his addition, and l~ Leos submitted a petition si6'ned by the interested pro- perty owners agreeing to the vacation, . and on motion of Harrison and Bufftngton the pet- ition of }lr Leos was granted and City Attorney instructed to prepare the necessary papers Clerk reported that he had advertised for bids on City printing and had three bids, I~otion by l~ard and l~icGlothlen to open the bids, carried. Bids w~e opened and found to be as follows: Nav~ Yard American 45~ and 25~ per inch: Bremerton News 14~ per inch. and Bremerton Searchlight 9~ per inch. I~iotion by }~ic,Jillivray and Harristn to award contract to the Searchlight, same being the lowest bidder, carried. Clerk reported that he had ,~alled for bids for official depositaries, and had receiv- ed a letter signed by all the City banks agreeing to pay ~wo per cent interest on average daily balances, and on motion of i~ard and I,lcGlothlen, this proposition.,.was accepted and tile three banks named depositaries. Letter received from several resid~,nts of the City requesting that a light be placed at Seventh and Chester, referred to the Pir&&light MM~committee. Letter read from a Com~ittee of the mmmmm;-0ivlc Improvement Club requesting that a plan might be formulated whereby the care and management of the City Cemetery might be turned o~er to the club, and that a certain amount be set aside from the sale of lots for the purpose of making improvements; referred to the Cemeter$ con. nitres. Letter read from Fable Guarino making application for a license to operate a pool and billiard parlor at ~a30 i.~ashington Street, referred to the Franchise and Ordinance com;:~i tte o, Letter read from Statistician of the Public Service commission, referring to rule of case Nc.l?91 this rule having reference to authority of telephone companies to charge in advance for telephone service, ordered filed. Health Officer reported that his office had been quite busy during the past month, and was pleased to report that there was now no persons ~mder quarantine in the City. Street and alley oo;~%it0ee recon%~nended that only two men be employed on street clean- ing during the summer, and the matter was left with the committee. Co~unittee reported ~n the condition o~ the street at the end of Park Avenue recommend~ that a temporary bulkhead be built ~mder the direction of the Engineer; and on motion of ;,IoGlothlen and Ward the matter was left with the street and alley co;:~nittee with powe~ to act, and o$ motion by I'~ard and Perguson street department was instructed to break off the projecting end of the sidewalk. Fire and Light co~m~tittee reco:muended that all the lights whic had b~en taken out be replaced, and on motion of Buffington and Perguson the Clerk was directed to notify the light company. Chief of Police %~alter B.Thompson reported that he had checked np the lights now in use around the City and found the list as reported by the Company to be correct. I.,[otion by ~[cGillivray and Harrison to accept report and place it on file, carried. '~;r Harrison reported that a good many complaints had been made about the condition of Fourth and Burwell streets, and that when he took the matter up with the contractor,he blamed the Engir~eer for not giving him grade stakes for ~'A~wrs, the Engineer was called on and informed the Council that ~{r Lent was mistaken as there was several hundred ofeet of stakes set beyond where the last work of the contractor. ;~,Lr Ward reported that an auto ordinance should be made and recommended that no fee be charged as automob&le owners had a hard time to make a living, and in ant event the fee should not be more than one dollar per year, the matter was referred to the City Attorn; to prepare ordinance. ;~[r I~';ard reported about the cutting of Wood a~ the Cemetery and on motion of Harrison and Perguson the matter was left to the Cemetrey committee. Building oonm~i~tee repoerted that the trussing at the wharf was being done . Under the hea~ of unfinished business the o~uestion of appointment of new wharfinger waE taken up and discussed by the ~[ayor, the Council and several of the audience, and an ordinance was read by the Clerk, same being an ordinance providing for the mama, gement and care of the wharf, abolishing the office of wharfinger and providing for a mode of administration of the Hunioipal Dock and repealing ordinances in conflict therewith. after some discussion the proposed ordinance was withdrawn and another submitted bein; an ordinance ammending ordinance .~£8, this ordinance was read by the City Attorney amd on motion of Buffington and Ferg~son was passed as read. ~,{ayor announced taht Nr J,J.Joder would be discharged ~s wharfinger from ~,{arch and on motion Harrison and ~,{cC. illivray the motion of the ~,~yor =as approved. The lIayor then appo~nted ~,~ P.L.White as ~harflnger to take effect ;.~rch let 1916 and on motion Harrison and Burlington the appointment was approved. Proceedings of Febrnary 27th 1916 page 2. ~Iotion by ?~ard and Rickart to allow all b~lls which had been approved by the _~inance committee,~ and als~ to includ~ bill of E.R.Caughie which had been overlooked by the clerk, carried, the following bills were approved: H. Ii. ~'~alkinton .~§8. Frank l~elzer $41. Frank Townsend ~30. Leon Lambert D. ~. Haddon Ugo. T.O.Roberts pgo. E.L.Smythe USO. Miss Phillips ~40. ,~0. City ~u~l Co ~27. J.J.E.d. wards ~l. Fred S. Hathaway l~0. G. E. Hitchell Panama Cafe ~12.8B F. i,?. Coder ~E0 ~lmer?an Surety Company $10 ~J. E. Joder POrt Blakely Mill Co $6.96 ~Iillers C~fe ~7.' Hotel Kimball ~3. J. ~. Bryan ~g~O .~. R. Oaughie $30. and L.l~.Lent .~l~. · l~r Thomas l~c~achney requested hhe City to take some action in reference to straigJ htening.up high street at the intersection of Boston Street, and stated theft the Gbutting property owner had extended his lot liue onto the public high~ay . ~,~r Tho,~a~ ~was present and stated that ~[r EcKach~y w~s mistaken;, no action taken. ~[r Bryan of Bryan and Colvin asked that the couucil make some arrangements to have some one check up the books of the water Company so thatan~ differences that might arise could be determined. Referred to the Public Util~i'~ies Committee with power to act. },~otion by Burlington and ~,{o,3lothlen to adjourn, carried. City Clerk.