HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/10/16~ i;il Bremerton. i~ashington~ April loth 1916.
Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by lla$,or A.F.Reeves at 8.00
o'clock p.m.,Present, all councilmen, City Attorney, Engineer and Treasurer.
~[inutes of ~revious session and adjourned meeting of April ~,1916 read and approved
aB read.
Letter and resolution read from the Fire Dep~rtment, protesting against the use of
some of the equipment by ltuauthorized persons, referred to the ~'ire and Light committee
Department also called attention to the fact that the contractor for 'District
had placed gr~lvel and sand in the street near Fire hall ~l in such a manner as to cause
delay in case of fide, and on I~otion of I~cGillivray and Buffin~ton the Street and alley
comratttee was instructed to order the contractor to keep the ~oadway open.
Clerk submitted report of Police Judge Carr showing net rece~.-)ts from his office for
l. Iarch amounting to .~i~10?. referred to Finance committee.
Health officer reported having investigated the rel)ort that ~8~1 Broadwa~ was in an
unsanitary condition, and had found that the place was in very good condition.
',~arf co~.~littee reported that new fender piles were needed at the wharf, and on mot-
ion o£ Rickart ~nd 'Yard the Com~iittee was instructed to ha~e necessary pi~es driven.
Clerk read Ordinance ~9 same being an ordinance regulating traffic of Hotor vehicle~
and auto stages in tide City of Bremerton and repealing Section E of Ordinance 480.
~Iotion by ~IcGlothlen and Harrison to pass ordinance as read, carried.
Clerk re~d ordinance ~50 same being an ordinance to prevent the spreading of noxious
weeds,and relating to the duties of owners,lessees,occupiers and agents of lands and lot:
iii the City of Bremerton, and providing penalties for the viol~tion thereof, ~otion by ~Jard and ~,{cGillivray to pass ordinance as read, carried.
Clerk read ordinance f~551 same being an ordinance fixing the license on male and lek
m~le dogs and a~ending section ~ ~E of Ordinance ~416.
~,,lotion by Harrison and Bufftngton to pass ordinance as read,~rried.
Clerl~· read ordinance ~!~E entitled "an Ordinance amending ~ection ~ of Ordinance
of the City of Bremerton, entitled~ "AN OI[DINANCE pro~iding for the form and details of
~E£5.000.00 Bremerton Yater i?orks Bonds,authorized by otdinance ~.~'518 and by vote of the
qualified voters,of said City at a special election held August 3.1915, lmder and pursua~
to said ordinance and providing for the execution and deilvery of said bonds" }~lotion by .~cGlothlen and Perguson to pass ordinance as read, carried.
Clerk read ordinance ~i~LZ3 entitled an ordinance relating to and vacating that certai~
alley between Lots .~4 and .~4 of Louis Leos' addition to the City of Bremerton,
I.lotion by Harrison and I'~IeGlothlen to continue hearing until ne~.t regular meetings of
the council, Carried.
Ce~netery eo~:~nittee reported that complaint relative to fowls being allowed to riul at
large in the Ce.,'i~etery had been investigated, and an arrangeme~-~t had been made with the
owner of the fowls that would stop the tresl~ass.
~Iotion by ~!rd and H~rrison that 0eme~$~y!~,committee be authorized to purchmse about
160 liuial feet of E x 4 liunber to be delivered at the same time as the new gate,carried
~h i ~ ~ ca statement on behal~ of the Dopartment~show~
be purchased f~ ~ll00. on ,~erms of ~400.
if the Council wou]t put up ~100. of the
first payment the department wo~lld put up ~.~80. which was now in the hands of its Treas-
urer; Ilotion by Hi~rri,~on and ~.Ic~illivray that the Council endorse tile action of the
Fire department,~nd ~uthori.ze the purchase of the syste~ as described, carried.
~- The wharf co~mittee r~ported that the express companies were handling a large ~mount
of business over tho wharf and were only paying ~iil.50 per month and that this amount was
out of proportion to the busine;~s transacted,
.~.[otion t,y Harrison and Preg~son that rate to Express Companies be ~10. per month from
and after !.!ay !st 1916, carried.
!,ir Charles t~a~tz appeared before the council, and e:~.plained to the council why he had
not paid the notes which had been given by him over a year ago, an~ promised to get them
all cleaned up this s~u~.~:uer. !lo action was taken by the co,until.
Engineer requested that two inspectors be appointed for concrete work on Burwell and
~ourth streets, and the H~tyor appointed .~,Lr i~.O. Qualheim and Um Joseph Stangler and on
motion of 1,.{c,~i]_l~vray ~nd Perguson the apl)ointments ~-Jeee confirmed.
City Engineer submitted a subdivision of Tract 7 J~rren Smith's acre tracts' to be
known as ~eins addition, and after some discussion s~ame was duly approved by the Council
on motion of I,icGillivray and Burlington.
].'Iotion by Harrison and ]¥IcGlothlen to allow all bills which had been approved by the
~;~inance co~it.,tee, carried; the following bills were approved: Buffington's Bazaar
~7, L.L.Lent ~10.40 Bremerton News ~18. Bremerton Hdwe Co. $8.00 Joe ]'[cGarr $3.25
Bremerton Light Co. ~'
9-54..,5 Lowman Hanford ~1.80 Pacific Telephone Co. 020.50 Bremerton
Cafe ~;24.50 Prank I:Ielzer ~36. Prank Townsend ts0. Bremerton Transfer '~' ~
pl~. 50 Bremer ton
Sheet Metal ,forks ~.,3.50 I:~rion Garland ~
927. and Prank Yf. Coder :920.
l.~iotion by Harrison and tKcGlothlen to adjourn, carried.
City Clerk