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Bremerton,~'~ashington, April 24th 1916.
Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~9~yor Reeves at 8.00. o'clock p.m
all members of the Council being present, al~o City Engln~er, Attorney and Treasurer.
;,~inutes of previous ~,~sion r~ad and approved as read~ e~:cept that th~ .~ord two in
the ?ire Department statement was ~hadged to read "three".
Letter rea8 from C, arrisou Fisher in reference to lowering Mains on County road,
!,~[r Kerr and ],h~ ~tsher ex?atned the situation and how it might be mamaged,which explan-
ation was satisfactory to the council, but no action was raked by the Co~mcll as such.
Letter read from Koering i,~chine Company in reference to parts of a concrete mi.~er
which was lost from the Hunicipal Dock and submitting claim for ~9.25.
!,Iotion by Harrison and ,lard to allow claim of Koering 1,~chine Company, Carried.
Letter read from Postmaster ~.~ehner asking permission to set new mail boxes and
~otion of Harrison and t{ickert, request was granted.
Thc qx~estion of the proper location of meter boxes was taken up and after nome dis-
cussio~ the Engineer was instructed to have same placed as near the edge of the walk
as possible.
iDtion by Harrison and ~[c~illivray that City attorney be instructed to prepare resol-
ution declaring intention of the co~uhcil to complete the psving of Front street,carried.
~.Iotion by .~[arrison and HeGlothlen to instruct Chief of Police to notify dog owners
that dog taxes must be paid promptly, or owners will be prosecuted according to law.
carried.
Clerk read ordinance ~53~, same being an ordinance wacating_a certain alley between
Lots foyer and forty of Louis Loss Addition. and on ~[otion of ~arrison and HcGlothlen
O~dinance was passed as read.
I,Ir Thomas Stevenson on behalf of John B.Lex requested that the City give a quit-claim
deed to i.~r Lex for certain property which he had deeded to the City for a street and
which had never been used for that purpose; I~otion by Harrison and Buffington to lay
the m~tter o~er ~mtil next regular meeting, carried.
;'lharf com::~ittee reported that one of the doors was not high enough ~or the use for
which it was intended and on motion of Harrison and McGlothlen the _~htbltc Utilities
cm:,~Httee was authorized to make the change if same was deemed necessary.
Hotion by ~ScGilllvray and ~,[cJ~lothlen to authorize the Street and Alley committee to
remove the arm from the hydrant &t Second and Pacific, carried.
Hr iq.l{.Staub on behalf of the gas company requested that no action be taken for two
or three weeks, and City attorney stated that no action would be taken for thirty days.
Clerk read a resolution granting authority to the ~;omans Civic Improvement Club to
take charge of and improve Ivy green cemetery and authorizing certain expenditures,
!.,/orion by Hc ;lothlen and i[ard to pass resolution as read, carried.
Motion by ~Jard and HcGlothlen to allow all bills which had been approved by the Fin-
ance co,u;~tttee~ carried. The followiSg bills were ~pproved. E.J. ~,,[cCall $90.
Chas.L.Hagill ~,)90.50 ].Iarion Garland 090. 2red S.Hathaway ~150. b'.B.Thompson ~105.06
D. ,7. }{addon .~i90. T. C. Roberts ~90 Dr E.L.Smythe ~20. ~,.Iiss Phillips .11',40. Hrs Bremer
,;30. H. t[. ~alkinton ,j60. Frank L. ,,hire ~,160. Prank ],,[elzer o~,6. Frank Townsend
~D~'[rrison Fisher ,Jo J~,lS.ZO Dr J.P. Hunns ~i~14~55 Lowman and Haul'rd ~0.95 P.~.Oowers
~8.00 __an,zinc ~.,afe ,~?.2., J. ,,. I.[a~achern :?230. ',.O.Buff~nF, ton o5.10 E.R. Cau~,hte ~14.
5'5 Joe Stangler ~18.50 Fred 5.t£athaway ~j4.50 and R.OQual~eim -'.~;5.25. -
Clerk reported that he had advertised for bids on the garbage contract and had recetv
ed only one bid; fiction by Harrison and i,[cGlothlen to o~en the bid, carried.
The bid was from B.Zanoni who offered to pay the City ~i)5~ per year in advance for the
privilege of removing the garbage as provided by ordinance ,~510 and specifications as
per call for bids;
I~Iotion by ~[ard and ~IcC, illivray to award contract to B.zanoni for two years am per his
bid. carried.
A plat ~f Lund's addition was submitted ho the Co~uucil and the Engineer reported that
it conformed to all the City str~.,ets and alleys ~dJoining.
l,~iotion by 'Jard and Harrison to approve the plat, carried.
Motion by Harrison and Rickart to adjourn, carried.
//City Clerk