HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/12/16 Bremerton,,~ashington, J~me 12th 1916.
Regular meeting of the City Co~noil called to order by ~yor A.F.Reeves at 8.00 o'clock
p.m. all councilmen p~'esent, also Engineer ~nd Tresaurer and City Attorney. ~[lnutes of previous se~sion rea~ and approved as read.
Letter read fron~ Fire Dei~rtment, requesting that a new f].%g be purchased for Fire
Hall ~Yl and on mo~ion of ]~[cGillivray and ~[eGlothlen ~he ~ronasing oo~uit~ee was In-
structed to purchase a suitable flag and halyard.
Letter read from I,~ D.L.C~dy asking for pe~i$ $o ereo$ portable house on his lots on
Pacific ~venue; referred to the ~ilding committee.
Letter read from l.~tin Hefner asking for renewal of hie lease, and on motion of
]~cGillivray and ][c~lothlen.Clerk was inst~oted $o advertise that lease would be granted
for one year.
Letter read fro~ ].~s Lall~ Campbell requesting ~ha~ a lease be granted to her,for
the use of the end of S~th s.~ree$ where she p~oDosed to erec~ ~ house boa~ an on motion
of ~ard and ~[c~:loShlen the matter was referred to the Street and alley com~it~ and
City ~ttorney,wi~h power to act.
Letter read f~om C.Le~e notifying ~he Co.oil thm~ he desired to withdraw from the
bond of Chas. Rantz. and on motion of Harrison and }~eGillivray ~he ~er was referred
to the City f~ttorney with instructions ~o take whatever action seemed necessary and to
~notify R~tz ~o file ~other bead.
Clerk submitted bond of B. Zanoni,whieh being approved by the ~ity Attorney as to form
w~s on motion of ~,[cGillivray ~d Per~son accepted and ordered filed.
Clerk read report of the business Sransac~ed over ~he City Wharf f~m January 1st to
i..[ay Zlst 1916 ~d on motion of ~[oGillivra~ and Harrison s~e w~s ordered published.
]~otion by L~eGlothlen and '~ard tha~ hereafter all renSals muat be paid in advance,earri~
~o~ion by Harrison and ~.~[oGlo~hlen That hereafter ~h~ ~y d~age done to the wh~.~rf
by any person,firm or corpo~mtion She person or persons responsible therefor will be heI
held respossible for all d~age $o said whar~ or buildings, carried.
Clerk read rupert of Police Judge fo~ She monSh of ]~,~y ~d same was referred to the
Finance oo~m~it~ee.
Clerk notified Co.oil thst this was the da~e set for hearing protests and all matters
in reference to the paving of She foot of ~ra~ ~treet, ~nd that no protests had been
filed, clerk also read letter f~om ~he ~gineer filihg plus for the work.
~Clerk read ordinance approving the plans for ~,~ improving the foot of ~ront
Street and on me,ion of I~cGillivray and Harrison same was passed as read.
Clerk Re~d ordinance orea~ing ~he Improvement District ~d providing the mode of
p~en~, ~d on motion of ~ioGilliv~ay and }.~eGloShlen ordinance was passed ~s read.
Clerk read resolution declaring that it was to th~ public inte~es~ ~ intention
of the co~cil to improve Elizabeth street from ~he Center line of ~stree~ to
the center line of 9th street by constructing ~hereon a storm and sanitary ~ewer, ~o~ion by l~ic~illivray and Harrison to pass resolution as read, carried.
~otion by Harrison ~nd IIc~'~illivray to advertise for bids for the improvement of Front
Street. o~rried.
City ~Yttorney reported that according to the ruling of the Court tt would be necessary
to re-a~-~sess District ~6~ ~d that ~n ordin~noe would have to be prepared ~nd passed
and as he had represented some of the litig~nts in ~he case he could not very well re-
present the city.
~e~med $o the ~in~oe oo~m~ittee for reoo~maenda~ions.
City attorney also reported ~hat the ~m~ter suit had beeen ar~ed and that the Supreme
Cour~ h~d recalled the remitturer in the case.
Clerk read a resolution ~)roposing to revoke the license held by Lace and fmderson,
referred to License ~nd revenue
Str~et and ~lley co~m~ittee reported 9hat new cross walk had been installed at Second
and High ~r(~et.
Clerk read ~ resolution declaring the intention of the CiSy Co.oil to ~prove
ington ~venue by e~eoting ~nd constructing a concrete wall ~nd sidewalk at or near the
foot of Sixth street, and on motion of Harrison and l~cGillivr~y the resolution was passed
as re~d.
Z~blic Utilities eo ~ittee reported that the claim filed by ~ ~.Dore at the previous
meeting of ~he council had been tiro?peal, as the goods supposed to be lost on the wharf
had been reseipted for.
Cemetery ea~ittee rei)orted ~hat the Cemetery w~s in bette~ condition than a~ any
previous t ~e.
I~,iotion by ~Grd and D~o~lothlen ~o allow all bills which had been ~)pro~ed by the Finance
co~.~i~tee, carried; the f~llowing bills were ~pproved. ~rank ~',~el~er ~,~0 Frank TO~-
send ~. Buffington's ~z~r ~,~10.20 ~.G.Hornbog~ $6.10,~ard ~nd Co. ,~i~.ZO Golden
Cafe' ~10.80 City Fuel a~d Supply Co. ~)7.~0 ~red ~.Best ~4.7~ E.Lofthus
Bre~erton l.~aohine ~,~orks ~6.18 Bremerton Sheet metal wks ~,~)1.2~ Bre~erton Hdwe Co ~)4.0~
Edwin S. Keith ~)1.2~ Dremerton D~ Store $4~.20 S. B. Lent $1S. Pt. Blakely I~Iill Co
~Z~.20 ~,~rnest ~est ~?Z~ Foss Electric shop ~1.~6 Garrison Fisher Co ~ll.40 Bremerton
Ligh~ ~nd F~l. Com~By~l~.56 N. I,.,~ersch ~3.8~ John Peabody ~33. Joe Stangler $20.
ana k.~. ~ua&ne~m
~l,~otio~) ~y Harris?n~nd I~e~lo~hlen ~o ~nst~ot purchasing eo~i~tee $o pressure
~s$op watches, oarrlea.
~ ~.iotion by l~cGlothlen and ~ffington. to adjourn, carried.