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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/12/14 Bremerton, Yashington. January 1Eth,1914. Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~yor Cady at !~ll members being present, also present, The City Attorney, Engineer and Treasurer. ~,iinutes of previous session read and approved as read. Letter read from Jacob Jacobsen applying for position of Inspector on all street improvement, ~otion by Powers and Ward to receive and file; carried. Letter read from Henry Brucey of Tacoma in relation to power plant; ~otion by ~Yard and R,~eves to receive and place on file, carried. Letter read from W.B,Foshay of Portland relative to Engineering, ~otion by ~ost and Yard to receive and place on file; carried. i,,Ir ~ard presented request to place ~artin 01son on list prohibiting ~icensed liquor Idealers from supplying him with intoxicating liquors, and on motion of ~;ard and Foss reeuest was granted and clerk instructed to send notices to the Saloon men of Bremertm Icharleston and Port Orchard. ' ~,Iotion by 'Jorth and Kost that in future when requests of this nature come in pictu- ~res must be furnished for the information of liquor dealers, carried. i ~otion by ~¥orth and iCGillivray to appoint Mr M.J.Holt as inspector on the Job let itc Mr Lent on Park Avenue, cae~ried. ' Street and alley comm~ittee reported,that the reason for the accumulation of storm iwater on seventh was that ~,[r Jacobsen and Mr Nelson had filled in their lots and the water was thus prevented from flowing in its natural channel, and that conditions in the vicinity were very unsanitary as very few of the houses were connected with the public sewers and suggested that the matter be referred to the Health and Sanitation com~aittee; committee also reported that the lower end of Pacific avenue had been flooded and recommended that the end be knocked off outlet and an apron be installed at end of sewer; co~ittee also reported that the bulkhead in front of Lots 4.5.6.7. 8.9.andlO Block ~15 was in bad condition and property owners should be notified to make necessary repairs; Complaint was also made that the w~er pipes had burst on 4th street and had washed out the bulkhead to some extent and the water company had failed to make repairs, ~otion by Powers and Kost to notify property owners and Water company to make n ec- essary repairs to Fourth ii~treet Bulkhead, carried. Motion by ~ard nad McGillivray that property owners on seventh street be noti£i ed ,to connect with sewers as per reco~endation of Street and alley committee, carried. City ~lttorney made report ~bout closing of alley in rear of Block No.2. and that Mr Bremer had promised to have deed made for new location as proposed by them,some of the ~embers advocated removal of fence now used at night by the lumber yard people !who were using the alley, and on motion of Ward and Powers the Bremer estate was given ;one more week to make final arrangements. , Street and alley co~nmittee called attention to the fact that the water company was~ !breaking into the street pavement and not replacing same in proper manner and committee !reco;mnended that such work be done ~nder the direction of the City Enginee~ and that !an inspector be placed on the Job and the water company pay the cost of same. I~iotion by Powers and Foss to approve report and reco~mendation of committee and that water company be compelled to pay for supervision, carried. Complaint was made by Street co~uissioner that the fence at the I~einha~&t ball park iwas liable to fall over on sidewalk and on motion of Ward and L[cGillivray clerk was ~ instructed to notify Mr Reinha~dt to make necessary repairs. Complaint ~as made that the sidewalk at Pacific and Fourth was in unsafe condition and Clerk was instructed to notify property owners to protect sidewalk. License and revenue committee reported that they had looked up the application for ,license to operate pool room at the Randall apartments and recommended that the license be n,ot grahted, and on motion of Foss and Kost recommendation of committee was approve& C~plaint was made about a certain resident of Pleasant avenue keeping pigs in re~ of his premises. Motion by '~ard and ~orth That this condition be declared a nuisance and party noti- ified to abate same at once, carried. Police co~itt~e reported that two undesirable places had been closed by their orde~ ~tto~-ney made ~'eport about contract of L. Y. Stayton in L. I. D. i~otion by Powers and Ward that when council adjourns it be until to,~morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock p.m. and that the further' c~nsideration of the matter be continued un- til that time, carried. I,Iotion by Ward and ~icO~llivray that Street co~mnissioner be authorized to hire a team to clear away dirt from catch basins; carried. City attorney made request that a co~aittee be appointed to consider the best ways and means to take care of our outstanding indebtedness, and on motion of ;?ard and Kost the matte~vas referred to finance ~ommit~ee. Motio~-~y ~Jard and Powers to approve all bills which had been previously approved by Finance co~mnitt~e, carried; the following bills were allowed:- Dan Dunlap ~18, L. L. Lent ,il;Z1. Robertson Fairies ,i~25.15 Frank Melzer i';18. Frank Townsend ~15. Wm Smith .~15. ,~acob ',/edge :i~11.25 teorge Clay ,i~lO. Ford Bros. ;j~Z. Loveland Boat House ~22.55. Bu~:'ingtons Baz ar ~ ,i~.85 R.R.Hammond ,~9.50.' City~, Fuel and Suoply~ Co. ;~8.'~ Chas Gale ~9. 50. B.~anoni ~;~.40 Bremerton Ice and Fuel Co. ~15. and B.F.Ha~'rison 55/. ;~ayor Cady placed the name of A. L. Croxton before the council for membership on Library board and on motion of Powers and Kost ~mf~mf~f~ appointment was confirmed. ~[otion by Fo~s and Powers to adjourn to 7.30 p.m. Taesday, carried. City Clerk. Bremerton Washington, Tuesday January 13th 1914. i,~eeting called to order by ~,~ayor Cady at ?.30. o'clock p.m all members being pressnt, also Attorney and Engineer. Council then proceed to consider the Final estimate on~Loca]J Improvement districl No.62 and the matter was presented to the Council by ~,[r F.'.~,'.I',[oore for the contracto~ and ~,ir Cart City ~ttorney for the District, and the question w~s debated from every angle; it was Shown during the discussion ~hat the former Engineer had ordered many changes and that he was authorized to do so and that the present Engineer had no other way to figure the Job, but the City Attorney showed that it was only fair to the city to eliminate the ten percent provision on that part of the contract price remaining when the change was made as shown, this amount was estimated at :~1200,00 this point was contested by the attorney for the contractor, City attorney stated that as there was a large amount of warrents out at interest he would like to have the matter determined as soon as possible but still held out fo~' the ,~?1200. differe~ce an,:l council for the other side offered to compromise at~600. ~,[otion by ',,'~ard and Kost To offer i~[r Stayton ~1200. less than final estimate as per suggestion~ of City Attorney~,~%arried on roll call as follows:- N~ ','~orth Aye. i(ost Aye. ',',~ard Aye I~[c3illivray No. NN Reeves Aye, ~ Foss, No. [~,[r Powers having retired during the discussion was absent at roll call) ~fter some further dlscnssion I,~ir Stayton agreed to the compromise, although he claimed he had los, t money on the Job. I,,~otion by Ward and Kost to approve Final estimate as amended and instruct Engin- eer to complete assessment roll and also authorize Clerk to make final payment to contractor, carried on roll call all members voting "Aye'. ~,,[r Worth called attention to the condition of the contract which allowed the Zngineer to make changes, which might cause complications and cost the citizens a lot of money, and ~r Foss stated that he believed the City should handle Jobs of this class itsalf. i.Iotion by Foss and ,','orth that hereafter the Ci. ty instal all sewers on day labor carried. ~,;iot±on by Kost and ~[cGillivray to adjourn, carried. i ty C~lerk.