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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/02/14 Bremerton, ~ash., February, End, 1914,. Regular meeting of the Cit~; Council called to order by ~yor Cady at ?.Z0.p.m. all of?leers being present. Letter received from Mr John Carter appling for the position of General Inspector on ~ity i~or~ and on motion of Powers and Worth same was ordere~ filed. Co~a~unication received fro ~ City ~ngineer certifing to completion of asse~'¢~ment ro_ll on Local Improvement District No. 6~. Motion by Worth and Ward that same be received and February ~Zrd is set for the date of he~ring protests, carried. Letter received from J. C. Adams handing his resignation from th~ of£ioe'of City Engineer to take effect as at February 4th, 1914; included in co~unioation was suo~lementary list of office equipment maps~ and profiles~accumulated since he took office. ~,,~otion by Powers and Foss to accept resignation of Mr Adams,, carried. Lettersreceived from ~Ir Fred ~. Hathaway and D~n Dtm~ap applying for ~,he position of City ~'-ngineer mhd on motion of ~orth and EcsC s~me was laid over to new businesa Verbal ~,~lication for the position of City Engineer was also made on behalf of Mr Tunizon of fort Orchard and Mr Josiah Giddeon of Eagle Harbor and on motion of ~¥ard and ~rth ~a e wa~ laid oYer to new business. City Cl~rk reported that he had a very e~tensive report to make out for the State Board of Audit and Supervision and it would be necessary to have some help in the office while he was at work on the report; also that he had to p~epare the bonds for several districts and that it was customary to have this work allowed for. L~otion by Powers an~ ~ard to authorize Clerk to necessmry help, carried. Street and Alley co~ittee reported that some repairs had been made to the Bulk- head on Sheldon Blvd.and that same was now in good shape. Committee reco~nended that ~ Philpo~t be allowed to place gravel on the alley in rear of his property and on'motion of Powers and Ward recommendation was approved. Street commissioner was instructed to change gutter at Washington and Front St. Street and Alley eo[~nittee reported that the fence had been removed from the lot at the South east corner of Pacific and Fifth street and as the walk was higher than the lot some one was liable to fall over the unprotected walk into. the lot. i~Iotion by Yard and I.IcGiliiv~ay to order the fence restored at once,carried. Clerk'w~s also instructed to n0ti~y the Dietz estate, to put an&thor r~il on fence surrounding excaw~tion at Pacific and Fourth Streets. Fire, light and .;'ater Coca, tree reported ~orresp~ndenee wi~h President of Bre~- erton Electri~ Company relative to pro~?osed purchase .£'o its p~ant st~ting that representatives of the Company would meet with ~he Council or its representatives at ~.~ny tJ:~e desired. Fire Chief Watt ~'eport~d hydrants at Pacific and Sixth and Washington and Burwell a:' leaking and Clerk was instructed to notify the water Company to make neces:.ary repairs. 0r~inance Committee submitted draft of Ordinance to prohibit the use of intoxicG- ting liLuors in a~y bu]l.:ings ~En~d by the City and on motion o¢ Kost and Powers s~ ,e was referred to City Attorney and Ordinance Committee to bring in completed Ordinance. Health and Banitation Committee reported a case of desitution and on motion of ~orth and ~owers the matter was referred back to the Co~nittee with power t'~ act. License and revenue co~nittee reported favorably on the application of '7.[~.Mac- key for Poll room license, and on motion of MeGillivray and Powers clerk was auth- orized to issue license. Contractor Bulette asked for grade stakes on Broadway,and on motion of Worth and Sowers the ~ngineer w~ instructed to set stakes. The uestion of the disposal of surplus dirt in District ?l was discussed an, it being the oplnion of several ~nembers of the Counc'l that dirt should be placed in new thoroughf~re no being cond~nned for Tenth Street end that so,ne ~rrangement might be ~ade with property: ouner~ in adaw~noe of Court d~scision,motion by Powers and Ward to referr the matter to the Street and Alle~ Cprrm~ittee to ascertain if suitable arrange~ent co~:ld be m~de with DIrs DietE, carried. Ordinance ~493 Was submitted and read by Clerk, being an ordinance provld~ng for the improvement of parts of ~ifth,Sixth,Conoord,Eighth,Chester,Boston and some other streets and all&~s by constructing thereon and therein ~ combined storm and sanitary sewer,together with all necessary inlets,manholes,lampholes,catch basins and such other and further work as may be necessary to make the Job a complete Job. Motion by Powers and Reeves to pass ordinance as read and instruct Clerk to adv- ertise for bids on Fifth street only, carried. Lerre~ read from Chief of Fire Department reporting the meeting of Department and showing result of ballot for the position of driver, as fo~lows; Dale McLain 19 votes and Harry Nelson 7 votes; and recommending that McLain be appointed. Motion by MoGillivray and Reeves to confirm the appointment of Dale McLain as driver of Fire team was withdrawn and on motion of Kost and Worth the matter was laid over for one weekJ City Attorney reported that ~r Bremer was not able to attend the council this eve- ning or to get out dedication to alley in rear of Block ~2. and requested that the matter be laid over for one more week, and on motion of Ward and ;~orth request granted. ~,Iotion by Worth and Kost to allow the Farrel restaurant to place tubs with on the e of the walk in frontof said restaurant, carried. 160 Motion by Powers ~!appoint Mr Hathaway as Engineer, ( Not Seconded) Motion b~ Kost and Ward to lay the matter over one week and ask Mr Hathaway to act in the meantime, was discussed and afterward amended to read, "To lay over one week and and leave the matter in the hands of the Street~a~d~All~y.~ommittee,, Carried. Mr. F. M. ArnoLd reported that the books of the treasurer showed an assessment in L. I. D. ~60 against Mr Wm ~ioffatt but Mr Moffatt was entitled to a certain credit for his share of the amount allowed by the court for the property taken to open the street abutting. ~otion by Powers and Kost to refer to 0ommittee on Finance, Carried. Mr J. E. McGillivrae asked if the retiring Treasurer had filed an annual report and Clerk advised council that a report had been filed by Mr Arnold at the last meeting of the old council and that same had been ~uly referred to the Finance committee; but no further had been taken as 'far as he knew; Councilman McGillivray submitted a etatemen of the Citys liabilities, which he stated was a copy of the Treasurer's report as su~ mitred to the Council, this statement was read and on motion of Kost and McGillivra~ was referred to Finance committee. Clerk reported that a duplicate payment had been made to the amount of $1.E0 and as error had not been found until after the books had been closed, snggested that the bes~ way to handle the matter would be to turn the warrant,which he still held, into cash and deposit it $o the credit of account, and on motion of Powers and Kost the matter w~.s left with the Clerk to adjust. Motion by Powers and McGillivray to refer all sewer matters to the Street and all&y committee, Carried. Finance committee reported that Engineer Adams had submitted bill for $160. and it was understood thmt Engineers salary was to be $1§0. Mr Adams replied that as he had not been appointed as Engineer this year he considered that he was entitled to the old price. Motion by Powers and ~orth that Mr Adams be paid $150. for his services to Peb.Ath. 191~. carried. Clerk was instructed to refer the bill of the Bremer Estate for rent and lights at Library, back to the Library board for more information. Bills were tham read and on motion of ~ard and Reeves m~oved as follows: F. W.Coder ~20. J. O. Haddon,, $6.85 B. P. Harrison $9.75. ~rank Melzer $~8. trank Townsend $15. Leon Lambert .~15. Wm Smith $15. Jacob Wedge $1~. Goo Clay ~15. Frank Hanson $9. T. H. Holmes $47.65 Ward and Oo $1.85. Dale MeLain $21. Fred S.Hathaway $20.90 J.C.Adams $167.75 and $?5. Dr E. J.-Taggert $~.87 Miss Abbie Phillips $40. T. J. Nolton $3.50 Dan. Regan $37.55 Thomas E.Hulse $15. H. W. ;~ils~n Company $6. Mr Charles Rantz of the firm of Rantz Brothers who rent the concessions on the Mun- icipal wharf appeared before the council and appealed from the recent order of the wharf committee discontinuing the services of the J~nitor in the waiting room. ;~M Adams th~ retiring City Engineer advised the council that he had a fine transit which he would sell cheap,rather than pack it with him, and on motion of Foss and Mc Gillivray the matter was referred to ~,M Reeves with power to make the purchase at the price offered and the Clerk was instructed to draw the warrant. City Attorney made report on the claim of J. A. Graham of error ~u assessment roll She report showed that the roll had haan made.~n4 that all the requirments of the law had been observed, and that Mr G~aham had no claim against the city. Mr Foss reported that the/~ ~f the sidewalk on Park avenue had been undermined by the late rains and should b~ cut off. Motion by Powers and ;~ard to refer the matter to the Street and Alley committee, carried. Motion by Powers and Foss to adjourn, carried. E. J. McCall, City Clerk.