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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/16/14 Bre ~erton, Washington~l~ebruary 16, 191~. Regular meeting of the City Co~cil called to order by I2ayor I,~ehner at 7.30 o'clock p. ~, Present;all councilmen, also City Attorney, Engineer and Treasurer. ~,~iuntes of ~revious session read and corrected to :how that repairs to drinki~ fountain was not referred to Street and Alley Committee after which minutes were approved as read and corrected. Letter read from Dan Duo, lap applying for position as Assistant EnEineer. 0n moti~.~n of i~os~ and ~.~c~illivray same was ordered filed. Letter read from four property owners on Elizabeth Street requestlng that sewer be installed on said street. ;,lotion by ~'~ard and i[ost to refer back to petitioner for more signatures; car~.'ied, Letter read from members of The Bremerton Vol~teer Fire Department dec. ring intention of die, banding said departmentmn ~ebruary 16, 1914. I,[otion By Fo~s and Reeves that resignation be accepted to t~ke affect on february 25, 1914. i~oti:~n was amended ~o read Febr~ry 16th instead o~[' 25rd motion v~a~; t~en [~ut and carried as a~ended. Letter received fr~m the i~avy Club stating that members of the Club would with the City ~)rdinances as called to their atten$ion by the City A~torney and me,ion of 'Ja~d a~d ~cGillivray sa~-~ was ordered filed. Letter read from the Attorney for the S~t&~ of the late E. W. Caine requesting tbs the asses~:ments as levied a~ainst the property on 9th and Cogea~ and l~acific now kno~n as ]~,. 'J. Caine's first addition to ]~remerton he subdivided so as to ap~ly the s~w~ral lots ts shown in said additlSn instead of l~p sum as ori~;inall~;~ levied. :esolut[on read authorizln[~ the City Treasurer to change his asaess~;mnt roils applyi, n~ on said ~roperty ,,~d directing him to assess the amounts ag~in~;t th~ d~fferent lots as sho~.vn ~ resolution. I,io~i n by ~c~;illivray and 7fard to pass resolutio~ as read; car~'iod. Letter read from ~,~r. !;'. C. ]]rewer of the Dremerton Light and Fuel ',om~anyin re ation ~o the ~.~roposed purchase of its plant stating' that the co~i~any ,.~'oul~ .)110 , 000 . 00 iN full ~yment for all its property in this vicinity. After much discussion th~o Cle~'k was instructe] to write to ~,Ir. Seymour, the President of the co~any ~:~.nd request him to meet wlth the members o~ the council ~n commit', ee of the whole. Health ',.nd Sa~itatio~ Co~ittee reported ~lsanitary condition of vacant buil~] at Ninth a~d ,leasa,~t and I[ealth Officer rep)fred on leaking sewer on private pro- perry near Ch~ter and Fourth; as these matters ~,'~ere each bein~ aken care ~f by the l[ealth ~tnd San~t~tion Department no action was ~aken by the council. Health officer reported that several complaints had been made to him about the way the garbage was being taken care of, and the matter of overcharge; ~M Zanont the contractor ~n~der the garbage ordinance was present and stated thus he was act- ing within his rights in every case and the only people who complained were those who tried to take advantage of him. Complaint was also made about a vicious dog, and on me,ion of ~f~orth and Foss the matter was referred to the City Attorney. Complaint was also made about ~sanitary conditions existing in rear of the "Togo Baths" and on motion of ~/~orth and ~;'ard the matter was referred to the City Attor~ey. I,,~otion by ;'ard and Foss To open and arrange two of the stalls of the i~ublic to serve as a shelter or waiting room for La. ch Passengers, carried. Police committee committee reported that Marshal Black and Assistant I,[arshal Renn were sick and that two other men had been sworn in to serve temporarily. Clerk reported that two bids had been received for depositary of City F~ds and on motion of Uard and IJcGillivray s~e were duly opened and found to be as follows; Citizens Bank ~- per cent on average daily balances ahd First National Bank 4.per cent i,[otion by Worth and ~,'ard to accept bid of Citizens Bank and declare Said bank the depositary for City f~ds for the ensueing year, carried. Two bids were received for publication of off~.cial notices and on motion of Powers and Worth same were duly opened and fo~d as follows; Bremerton News seventy cents for first publications and thirty five cents for subsequent insertions, measured in col~ inch and set in solid non-pariel; publication of Co.oil proceedings to be paid for at actual cost of composition according to printer's scale. Bremerton Soar-, chlight seventy one cents per colm~m inch for first insertions and thirty five a half cents for subsequent publications, and eighteen cents per inch for publication of the Council proceedings; to the latter bid v~s attached a certified check for $50. and developed mlder discussion that this was a condition of the ordinance providing for the letting of the contract, l~[r Jessup of the Searchlight Company stated that the bid of his Company was fair and conformed to all the conditions of the ordinance. ~[otion by Kost and Reeves to reject all bids and instruct Clerk to readvertise, was discussed a~d afte~uvards ruled out of order by the ~;Iayor. I~[otiom by Powers and ~;~ard to accept bid of the Searchlight Company was lost on roll call as Follows; Worth,Kost,Reeves and Fo~s, No. Powers, ~Jard and McGillivray Yes. ~[otion by Kost and ~eeves to re-advertise for bids, carried. I,,~ayor Cady appointed T. C. Roberts as driver off Fire te~n. and on ~o$ion off and l~ee~es appointment was confirmed. Clerk reported that applications had been received for the renewal of Liquor Licenses, but that he had not collected any money owing ~o the fact thus h~ ~id not know what proce~dure the Co~cil wished taken; after some discussion motion by and ~Jard t~ lay over one week, carried. February 16th 1914 Continued. ~Iotton by Foss and Kost that Clerk notify Bremerton Electric Com~ny to lower the street light near tha Public I,~arket so it would ill~nninate proposed'Launch waiting roo~ carried. Bremerton Lmnber Company requested permission to construct a fence along Sheldon Blvd. in front of their prope~ty and on motion of Ward and l{ost permission was granted subject to approval of Str~et and alley com~nittee. Complaint ~vas ~ade about~ the stepR on electric poles being placed so near the gro~ und and on motion of Ward and Kost the matter was referred to the Fire Light and co~mittee for investigation. I~otion by Jard and Foss to approve all bills which had been approved by the Financ, co~ittee, carried: the ~ollowing bills were approved ~rank ~elzer ~18. Frank Townsel :~l~. Leon Laml err ~?l~. ~ Geo C155 ~$18. Jacob ,~edge ~18. ~fm Smith ~l~. E. R. Caughie Dan Dunlap ~jg. ~Iayor Cady instructed the ~ire Light and ~,Yater Co~mmittee to proceed with the organ4 isation ~£ a new Fire department, and directed ~r Foss to act as Chief until a suitabl~ man could be secured for the position. ~,~otion by t~owers and Kost to adjourn, carried.