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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/02/14 Bremerton, ~ashington. i~arch E,191~. Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~Iayor C~dy at ~.~'~0 o~lock P.I-~. all officers being present. i~,~inutes of previous session read and a~proved as re~d. Letter read from Howard Thompson requesting that City Engineer be instructed to replace stakes at his lot corners which had been misplaced or covered when Elizabeth street was graded, and on motion of ~'~omth and Ward was laid over to unfinished busines Letter read from National Surety Co~npany asking that a Copy of the Searchlight con- tract be furnished and enclosing bond of ~l~1000. to cover same; ~{otion by %';ard and Powers to approve bond and instruct ~,~ayor and Clerk to sign con- tract, carried. ~[r Farmer President of the Kitsap County Tel. Co. being granted permission to address the co~u]cil, called attention to some of the provisions of the franchise under which his Company was operating and stated that the Company was ready to make a settlement of the Franchise tax if the Company would check up and pay for the n%u,~ber of Telephones now in use above those allowed by, the provisions of contract. L~otion by i~orth and Ward to refer to Franchise co~m~ittee and City ~'~ttorney, carried, Street and Alley conm~ittee reported on bids for Fifth street sewer and recomended that all bids be rejected and job readvertised. ~,Iotion by Powers and Ward to approve report of Street and alley co~mnittee, carried. 8ity Engineer submitted an amended profile of sewer on Fifth Street. Notion by DIcGillivray and Reeves to adopt revised plans for Fifth Street sewer,carr' ~otion by EcGillivray to call for new bids as per revised plans; carried. Street and alley scommittee recomm~ended that L.I.D.~6E be enlarged to take in all the property benefitted; the City 3~ttorney did not approve of this,but when he quest- ioned the Engineer it was shown that ~he roll had not been prepared according to th~ original boundaries of the District. ~,~otion by Ward and ~orth that assessment roll of District ~6£ be r~ferred back to City Engineer to refigure according to Resolution of intention and ordinance establis- hing the District or as same may hereafter be enlarged, carried. Notion by Foss and Kost to pass resolution of intention ~o enlarge District 6~. carried. Street and alley co~mittee reported that Park ~ve and Washington ~ve sidewalks ha~ been repaired as directed. Clerk re~d ordinance ~495. being an ordinance ammending ordinance ~/580 rela~ing to the granting of licenses to liquor dealers and collection the fees therefor. Hotion by ~'~ard and McGillivray to pass as read, carried. Cemetery com~ittee submitted a plat of the cemetery and Attorney reported that the dedication was defective. I~[otion by ,,'ard and LIcGillivray to authorize Engineer and ~,.ttorney to rearrange the plat,or to make new one if same was found nece~sary, carried. Clerk read report of 'Jharffu~er for the month of February and same was referred to co~mittee on Finance. Clerk read report of Police Judge and on motion of Ward and Kost same was referred to co~mittee on Finance. Clerk read report of city attorney stating that he had prepared a'contract,as dir- ected,between the City and the Bremerton News for the printing of the Council proo~ed- ings; but that he could find no authority for such an expenditure; ;~[otton by ~;ard and %~;orth to refer attorneys report and the attached contract to the committee on Finance, cal.'tied. ~otion by ?;ard and ~,~orth to al~pro~e all bills which had been approved by Finance co~m~it~ee, carried; the fo lowing, bills were approved: D§n Regan {74.52 Loveland Boat ',,,?orks q~6.40 Brem. Ige and Fuel Co~ ~12.~5. C. E. Ferguson ~iill.80 ~,~{orck and Richards ~5.10 l~[artin Ek. ,i~2. ~i.Michael <~18. Frank ;~[elzer ~18. Frank Townsend ,i~lS.L.Lambert ,~15. Wm Smith ,~i~l£.~O Geo. Clay .~15. Jacob Wedge ,~lS.~rank Hanson ~i~6.Di~nond l~harmacy · i~l.10. P.~¥I.Powers ,?l. B. Zanoni ,~lO.ZO. Brem Transfer Co. ij4.~5 T.C.Roberts ,,i~lS. ~ttorney reported that a vacancy would occur on the board of Eminent Domain co~nis- ioners and asked the Co~nucil to name a Citizen for recommendation to Judge Prench$ Notion by Foss and ~ard to name ~Ir C.H.Randall as the choice of the Council,carried. Motion by Foss and Worth to adjourn, carried.