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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/09/14 Bre:~erton. -Jashin~'ton., ~Larch 9~h 1914. I{egul~r meeting of the ity ounci]_ ca, led to order by ~,[ayor Cady ~t 7.~0 o'clock p. m. all offficers being present. Letter ~ead fro~ (~ustave F. ih~st of the H~a Hama Power Com[~any and same was ordered filed. Letter re~d f'ro~ ~.[rs. D. :). Conway requesting that restriction preventing licensed liquor dealers from su~l~lyin~ her hnsband with intoxicating liquor be removed and on mot~ ~n of Jorth ~nd .lard the request was granted. Letter rea~d from the Zearchlight Investment Comp~tny stating that in o0n~ideration e.f the condil;ions existing in the finances of the City ~nd the ffurther f~ct of hav- ~ing been ~warded t~e cont~'a~t f~r official printing; She company would publish the proceedings of t~e conncil without charge f~r t4e ensuing year. ~[otion by ~,~cOill~vray auld Ward 2hat the offer of the Searchlight Investment Company be received and ]r~te- fully accepted; carried. Letter read fro:~ ]{itsap County Telephone Company ~nclosing check for ~)4Z~7 in p~yment of ~,alanc~ due on franchise tax ~,o December f~lst 1913. Franchise co~umittee ~'e~orted that settlem~n~t was satisfactory and the report was referred to finance Bre,~erton [~ews publishi~g Company filed written protest against certain official pu~,lication being ~ublished in the ]~re~:~erton Searchlight claiming that th~ con~ract with the News Company did not ex}.~ire until March 15th 1914. The City Attorney expl~.~ned th ~tate law and ,he C~ty Ordinance referring to tke letting of such con- tra~:~ts and stated that the ~]remer~on ~]earchlight was the only offici~.l [~aper since ~I~trch Zrd 1914. The ~atter wa~ referred to the finance committee. Letter read from ~rs. ~lida Knutson oompla, ining against the ~Ji].wau~,'ee ~lub ~',htoh occupies t' e building ajoining her hotel in which she claimed that her rest w~s dis- turbed by s[ngi~:~g and other noises at all hours of the night. City ;kttornet s~ated theft L;r~. Kuutson had complained to him and thourough investigation had ~., en made b,t no die, orderly conduci; h~d be~n discovered. The mo~t'er ~a referred to the Police Con,~it tee. Petition re~d from Eight ~roperty owners requesting tkat ~ light be installed at the corner of l~_~h and ~oadway; the fire light and water cormnittee recommended that :requ~: t be ,,.~ra. nted and on motion o[~ 'Jor~h and Ward petition w~.~s granted and clerk instructed to notify Electric Eompany. Letter read from Co~andant of tLe Navy Yard thanking the fire de[~artment for pro,~pt a:~:istance render~:d by them on the occasion of the fire in he ~int shop I~Ia~ch 6th. Ordered filed. Letter read from ~,'. ,~L Seymour preside~t of the 2remerton Charleston ELectric Com~ny in which he m~de for~al offer to sell its plan~ inoludlng iiannette and Por~ 0,ckard and outl;ning terms of sa~. Ge~'~eral discussion ensued and it wa~~, finnally deci~ed to clef err further consideration until new business. ~ire I,~ght and Water Com,ittee called aStention to th~ fact that the franchis~ of the Pacific Telephone Comp~ny called for four free telephone~ and same wewe not beinf~ ~rovide~:and on motion of Foss and Lic;illivray City Att~,rney ~nd Clerk wewe instructed 'o callon t]~e Co~p~,ny to comply witl~ the provisions of their ~ranchise. Street and .klley Committee rep~ted that I,~r. Proggatt s.t 815 Pleasant and ~[rl Davis :~t 715 Doston had allowed', a lot si~ ~aildlng debris to accumulate on the street in front of their property and ha~ failed to remove same on notice from Street Depart~ent. L[~.~tter ~."~ ~ referred to City Attorney. lJr. ,Jorth r,-~port, d that Street and f~]ley Committee had gone into the matter ~:f Tr~u]k ',~ewer didtri~t enlarge ~ent and that map had been l~repared to show tke diff- erent ch~znges. ~,,[ap was then submitted to the council and explained by Hr. Worth the Engineer. ' I,~[otion by ,ard and i:~cGiltivray t]~at Street and ~liey Committee be auth~:,r~zed to ~[ire tea~s ~or street work when necessary; carried. The que:~tion o~ reseti~ing lot ~ takes which might be disturbed or removed during grading operatl, ons was discussed m.~nd some o f the co,moil bein~ in favor of t~e Engineer doing th~s work at no~inal fees on mention of ',:~ard and Foss the ma~ter of fees w~ts referred ~Ir. Reeves for furtLer investigati n and ~eport. L[essrs Rust and Hardenberg of the H~m H~a Power Company being granted permiss- ion to make a statement, explained that in order to get further data it would be ne- cessary to postpone proposed special election to a later date. Motion by Foas and McGillivray to postpone date off election $o re~lar election in December the tiaa H~a Company to file a good and sufficiemt bond for all the ex- pense of the City to date,said bond to be forfeited ~0 the City if the Company fails in its agreement with the City, Cmrried. A Complaint was filed against B. Zanoni the garbage contractor for overcharge and the matter was referred to the City Attorney. Attorney Th omas Stevenson called the attention of the co.oil to a recent dee- ision of the Supreme Court relating to the t~ levy of Cities of the Fourth class, by the terms off which Bremerton would be affected to the extent of five mils.on its levy for 1913 taxes. Ttie different phases of the matter was discussed by the mem- bers of ~he Co,oil. I~[otion by Ward and Kost $o refer the matter to the I~iayor,Attorney,and ~in~nce committee with power to act. S~bstitute I~[otion by Powers and 'Jard to authorize t~ayor and Clerk to send m res- olution $o the County Treasurer to eliminate 5 mills of levy and to ref~d the Proceedings of ~Iarch 9th 191~. ~page ~.) ~o~t to those who have already paid in full according to levy, carried. Er ~drew Price presented a letter from John E.Price and Company, by which it was proposed to r~tire ~ll the outstanding warrants of the Current expense f~d and issue negotiable bonds r~ning for a term of years at six per cent interesttcomm~- ic~tion referred to Finance com~itt~e. Er ~.~.Se~our's letter was then taken up and given f~ther consideration, Motion by Foss and Kost To instruct City Attorney to draft ordinance,~long the lines s~ested in the letter, providing for the submission of the questio~'~ chasing She EleCtric li~t plant of the Bremerton Charles$o~ Zight,'~ndi~uel Com~$n~, to the voters at a special election~ carried. ~io~ion by Powers and Kost to pay all bills w~ich had been approved.by Pinan~e Com- mittee, carried. The following bills were~approved: F.~. Coder'S20. Geo.~?.McGlo- thlen $1.00 H.~.Hatfield i~7.~0 ~rank Melzer ~8.Frank Townsend i~2.~0 ~ Smith $1~.00 Leon L~nbert ,i~l~. Geo.G~ay ~l§. Jacob ,?edge~l~. ~rank Hanson ,~3.90 l~rtin Ek $2. Bremerton Transfer Co. ~9.50 Navy Yard Cafe ~47.80 E. R. Caughie $22.~O. Motion by Mc Gillivray and Foss to adjourn , carried.