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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/16/14 Bre'merton, Washi;~gton l~iarch 16, 1914. Reg~l~r meeti~,{~ o~[' the City Conn~i]. called to ~rdor by Z~[ayor Cady a~ ~.~D o'clock p. m. all officers beln~' ,~resent. ~.,~inute~ o~ ~revious ~;es~ion read and corrected to show adoption of resolution enlar~j'in~I D~strict 62 after which they were approved. Petition receiw~d from property owners on ~ifth Street betwemn ',;a~ren and I[igh reql~esting th~,i; concrete pipes 1)e given the preference in oonstiuct~on of l)~oposed sewer ~,n ~ai~l street. ~ferred to Street and ~lley Committee Letter read from ~ity Attorney reporting that he had notift~d the 2acific Tel- e~ho~e Co~pa~y that ~der the provisions~o~ its franchiss ~t was indebted to the c~ty la t4e s~u of ~ ~168.00 and ~sking for settlement. Ordered filed. Letter recei~e~ ~om ~Jr. F. ~. ~'2oore as attorney for B. Zanont in refere~ce garbage con~ract and same ~as duly referred to Health and Sani~ation Com~itt~e. Lette~~ read ~rom Clty ~]ngineer enclosing ~E0 which ~d been received by him for 9~iw~te wo~q~. ~efer~'ed to Finance Co LeSSer recei~e~ from C, L. ~.[orris relative to bond o~ District m~.~ber E~ sa~ was referred to ~fi~a~oe Con~mittee.to make and investigation and rep~ t at the next ~eg- ular men, ting. L~r. ,¥. ~). Lb~llory o~ ~he Civic Improvement Board presented a proposi~ion ~rom the ~,oard By which it was proposed to fix up the vacant l~0ft in the Wharf building for use as a public hall a~d showi~ that hard wo~d flooring could be pur~hnsed at a reduced rate from ~ Seattle contractor. ~,,~o ~,[on by ~c~illivray and ~;~ard to issue warrants for ~E00 in favor of Z~r. C. Thomas president of the board for the purcha~me of flooring fo~' wharf building; carried ~dotion by 2oss and ~ard to instruct Attorney to prepare resolution grantt~g Civic L~[~roveme t Board the ~e of vacant st~reroom on the wharf; carried. ~treet a~d Al!ey Committee reported that street grader had been loaned to con- tractors and others with the understa~ding that repairswould be made to same [Y nec- es~a~ry ~nd ~ha~ this system had proved very unsatisfactory. ~otton by ~orth and ]~iost tha~, ~ per day be ch~rged for ~e o~' <~rader$.carried. L~ayor re~orte~ that ladies Civic Improvement Club desired to fi~ up the parking ~trip at t~e f~ot of ]~ront Street a~d had requested the assistance ~f the ~e~artment in doing the work. Z~otion by Jard a~d Z[c~i livray to gra~t requestS ~arrie ~'~r. Po~rs of the Fire D~ght and Jater Committee recom~ende8 that ~ li~ht be pl~ced in the alley a,~otn~ng the Dream Theatre . L~otion by ~ard aad ~o~'ers th grant request. ~Iotion b~ ~e~Sand ~cGilliw'ay to refer the ma~ter to2tr~et and lley ~omm~.ttee; carried. ~otion by Foss and ~ost to re.er the ~tter of change of Otreet crossings at ister~e,~tion of alley on ap~roach to wharf to Ztreet and Alley Committee; carried. 2inance ~o~mnittee reporte having investigated the ~n'oposition as submitted by i~rice and Come, any and return same without recommendation. Lit. ~n~on req~ested t~at the Clerk be ~nstruct~d to issue bonds in D~str~ct 69 and other~ a~d Clerk reported theft assessment roll in some $~ the d~str~ots involved was not sufficient to cover the warrants o~tstandtng. ~otion by L~orth and Kost to i~sue bo~ds to the amoun~ of the assessment roll; carried. Cemetary ~om~ittee reported progreus in the construction of new fence and recom- mendi~ t~at a new gate be installe~ for the convenience of funeral ~roceslons. ]dotion by l~owers and Kost to ~lace a gate at southeast corner of Ce~etary. T~as defeated on roi! call ~s loll ws: ~Jorth, T~ard, I~cGillivray and ~oss-No. Powers, a~d [eeves-Y~s. ~otlon by T~orth and Fo~ s that Council inspect the Cemetary as ~ committeeef the w~oole aad request ~Zngineer to accomp~$y them and bring along blue prin~ of Cemetary; carried. L~otion by Kost and ~c~illzvraj that C~ty Engineer be instructed to take full chargeof the work how ia ~rogress ~t the Cemetary; ca~ied. Rantz ~rotherr, reque~ted ~ermi~ion to make some changes in the 'Jharf building to facil]ltate the handling of bus~ne~ms dur~n~j the s~er monthe and on ~otion of N~r th and ~ ~ ~os~ same ~as duly referred to Building and W~arf Co~m~ittees with power act. ~o m~.t~ee re~orted that scale s needed ajusti~ and recommended t~,~at new scales be purch,~:~ed the old scales to aoply as part payment. Commi~te also reported on tariff char~es ~for f~eight comi~ over floats. ~har~inger made statement quoting the state law and sho~,~i~g tha~ he was not all. ed under said law ~o dee- criminate tn the matter of ohar~es and also showing that m~st of the wharf revenue was derived from ten cent charges. ~,~o~ion by ~orth a~ Powers to refer the matter to -barf Co~mnitSee; carried. ~r. F. T~. ~oore County Attorney called attention to the ~'act that nothing had been done in connection ~ith disputed ~ounts in tax levy.~] ~ne Citer Attorney bein~ asked for his opinion advise~l the Council to do nothing at ~resent as the matter had not been fully determined. ~o~ion by Wort~ and Kos~ to adopt reco~endation of Attorney; c~rrted. Clerk submitted request of T.Y. Rippy for permission to erect a woeden coal shed on rear of his ~remises ~16 Second S~r~et and ~fter some discussion on ~e~ion of ~,~orth and ~ard the matter was referred to the Building Co~ittee. Clerk reported that five bids had beonreceived for con~ traction oi~ sewer on ~ifth Street and on motion of Powers and Worth same were duly opened a~ fo~d t0 be f~m the followin~ contractors: U. 0. Bullette, Y~. L. Lent, L. Y. Sta~on~ Nele Ericksen, Proce~'~dings ~Iarch 2, 1914 [Page 2) and ~{. ~. ~ahrey. Motion by ~oss and Kost torefer to l~ngineer and Street and ,',lley Committee to report a~ the next re~.ar meeting~ carried. ~oti0n by Foss and Re~ves ~ha~ special election be held on I,Iay fifth 19~ ~o submit the question of purchasing the ~lant of the Bremerton Charleston Ligh~ a~ ~uel Company; carried. Mo~ion by Powers and ~Jard to pay ~ll bills which ha~ been approve~ by ~he Finance Committee; c~rried. The fo]~lov~ing bills were approved: I~Iartin t~efner; ~2., Prank I~Jelzer; ,~; ~rank Townsend, ~15; Nm. Smith, :~15; Leo L~:u~ert, ~17; ~o Clay. ~15' Jacob %'~eds'e ~:15. ~, ~ ~, . ~ ' ~ ~. , ~ ~ v , Ford Brothers, ~; Dan D~l~p, ~; C:~t~/ ~re~surer, ~?.Z~; ~. O. Bullette, ,~jl~O0; ~,~o~ion by ','~or~h and Powers to ~journ; ~rried.