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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/26/14 Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~ayor Cady at ?.SO o'clock, ~.m.; present all members of t~,ne council, also City Attorney, Treasurer,and Engineer. l~inutes of previous meeting read end_approved, as read. Clerk read bond of Bremerton Uas Company and on motion of McGillivray and Worth same as approved an~ accepted. Letter read from City ~nglneer calling attention of Council to broken cover on a m~n ,ole a~d same was referred to [ltreet and alley committee with power to act. City Engineer also reported that a certain bulkhead on Warren Avenue was out of plumb .nd that property owner should be ordered to take suitable precautions to protect the ;idewalk; referred to street and alley committee for investigation. City Engineer submitted Nstimate ~E of District ?~a which showed that the contract~ ~ad credits amounting to over One thousand dollar~. l~otion by Worth and Powers that Clerk be authorized to d~w war~nt in favor of ~r {ulette for $1000. carried. City Engineer reported that Nr L. L. Lent had borrowed a transit from his office at ,~he rate of fifty cents per day, but had failed to make settlement for time used, ~otion by Worth and Kost that clerk send Nr Lent a statement and request payment,c ~arried. Strs~t and alley committee reported progrmss and asked for further time to investl- gat~ mbout g~ading Broadway, request was granted. ~otion by ~ard and Rocve~ to take proposed re-assessment ordinance from the table and proceed with its consideration, carried. ~ ~otion by Reeves and Kost to pass ordinance as read; carried on roll call as follows ~ ' ~ Reeves, ~e~. W~th and Foss, No. ~owers,Kost, ~ard.l~cGllllvray and ~ Y~o~e discus~ion arose relative to the unfairne~o to some of the property owners in ~a~sing an ordinance re-assessing them for item~ of expense which were not in their ~istrlct, and the opinion prevailed that the ~tter should be investigated further. ~otion by Reeves and Kost to reconsider the action Just taken,carried. ~otIon by Worth and Power~ to refer the ordir~nce to the Finance committee,carrie~ Finance committee mad~ a report recommendind that certain concessions be made to he Rantz Brothers and that that part of their contract providing for advertisi~ pace in the waiting room be cancelled. ~o'tio~ by Ward and Reeves that report of committee be approved ~nd th~ matter ~er~.ed to th~ City Attorney for adjustment, carried. ~,~ot[on by Ward and Kost to approve all bills which had b~en approved by the Fiance ~o~mit~;ee, ca~ried, the following bills were ap,~roved~ Bremerton Searchlight ~h~ Adder$~fachi,~e Co. ~8. Bt%morton Sheet }~etal .Vorks ~6S.30 ?rownsvil[e ~ill Co $~0. ~ H K~au ~o. Bremerto~ Lumbe~ Co. ~8.05 Robertson and Raises $7.60 Spokane Grain Co. eon ~90. T. C. Roberts ~90 Charles L. ~agill $91.50 E. J. McCall $91.Jas.W. Cart $90. Dr J. F. ~,~un~os ~20. E. R. Caughie ~34.50 Fred S.Hathaway ~153.~5 H.G.Fro~2 $10. Frank ~elzar ~39.33 F~ank Townsend ~32.50 Leon Lambert .$32.50 Seo. Clay $30. Jacob We~ge ~30. ~. Y. P~wers ~38.25 City Treasurer $147,12 W. D. Calder $19.50 H. H, Walkinton $6~. ~rem-fihas Lt and Fuel Co. $9. and W.0.Bulette $1000. ~ Request was made for the owners of the"Agnes W." for a reductloa of the land$.ng bbarges now made, and the matter was referred to the wharf committee. The City EngiK~eer reported that the property of the Cit~ now in h~s office was not ,~.~sured and as the fire hazard was great he reco~nended t~t insurance b$ arranged for. Motio~ by ~fcGlllivray and Powers to refer the matter of insurance to the Finance :o ,m~i tree, carrie~. ~r ~'u¢'wis og the Bremerton*Charleston Stage line requested that some action be taken ~y tho councll to put some of the streets bet~'~een the two towns in good condition and [on?otion of Powers and Reeves the matter was referred to the 2treet and Alley commit- tee wlt~ power to act. ~ The following election officers were p&aced in nomlnation:to'co~duct the pr[~mry ~c!ectio~ for City offices ~,n November 10th 1914. ~irst ~ecinct, J.0.Boylo,Insptr. Chas.~;huster and Jalmer Johnson,Judges. George Ma~- ~l~ry and }~rs I,fllian }~cGlothle ~ Clerks. ~Soco~d Precinct, Frank 2mith, Insptr. 0.Green and ~rs Granger Judges, Werner Forsman ~and John Hugl~es Cler~. ~hird Precinct, Ed.Angel, Insptr. Olga Polndexter and Chas Mosher,Judges, Blanche Cady ~aad Clara Knuteson Clerks. ~ourth Preci~ct, ~.~.J.Holt, Insptr. H.H. ~alk~n~o~ and Mr Ramey Judges, ~rs F.~.Powers ~a~d ~rs M.~.Brown, Clerks. ~ ~otion by Kost aad ~cGlllivray to app~me the appointments as r~ad, carried, ~ ~a~itat~.on committee reported that the ownors of the garbage cans which had been ~placed at several !ocatio~s in the city had removed same and there was none of tho ~ca~s now in use as provided by the franchise given to Mr Jones. Motioa by Ko:~t and McGillivray to rovoke the garage franchise, ca~riod. Motio~ by Powars and Worth to adjourn, Ca,,rind. E. J. ~..:sOall, City Clerk.