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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/09/14 Bremerton, Washington,November 9th 1914. ~-egular m~,~tin5 of the City COuncil called to order by Mayor Cady at 7.30 e'clock p.m. ~.11 councilmen beino~ present except ~.~r Powers. ~,~lnutea of provious s~ssion read and approved as r~ad. Petit[on r~ad from r~sid~nts in the ~ioinity cf Broadv~ay and te~th street request- lng that th, promis~d grading of Broadway bstween Eighth and Tenth Street b~ hast~n~ Petitl. on referred and turued over to tie str,~t and alley committee. E~ter r~ad from Chief of Fifo Department requesting that c~rtaln supplies be purchased for fire hall numb,r one, referred to Fire,Light and Water 0omnitrax. ~etter read from League- of Washington Municipalities stating that a meeting would be, h~ld in Olympia, Washington in January 1915, letter was also read from the North- western League of ~unic~palities stating t~t a meeting would be h~ld in Seattle,Il. J0 f r the purpos~ of consider~hg nece~saary legislation to be r~comm~nd~d for passago at the coming meriting of the ~tate legislature. ~,,:otion by ~cGillivray and Kost the the Mayor be authorized and empowered to rep- resent the City of Br~m~rton at the S~a'ttle meeting, carried. Letter read from John E.P.rice and Company requesting that the check of ~500. d~pos- ired by them ~ec'uring their bid for bonds of L~I.D ~62 be returned to them,~nd that their preference right to the bonds b~ maintained. ~{otion by Foss and R~eve~ that the Clerk be instructed to advise Price and Company that t'he bonds would be r~ady for d~livery December 15th 1914. carried. Letter read from City Engin~er r~co~.r~nending that the Plat o~ Rolstad's First AdQit- ion t'o Bremerton be approved. },~otion by Worth and Kost to approve plat ms ~ubmitted, not oarrled. ~otion by Ward and Foss tha~ the Mayor ~nd City Attorney confer with ~r Rolstad and ascertain what arrangements can be mane about about straightening the sidewalk in fromt of his property on Pacific to confo~ with thatrad'j~inlng, carried. I~tter received from City Englne,r submitting plans and profile of a proposed lateral and lamp-hol~ for sewer on alley b~tween Broadway and Chester Str~t in Blk. ~lve Lots eleven and twelve, referred to Street and Alley co~nltte~. L~tter read from City Engineer stating tlmt ~r ~Savarla desired to have his proper- ~ty platted and also wished the all~y in r~ar g~ded, referred to the street and all~ committee Letter r~ad from City Engineer submitting plans and Profile for proposed improve- ment of Fourth street, r~f~rr~d to street and alley oo~ittee. Str,et and Alley committ~ recommended that Mrs D~it~ be glven six more months to complet~ gradinf~ of Broadway through her property, and on motion of McGil[ivray and Ward further consideration was laid over until next regular meeting. Motion by Ward and McGillivray to authorize property owner to lay drain t~le acr- oss Ninth and Warren to divert storm water into Deitz lake to be used for sluclng purposes, carried. Street and Alley committee repo~ted progress in reference to bulkhead on Warren str~et, and the matter was referred back for r~commen~tions. Ordinance ~512 being an Ordinance approving and Confirming the re-assessment and re-assessment rolls of L,I.Districts Numbered 61, 65, 66, 67, 69, and 72 and re- levying and reass~s~ing the amounts thereof against the several lots,tracts and par- cels of land and other property as shown on said re-assessment roils; was placed on fYnal passaff~. ~otion by ~Fossia~d ~cGlllivray to amend 0rdlnanoe by striking out all reference to L. I. D. ;~61, carried. }~otlon by ~cGillivray and Reeves to ~ass ordinanc~ as amended, carried. Finance cor~nitte~ asked for further time to inv~stigat~ th~ claims of ~essrs Lex and H~nschel and request was granted. ~{r Worth submitted a reco~endation from the Park board,showing that there was no funds availabl, to ~intain a caretaker at Evergreen Park and recomm~nding that the services of the present caretaker b~ discontlnu,d, Mr Sher~n of the Park Board spok~ on behalf of th~ board,and stated that the services of a caretaker during the w~nter months was not necessary , some of the council and property owners stated that as the Caretaker acted also as Polic~ officer he should be retained, as police prot- ection for the park was a necessity, ~r Sher~-~n then declared t~t the Park Board did not want 5~r Walklnton and that the law provided that the City should provide police protection for all parks. ~otion by Ward and Kost 'that half of the the Park Caretaker's wages be taken from the Curr~nt Expense fund and charged to Police account, carried, ~otion by Ward and Worth to a~low all bills which had been a]~proved by th~ Finance Committee, carried. ~he fei[lowing bills w~r~ approved, J. S. Kenyon $2,50Frank Melz,r 36, Franx Townsend ,~30. Ieon Lsmbert 30. Gee Cia 30 Jay } ~ ~ ~ ' ' -' ~ : ~ - , ~ y ~ · o~ ~ edge ,,~S0. R. Winscot ~)1.25 .&.Ramey ~5. James Heoworth $8.75 gilas Smith ~5.80 Ford Brothers ~3. R. R. Ham mend ;~l?.b0 Chas R. Gale ~18.50 F. W. Coder $20. James W. Cart :~20 Harry :cod $23.90 Garrison Fisher Compahy $4. Bremerton Charleston Eight and Fuel Co. $192.60 Bremerton oearchl~.ght .~17.62 Gotham Fire Apparatus Co. $1.85 E. R. Caughie $33. League of Wash- ington ~unic[palit[,s ~10. W. D. Cal~er $24. Miss ~bbie Phillips ~47.50 Mrs ~;.Bremer ~3~. ~. C. Davis $46.75 Bremerton Searchlight $3.50 and Garrisoh Fisher Company $3.85. Wharf co ~m~tt,e made report In reference to landing cha~gea of the launch Agnes.w. and on mot[on of Uard and Kost committee was empowered to make such arrangement as it deemed necosaary under the circumstances. Proceedings ~f November 9th 1914 (page 2 ~ .... ~r Charles Rantz appeared before the Council and made a statement about the concession granted to Rantz Brothers under lease, the ~arf commltt.~e recomme~ded that certain concessions be made', and on motion of Ward and R~eves the matter w~s' referred to the Committee with power to act. A strong protest was r~elved from property owners on Fourth street against the improv~meat of said street as present proposed and after considerable discussion the matter was ~gain laid on the table lndeflnately. City Attorney requestmd,on behalf of the Police department, that the licence to o'pmrate a shooting gallery previously granted to R. J. Doser bm resinded and license revokmd, and on motion of Foss and Kost license waa revoked as requested. Clerk reported that Garland and ~cLane and ~ Lewla and Leg~ had filed protest~ aMainst the re-asses~ment rolls of District Motloa by Foss and Kost that it ls the intention of the City Council to make good all shortages and deficiencies now~ existing in Local Improvomcnt Distr~ct ~6l ~lther from th~ Current Expense Fund or by Special levy made for that purpose, oarri~d. ~otlon by Ward and Most to pray M~ssms ~lller,Shuster ~nd Fenton for semvlces rendered to Harry ~l~Lou at the ti~e'of his accident and that said payments made from Curr~nt Express fund, barried. ~otio~ by Foss and Worth to adjourn, Carried. City Clerk.