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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/23/14 Bremerton,Washington, November Z3rd 1914. Regular meeting of the City 0ouneil called to order by ~ayor Cady at 7.30.o'clock p.m. all me'tubers,being present except Mr ~cGitllvray who was excused on account of sick~es$. }~inutes of previous se~3sion read and by request of }~r Worth corrected to show that he had~not expressed his ~personal views .in %he matter of his-report of .the .reco:nmend- ations of the PaFl~ board and did not recommend that Nr Walkinton be discharged, ~itutes were then approved as corrected. City Attorney reported that Mr Rolsbad ~had refused to consider any 'proposition in connection with the straighteni, ng of Pacific ~A~enue in ,front o~f his .property., Attorney also reported that the Public Service commission would 'meet in~Bremerton on monday December 7th 1914 at 10 o'clock a.m. to consider the kicks of water 'consum- ers, and stated that the meeting would be held at the rooms of the Bremerton Con, mere- icl Club and all those who had filed complaints or had cause for complaint were noti- fied to be in attendance. Attorney also reported that the hearing of the appeals from the assessment roll of L.I.D.#62 had been set for Tuesday November 24th 1914 and notified the members of t?~ council to be in attendance,,, ~,~ayor Cady reported on the .meeting of the Northwest league of 5~unicipalities and stated that he would submit a full report at the next regular meeting of the Council. Letter read from H.G.Boardman requesting that Council refund a part of the fee which he had paid for license of Automatic Basel~l! concession and on motion of Ward and Reeves the request was refused. Application was received for lease of two of the stalls in the Public ~:arket and after some discussion Mr Ward moved that the request be not granted,motion received no .~econd and the matter was referred to the Wharf committee. Letter and affidavit was resld from F.J. Doser whose Shooting gallery license had bee~ revoked, and ~/~r ~,~arion Garland ~spoke in favor of re-instating the license of ~,~r. Doser, Mr Worth Chairman of the Police Committee protested that the police committee had asked that the license be revoked and still insisted that the place should not be allowed to run under its present mamagement; the council refused to take any further action. Letter r~ad from City Engineer submitting Estimate #3 of District ~?3a. which show- ed that the contarctor had credits amounting to ~1676.49 and on motion of Worth and Kost warrant was ordered drawn for ~1675. in favor of ~,'~r Bulette. Letter read from City Engineer calling attention to the condition of the pavement !on Second street and the alley between Second and Front streets, referred to Street and Alley committee,the City Attorney and the Engine:er. Complaint, was _made about obstructions of building materials on the streets in the vicinity of Pacific and Fourth Streets and on motion of Ward and Worth Clerk was inet- rusted to notify the property owners to clean up. Letter read From the Captain of the Yard relative to sewage passing through the ~avy Yard, referred to the Street and Alley comittee and Engineer. ?~trect and Alley committee recommended that the plat of Rolstad's addition be app- roved and on motion of Ward and Powers the report of the Committee was adopted. 2'treet and alley committee reeo~m~ended t~t a lateral sewer be laid in alley betw- ~een Broadway and Cheter streets and running south from Eighth 2treet, ~otl. on by Ward and Powers to adopt report of the Co~m~tttee, carried. Mr J.H.Ro~s in behalf of the Odfellows claimed that an error had been made on the assessment roll as far as same referred to certain property located in L.I.D.~6g,but as the Council had passed the roll and the matter was now in the Superior Court for Kltsap County no action was taken. Street and alley committee reported that property owners on Park Avenue at Sixth St, desired to have a certain alley graded, and on motion of Ward and ~owere the property owners were empowered to perform the t',ork at their own expense,under supervision of Street a~'~d Alley Co mittee and City Engineer. Street and Alley Committee made report on the proposed completion of the gradlng and sid~walking of Broadway, ~otlon by Worth and "'ard to advertise for bids was dis- !cussed at length and withdrawn. ~']o deflnate action taken. Fire L[g~]t and "ater Committee reco~mmended that the light at Second a~,d the alley on t]~e approach to the old wharf be changed to the opposite side of driveway and to place a new light at Eighth and Cogean, and called attention to the fact that the light ~ at Olive and Sheldon had not been changed as directed. i ~otio~] by Powers and Ward to approve report of Committee and instruct Light Company to do, the work, carried. Cemetery committee r~,po~ted that }~r Canthak who had been appointed as temporary caretaker at the Cemetery had submitted a bill for services rendered, but as same was far in excess of the value of the services,committee could not approve same, the com- imlttee recommended that~'~,]z Canthak be allowed $37.50 in full payment of his claim. ,~otion by Ward and Worth to draw warrant on the Cemetery fund in favor of Mr Eanthak lu full payment for all servlces rendered, carried. Purchasing Committee reported that a new chemical syringe had been demonstrated, ~hlc~ did very good service and recommended that one wagon be equipped with these syr- inges; referred to Fire,Light and Water Committee. ~,~otion by Powers and -'orth to order warrants drawn for all bills which had been ap- )roved by the Finance Committee, carried. The fo]lowing bills were approved: . ~ ~Proceedlngs of the Council Nov 23,1914 Page 2. L. P. 'Davis :!~4.9~ Grady Jones 37.60 Port Blakely Mill Co. $7.65 First Election 0ff~cers $30. Second Precinct Election Officers $30. Third Precint Election Officers $30. Fourth Precinct Election Officers $30. R. R. 'Black $100. H. Renn $90. Dan Haddon $90. J. E. Joker ~100. Frank White ~,93. E. J. ~fcCall~ $92.10 C. L. ~ia$ill $92. James W.Carr $94. F. C. Roberts $90. '~3.13 E. R. C~ughie "~- , ~ .~o4.50 Fred S.Hathaway .,$159.06 W. D. Calder , 10.50 H. ~. Walkinton ~57. Harry Wood $3.40 Grady Jones ~3.59 H.Kanthak]~37.50 and W. 0. Bulette $1675. It was agreod that the same OffiCers who had served at the Primary elect.ion should act at the regular annual election. ~otion by Powers and W'rth to adjourn, Carried.