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Home My WebLink About12/14/14 Bremert~n, Washington, December 14th 1914. Regular meeting of the City C~u~oil called to order by },~ay~r Cady at 7.30 e'clo~ p.m. Present Ceuncilm~n ~crth,P~wers,K~st,blcOilltvray and ~eeves a].s~ City Treasur~ City Engineer and City Attorney. ~,.~inut~s of previous se~ion read and a[~proved as read. City Attorney mad~ oral report r~p~rt ~f C~urt proceedings in the matter of ~62 sl]o~vin5 that in the first .case called tha City had b~n uph~ld in all matters and that in th~ second case being thz ~.ppeal of those property o%vn~rs located betwe~ ~ixth stre~,t a~]d. the ~avy Yard fence the case had be~n decided against the City, the Attorney further reco]nmended,that inasmuch as the amount involved in thl~ ~',as not very targa, that no further action be taken by the City, and that the judg- ment be accepted ~lthout al>peal. ~otiou by Kost and I,!cGillivray that the reco~m~endation of the City Attorney b~ api:rcved and that no apl>eal be taken; carried. ~tter read from City Engineer,recommending that two crossings on Park Avenue be renewed and raised, and on motion of Kost and ~eeves the reco~nendation was rov~d. Letter read from Cit~ Engineer re- flushing s~w~rs,and on motion of ?~orth and Po~'~rs was laid over ~ntil n~xt regular me.ting. Clerk r~ad claim for dan~ages said to have bern su~tain~d by 5~rs 7;~mt by reason of rallying overboard n~ar %h~ City ~harf; referred %o the City Attorney. Cl~rk read l~tt~r frown Joseph Ct~inborn requesting that license b~ granted him to op~rat~ Pop-corn and Pea-nut wagon on street, referred to Lieen~ and Revenue Com. Clerk read letter from Bureau of Inspection of Public 0rflc~s,~ith ~hlch was sub- mltted the report of the 5ta%~ Examiner sho~ving the result o~ th~ r~cen% audlt,whloh covered all th~ financial transactions of th~ City up to November 1st 191~. Re~erred %o the Co~nmitt~e on Finance. Clerk called ~tt~ntion %o a reoo~nendation in %h~ report ~'hlch oal~d for a n~~ ~tyl~ of ~arrant whic woul~ show on th~ fao~ what it had been for; clerk suggested that n~~ war~ants be purchased and put into us~ aa at January l~t 1915~ ~,~otion by Kost and Worth to instruct Ct~rk to procure a supply of ne',~ %verrant~ as per r~co~,.~nendation, carried. City attorney stated that ~rs Knutson had called on him about her assessments and he had pro~is~d to m~ntion th~ matter to the Council; no action taken. ~harf Co~]~nit'te~ made report and ~ubmitt~d letters from ~r John Ran%z and ~,~r Chas. Rantz and sa~n~ ~r~ read by Cl~rk, and after considerable discussion %h~ matter was r~f~rr~d to tl~e ?;barf Con~it%e~ and City Attorney %o confer with th~ Dondsmen and ~r Rantz and ~k~ suitable arrangements. 5tr~et and alley co~mittne submitted report about ~hang~ng th~ location of th~ str~t light at foot of Second street,~hioh showed that a new pole would ~v~ to placed and that the ne'~ location ~ould not serv~ the alley b~t~e~n S~oond ~nd Front. }'~otlon by Pourers ~nd ~cGillivray that light b~ all~wed %o r~In ~vher~ it oarri~d. Str~t and all~y committ~ asked that a n~w pu~k cart b~ procured for th~ Str~ g~partment a~ d on moti-~n of Pov~rs and %'~orth the reco~m~ndatton ~as approved.. ~r F.E.~,~cKay r~ported t~at fr~ight which had been consigned to him had been mis- sent and delayed; referred to the Wharf committe~. Cl~rk read 0ff~cial returns of th~ Annual City Election which ~'as held D~oember 8th 1914, and after the vote had been canvassed by the Council the ~{ayor declared thos~ ha~zing th~ highest number of votes to be duly ~leoted fop the several offices for the ~nsueing t~rm, and on motion of Powers and Reeves the Clerk was instructed to insue~ certificates to the sucomssful candidates. ~ayor Cady r~d a very good report of th~ proceedings of %h~ North~st League of ~unlcipalities,~hioh h~ had attended by direction of the Council, and reported that a printed copy nf the proceedings ~'ould be mailed to th~ City for futur~ reference. ~Iotton by ~cGilltvray and Kost %~t ~r Cady be allowed Five Dollars per day and ~xtoens~s for th~ time spent in representing the City at the convention, The ~layor demurred to pay for services and th~ council ~re~ted the Clerk %o put th~ motion, the Cl~rk sub~nltted the motion and same was carried ~nanimously. ~,~r Kost reported t~a% warrant ~1179 which had b~n issued for ~.95 to ~alter Co,]nell had b~en lost or destroyed and 5{cConnell desired to get a duplicate of said warrant, and on motion of Powers and Kost the matter was referred to th~ Finance 0o~ Cl~rk called attention to the fact that under th~ laws the City should b~ re-dis- tricted for voting purpose~ as th~ S~oond and third precincts had more r~gist~red vo%er~ than ~as allo%ved for one pr~cinc%, ~h~ mat~r was referred to the Fr~nchise and Ordinance and Euilding committees and City A~torney. ~ot!on by Po~ers and Kost to approv~ all bills which had b~n passed on and ~d by Financ~ co~nmitte~, carried. The Follov~ing bills wer~ ~ty Fu~l and ~h~pply Cgmpany ~22.50 F.V;.~od~r ~20. S~archligh[~4~.~ Frank ~elzer [~4.20 Frank Townsend ~J~. L~on L~nbert ~5. Ueorge Clay ~5. Jacob ~;~dg~ ~5. First Precinct Election Officers ~0. Second Precinct ~']~ct[on Officers SS0. Third precinct Election 0ffioers ~0 Fourth Precinct Election Officers ~U0. N.~ersch ~19. ~0. ~rem~rton L~ber Co. ~2~ g~. Br~m~rton Ice and Fuel Co ~10.50 Chas R. Gal~.50 and ~13.50 Oarr~son Fisher 0o ~21.~0 and ~S~.~0 J.0.Boyle ~iD. Bremerton Light ~19S.~0 and ~.S0 ~r~merton Hd~v~.Co.~2~.80 F. Df. Powers Q17.~0 Jas.~.0arr D. L. Cady ~22.50 ~,~iss Abbie Phillips ~40. 5~rs Br~m~r ~,~S0 ~7. D. Calder ~9.00 E. R. OaughY~ ~s. and Tom Driscoll'~.00. Proceedings of the City Council Dec 14,1914. (Pag~ 2) ~ Notion ~y Werth and Powers to adjourn, carried. E. J. ~.~cCali, City Clerk. ELECTI~[N RETURNS CITY ELECTION HELD DECE~:fBER Sth 1914.