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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/06/13 Bremerton, '.Yashington. January 6th,191S Regular meeting of t~e City Council called to order by N aver l~ehner at ?:Z0 P.E. Present Councilmen Carter, Urban, Buffington and ~ize. Counoilm~n McGlothlen, calkins and Foss arrived during the reading of the minutes. Minutes of previous session read and approved. Resolution introduced by Mr. C~rter declaring the wooden structure used as an approach to the Bremer Dock to be ~ nuisance, and ordering the Mayor to have same removed. Motion by Calkins and Carter to pass resolution as read. Carried on roll call all members voting "Aye" except ~r. McGlothlen who did not vote. Letter read fromCity Attorney Bryan enclosing letter from Judge Styles and enclosing draft of Ordinance providing for Arbitrators for appraisal of Light- ing plant all of which bein~ read ~ere on motion of Carter and Buffington referred ~o Fire, Light and ~ater Committee and incoming City Attorney. Clerk road annu~l report OF City Attorney which showed work completed,cases pending and m~.king recommendations. Ordered filed. Resolution read co:mmending the retiring City Attorney and extehding the hearby thanks ~nd good wishes of the Council. ~o~ion by Carter and ¥~ize to pass as read and have same engrosse~ and sent to ~ir. ~ryan. Carried on roll call. all members voting "Aye". Bond of Mr. James ~. Cmrr being approved by ~w City Attorney Bryan was on motion of Buffington and Carter accepted and ordered filed. Honthly reports read from Treasurer, Police Judge and Superintend~nt of Cemetery. Were referred ~o incoming ~inanoe Co~ittee. Fire. Li~t and #ater Ctmmittee reported that light w~s needed on approach to new municipal wharf. ~Xotion by Urban and McGlothlen to in~:tall IO0-W Tungsten. O rr~ed. ~,{otion by 0arter ~nd McGlothlen to install a telephone in the office of the wharfinger and one in the office of the City Engineer. Carried. Engineer ~as instructed to put gravel on foot of ~ront Street at subway. Complaint was~m~de against obstruction on sidewalk on Fourth near Pacific. Referred to Street Comnissioner. ~iotion by Foss ~nd Burlington to adjourn to Tuesday evening, V:Z0 Ca ~ri ed. ~. J. ~IcCall, City Clerk. Tuesday, January ?th,191~. Adjourned ~eeting of the City Cou~cil called to order by ~yor ~ehner at ?:SO P.~.~. Present Councilmen, C~rter, Burlington. MoGlothlen, Calkins and Foss. ~inntes of previous session read and approved. Stzeet Comn~issioner reported that he had inspected sidewalk in front of Harrison's Hardware Co. and ordered M~r. Harrison to strengthen'the supports. Letter ~ead from ~,~s. Nary McCorkle complaining against nuisance. Motion by ~oss ~nd McGlothlen to rei'er to Attorney. Carried. Complaint was made ~inst L~r. Foster formaintaining a nuisance at the ~lcGuire stable. ~otion by Carter and ~cGlothlen to notify Foster to clean up stable and toilet and keep s~me clean. Clerk explained that new vouchers had not been received from printer and that on acco~u~t of this he had no bills to present. ~.{ot~_on by Foss and NcGlothlen to authorize Clerk to draw warrants for regular bills when same were approved by ~inance Co~mittee. -Carried. There being no unfinished business to come before the Council, the new Council and officer w~re sworn in as follows: Mayor, P~ul Mehner; Clerk, E. J. Z1cCall; Treasurer. F. ~. Arnold; A~torney. James~W. Carr; Councilman-at-larg~ G. G. Orawford, Councilmen, Burlington~, 0. c. Powers, Geo. ~. ~Vard, and J. E. Foss, Engineer, E. M. George; ?,harfinger, J. S. Pur~om. The ~yor then appointed the following Committees: Street & Alley Powers, Crawford and Ward ~urchasing · Buffington. ~'~ard and Ora~ford. Fire, Ligh.t and Water Foss, Powers and Calkins. Franchise and 0rdi~ance Calkins, McGlothlen and Foss. License and Eevenue D~cGlothlen, Buffin.~ton and Crawford Finance Crawford, Buffington and ~r~ Powers. ~harf Foss, Calkins and Powers. Health,Sanitation and Cemetery l?ard,Orawford and L~Glothlen Buildi.ng Ward, HcGlothlen and Foss Motion by Mc~lothlen and Buffington that appoihtments be confirmed. Carried. ~,~or appointed R. R. Black day 2~rshal, H. Gibason,Assistant and H.Renn, Night ~rshal. Motion by Crawford and Buffington to appoint Ed. A~gel, Day I~rshal. Lost on roll call as follows: Buffington, Orawford and McGlothlen. Yes. Powers,Ward and C~lkins, No, Foss not voting. ~otion by Calkins that N~.y~r's appointment be confirmed, not seconded. Nr. Pose stated that he believed this'matter'should be settled by secret ballot. ~. Calkins objected to any seere$y in balloting/ ~tion by Burlington and ,Yard te take ~ written ballot for first and second choice. Oarried on roll call, all member~ voting "Aye" except Ur. Calkins. Ballot~was taken and resulted as follows: Angel 4 first choice, E second choice; Gibason 2 first choice, 4 secon~ choice, ~r. Oalkins not voting. I~(otion by Buffington and Crawford 'to appoint ~r. Angel. Carried on roll callall members voting "Yes" except ~r. 0alkins. l~otion by ~iard and Powers to appoint H. Cibason as Assistant I'~arshal. Carried on roll call ~manimously. Eotion by Foss and 1#r8 to defer appointments of Night ~arshal and Consult the wishes of ~ ~r. Angel. Carried on roll call all members'voti~g "Yes" except Nr. Calkins. ~[otion by Buffing~on and Powers to defer action on appointment of P~lica Judge. Lost on roll call as follows: Power, Burlington and ~cGlothlen,Yes; CrawTord, ~ard, C~lkins and Foss, No.. The Nayor st ted that he was supposed to be in,charge of Police Depart- ment and inasmuch as Council had taken the mat~er out of his hands, he would not make any appointment of Police Judge. Notion by ~ard and Crawford to appoint Frank W. Coder as Police Judge,. Carried. ~yor stated that he'had appointed J. S. Purdom as wharfinger and t~at he had been sworn in. ~otion by Buffington and Crawford to confirm appoinment of I~r. Purdom. Carried on roll call all members voting "Yes". ~r. Purdom being asked to recommend as assistant said he had made a care- ful investigation and ~r. Frank L. 'i~ite was his choice and believed his exper- ience and training qualified him to give the City good service. ~tion by ~ard and Foss to appoint Ltr. 'J0q~ite as Assistant wharfinger. Carried. Nayor appointed Dr. Tagg(~rt and C. E. Thomas as members o£ the Park Board and had requested these two to n~ne a third person and 'that he had appointed lat. A. ~. Theil on Library Board. ~ ~otion b3: Burlington and Foss to confirm these appointments. Oarried. ~yor appointed Prank ~elzer as Street Commissioner; P. E. Powers, as Building and Plumbing Inspector and Dr. T. H. Holmes as Health Officer and on motion of ~cGlothlen and Foss appointments were confirmed. Letter read from wharfinger making recommendations~and attaching schedules. ~o~ion by ~cGlothl~n and Crawford to refe~ to ~'~arf Committee with power to act. Carried on roll call a~ members voting "Aye". ~arfinger and Engineer submitted list of furniture and supplies and on motion of EcGlothlen and Crawford s~me were referred to Purchasing Co~nittee with power to act. 0rdin~noe read providing for Employment of Assistants in Engtueer's office. ~,~otion by Foss and ~cGlothlen to refer to Ordinance Committee until next regular meeting, Carried. Clerk reported that Councilman Geo. F. ~ard~was president of B~seball Association and that removal of fence from Elizabeth Street could be taken up with him direct. I~'. ~ard explained th the'Council that the Association were out of funds and asked for further time, and he ~aid he thought the m~tter might be arranged satisfactorily. ~tion by Crawford and ~IcGlothlen to 'refer the matter to ~. Ward for one week. Carried. City ~t~orney requested that the Fire. Light and Water Co~ittee meet wi~h him as soon as'po~sibl~. ~ot~on by ~IcGlothlen and Crawford tb adjourn. Carried. E. J. i~cCa!l, ~ City Clerk. ~'