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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/03/13 Bremerton, Uash., ~ebruary 3rd,1913 Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~ayor ~k~lmer at ?:30 P.,q£. Present all Councilmen. also Engineer, Attorney and Treasurer. i~inutes of previous session read and approved. Letter re~d from B. H. Hurt asking permission to r~ water pipe along~ south line of Cemetery property to B. H. Hurt addition. ~otion by Calkins ?~nd ~ s to gr:~mt re-quest. C~rried. Letter read [~rom N~tional Surety Company regarding bond of F. ~.I. Arnold. Referred to Pimance Co~nittee. Letter read from Jno. E. Price & Co. asking for ~complete transcr~t relating to Electric Lighing Bonds. Referre& to Clerk and Attorney. Letter read from Attorney General's Office. Ordered filed. L~tter read from State Board of Health. Ordered filed. Petition read from several property o~ers on Seventh.~treet regarding,arr- angement of parking otr~p~. Street and Llley Committee turned in report fmvoring proposed plan and on motion o~~ Calkins and L~cGlothlen same was approved and Engineer directed to be governed accordingly. Street and ~lley Co~mittee repor$e~'that bul~ead on Fo~rth Street near City hall had been carefully examined and recon~ended that repair~e made by Strut Department with old l~ber on hand. Idotion by ~o~s and Buf~ington to ~dopt report. Carried. Street and Alley Committee reported that the appearance of Union Jtreet would be improved by minor ch~.nges in grade., Some property o;vne~s objected to,any ch~nge ,in [wade. ~LIotion ~y Calkins and~oss that grade be completed with a d~op of ~ at Park and ~ ft. at ~arren. Carried. The maturer in d~ich gutters were being constructed at.a certain jog 8th ~treet was die, cussed ~d Engineer explained. ~dotion by Powers and Crawford th~,~'t gutter lines on 8th Dtree~ be left as En~]~ineer had provided. Carried. Street and ~lley Committee repo~ed having investigated about B:~s~ball fence and reco~onded that inasmuch as the Baseball Association w~s a Booster Associa- tion permission should be granted to allow the use of the street untid Nov. 1st 1913 i~ Association would file a bond to do the u~ork then. ~. Chaplain ob.]coted to further time being granted as the Association h~d not ~cted in good faith in ~he past. The matter was referred back to the 00 m~:~ittee f~r one ~,~ore week. Letter read from S. ~Pigliavacca and G. R. Fetterman asking permission to have street in front of ~.~arti~ ~[otel paved with Denny Renton Dlock~. L~otion by Burlington and LicGlotht~n to refer to Street and Alley Co~m~ittee an~ ~.~yor with power to act if contractor's bondsmen would consent to the change. C~rried. Health ~ ~a~tat on committee reported nav~ng inspected all public stables ~nd found all in sanita~'y condition e~cept at Z~5 ~th Street and that was being ~;lea~ed u~ now. ?.~oti,.~n by i~owers a,nd ~ra',~ford to accept report of C0~ittee. Carried. JharZ Com~ittee requested that meeting of cbm~ittee of the whole be held at En~:~neer's of/ice on wharf and meeting was called for Jednesday at 5 P.LL !~eports wez'e received from Engineer as follows: submitting deta, ile~plans for :~loats. R~ferred to ?/harf Committee. S~bmitting estimate for dredging. ~,~otion by Powers a~'~d Duffington to receive an~ file. Carried. Report~n~ that supplementary assessment roll of District 4Y had been turned to City Treasurer. i,[otion t.~?;~ 1ScGlothlen ~d lowers to approve an~ instruct Clerk to adwertise ~or protests. Oarried. Clerk read report of Police Judge Coder for the month ended January and sa~e was referred ~o ~ainanoe Co~m~i~tee. Report r~ad from Oity Attorne~ showing that 24 cases had been proscecuted and ;'ines ;:ssessed aunounting to ,~;~90.00 and reco:~endi~5 that a stenographer be employed at ~[k 5.00 per month. 12orion b~/ Uard and Craw2ord to recei,;e and file report and matter of sten- ograph'r referred to Plnanoe Con~Ittee. Carried. Ordin, ncc read providing 2or the appointment of a Police Woman, prescrib- ing ~he duties and fixing the compensation. ~[otion by Crawford and l~owers to pass ~;s read. I~[otion 5y ~o~s and Calkins to strike out time limit. Lost on roll call as follows: CrawPord, Po?;ers,Bu~;Tington and ~IcGlo~hlen, "N0"; ',?;~rd. Calkins ~oss "Yes". k~otion by Foss ~d 2ewers to amend by striking out all of Section 1 relating to time limit com:;~oncinc;' after the date 191Z on line 11 and to i~sert in lieu thereof "~o terminate at option of City Codicil a2ter not less than six months" Ca~'ried on roll call, all members voting "~;je". 0rdina~-~oe was then passed as read and amended, all members voti~g "Aye". iqesolution'read pro~esting against certain proposed legislation relating to the Vot¥~s Home. I.~otion by ¥;ard and Calkins to adopt resolution lost on roll call a~ 2ollows: Crawford, Powers. LicGlothl~n and Poss, "No"; Buffing- ton Ward and Oalkins "Yes':. City Attorney recon~ulended that Co~mcil me~t in Com~ittee of the whole to con~ider Gas Franchise. Meeting was ar~anged for ~riday evening at 8 i~.M.. Report read from Supt. of Iwy Green Cemetery and referred to Finance Coa~n- ittee. Report of Treasurer for the month ended January Zlst,191~ read and re£erred to Finance Cormnittee. ~ayor reported that As~essment roll of District ~ had not~ provided for interest on warrants issued to contractor. Atto~ney e~plained neces~ary pro- ceedure to cover deficiency. ~otion by Crawford and McGlothlen that Attorney be instructed nece~sary ordinance ,carried. Motion by ~ard and Foss to approve plans for ~loats as submitted by Engineer carried on roll call as follows; Crawford,Buffington and ~,~cGlothlen,No: Powers 'Jard, ~alkins ,and ~o;~ s, Yes. Interested property ovmers again appeared before the Com~cil and requested that proceedings be suspended in connection with condenmation of Alley near ~ark Avenue,between Sixth and Seventh streets,and stated that arrangement was being made to open an alley east and west through same block,and if new arran- gement could be made it would be of more ,benefit tha~ that originally proposed; Motion by Fo~s and Powers to refer the matter to Streot and alley co:mnittee and City Engineer, carried. Motioa by Ward and [~cGlothlen to pass and approve all bills which had been ~l~proved by the ~inance Co~,~itteo, carried. The following bills were approved:- J.C.Haddon and Co.~ES.~. Indt Coal Co.~8.James W~Carr ~S0. Harry. G.Frost ~!!iss Phillips, i~0. l,o~nan an~ Hanford ,i~109.1~. Diamond Praz~aacy ~6.8~ J.L.Hu~nble ,~6.B.~anon~ ~.~0 Reed Jalworth ,~l. Frank Melzer ~18. Thcs Driscol. Jr. Leo Lambert ~15. L.V.~,'~cCall ~lE.50 ~rank Tovmsend ,~;15. ' ~ S~las ~mith ~lS.Bremerton Hardware ~o~pany .~78.40 J.Jacobson ,~S1 Chas.~.Gale ~6.~0 J.S.Kenyon ~000. ~an Dunlap ,~;.~2.50 P.]~.Lent f,i~21.E.R.Oaughie ,i~32.Z5 C.Harvey Jones ;~2Z.20 George E.~Iibchell ~25.75 ~mKing Liotion by t~owers and CrawTord 'to adjourn,carried.