HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/22/13 Bremerton, ~,'~a~ngton, Sept. 22nd, 191;5
t{egular meeting of the Cit}? Council called to order by ~.~yor ~"e~ ner at 8:00
o'clock P.2,1. Present Oou.~eilmen ,Crawford,B~fington,;:lard,~alkins and ~oss.also
City En~vineer,Oity Treasurer and ~ity A~torney.
i~iinutes of >revious session read and o0rr~.t~d to show t~at Engineer had re-
ported ~nounts of bids in L. I. D. ~71 ms folloWS: J. S. Kenyon
Bremerton Ice & Fuel C~. ~41~0.16; ;'t. 0. Bulette $4033.28~ and that r.{r. Bulette
had objected to any chm~g,~ in his bid; also to show that ~'ire,Li~t and rlater
Co~mnitSee had recommended tim removal of the light from Ninth ~d I,IcKonzie to
Ninth & Burton.
l~,Iinutes were ~hen approved as corrected.
Letter read from She Lea~e of Paoiffic l~,,i~icipalities inviting members of
City Gover~nent to attend a~ual Conference to be held at Portland,Oregon,October
1st and 2nd.
~,iotion b. ',','ard and Buffington to receive ~d file, Carried.
Letter read from E. ;~. George tendering resignation as City Engineer to take
effect ~ fence.
i,~[otio~'~by ;~lard and Buff intron to accept resignation of Oity Engineer. Carried.
Letter re~d from N. B. Parwell inviti~ attention go the condition of Veneta
Ave. between Sixth and Boston Streets. Referre~ to S~rme~ and Alley Com~nittee.
Petition read from se~,eral property owners asking that crossings be constructed
at Fourth, ~ifth and ~ixth streets on Chester Street.
llotion by ~oss and '~'~ard that Street Commissioner be instructed to construct
crossw,~lks at locations as requested. Carried.
Clerk re,,orted that no protests had been received against assessments roll of
D~ trier [)~0 and that same was ready ~or approwal.
~,[otion by Burlington and Ward go approve roll of L. I. D. 7~gO and pass Ord-
inance providing for issuance of bonds. Carried.
~&~. Buffington reported that Teamster wished a supply of grain for horse feed
and on motion of ;:~ard and Calkins~ ~chasing Eo~i~tee was instructed to pro-
cure necessary supply.
Cemetery Com~nittee reported that w~lks at Ceraetery needed clearing up and on
me,ion of Ward and Crawford the Superintendent was empowered to spend :~lO.00
and have the use of Stree~ grader in doing ~he work.
I,Iotion by i'~ard ~d Foss that Forth Street Bakery be granted permission to
build garage on lot adjoining baker;- and also given permission to drive over
sidewalk ~t same location. Carried.
Complaint was made that Chas, Tessier was constructing a wooden building in
fire limits and the matter was referred to City Attorney.
;;~h~inger requested that ~ stove be placed in his office and after discussion
t~e ~m'tter was l~d over.
Ordinance Co~maitgee submitted new building code and same was laid over for one
wook.~
Engine~r '(an Epps, submlgted report or~ his work in re-check of work performed
in Local Imgrovement District ~61.
I.[r. Steve~son, Attorney for protestants objected to time of ;Valworth and Casa{
being charged to District.
l,iotion by l~oss and ~uf~ington to ~llow ~.~0 on 'J~lworth's time and
on Casad's time. Carried.
The r~port of 2ir. Van Epps was then considered and he expla~ed that he had
given no credit to contractor for clearing ~nd grubbing slopes or ~errmcing fills
and that about ~400.00 would have been saved district if contractor had hauled
dirt across lo~s.
The item o.f Engineer's salary w~ discussed. I~[otio~ by ~oss ~d Calkins to
~ to credit back $~0.00 ~d charge smae to Cu~mnt Expense aoco~t. Carried.
2~Ir. Vam Epps submitted comparative statement showing final estimate as
follows:
Item City Engineer E.L. Van Epps
Clearing & Grflbbing .~ 968.00 ~ 81g.00
Excavation g9~6. ll ~6~. 98
Concrete ~,¥alks inolud5n~
Alley Xings 6~D6.0~ 6~09. E0
L~nber includln~ headers E1~0.66 ~09~.~9
Bulkheads 28~. 91 ~8~. 91~
Overhaul 18Sl. 48 866. O0
Extra Excavations for
9
Sidewalks ~5.9E g~. 9~
Force Acoo~t & 10% IZ49.18 1349.18
Fixed Estimate 18~0.00 18~O.00
After discussion of ~he different items, motion by i~ard and Crawford
Cit~ ~ittorney be instructed to bring suit, if necessary.to collect the ~ sm
of $161~.98 with interest from J. S. Kenyon overpa~ents account L. I. D.~61.
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Carried on roll call, all members vo~ing ,y
~otion by i~ard and Oalkins that this District be given credit for $434.50; that the
Lund assessr~ent be adjusted so that ~orrect names will be shown on roll; that
account charged to Killough be reduced $13 for sidewalk not installed; that assess-
ment roll be approved as amended and that any amounts recovered ~rom contractor on
account o~! overpayment, be. credited back to Dis~ript. Carrie~ on roll call all
members voting Aye.
Er. Stevenson too~ exception to amount of $1617.98 not being credited to Dist-
rict ~t this time instead of being withheld until collected from contractor.
Finance Oo~nittee submitted estimate of ~eeeipts and Disbursements for 1914 and
after discussion same was referred back to Committee for one week.
Clerk reported that Contractor Bulette had fi~ed his bond for District ~?l
and same kael had been approved by City A~torney mhd that contract,,w was not ready
to submit.
Eotion by Jar~ and Craw-ford to arder warrants drawn for all bills which had
been approved Ny ~inance Committee. Carried. The following bills,were approved:
Frank Melzer ~lS;~rank Townsend $15;Leo Lambert $15; James Hepwor~h $15;Wm. Smith
i~lS;Geo Clay ;,~lS;Frank Hanson $24;~. AA ~enton $1; Kitsap Advtg. Ce. 1.75;Brem~
ert~n Ice & Puel Co. $640.89;Bremerton I~e & Euel Co. $656. gl;Bremerton Ice & ~uel
Co.~999.65;Bremerton Advtg. Service $3.50;~J. C.Adams $2?;Dan Dunlap $18;E. ~. _
0aughie ,~21.45;Thos. Drisco,ll $18;Bremerton Ice & Fuel Co. $9.00;E. M. George
~otion by ;Yard and uf£ington to adjourn. Carried.
E. J. EcOall
City Clerk