HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/29/13 Bremerton.Washington,September £gth. 191Z
Regular meeting of tim Ci. ty Coumcil called to order by I'~ayor ~lehner at
8:00 o'clock P.L,I. Roll o,a. lled and the following Councilmen reported present:
Messrs. Crawford, Powers, 7ard a~d~
Minutes of previous session read and approved.
Program of proceedings of annual meeting of League of Nunicipalities read.
Motion by ~,~'ard and i,~Glothlen to receive and file. Carried.
Letter and bill of Engine~er Van Epps received and referred to Finance Co~mmittee.
Letters received from ?~'m. Hanschel and Jacob Jacobsen soliciting appointment
of Inspedtor in new sewer district. Referred to Engineer and L~yor.
Letter read from acting Engineer Adams recommending that sidewalk on Evelyn
Stre ~t be made 4 feet wide instead of five feet as provided by resolution also
submitting profiles for grades on Broadway a~d ~'~arren Avenues et al.
~otion by Powers and Ward that grades be approved and that Evelyn Street side-
walk be made 4 feet instead of five feet as provided by resolution,
calI' ~atl 'members~voting "Aye".
Mayor submitted papers which had been served on him in connection with the claim
of Sylvia D~ty for damages alleged to have been received in a swing at Evergreen
Park. ~eferred to City Attorney.
Letter read fr~m DIr. C. ~. Worth as~ring that cost of catch basin o;1 Pacific
Avenue be not charges to L.,I. D. ~66. Referred to Street an4 Alley Com,~ittee.
Street and ~lley Com,~ittee reported having investigated condition of Veneta
Street between 6th and Boston and recommended that no action be taken at this
time. Xotion b ~IoOlothlen and CrawTord to approve recor~endation. Carried.
LIrs. ~Ylid~ Knutson appeared before Council and asked that definate action be
taken about installing inlet for storm water at alley on Burwell Street.
L{otion b~~ Powers and L{cGlothlen that Engineer be instructed to prepare
estimate of cost of inlets to take care of storm water oh Burwell and Alley near
m~'las hin!~ t on. Carried.
Clerk reported that L~ir. Bulette had signed contract and same had been approved~
by City ~ttorney.
2{etlon by ~ard ~nd f~cGlothlen to approve contract amd instruct }Jayor to sign up
for City. C~rried.
Lit. Co~ent complained that Water Company had allowed its pipes to leak in front
of hi(~ property ou '~'tashington Avenue and.although he had reported that he was being
damaged, the Company had taken no action.
~ieferred to Street and Alley Committee.
~r. ~JJar~ asked for information about the claim of L{r. Jacobsen for $£5.00 for
his alleged interest in Uni~,n Street and moved to pa~ the claim.
~D-~. 2r~k 21elzer objected and City Attorney also objected to claim being paid,
as l~r. Jacob~on had no legal claim against City. The matSer was then dropped.
Clerl~ ~Wl~ read Ordinance 475 approving assess~nent roll of Local Imp rovement
District No. 61 as a~ende, d and providing for the issuance of bonds.
iJotion by ~ard and ~,~c~lothlen to date bonds Nov. 8th, 191~ ia'read of Oct. lst~
1913. Carried on roll call all members voting "Aye". ~otton by '~ard and Powers
to agprove Ordinance as read and corrected. Carried on roll call all members
voting ~ye.
While the Ordinance was under discussion ~,ir. Lund addressed the Council in
behalf of property owners and stated that if District was credited with $2000.00
further ~ction would be dropped, otherwise matter would be taken to Court.
Buildin,~.~' Code was then taken up and referred to Building Committee to check up.
City ~ttorney reported that C. A. Jackson had not extended his chi.~mey as dir-
ected, i,,Iotion by Powers and ~,~cGlothlen to refer to Building N~ Inspector
with instructions to h~ve work done. Carried.
Finance Co~amittee submitted. Estimated amount of the Receipts and Disbursements
for 1914 as follows:
Estira~ted i~eceipts ':'or City o[' Bremerton for 1914.
From Saloon License ,~1£,250.00
" County Treasirer (Curren~ Kxpense) 15 mills 14,~97;85
" " " Indebtedness Account 6 " 5,815.9I
" Police Judge ~ 1,06G~O0
" Peddlers License 18~.OO
" PoO~ Rooms and Theaters 275.00
" Piling Fees 72.00
" Bill Poster 10.00
" Pawn Broker t0.'00
" Show License 10.$0
" Interest on Deposits 3£0.00
" U:~arf a.t $650.00 per month 7800.00
" Treasurer's Collections on Local Improvements Dist. 2000.00
" Advertising on qater Wagon 40.0,0
To tal $44. 245.76
For Park at One i~lill $969.31
" Library at One Mill 969.31
To tad 1,938.62
Total ~46
Estimated Expense for City of Breinerton for 1914
VJharf Department $3,500.00
Police Department 4,440.00
Treasurer's Dept. 1,250.00
Clerk's Department 1,100.O0 ~/
Legal Department 1,580.00
Engineering Dept. 3,000.,00
Street Department 3,2?6.00
~ire Department 300.00 ~
Fire Team 600.00'~, I~ ('
Driver and C~retaker 910.00 /
Light De,,artment 3,000.C~0 ~
Cemetery " Clearing & Grubbing 600.00
Interest on Bonds and ~?arrants 3,900.00
Office l~ent 240.00
Health Officer 240.00
Assessments, on Local Improvement Districts 2,760.00
Official Bends 100.00
To State (10% of Saloon License) 1,250.00
Miscellaneous 2,500.00
Cancelling V~arrants
&
44,245.76
[Park Policeman ~730. O0
" I,[iscellaneous 239.31
Library $480.00
" L~is cellanwous 489.Z1
$969.31
Total $46,184.38
I,[otion by Ward and Crawford tha~ report be received and ordered published and
that October 13~h., 1913 be set as d~te for hearing. Carried.
Eetter read from LLrs. P. 0. Noen asking that her fees as witness in. the case
the City against Alida Knutsen be paid b~ Council as she had to leaVe town. City
~ttorney advised Council that it had not authority to make any pa~ents ol' this
nature.
The question of buildings being constructed in fire limits ~,~ was discussed
and attorney suggested that the mat~er be referred to Building Committee and Mr.
~?ard stated that new addition referred to was a big improvement on old building
and that owner of building was not aware that he had to take out ~ermit hut
thou~jht that contractor did it.
Motion by ~/ard and C~awford that light at 9th and Mc~enzie be not changed.
C~rried.
Mr. ~il Johnson ~sked for information about ~arren Avenue and the hatter was
referred to Street and ~lley Committee to lo~k up.
Mr. ~,~oore asked that I,,Lr. ~Iigliavacca and ~,r. Oliver desired a statement of
items in ~istrict No. 68 and~ngineer Adams Was instructed to ~et out statement.
~'he City Attorney suggeste~i that an Engineer be appointed to fill the une~,~pired
term of E. L~. George ~resigned~ and ~Jr. Bulduc stated that he would like to see
~,'~r. Adal~s the assistant Engineer retained.
Liotion by L~cGlothlen and Powers that Mr. Adams be appointed, l,Ir. Crawford
asked for roll call, which resulted as follows: Crawfo'rd,No; Powers, Ward ~nd
~c lothian, Yes. l~ayor declare~ motion not carried.
Mr. Adams was ~hen instructed to act as City Engineer until further orders.
~¥~otion by ;'Yard ~znd Crawford tO a~0w all bills which had been a~)proved by
Finance Co~mnit~ee. 0arried. The following bills were approved:V~Jm. King ~j35;
F. M. ~?nold $90.50;~ ,¥. Carr $795J~ S. Purdom $100;Frank L. ,Jhite $90;Rt R.
Black ~100; ti. Rein ~90; H. Gibason $54;E, J. McCall ,~76.50;T. H. Holmes
i~r. Stevenson requested that definate answer be given to Mr. Lund in regard to
Dist. ~61.
l,,iotion by ~ir. 'Jard that action taken by Council at prior meeting be considered
final; not seconded and maPter was declared laid over for one week.
I'~otion by ~owers and Lic~lothlen to adjourn. Carried.
E. J. l~,~cCall
City Clerk