HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/08/13 Bremerton, ~'¢ashington. Dec. 8, 191Z.
Y, egular meeti~g of~t e ~;ity council called to order by Hayor I~ehner at
o~c].ock £). m. All officers being present.
Hinutes of tho previous sessio~ read and approved.
Letter read from city engineer stating that as per instructi~ns he had
inspected and lt~npe~l out trunk ~'~ewer of T,. I. D. No. 62 and had fouad the work
to be done in a satisfactory manner and recormmended that the Job be accepted.
I;Ioti3,~ bl~ ',,Vard and LIcGlothlen that engineers report be received and contract
accepted; carried.
Attorney repo~ted that trial on 10th street condemnation would be held on
next ~a turday.
Complaint was ,~.n de about accumulations of gravel and other building materials
left by contractors or property owners on Highland Avenue and Second '~;treet and
street co~nni,,,sioner,,~, was ,instructed to get tomes of property owners.
Purchasing committe6 reported that $100 wo~ld be ne,,essary to purchase fur-
nishings for room at fi~'e department and on motion of Ward and Cravfor~ authority
was given~not to exceed that amount.
Clerk read report ~f hearing on as:messment roll of District No. 57, showing
that roll as i~rescribed by eminent domain Conzmissioq h as' been approved by the
su~)erior court. '.,eport was referred to city treasurer to be extended on rolls
for collection.
Cl~;rk read rei~ort of 'Wharfinger for the month of November and ,~ame was referr-
ed to finance committee.
Clerk submitted report of,returns for regular and special elections and same
u~ereduly canvassed ~mnd found to b~, as follows:
Candidates 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total .'.~Jority
~:Iayo r
F. A. Iiarlow ............... 83 178 1Z5 50 416
D. L. Cady ................. 49 170 195 81 493 47
Counc ilman-a t-large
G. G. Crawford ............. 26 ll4' ll7 41 298
John Carter ................ 24 99 82 55 260
Chas. Worth ................ 7J 123 98 32 326 28
City ~lerk
E. J. McCall ............... 106. 282 265 85 738 758
City Treasurer
Chas. L. L[a~ill ............ 96 ~70 24~ 6~ 684 684
City Attorney
Chas. ~7. Carr .............. 74 ~129 98 25 5,26 65
Thomas ,~tevenson ........... 28 100 60 49 2~7
Harion ~arland ............. 1~ 85 126 32 261
Councilmen
Albert P. Reeves .......... 3Z ~49 163 49 394 20
J. W. Lh~rpl,y ............. 29 114 132 32 307
Prank Smith .............. 18 23v 28 12 81
'.7. D. Hallory ........... 17 56 52 45 168
T. C. ~Tardell ........... 20 '53 5& 4~ 172
J. f. Xost .............. J7 149 158 73 417 43
D .... Ford ............. ~3 144 112 35 374
A. ,',' .....
,,,c~illivz,,2 ...... 84 174 146 40 444 70
J. ~¢. Schaffer .......... 70 129 113 33 345
S~ecial Propo,~itions 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot Tot J-5 Manette
To adopt ~he Commission"~orm
of Government ................. yes .... 45 ll5 ll9 41 320
no .... ?l lC5 155 ?l 482 802 481
Proposition No. 1-As 2rovided
in Ordinance No. 482 .......... yes 61 126 138 5'~ Z78
no 29 102 88 3[~ 252 6-30 378
l'ro[)osition No. 2-As provided
in ~rdinance No. 483. ......... yes 66 115 117 47 345
no 32 13i 11,"1067 49 317 662 59?
To annex Territory of ~.,[anette...yes 82 211 189 67 549 62
no 37 104 1DO 52 296 84~ 507 85
t, E. J. ;~IcCall. clerk of the city of Bremerton, '.J,?shington. do hereby cer.tify
that the above and fore,~oing is a true and corre(:t statement of the result of
said ¢,~n~eral and special elections as show. by the poll books.
[SI~NED) E.J. McCALL. City Clerk.
Bremerton, ',V.ashington, December 4, 1913.
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The mayor then an~ounced the names of th sucolssful candidates and instructed
clerk to issue certificates of election to the fo!lowing: Mayor, D. L. C~dy; Co
mu n-at-large, Chas. '.'forth; Clerk, E. J. I~cCall; Treasurer, Chis Magill; Attorney,
James '~;~. ~arr; Councilmen, J. A. ~Giliivray, J. O. Kost and Albert ~. Reeves.
~ayor o. lso anno~mced that proposition to ado~,~t commission form of ,~overnment
had not carried; T~,~at pro~osition to annex mew territory I~anetter} had not carried;
That proposition ~oro~iding for issuance of
~i~,800 bonds and validating ou~.standing
indebtedness as provided b~ ordinance No. 48~, had carried; That proposition pro-
viding for ~ssuance of ~!8~,900 bonds as ~orovided by ordinance No. 485, had ~ot carr-
ied.
City engineer submitted plan and estl,~ate showing loeati,>n of proposed catch
basins with one inlet at Evelyn and ~ark ~md one single inlet with charge from six
inch pipe to 8 inch pipe a~ Ralphm~d P~,~rk. ~,~otion by Powers and HcGlothlen to ap~r~ve
plans and instruct clerk to ad,zertise for b~.ds; carried.
Letter read from city engineer submitting a plat of Caines First Addition stat-
ing that he had examinedthe same ~,~nd as it conformed to surrounding streets, recom-
mended its apf~roval.
f~otion by Powers and Jard to refer to city attorney; carried.
Attorney having ex~mined the ,i!at subject to certificate of engineer.
by ~ard and ~,~c,Jlothlen to adopt recom~endatton of attorney; carried,
Clerk read pro[~osed ordinance l~oviding for construction and purchase of I~ydro-
Eleotri~ power plant, after which sz~me was duly discussed.
i,lotion by ~owers and Foss theft n~ yor employ consul~'ing engineer to !uspect anal
report on ~lans at cost not toexceed $2~0; carried on r&ll o~{ll as follows: ~raw-
ford, Powers, 7~ard, Eo~lothlen z~nd Foss yes; ~uffington and Calkins, no.
~.Iotion by }lcGlothlen and i~owers to allow all bills which had been a[,i~roved by
finance committee; car~ied;
The following3 bills were allowed: First precinct election board, ,~Z0; Second
precinct election board, $48; Third [~reclnct election board ~4~; Fourth ~rec~not
election board, ~$S0; Searchlight ,~rinting Uo., ~£8.56; Breme ton Aerie 2~ 0.
Wm. King, $17.50; Frank ~,Ielzer 01~: F. Townsend. $1~: ~eo Lambert, Ql~; ;Vm. Smith
~l~; ~ord Bros., ~18.50; Bre~erton-Charleston Light &~uel ~o.,~' ~6.?~° ~nd ~188.79;
F. ~. Powers, 0~.00.
Motion by Bufftngton and Crawfor~ to adjourn; carried.
E. J. McCall.
City Clerk.