HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/22/13 Br'~.merton, Washington, December 22,1913.
Regular meeting of the City Council called to :rder by ~ayor ~fehner at 7.4~ p.m.
present; Councilmen Crawford,Powers,IicGlothlen,Calkins and Foss,(},{r Bu~f[ngton arriv-
ed later)
~'inutes of previous session read and approved as read,
Letter read from ~rs Conway requesting the council to remove the name of D.C.Couway
from interdict list, and on mot;on of Calk~ns and MoGlothlen request was granted.
Letter read from J.C.Graham and from W:n Smith claiming damages by reason of grad-
ing of Broadway; no action
Letter re~d from Attorney Ben. L.~oore of Seattle giving opinion on franchise ordin-
~nce relating to Hydro-~lectrlc plant, laid over to unfinished business.
,~ H~t~ by ~owe~-s ~d l~cCloth!en that,~plans for sewers in ~est side of City as sub-
,~ttt~d by Cit,~ Eugin,~_r be at,proved, Ca,fled.
!,lot.Eon by Power~ aa~ McGlothleh that Ooun~t~';dec~are intention to instal sewers
as per Pious off Engineer ~,nd that January 19th be set as date frr hearing protests,if
City ~l~tor~,ey made statement in reference to work ~s progre?~ing in District ~71
and exp!alned s~me of the conditions of the contract, and submitted a resolut~cr
~hich was read }~y th~ Clerk) ,~irecting the City Engineer to proceed with the compte-
ion of the grading ~:f Er~,adway between Tenth Street and Evelyn street accordl~'~g to
the pla~s and speciftcatio~s filed in the offices of the Cl~rk and Engineer,the work
to be done by W.,O,Bulette on his or'gi~a], contract and as a part of said contract,the
said work to be brought to the r~-cstablished grade of said Street.
"o~.o,~ by Powers and Y_cOloth]en to pass resolution as read, carried.
],~r Bule* te asked that the time limit as provided by origi~l contract ~e extended
for 60 days,and also wished the council to direct where surplus dirt wa~ desired. ~iotlo~ by Powers and ~cGlothlen to extend the time as requested,carried.
Clerk stated that one of thc property owners had filed a written request For surp-
~ d~rt, some of tDe Council expressed the opinion that the dirt should be planed on
~]ad~[~ay betv]~,.~,, '~inth and Tenth street so that there would be no break in the street
~and others were of the op!uion that Tenth street was the best place to deposlt the dirt,
the ~.[ayor then referred the matter to the street and alley committee,
~ Y,, '.~cOloth!en ,~,ad,~ ~ statement in reference to lntersectlo~ of alley in Block
~and %u~gested that as a]!ey was tc~ u?.'?ow for teams to make the turn at inter,cotton
small p~.ece of abutting lot should be purchased, referred to street and alley committ~
ComI~].aiuL ~as made about condition of street In front of Rex Theatre arid at Pacific
nd Fourth also Bulkhead at Warren and Union and the matter was referred to street and
~.lley com,~q t tee.
Clerk reported that this was the date set for hearing protests if ~ny tn District
~65 ~ that one protest had been received,from Mrs Mary ~4. Brown, and same was read.
C~_~,' E.,-O~,'~=r_ .~ ex[_~].~,.; ~ed bow roll was figured up and City kl,tor~.ey stated that ~t
;~a~ made up acco~di-~'.6 to law a~d if it was changed there would be no dif¢erence in
9,,~ouu~, of the aq~ess~eqt to be c~arged ag;~.tnst the property in question.
['.otlo,~ by HcOlothl~ and Crawfopd to overrule l~rote~t of ~l~rs Brown, carried.
'[.tioq by Power. s and CrawFord to approve assessment roll and pass coafir~i~g omdln-
anco, carried.
'Phc Wydro-Electr~c propositio~ ,.vas then taken up and Mr Pe~rs was given the pr~v-
ilege of the floor a~'~d took up the report of Attormey ~n.L.}[oore item for item and
the law and the dectslons of the Supre~a ~ourt on the points as brought out in said
port and show~ that the Or,.liaance as drafted was sufficient In law.
Mr G.W.ZchaC~er and 14r Emlll Johnson addeessed tha council in opposition t; the
a.s pr<~pcsel amd ~t ~a.'~ shown during the discussion that neither off these gentlemen had
g;ven any study to ti? proposed ordinance.
MotL-u ~>y Cra~.'ford aqd Foss to pa-:3 orcl3nance as read and amended,the report of
Engineer Staunar4 to be attached anal made a part of the agreement, 1~ on roll call
as foltous: Crawferd,Bufftagtoa,l~icGtothlen and Foss, Y~a. Powers aud Ca!kins, No.
Mr Calk~ns and Th' Powers explained their ~ottand said they were in favor of the prop-
osit[oa of Municipal ownership but bel}.eved the plan should be submitted to the people.
~,lot[on by Fo~s and Burlington to r~coas{der the action just taken b~ the council,
carried.
}.~otion by Catkins and Powers to adopt plan as proposed and that the Attorney prepare
~ece. ~ary ordinance ~roviding for ifs su~mlsslon to the q~llfted electors for their
ratification or rejection, carried o~ ro!t call unanimously.
]dr !~cOlothlen reported that there ,~.'as a~ old shed In the block opposite the C~ty Hall
which had been reported to him by the ~elghbors as unsafe; ~tter referred to street
and alley co mmittee.
}.'!orion by Powers and Buffington to allow ;~1t bills which had baen approved by the
co,~mi~tee on w;nance, carried; the following bills were approved, A.~,!ichaels ~46.50
~Je~ttle ':to-;', works ~1.25 J.L.Zt&anard ~242. Clingan Construction Co ~291.36 Puget
Thnber Co. $~24.~4. Bremertoq Transfer Co. ~9.50 E. V. ~icCall $19,50 Frank ~{elzer
Frank Townsend ~15. Leo ~mbert $5. James tlepworth ~10. F~,rd Brothers $30.Kltsap
$6.55. !q.~tersch $3. Bremerton Searchlight $39.50 Ben.k.Moore ~25. w~Ing ~17.50
Smith ~15, E.R.Caughle
~,,iotlon by Powers and DlcGlothlen to adjourn, carried.