HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/05/15 Bremerton, Washington, Tuesc~y January 5th 1915.
City Council called to order by M,yor Ca~y at 7.~0 o~ctock all members of th~ Council
beinff present, except ~4r Kost.
Minutes oF December 28th 1914 read and corrected to show that report of Steee~
Alley on acceptance of District 73~ sewer was conditional on the stre~ts being put
~ood contrition, minutes were then approved aa corrected.
The new Bremerton Gas Company reported through its ~/~anagcr that work ]~d been
,-~-'~ t,Dder ~e~',n~ of ¢,he franchise, a :d gas would be ready for delivery by July Clerk then read n, everal reports of officers ~nd other com;~unicat[o]'s.
On request of the ~ayc. r,5{r Joder read a report of the collections and disburseme]:~i,~;
of the Civic elJare Bo~rd, ~11 reports and com~nunications laid over for n~w
~o'tiorJ by Fo~;~; and Ward Tt~at in view of the fac% %trot %ho Civic '?ell'are Boa~'d had
made a fine sho;~ins for tY~e time it had been in operation; the members of the City
Council herebv tende]~s the members of said board a vote of thanks; car~:,led.
~av,or Cady ,~b read his retiring address giving a summary of th~ ~ork acco~,pliahe(~
by [J'~; City Government durin5 1914. after which he announced th~ Council adjourned,
a[~e.~]ie, an¢l afLerward~, a~.ministercd th~ oath of office to tLe incoming ~ayor J.C.
na~r. The retirin~ City Attorney then administered the oath of off~cc %o the follot',-
irlg Of[ lc~r , ~i' Thoma:~ Stev~nson, City Attorney~ ~r ~r Charles A."~orth ,cu. uc~
:~a~! at large. ,'r Oeo~'ge F, Ward. },~r George W. ~[cGloth].en and ~fr W.W.Oar~ 0ouncilmea.
,u,~l~]ed the policy
~ayor J. C. Ca,r, then ],ea,.1 his [nagural address in which he ~ * '
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to ]~c purs~Led by. the .~o-~[~ , -o~ admini:~tration, declaring, that it v~as. bhe tnu~z~i~'z of
~!3. the members to 3onduc% the City affairs o~ the most economical plan consista~t
with busl~a:~ efficiency, after' which he made the followin2 appointme~;ts~
Co-.:~i-tt~es: Ftnt~.nc~,Liccnsc and Revenue; Reeves, ~.~cGllllvray and Kost.
wire,Light and Water: ~cGlo'thlen, Worth and McGillivr'ay.
~ra~m[~]se and 0rdi~ance; Ward, Reeves, and Wort~l.
.... altn,Sanatit~t[ou & Cemetery;Ko::t, Ward and Cary.
Ctrc, et ?~,J Alley; Worth, Cary and Kost.
Purcha::[.~; McGlllivray, McGlothlen a~d R~eves.
~i] ,ling; Cary, ~cGil] ivray and '.'forth
'~;harf; ~cGillivray, Ward and Kost.
0f .... - ·
,zcer~. City Uealth 0f~icer Dr J. F. ~unns,
City Engin~-~r Fred. ". Hathaway,
PolLce Justic,~ James, W. Cart,
'Tharfia~er J.E. Joder,
" M~siataat F. "% White,
}~arshal, R, R. Black,
" ~;i;.Lstant Dan. Had
Fire Dep't Driver T.C. Roberts,
' ~ e ~ - F }~. Powers,
Bt,ti]ding Inop,,t,o~ ·
Cemetery Carr~takcr Fred Best.
,~upet.k~L,~.d,~n Frank Melzer,
Park Bo~i'd ~'or 1915; ~r E.J.Ta~gart. C.P.Lmm~ll and ~rs W.D.Peters
Library Board; Rev C W. ~tol_,es, for 0 year t,rm, and C.~4.Rivez's to fill unexpired
term of ~,Ir Thomas Stevenson who has bec~ elected City Attorney and was
about to resisn,from Library Board.
~ot[on by ~cGlothlen and Worth to confirm all apl~o[ntm~n~ts of Officers, Carried.
t~otion by Ward and McGlothlen to confirm appointments of co~muitteea, Carried.
Judge Coder :adc a few re~rks thankiag the Council for the goodwill ~hich had
a]ways~'exi~:~:,d t>etween all its members and hzmsel~ while acting in tho c:zpaclty of
Police Judge.
~,~r J. E. Fo::a and Judge 'James W. Cart also exp~ ...... d their good wishes for the
success ;iqd pro~;perlty of the Council and the City of qremertoa.
The ~erk read a !et,~,,I fr:)m Couac%lmau J.J.Kost by which he tended'ed his resign-
st[~u t,o take ..... oct as soo~, as same could be acted o:~, laid ov~r until next
The ~ayoz' t:~,:~', ref~rrod all reports and co:'~nications to [,he proper
'~ = o~ .... c= - ~ --,'+ ~ tko City Altorney, to~ether with the report
of out go.l~:Z City Af, Lc,rney on t]~e "lest claim for damages.
~/otiou by Ward and ~cGlothlen Lo adjourl~. Carried.
~. J. MC Call
city Clerk.