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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/25/15 Bremerton,Washing$on,January 25th 191'5. ileo~ilar meeting of the City Council called to order by I,~yor J. C. Baer at ?.30 )'clock [~.m. all members and officers being present. Minutes of previous session read ~d a~proved as r~,ad. Letter re~d from Commandant Blamer reporting that bottles and other articles were being ~hrown from the City side of the Navy ya~ fence ~to the. roof of the building situate jus~ north of the Bremer$on gate, and that the roof of the building h~d been badly d~aged; the Mayor reported that he had instructed the Clerk to answer the com- munication and had made a personal investigation on the s~joining premises,but could act discover anything to show wherethe bottles and other obJests had come from and that ~e had turned the matter to the I,.~r~hal wi~h instrActions to keep close watch for the offenders, i,~otion by ~[c.~illivray and ,~ard to file the letter and report, carrie,]. Letter received f'ro~m.~ ~,h' H.p,.Thompson complaining about litter on sidewalks, refe~'~ ed to the ~treet and ~lley oo~'~ittee for investigation. ~ Lettei' i'~c~C ~z'o~i :~i' ~'~i~ ~twe~'p ~2fe~'~ng to sell all his interest in ~nd to the bo~ ~ouse situated at the City Z~ark, referred to the ~'in~nom co~mtttoe. [ Lettez~ i'oad ffrom th~ ~ecretary to the >?esident in answer to a telogr~ frm~i tile ~iayor inviting =~resident .'il. son to visit Bre~lerto$ nezt su,~mer, ordered ~ :i,ottez z.e~it from tlie i~el.'ic~ Acadsmy of Political and social i~oience,ozdered filed Litter read from City ~ngineer in reference to sitting lot stakes at Cemetery; :'ef'e~'zed to Cemetery com:liittee~with power to act. Sti',:?et ~nd alley co~:uaittee reoo,imiended tliat gravel be placed on certain streets and reported that the ~.:'ravel could be i~rocured at fifteen cents per yard; ~ i:iotion by ,,'ard and ~,,[cGtllivray to authorize committee to use lO0 lomds of gravel, ~ndez supervision of City Engineer, was discussed ~d afte~ards amended to authorize the committee to tiave the streets graveled where necessary l~ldei' supervision of Engine~ motion was adopted as amended. Str~et and alley co~unittee reported progress of its investigation off the claim of ,Ir l,,[orse, and the ~iiatter was referred back to the co~lmittee and the City i~torney ~or ~'ur tl~er investigation. Street and al]_ey co ~ittee reco~ended that Broadway be graded between Ninth and l'enth streets; refer'red to City Attorney for investigation. i.lr Jorth of ',]tr~et and alley co~,~iiittee called up the matter of a~;sessments agal~lst the property of ~li' Fisller at 1E00 Z~ark Avenue, and the minster was referred to tile City attorn, y and the Str(~et and alley Com~,~ittee for investigation and report. dtr,:ot and Alley com~ittee reported that it had investigated the complaint uffi~lgton about an electric liglit pole in front of his store, and tiad foun~ that the ole ~as in its proper place; no action taken. Letter from Ci~y Engineer relative to dedication of an alley by ~M Wedge and others [~efei:'red to City Attorney and Street and Alley committee,for investigation and report. ~ Hr I.Ii.~ook requested that a certain light on 21easant ave be changed and the matt- ~z' was referred to the Fire,Light and ',later oo~mnittee for investigation. Clerk read ordinance ~14 being an~ ordinance for the re~lation of pl~nbers and roviding for ~he J~nstallation of pl~bing and repealing all other ordinances in reft- ~rance thereto; after some discussion it was agreed to have no license fee for Plumbers hnd the City ,ittorney read the sections as a~m,iended. Motion by ~az'd and Mc~Jillivray to pas~, the ordinance as read and corrected,cari'ied. ni roil call, all members voting "lye". Clerk read ordinance ~515 being an ordinance re~lattng the use° uffler out out ~utomobiles, ~:Iotion by lYard and McGillivray to pa~s ordinance as read, carried. :Yiiarf committee reported that arrange~lent had been made whereby there would be no )arrels or other property allowed to remain on the wharf overnight and tt would not be iece~sary to have gates placed to prevent fha ffree use of the wharf at all hours. ,,'barf co~littee also submitted report and notes from R~tz Brothers covering ~nount rue City for r~mt, and recon~nended that same be accepted and approved, and on motion of i~ard and i{oeves tile recoamendation of co~imittee ~as adopted and notes approved. i,~otion by ~'~ortii and I.IoGlothlen to authorize City Treasurer to sell the notes,carrl~ ~,Dtion by l,leOillivray and ~dcOlothlen to authorize the ~,iayor and Clerk to si~ the ~odiffied lease as signed by Lielsrs Rantz and their bondsmen, carried. idotion by ,?ard ~ld MoOlottilen to allow all bills which had been approved bymthe ?inance oo~,i~littee, c~i~ried. The ffollowing bills were approved; Fr~ Melzer ~rank Townsend ~o9. ~. l~,i..Powers .~43. Leo L~bert ~50. George Clay ,~50. Jacob Uedge 25. ~ilas o~littl ~7.50 Bremerton 5emmchlight ~48.53 J. J. Eost ~62.80 ti. I[. 'Jalkinton ~. Il. It. Black .'~100. Herman Renn ~90. D. 'J. tiaddon ~90. T. L. ~very ~6.10 ~nerican ,urety Company ,~25.75. :lard and Company .~7.50 T. C. i{oberts ~90. E. J. McCall J91.26 ~has.L.,,~agili ,,~l.~o Thomas otevenson ~ijg0. Dr J.F.i,~,~unns ,~20. J. ~. Coder ~100. ~'rank Yhlte ~90. F. ~. Hathaway ~152.50. ~.H. ',[ilson Co., ,~]6. ~s Bremer $30. ~Ilss 'hlllips .~40. E. R. Caughie (~27. Chs.R.Gale ,~12.25 and W. G. I~lartin ~2.40. Health and Sanitation co~lmittee reported that a family named Bo~am were in des- itute circumstances ~ld owing to tlle fact tliat the Comity Commissioner for this dis- riot could not be reached it was necessary that s~me action be taken to relieve their istress and Oil motion o$ McOillivray and I~lcGlothlen tile matter was referred to the ealth and Sanitation co~l~ittee with power to act. Clerk submitted a letter from ~,,~ Fred i~.Lewis the Undertaker asking the City Counc~ to donate the price of the grave used for ~,,Ms Farmer, ~d after the circ~nstances had ,een explained, motion by ~%rd and ~r~y tt~ ~it the fees, carried. Health and Janitatlon Co m~it~t~e reported that the lateral sewer comlecting a dwelling located on the alley between ~ront and Second Street to the sewer had b~,~en broken and should be repaired at once, referred to the Health and San- itation committee with power to act. Health and Sanitation co~nmittee reporte~d that the beach at the foot of Pacific Avenue was filling in and the garbage scow could not be landed at that point and recommended that a small wharf be built at a cost of not to exceed ~26~. Motion by Worth and McGlothlen that the com,~ittee be instructed to confer with Mrs Bremer before constructing wharf~ carried. i'~otion by i'[ard and ~oGillivray to authorize the committee to spend not, to excee ~°69 dollars in building wharf for garbage landing,~ c,arried. i,iotion by ~,~IcGlothlen an~ Pord that the City advertise for bids for all lumber to be used by all departments durin the coming year, carried. Clerk read a petition signed by the owners or mamagers of the large latmches now using the City floats, requesting a 50~ reduct{on in landing charges; the chairman of the 'Jharf co~ittee reported that the City was not receiving enough ~rom these boats to 'pay for the ~ upkeep of the floats, and on motion of McGillivray and lb~eves the petition was filed for future reference. The Chairman of the ~inance committee reported that some action should be taken relative to the tax levy, so that enough money migh~t be secured to pay the running expenses of the City. L[otion by ~,IcGlothlen and Cary that the City Attorney be requested to go to the meeting of the Northwest League of I,[unicipalities,now in session at Olympia, and use his influence to have proper legislati~a action taken, carried. LLr Stevenson informed the council that he was not ~ure if he could go and in such event he would write to the Secretary of the meeting, but requested more def- inate instructions as to the wishes of the Council. Motion by ~;{cGlothlen and Oary' ~;o instruct City Attorney to endeavor to have the law so a~mnended that Cities of the third class ~ay levy not to exceed twenty- one mills for running expenses; carried. ~[otion by ~IoGillivray and McGlothlen to adjourn, carried. E. J. [[cOall, Ci~ty {]lerk.