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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/08/15 Bremerton,Wa.shtngton. February 8th 1915. Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by Clerk E.J.McCall (the Mayor having been called to Chicago on business) All members of the Council present. Motio~ by Ward and [{eoves ~hat Councilman st large Worth be elected as Mayor, Pro, Tern, carried, Elnutes of previous sessipn read, and corrected to show that Mr Sparrow had been given permission to co~nect with the Bay View Avenue sewer by signing a certain recme~t,which had been filed w~th the Clerk and made of Record at the County Auditom office, and that ~Irs ~/i.M.Brown~ was also granted lke permission if she would comfy with the same co~ditions; the minutes w~re then approved. I,etter received from i~'Irs L.L.Lent thankin~ the Council.on behalf of the Sunshine ~ociety,for having granted it the free use o~ the Mu~licipal ~all fo~ rehearsals. ~,,k~tion by ~:ard and l'~!cG~,~t~len te file communication, carried. Letter read from Rev. Fath~r Cammerman askin~ the council to remit the Cemetery ~f~cs for ~rave used to bury the remains of J.Jurcich, and on motion of Ward and McGlothlem request was grar~ted and fees remitted. Clerk read bond from Walter McConnell and William F.Smith guarantc,oing re-payment ,,of Wa~rant B-!179 which was issued to said ~cConnell about Feb.8~lgl4. sa~ having ~been lost or mislaid. Motion by McGlothlen and ~cGillivray that the bond be accepted ~and Treasurer instructed td make payment~ carried. (fla'rk rgad re[~ort of Police Judge for the month of January with which was submittSd hock to City for $150. Check turned over to Treasurer and Report to Finance' Committee C],.~rk read r~:~ports from City Eugin~:cr and City Attorney and ssme ware laid over if or f~.rthcl~ cor~sideration under "~finished 'busines's'~ Street and Alley committee reported on thB claim of ~r Mo~se for relief from asse~s- ~msniS r~n f~heldon Blvd,~showing that the committee could not find anything to Justify the claim, and recommend~:d that the matter be left as it is and if It could be shown later that t~le claim was just,thc Co~ncil could act accordingly. Com~ittee also reported on the claim of Mr Fisher of 1200 Pa~ Avenue, recommend- lng tha't he be allowed $165. for over assessment o~ Ninth Street. Motion by Ward and Cary that the recommendation of the committee be approved a~d Cl,~rk be instm~cted to draw warrant on the Current Expense fund for the amount,carried, Committee also recommended ti,at The claim of Mr Sam. Goldsworthy for refund of $3.79 be allowed; and on ,~otion of Car~ and McGlothlen the report of committee was adopted and warrant ordered drawn on the Current Expense fund ~or the amount. Committee recommended timt a certain street near the ~ark be straightened and the matte~· was referred back to the committee to confer with the Park Board. Comn~itte further recommended that the Street crossing at Second and tIigh Street be completed to conform with the ~]harleston side, and on Motion by Ward and Reeves Co~m- it, t~ was authorized to have the c-tossing completed. ~r John Jacobsen apD, eared before the council with the co~nplaint that he had paid or having a lateral sewer put in in front of his property on Park Ave. but that same [,ad been~'~ ~ut in too high. referred to~,~treet and Alley committee. . Fi,-e Light and ~ate~, co,~ ittee reported that the semi-annual allowsnce of the Fi~s D~.~partme~t had not been paid in January as usual and on motion of McGlothlen and Ward the clerk was i~structed t~ draw warrent off the Current Expense fund for $100. Fire,Light a~d Water committee requested that the Council decide om a style of cluster light to be adopted for down town streets and the matter was referred back to ~ti3e Committee and the City En~gineer for investigation amd report. Health and '~anitation committee reported that the family which had been reported in n~dy circumstances, had be~:~n visited but no relief had been found necessary at this time. The necessity of Fire escapes on the Wharf building was discussed and referred to the wharf committee for Investigation-s. The building owned by mr Spaulding having been reported In an unsa~itary condition, or~ motion by 'lard and ~cGlothlen the City Attorney wa~ instructed to notify the owner or his agent to have proper sewer connections installed at once. City Attorney reported on his investigations in reference to issuance of bonds rot the purpose of purchasing the water plant, and the Clerk read a ].otter from Bryan ~nd Colvir~ iu the same connection. City Attorney submitted a draft of an ordinance p~- ~viding for the issuance of bonds and calling a special election for authorization; ]ordinance was read by title only amd was referred to Ordinance committee for further info rmat i on. Finance committee made adverse report on the purchase of the Park Boat house and ~n motion of Ward and McGlllivray the report of the committee was adopted. Motion by Ward and McGlothlen to allow all bills which had been approved by the inance committee, carried; the following bills were approved:- Bremerton-Oharleston ight and Fuel Co. ,$6. and $193.94. Garrison Fisher Company $3.25 and $7.25 C.E. Ferg- hson $3.25 Frank Melzer $~6. Fra~ Townsend $30. Leon Lambert $~0. Gee.Clay acob Wedge $30. W. C. Dunlap $120 F. W. Coder $20. Seattle Stamp Works $5. H. [eld $33.40 M.Palmer $3.50 Ward and Company $29.46 Bremertoa Searchlight $81.71 remerton Transfer $9. Bremertou Ice and Fuel Co $30.50 Regan and Berkheimer $5.50 ~ity Fuel and Supoly Co,$18.75 E. R. Caughie $36. Chas Gale $14.50 D.L. Cady $7.20 ~rho.,a~ Stemenson ~36. City ~reosurer $165. Sam Goldsworthy $3.79 Bremerton Volunteer F~re Department $100. Proc'eed:ings of February 8th 1915. (Page 2) Under Unfinished business the deed giro-,~n'by Mr and Mrs Wedge was referred back to the City,Engineer and Attorney. Street and Al']~y committee recommended that the Co,ell declare intention to grade broadway between Ninth and Tenth, and after some discussion the matter' was' re-referred to the committee for further investigation. Clerk was instructe~ to advertise for bids for City printing and Finance cemmitte~ was instructed to bring in recommendation about depositaries fo~ City Funds.' Building Committee was instructed to look up the matter of~voting places in the newly' created, precincts. City Engineer having submitted a map showing in ~etail the assessment dlstrlct snd I'oll for the,~sewer on Slxth,Seventh~Etght and other streets, it was d cided to hold an adjourned meeting of the Council on next monday evening,at which time intere- sted p~operty owners might e~am~ne the roll and be given a hearing. Wharf co~m~lttee recommented that'a recepticle for ashes be placed in the ~lunici- pal wharf building, and on motion of ~,cGlothlen and Ford the committee were author- ined to ~mmm incur the necessary expense. License and .Ordinance committee was instructed to prepare and amendment to the Liquor license ordinance to conform to the new conditio~,s. Motion by ~cG!othlen and Cary tG adjourn ~tl]. next monday e~ing at 7.30 p.m. carried. E. J. MSCall. City Clerk. ~ uruary 15th 1915. Adjourned men, ting called ~o order by ~ounoilm~n at ~,ar~e ,;orth,actlng I~yor. Present Messrs -'orth,Ford,Hc~;illivray,Reeves,and Cary. Street and ~lley committee reported tkat i.h' ,,brains of the Dremertobn Department store desired permission to ~ons~ruct concrete s~de~alk o~ the south side of his bull lng. and also requested that he ~e permitted to construct a stairway two and a half feet wide as an entrance to his basement; com~it~ee further reco;m.lended tha~ the req~est be gran~ed$ and on me,fen of]~,~".m,~.Llivray and "~,,,ary the request was granted with the m~derstanding that the work was to be done under the ~mpervision of the and alley cmm~lit~ee and the ,zSy '.nginear. ,'. The City Zngineer submitted his preliminary map of ~he asse s;.mn~ roll of L.I.D. , /,)a and ~same 'was e:~:mnir~ed ~ery c]~refuily by the ~Jouncil. ~,.~ill~vray That ]~ngineer b~ instructed to mak~ the ass eSsmen~s according to the lots as ,per mgm) submitted, cacried. The LLcense and Revenue committee recommended, that the Lh.uor lloeses be the same j~ as l'ast year sa~e to be figLu'ed [)re rata the first oayment to'be ~/f00 and the 1,alance~[ t0 be paid mo~LL; ~ . ~..z ,~ h~;~.~.~ dollars [~er month and o~ mo tiou of I2c~Jillivray anc~ Clo~'k read telegram from Congressman J.,l.~h'yan requesti~g ~at'~ ' ' ~e.. date of ~he ~ ~, t.a,. ~ate~...1~$ be delayed uJ~til he could <'et hack from jz'es~ :Ln ~'mgotia~lon of bo~ds tu~d the matger was referred back t;o t],o co;m~ltto~ and the City After,icy. :,lotion by heeves [tild ;.[~.;illivray to adj-:urn; carried.