HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/22/15 l~resent a!l~o~cilmen, City Attorney, Treasurer and Engineer.
Minute~ ~% previous ~e~si,~n read and approved as~'read,
Letter read from Luke ~fa~skall applying fop license to operate pop-corn :va~jon;
referred to Zioenme a~d }{evenue Committee.
- Letter ~ead from Don Xen~edy of the Bremerton Lm~fl~er Company in reply to letter
of ~,~aron 10th from City ~ttoraey in reference to lease; referred to City Atto~ney.
Letter read from Contr~l Trades and Labor Co~cil complainiu~ of lack oF discip-
line tn the ~tr~ Department. Letter was sup,~lemented by a statement ~rom ~[r.
oo~{ and a gene~'al discm~sion ensued during.' which the ~embers of the council appe'~led
to ~ll m~od citizens who could afford the time to joi~ the department aud endeavor'
to increa~e its efficiency and a meeting was ~rrangod'~ ~ for the follo~¥inj Saturday
eveni[l~T ·
te~ez' feud l'z:om Coldwell aizd Compa~zy referrin,j to bonds; referred to ~ina~u~e Com.
~ petition was received fo~' the improve~nen~ oi' ',~ashi~(TtJn ~;'enue fr)m the north
margin of Sixth Street to its intersection with the north margin o~ Ninth Street, by
,o~.vin~ t.;,e sa:~e twenty feet in width. Petition was alJo r~ce~ved pr3",,e~'~'i~h7 a~Tain~t
the said p~'opoaed i~:~provement; Petitions were referred to Lbo City En/jineer and L:treet
5treet~d ~ ~
=~l~e~ Uo~m~ittee reco,~mended that the old stairs at the foot of iTi~h ;~-
reef leadin,~I to the beach be taken down and a substantial fence con~tructod acrosc the
foot of the Strreet.
LIotion by Mo(llothlen ~:~nd Jard to approve report of C,~mmit~tee and direct Ztr:~et [>ep-
artment to perform the neces~ary work.
Co~'~it~ee ~l~:o re2orted that lumber had been purchased for certain cross-walks on
Veneta Avenue. ~fotion by HcGlothlen aud ~ary to approve the action o/ Committee;
carried.
Cou~it~ee ~,].so ~ceported tJ~at sewer contractor had not, left the st~-eet in ~I~od ~on-
~l~ion and i~r. i{eeves ~'eported that the street had not been p~'operly g~'adod
first place and that tho property owners were doin.: a lot of kicking.
:~otion by 'Jard ~.nd Reeves to refer the matter back to the Com;~ittee at the hext
meetins; .:arried.
Health aud ~anitati~n ,~mm~ittee reported that 911 Plea~a~t ~venue had b~en cleaned
np a~d made sanitary acorrdin~ to orders ~from the City ~tt~rney$
Under ~u~finisked bu~.:ine~:s ~,,r.'" J.R. Bryan of Bryan and Colvin made a
showing the ~- ~
first !,ecause there was not yet ~,~ .Tinal jud~ement as to the ;rater ~..uit a:~d ~'u~:k final
jud~ement would not li::.~ly cometill after ap3eal by the ::ater Company to tko L;u'preme
Cou~'t soth~tt if we carry bo,~d election ,,efore the litigation was ended the :/ater
Company would appeal any way aad :ye would ~et nothin.r for our el,~otion but ~f we lost
the Water Com?:tay '..-:ould clai.,~ that we were out entirely; so he advised that rather
tkan to hold a useless election he v,;ould advise an app~al by the City. Second he
advised ia fact tim: the eleution had already ~oen keld givin~j' the 'ouncil au[hority
to i,'.sue bonds agai~st the plant, but not against the City, in any ~:~um neces[~ary;
He advised to stand on that action ~.nd let the Water ~' ,.
. ~omoany take the ~ext move.
1.,,~. Bryan. stat..'~d ti.~. t he wa~s :'ivinf~ this adv:[::~e to the 0ouu,:il as bls employers and
not in a spirit of criticism of the d~urt a~'u% ke hoped those pre~ent would not consider
tha: the City kad any C~'itisisms whatever of the Ju~ge who was tryinf; the c~;,se;
Bryan~';s r~h~arks were well z'eceived but no action was taken b0, the ~ouil,3il.
City Clerk r.ep:~rted that this wa~ the ti-~e set for heari~ pro~ests against the
a~.'ses~m~ent roll o_,.' L.I.D. ~/73~-~ and but one protest had been received which wa~" from
Lit. I[.A. Babco~l[ as follews "I desire to enter protest against the manner of entering
sewer aasess:~ent .,fTOA against lots .~/29 and fZ0 and fraction Block 4 Veneta townsite.
This assessment ~s entered as chargeable to H.A. Babcock and W.B. Cha~mell a total of
~,~182.52 without being properly segregated to the two owners. I own the ~.~outh 62 feet
of the above de[~cribed pz'operty and wish to ~ow what ~ay individual a~:sessment is.
(Si~.med) H.~. Babcock
I:[otion by M~Oillivray to :ere:' to City Engineer; ruled ~ut of o~'dor.
City~rig~nser :~ ' explained t-,ha,' the f~'operty deccribed in tkis COl~ioation ~as called
to the attention o~ the Council befo~'e the assess,~ent ~oll was made up and he had
followed the law in makin< ~p the roll. Mr. R.A. McNeil who owns a part of th~:~ prop-
erty ia que~tion claimed 6hat ho coul,% not coanect hi[~ ;~'operty withtthe sewer :tth-
out orossin~l private property. L[otion by %.'forth ~nd MoGillivray to overrule the pro~
test of :~{. Babcock; Carried.
Cler,, then read ord~mance approviag :he assessuent roll levying and assessing the
several ~aom-~ts and pr,~'/idin~ ...... for the col!ec'-ion thernof and setttn~ ..... ~a~. 15 a~ the
date for the i~:~:ua.nce o:' t~,~ bonds o~l a. ccoun~ of sa~.d improve~aent. /.[o:.ion by i'fard
and ~.~u~,,lothlen to pass Ordinance as read; Carried on roll call. all members vot'~a,~ Aye.
The question of depositaries for City funds was raised and L[r. Buren of the Brem.
Trust a,~d Savi.~:-Company and L[r. Yfes:; of t~te .~.ir~t !L'-.~.tional %ank explained thai 4% was
too high on average daily balances and that t:~o per cent was ~:~s hi~;b as any workin,,
acco~m~tcould pay. :.lotion b:' 2ee'wes and Jorth to recom:ider the action taken
re~ffular meeting in re!'erence t~ depo[~it; carried.
l.iotion by %:~orth and L[oOlothlen that City monies be distributed between the three
ba.nk~ of the City at t}~e rate of two per cent on average daily balances;
LIotion by ',Yard and :.IcGlothlen to allow all bills which had previously been approved
by the fiaaace co.~uittee; ca,'tied..
The f~llowing biilst were ap,~roved.,. , Gotham Fire ~km)aratus~, ~om~mn~ y ~23.60; E.J.~cCall
.~90; ~Jhas. ~{agill ~91; Th,ss. Ztevenson ~90; ~50; J.E. ~m.[~n~s
~0; J.E. Joder
Frank L. ghite ,~90; T.C. ~oberts ~90~ R.R. Black ~100; Herman ~ienn /~)90; D.W.
~90; H.tl. Jalklngton ~6~; N. i'~ersch ~,~5.50; Fred :;. Hath~,v~ay ~158.50; Frank ~:elzer
Frank Town~.end '"'~ " " v
$o~; Leon Lamber~ ~50; ~eo. ula, 950; Jacob ¥~ed~e ~)30; ~e~an & i~erkhetm~r
~8.25; i~[iss ~bbie Phillips 940; Mrs. ~remer ~o0p E.~i. Caughie $~4.50; ~'rank Lent ,,~8.50;
0ity Attorney reportod that he ]~ad made up th~'ee copies of penal ordinances one for
the City ~ttorney, one for ~he 2olice J~tice and one for the City :Jlerk.
2ire, ~g~'~t and .."ater Co~ittee reco~ended t~'~t hose be pure ~;,:'ed f3~ th~, c~,e~ic~ v;~
and on motion of /,~orth a,'~d Jard the ma~er was referred to the Yi~e Li~h~ and Jater
co~.~:aittee, the ~?urchasi~g Cmmaittoe, and the ~re Chief with power to act.
The City Attor~e;- reported that he had got two d.octor~ t', e~amine the man at
who cl~.~ims to have fallen in th~ ..... ~
,~,~,.~ at h,, City Float. ;lotion b.' ,~c~zllivray and Hee~es
to aJourn; carried.
E. J. McCall
City Clerk.