HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/08/15 i{eG~l~a? meeti~t~ of th~ City Council called to order by Hayer J.C. ~aez~ a~ 7.~0
o 'clock p.m. i~z'eseil~ a].l members of the Council also City .itt~rney, Et~i~ineer and
Minutes ,of previous session read and a?proved as z'ead.
Co~aunioations read as follows.
From J.A. lfatson reque~ting permission to co.eot with sewer in rear of his build-
in.nd on reconkne!~f~'ation of Street and ~.;lley Co~Fai~$ee permission w~-~.s (;rai~ted~ u~der
the usual re~,~ulations.
Prom ~i. Hci{ae reque~':ting permission to install street sign. 21oferred to b~i]d ina
Committee with ,~ower to act.
~rom C. Boyd, 214 Nin~}~ ~;treet calling a~tentio$ ~o the condition ~' ste~s at
foot of Ninth Street and reque~tin~ that same be reconstructed, i,lotion by [[cGlothlen
m~d i{oeves to refer to street and Alley Co~]~nittee with power to act; oa~'ried.
Letter re~,d from E.J. ¥;illi~s and Seek & Ballard relative to ;la~'ba~e contract.
i,L>tion by ,lard ~%~d Llc01othlen to refer to tIealth and S~itation 'Jom ~i~tee with
struc~ions to investid~ate a.~d report; carried.
Fro ~ C.H. ',fo~d, manaser of Kitsap Telephone Company submitti~g stater:~en~ of ~et
ea~u~ings of company as required by ordinance, i{eferred to ~in~]ce ,Jo~.]ittee.
Prom ])i{. ihmns, Health Officer. calling attention to unsanitary condition at 911
l'leas~mt Avenue a~.~d requesting t~atthe case be referred to the (~ity Attor:~ey. fiction
by ~ard am [[<: ;lothlen that compla~t be filed and the dilly Attorney i~strncted to
prosecute the owner of the ~remises; carried.
~rom C.ii. Origen, []n~%ineer, req~:esting employment, ileferred to Fra~chise a~d
Ordii~a~ioe Co~uittee.
From the Adder ~dding [~[achine ~ompany re~esting information abont u~paid warrants.
Referred to City Clerk.
Prom C.[']. ~homas complainin[i about a dog which h~td become a nuis~nce to tho cit-
iz,~ns in the vicinity of his residence. Motion by 73rth and KcOillivray to refer to
i[:~rshal with po~ver to acts Parried.
Complaint w~s ~'~ade ag'airier C.K. I~ioCo~]ell for maintainin;~ a nuisance at ll09 I!i~-
la,Id Avenue a~d on motion of ,~orth and i[cGlothlen the cas~ ~as referred to tho
and 5a~itation Co~:~ittee ~ith power to
Clerk read rei~ort of i~olice Judge for the month ended February 27, 1915, with
which was enclosed ;~76.75. i{eferred to Pin. ce
Clerk read report of ~{~.'~ f~ttorney J~es W. Carr~in reply from letter sent
by City Attorl~ey in refere~ce to garba;~e scow. On motion of ,forth ~d l~:~]lothlen
communication was or,,[er~d filed.
Clerk rea. d report of the City A~toraey on the various matters which had been
~'eferred to his department, ~5~ to which was attached several letters relative to
puroh~t~e of the water pla~lt and the issuance of bonds.
O]_eI'k ~'ead reso].~tion of i~tention to grade alley in Block 14, original ~at of
Bre;~mrton slid on motion o;J ',;ard and I,IcGlothlen resolntion was passed as read a~
was ordered ;.n~blished.
. ~.[otion by i~eeves aml i,~[c~lothlen that all matters referrR~ to water ~;uit be laid
over until the next rebmlar meeting; carried.
Liotion by [[c~il].ivray a~d ]{eeves to ap~rove the contract on bonds of the Brem-
erton News and authorize the Liayor and 01erk to sign the ease; carried.
The City ~,ttorney havi~j recommended that the ~l~of i.[r. Nivens fo~' da~a~les be
~'eferred to a com~aittee a~d a ~>hysioian for investigation. On motion of i/crib and
O~ry the reco ~;~endation wa~; approved ~tnd the case referred to l[ealt}~ anf [{anit,_%tion
Committee with power to act.
~,Io~ion by Ja~'d and LIc~lothlen tLata vote oY thanks be tendered the members of
the Fire Departmei~t and the men fro~] t}~e Navy Yard fo~' efficient service ren~]ered at
the fire on Fifth Street March 7, 1915; carried.
Clerk read the followi~i~ re:~olu~ion;:
Be it r~soP, w~d by the council of the city of []~'emerton: That the i~ort Comr~ission
of the _)o~:'t of Bremerton be authorized to lease to the Port Orchard Ferry Co. a
strip ~f the public Place on the north side of the City ;;harX sufficient to provide
fo,' a ferry ~;lip and landi~;; and the city hereby agrees to allow said
~,,~m ferry lan~iin[~ ~pace at the end of the slip; Provided tha~: the said Port
Orchard Ferry Co. agrees to move the two floats now in use at least twenty feet
further inshore; to dredge out sufficient to provide at lea[;t throe fee~ of water
at extreme low tide ten feet inshore of the floats; to replace the floats and
pili~j in as 'cod manner as at present also that the approach to the city wharf at
the proposed ferry landin~ff be widened to make ~'oom for the increased traffic.
By order of the City 'Comoil of the City of Bremer~on this 8th da:~ o17 i,~rch 19~.
iiotion by .lard a~d iIcOillivray to ~dopt resolution asread; carried.
Motion by I,Ic,Jlothlen and Cary to allow all bills which had b~,en approved by the
~in:~[~ce Committee; carried.
The followinG bills were approved: Bremerton Ice & Fuel Co; $9; E.t{. Cau~hie,$56;
Bremerton-Oharleston Lig'ht a~d i0uel Company, $6; Bremerton i;earchli[h$,.,~14.20; H.A.
Hatfleld , $5.85; Garrison-Fisher 0o, $5.65;~d ~1.10; J.C. I[gddon Co, $1; Rober~son
& [{ai~es, ,i~26.25; D.J. Davis ~[50; Bremerton Lighl; & Fuel Co, ~193.05; S. We~zel
Ford 2~rothers $6; FYank W. Coder ~20; Frank ~,{elzer <~36.75; Frank Townsend ~50; Leon
Lambert i)50; George Clay 9o0, Jacob ',7e~lge
]~roceedings of Cil;y '~ou~lcil ],i~rch 8. 1~5
~inance Co~mittee recormnended that funds of the City be divided up among the several
banks and on motion of Reeves and i.[eGillivray the recormmendation Of Committee was
api~roved provided that the b~n~:s would pay not less than 4~ per annu~ on the average
daily balances; carried.
Cemetery Co~mnittee reporte~ on the compl~int of Im~Ir. Philli,,~ Wood '~'~ith reference
to his ~:emetery Lots and on ~otion of ~icGillivray and ~IcOlo~hlen the ~atter was re-
fe~'red to the Ce~:~etery Co,u~nittee with power to act.
City Attorney rei~orted that the ]>remerton Lumber Come,any l~ad requested an exl;ens~.on
of tL~e in which to comply with the provision ,of t~s lease for the u~se of City !~ro~ert
and on motion of ,,~%z'd and Reeves the ~]atter was referred back to the City Attorney.
[¥[otion by 1,2cSlothlen m~d i{eeves to ajourn; carried.
City Clerk.