HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/22/15 Present ~!l~o~cilmen, City Att3rney, Treasurer and Engineer.
Hinutes of previous se~si n re~d ~nd approved aerread.
Lett~r re~d from Luke Harebell applying fop license to operate ~op-corn
ret~erred to ~icense a~d Revenue ~ommzttee.
-- Letter read from Don Xen~edy of the Bremerton Lm~ber Company in reply to letter
of liarch 10th from City ~toraey in reference to lease; roi'erred to City ~ttorney.
Letter i'ead from Central Trades and Labor Co~cil complsiniu { of lack oY discip-
line in the P~r~ Depsrtment. Letter was sup ~lemented by a s~tement ~rom ~{r.
~:ook an~ ~ gm,oral discm~sion ensued durin.' which the members of the council
to ~tl ~{ood citisens who could afford the ~ime to join the department and endeavor
to i~crea~e i~s efficiency ~nd ~ meeting was arranged for ~h~ follo~vin~{. ~R~'- -''"~.~
Le~'~er reed f~'o~ Coldwell ~nd Company referring to bonds; referred to Pinance Com.
~ petition was received ~or the improvemen~ or ,,~ashing't.}n ~,enue ~.rom the no,'th
margin of Sh~th Street to its intersection with the north margin of Ni~th Street, by
9~.vi~g t,.e sa.~e twenty feet in width. Petition was ~16o r~ce~ved prote~tin&~
the said ~,,op~.~e~ iapro~emont; Petitions were referred to ~:ho~it~, En,.lineer and L',tree~
and A1 ! e '2 ~, ;,m~i t t e e.
Street.~d ~]!ey Co~m~Httee recommended that the old stairs at the foot of iiN~h
reef leadin:l to the beach be taken down and a substantial fence constructed across the
f}ot of the Strreet.
ilotion by Mc{}lothlen ~md Jard to approve report of C}h~ittee and direct Street
artment to perform the neces~ary work.
Co,~,~itboe ~l~;.o reported that lm;~ber had been purchased for certain cross-walks
Veneta ~kvenue. LIotion by Hc,~,lothlen and :ary to approve the action o' Comm~ttee;
~:arried.
JO~nittee ,~lso .,;'eported that sewer contractor had not left the street in g}od con-
,~.~.tion and Hr. i{eeves rep,~rted that the street had not been properly gl'aded i:~ l;!,e
first pla, ce and that tho property ownees were doiIl.m a lot of kicking.
L[oti}n by .';ard ,a~d i~eeves to refer the matter back to the ~om' ~tttee- at the hext
mee tin,s; ;arried.
l~ealth aud Sanitati~n ,}mmit~oe reported that 911 Pleasa~t ,~venue had b~eu clesned
ap aad made sanitary acorrdin~ to orders from the City ~ttorneyl
Un e~ "~"~ ~} · J.E. Bryan of Bryan and" ~'
u~..~nio.,ed bu~'.ine~:{~ ,,,r. ~o~.~n made a sta~ ~ent
sho'~,'in{} the s~atus ~f the water ca~e, advisin.' a,~'ainst a special election at thi~:
first ~,ecause there was not
~,e, ~ final judsm'~enb as to the water ~,uit and ~'u:.h ','i~al
jud;~ement v.~oul,J not lik ~ly cometill after ap~eal by the ',¥ater Company to th~, ~upre~e
}uzt soth~t if we c~trry bo;~d election ,efore the litiga~on was ended the ,'/ater
~}omi?any would appeal any way a~d v;e would get noth~n.~ l'or our el.~ctton but if we lost
the ~ater ' ~
~omm~]~ ,'ould clai~ thai, we were out entirely; so he advised that rather
than to hold a useless election he ,,¥ould advise an app,}al by the City. Seco~'d, he
~:td,zi~ed ia fa~.t tin,,, the election had already [,.een held givings' the :ouncil authority
to i~sue beale agai,~st the plant, but not against the City, in any ~::um necessary;
He advi~ed to stand oil [,~at ~tOelOR (~l%d le~ the ~ater ~ompany take the ~ext move.
l.,~[r. Bryan staN~d th' he ~'~:~ lHvin{; ""
~ ~nzs advise to ,~:i~. ~ot,~l,~tl as h~o employ~rs a~
n;}t in a spirit of c~'itiei~m of the Court a:~d he l~oped those pre~ent would not consider
tha{ the ,:ity h~td any C~iti~isms wh~te~er of the ~:dge who was tryins the c,~,se;
Bryan~':s r~arks were well ~'eceived but no action was taken by the ',ouncil.
City ~,le.~' ~'~ ~'~'p:~rt~d t,~tt"' this wa~ the ti.,~e set f.~r heari~; pro~es~S against the
a~'sessment roll o/ L.I.D. ~fT',~ and but one protest had been received whi~h w~a~~ from
[~Ir. H.A. ]~atNcock a~; foil~ws "I desire t~ enter protest against the :flatn~ler of enterin~
sewer aase~;s::~ent ,f'/SA against lots ~,-29 and f~ZO and fraction Block 4 Veneta townsite.
This a~sessmei~ ~s ent,:~red as chargeable to H.A. Babcock and W.B. Cha~ell a total of
,,~152.52 without being properly segreg~ted to the t'~o owners. I own ~he ~,outn 62 feet
o1' the above dez;cribed property a~d wish to ~ow what ~y individual a~ses~ment is.
[Si~ed) H.~. Babcock
i~.,[otion by LF~illivray to :efer to City' Engineer; ruled m~t of order.
City >]ag~naer ex~lained tha~, the i~'operty deccribed in this co~u~ication was called
to the attention o~ theCouncil' ~ before the assess,~ent well was made u~ and he had
followed the law in makin< ~p the roll. Mr. t~.,~, l~{cNeil who owns a part of the .rop-
erty ia que~ tion claimed that h~.~ coul,; not coanect hi~ ;~roperty withtthe se;ver ~v~th-
out crossi.n~ private property, i~[otion by ~'~orth ~nd ~,[cGillivray to overrule the pro~
l;o~ of f.~. Babcock; Carried.
Clerk then r~ad ord~mance approvim~ '~he a~se~,s.,~e,~t roll levyin~ and assessing the
several ~.~3tu~l;~ ~ttl{t pro'.,idin,~ for the collection there,of and settin~ ..... 15 as the
date ~o~ the ~:~uance o' t;,~ Heeds oI1 aCCOUll~ 0f Sa~ improve~ent. I.[otion by
and i.[c,;lothlen to p~ss Ordinance as read; Carried on roll call. all members voti~g Aye.
The question of depositaries for City funds was raised and ~,[r. Buren of the Brem.
Trmst a,~d Savi.~ ' Co~:q~any a,l~ fir. '~" ,3g
,,e~.~ the .~ir~t '~tional %auk explained thai 4~'; was
too high on a. vera;]e daily balances and that t ~o per ce~]t was as hi~h as any workin,j
acc~m~tcould pay. fiction b~ Reeves and Jorth to recon~:ider the action taken at
re[[ular meetin~ in reference to deposit; carried.
['lotion by ~/orth ~nd f.ic~lothlen that ~ity monies be distributed between the thr~e
bank~ of the City ,~t t]~e rate of two per cent on average daily balances; oa~ied.
LIotion by Yard and HcQlothlen to allow all bills which had previously been approve~
by the fiaaaoe co:~:~ittee; carried..
The following bills were apl~roved; Gorham Fire ~kp,.>aratus Gore(tony ~.~£~.60; E.J.iicCall
~90; Chas. Magill ~91; Thcs. Ztevenson ~90; SBO; J.E.
~rank L. ~,h~te ~,~0. ~.c. Lobe~to ,~90, R.~. Black ~lO0. He~.~an ~enn .~0; D.J.
~90; H.ti. ,'~alki~gton ,~62; N. ~,lersch ~,)o.50; Pred '.~. ]{ath~way ~158.50; ~rank ~lelzer ~;6;
Frank Town,s. end $50; Leon La?>ert wb0; Goo. Clay ~[50; Jacob Jed~e ~;~0; ~e~an & Berkheim~r
,~;8.25; L[iss abbLe t'hilli~ ~40; l,Ir~. Bremer ~)ZO,;~ E.R. Caughie $~4.50; Frank Lent 025.50;
O~ty Attoraey re~>orted that he had made up th,'ee copies of penal ordinances one for
the City ~ttorney. one ['or tho i~olice JuStice and one for the Cit.)- Jlerk.
2~re, Light aad ,'ater Co~lttee reco~ended that hose be purc~'ed roi t~.~ chem~al wa
and on mo:~ion of Jorth a~id ~ard the matter was referred to tke ~i~e Light and Jater
co. mittee, the ~?urcLasia~ Cmm~it~oe, and the ~re Ckief with power to act.
The City ~ttorae;- reported tkat he had got two doctors t', e~amine the man at ~!a~ette
who cl,~i~s to have fallen in th~-~ !;aj at h~, City Float. ~[otion b.' ~[cOillivray and ~eeves
to aJourn; carried.
MoCall
City Clerk.