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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/26/15 ~ Bremerton,Washington, June ZGth 1915. Regular me,ting of the City Council called to order by Mayor J,'~.Baer at o~oloek p~m, all members being present, also'Oi%y Attorney,Treasmrer and Engineer, Minmtes of 'previoms session read and approved as read. Letters read from Officer Commandimg U.S.S.Mtlwaukee giving notice of desertio~ referred to the Chief of Police. . Letter read fromFire Department giving lie% of Officers selected to serve for \ mnexPired term of lgl§; the Mayor then &ppeimted (as per list) Alex Watt, Ohief, S. B. Lent ~l~s% assistamt Chief and N. R~ Abbott ~econd assistant Chief, the / Council failed to eonfirm these appointments an~ the Mayor notified Driver Roberts/ to continue as acting chief until further noti~e. Letter read from Paeifi~ Coast association Of Fire Chiefs; ordered filed. Letter read from decoration committee asking permission to place flower pots on the 'street co~nerS of business section and reqlaesting that extra street lights be turned om; motion by Ward and Worth that reqmest be granted; married. Request received from various merchants asking permission to retail small fire works during Fourth of July cele~ration, and on motion of Ward and ~ord request was granted. Letter read from Chas, Moe, requesting information about street concessions dur- ing celebration, and on motion of McGlothlen and Worth Olerk was authorized to i~Ae licenses on payment of $§~ per day in advance for each stand or concession. getter received from J. J. Miller applying for the position of dog tax ~ollector to replace'Mr O. Green who Had resigned: The Mayor appointed Mr J.J. Miller to the position and on motion of Worth and MeGl~thlem the'appointment was confirmed. Cit~ Engineer r®ported that the'plans for the improvement of Burwell avenme we~ ready for inspection at his Office. Clerk reported~t~at the supply of Blank Local Improvement bonds was about exham- sted and on motion of Ward and Reeves Clerk was authorized to proemre a new supply. Fire,Light and Water Co~umittee M~ recommended that two lengths of Fire hose be kept at o~ near the L~mber yard at the foot of'Highland an~ on motioa of War~ and Ford two sections of the old hose~was Ordered placed with the Mill Company. Ordinance committee submitted ~orre~ted form of Ordinance ~518 being aD ordinate providing fSr'the~Purchase of the W~ter,plant and for holding a Special e~eetio~ on August ~,l$15'to authorize the issmance off bonds, Mr Stevenson the Oity Attorney explained the provisions of the ordinance, and Mr J. W. Bryan of Bryan ar~ Colvin. was asked to make'a statement'and-during the course of his remarks Mr Bryan stated that "the new l$15Iaw made'it' impossible to assess property owners to renew water mainS, that the Plant had to be kept up from the revenues of the ~Aant~no% at the expense of the property owners" he also stated that "the water Company had appeal- ed from the Judgment allowing City to buy at cost ~lus ten per cent so that now both W~ee Company and City were in Supreme Court on appeal". After consider- able discussion, during which it was show~ that the ordinance as submitted had approved by the Attorneys for the' bond buyers, Motion by Ward and McGillivray to pass ordinance as read, carried unanimously on roll call. Motion by McGlothlen and Worth to allow all bills which had been approved by the Finance committee, carried$ The following,bills were approved ,H. H. Walkintoa $65. Fred S, Hathaway,$15~.?O E,R.Caughie $~3.4~ E. J. McCall ~. C.L.Magill $~1 Thomas Stevenson $13§. 4~ Frank Melzer $~6. Frank Townsend $~0, Leo Lambert $3~. Geo. Clay $~$. Jacob Wedge $35 J. E. Joder $105 Frank White SgO. R. R. Black $100. H. Renn'$~O D.W.Haddon $$0 T. C. Roberts $~0. Ward and Co $1§.88 Loveland Boat Works $8.35 G.$.Benson $2.25 City Treasmrer $76~.$2 Dr J.F. Munns $~. American Surety Co. $5.' Brem Hdwe Co., $4.85 Gotham Fire App Co., $2.~ MiSs Phil- lips $25, Mrs Bremer $30. P, Sanved $11~.~ F.MeMann $12. Garrison Fisher Co $4.~ Proposed improvement of Broadway between $th and 10th which had been continued from previous meeting was taken up and a protest red from Mrs Deitz and after some discussion a motion to continue hearing until next regular meeting, carried, Cemetery committee reported that the claim of Mr Wood was being satisfactorily arranged. Committee submitted plat of new addition to cemetery. Motion by Wrad and McGlothlen to adopt plat as submitted and authorize the proper officials to have same signed and recorded, ~arried. Some of the prpperty owners on Boston street having declared their willingness to remove some of the surplms dirt from center of street, desired permission of the Council and on motion of McGillivray and F~rd request was granted. Motion by Worth and McG~othlen to refer the commmnioation of the Fire Department back for fmrther re~ommendatioms aa Mr Watt Had declined to serve, carried. Motion by McGlothlen and Worth to adjourn, carried. E. J. McCall City Clerk.