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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/09/15 . . Bremerton,~Jashington, August 9th 1915. Heg~lar meeting of the City Council called to order by k~ayor J.O.Baer at 8.00 o'clock p.m. Present all councilr~en (except Nr ]~cGillivray) also ~gincer,Attorney ~d Treasurer. l~inutes of previous session read ~d approved .as read. Letter read from ~iss M.0oraa Thomps~m complaining ~f She condition ~f the side- walk on Veneta between ~if~h and ~th s~ree~s an~ t~t the~e was siz~h street; referred to street ~ alley e~i~tee. Letter ~ead from ;;~enschel asking for the Position of ~spec~or on Bu~ell and ~ourth. ~dered filed. ~ Petition read from several property o~ers on B~well.asking tha~ ne~ sidewalks be constructed, ordered filed. Letter read from Chms V~ SCralen in reference to District l;~orbh and LlcOlothlen same was referred to oor~i~tee on ~ee~and 0ity Attorney. Letter ~ead from Bryan ~nd Colvin as a~torne~$ for Jo~ A~Sebenius a~d thak making complain~ th~ the codicil had granted permission '~ t~. oneJoseph Farcier to connect with a certain wa~er pipe belcng~g to the said Sebenius and ~[anthak ~nd locat~d near the ce,ue~re$, referred to 0emetery eo~Haittee and Ci~y Atty. Letter re~d ~o~.~ City ~ngineer reporting that School District ,,,:42 desired ?ermission to remove an old wood w~de walk in order ~o pre~eo~ the footing course of a new bulk- head which was being construoted,~d also request~g that said footing be allowed to extend onto the City property from two to fo~ inches; 1.iotion by ~,7orth and Oar2 ~hat School Board be granted permission to remove the old walk ~d to place footing as requested, carried. Letter read from Riley Ch~bers requesting lease of that portion of ~ixth street which extends belo;~ Washington Avenueand on mo~ion of ~ard ~d I, IeGlo th~en s~me was ~eferred to S~ree~ ~d Alley commit~, ~d Att~e~ with power to act. i~eport of Police Judge read.showing business of his office for July, ordered filed. ~ Report of Jify attorned giving his written opinion as to contract of Bryan and Colvin in water suit, ordered filed. il~por~ of City Attorney read,showing disposition Of the several matters submitted · to his depar~Hent amd making~recommendat~ons, ordered filed. ~ dlerk submitted report of ~pecial Election held ~der ordinace ~518 and same was duly canvassed after which clerk reA~ a resolution p~lgating and annom~cing the resul~ of canvass off the reruns of said eleetion.~d showing the votes cast ~o be as follows: Zrec~l 2ree~2 ~ee~S ~ee~ ~eo$5 ~ec~6 In favor of 71 99 88 114 52 60 .kgainst 38 58 56 37 27 11 Spoiled and Blank 8 1 5 5 2 ~[aking total vote in favor of said proposition 484 and the total vote agains~ the said proposition 227 ~nd total spoiled and bla~ ballots 21 732. therefore the said proposition having received mere than three-f~of all the votes in favor thereof.the said proposition was declared by the co.oil to have been duly carried and adopted by the electors of the Oity of Bremerton. ~,Iction by Reeves and NcGlc~hlen to pass resolution as read; carried. i~ Durham as a~torney for ~M"~uden and others" made verbal protes~ agains~ confirmi~ for the reason that the City is beyond its leal indebte~ess.that the election was no~ legally l~ublished and that the ballots were not prepared according to law. l~otion by l~orth and Jard that the verbal protezt of ~ Durham be sho~ on the minutes carried · Fire.Lig~tand dater com,~i~tee reco~ended ~hat a street light be installed at the intersection of 7~h and Pacific and on mo~ion of ;~ard and Ford action was deferred until first reeler mooting in November. Committee also reco~mended that three new locks for certain of the fire stations and on motion of McGlothlen ~d ~ard reoo~endation was approved. Clerk read an ordinance by which it was proposed to grant to ~M ~alter D.Peters, his associates and assigns,the ~ight,power ~d authority to const~ct,main$ain and ~perate an urban and interurb~ railway or drive ~d on motion of :Jorth and MoGlothlen the matter was referred to the 0rdin~ce ~d Franchise with instructions to report at next re~la~ meeting. ~arf committee reported that ~ i~Iartin Hefner desired permission to construct a waiting room at or near the approach to the floats and on motion of ~orth and ;Yard the ma~ter was referred to the Build~g committee and City Attorney with power to amt. l~tion by :[~d and ~cGlothlen to allow all bills whic had been approved b~ the ~inanee tom,nitres;carried: the following bills were approved Frank Nelzer $38.95 ~rank To~send ~30. Leon ~mbert ~30. Geo.01ay $30. Jacob ~fedge tS0. Bremerton- Charleston Light ~d ~uel Co. Streets 199.65 :~arff $25.61 ~. f~. Rooney $45.3~ I. U. Iverson $5.50 T.Y.Rippey tnd others 930. O.Green and Others P.S.T~ner and others $30. ;7.F.Ora~ord ~d others 930. ~m. Bayford and~ ~hers $~0. ~ry M.Bro~ and o~hers 930. B.Z~oni 929.40 0ity Treas~er for Dis~ ~27 $231.80 Trick and M~ray $19.01 J.Studeb~er 930.50 Kitsap Cowry 2'e~ephone 0o. $119.77 Navy Yard ~eriean $~.25 J.E.~oss .95. ~d Oresent Dry Goods Co..~4.~0. Hearing of all matters in selection with the proposed inprovement of ~well was ~ eon~ued an~ after some dissuasion a motion by ~orth an~ 2~d that all protests a~inst the ~provement of ~ell be over.led; ,Minutes of,August 9th 1915 (Mags 2.) Olerk ~ead Ordinance ~§20 being an ordinance providing for the improvement of Burwell Avenue from the west margin o~ £acific Avenu~ to the east margin ~f ~igh street, establishing a Local Improvement District and providing for the.issuance of bonds in payment of said improvements, and on motion of ~orth and Ward ordinance ~Tas passed as read. Hearing of all matters in connection with the proposed improvement of Pourth street was continued and after some discussion a mo~ion by~orth and ~ard to overrule all protests, carried. Clerk then read ordinance ~S21,being an ordinance.providing for ~he improve~nent of Fourth s~r~et from west margin of ~ashington Avenue to the East margin of High Street creating a Local Improvement District and providing for:the issuance o~ ~onds in pay- merit of said improvements; Motion by ~ard and F~rd to pass ordinance as read; carried. ~r~J.P.Johnson asked for information relative'to the use of water by owners of graves or plots at the cemetery and stated that the Spanish*American war Veterans desired to keep up their plot in a creditable manner,but owing to the rates charged by the caretaker the Corps could not afford to hire the work done,and that when he had attempted to c~re for the plot the caretaker wanted him to pay $1. for each time he used the water,and that while he was willing to pay any reasonable amount he felt that the price demanded was not reasonable. ~otion by ~;orth and Oary to refer the matter to th~ Cemetery committee to adjust the rates to be charged for water at Cemetery a~d that Mr Johnson be allowed to use water, carried. ~otion by ~ard and ~ord to advertise for bid~ for the improvement of Burwell ~xd ~ourth Streets, ~ bids to opened September 13th 1915. carried. Motion by l~orth and Ford to adjourn, carried. E. J. EcOall, City Clerk.