HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/02/12 Bremarton,Washington, December 2,1912.
Regular meg"ting of t}m City Council called to order by L~ayor Mehner at 7.30
o'clock,P.},f, Prescott; Councilmen Carter,Urban,~cglothlen~Cal~ins,and F~s,other
~,~,.~ber~,~ ~ arriving a few minutes later.
~inute~ of preview, s sessi~o~ read and approved,
Letter rea.d fr~-~m B~al and Company,relating to ~!ushing machines;ordered fi]ed.
Lettor read from A.C.Tho~pson,Sup~t of Ivygreen Cemetery,with report for Novem-
ber; Referred to Finance Comm~ittee,
Letter.read from Dremerton Lumber Company,relating to ~fil] Stre~t condemnation
pr~cecdings; ;layer exp!ai~ed t~at warrant issued in District ~64 In settlement of
a~'mrd as per ~ agreement was not acceptable, and City Attorney explained the
- status of the cache,showing that the property owners would be saved the payment of
~:O00.~f ~e City Council could arrange matters to suit }~r Km.u~edy and suggested
theft a warrant could be issued on the General ~nd to purchase the outstanding
~arra~-.t of District
}~otion }~ Carter and U~]~n that general fund warrant be issued for the p~rcbase
of warrant ,~,~1 District ,~64 amounting to $1200.-and that said warrant ~[-1 be held
a first lien aealnst said District~ Carried.
Protest read from ~I.J.Holt against his assessment In Distriat ~'55.
}~otlon by Carter and Urban that ~,!atter ~e referred to Eneineer and Street and
alley com~dttee; Carried.
Clerk stated that this was the date appointed to hear protests on assessment
roll in District ~'55~ but owing to the absence of the Engineer the hearing wa~
cont~:ued until next regular meeting of the Council.
Ztr,~t a~d Alley committee stated that it would be nece:-~sary to hire a team and
two wagons :~~ to haul gravel for street repairs.
T~[otion by Carter and Ca!kins to authorize committee to hire nece~sary help;car~
!ed,
P~rchasing committee reported that Studelmker Company had sent over a flushing
machine for testing and that as far as co~ittee was able to judge same was ~att~f-
actcry,but co~mittee wished more time to make tests.
Mr R.J.0!iver asked permission to address the council,and handed in a letter
from S.H.Berry,Clty Engineer,in which tint gentlaman stated his position on the
l~rick now being supplied by contractor in Local Imprcveme~t District ~58,decllnlng
to be responsible for the brick,and asking %hat the council be fair to the proper~
owners and make provision for te~ts on all bricks delivered on the job~ after
Oliver had adders::ed the council in his own behalf he i~trodz~ced Er &vis a testing
engineer from Seattle who explained the abrasior te~t quallflcations on first cla~
brick but could not tell what the test should be on second class brick.
~.[otion by Fo~ and Urban to authorize E~fneer to incur all necessary expense
in making any tests that may seem necessary,under t~e specif~.catlo~s; Carried.
}~otion by Buffi~-~gton a~d Urban to adjourn ti! wed~'~esday evening at 8.00 o'clock
Bremcrton~Washin~ton, W~d!~esday D~c.4th~lgl2.
Adjourned meeting called to order by Mayam ~¥[ehner at 8.00. o'clock p.m.
Present Councilmen Carter,Urban,Buffington,McGlothlen and Calkins,other members
comi~g in ~~ a few minutes later.
~rchasing com~ittee reported that Flushing machine had been tested and that
same was satisfactory,and recommended tha~ it be purchased at the price of ~1150.
~dotion ~y Carter and Urban to approve report of co~ittee and purchase machine;
carried on roll ~a!l all members voting aye.
Ordinance co~mittee submitted report ~n refuse tins,and same was laid over unt~
next roseolar mc,::tin~.
Clerk a~ u~ced lhot tills was t}m da~e set for opening bids for wharf concessi~
ous, and on motion of (,a~ter and Buffing.ton opening of bids was deferred
~nttl next regular ~
Mr Jacobsen req~ested permln~:io~, to c :nnect wit}~ Union street ~ewer instead of
Park ave sewer,and the matter was referred to street and alley commlttee.
The ma~er of street crossi~gs on Elizabeth streets and storm water on Eighth
~'ear High street was also referred to street and alley committee.
~.[otion by Ur~n and Carter to approve all bills which had been approved by
F1~aucc committee, carrie~. The fo]lowing bills wer~-~, approved.
Frank ~lzer ,~15; Herma~ ffrese ~!2.50; Frank Towl~send ~12.50;J.S.Ke~,ycn ~:3.00;
Flelder Bros. ~12,55; Bremerton Searchlight ~107.50; B. Zanoni
6.Casad ~27;Reed Wotworth ~2S.7~; Thos, Drlscoll $18,~reston,J, ~8,75;~emezton
Lumber Co, $1S00~R.?.qu~lheim ~14;Brem?rton Fur.
Conrad Veldee ~4.50,LibrarY ~reau ~l~,Miss Abbie Phillips $40;l[ittie Pl~i~i~
sa; a Eons
~1000;J.S.Kenyon $%000 ;Agassiz & Hadley ~500.
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Clerk read sp~offi~ation~ for painting foV pal~tlng Wharf warehouse,whlch
were dlscU~sed and minor changes mdc.
}~otion by }IcGlothlen and Calkins to adopt ~pecificat~ons as read and amended;
Carried. ~ ~ · . ~ '
Pi~s for wiring ~re house w~re mu6mithed by committee~
},{orion by Carter and Ur~n ~o adopt plan~ and instruct Clerk to advertl~ for
bids(to
_ ~Ro~olution re!at,rig to purchase of El~cti~io~lighting.p~ant read,and laid over
until next regular m~;eting.
Report of Police Judge submitted and refeCz'ed to Finance Cmmaittoo.
Complaint was ~de about di~t on sidewalks at Fourth near Pacific; Fifth near
Warren;and Pacific near Seventh,and same was referred to street and alley con~itte
Er Foss called attention to the fact that c:mtractor in D%strict ¢61 wam.~ul-
lng dirt for fill fz*om outside the district,while there was dirt in alleys.~t
within the district which could be used for that purpose;referred to street and
alley
?Ot~.yu by Cartm, a:~.¢ "i;O!,~'/~',, t~ adjourn;carried.
TABULATED RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION~
held December 3rd,1912.
1st. Prec. 2nd. Prec. 3d. Prec. 4th. Prec ,Totals. Grand 60~ Totals
Y6s No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
To ~do~,~lan under~ 87 204 217 84 592
0rd.~,providlng ~ 8~4 495
for ~quirement Water V~s. ~4 104 71 Z3 25~
5poc~l Water Bonds ~ 79 189 212 78 558
0rdi ~:~nce ,ti, 4 787 473
57 101 71 20 229
To adopt plan under 83 187 204 79 5~S < ~
0rd. 455 ,acqu[ re~ent 775 465
Elec.l'Lghting system ~4 98 68 22 222
Proposition ~o 1
Special Light Bonds 73 180 190 69 512
Proposition No. 1 730 438
31 99 66 22 218
To adopt plan uDdem 71 172 175 '~ 67 485
Ordinance 455 707 425
Proposition No.2 3~, 95 77 19 2~2
Bpeci~l Light Bonds 71 154 160 63 448
Ordinance 43S 676 406
Proposttio~ 7'~o.2 34 100 74 20 228
To adopt plan under 70 171 176 71 448
Ordinance ~55 661 397
Proposition Yo.~ 34 93 65 21 213
Special Light Bonds G7 169 167 63 466
Ordinance 435 685 410
Proposition '~o.3 34 94 69 20 217
~25,000.Coupon bomd 79 195 186 76 514
issue acquirement'~ of 751 451
Ele~. lighting system 32 105 74 26 237