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Home My WebLink About06/11/86TAPE #349 UNAP~I]RAFr #OO57 #0163 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 11, 1986 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City Council Chambers, 239 4th Street, Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 1986, at 5:30 p.m. with Council President Spencer Homing presiding. Council Members present were Lon Overson, Mottie Dawkins, Marry Crutcher, Hank Waibel, "Tiny" Collins, Mary Lou Long 'and A1 Colvin. Also present were City Attorney Bill Broughton and City Clerk Kathleen McCluskey. Absent was Russ Johnson. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by President Morning and giving the Invocation was Chaplin Rex Darling of the Naval Regional Medical Facility. CONSENT AGENDA Item #A - Minutes of June 4, 1986 Meeting, #AB86-211. · M/S/C/U/(Dawkins/Colvin) to approve Minutes as circulated. Item #B - Bid Award Recommendation - Small Works Contract Partial Re-roof of Senior Citizen's Center (13th & Nipsic), #AB86-212. After Council discussion, it was felt there was not enough information available to take action at this meeting therefore Mr. Dawkins asked that #AB86-212 be pulled - for lack of information. CLAIM/WARRANTS REGISTERS Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing which has-been made available to the Council. · M/S/C/U/(Waibel/Collins) on June 4, 1986, the Council does approve for payment those vouchers included and further described as follows; Regular Warrants, #20486 - #20645, in the total amount of $95,973.94. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS Mr. Colvin artended a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Washington State Patrol building and stated the State of Washington and the Patrol gave singular recognition to City Attorney Bill Broughton for his efforts in preparing the transfer of properties and paperwork involved. Mr. Collins reported that he and his wife served as judges in the Westpark area yard-improvement program whereby citizens (renting housing) were encouraged to upgrade and manicure their yards. He said it was a difficult decision is choosing one "best" yard so final competition awarded recognition to four residential families. He and Mrs. Collins donated four hybrid trees/plants to be given to the outstanding individuals. Mr. Waibel also artended the WSP ground-breaking ceremony and agreed with Mr. Colvin that this was a good example of cooperation between agencies for the betterment of the whole county. Me also commended Mr. Broughton for being single out as the person credited with getting the task done. Mr. Cru~cher spoke on three issues.; (1) Kitsap Peninsula Housing and the disadvantaged that need assistance from the community. Me suggested that these people need to be involved in the community doing odd jobs to be "put back into the community doing something useful" and that this TAPE #349 City Council '~'~. Mtg. Minutes June 11, 1986 Page 2 of 6 resource is available. He said Congressman Norm Dicks has sponsored a bill and $500,000 is available to utilize for this type of program; (2) He talked of Senior citizens in his district who applied for a Residential Parking Permit and were denied. He spoke that one lady's husband cannot walk to where they have to park their car therefore he is home-bound most of the time. He will speak to Mr. Baker Acting City Engineer on this issue; (3) Spoke of picture of Evergreen Park in the Bremerton Sun this past week but noted that a ramp is not available for those that are handicapped therefore-they cannot take advantage of it's beauty or visit the park. He will talk to Mr. Foley Parks Superintendent about this problem. Mr. Overson noted that "cru~ing" has begun early this season and is an on-going problem In downtown Bremerton. He stated the noise did not decrease until after 1:00 a.m. this past weekend. Mr. Homing had the opportunity to attend,. for the Mayor, the State Church Ushers Convention at Mount Zion Baptist Church and stated it was a moving experience. He encouraged more Council Members to take advantage of invitations by groups and citizens. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Mr. Stan Christensen, 419 Plumb, asked why the taxpayers have not been advised of the monetary amount of a recent court settlement by an ex-city employee. Mr. Hornin~ explained that Council cannot release-this information. Mr. Christensen continued his testimony, citing former Police Chief Duane Christensen's tenure with the City of Bremerton under the administration of then-Mayor Mottie Dawkins. He was critical of the way the investigation was handled and that even though Chief Christensen was acquitted in Court, Mayor Dawkins continue to pursue firing the Chief. He brought out several allegations against Mr. Dawkins with Ms. Dorothy Christensen, continuing the testimony, and concluding with a request that Councilman Morrie Daw~ins resigned from office. He was also critical of the make-up of the Civil Service Commission and questioned why an attorney was appointed as a Commissioner when a City Attorney represents the Commission. Mr. Jim Strait,. 6530 Harlow Drive, President of the Kitsap LaMe Neighborhood Association, stated he is receiving many calls regarding boats speeding on Kitsap Lake. He noted that at Camp McKean, only small boats (rowing type) are available for military personnel use and these speed boats swamp the smaller units. He asked that the city look into imposing a speed-limit. Mr. Joe Stadler, 908 Park Avenue, spoke regarding his water bill. He was concerned that, with summer lawn watering, would his sewer bill increase dramatically as well as his water bill because of consumption. Mr. Bill Dully agreed to meet with Mr. Stadler and explained the billing procedure. Ms. Lisa Chaucy, 2nd. Grader-Crown Hill School, spoke before Council on her school's efforts in cleaning up the grounds and surrounding area. She further stated the biggest problem is field use by the Pee-Wees who need to be more careful in controlling the littering of school grounds. Mr. Joel Chrey, worked four hours picking up litter from streets, dirt banks and grounds. TAPE #349 City Coualcil ~_,eg. Mtg. Minutes June 11,198 Page 3 of 6 #1733 #2022 Mr. Rick¥ Giddy stated he'collected 6 bags of rubbish. He also belongs to Cub Scouts and recently joined the "World Conservation Club". Mr. Hornin~ thank Ms. Irene Johnson and teachers from Crown Hill for their efforts in citizenship and organizing a tour of 80+ students to City Hall today with several in attendance at tonight's meeting. Ms. Johnson addressed Council, advising that her students would be more than happy to help in beautifying the City of Bremerton if projects are given to them. CAPITAL ASSET EQUIPMENT REQUEST - MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, #AB86-213 The approved 1986 Budget for the Municipal Golf Course included Capital Outlay authorization to acquire up to $11,600 of unspecified "Greenskeeping Equipment". Under the provisions of Ordinance #3984, individual capital items costing in excess of $2,000 require Council approval. Mr. Steve Miller, Groundskeeper, asked Council to approve the purchase of a Turf Tractor, valued at $8,563. He stated there would be trade-in value of approximately $1,700 for the present equipment making the over-all capital outlay of $7,398.31. Therefore Council would also need to authorize disposal of the Massey Ferguson Tractor (acquired in 1969) to reduce overall cost. The Capital Asset Equipment Request has been reviewed and recommended by the Mayor and the City Council Fiscal & Budget Committee. Mr. Miller stated that with the low rainfall last year there was no turf to upkeep therefore the Golf Course postponed for 1-year the acquisition of a new tractor. · M/S/C/U/(Dawkins/.Colvin) to approve a Capital Asset Equip- ment request submitted by Municipal Golf, authorizing acquisition of a Kubota Turf Tranctor valued at $8,563, and trade-in of one Massey Ferguson Tractor (approx. value $1,700) to off-set the purchase price. ADDENDUM TO NON-UNIFORMED TEAMSTERS LOCAL #589 CONTRACT, #AB86-214 On April 23, 1986, Council voted to rescind Ordinance 1775 (1948) dealing with sick leave supplements to injured workers being partially paid under State Workers Compensation System. This action paved the way for the issue to be subject to bargaining with the Teamsters Union. The matter was briefed to Council in Executive Session on May 14th with concurrence by Council resulting in the Contract addendum. Mr. Dave Hiestand noted that this addendum will be retro-active back to May 23,. 1986, because the Union was concerned that anyone injured during negotiating this addendum would not be covered. Mrs. Long asked why the final decision is at the Hearing Examiner level and not Council. Mr. Hiestand stated an employee would have the opportunity to appeal an unfavorable decision to the Public Employee's Relation Commission (PERC) or the alternative of a Civil suit and that the Hearing Examiner Ordinance applies which allows appeals to Council. · M/S/C/U/(Waibel/Collins to approve an Addendum to the Non- Uniformed Teamsters Union - Local #589, establishing sick leave supplements to injured workers being partially paid by State Worker's Compensation system. SINCLAIR INLET PROPERTY - REQUEST FOR LEASE OF 2 OF 5 ~CRES - AMERICAN MOBILE HOMES, #AB86-215 The Water Utility owns 5 acres of land at the foot of Sinclair Inlet. This property has periodically been leased for short terms for the storage of construction materials. TAPE #349 City Council ~g. Mtg. Minutes June 11, 198( Page 4 of 6 American Mobile Homes has requested the lease of 2 o'f the 5 acres at the rate of $1,200 per month including leasehold tax for the period of one-year. This is an equitable lease amount. There is a 30-day termination clause. Lease proceeds accrue to the Water Utility. Mr. Colvin was encouraged to see assets converted into revenues and hoped other departments could do likewise. #2118 · M/S/C/U/(Crutcher/Colvin) to approve a lease for a one-year period, commencing June 19, 1986, and terminating June 18, 1987. PUGET POWER EASEMENT (FOR ABOVE) PARCEL An easement is needed by Puget Sound Power & Light to cover Puget Power's proposed overhead electrical facilities to serve their lessee (American Mobile Homes). #2163 · M/S/C/U/(Long/Crutcher) to approve a Easement - Puget Sound Power & Light covering proposed overhead electrical facilities/American Mobile Homes. PUGET POWER EASEMENT, #AB86-216 The Water Utility has submitted, for Council approval, standard Easement Agreement for installation of Puget Power lines on property owned by the Water Utility near the Square Dance Building. Mr. Waibel made note that he has requested recommendations from Staff to appear on all agenda bills submitted for Council action and asked that this be remedied in the future. Mr. Colvin asked if the City is held harmless with City Attorney Bill Broughton responding that with the new Tort Reform Bill, the City has less leverage to require such language in agreements. #2286 · M/S/C/U/(Waibel/Long) to approve granting an Easement to Pu- get Sound Power a Light ~or Lots 36, 37 and 38 of Bremerton Waterworks Tracts No. 2 as recorded in Volume. 6, Page 13 of Plats, records of Kitsap County. CONTRACT EXTENSION - NAVAL MUSEUM, #AB86-217 This request represents an annual extension of the City's agreement with the Navy for the loan of Naval Ship Models on display at the Ferry Terminal Museum. This Agreement can be canoeled at any time by either party. Failure to approve would mean closure of the Museum. #2420 · M/S/C/U/(Long/Collins) to approve Contract Extension with U.S.Navy for the loan of Naval Ship Models on display at the Ferry Terminal Museum. RESOLUTION #2110 - PROVIDING FOR FEDERAL P.I.L.O.T. FOR GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES BY LOCAL JURISDICTION TO FEDERAL INSTALLATION, #AB86-218 The essence of the Resolution is that Federal installations consume governmental services of the local jurisdiction, but do not pay any real property taxes. In order to mitigate the impact of this Federal presence, Resolution #2110 calls upon Congress to provide for the nation what already has been provided in the State of Alabama. What occurred in Alabama is that two Federal procedures were established where the Federal government made payments both to the local school system and to state and local government service areas in or near large Federal installations. Mr. Broughton, City Attorney, noted that Council should designate individuals to coordinate with the Mayor's office or Fire Chief, who have the information available, in working with the State's Congressional delegation. TAPE #349 City Council ~g. Mtg. Minutes June 11, 198t Page 5 of 6 #2577 #2885 #3112 · TAPE #350 · M/S/C/U/(Colvin/Long) to approve Resolution #2110 providing for Federal P.I.L.O.T. for governmental services by local. jurisdiction to Federal installations. Mr. Dawkins stated a similar attempt was given this program 3 years ago and he suggested that those coordinating the new effort should contact a Mr. Richland. Mr. Homing asked Mr. Dawkins to chair the City's effort along with Council Members, Overson (Vice-Chair) and Colvin committeeperson. RESOLUTION #2118 - RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONE #59 - 15TH STREET, BROADWAY - WARREN AVENUE, #AB86-197 City Council at it's May 14, 1986, meeting approved a Residential Permit Parking Petition on 15th Street, Broadway - Warren Avenue. Resolution #2118 designates the area Zone #59 which Council will need to approve. · M/S/C/U/(Crutcher/Long) to approve Resolution #2118 designa- ting a residential parking area (Zone #59) 15th Street, Broadway - Warren Avenue. RESOLUTION #2119 - RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONE #60, PARK AVENUE, 9TH - 10TH STREETS, #AB86-198 City Council at it's May 21, 1986, meeting approved a Residential Permit Parking Petition on Park Avenue between 9th and lOth Streets (based on the lOth Street intersection across the street). The attached Resolution designates the area Zone #60 but before it may be posted as designated, Council will need to approve the Resolution. Mrs. Joseph Stadler, Petitioner clarified that the residential area extends beyond the 10th Street intersection actually cutting through a residence. For clarification, Mr. Overson suggested the Resolution be amended to read, "gth - llth Street, excluding Commercial Zone" M/S/C/U/(Overson/Long) to approve Resolution #2119 designa- ting a residential parking area (Zone #60) - 9th - llth Street, excluding Commercial Zone. Bill Brouqhton, City Attorney, introduced his summer Legal Intern, Mr. Frank Cormally a 3rd-Year Law Student from UPS. He announced Mr. Connelly completed his first Jury Trial today with a guilty verdict. Mr. Brouqhton noted that the- Council's Statements of Legislative Intent designates funds for check investigation and prosecution but the Police Budget only allows designated positions of which the check investigation has suffered. He is asking Council to approve a temporary position, to be funded from the local business community, to investigate and help enforce the Ordinance. Council advised Mr. Broughton to bring back an agenda bill for consideration. Mr. Dawkins noted the increase in Residential Permit Parking areas, showing a real need to address the City's parking problems. Mr. Waibel reminded Council that Saturday is "Flag Day" and that all citizens and elected officials are encouraged to join in the Chamber of Commerce's celebration to be held at 12:30 p.m. same date. With no further business, meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m. KATHLEEN MCCLUSKEY, City Clerk TAPE #350 City Council F'~. Mtg. Minutes June 11, 1986 Page 6 of 6 Director of Administrative Services APPROV D: CER HORN i President Normal Distribution File/Vault