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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/01/82Tape 259 Side ~2 f0~!~[~i.! 0200 CITY COMMISSIONERS MEETING JUNE 1, 1982 Regular meeting of the City Commissioners of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 239 Fourth Street, Tuesday, June 1, 1982 at 9:00 a.m. with Mayor ~ene / Nelson presiding. Also present were Commissioners Bob Stewart and [ Tom Swanson; City Auditor Bob Dantini and City Attorney Bill Brough%on. City Clerk Kathleen Mandio was out of town on vacation. The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Invoca- tion was given by City Auditor Bob Dantini. MINUTES OF ~Y 25, 1982 Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to approve the minutes of May 25, 1982 as presented, carried unanimously. NOTICES OF EMPLOYMENT, CHANGE OF PAY STATUS, SEPARATIONS Michael R. Sechrest, Temporary, Animal Control Officer, $8.65 per hr. effective 6-1-82 Connie Louise Digiovanni, Seasonal-Playleader, Parks & Rec. $3.85 per hr., effective 6-17-82 Deborah R. Picinich, Extra Labor - OC Work Study Rec. Office Aide, Parks & Rec., $3.35 per hr., effective 6-1-82 (65% reimbursable) Ronald J. Anderson, Seasonal - Playleader, Parks & Rec., $3.85 per hr. effective 6-17-82 Arvilla Ohlde, Rec. Program Director Sr., 12C, $10.86 to $10.97 per hr. includes 1% longevity, effective 5-11-82 Wallace E. Dyer, Operator Trainee, Wastewater Facilities, 6A to 7A, $7.19 to $7.63 per hr, to Operator I, effective 5-24-82 Leonard S. Clark, Foreman, Wastewater, Retired effective 6-30-82 Todd Thorsen, Firefighter, Budget Reduction, effective 5-31-82 Michael Sechrest, Firefighter, Budget Reduction, effective 6-1-82 Victoria Battermann, Dept. Sec., Budget Reduction, effective 6-4-82 Ernie C. Hopper, Jr. Firefighter, Budget Reduction, effective 5-31-82 R. W. Hinkle, Firefighter, Budget Reduction, effective 6-2-82 Ray Grahn, Firefighter, Budget Reduction, effective 6-1-82 Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Stewart to approve the Notices of Employment, Change of Pay Status Requests and Separations as presented, carried unanimously. CLAIM FOR DAMAGE - NANCY A. WOODWORTH A claim for damages was presented on behalf of Nancy A. Woodworth in the amount of $42.36 for towing charges when her vehicle was removed from an area claimed to be poorly marked. This has been sent for department report. City Attorney Bill Broughton stated he had re- viewed the Claim and recommended denial. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to deny payment of the claim, carried unanimously. CLAIM FOR DAMAGE - JAMES JOHNSON Mr. Dantini presented a Claim for damages on behalf of James Johnson a retired police officer, in the amount of $5 million dollars, claim- ing intentional interference with right to employment and intentional infliction of emotional distress by various department personnel. City Attorney Bill Broughton stated he had reviewed the claim and it was his recommendation this be denied. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to deny payment of the claim, carried unanimously. City Commissioners Meeting June 1, 1982 Page Two CLAIM FOR DAmaGES ~ EMILIANO & DEBOP~H ZAPATA A Claim for damages on behalf of ~.~. & Mrs. Zapata in the amount of $20,000 was presented to the Council. Claimant was allleging certain physical injuries sustained following a police arrest. Discussion followed and City Attorney Bill Broughton stated he had reviewed the case and was recommending denial. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to deny payment of the claim, carried unanimously. APPLICATION FOR SIDEWALK SALE - WEST BR~ERT©N MERCHANTS Application for Sidewalk Sale was received from West Bremerton Merchants for the period June 3,4, and 5, 1982. Police Department has recommended approval and the Certificate of Insurance has been received. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve the applicat--i~ as received, carried unanimously. LEASE AGREEMENT - MODEL RAILROAD CLUB The Lease Agreement between the City of Bremerton and Model Railroad Club was presented for approval. Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to approve the Lease as presented, carried unanimously. CITY ATTORNEY OPINION RE ELECTIONS PAYMENTS - 1980-1981 Mr. Dantini read memo from City Attorney with his recommendation that the charges are valid and we are under obligation to make payment. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve payment of the registrations costs as previously submitted, carried unanimously. It was the recommendation of the City Attorney that the legislature' should be notified and situation explained to them requesting they change the rules to bill on the actual count per municipality rather than on a percentage basis in the future. #0560 MEMO FROM COMMUNICATIONS RE EQUIPMENT RENTAL CHARGES Mr. Dantini read memo from Mr. Patmon requesting that Communications Department be billed on actual time and material basis the same status as a utility department. Also requested was discontinuance of all payments to Equipment Rental Reserve for the balance of 1982. They presently have a balance of $45,000 and feel this is sufficient for the remainder of the year 1982. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to approve both of tee requests based on the approval of the City Auditor, carried unanimously. MEMO AND RESOLUTION RE TRANSIT OPERATING FUNDS Mr. Dantini read memo from Grants Administrator with attached Resolution No. 1940 re application for Transit Funds Operating Assistance. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to approve the Resolution as presented, carried unanimously. SURPLUS ITEMS - FIRE DEPARTMENT Mr. Dantini read memo from Fire Chief Meigs requesting three auto- mobiles currently under the Fire Department, be declared surplus and disposed of in the best interest of the City. Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Stewart to approve the items for surplus, carried unanimously. CASH REGISTER SYSTEM A memo from the City Treasurer was read requesting to upgrade aging cash registers with modern equipment. Estimated cost to be $10,000 with funds available from CR General. Discussion followed. Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Swanson to deny the request. Mayor Nelson stated he felt in light of the present cutbacks, that this should be postponed until after the first of the year. Commissioner Swanson requested a submission of a cost-effectiveness analysis to substantiate the request at a later date. Motion carried as follows: Mayor Nelson, yes; Commissioner Stewart, no, Commissioner Swanson, yes. Motion by Commissioner Swanson and Mayor Nelson to have submitted a cost analysis report to the council for consideration next week, carried unanimously. Mrs. Walterine Taylor asked if the equipment was antiquated and needed replacement. City Commissioners Meeting June 1, 1982 Page Three ORDINANCE RE LOIDHAMER REZONE, 1st reading Mr. Dantini read AN ORDINANCE amending Ord. No. 3136 to allow con- struction of a warehouse building on a site formerly reserved for a greenbelt (Loidhamer) . Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to approve on first reading, carried as follows: Mayor Nelson, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. ORDINANC~ RE ~NDATORY MIN. FINE - NUISANCE LAWS Mr. Dantini read AN ORDINANCE amending Ord. No. 3529 S. 2, XI (J) to provide for a mandatory minimum fine upon second conviction of the nuisance laws. Commissioner Stewart stated he requested this revision of the ordinance as he felt it was important in relation to the city clean-up of trash, etc. Mrs. Elizabeth Bomengen asked if this include noise nuisance as well. Commissioner Stewart stated he felt it covered all nuisances. MOtion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Stewart to approve on first reading, carried as follows: Mayor Nelson, yes, Commissioner Stewart, yes, Commissioner Swanson, yes. ORDINANCE RE TIME LIMIT TO COMMENCE LID FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS, 1st reading Mr. Dantini read AN ORDINANCE establishing a time limit within which the City of Bremerton may commence an LID foreclosure proceeding, pur- suant to RCW 35.50. Mrs. Walterine Taylor asked Mr. Stewart to explain what an LID and he responded. Mary Lou Long, questioned the involvement of property owners in foreclosure action in the event they did not participate in the sign- ing of the petition for the LID improvements. She was advised they would still be involved in the foreclosure proceedings. Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Stewart to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried as follows: Mayor Nelson, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. ORDINANCE NO. 3703 - SPECIAL PARKING METER HO©DS - DISABLED/HANDICAPPED Mr. Dantini read Ord. No. 3703 providing for special parking meter hoods for certain disabled persons, as those persons are defined by RCW 46.16.380~for second reading. Discussion followed regarding the fee for the hoods and it was felt this should be held for one week for further input from special interest groups. ORDINANCE NO. 3704 - ESTABLISHING TRANSIT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND ~r. Dantini read Ord. 3704 establishing a Transit Capital Improve- ment Fund, for second reading. ~otion by Commissioner Stewart and ~ayor Nelson to pass on second reading, carried as follows: Mayor Nelson, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. Mrs. Walterine Taylor asked Commissioner Stewart regarding improved Sunday bus service. Mrs. Mary Lou Long , asked that the Ordinance be read in detail into the record. City Commissioners Meeting June 1, 1982 Page Four 9:50 A.M. PUBLIC RECOGNITION #1480 Mary Lou Long, stated she was glad to see such a large turnout to City Council meeting~ She said she had tried to lead the citizens to their rights with this form of commission and stated her support of the nine member form of government. She felt the total reason for no improvement by the City of Bremerton was due to greed. Craig Rogers, Traffic Officer, requested reconsideration of the cut- backs in Police and Fire personnel. He cited various statistics regarding increases in various areas of crime. #1659 Dave Moen, President of Firefighters Union of Bremerton, stated petitions had been circulated through the residents of Bremerton over the past weekend and presented them to the Council for consideration. He stated there were over 5500 signatures obtained from the citizens indicating their support of the Police and Fire personnel. Mayor Nelson stated he would have also signed the petition, but asked where the money was coming from to maintain the payroll. He asked if they had included the question of possible funding, B & O Tax or ½¢ Sales Tax issue, on the petition for approval as well. Mr. Moen inquired about the $100,000 in funds for the parking garage and Commissioner Stewart replied it is marked for repayment of obliga- tion bonds. #1874 BID OPENING - DUCTILE IRON PIPE Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co., Bid Bond, $64,402.39 United States Pipe & Foundry Co., Bid Bond, $63,146.51 Motion by Commissioner Swanson and Mayor Nelson to refer the bids for review and recommendation to Council 6-8-82, carried unanimously. PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTINUED: Terry Welling, President of ~olice Department Association, stated they also had petitions of over 200 business persons who were in support of retaining police and fire protection at the present level. He also read a letter from Marian's Decorating in support of the increased sales tax, bringing Bremerton more in line with Tacoma. Kal Leichtman, 205 High Avenue, stated he was in opposition to any reduction in police and fire protection services. He recommended the revision of the present tax structure to cancel the present cutbacks. Don Britton, 1520 Elizabeth Ave., questioned the opposition by the City to the Ron Ross Annexation, the Winmar Suit and the costs involved in establishing a Freeholders Election, and the plans submitted for the redevelopment of downtown Bremerton. He stated he was disappointed no further action has been taken on the latest proposal for the re- development. He wanted to know if it was the fault of the City or the property owners. ~rs. Divah, owners of the laundromat service, llth and Shore Drive discussed the problem of her property being used for turn-around space for vehicles and the run-down condition of her customer park- #2107 ing area due to the excessive use. Discussion followed regarding the Shore Drive two-block strip which was signed for one-way traffic. Mayor Nelson stated he would like to have a traffic accident report submitted to the commissioners prior to next Tuesday for considera- tion. This would include the statistics regarding vehicular accidents prior to the change as well as those incurred after the change. City Commissioners Meeting June 1, 1982 Page Five PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTINUED: C. Dannv Clem, County Prosecutor~ stated the fundamental purpose u£ ~n3 ~ve~nment is to Protect lts citizens. If they are safe they are going a good joS. He urged a close look at the budget as this indicated a drastic cut in services of safety. He urged hearings be held on the issues of the B & O Tax and the One-half cent sales tax. Paul Stoudt, a small businessman in the area, stated he had long background in emergency services, discussed the cutbacks in per- sonnel as it could relate to the R-1 response time, etc. He urged preventive measures. Doug Campbell, Student Body Pres. from O.C., discussed the budget processes and the related cutbacks in the B & O Tax, as well as other areas to be considered in generating revenues. Eddie Bjork, businessman, stated he has lived here 34 years and has spent money trying to improve Bremerton. He feels a lot of the problems regarding slow redevelopment of downtown is due to parking problems and the lack of involvement of local property owners, not the commissioners. He felt it was cheaper to go out of town into #260 newer businesses, rather than to utilize outdated buildings. #1 #0010 Little Britches Rodeo Queen Val Knighten and her Court addressed the council urging community participation in their festivities. 11:05 to 11:15 A.M. RECESS PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTINUED: Dorothy Downey, retired businesswoman, inquired into the amount of funds available to retain local emergency services personnel Joe Hatfield, Sgt. BPD, talked about the re-organization of the de- partment and feels it has taken away career advancements and lowered morale in the department. He felt the services to the citizens should be increased, not decreased. Ruth Davies, discussed the situation as she sees it in the Evergreen Park, she urged the City have a rummage sale to help raise revenue. Mr. Stotts, 2113 Nipsic, resident since 1940, stated he was willing to pay increase in taxes to maintain the services at the present level. He praised the present services, including the R-1. Jim Away, student at O.C. stated he would be willing to pay more taxes to maintain level of service. Faye Tucker, downtown tavern manager, praised the responses of the police and fire in the past. Max Hayes, 2604 N. Lafayette, businessman, stated he was opposed to these cutbacks and urged the support of local businesses. #0999 Harry Jens, businessman, stated he was not aware at the time of the B & 0 cutbacks what impact that was going to have on the level of services to the City and its citizens. City Commissioners Meetin~ June 1, 1982 Page Six PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTINUED: Red Brown, 1534 Kitsap Drive, been in tavern business for twenty years, encouraged the better utilization of personnel and praised the police and fire services. Elizabeth Buehl, High Avenue, talked about insurance costs and fire ratings. Mayor Nelson responded he had inquired into this possible change and had been assured that residential rates would not go up but possibly commercial could be affected. Commissioner Swanson stated he had received contradictory information. Jack Holtine, 100 N. Lafayette, retired Fire Chief, discussed the issues of being rated a third class city and discussed in some detail the past history of service performed by the fire department. He praised Chief Bill Meigs and encouraged a move forward or at least standstill, but not to fall backwards. Albert Colvin, resident for 39 years, appreciates the dilemna at this time and urged exploration of possible alternatives. Mrs. Rayburn, 2320 E. 18th,resident since 1941 expressed her support of R-1 and urged the reinstatement of the B & 0 Tax increase and/or the implementation of the one-half cent sales tax. Randy Jackson, Broadway avenue, was in favor of the reinstatement of services, stating the support today in the form of the signed petitions indicated that. Mick McKinley, Firefighter,stated there is no one at present in tire prevention until the end of June and discussed the investiga- tive problems without adequate staffing. He stated that fires are now being investigated by the police, who are also cutback and not trained for this added function. He stated they were instructed not to enforce the fire safety building codes. When questioned about this further by Mayor Nelson, Mr. McKinley replied it was at the orders of the Mayor. Mayor Nelson stated that was a lie, and after further descussion, a meeting was to be held to determine the factuality of the statement. Lena Swanson,speaking as a private citizen, urged the council to do whatever is necessary to maintain the level of emergency services personnel even to the point of reinstatement of the former B & O Tax rate or the imposition of the 1/2¢ sales tax. She discussed the petitions as presented and urged some alternate form of funding. Jack Holtine, discussed past building code inspections and stressed they had always been short of manpower to handle this efficiently. Rose Schultz, 129 Bloomington, praised the R-1 crews and response time. Dave Moen, questioned the council regarding the knowledge that the businesses were aware that the reduction in the B & 0 was going to result in the reduction of these services. He felt it might have made some difference to the businesses if they had been made aware of this possibility at that time. He felt most businesses were moving out of Bremerton regardless of the tax basis. City Commissioners Meeting June 1, 1982 Page Seven PUBLIC RECOGNITION CONTINUED: Commissioner Swanson cited many empty business spaces in the various ~2202 malls around the area, not just downtown. ~2309 Bob Walter, patrolman, discussed his project of implementation of a canine unit into the City and how this would not be possible due to a shortage of manpower to relieve so others can go to school. #2338 Steve Emm, ex police officer, feels a lot of good questions have been posed to the council today. He also questioned the population count, asking if Navy personnel were included. Mary Lou Long, praised Mrs. Swanson and compared the number of signatures of the petitions as to the votes cast last Fall. She stated she does not like this style of government. Craig Rogers, officer, discussed his feelings regarding the changes and feels we are going backwards in redevelopment. Mayor Nelson responded indicating more and more businesses all over the country are coming back to the cities and felt we must take all steps necessary to bring business back into Bremerton before we could become engulfed in the county government. #2556 Larry Hill, reserve police officer, talked about the increase in the B & O tax and the revenues it would generate. Side 2 Wm. Gate, former warrant officer, questioned the mayor regarding his #0010 own personal business savings due to the reduced B & 0 tax. Commissioner Swanson stated he felt there were two problems before council at this time. 1. Due we do anything with taxes;and 2. Do we take some immediate corrective action. He also discussed the street light reduction that will have to be made as well as the fire insurance rates, which he feels will be affected by these cut- backs. He personally felt the 1/2¢ tax will be passed by the county and feels this to be the best alternative for the City. Motion by Commissioner Swanson to initiate the 1/2¢ Sales Tax. Motion ~-~ed for lack of second. Commissioner Stewart felt the 1/2¢ tax would pass in October. He feels it is bad to send out bad signals to businesses which may be coming into town prior to that. Motion by Mayor Nelson and Commissioner Stewart to set hearings regarding both issues, the B & 0 Tax and the 1/2¢ Sales Tax as we have been authorized by the State in their last session, carried unanimously. Mayor Nelson stated he would not borrow money unless their was a known source of revenue available to repay the loan. He discussed further his decisions regarding the cutbacks and proposed changes. Commissioner Swanson expressed his concern over the lack of protection that the city would now be supplying to the citizens and felt this would retard future business growth as well as the return of the families to live within the city. Motion by Commissioner Swanson initiate the 1/2¢ Sales Tax, died for lack of second. Resident, 3525 Parker Lane, encouraged the consideration of the impact of 5000 signatures on the petitions submitted to council. Resident, 1334 Ironsides, was concerned about the safety of her child- ren and hoped that something would be done to improve the protection services. City Commissioners Meeting June 1, 1982 Page Eight HEARING RE REQUESTED CHANGE OF PARKING METERS - WASHINGTON AVENUE A petition had been received at council prior to this hearing to ask that the time allowance on meters on Washington Avenue be re- turned to a one-half hour status. Mr. Harry Jens, Perry Avenue, felt that a 1/2 hour meter is counter- productive in time and cost. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to have the meters set for one-half hour as requested by the merchants, carried unani- mously. CLAIMS Motion byCommissioner Stewart and Mayor Nelson to approve Retirees Claim in the amount of $42,604.49; FICA in the amount of $10,035.97 and Payroll in the amount of $220,860.82, carried unanimously. COmmISSIONERS REPORTS #0900 Commissioner Stewart discussed the number of persons on the night shift in the Police Department and inquired to the Mayor regarding the jail issue. A report will be forthcoming in this area in the future. Commissioner Swanson discussed the possibility of having 7~9 persons work as a team with the new precinct persons as a transition team. He felt they should start right after elections in November so that the transition will be smooth come January. Meeting adjourned at 2:25 P.M. BOB DAN~INI, ~ity Aud-ito~~ APPROVED:/~ GE~Ma~o r~ OU .JdL APPROVED JUN 8 1982 Tape #260 Side #2 #1719