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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/06/81 UNAPPRC MINUTES CITY COMMISSIONERS' MEETING MINUTES January 6, 1981 Tape 206 Regular meeting of the City Commissioners of the City of Bremerton, (B) 1032 Washington, was held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 239 Fourth Street on Tuesday, January 6, 1981, at 9:00 a.m., with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were Commissioners Stewart and Swanson, City Attorney McCluskey, City Clerk Mandio and repre- sentatives of the press and radio. Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation was given by Reverend Glenn Soule, Mannette Community Church. · MINUTES OF DECEMBER 30, 1980 Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve Minutes as presented, carried unanimously. · SEPARATIONS Martha Limbean, Parks & Recreation Dept., Parttime Playleader, Seasonal, 11/5/80. James A. Root, Engineering Dept., City Engineer, 12/31/80. Josephine Hill, Police Dept., Patrolman, 1/5/81. NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT Gerald Ervin Hink, Parks & Recreation Dept., Seasonal Referee, $3.25/hr, 12/15/80. CHANGE OF PAY STATUS David L. Atwell, transfer from Street Dept. to Equipment Rental, Serviceman, Step 7C, $6.69/hr, no change in pay, 12/28/80. Joseph N. Roozen, Fire Dept., from Admin. Battalion Chief to Line Battalion Chief, $14.40 to $10.70/hr, includes 4% longevity, 1/5/81. Gary Larson, Fire Dept., from Battalion Chief to Lieutenant, $10.59 to $9.67/hr, includes 3% longevity, 1/5/81. Kenneth D. Anthony, Fire Dept., from Lieutenant to 5th Year Fire- fighter, $9.48 to $8.39/hr, includes 1% longevity, 1/5/81. Larry Foster, Police Dept., from Detective (over 5) to 5th Year Patrolman, $11.70 to $10.97/hr, 1/5/81. Dan White, Police Dept., from 5th Year Patrolman to Detective (over 5), $10.97 to $11.70/hr, 1/6/81. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve above Separations, Notice of Employment, and Change of Pay Status slips, carried unanimously. · BREMERTON-CHARLESTON TRANSPORTATION CO. Clerk read letter dated 1/2/81 from John G. Olson, Manager, Bremerton-Charleston Transportation Co., requesting that the "Facilities Rental Fee" be increased from $1818.60/mo. to $2084.12/ mo. effective 1/1/81. This increase is based on a 14.6% COL and is in accordance with provisions of their existing contract calling for an annual adjustment of the rental fee on or before January 15, 1981. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve increase in ~ties rental fee, carried unanimously. · PAYROLL VOUCHERS Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to approve December 1980 Retirees Payroll for payperiod ending 12/31/80 in the gross amount of $36,643.76, Claim Fund for payperiod ending 12/21/80 in the amount of $7,556.92, and Salary Fund for payperiod ending 12/21/80 in the gross amount of $232,865.43, all audited by John Ross, carried unanimously. CITY COMMISSIONERS' MEETING MINUTES January 6, 1981 Page Two · BUSINESS LICENSE REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1980 Clerk referenced Business License Report for December 1980. This report is on file in the Clerk's office for review. · BID CALL AUTHORIZATION Clerk read memo from Fire Chief requesting a call for bids for the furnishing of a vehicle to replace the current Rescue One. An order for this vehicle should be placed by February 13, 1981 to take advantage of matching funds. Expected date of delivery would be before May 1, 1981. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Swanson to approve request for-~d call, carried unanimously. · BID CALL AUTHQRIZATION Clerk read memo from Communications Supervisor requesting a call for bids for: (1) a new traffic signal controller for the inter- section of llth & Warren. The new controller is to replace a worn and obsolete controller at that intersection; and (2) a logic analyzer test instrument. This instrument will be used to trouble- shoot microprocessor equipment such as used in current traffic signal controllers. Both of these items are authorized in the 1981 Communications Department Capitol outlay budget. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Swanson to approve request for ~-~d calls, carried unanimously. · CONTRACT 2011 - 17TH STREET IMPROVEMENTS Clerk read memo from Engineering stating the 17th Street improve- ments have been completed by the contractor, Moss Construction, on the above contract. Engineering recommends project be accepted for the purposes of maintenance and operations. Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to accept the completion of above project, carried unanimously. · CONTRACT 1992 - CHANGE ORDER #3, WHEATON WAY Clerk read memo from Engineering stating the above referenced Change Order adjusts the job quantities to reflect the job as completed and also authorizes the contractor to furnish and install extruded concrete curb and concrete "C" curbing in areas disturbed during construction. This Change Order is in the amount of $35,655.31. Funds are available from the projects contingency with matching monies from Fund 101 to cover these increased costs. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to approve above Change Order, carried unanimously. · SERVICE CHARGES ON UNPAID BALANCES Clerk referenced, letters from Sahlberg Equipment and Rainier Copy Products which request payment on invoices are due in full within 10 days of invoice date. Sahlberg Equipment will charge municipal- ities and governmental agencies service charges of 1% per month on the unpaid balance. Commissioner Stewart stated these types of accounts will have to be Specials unless something can be worked out. · ORDINANCE - CHANGING SALARY INCREASE FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK FOR 1981 Clerk read, first reading, "AN ORDINANCE amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 3350, as amended by Ordinance No. 3407, by changing the salary increase for the office of City Clerk for the year 1981." Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to approve Ordinance on the first reading, carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. Mayor Jarstad stated this is the same increase that was given Department Heads. CITY COMMISSIONERS' MEETING MINUTES January 6, 1981 Page Three · ORDINANCE - CHARGING USER FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES Clerk read, first reading, "AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bremerton, Washington, relating to the charging to the user for emergency medical transport service rendered by the Bremerton Fire Depart- ment, providing for a special election, and declaring an emergency." Motion by Commissioners Swanson and Stewart to pass Ordinance on the first reading. Under discussion: Fire Chief Meigs stated he was opposed to the passage of this Ordinance since he had not yet seen it and stated most Cities do not charge for this service. Also, we were already successful with the voters to have the $100,000 provided by the levy. Commissioner Stewart stated he likes this because the public will be aware of what the costs are. He stated most people would be happy to pay the Fire Depart- ment. Mayor Jarstad questioned what direct costs are and how they would be figured. He stated the public will not have a clear picture of what it actually costs. He said only one trans- port was made last year, why go to a vote of the people for one transport, it could be done by Ordinance. Commissioner Swanson stated the people will have another initiative if the Council does not do this. He stated it just enables us to charge. Mayor Jarstad stated that there is nothing now to prohibit us from charging and this ballot would require charging. Discussion followed regarding direct and indirect costs. Mayor Jarstad stated that when something is submitted to the voters, it should be substantive. We already have authority to transport and charge any time we want. Vote carried: Mayor Jarstad, no; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. City Attorney McCluske¥ stated that in order to call for a Special Election, it has to be considered an emergency. The Ordinance needs unanimous approval as an emergency ordinance, so it does not pass. The Primary or General Election would not require an emergency ordinance. Mayor Jarstad stated that the County Auditor has to decide whether any of these ballot issues are emergencies and should be placed for Special Election. · ORDINANCE 3620 - SUBSIDIZING OF AMBULANCE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Clerk read, first reading, "AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bremerton, Washington, relating to subsidizing of ambulance emergency medical services; providing for a special election and declaring an emergency." Discussion followed by the Commissioners regarding the wording that would be placed on the ballot where people vote "no" and are actually voting "yes" City Attorney McCluskey stated the word "Passage" will be used to check either "yes" or "no". Discussion followed regarding the term "subsidy" and "contract for services rendered". McCluskey stated that Black's Law Dictionary states a subsidy is a grant of money made by Government in aid of business. It has nothing to do with a contract for services. It is the granting of money to keep a business going. He stated that regarding the bills for Olympic Ambulance, it must be shown that the City requested those services. Mayor Jarstad stated he wants to make sure that we do not eliminate the possibility of contracting with whoever is running the ambulance service to pay for police-requested calls, and he does not want the public to be confused by this. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to pass Ordinance 3620, ~-~rst reading, carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Swanson, yes. CITY COMi~ISSIONERS' MEETING MINUTES January 6, 1981 Page Four · COMMISSIONERS REPORT Mayor Jarstad recognized the presence of former Public Works Commissioner Schoneman. Commissioner Swanson introduced Acting City Engineer, Bill Parker. Swanson moved the Council adopt Guidelines for the City Attorney. Seconded by Commissioner Stewart. Copies of the Guidelines were not available for discussion. Commissioner Swanson made Motion this item be on next weeks Council Agenda. City Attorney McCluskey stated he has reviewed the provisions of State statue regarding the use tax from hotels and motels. If we wish to conform to the State wording we would have to amend our Ordinance. We then have the option to use the money for advertising. It is not mandatory. Commissioner Stewart discussed limiting the amount of money available, and Mayor Jarstad felt the Chamber of Commerce should present a proposal and no amount should be limited by the Council. Commissioner Stewart agreed the Chamber of Commerce should present a specific proposal and the Ordinances could be changed at that time. Mayor Jarstad will write to the Chamber informing them of the Council's position. Mayor Jarstad stated the year-end report will be forthcoming and fine things will be happening in 1981. · BILLS Clerk presented Vouchers 20742, 20744 thru 20749 inclusive in the amount of $41,112.67 and Vouchers 20755 thru 20878 inclusive in the amount of $144,695.87, audited by John Ross. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to approve payment of above vouchers, carried unanimously. · BOATSHED RESTAURANT EXPANSION/ PAVING OF UPPER PARKING LOT Ken Attebery stated that in March 1980 the City Council granted a shoreline permit to the Boatshed Restaurant for building additions. This permit contained a Council imposed condition that the Boatshed pay 1/2 the cost of paving the parking area at the east end of the Manette Bridge. The Boatshed has a sublease under the City's lease from the State. The Boatshed has requested building permits for the restaurant additions and has agreed to pay half the cost associated with paving the lot. The Street Dept. estimates the paving alone to be in the area of $3,000. Several options were discussed to allow timely issuance of the building permit to the Boatshed yet not violating the terms of the permit. If the City wished to drop the requirement, it would require rehearing and submittal to the State for their concurrence. Mayor Jarstad offered the solution to put the Boatshed money in escrow until the City could determine the source of their funds. Commissioner Stewart felt that for such a small amount of money, he felt we should proceed with the project. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Swanson to proceed with the rape 206 project with funds coming from the Street Department, carried (B) 2329 unanimously. Meeting adjourned 10:20 a.m. KATHLEEN L. MANDIO, City Clerk Approved: GLENN