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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/21/76 ROUGH DRAFT - UNAPPROVED COPY TAPE #78 A & B CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 21, 1976 The regular meeting of the City Council fo the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 9:10 a.m., PST, Wednesday, January 21, 1976 Attending were: Mayor Jarstad, presiding, Commissioner Stewart, Commissioner Schoneman City Clerk Yeadon, Asst. City Attorney McCluskey, and representatives of the press and radio. Meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation by G.C. Yeadon, Sr. MINUTES Minutes of January 14, 1976 were read and approved as amended. Robert Ellis, Serviceman I, Water Distribution, $756 mo., January 21, 1976. Charles Fagan, Opr. 1, Water Supply, $4.36 hr., Effective January 19, 1976. Daniel Burke, 1st Yr. Firefighter, $1,038.38 mo., Effective January 27, 1976, CETA Robert Johnson, 1st Yr.Fierfighter, $1,038.38 mo., January 26, 1976, CETA. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Commissioner Stewart to approve the employments. Carried unanimously. CHANGES IN PAY STATUS Earline Fitzpatrick, PT Playleader, $2,10 to $2.20 effective January 12th 1976. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the changes in Pay Status, carried unanimously. PAYROLL VOUCHERS Clerk presented payroll vouchers for the pay period December 29, 1975, through January 11, 1976 as follows:Co. Fica, Bank Service Fees, $4578.23; PNB Gross: $137, 336.37. Audited by John Ross. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the payroll vouchers, carried unanimously. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT LIST Clerk presented Employees' Retirement Fund List for February, 1975 in the gross amountof $2,692.31. Audited by John Ross. Motion carried by Commissioner Stgewart and Mayor Jarstad to approve the list, carried unanimously. APPLICATION FOR MUSIC MACHINE LICENSE Clerk presehnted Application for Music Machine License for Alpha Omega; no fee, transfer. Approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the application, carried unanimously. DANCING & ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE - MCGILLS Clerk presented application for Dancing & Entertainment Lecense for McGill's Tavern which was approved by the Police, Fire and Building Departments. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve the application, carried unanimously. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES Clerk presented Claim for Damages from James Jackson, Jr., in the amount of $443.74 to be referred to Insurance with proper reports; also, presented claim for damages from Rodney B. Larson in the amount of $300.00; to be referred to Insurance Company. CALL FOR BIDS - FIVE POLICE CARS Clerk read memo dated January 20, 1976, from Chief of Police to City Council requesting authorization to call for bids on five 1976 police patrol cars. COUNCIL MINUTES PG. 2 1/21/76 Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to authorize the bid call, with trade-in allowances. Discussion followed regarding whether the City would benefit more by auctioning the cars; after consideration, it was the consensus of the Council that a trade-in allowance would be the most practical method to sell the old cars. Motion carried unanimously, REQUEST FOR PROPERTY EXCHANGE Clerk read letter dated January 12, 1976, from Charles C. Haselwood to Commis- sioner Schoneman requesting property exchange and submitting maps describing the proposal (near City gravel pit area/Union Avenue). Discussion followed, and Commissioner Schoneman stated the exchange would be proper; hewever, the City portion is larger and perhaps the Assessor's Office could advise the City of the values of the properties in question and then considerations could be made. Commissioner Schoneman pointed out the property is not worth enough to pay for appraisals, Motion by Ccrmnissioner Schoneman and Ccmmissionep Stewart to refer this matter to Attorney's Office for a recommendation of the proper procedures, carried unanimously. NOTICE OF MEETING - COUNCIL/PIANNING COMMISSION Clerk advised that there will be a joint City Council and Planning Commission Meeting this afternoon from 4:00 p,m, to 6:00 p,m. in the Mayor's Office, NOTICE OF APPT, - FIRE MARSHAL Clerk advised that that Max Meigs, Fire Chief, has been appointed as the Resident State Fire Marshal by the State Insurance Commissioner. HEARING DATES SET Clerk advised of heaping dates to be scheduled and recommended the following: Metcaffe/Habener Rezone, February 11, 1976, 10:30 a.m.; Shaw Rezone, February 11, 1976, 10:30 a.m.; Price Rezone, February 18, 1976, 10:30 a.m.; Welte Request to Change Site Plan, February 18, 1976~ 10:30 a.m.~ Zoning Text Amendment, February 18, 1978, 10:30 a.m, Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to schedule the hearing dates as recommended by City Clerk, carried unanimously. REQUEST FOR FUNDS - KITSAP COMM. FOR HANDICAPPED Clerk read letter dated December 23, 1975, from Asst. City Attorney McCluskey~ advising that request for funds from the Kitsap Committee for the Handicapped dated December 5, 1976, does not supply the needed requirements for the City to legally contribute the funds requested, Mayor Jarstad directed the City Clerk to advise the Kitsap Comm. for Handicapped of the Council actions taken.up to this date. REPORTS - COMMISSIONER STEWART: 1. City will be issueing $450,000 in bonds for the Regional Library; recommend using same bond consultant attorney engaged by the County for the same project. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to engage services of James Gay of Roberts, Shefelman, Lawrence, Gay, and Moch, and to go on a 20-year basis; carried unanimously. 2. Judge Lawis is wopklng with Charles Gilman, Architect, to come up with a plan fop expansion of the court. Mayor Jarstad cormmented that Bob Theroux is working on an EDA grant for an elevator at City Hall. Commissioner Stewart suggested that using the Fourth Street Building elevator might he looked into. REPORTS - COMMISSIONER SCHONEMAN: 1, Asst. City Attorney McCluskey contacted owner of Scotty,s Mazda regarding falling wall and Len Kruse, Attorney for Mazda, stated an engineer was hired to study how the wall may be repaired. 2 COUNCIL MINUTES PG. 3 1/21/76 COMM. SCHONEMAN (CONT.) 2. City crews will be connecting Community Theatre Water and Sewers as part of the City's contribution to the project 3. Will be meeting January 26th with federal people; Kramer, Chin, and Mayo, and City officials regarding placement of two million gallon Reservoir at Jackson Park Facility, 4. Learned yesterday in meeting with Humane Society that only 12 percent of dogs picked up were licensed; perhaps some system could be set up to allow persons to check on unlicensed dogs by going house to house and then giving these people a commission for each license sold due to their investigations. 5. City has saved money this year due to limited snow and ice conditions requiring little sanding and gravel. REPORTS - MAYOR JARSTAD 1. Asked City Clerk status of Mrs. R. J. Smith Request fop Change in Site Plan on property located at Ivy Road, Clerk advised that Mrs. Smith cancelled the application and Residents in the area that were at the Council Meeting were notified of this action. 2. Attended dedication of Polar- Star Icebeaker ship Saturday. Spoke of the capabilities of this vessel. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Floyd Armstead, 1706 N. Lafayette Avenue, stated he felt the Business & 0ccupation Tax charge of 1 3/4 percent was too high for small businesses; that his business only grossed $454.21 last year. Discussion was held and Mayor Jarstad stated the ordinance will be looked at in order to give consideration to elimination of lesser fee for businesses not bringing in a certain amount of money. Mr, Armstead spoke of dangerous intersection at 15th & Callow and suggested four-way stop sign possibly at 15th and N. Wycoff to slow traffic proceeding west on 15th Street, Commissioner Schoneman stated that a three-way stop could be considered at 15th & Callow and this would be discussed with the traffic division. Mr. Armstead suggested that Humane Society use some type of netting or tranquilizing process in catching dogs; that there must be other ways than tryiny to call the dogs. Discussion was held on the dog problem. Mayor Jarstad stated he wanted a meeting set up with the Humane Society, Judge and City Attomey's Office to discuss penalties and enforcement of the City's ordinances on dog control. AGREEMENT - USS MISSOURI ENTRANCE Clerk read memo dated January 21, 1976, from Asst. City Engineer to Commissiener Schoneman suhmitting agreement written by Washington State Highway Department concerning FAM project at the entrance to the USS MISSOURI and requesting the Mayor be authorized to sign. Approved as to form by Asst. City Attorney McCluskey. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Commissioner Stewart to authorize the Mayor to sign the agreement, carreed unanimously. LETTER- KIWANIS CLUB Clerk read letter dated January 19, 1976, from Bremerton Kiwanis Club to City Council advising that they are considering a service project for the City by restoring, maintaining and possibly adding more benches at bus stops throughout the City. Lengthy discussion followed and it was brought out that the City already has a company under contract for the benches and this would have to be termininated, Commissionep Schoneman suggested that the benches be turned over to 3 COUNCIL MINUTES PG. 4 1/21/76 the Public Works Department for maintenance; suggested the advertising be kept off the benches in order to beautify the City. Mr. Schoneman stated that old benches could be replaced gradually as the budget permitted. It was the consensus of the Council that the Kiwanis Club not participate in the bench program at this time and that they be advised that there is already a contract on the benches, and that this may be discontinued to allow these benches to be taken care cf by the Public Works Department, (Referred to Attorney fop recommendation) RESOLUTION N0. 1673 - ABANDONING FUNDS Clerk read A Resolution abandoning funds unexpended in 1975 except those listed in this resolution. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Commissioner Schoneman to pass Resolution No. 1673, carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad, yes; Commissioner Stewart, yes; Commissioner Schoneman, yes. BILLS Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to give a blanket approval of Vouchers 1188 through 1242 in the amount of $21,188.70 as audited by John Ross, carried unanimously. MEETING ADJOURNED 11:03 A.M.