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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/03/77 UNAPPROVED MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 3, 1977 APPROVED TAPE #111 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, (B) 1908 was held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 239 Fourth Street on Wednesday, August 3, 1977 at 9:00 A.M., PDST, with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were Commissioner Stewart Commissioner Schoneman, Deputy City Clerk Ross, Asst. City Attorney McCluskey and representatives of Lhe press and radio. City Clerk Yeadon was absent, on vacation. Meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation was given by Mayor Jarstad. MINUTES OF JULY 27, 1977 Deputy Clerk read minutes of July 27, 1977. Mayor Ja~stad ordered the minutes to stand approved as read. NOTICES OF EMPLOYMENT Gregory B. Finke, Fire Dept., Str. Firefighter, $4.51 per hr., 8/1/77. CETA Ronald Francis Mox, Police Dept., 1st Yr. Patrolman, $6.31 per hr., 8/I/77.CETA James L. Schwab, Police Dept., 1st Yr. Patrolman, $6.31 per hr., 8/1/77. CETA Gary Dean Mussman, Parks & Recreation, Extra Labor, $2.50 per hr., 8/3/77. Erin Terry Davison, Parks & Recreation, Serviceman I, $4.68 per hr., 8/2/77. CETA Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Schoneman to approve Notices of Employ- ment carried unanimously. CHANGES 0E PAY STATUS a CHANGES OF STATUS Ruth Coleman, Treasurer/Accounting, Extra Help, $3.25 to $5.75 per hr., 7/25/77. James W. Bruns, Street Dept., Serviceman Sr. (Merit Level D), $6.95 per 8/8/77. Venessa C. Datus, Street Dept., Dispatcher, (Merit Level D), $5.74 per 8/1/77. Terrence J. Welling, Police Dept., 2nd Yr. Patrolman, from CETA to Civil Service Eligible, no change in pay, 8/1/77. Craig E. Rogers, Police Dept., 2nd Yr. Patrolman, from CETA to Civil Service Eligible, no change in pay, 8/1/77. Randall N. Calhoun, Fire Dept., 4th Yr. Firefighter, from CETA to Civil Service Eligible, no change in pay, 8/2/77. Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Schoneman to approve Changes of Pay Status and Changes of Status, carried unanimously. PAYROLL VOUCHERS Salary Fund, gross payroll for period July 11 thru July 28, 1977, $194,584.53; and Claims Fund, FICA and Bank Service Fees for same period, $5,918.23. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to approve Payroll Vouchers, carried unanimously. LICENSE APPLICATIONS Masseuse License; Diane Pauline Russell, approved by Asst. Chief of Police Kvistad and Health Dept. Taxicab Drivers License: Melvin F. Nix, approved by Capt. Shoemaker for Chief of Police. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve license applica- tions, carried unanimously. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Elizabeth C. Estes, 10D Galyan, $24.00 to date. She slipped in the lobby of City Hall and twisted her back. Deputy Clerk stated a copy had been sent to the insurance company. RATE INCREASE IN TAXI FARES Deputy Clerk read letter from Arrow Cab Co. which was received in the City Clerk's office July 1, 1977, no date, which requested rate increase in taxi fares. The letter staled there has been no rate increase in three years and operating costs, as well as insurance and gas, have increased tremendously in this time. Deputy Clerk stated this letter has been on file in the office for 30 days. Commissioner Stewart stated he had talked to both Leyde CiTY COUNCIL MINUTES August 3, 1977 Page two Enterprises and Arrow Cab Co. and they are in agreement that there should not be a minimum rate, only a maximum rate. Motion by Commissioner Stewart and Mayor Jarstad to set maximum rate allowed, but no minimum rate, carried unanimously. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY INSURANCE Deputy Clerk read memo from City Auditor, dated July 28, 1977, which recommended that the premium of the Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policy be paid from the General Fund insurance budget; that it will cost $6,617.75. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to approve payment of the policy From the General Fund insurance budget, carried unanimously. FALSE ARREST INSURANCE Deputy Clerk read memo from City Auditor, dated Aug. 3, 1977, which stated that bhc premium on the false arrest insurance policy is $12,388.00 for 100/300,000 coverable with $1,000.00 deductible for each incident. Commis- sioner Stewart stated hc did not think it was enough coverage For the City and he asked how much more the premium would be for 250/500,000 coverable. Deputy Clerk stated a quote has not been received for higher limits, but it was expected to be a considerable increase and the insurance company will give quotes on higher limits on a second insurer. Motion by Commissioners Schoncman and Stewart to approve purchase of false arrest insurance, carried unanimously. BID REJECTION - KITSAP DAY CARE CENTER Deputy Clerk read phone memo dated July 27, 1977 from J. H. Huey which requested that bids on the Kitsap Day Care Center be rejected and have architect resubmit because all the bids were over the budget. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Schoneman to reject bids and ask that architect resubmit so the City can stay within the budget, carried unanimously. CALL FOR BIDS - CHLORINATION EQUIPMENT Deputy Clerk read memo from Water Superintendent, dated Aug. 1, i977, which stated that the Washington State Health Dept. is requiring the City to post- chlorinate the water from Reservoir #4; that the Pure Water Act requires the City to carry a chlorine residual through the distribution system. It stated further the Water Dept. has nine chlorination stations and Wallace & Tieman chlorinators have been used which allows the interchange of parts, machines, and reduce the inventory of spare parts and continue operating with fewer problems. The memo recommended authorization to call for bids for purchase of Wallace Tieman chlorination equipment for' an approximate cost of $4,000.00. Motion by Commissioners Schoneman and Stewart to call for bids for Wallace Tieman chlorjnation equipmentat an approximate cost of $4,000.00, carried unanimously. R/W EASEMENTS - Wheaton from Broad to Riddell Deputy Clerk read memo from City Engineer, dated Aug. 1, 1977, attached to which were R/W deeds From Robert Mathwig and Stanley C. g Gwendolyn Clark and a Utilities Easement From Ron Ross. Motion by Commissioner Schoneman and Mayor Jarstad to accept Easement and Deeds, refer' to City Attorney's office for checking and to City Clerk for recording, carried unanimously. WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS Deputy Clerk read memo from Water Superintendent, dated Aug. 3, 1977, which stated that the Drought Granb Applications require the Water Right Applicabions be applied for; that the applications are for Well #8 at Anderson Creek, the well at Bridle Ridge and the wells at Parkwood East. Attached to the memo were the Water Right Applications. Motion by Commissioners Schoneman and Stewart to authorize the mayor and city clerk to sign applications for the City, carried unanimously. ORDINANCE NO. 3375 - American Marine Bank Annexation Deputy Clerk read, second reading, "AN ORDINANCE accepting and incorporating into the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton certain lands lying outside the limits of the City of Bremerton and being contiguous to the City of Bremerton. (American Marine Bank)." -2- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 3, 1977 Page three Motion by Commissioners Schoneman and Stewart to pass Ordinance No. 3375, by title only, on second reading, carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad, Yes; Commissioner Stewart, Yes; Commissioner Schoneman, Yes. TRAFFIC SIGNAL REQUEST - 6th ~ MONTGOMERY Deputy Clerk read memo from Traffic Division, dated July 27, 1977, which stated that the distance from curb to curb between Callow and Montgomery is only 230 ft., making this an unusually short block, the standard being between 300 and 400 ft. It stated further that with the proposed plans for 6th St. and Callow Ave., approximately 200 ft. would be used on 6th St. for the left turn storage lane for Callow Ave.; that in checking the accident information, it was found that there are more accidents at 5th g Warren with the signal light than there are at 6th and Montgomery without a signal light. Deputy Clerk stated this memo was in response to a request from Pacific National Bank of Washington to install a signal light at the corner of 6th g Montgomery. Mayor Jarstad requested that a copy of the memo from the Traffic Division be sent to Pacific Bank for their information and no action be taken at this time. BILLS Motion by Commissioners Stewart and Schoneman to give blanket approval to vouchers 7960 to 7963 and 7965 to 7966 inclusive in the amount of $6,150.40 and vouchers 7967 to 8044 inclusive in the amount of $i27,843.50, audited by John R. Ross, carried unanimously. Meeting recessed from 9:30 A.M. until 10:00 A.M. PRESENTATION OF RODEO COURT - KITSAP COUNTY FAIR & RODEO Mayor ,Jarstad introduced the Kitsap County Fair g Rodeo Court: Sandy Bates, Lisa Itsmilton and Susan Reynolds. Each girl spoke about the fair and the rodeo and invited the public and the commissioners to attend. PUBLIC RECOGNITION Deputy Clerk read letter signed by Dorothy Justesen, 833 Pacific Ave., dated Aug. 3, 1977, asking for a detailed explanation for the postponement of the hearing scheduled for today before Judge Robert Bryan in Superior Court in reference to "City of Bremerton vs. Joe Mentor". Mr. McCluskey stated this was not a hearing to be before the City Council, but to be heard in Superior Court and the reason it was postponed was because Judge Bryan refused to hear it and stated a visiting judge should hear it. Mrs. Justesen stated the thing she objected to was the fact it wasn't printed in the newspaper that the hearing would not be held, and she felt an explanation should be given why this was not printed. Ms. Marez, of the Bremerton Sun, con~ented that the information got to the newspaper after their deadline and they were not able to publish it. COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS Commissioner Stewart: 1. Stated that the number of parking tickets is down about 30%, which he is very happy about. 2. Stated the bus system is just barely making it on the projected budget; just received $155,000.00 in the matching funds from the State Aug. ~, but it was really in bad shape until that money was received. Bishop White from Metro came over yesterday to discuss the Bremerton feeder system. Every month it is showing an increase and the City really has not done much promo- tion on it; he feels good about it. Mr. White told him he would like to include the taxicab feeder system that Bremerton uses into the Metro System in Seattle. Stated this doesn't cost anything if it doesn't work; it is on a demand type basis. One of the things this system has done for the City is that it has allowed one bus run to be eliminated. One bus run costs about $5,000.00 a month. 3. Stated that sales tax revenue versus B&O taxes, the City shows a good rise in each one of them. Should be very thankful that there is a business com- munity here because it does help the City. The last five years, the sales tax revenue has gone from $539,000.00 to $884,000.00 and B~O tax, which is a lower base, went from $158,000.00 to $305,000.00. This is almost a 50% -3- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUgust 5, 1977 Page Four increase in BaO tax over that of sales tax. Stated that people must be spending a largerpercentage of their money for professional services than they are for those things that sales tax is charged on; the other thing is, maybe they are doing some shopping out of the area and they are not going out of the area for professional services. Commissioner Schoneman: 1. Stated now that filing is closed, it would be well to relate to Ordinance No. 3112 in regard to political signs. He read the ordinance and stated there are many new candidates who have filed and he thinks it well that they be aware of this ordinance prior to placing these signs. 2. Building permits for the end of July include 64 pe.r4nits at a total valuation of $2,033,447.00. Most costly permits were~binson Co. on Russell Rd., 60-unit apartment building for the Bremerton Housing Authority for $900,000.00~ 1507 Wheaton Way, Charter House Association, 50-unit apartment building at $405,000.00; and Phase I of the vocational building on National at $300,090.00. Construction continues. Most happy to see the earpenter's strike settled. 5. On water use update to July 27th, averaging approximately 10.7 million gallons a day in water use. Capacity is still far down. Can expect an excess demand with weather conditions as they presently are, but will be able to take care of everyone that is in the City's service area. Compared the water use from Jan. i, ]976 to July 1, 1976 and Jan. 1, 1977 to July 1, 1977 and stated about 10% less has been used in 1977. 4. Continuing with timber harvest. To date $70,000.00 in log revenue has been turned in to the City; markets have again opened up and logging has been speeded up to finish harvest areas before a fire season shut-down occurs. Sulk of timber revenue should be in by Aug. 31st and continue at a slower rate during road building and other construction projects. 5. Bonneville contractors are replacing and realignlug Bonneville lines through the watershed on an easement that they acquired 30 years ago; they are doing a good job and will be coming into the Gorst area immediately. They are working very closely with the City's crews out there. 6. Wastewater Supervisor, Dr. Donald Proctor, has come up with a very good form for employee evaluation. Hopefully, this will be adopted by all City departments. Commended Drl. Proctor for doing an excellent job in this area. Stated these forms will be made available to all departments and possibly for adoption by the City as a regular procedure. It is before the Union now for their consideration. 7. Asked Mr. Waring, City Engineer, to give a report on the Cambrian Barrier. Mr. Warlug stated the bids were analyzed and were considerably higher than the engineer's estimate. Stated he had discussed the bids with the Highway Dept. He discussed the differences in the prices and stated there is no doubt the City is paying a great deal more than it should be because it is such a small job. He submitted a memo to Commissioner Schoneman and made recommendations. Commissioner Schoneman commented that the bid had been awarded last week subject to approval of the State Highway Dept. Mr. Warlug stated that he would then submit the documents to the State Highway Dept. and tell them the Council wishes to award and ask them to agree. 8. Discussed the new motel that is to be constructed behind Sambo's Restaurant. Stated Mr. Warlug has produced a design for a storm sewer that would have to be constructed prior to any building permit being issued. Stated he has been contacted by Shiers 8 Kamps, attorneys for Joe Mentor, with regard to this motel and it was requested that no building permit be issued because of the large drain basin located in that area which would affect the amounts of water passing across Mr. Mentor's property. Commissioner Schoneman stated the engineering department has properly desjgne~ a storm sewer system across the highway under- neath this building that will take care of that particular drainage area. The contractor has agreed to move along with it and pay for the full cost and Mr. War~ing has sent a letter in regards to this. Mr. Warlug gave the background of the sewer system that is presently in use. Re stated the flow from the motel or the other businesses in that area is not the problem, the problem is the sewer itself and it will have to be replaced within three to five years; stated the 24" pipe is inadequate. Commissioner Schoneman commented that Mr. Mentor, after many months of discussions and reviews of plans, is now able to obtain a permit to proceed with his ~otcl on Kitsap Way off Cemetery Hill. Only today -4- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 3, 1977 Page Five it had gone through all the departments to their satisfaction and all depart- ments have concurred in the first portion of the permit being applied for. No occupancy of any part of the hotel will be permitted until the entire complex has been completed. Been on this particular building permit since March and have finally arrived at a meeting of minds as to what must be accomplished before the building permit can be issued. Mayor Jarstad: 1. Stated that the architect that has been hired for the swimming facility/ multipurpose building was over yesterday. Stated there is a very tight time schedule because foundations will have to be poured in about 2~ months. They have requested engineering to get some site elevations of the property and also some aerial photographs. They are really enthused over the sites that are up there. tie asked that the Engineering Dept. contact Harry B. Rich to see what they need in order to proceed and Commissioner Schoneman stated the Engineering Dept. is very busy right now. Commissioner Stewart commented that if the Engineering Dept. is not able to do this in the time frame allowed, it should be contracted out and Commissioner Schoneman agreed. Mayor Jarstad asked that they call Mr. Rich to find out exactly what they want and proceed from there. Stated Mr. Rich is highly recommended as an architect. Stated there would be a press release when Mr. Rich gets his design sketches far enough along. 2. Fire Dept. report for July: had highest number of alarms in any single month; total of 232 alarms in July, estimated building loss of $8,500.00, estimated contents of $19,530.00. Very fortunate to have only one civilian inju~ at the explosion of the Eox Motors Garage. 3. Spoke about the tremendous heat wave all over the United states. Stated Brcmcrton has been hotter than San Francisco. Commented it is a nice feeling to know that we have an adequate supply of water for fire fighting purposes. Complimented Commissioner Schoneman and the Public Works Dept. on having adequate supplies built up. Stated there will be a tremendous water shortage if the hot, dry weather continues; that the creeks and streams are very low. Meeting recessed from 10:52 A.M. until 11:05 A.M. BID OPENING - Furnace Sheridan Park Community Building Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to open bids at this time, carried unanimously. Port Orchard 0il: $3,138.08, cashier's check for $50.00 enclosed. Service Fuel Co., Inc.: $3,4i5.65, cashier's check for $50.00 enclosed. Pat's Burner Service: $2,716.84, cashier's check for $50.00 enclosed. Lent's, inc.: $3,579.71, bid bond enclosed. Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Stewart to refer bids to proper committee for evaluation and recommendation next week, carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 11:13 A.M. John R. Ross, Deputy City Clerk Approved: Glenn K. Jarstad, Mayor -5-