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Home My WebLink About01/02/74 CITY COUNCIL'h~L'rIMG MINUTES JANUARY 2, 1974 ! q~]e reMulap meetinK of the City Council of the City of Bpemer~on, Washington, was held in the ~ Council Chambers of City }~11 at 9:00 a.m., PDST, Wednesday, Janua~v 2, 1974. Attending were: [M aver Jarstad, rmesiding~ C~,~nissionez. Clark, C~,~ssione~ Schoneman, City Clerk Yeadon, Assistant i Citv Attornev McCluskev, and representatives of the press and radio. Meeting opened with the Pleclg~e of Allegiance and Invocation bv John of the Free Methodist Rupert Church. ! MIN~S ~ of December 26, 1973, were read and approved as amended. SEPARATION F~ancis Wilson, Fxt-~a labor, Parks and Recreation, Decembe~ 17, 1973. ~ot~on by Mavo~ Jarstad and Co,mtissioner Schoneman to appmove the separation, carried unmnimously. NOTICES OF EMPLOYMKNT Steve Duy, Para-time Playleader, Pa~ks and Recreation, $1.75 hr., January 6, 1974. Ronald Richardson, Part-tir~e Playleade~, ranks and Recreation, $2.25 h~., Januar~7 S, 197~. Paul Mo~Men, Pact-time Pla¥1eader, Parks and Recreation, $1.75 h~., January S, 1974. Motion by Mavor Jarstad and Commissioner Clark to approve the employments, carried unanimously. PAYROLL VDUCH~R Clerk presented Payroll Voucher for the oeriod December 16th through December 31, 1973, in the ia~ount of $1~1,?0S.97 which was audited by Harold Fitzwater and approved bv Cc~missioner Cla~k. i~otion bv Commissioner Clark and Con~missi0ner Schoneman to approve the payroll voucher, caz~ied ~nan ~mou~ 1v. !BID AWARD - TIRES/TUBES (TRANSIT SYSTEM) City Clerk stated that after talking to Ben ~ust, it is recc~mended that bid be awarded to only . bidde~, Shaub Ellison. i~otJon bv Co~missioner Clark and Co~,~issioner Schoneman to awar~ bid to Shaub Ellison, only !~-~, as reco~nended; carried unanimously. REPORT - If~CAL SALES TAX DIb'I'MIBUTION ~ C~iss~oner Clark reported that local sales tax dis~ibutions in 1973 amounted to a record amount of $S8.8 million: also, stated that the total was 11.9 percent more than the 1972 figure of $S2.6 million and that it was collected on retail sales of 11.8 billion, up from $10.S billion the yea~ before. Zotal Distribution figure for Kitsap County, $1,233,76~; Total figure for B~emerton, $577,771.80. [,~;rr~;~ - P.T.A. RE: SIGNAL CONTROL (SIXTH ST. g NAVAL AVENI~E INT~RSECTION) Clerk read letter dated December 21, 1973, from Br~merton P.T.A. Council urging the City Council to adopt a recu~,.endation for improving the traffic light control at Sixth Street and Naval Avenue where there is euite a number of school children crossing. Cu,,~.~ssioner Schoneman explained that .this request is for possible left turn movement lanes with push button pedestrian controls. Mayor Jarstad directed copies of the letter be given to the Police Tmaffic Division, Cu,~issioner Schoneman, and himself. ORDINANCE - TRANE~'L~< OF FUNDS (NO. 3102) i Clerk read An (h-dinance amending O~dinance No. 3082; and declaring an emergency. Cu~,,gssioner Clerk explained that this ordinance is t~ansfer~ing an additional $500 into the Consumer Deposit Refund Account from the Administrative Trust Fund; further, explained that this Refund Account Fund is a new fund which was pecu,',,,ended by the State Auditor and it was found that the amount of $500 was not sufficient amount to work with and with the passage of this ordinance $1,000 will be the total ~mount in this fund. Motion bv Co~ssioner Clark and Mayo~ Japstad to pass 0~dinance kb. 3102, carried as follows: P~or Jarstad, yes; Cu~issioner Clark, yes; C~n,,~ssioner $choneman, yes. l~:l'~'~ - RONALD ASLESON RE: PURCHASE OF CITY PROPERLY City ClerP read letter dated December 24, 1973, from Ronald L. Asleson to City Council requesting the City to consider selling property located at 930, 932, 934, and 936 Highland Avenue which is adjacent to his apartment cc~nplex; that he would like to purchase this property for use as off- st-peet parkinR~. Co~,,,issioner Schonenan explained :t%~ the location of the prope~.ty and stated that this property is of no use to the City and could only be of value to Mr. Asleson, adjacent property owner; also, stated that a bid call would be necessary. Cc, missioner Clark questioned whether it would be necessary to declare this land surplus through Superior Court and it was brought out that this would probably only be required when transferming property to other government- al a~encies. Mayor Jarstad asked if the money received for the property would go back to the t~ban Arterial Board who initially funded the City's acquisition of this land. Cc~m~ss.[oner Schoneman stated that 90 percent would go to UAB and 10 percent would go to the City. ~otion'bv C~t,,issioner Schoneman and Cu,,~,issioner Clark to have the property appraised and to authorize a call for bids. Co, missioner Clark suggested that this transaction be reviewed by the City Attorney's Office prior to the bid call and this was agreed to by the City Council. Motion carried unanimously. CITY CO~fNCIL ME~3FING MINIFfES - JANUARY 2~ 1974 (CO~TINUED) PAY BILIS Motion by Commissioner Clark and Mayor Jarstad to gl. ye a blanket approval of Vouchers No. 193 ~ 227 for payment in amount of $20,135.87; carried unanimously. REPORTS - COP~ISSIONEP CLARK ±. SPoke of acccmplishments during 1973, and wished everyone a very happy and prosperous 1974. REPORTS - CO~ISSIONE~ SCHONFPPkN 1. Reported that equipment and trucks in Public k6rks Depar. t~,mnt presently have full tanks and there is only a 200 gall°n gasoline supply besides this; stated that if it snows gasoline in supply at present would provide about eight hours of operation for graders and sanders. Spoke of curtailment of Masoline use in Public %brks Depaz.t,,ent. 2. In reviewinK end of the year Building Reports, noted that Domsea Farms invested $72,000 in structures; also, stated that Domsea has invested a quarter of million dollars into their fishery operation and plan on investing another quarter million. i9. Read letter from Harold V. Croswaite complimenting Engineering Depa~.b,~ent on very nice attitude !and answers concerning his objection to ~hinnev Bay Sewer Project LID. ,i City Council members expressed their reKrets at the death of Mrs. Otto (Ida) Jarstad, mother to the iMavor. Eddie Adams also expressed sympathy at Mrs. Jarstad's death. Mayor Jarstad spoke of the i~nv contributions made by his mother's generation. ~TI'E~ - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RE: EASEMENT (GOLD MOUNTAIN AREA) I Commissioner Schoneman presented letter from Depax.b,ent of Natural Resources dated December 27, 1973, i to City of Bremer~on, requesting easement from the City of Br~memton in order to have access to ; their C~ld Mountain Electmonic Site. City Clerk read Fasement Supplement granting subject easement. !Motion by C~,',~ssionem Schon~nan and Mayor Jarstad to accept the easement and refer to the ~ev's Office fop checking as to form prior to returninK the docunent to the Depa~.b~ent of Natural Resources; carried unanimously. R~,~:~gRT - CITY CI~K 1. Reported that City Treasurer GallaKher and Be~ Rust have been successful in obtaining a~ emergency diese] allocation for the i-eansit buses through Mr. Bar~ey Tillery of the State Depart- ment of DnerKenc~ Services. Still have no gasoline allocation and Congress hasn't passed any type of law ~rovid~ru~ for mandatory allocations (general cii-v use). Still working on the gasoline problem and hope to obtain more information later today. MEtiFING AIIIOI~PED AT 1~: 01 A.M. TP: KR TAPE NO. 16 G. C. YEADON, SR., C'~TY CLERK A~PROVED: /rJ~NN K. ,IARS73AD, ~OR