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Home My WebLink About01/27/71 JANUARY 27, 1971 The regular meetin~ of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Council Chambers, City llall, at 9:00 A.M., P.S.T., Wednesday, January 27, 1971. Attend- ing were: Mayor Jarstad (presiding), Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk Yeadon, Asst.City Attorney Sexton, Rev. Arnold Wall of the Navy Yard Ci~ty Bible Church, Mr. [!ddie Adams, and representative of Press. bleetin~ opened with Pledge of A]legiance,~and Invocation by Rev. Arnold Wall. Minutes of previous meeting, January 21, 1971, were read and approved as amended. 61anuary 27, 1971 - cont.) SEPAI~t~T ION ~lary Perkins, Clerk's office - Extra Ilelp, effective January 22, 1971. ~lotion. by Commissioners Clark and Schoneman to approve separation, carried tmanimously. D~IP LOYMIiNTS Shirley Ann ,qoy[l~rfield, Clerk's office - Extra ltelp - $2.2.5, effective .Jan. 22, 1971 ]~tiorl by Commis$ioner Clark and Mayor Jarstad to approve, carried unanimously. (]I&N(iE OF PAY STATUS Larry Beelaert; from 3rd year Patrolman to 4th year Patrolman; from $758.00 to $795.00, effective February 1, 1!}71. Phillip R. Brim; from Firefighter 3rd yr. to 4th yr.; from $758.00 to $793.00, effective Febnmry 7, 1971 R. lyes llenry, .Ir.; from 2nd year Patrolman to 3rd year Patrolman; from $723.00 to $758.00, effective February 16, 1971. Gary B. F. Scott; from Firefighter 3rd year to 4th year; from $758.00 to $793.00, effec- tive Febnmry S, 1971. ,xbtion by ~{ayor Jarstad and Con~nissioner Clark to approve, carried unanimously. {,TF6-B: presented Claim voucher of Western Farmers Assn., Poulsbo, dated 1-11-71, amotmt $764.40, for 13 tons of salt (for snmv- and ice-control on roads). HotJon by Commissioners Schoneman and Clark to approve claim, carried unanimously. INSPIiCI'ION SERVICE - PARKING Cd,RAGE Clerk called Council's attention' to the matter of specialized inspection service for parking gnrap, e project as outlined in Engineer Parker's memo dated January 19, 1971, recommending acceptance of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory proposal, which had been read and tabled at previous meeting. Motion by Commissioners Schoneman and Clark that Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory proposal for inspection service be accepted, carried unanimously. L.I.D. #307 - bPd~RONA PT. - ASSESSS~NT ROLL Clerk read Resolution No. 1496, proposxng that Thursday, February 18, 1971, at 7:30 P.M., be fixed as the time and place of hearings upon the assessment roll of LID #307. Hotion by Commissioners Clark and Schoneman for passage of Resolution #1496, carried as TdlT6~s: ~layor Jarstad - Yes; Commissioner Clark - Yes; Commissioner Schoneman - Yes. i¢~IX]YEE AGRE?3~AW LTIT'~--read Ordinance No. 2935, AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 1813 ms amended by Ordinances Nos. 2335, 2616, 2594, 2386, 2297, 2450 and 2366, so as to conform with the present working agreement, and declaring an emergency. Clerk explained that an ordinance had been read at previous Council meeting but had not been published as some corrections had been required; this. therefore, constitutes first reading of proposed Ordinance.(*) PAYROLkCIIerk presented General Claim voucher for pay period ending January 1S, 1971, amount ~TBTY~9.16, signed by Auditor Fitzwater and approved by Commissioner Clark. Motion by Commissioners Clark and Schoneman to approve payroll voucher, carried unanimetmly. NATER DEPT. BUDGET Clerk read Ordinance No. 2937 - AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No~ 2864 adopting the Water Department budget of the City of Bremerton for the year 1970, as authorized by ROY 35.33.120, and declaring an emergency (appropriating $35,171.66 from excess receipts of the lVater Funds). ~otion by Commissioner Clark and Mayor Jarstad for passage of Ordinance No. 2937, carried as-'~t%Tlows: qayor Jarstad - Yes; Co~nissioner Clark - Yes; Commissioner Sdmneman - Yes. SFREET DEPT. BIIDCET Clerk read Ordinance No. 2938 - AN OPd)INANCE amending Ordinance No. 2864, adopting the Street l~pt. budget of the City of Bremerton for the year 1970, as authorized by RCIV 3S.33.120, and declaring an emergency. (Appropriating $16,909.74 from excess receipts of the Street Funds). Motion by Commissioners Clark and Schoneman for passage of Ordinance No. 2938, carried as trdTl'~s: [~yor Jarstad - Yes; Commissioner Clark - Yes; Commissioner Schoneman - Yes. (*) {Employee Agreement) ~4otion by Comm. Schoneman and ~yor garstad for passage of Ordinance No. 2935 on first reading. ay[l~-~--Jarstad expressed appreciation to Lilly Piva{representative of the union for non-uniformedll employees), who Was in the audience, for her assistance in preparing this ordinance. Motion carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad - Yes; Conm. Clark - Yes; Comm S~oneman - Yes (January 27, 1971 - cont.) GARAGE FIND BUI)GET Clerk read Ordinance No. 2939 - AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2864 adopting the Garage Fund budget of the City of Bremerton for the year 1970, as authorized by ROY 55.33.120, and declarin~ an emery, ency. (Appropriatin~ to the item Salaries and Wages, $5,075.75; and to the item blaintenance and Operation, $17,002.54) b~otion by Conmissioners Clark and Schoneman for passage of. Ordinance No. 293(.), carried as 15]q-6~s: b]ayor Jarstad - Yes; Conmissioner Clark - Yes; Commissioner Schoneman - Yes. Conmissioner Clark conmented that the three above ordinances are "clean-ups" of expenditures over budp. et for 1970 but which were counterbalanced by excess receipts. VA~IANCF. mzqu~s-r - nOUlS Clerk read commmication dated Janunry 21, 197], from Lance Ilaynes, Partner--Haynes Bros. Const. Co., to City Commissioners, asking for consideration of a backyard variance and appeal of Plannln~ Commission's Failuro to O.K. it for Lou Rom, 1023 ttanford. Clerk also read letter from Dorothy Smith, Secretary of the Planning. Commission, dated January 21, 1971, containing excerpts from minutes of Commission's hearing January 20, 1971 and indicating variance was approved hy a majority of members present but lacked quorum. Co,missioner clark raised the qnestion as to necessity of setting up a public hearing on the appeal, and City Planner Plescher stated the ordinance indicated that it was only necessary to notify interested parties. ~otion by Commissioner Clark to set hearing date for Council meeting February 10, to con- s~-i-d~--the appeal, carried unanimously. iT1-GF[-~ad memos addressed to Commissioner Schoneman dated January 26, 1971, from Street Supt. (2 memos) and from F~gineer Parker, requesting authorization to call for bids on: Air Compressor, Concrete saw, station wagon, one pickup and two dump trucks, and 5/4-ton van track; and for one passenger automobile. b~otion by Commissioners Schoneman and Clark that bid calls be authorized and specifications 1~ prepared, carried tmanimously. KITSAP IA}CE L.I.D. #309 Clerk read memo dated Jan. 27, 1971, from Engineer Parker to Commissioner Schoneman advising that consulting engineers' report states that plans and specifications are complete for pro- ject and permission is requested to advertise for bids Jan. 29 amd Feb. 4, with bid opening at 8:00 P.~L, Feb. 18, 1971. Clerk explained that this was for the purpose of placing ad- vertisements in the DAILY JOURNAL OP CO~tERCE in addition to the Bremerton SUN, and on two good dates. :4oti~n by Commissioners Clark and Schoneman for approval, carried unanimotrsly. CONDI'>~qATION JUD(B~F~S - WASHINGTON AVE.. PROJECT Clerk presented General Claim voucher dated January 26, 1971, amount $11,661.00, payable to Clerk of the Court, Superior Court Kitsap County, for judgments on condemnation proceedings involving properties to be taken or damaged in connection with UAB Phase IV, Washington. Ave. project, owned by' Amorican Red Cross et al; voucher signed by Assistant Auditor Ross. [lotion by Commissioners Clark and Schoneman for approval. On discussion, Engineer Parker commented that property owners received no more for their properties than the City had offered them, but that judgment included award of $220 to each property owner to cover legal fees and easements for construction activities. Clerk stated that Jenks Beard had refunded $1,025.00 advanced to him for purchase of Ekard property, which is included in judgment. ,X~otion carried unanimously. PAYmeNT OF BILLS ~{otion by Commissioner Clark and Mayor Jarstad to pay all bills that tmve been approved by a majority of the Commission, carried unanimously. GENERAl. REPORTS Commissioner Schoneman: - Regarding sewerage problems, which recently received considerable publicity; the present City Council inherited the two treatment plants, which at one time were considered to be adequate by both Federal and State pollution-control administrations, but have to be updated to meet changing requirements. The City intends to be on schedule with these requirements, but it will be a tight schedule. Now have Federal grant offers 'totaling $207,240.00 for that purpose. ~ero is still the problem of overflow, no matter wtmt is done to the plants, but are ~radually overcoming the problems. Also, thero are changing attitudes on the part of the "experts" regardin,~ the extent of pollution of water falling on the streets, which mi~.ht require changing from separation hack to combination, etc. Clerk then read letter dated January 25, 1971, to Commissioner Schoneman From Environmental Protection Agency -- (January 27, 1971 - cont.) Federal 1Vater Quality Administration, stating that the Federal grant Offer to aid in the cost of construction of sewage treatment facilities of City of Bremerton has been increased, and requesting, execution of accompanying, "Acceptance" form of an increase in grant offer, $55,440.00, bringing total grant to $207,240.00. Motion by Commissioners Schoneman and Clark for acceptance of increase in grant offer and orYo--~s~s~gning of "Acceptance" agreement as requested, carried unanimously. Stated there was a vortion of Nater Bept. land in Ole ttanson's Navy Yard Addition which is excess to the needs of the. City and should be disposed of; it has been appraised to establish basis of valuation. ~Jotion by Commissioner Schoneman that property be disposed of to best advantage of City, seco~--~ted by Comm. Clark; carried unanimously. Iraq, I,I~SII 1AW blayor .Jarstad raised question of status of Petition, and Asst. Attorney Sexton stated that it was necessary to submit the matter to a vote of the people as no action had been taken by Council within the statutory 30-day requirement. Mayor Jarstad stated he wanted it made clear that Council had no authority to change or amend the petition. ,Xlotion by ~ayor darstad and Commissioner Clark that City Attorney be instructed to prepare necessary resolution to have proposed ordinance set up for ballot, at a date to be deter- mined before reading of said resolution, carried unanimously. b{ayor Jarstad: - Toll bridges: total traffic 1970; 9,327,244 vehicle crossings, an fncrease of ~54,303 over 1969. Bonds outstanding as of end of 1970, $1,284,000.00. Called attention to Fire lMpt. report (circulated to Commissioners) for month of l)ecember 1970; highlights - 38 fire calls, total loss $5,140.00 on buildings, $1,225.0(I on contents. 10:35 A.bl. - meeting recessed tmtil time for opening bids, 11:00 A.M. ~{eetinE was reconvened by Mayor Jarstad at 11:00 A.M. BIDS P~n by ~layor Jarstad and Commissioner Clark that bids be opened on painting lettering on ml{6-~ses, carried unanimously. Clerk read following bids: BRITT'S SI(NS, Bremerton, lqash. (inc. S.S.T. and blanking out present lettering) $S17.44 ART SIGN CO., Bremerton, l{ash. (inc. S.S.T.) $882.00 blotion by Commissioner Clark and blayor Jarstad that bid of Britt's Signs be accepted, carried unanimously. bleeting adjourned at 11:10. APPROVED: ,/~ ,,(~.~City Clerk