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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/22/69 January 22, 1969 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Council Chambers of the City tlall at 10:00 o'clock A.M., P.S.T., on January 22, 1969, with Mayor Jar- stad presiding. Also present were the following: Co~issioner Clark, Conmissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Engineer ~kzCullough, Fire Chief Tillett, Acting Planning Director lief- mann, Police Chief Plouf, and Representatives of the Press and Radio. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jarstad and the Invocation was given by Rev- erend J. C. l~ltz of the Church of the Nazarene. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as amended. The City Clerk read RESOLIfrION NO. 1403 which transferred appropriations between classes within the same fund in the 19~8 Budget as of January 20, 1969. bfotion by blr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to adopt RESOLIYI~ION NO. 1405, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read RESOLUTION NO. 1404 which abandoned all sums provided in the budget for tbe year 1968 which remain unexpended on January 20, 1969 with the exceptions as listed. Motion by ~r. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 1404, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had a Notice of Resignation signed by Burl Braaten, Fire Fighter in the Fire Department. The Resignation Notice was approved by Fire Chief Tillett. Motion by Mr. Clark and ~r. Jarstad to accept the Notice of Resignation, carried unani~ mous ly. The City Clerk had the following Notices of t~nployment: TIMOTHY T. CI~hRK, Part-time Playleader in the Parks ~ Recreation Dept., at $2.00 per hour, effective January 16, 1969, Temporary Employee. ~qILI. IAM W. ~VII.KINS, Part-time Playleader in the Parks ~ Recreation Dept., at $1.7S per hour, effective Jam~ary 16, 1969, Temporary Employee. I.~IANUEI. N. JDSTESEN, F~tra Ilelp in the Building Department, at $5.72 per hour, effective January 20, 1969, Temporary Employee. blotion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to approve the Notices of Fmployment, carried unani- mous ly. The City Clerk had an Annual Agreement with American Exterminators Co. for the year 1969 for the control of roaches and silverfish. The cost to thc City will be $10.00 per month. ~fotion by blr. Clark and ~r. Jarstad to approve the Anmml Agreement, with American Ex- terminators, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had an inspection and final acceptance report from Griffin Concrete Con- stm~ction Company for Local Improvement District No. 5OS, LaFayette Avenue. The project was inspected and approved by City Engineer McCullough on January 21, 1969. Motion by blr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to accept the Local Improvement District No. carr ~ed unanimously. The City Clerk had a Bill of Sale between the City of Bremerton and Puget Sound Power f, l.ight Company whereby the City will sell fourteen (14) metal ornamental street lighting stan- dards and luminaires for the sum of one-dollar ($1.00). Commissioner Schoneman explained that these ornamental street lighting standards are presently locatcxl in Bremerton Gardens. ~lotion by b~r. Schonenmn and b~r. Clark to approve the Bill of Sale with Puget Sound Power ~ l,igbt Company, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had a General Claim covering Payroll for period ending January 15, 1909, in tbc amount of $86,042.65. The claim was audited by lq. R. Vaa and approved by Austin Clark. b~otion by Mr. Clark and b~r. Schoneman to approve the General Claim, carried unanimously. January 22, 1969--Con't. A proposed Building Code Ordinance was discussed, but was not read due to needed correc- tions. Each Council member, and City Clerk McGowan conmended various City employees for their work on the proposed ordinance. blotion by ~4r. Schoncman and Mr. Clark to instruct the City Attorney to study and correct the proposed building code ordinance, and to have ready for reading at the next Council meeting, carried unanimously. ~lotion by ~r. Clark and blt. Jarstad to pay all bills approved by a majority of the com- missioners, carried unanimously. Con~nissioner Clark reported that he had been in attendance on Friday, January 5rd when Governor Evans delivered his budget message and on Monday, January 6th attended a meeting of the House Local Government Co,raittee which was in effect, a school for legislators on how Municipal Government operates, tie stated that he would again be in Olympia on Thursday, January 25rd to attend the Senate Cities and Towns Con~aittee meeting. Commissioner Clark co~uented on the Governor's budget message which included 16-million for Cities and Towns for the first year of the biennium. Nothing is budgeted for the second year. Governor Evans is hopeful that the legislature will present some kind of tax-revision package to the people for their consideration and that the people will react in time to permit the legisla- tors to meet in 1970 to consider funding of the second year of the biennium. Co,~nissioner Clark also mentioned Senate Bill #1S and House Bill #79 both of which pro- pose an appropriation of 60-million to Cities and Towns and S.B. #64 which proposed that 6% of the Sales Tax be allocated to Cities and Towns. Comissioner Schonoman reported that the Urban Arterial Board met on Thursday, January 16, and decided not to fund any of the projects that were before thom for this next quarter. This viii delay a bid call on the next phase of our UAB project. Comissioner Schoneman called attention to the fact that Supervisory employees could not receive overtime pay or compensatory leave and felt that steps should be taken to permit compen- sation for overtime work, under emergency conditions such as water main breaks, ice conditions, etc. Discussion followed on this matter, but no action was taken. ~layor Jarstad reported that, on Saturday, January 18th, he had addressed the Credit l~omons' Association meeting at Alderbrook. There was representation from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. blayor Jarstad had a police arrest report, for offenses other than traffic, from which he cited figures, lie gave credit to the Police Department for the fact that, while we have added several business areas to the City through annexation, the incident of crime has gone dorm slightly in 1968. bIayor Jarstad announced that Monday, January 27th he will be attending a meeting of the Law ~ Justice Committee. Itc added that he is scheduled to give a talk on present police train- ing procedures in the State. ~layor Jarstad also announced that Saturday morning, January 25th, he will attend the Governor's Prayer Breakfast. bIayor Jarstad, Convaissioner Clark, and Commissioner Schoneman ali urged the citizens to vote for the School Levy on January 28th. 'D~ere being no further business, the meeting was ADJOURNED. , [~. II. T. McGOt~AN, CITY ELERK · . ' - --