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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/20/69 February 20, 1969 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 7:30 P.M., P.S.T., on February 20, 1969, with Mayor darstad presid- ing. Also present were the following: Conmissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk ~cgowan, Acting Planning Director [lofmann, City Engineer Mcgullough, Office Engineer 'l]~ornburgh, Battalion Chief Buettgenbach, Students from East lligh School, and Representatives of the Press and Radio. The meeting was called to order by Mayor ,Jarstad and the Invocation was given by Rev- erend Glenn Soule of the Manette Community Church. 'l~e minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as amended. Hayor Jarstad introduced the Conmissioners and other officials of the City who were present to the Students and explained some of their duties. The City Clerk announced that it was the time and place set for a hearing on the final assessment roll for Local Improvement I}istrict No. 505 - LaFayette Avenue, from 1st to Burwell St. Hotion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to open the hearing, carried unanimously. The City Clerk stated that to date he had received no protest on the Local Improvement District. Mayor .larstad asked if there was anyone in the audience who wished to speak for or against the Local Improvement District; there being none, the City Clerk read ORDINANCE.:NO. 2832 adopting and confirming the assessment roll for Local Improvement District No. 305, providing for the im- provement of LaFayette Avenue from 1st Street to Burwell Street, providing for the levying and assessing for the costs and expenses thereof against the parcels and lots of land within the boundaries of said improvement district; providing for the collection thereof; creating and tablishing a special fund therefor; and fixing the date for the issuance of bonds in payment thereof. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to pass OPd)INANCE NO. 2832 on first reading, carried unanimous ly. The City Clerk bad the following Report of Separation: ALVI~ L. I[AN~d!Y, t!lectrician l[elper, February 21, 1969, At Own Request. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Hr. Ctark to accept the Report of Separation, carried unani- mously. 'the City Clerk had the following Notice of Employment: ROBERT W. [IENRY, ,IR., Patrolman 1st Year in the Police Department, at $595.00 per month, effective February 16, 1969, Civil Service Eligible. ~btion by Hr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman to approve the Notice of Employment, carried unanimous ly. February 20, 1969--Con't. : l'he City Clerk had the following Change of Pay Status Reports: DENNIS C{~RESON, From 'Extra I~bor to IIelper in the Water (Distribution Dept.) from $2.00 to $2.25 per hour, effective February 20, 1969, Civil Service Eligible. GED l~3N~31~rl'Z, Detective in the Police Department, from $680. to $725. per month, effective 51arch 1, 1969, Appointive. Motion by ~Ir. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve the Change of Pay Status Reports, car- : ried unanimously. The City Clerk announced that the con~nittee to whom the bids were referred on the Police Cargo Van reco~nends that the award be made to Bennett Ford for a net price of $3,154.72. The only other bid received did not meet with Specifications. Motion by ~r. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to concur with the recon~p~ndation of the committee and award the bid to Bennett Ford for the Police Cargo Van, carried unanimously. 'lhe City Clerk announced that the Committee to whom the bids were referred on the Water- works Supplies recommends the following: Schedule I - C.I. Pipe be awarded to U. S. Pipe & Foundry Co., for amount of $33,452.50; Schedule II - A.C. Pipe be awarded to Rathke & Company for amount o£ $20,4,15.00; Schedule III - Valves & Fittings be awarded to Western Utilities for amount of $3,202.27; Schedule IV - Repair Sleeves be awarded to Western Utilities for amount of $844.50; Schedule V - Gate Valves be awarded to Western Utilities for amount of $2,333.86; Sche- dule VI - Tapping Valves & Sleeves for amount of $3,677.58 to Western Utilities; Schedule VII - Fire l~drants be awarded to Western lltilities for amount of $4,300.94; and Schedule VIII - Valve Boxes be awarded to Western Utilities for amount of $3,600.75. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to award the bids as recommended by the committee, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had a memo from E. G. IMmble requesting authorization for the Water De- partment to install approximately 4,620 linear feet of 8-inch asbestos cement pipe on the South Central Valley Road, north of the Fairgrounds Road. lie stated that the pipeline has been pe- titioned for by owners of abutting property including the Central Kitsap School District which plans construction of a new building during 1969. The line will be paid for by the $2.75 per front foot assessments provided for under Ordinance No. 2288, and the total cost of the project is estimated to he $15,477.00. ~lotion by Mr. Schoneman and ~r. Clark to authorize the request of Water Superintendent Htnnble, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read a letter from the Board of Administration, Bremerton Employees' Re- tirement System, signed by Chairman W. R. Vaa. The letter req~lested authorization to have an actuarial valuation made to determine whether or not a raise might be given to the present re- tirees. ~otion by Mr. Clark and blr. Schoneman to authorize an actuarial valuation of the Brem- erton Employees' Retirement System, carried unanimously. ]'he City Clerk read RESOLUTION NO. 1406 which eliminates tile position of Clerk-Secretary in the Police Budget - Identification Division for the year 1969 and adds one Clerk-Typist with maximum rates of pay for 1969 at $418.00 per month. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 1406, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had two applications for transfer of licenses at the Ferry Dock Terminal. One was for a ~[~sic Machine and the other was for a Pinball Machine. The applicants name was Bertha Sands. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to approve the applications for transfer of licenses, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had a General Claim for payroll period ending February 15th, 1969, in the amount of $85,297.{)9. The Claim was audited by W. R. Vaa and approved by Austin Clark. Motion by ~Ir. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the General Claim, carried unanimously. 'l~le City Clerk read a PROCI~tATION which declared the two days of February 28th & March 1st, 1969, as "SUNSIIINE FOil RE]'ARDED CtlILDREN" days. The City Clerk had the following Claims for Damages: AI.BERT B. SLIGH, JR., and TI~LMA BeCkON for damages incurred in an accident with a City Fire Ve- hicle. Tile Claim was in the amount of $50,000. S~I'ANLEY J. STOUT, for damages incurred when his basement was flooded from a broken water nh2in. The exact amount had not been determined. ~e Claims were both reported to the Insurance Company. The City Clark had a memo from City Engineer McCullough which attached an application for a Utility Connection Outside the City Limits signed by Edward I. O'Donnell. The memo stated that the Pine Road sewer line is available to the property in. question. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to approve the application subject to proper signing of an Outside Utility Agreement whereby the applicant agrees to annex to the City of Bremerton at a future date, carried unanimously. February 20, 1969-~Con't. Tt~e City Clerk had a memo from T. R. Tillett, Fire Chief, which requested authorization to waive a bid call for air masks and to negotiate purchase of same in order that all air masks will be uniform. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Hr. Clark to approve the waiver of the bid call and authorize tbe City Clerk to negotiate the purchase of air masks, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read a letter from the Bremerton Employees' Association signed by Leonard S. Clark, President, which requested the Council to schedule a meeting with the organization to discuss the possibility of city participation in the health insurance program of city employees. The letter further requested Council consideration in changing the sick leave policy for city em- ployees from the present fifty-day maximum to unlimited. Hotion by Hr. Clark and ~lr. Jarstad to accept tim letter and arrange for a meeting with the Association, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read a memo from Andrew Pendergast, Parks fi Recreation Department Super- visor, which recommended that a resolution adopting the current Capital Improvement Program be prepared and adopted by the City Council so that the application for IAC funds for the improvement of Lions Playfield can proceed in an orderly manner. ~tion by Hr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to instruct the City Attorney to draft such a Reso- lution, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read a letter from the State of I~ashington, Planning & Community Affairs Agency, which reminded the City that the census of the city must he reported by April 1st, 1969. It further gave tile different ways in which this could be done. The City Clerk stated that since next year a Federal Census would be taken, it would be advisable to submit an estimate only. No action by the Council was necessary. The City Clerk had a Requisition from the Parks & Recreation Department for various hor- ticultural supplies and requesting that they be purchased by public bid. Motion by Mr. Clark and ~. Jarstad to authorize a bid call for horticultural supplies for the Parks & Recreation Department, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had a request for a variance for the First Federal Savings ~ Loan Associa- tion to allow for expansion beyond height limitations set by Ordinance No. 1792, at 500 Pacific Avenue. The Plarming Commission had referred this request to the City Council with notations that the nmq zoning ordinance would allow for this height limit and indicated the Commission's favorable attitude toward granting a variance. All Commissioners agreed that this would be a great step in the development of the central business district. Motion by Hr. Sshoneman anti Mr. Jarstad to allow t}~ variance request. Commissioner Clark was in currance with the action, but suggested that action be post- poned until a public hearing cm~ld be held or until it could be determined whether or not a public hearing was needed. Acting Planning Director }~fmann stated that if the Council was acting as a Board of Ad- justment, a Puhlic tlearing must be held. Commissioner Schoneman then amended his motion to include referring to the City Attorney for checking to see if a public hearing was needed, seconded by Mr. Jarstad. Thc motion was put to a vote, and carried unanimously. 'lhe City Clerk had a request from the Planning Conmission for rezone of the }qestgate Motel from Residential-One (R-I)anl Residential-Two (R-2) to Business-Two (B-2) to allow for expansion of motel at 4503 Kitsap Way. The City Clerk then read PLANNING cOMqlSSION RESOLUTION NO. 176 which requested the City Council to pass an Ordinance amending the use and area maps of Ordinance No. 1792 and rezone property located at 4303 Kitsap Way from R-1 and R-2 to B-2. Motion by Hr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to accept the Resolution and set a date of Public tfear- ing on the matter for March 5th, 1969 at 10:00 A.M., carried unanimously. ~tion by Hr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to pay all bills approved by a majority of the Com- missioners, carried unanimously. C~missioner Clark reported on a public hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee he attended in Olympia on a Senate Bill which relates to the Firemens' working hours and proposes a change fr~n 56 hour weeks to 40 hour weeks. Commissioner Clark then reported on a public meeting of the House Committee on Taxation in Olympia which was for the purpose of City Officials from throughout the State being able to tes- tify in behalf of the Cities' needs. Tbe meeting was called by Senator [~re of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Commissioner Clark reported on a meeting on the taxation, tax revision and tax reform. lie explained the need for a complete tax revision in tim State. Febnmry 20, 1969--Con't. Commissioner Schoneman asked all students to stand and state their name. Commissioner Schoneman then reported on the following city projects: l) 'rile Gorst Creek Dams are almost completed. The screens are in shipment and should be here tomorrow. Possibly by next week, 950,000 salmon can be reared. 2) The Bun~ell Street and Callc~v Avenue improvement projects will:be started next week. Many streets are being repaired throughout the city. 3) £1eventh & Warren Avenue intersection should be completed within twenty (20) working days. 4) Consultants are being interviewed for water studies on the Han~aa Ilamma aml Jefferson Creek. The purpose of the studies is to assure a plentiful future water supply. 5) 11. N. Godat is almost finished with the Kitsap Lake study and it is hoped that the City will be able to obtain funds to install the sewer. 6) Over $26,000. was spent in the maintenance of ice and snow during the cold season. The cold weather bas caused many breaks in the streets which will need patching, lie stated that there are 75 streets on tile west side and 42 streets on the east side which will need this type of work. Mayor Jarstad gave the following Fire Report for the month of January, 1969: 47 Fire Runs; of which 17 were home fires. The estimated damage was $14,868.14 on buildings & $7,080. on buildings ' contents. b~yor Jarstad gave the following Police Report for the month of January, 1969: 324 Ar- rests, 277 of which were traffic. Mayor Jarstad stated that last year there were 900 adults and 1,000 juveniles involved in criminal proceedings. One student in tile audience asked several questions concerning the proposed ~nicipal Golf Course. ~e Commissioners answered his questions satisfactorily. The City Clerk had a Contract with Lewis & Redford Engineers for engineering services which was referred to the City Attorney's Office for approval as to form. City Clerk McGowan stated that the Contract was satisfactory. Tile City Clerk read I~IERGENCYORDINANCE NO. 2853 which establishes the position of Com- munications Supervisor in the Traffic ~aintenance Fund (Radio Maintenance Department) and making appropriations. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to pass F3tERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2855 on second read- ing, carried unanimously. Tile City Clerk read INERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2834 reenacting Section 6-A of Ordinance No; 1813 relating tn holidays, as enacted by Ordinance No. 2534 and amended by Ordinance No. 2594 and inadvertently repealed by Ordinance No. 2775. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to pass F2~ERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2834 on first read- ing, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read BWERGI~CY ORDINANCE NO. 2835 relating to soda fountains, soft drink bars, and parlors, restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, lunch rooms, cigar stands, cardrooms and card tables for hire, prescribing conditions for the issuance and renewal of card room licenses and amending Ordinance No. 749. b~tion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to pass BX~RGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2855 on first read- ing, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read ORDINANCE NO. 2836 fixing the age at which appointed officials and employees, except uniformed personnel of the Police and Fire Departments, may no longer work for the City of Bremerton. Motion by blt. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve ORDINANCE NO. 2836 on first reading, carried unanimously. Tbe City Clerk read I~IERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2837 amending Ordinance No. 2744 of the City as amended by Ordinance No. 2762, adopting a plan for the acquisitions, construction and instal- lation of certain additions and improvements to and extensions of the co, lined water and sewer- age system of the City; declaring the estimated cost thereof and providing for the payment of such costs; and providing for the issuance of warrants against the same, and for the payment of certain monies therein. [btion by Mr. Clark and ~. Schoneman to pass I~4ERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2837 on first read- ing, subject to necessary corrections, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had a b~tual Aid Fire Fighting Agreement between the City and Kitsap County Fire Protection District No. 8 (Navy Yard City). Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to accept the Mutual Aid Fire Fighting Agreement, carried unanimously. Mayor Jarstad announced that next Council meeting the first of a series of discussions would be held on the new zoning ordinance. There being no further business, the meeting was AIUOURNFJ). McCX)I~'AN, CITY CLERK GLENN K, JAP4S__TJ~, MAYOR