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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/08/67 February 8, 1967 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Council Chambers o£ the City Hall at 10:00 o~clock A.M., P.S.T., on Wednesday, February 8, 1987, with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were the following: Commissioners Clark and Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, Deputy City Attorney Soriano, Fire Chief Tillett, Police Chief Plouf, City Engineer Mebus, City Planner NcConnell~ and members of the press and radio. Meeting was called to order by the Mayor and the Invocation was given by the Mayor. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as amended. The City Clerk announced that the Committees to whom the bids on cars, motor scooter~ motorcycle, and radio equipment had been referred at the previous meeting recommend the awards be made as follows: Kluge Chevrolet, low bidder, four police cars, Net amount $8,965.72 February 8, 1967--Con't. Pacific Equipment Co., low bidder, that met the specifications, Motor Scooter, Net amount, $1,830.85 Dragerts Harley Davidson, the only bidder, Motorcycle, Net amount $1,880.00 Motorola, Low bidder, Radio Equipment. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman the awards be made as recommended, carried unanimously. The City Clerk explained that the C~mmittee to whom the bids on furniture for the Judge's Office had been referred had not yet met, but because of the fact that the City reserved the right to split the award, and award to the low bidder in each of the items, he recommended that a book shelf be ordered at this time from Pentn- sula Stationers because of time involved in delivery. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Sch~neman that the request for ordering of the bookshelf b e approved, carried unanimously. Requests for authorization to call for bids on the following were read: 1.~ Replacement of the existing filter system at Memorial Swimming Pool 2. Tractor to pull mowers in the Park Dept. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark the bid calls be authorized, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read a request from the Police Dept. that a Stenorette recorder be declared surplus. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman the recorder be declared surplus and disposed of in the best interests of the City, carried unanimously. A Notice of Employment was read for: WILLIAM ~ACKSON, Extra Help in the Cemetery, at $1.90 per hour, effective February 2, 1967, temporary employee. Moti~n by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the employment be approved~ carried unani- mously. A Change of P~y was read for: GEORGE B. DE~ELLO, Auto Mechanic in the Garage, from $3.39 to $3.53 per hour,.effect ive February l, 1967, Civil Service Eligible. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad the Change of Pay be approved, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read the General Claim covering the payroll period ended Jan- uary 31, 1967, in the amount of $67,938.68. The Claim was approved by Austin Clark and audited by W. R. Vaa. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman the Claim be approved, carried unani- mously. The City Clerk presented two claims for damages: Laura M. Peterson, $14.42 for replacement of one lens in her glasses which were broken when she fell over some broken blacktop piled adjacent to her property by city forces. Walker Wilson, $50,000 damages and injuries suffered when he tripped on the sidewal~ near the Olympic Restaurant. Both claims were reported to the Insurance Company. Three letters were read from Gray and Osborne: 1. Re: Progress Estimate No. 14 and final, release of retained percentage, Del Guzzi, Schedule B, Pump Stations. 2. Re: Progress Estimate No. 6 and semi-final, projemt completion, Settle Con- struction Co., Primary digester modifications, sewage treatment plant No. 2. 3. Re: Engineering Services, Primary digester reconstruction, sewage treatment Plant No. 2. Regarding Letter No. 2, a motion was made by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to ad- vise Gray and Osborne that the Council will not be in a position to accept the com- pletion until a letter is forthcoming stating that it has be~n completed in com- pliance, rather than"apparent complianoe," to plans and specifications, and it includes their specific recommendation of acceptance or lack of acceptance, and carried unanimously. Mr. Schoneman stated that this area was inspected yesterday by Mr. Humble. The results are available, but there should be an inspection report from the pro- ject engineer. The City Clerk read a letter from the General Electric Company regarding their lease on the Gold Mountain Site. The request if for permission to sublease spac~ inside the building to the Kenmore Building Materials Co., Inc., Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to study the request before approval is made, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read m ~ketter from the Civil Service Exs~niner in which he sub- mits for Council approval the Change in Rule V1 of the Civil Service Rules ~o lower the time an eligibility register shall remain in force from two years to one year. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman to accept the recommendation and adopt the change in rules, carried unanimously. · February 8, 1967--Con't. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried unanimously. Mr. Clark stated that Monday evening he attended a hearing in Olympia on the questionof proposed formula for distribution of monies to cities. The idea is to get the money to the cities where the need is the greatest. The comments of the legislators indicated that they have come to a conclusion that the cities need the money and the money must be made available. On Friday the Commissioners will again go to Olympia to testify at the hear- ing on the gas tax bill. The proposal is to increase the gas tax by 2~ setting one cent aside of that for creation of a fund from which bonds will be issued to make money available to urban areas for street purposes. At this time, Mr. Armstead approached the Council. He stated his request for a variance for a carport had been approved by the Planning Commission twice, and he could not understand why his building peri, it was being held up on the carport. After considerable discussion on the matter, it was decided that the matter was the Planning Commission's decision,,and the decision had been made. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman that the Planning Commission has the right to grant the variance and the decision has been made; but the City will hold up the building permit giving Mr. Deitschler the opportunity to make his present- ation before the Planning Commission, carried unanimously. Mr. Schoneman stated that some of the people in the Valle-Hi area are inter- ested in forming~an LID for sewers. A meeting has been set for February 20 to decide the matter. Mr. $choneman reported that the lighting is being updated in several area~. Mr. Schoneman reported that the new access to Jackson Park via Austin Drive is to be completed today. It was decided in Olympia that the City would have the right to program this road work which is a City road. The work is being done with a gravel base at the approach and a sprinkling of crushed rock on top of that. The Navy will now be able to close the gate at the end of Shorewood Drive and the City will be able to come up with a program to repair the slide area on Shorewood Drive. Mr. Schoneman reported that the plans for remodeling the ferry terminal have been completed by Branch, Branch, and Garrison. The museum pieces from Craven Center will be brought in to this area. Craven Center has been inspected by the Fire Department, City Engineer, and Building Inspector and reports have been made. Mr. Schoneman will be attending the Puget Sound Governmental Conference on Thursday when there will be a program on air pollution. Mr. Jarstad welcomed Mr. Walker, Director of the Housing Authority, to the meeting, Mr. Jarstad reported the following: Housing Authority reports 580 units occupied and no'vacancies Fire Dept. reports 29 fire calls and 3 first aid runs. Mr. Jarstad complimented the Police Dept. for its handling of the armed assault case early Sunday morning, when both citizens and policemen's lives were in danger. Mr. Jarstad reported that he will be going to Olympia in the evening to tes- tify on the needs of cities. Meeting adjourned. APPROVED: CITY CLERK ~,AYOR (~