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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/28/66 December 28, 1966 Regular meeting of the City Comcil of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at I0:00 o~clock A.M., P.S.T., on Wednesday, December 28, 1966, with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were the following: Commissioners Clark and Schoneman, City Attorney Fisher, City Clerk ~c~mwan, City Engineer Mebus, Police Chief Plouf, City Planner McConnell, Fire Chief Tillett, Water Supto H~nnble, and members of the press and radio. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and the invocation was civen by the Mayor. ~e minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. The City Clerk read a memo signed by the Supt. of Park an~ Recreation, in which he requested that three upright pianos be declared surplus and disposed of in the best interests of the City, because a new p~ano will be purchased soon. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman the~ianos be declared surplus and 5is posed'of in'the b~st interests of the City, carried unanimously. Mr. Jarstad pointed out that the teen-age dance committee has voted to purchas~ a new piano flor the Sheridan Park Building. · December 28, 1968--Con't. A Change of Pay was presented for: NF~L A. HART, Playleader in the Park Dept., From $1.75 to SB.00 per hour, evvective January 7, 1967, temporary employee. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark the Change of Pay be approved, carried unanimously. A letter in the form of an application for transfer of the Taxicab license of the Arrow Cab Company from the ownership of i~obert F. Guy to Leslie N. Leaf was~ read. The application was approved by the Chief of Police and an Insurance form was enclosed. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the application fo~ transfer be approved, carried unanimously. AN ORDINANCE appropriating funds not provided for in the 1966 budget and de- claring an emergency was read for the second time. The Ordinance appropriates $18,500 to Item 6 - Non Street Costs - Under Maintenance and Operation, in the Street Fund Budget for the year 1966. Motion by Mr. Scheneman and Mr. Clark the Or~inance be approved for passage and publication as Ordinance No. 2721, carried unanimously. The City Clerk announced that the Committee to whom the bids on 60 Floodlights for Roos~velt Field had been referred recommend the award be made to Graybar Elec- tric Company, of Seattle, the low bidder, with a total bid of $1,929.60. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman the awar5 be made as recommenSed, carried unanimously. The City Clerk stated that the Committee to whom the bids on a pum? for the NAD tanks had been referred recommend the award be made to the Instrument Labora- tory of Seattle, with a bid of $505. They were not the low bidder, but the two lower bidders'diS not meet the specifications. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark the award be made as recommended, car- ried unanimously. Regarding the award of the bid on 24" steel pipe, the City Attorney explained that the low biUder had ~'equested correction of his bid which was in error. The City ~lttorney recommended, in this situation, that the Council award to the next lowest bidder and not accept a revised bid from the low bidder. Motion by Mr. Schoneiuan and Mr. Clark that the low bid be rejected because the specifications of length and type were not adequate, and award to the next lowest bi~der, the Beall Pipe Corporation, with a bid of $8,2~0.00, carried unani- mously. The City Clerk stated that the Committee to whom the bids on Chlorine and Amm~onia for the year 1967 had been referred recommend the award be made to the low bidder, Van Waters and Rogers, of Seattle. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad the award be made as recommended, carried unanimously. 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 he will be attending a meeting of the legislative steering committee of the Association of Washington Cities on Friday. Mr. Clark explained that the budget year runs until January BO, 1967, and it won't be until after that time that a conclusive report of the financial year 1966 can be given. He did make the following report: The assessed valuation of the City for 1967 is $29,983,455.00, a growth of $1,66V,030.00 There were ~I6.49 acres annexed to the City in 1966 and 773 residents The population now stands at 3~,V73 Bremerton's area consists of 6.95 square miles, a growth from 6.62 miles in the previous year This will be the first year in the last ll years that the City has issued no regis- registered warrants on the General Fund, and is an indication that the City is living within its budget. Normally, on March 31 of each year~ our low point cash-wise, the City has had outstanding in registered warrants as much as $304,000.00, as opposed to a cash balance of $36,000.00 in March of 1966. Mr. Schoneman stated !t!at the Public Works Department has had a good year and he cited several of the projects accomplished in the various departments~ such as, the major llth Street widening from Callow to Chester,' and the completion of the Ostrich Bay-Oyster Bay Sewerage project. Mr. Jarstad stated that the ~'eports of the Police, Fire, and Parks Departments for the year 1966 will be in soon. He complimented the City Blmployees for their efforts in doing an outstanding job for the City, and extended congratulations to the Department Heads for doing their jobs well, also. · December 28, 1966-- Con'to Mr. Jarstad announced the appointment of Gordon Walgren to the position of City At borney, when the present City Attorney, Gerard Fisher, will be taking his post in the County as a Judge.. A motion was made by Mr. Jarstad and seconded by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to appoint Mr. Walgren to the post of City Attorney, and carried unanimously. All three Commissioners joined in extending thanks to Gerard Fisher for the job he has done in the position of City Attorney, and expressing confidence that Mr. Walgren will do a fine Job, also. Meeting adjourned. HAROLD E. MORRILJ~ STALE EXA ~IN~R