HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/10/65 March 10, 1965
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was
held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 7:30 P.M., Wednesday, March 10th,
1968 with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were the following: Commissioner
Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan~ Water Supt. Humble, Acting City
Engineer Mebus, Lt. D. Floyd of the Fire Dept and representatives o£ the press and
radio. The City Attorney was absent because of illness.
Meeting calledto order by Mayor Jarstad who led t ese present in the Flag Sal-
ute and the invocation was given by Chet Simpson, Youth For Christ.
City Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting and they were approved as read.
City Clerk annotuuced it was the time and place set for opening bids on concrete
sewer pipe and fittings, and four bids were received.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark the bids be opened, carried unanimously.
City Clerk opened the following bids:
Harrison Pipe Company, no bid.
Lundberg Concrete Pipe,~enclosed certified check $188.01; $3,760.14.
Bremerton Concrete Products.Co., enclosed certified cheek $177.00, $3,525.91.
United Concrete Pipe Corp., enclosed Cashiers check $160.00, $3,087.35.
The bids were tabulated by the Acting City Engineer and the.low bidder was
United Concrete Pipe Corp.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark the bid be awarded to United Concrete
Pipe, carried unanimously.
City Clerk repo~ted the automobile bids opened last week were studied by the
committee o£ the whole and they recommended the award be made to the low bidder,
Kluge Chevrolet Company.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman to concur in the recommendation of the
Committee, carried unanimously.
City Clerk read a claim for damages signed by Jearmette Hansen in the amount
of $10,000 covering injuries when she fell over a raised section of sidewalk on
North Callow, North of the intersection with Sixth Street.
Mr. McGowan has reported the claim to the insurance company.
City Clerk read a Planning Commission Resolution No. ll9 requesting the City
Council to pass an ordinance amending the Use and Area Naps of Ordinance No. 1792
in the following manner: Rezone Charleston Block ll, South l0 feet of Lot lC,
all of ll, 12 and 13, from R-1 to R-2. (Petition of Reuban G. Swanson)
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the matter be referred to the City Attor-
ney for drafting the necessary ordinance and set the public hearing for two weeks
from today the 24th day of March at l0 o'clock A.M., carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Clark and M~ Schoneman all bills be paid if approved by a major-
ity of the Commissioners, carried unanimously.
Commissioner Clark gave a financial report as of February 28th whereby the City
is in the red $30,285 which is the lowest figure in the red at this time of year
for the past six years. It is traditional for the City to be in the red at this time
of year due to the lack of the tax supported funds coming in.
Co~nissioner Clark and the other Commissioners discussed House Bill 537 and
urged the public to write letters to their legislators in Ol~npia to support the
bill.
Commissioner Schoneman gave the following progress report: Paving of Yantie
from Farragut to Rodgers completed; street repairs at the intersection of Burwell
and Bloomington have been made; 5th Street repairs from Washington Avenue to the
alley have been completed; widening of Park Avenue from 4th to llth in progress.
March 10, 1965 (Con't)
Mayor Jarstad reported the following: During the Month of February the Fire
Dept ~ad 26 fire-calls and one first aid call. Police Dept for the ~onth of Feb-
ruary made 266 arrests, 8 on disorderly conduct and 7 for drunkeness.
Mayor Jarstad~reported sending letters to 22 Mayors requesting them to write
letters to Dept. o£ Navy. Washington D.C. to name the ships being~built in the Pug-
et Sound Naval Shipyard ~USS Port Orchard" and~USS Puget Sound".
Mr. K.A. Leichtman, 20§ High Avenue, attended the Council meeting and asked
questions about the sewer charge.
Mr. Bob Kieffer, 2025 N. Wycoff attended the Council meeting and asked ques-
tions about the program of resurfacing streets in Bremerton.
Mr. Hugh Bartlett, 517 High Avenue, attended the Council meeting and was inter-
ested in the various street improvements.
Mr. 0. Fruge, 620 Pennsylvania~Avenue, attended the Council meeting and asked
about the blacktoppgng of various parking lots in town.
Meeting adjourned. .. ~ ~~F~~~
APPROVED: City ~Clerk