HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/12/64 May 12, 1964
Regular meeting of the City CouI~cil of the City of Bremerton,Washington, was
held in the CouncilChambers of the City Hall at lO:C0 o'clock A.M., D.S.T., Tuesday
May 12, 1964 with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were Commissioner Clark,
City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland, Police Chief Plouf, Fire hief Tillett,
Civil Service ExaminerSoutherland and representatives of the press a~d radio. Com-
missioner Schoneman was attending a Public Works Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Meeting called to order by.Mayor Jarstad after which he led those assembled in
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The Invocation was also given by Mr. Jarstad.
City Clerk read the minutes of the last two regular Council Meetings of April
29th and May 6th and after a minor connrection to the minutes of May 6, were approved.
City Clerk read a report of separation for Jacob Earl Collins, Park & Recreation
Dept. effective May 7th, 1964.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mt. Clark the separationbe accepted, carried.
City Clerk read the following notices of employment: Park & Recreation Dept.,
Christine Finucan, Margaret Irwin,Thomas Oldham, Nelda Reid,.Karen Fox, Sally ~wen-
son, Larry Parker all $1.78 per hour effective June 13, ~964; William Bissell $50.00
per month effective June 1st and Charles Pa~l Semancik~ $400.00 per month effective
June l, 1964; Jimmie Davis, $1.90 per hour, cemetery effective May 13th; Roger Pal-
mer, Police Dept., $445.00 per month effective May 7th.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mt. Clark the temporary appointments in the Park De-
partment and Cemetery and the Civil Service eligible in the Police Dept., be approved,
carried.
City Clerk read a change of pay for Donald G. Jacobsen, Fire Dept from $530.00
to $8~0.00 per month, effective May lVth.
Motion.bY ~r. Jarstad and Mr. Clark the change of pay be appro~Bd, carried.
C~ty Clerk read an application for a pinball location license at the Korner
Lunch, signed by Betty Earshman and approved by the Police~hief and also an applica-
tion for a transfer of a location license for pinball machines at the Rendezvous
Tavern, signed by Bernard Burden and approved by the Police Chie2.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark both applications for licenses be approved,
carried.
City Clerk reported the committee who studied the bids on the exterior painting
of Roosevelt Fiel8 Grandstand recommended the award be made to Joe Kinney, low bid-
der at $1,140.00 plus tax.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mt. Clark to concur in the recommendation and award to
the low bidder, carried.
Commissioner Clark reported Mr.~on Cunninghamwho works in the Cemetery Dept had
an emergency opsration last F~iday and is getting along very well but will probably
be of~ f~om work for several weeks. The man hired this morning on a temporary basis
will be employed about 2~ weeks and was not hired in connection with Mr. Cunningham's
illness. Perhaps later, Mr. Clark explained, it will b e necessary to hire someone
to take care of Mr. Cunningham's absence.
Co~missioner Clark reported tat he and the Mayor are leaving shortly for the an-
nual meeting of the Association of Was~ington Cities to be heldin Spokane.
City Attorney Holland wished to thank Grace Mead and Nell Block for putting on
such a nice farewell luncheon and also wished to thank all the City ~2nployees who
participated in the event. He sa~d that he certainly appreciated it and that it was
a pleasant surprise and he knew that he and his wife will never forget it.
Mayor Jarstad reported the ca~'etaker at the Park is now living at NAD and he ap-
preciated his moving so fast before any damage was done to the building out there.
Mayor Jarstad reported attending the annual banquet for all the guilds for retar~-
ed Children and he said it was one o~ the few banquets he has attended where he did-
n't have to do anything and he really enjoyed its Mr. Austin ~lark was master of
ceremonies on this occasion.
Mayor Jarstad reported that all of the 6th Grade Class who visited the Council
Meeting last Wednesday wrote letters of appreciation to him and he read a fewof the
letters.
Mayor Jarstad gave the following reports: The Mayor remarked that i~ was a dif-
ficult Job to pick a winner during Clean-Up School Grounds Week as all the children
did such an excellent Job.
Petition to vacate an alley in Block 3, Town of Breme..ton has been sent to the
Planning Co~mdssion as the ordinance requires this to b e the right procedure.
Archery Range--There were too many un~swered questions and the people ~ho pro-
posed the range agreed to remove all their equipment and the CityCommlssioners will
help them locate in an area which would not be objectionable for their use.
May 12, 1964 (CON,T)
Petition regarding the parking of cars on ?th Street owned by Chuck Haselwood--
Mayor Jarstad remarked that possibly the petitioners felt the Commissioners weremoving
too slowly but it was necessary to ~et all the legal opinions t~ back up the decision
as it might develop into a court case. The City Attorney has instructed Mr. Haaelwood~s
attorney that the City Commissioners are waiting to hear from the Joint City-County
Planner Ralph Lifvendahl on the planning aspects of the situation.
Mr. Theo Pullman, 2125 ?th Street, appeared in Council and felt the cars should be
removed pending any decision that is being made and inquired to the length of time be-
fore an answer can be expected from the planner.
Mm. Jarstad told him a reasonable time which would mean perhaps a week but if cars
were being parked on private property the owners could sign a complaint and action
wojld be taken immediately. It was explained that cars can park on a public street
up to V2 hours but cannot have a "for sale" sign on them.
Mr. Clark explained that usually a commercial area has a buffer area between it
and residential but this was a case where it is "hard" commercial on one side of the
block and "soft" residential on the other side.
Mayor Jarstad recommended a spokesman attend the meeting witl~ the Council when a
reply is received from Mr. Lifvendahl and Mr. Pullman suggested that Mr. Terence Han-
ley attend.
Mr. Paddison objected to the smoking in the Council Room and Mr. Jarstad thanked
Mr. Paddison for th literature he left him in his office and said he would read it.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Hr. Clark to pay the bills if approved by a majority of
the Commissioners, carried.
Meeting ad JouI-ned,
CitY Clerk