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Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington washeld
in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at lO:00 otclock A.M., D.S.T., Wednesday,
July 8, 1964 with Mayor Jarstad ~residing and Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schone-
man and City Clerk McGowan present. Also present w ere Asst. Fire Chief Gardner, Lt.
Floyd of the Fire Dept; Water Supt. Humble, City Engineer Gardiner and representatives
of the press and radio.
Meeting c~ledto order by Mayor Jarstad mbo led thcs present in the Flag Salute.
Invocation was given by Major Reid of the Salvation Army.
City Clerk McGowan read the minutes of the regular meeting of July l, 1964 and
they were approved as read.
Mr. McGowan read notices of employment for Gladys L. Powers, extra help in the
Mayor's Office at $1.80 per hour and Sandra Lee Stone, Learn to Swim Aid, at $1.25 per
hour for the Park Department.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman to approve the temporary non-civil ser-
vice appointments, carried.
Mr..iMcGowan read a change of pay for Edward W. Fought, radio mainten~ce, from
~436.00 to ~454.00 per month, effective July 1st.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to approve, carried.
City Clerk McGowan announced that he had 19 requests for renewal of pinball lic-
enses from the Bremerton Amusement Company and as they were all renewals would not
read them; each was accompanied by a check for $20.00.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to approve the renewals, carried.
July 8, 196~ (Con't)
Mr. Mc~wan read payroll voucherin the amount of $61,972.20 covering payroll
period ended June 50, 1964, appromd by Austin M. Chrk and audited by W.R. Vaa.
Motion by Mr. Cl~k and Mr. Schoneman to approve, carried.
City Clerk McGowan read request from the Water Department and Commissioner
Schoneman authorizing a ~d call for the sale of approximately 159 thousand board
feet of timber consisting of ~ der and maple, fir, hemlock and cedar.
Motion by Mr. Scho~em~ and Mr. Ch rk the City Cle ~ be ~ authorized, carried.
Motion by Mr. Cla~ and Mr. Schoneman to allow all bills ~proved by a majority
of the Commissioners, carried.
Commissioner Clark reported that all three Commissioners have been attending
the Tax Equalization Board meetings in Port Orchard and they have been most interest-
ing and informative; the completion of the work on llth Street is an acknowledgement
of one of the nu~erous monuments to Commissioner Schoneman's attention to his job,
and finally he wouldlike to extend an'official welcome to Mr. Gardiner, the new City
Engineer.
Mr. Schoneman reported that the guard rails on the llth Street overpass would
be in place today; are in the process of grading and s~rveylng and placing the curb-
ing on Kitsap Way; the Water Department, in two days, will be fnished cutting under
the paving on Wilbert ~r placing of the culvert; are preparing, to clean the second
hole at Meadowdale; are down to 495 feet and tests will determine the amount of wat-
er; had talked to Mr. Hanley regarding the use of the 1st St. Dock for parking,
there ~.ll be about 19 spaces for which meters will have to be bought. Mr. McGowan
warned that calling for bids on the meters will take time. Mr. Schoneman further re-
ported the asphalting of Cambrian should be ready by the end of this week.
Mr. Jarstad reported that City Attorney Fisher was in Seattle at the Federal
Court on bhe Corey Trial; Bremerton Police Department personell are concerned and
we are providing the best legal counselers available.
Mayor Jarstad announced that during; the Month of June the Fire Department an-
swered ~2 calls; the Park Department has enrolled ~ in the "Learn to Swim" pro-
gram and we have 5 playfields in operation; next Tuesday will have an ~l city band
concert and demonstrations by sportsmenS groups; the park areas are beautiful and
he urged all to visit them; all will have proper sTgns soon.
Mayor Jarstad further announced that he had attended the KJR dance at the Chat-
eau Holler Rink, there were over a thousand young people there and they conducted
theirselves like ladies and gentlemen; Mr. Jarstad co~ended the press and the radio
for their c~nverage of city business, adding that a~l departments of the City were
appreciative.
Mr. Clark stated ~hat the dance was good for the community as the young people
need something like this; the application for the dance license was requested after
the last weeks meeting and as it needed C~uncil ~proval the individual members
were polled and all approved and in order to get it into the minutes a motion by Mr.
Clark and Mr. Schonem~ that the Council, in session, approve the action previously
given regarding this dance license, carried.
APPRO ~D: Cit~ Clerk
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