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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/10/63 April 10, 1963 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 10:O0 o'clock A.M., Wednesday, April 10, 1963 with Mayor Domstad presiding. Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland, City Engineer Fortman, Civil Service Examin- er Southerland, Water Supt. Humble, Fire Chief Tillett, Police Chief Plouf and re- presentatives of the press and radio. Notion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the minutes of the last meeting be ap- proved as wrltt~n, carried. City Clerk announced this was the date and time set for opening bidson the con- struction of a concrete overpass at the intersection of Wycoff Avenue and Eleventh Street and two telegrams had been received prior to Nd opening. No~ion by Mr. Schoneman and MissCullin the bids be opened, carried. City Clerk opened the following ~ds: Anderson Bridge Company, enclosed bid bond, SI11,500. Will Construction Co., enclosed bid bond, $122:,634. Linden Construction Co., enclosed bid bond, $93,900. Del Guzzi Construction Co.,enclosed bid bond, $115,600. (Telegram) Dale M. Madden Construction Co., enclosed bid bond, $110,743. Concrete Construction Co., enclosed bid bond, $131,225. Butler Construction & Engineering Co., enclosed ~d bond, $121,900. K.K. Larsen Construction Co., enclosed bid bond, (Telegram) $113,600. Roger E. Holmes, enclosed bid bond, $121,B?O. 0.I. Hall, enclosed bid bond, $99~956. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad the bids be referred to a committee for study, carried. Notion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad the bids be opened on the used weapons carrier, carried. City Clerk opened one bid from Harry L. Frickey, enclosed $32.50 in cash, $650. plus sales tax. Notion by Nr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad the award be made to Mr. Frickey, carried. April ~0, 1963 (Con't) City Clerk read the following notices of employment: Norval P. Wicktom, Jr., Street Dept at $1.90 per hour effective April 15~ 1963 and Anthony Hannan, Park and Recreation Dept., at $1.75 per hour effective April 11, 1963. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the employments be approved, carried. City Clerk 'reported the committee who studied the bids on tvo mobile radio units recommended the award be made to Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc., Alter- hate "B" bid at $1,560.00. Motion by M~. Schoneman and Miss Cullln to concur in the recommendation and award to Motorola, carried. ~ity Clerk read an inter-office memo from the Water Supt to Commissioner Schone- man requesting authorization for the Water Dept. to begin construction on the second phase of water system replacement program planned for Navy Yard City. (Water mains between Charlotte Avenue and Marion Avenue from Madrona Street north to Preble Street) total estimated cost will be $2~,952.00. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin authorizing the City Clerk to publish notice of estimate of cost of public work, carried. City Clerk read aletter from R.H. Lundell, Director, Utilities Division for Chief, Bureau of yards and docks, Navy Dept., requesting the City's acceptance of a change in billing under water service contract NOY 15171 for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, U S Naval Ammunition Depot, Bremerton Annex and Eastpark Housing Project. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign the change, carried. City Clerk requested authorization to call for bids for standards to be used for the traffic light at 5th and Pacific and also buy some wire which will be used on this Job. Mo~iqn by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman the City Clerk be authorized to call for bids, carried. City Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, relating to the licensing of dogs and cats and amending Section 3 of Ordinance 1933. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the ordinance be approved on first read- ing, carried. City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2550, An Ordinance declaring the need for the con- demna~ion of certain real property in the City of Bremerton for street purposes, dir- ecting condemnation of said property and payment of Just compensation therefore, and declaring a~emergency. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cu~lin Ordinance No. 2550 be approved for pass- age and publication, carried. City Clerk reported his office had been working on a census figure as of April l, 1963 and arrived at a tentative figure of 33,886, which is 3,000 under t~e census figure used this year. ~ This is not yet considered an official figure and will not be sent in until the Council considers it further. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman that the Council minutes of April 3, 1963 be approved and confirmed and that the acts of the Mayor in making application for certain general services and administration lands in the Bremerton Annex be approved ~nd ratified and ~hat he be authorized to proceed with the acquisition of said land for park purposes, carried. City Clerk read a letter of resignation signed by Ken Lewis, Assistant City Attorney. Motion ~y Mr. Doms~ad and Mr. Schoneman to accept the letter of resignation ef- fective April lath, carried. Roy Holland, City Attorney, wished to reappoint Gerard Fisher as Assistant City Attorney. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to concur in reappointing Gerard Fisher, carried. City Clerk read a letter from Captain W.F. Dawson, U.S. Navy, addressed to the Mayor, inviting ~he Mayor to participate in a navy orientation cruise approved by the NaEy Dept. and sponsored by Rear Admiral William I. Martin, Chief of Naval Air Reserve ~raining from April 15th through April 19th. Mayor Domstad stated he has disc~ssed this with the other council members and they have given their permission fo~ him to accept this invitation. Commissioner Schoneman gave the following progress report: The construction of installing gas lines thru the City business area will be started soon; telephone com- pany has requested to lay conduit on the west side of Highway 2lB starting at Hal's Corner and continuing out into the CountY; 42,000 yards of dirt have been placed in the llth Street fill and ~he total anticipated will be llO,O00 yards; Public Works Association has started t his morning in Yakima and there will be three attending from the City. April 10, 1963 (Con,t) Motion by Nr. Domstad and Niss Cullln the bills be paid if approved by a maj- ority of the Commissioners, carried. Police Chief Plouf appeared in Council in regard to the article in the Bremer- ton Sun quoting him as saying there is a lack of prosecution of Superior Court Appe- als from Nunicipal Court drunken driving convictions. Mr. Plouf explained he has never been critical of any person in the City Attorney's office but was only critic- izing the condition as it exists. Meeting ad Journed. APPROVED: