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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/25/63 September 25, 1963 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City Of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at lO:O0 A.M., D.S.T., Wednesday, September 25, 1963 with Miss Cullin presiding. Present were: Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowau and City Attorney Holland. Also present were: Park & Recreation Sup- erintendent Pendergast, Water Superintendent Rt~nble, Asst. Fire Chief Gardner and Civ- il Service Secretary-Examiner Southerland. Rod Finney of Radio Station KBRO and Terry Schick of the Bremerton Sun were also Present. Mayor Domstad.being in eastern Washington. Meeting called to order by Acting Mayor Cullin and City Clerk McGow~ read the minutes of the previous meeting held September 18th; there being no corrections the minutes were approved as read. Mr. McGowan read report of separation for Roger Phillips and ~il Refling of the Park Department, end of seasonal employment. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman to approve the separations, carried. City Clerk McGowan reported he had been asked by the Water Department to nego- tiate the purchase of an addressograph. 'Only 2 companies ma~e such a machine, one which prints a paper stencil on the typewriter. In talking it over with the Water Dept and with the members of the Council they have all decided the best thing to do is to try to negotiate a purchase, thereby saving money in not calling for b~ds. The department has another piece of equipment which goes with the addressograph and does not need replac- ing. The Department has several thousand stencils already c ut which would become worth- less if another machine were purchased so would like to ask for authorization to nego- tiate with the Addressograph Company. Motion by Mr. $choneman and Miss Cullin to concur with the request, carried. September 25,196~ (CON'T) City Clerk McGowan read a letter dated September 24, 1R6S from Andrew Pendergast, Superintendent Park & Recreation Department to the Mayor and City Council recommend- ing that the 42 acre section of the Bremerton ~Annex, for which the City had made app- lication to purchase for park purposes, be acquired for constructing a 9 hole golf course; recommending that the application be re-submitted to acquire the area for a public golf course as the more logical approach in acquiring broader and more diver- sified recreation facilities for the City of Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin to concu~ in the recommendation, carried. City Clerk McGowan read Planning Commission Resolution No. 105 requesting that the City pass an ordinance amending the Use and Area Maps of Ordinance No. 1792 re- zoning described property in the Westpark area near Arcair from R-1 to B-S. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin to concur in the request of the Planning Commission and instruct the City Attorney to prepare the ordinance, carrl ed. City Clerk McGowan read proposed ordinance establishing' the compensation of the elected officials of the City of Bremerton effective April 6, Lg~, and fees for de- claration of candidacies and repealing ordinances numbers 2254 and 2414. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman. to approve the ordinanceon first read- ing, carried. Mr. McGowan read a letter dated September 24, 1963 signed by Sam Linden of the Linden Construction Company requesting l0 days extension on the llth Street-Wycoff Avenue overpass due to shortage of mechanics. Motion by Mr. Schonem~ and Miss Oullin t o allow the extension in time as the work is not completed and it does not interfere with the Street Department work, carried. City Clerk McGowau read proposed ordinance ~roviding for the appropriation of funds for which insufficient appropriations were made in the 1963 budget and declar- ing an emergency. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullln to approve the ordinance on first read- ing, carried. Mr. McGowan reported that he has several letters from Forester Heath to and from Gene Hooker of the McCormick Realty of Seattle re the exchauge of 80 acres on Gold Mountain belonging to Mrs. McCormick for 80. acres belonging to the City in the Sunny- slope area. Mr. McGowan read the last letter received, dated September 2, 1963 signed by Gene Hooker, C.E. McCormick Realtor, 252 Olympic National Building, Se.attl.e, Washing- ton- advising that "We have Mrs. McCormick's permission to trade her E~ NE~ Section 2V ~ownshtp 24 North Range 1 West (~0 acres) for the City of Bremerton's E~ NE~ Sec- tion 6 Township 23 North Range 1JEast (80 acres) providing that the City assume all expenses in affecting this trade." Further advising that Prior to signing the deeds he would like to go over the property with Mr. Heath to acquaint himself with the boundary lines. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin to approve the req~ ests and move that we accept the terms to acquire this 80 acres to be included in the watershed area, car- ried. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman to pay all bills appro?~d by the major- ity of the Commissioners, carried. Miss Cullin announced that Avis Roche~and Peggy ~orsten of the Treasurer's Office had been nominated in the "friendliest and most courteous" employee awards campaign and Mr. Schoneman said that Grace Mead and Blanche Avery had also received similar awards. Mr. Schoneman reported that to date there has been 109,108 yards of dirt put in the llth Street fill. Mr. Holliday, 1315 Warren and Mr. Paddison appeared before the Council objecting to the amounts of the proposed raises for the elective officials. Meeting ad Journed. ~/~~~,~ ~ City~ C~ rk APPROVE~ · · ~ Acting Mayor