HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/15/62 August 15, 1962
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall at ~0:00 A.M., D.S.T., August 15, 1962 with Commism-
loner Cullin,Acting Mayor, presiding. Present were Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk
McOowan and City Attorney Holland. Also present were Water Supt., Ht~mble, Fire Chief
Ttllett, Police Chief Morken, Civil Service Secretary Southerland, City Engineer Fort-
man, and representatives of the press and radio.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin the minutes of the last meeting of Aug-
ust 8th, be approved as written, carried.
City Clerk annourcced it was the date and time set for opening bids on an under-
ground sprinkling system in Evergreen Park and the purchase and installation of radio
equipment for the Water Department.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the bids be opened, carried.
City Clerk opened the following bids on the sprinkling system:
Lents, enclosed certified check for $173.75, $3,514.00, including sales tax.
Standard Plumbing & Heating, enclosed bid bond, $2,808.00.
Metcalf Plumbing & Heating Corp., enclosed certified check for $125.00, $2,379.00.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the bids be referred to a committee for
study, carried.
City Clerk opendc the following Olds on radio e2uipment:
General Electric, enclosed cashier's check for ~50.00, $1,861.00 plus sales tax.
Motorola, enclosed chasier's check for $50.00, $2,051.36 plus tax and alternate
bid of ~1,?16.72.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin the bids be referred to a committee for
study, carried.
City Clerk read a request from Commissioner Schoneman to call for bids on 66,000
B.F.Douglas fir located in the SE~, NE~, Section 6, T23NRiEWM.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the City Clerk ~ authorized to call for
bids on the Douglas fir, carried.
City Clerk read a aletter from the Fresident of the Bremerton Police Officers
Assoc., and the President of the Ftrefighters Local $437, requesting the Council to
consider the attached pay schedules for the 1963 budget. No action taken.
City Clerk read a letter from Police Chief Norken requesting seven additional
policemen in 1963, and also a letter was read from Police Chief Morken requesting a
wage increase for the officers of the Police Dept. No action taken.
City Clerk read a letter fromFire Chief Tillett requesting a salary increase and
eleven additional men. No action taken.
City Clerk reported a letter had been received from ~estland Fire Apparatus Com-
pany stating the claim they had against Diamond T Motor Truck Company has been settled
and everything was in order now for payment on the new fire trucks.
City Clerk read a letter from Leonard W. Kruse thanking the MaYor for his recent
appointment to the Ktosap Regional Library Board.
August 15, 1962 (Continued)
City Clerk read a recommendation from the Fire Chief the fire hose bid be award-
ed to WestlandFire Equipment Company of Portland, Oregon.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin to concur in the recommendation, carried.
City Clerk read Resolution No. 1184 authorizing the funds of the City of Bremer-
ton Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund to be deposited into a savin~s account in First Fed-
eral Savings and Loan, Bremerton, Washington.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman Resolution No. 1184 be approved, carried.
City Clerk reported the petiton submitted by the Kitsap Mason Dairmen's Assoc-
iation to the Planning Commission for the vacation of a portion of an alley was turned
down by the Planning Commission.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the City Attorney be authorized to draw
up a resolution setting a date for hearing, carried.
Motion by MissCullin and Mr. Schoneman due to Labor Day being on Monday the City
pay on August 51st, carried.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Schoneman the bills be paid if approved by a maj-
ority of the Commissioners, carried.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Miss Cullin the c~acellation of the award to Air Mac
inc., for a pair of sewer cleaning bucket machines due to failure to deliver and make
the award to Flexible Pipe Tool Company, carried.
Commissioner Cullin announced next week's Council meeting would beheld at 9:~0
A.M., D.S.T., due to a Puget Sound Regional Transportation Study meeting at the School
Board Office~at lO:O0 o'clock.
APPROVED: City Clerk
A~ ting Mayor