HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/18/61 ~anuary 18, 1961
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was
held in the Council Chambers at the City Hall at lO:O0 o,clock A.M., Wednesday Jan-
uary 18, 1961 with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Co~nissioner Clark, Commis-
sioner Schoneman, City Cl~rk McGowan, City Attorney Holland, City Engineer Fortman
and City Water Supt. Humble. ~lso present were representatives of press and radio.
Motion bo Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve minutes of meeting held January
ll, 1961 as written, carried.
City Clerk stated an ordinance had been scheduled forpassing today to amend pre-
cinct boundaries to include the annexed area around Pine Road and that there was an
area annexed some time ago near National Avenue and Pershing Road that has never been
included in the precinct boundaries of the City. Mr. McGowan suggested re-writing
the ordinance he has on hand to include this latter annexed area around National Ave-
nue ~n order to save some publication costs.
Motion by Mr. LOms~ad and Mr. Clark to incorporate t~ese two areas into' the one
ordinance, carried.
Clerk presented notices of employment for Jerol8 Gene Ecklund, firefighter 3/c
at $396.00 per month, effective Jan. 12, l~61; H.C. Myers, extra Labor, $1.90 per
hour, Park and Recreation, effective Jan. 16, 1961; Iva A. Ridgeway, Clerk extra help
at $1.80 per hour effective Jan. 4, 1961 in the Water Oommerctal Office.
Motion by ~r. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to approve the employsents, carried.
Clerk presented notices of change in pay for D~othy Meacham, Clerk-typist part-
time in the Building Department from $1.72 per hour to $1.76 per ~our effective Jan.
16, 1961.
Motion by ~r. Schoneman and Mr. Clar!f to approve the change in pay, carried.
January 15, 1961 (Can't)
Clerk read payroll voucher for period ended Jan. 18, 1961 $46,839.47, approved
by Austin M. Clark, ,audited by W.R. Vaa.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the payroll voucher, carried.
Clerk presented d~mage claim filed Jan. 13, 1961 by Geo. W. Martin, 1804 Chester
Ave. for $461.05 to cover damages arising from break in water main.
Nr. McGowan stated the claim had been referred to the insurance ~company.
Clerk read Resolution No. 1120 resolving that the following transfers of appro-
priation in the 1~60 budget be made: General F~nd budge, under M~nt. & Operation,
from Fire to Police, $~00.00; Engineering Dept. to Police $300.00; Water F~nd, M & 0
from ~ater, General Office to Water~ Commercial Office, ~100.00.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Nr. Schoneman to pass Resolution No. llEO, c~rried.
Clerk read letter dated Jan. 10, 1961 to CityCouncil from Bremerton Oil giving
quotation for road oils for l~61: Into City,s storage tanks, MC ~ $6.11, MC~,$~J~l;
applied on city street or mixing lot, NcB, $~.?1, Nc3 $6.81.
Nr. McGowan stated this is the only supplier in Brem~rton area for this type of
oil and suggested a motion be made to enter into agreement on this basis with Bremer-
ton Oil.
Notion by Mr. Schoneman and Nr. Clark to approve an agreement as reco~mmended,
carried.
Clerk read letter dated Jan. 18, 1961 to City Council from City Engineer Fort-
man requesting that an authorization be given for call for bids on the second sec-
tion of Sixth Street Widening Project, to include portion from High to Pacific Ave-
nue, and as an alternate, on the section from Pacific to Washington. Letter also
stated plans and specifications have been prepared and submitted to Wash. State
Dept. of Highways for their approval and no undue delay is expected in gaining approv-
al o f the plans.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve call for bids, carried.
Clerk read leb~er d~ted Jan. 18, 1961 to City Council from City Engineer For~man
requesting approval of the at~ached change order #3 on Oth St. Wi~ening Project, which
will thereby authorize the constractor to install curbs, driveways and appurtenances
on the east s~de of Naval from Otb to 6th, necessitated by the widening of 8th.
Total amount of change order No.
Notion by Nr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad to approve the change order, carried.
Clerk read statement of canvass covering City of Bremerton's proposition No.
i and 2, election held Dec. 8, 1~60, receiEed by Kitsap County Election Board.
Mr. Clark stated the official canvass resulted in the ~ark issue ~?.83 in
favor and ~he dock issue ~S.E8 in favor which is a substantial majority but still
just slightly short.
Clerk presented annexation certificate required by the Wash. State Census Board
covering the annexed area around Pine Road.
Notion by Mr. Clar~ and Nr. Schoneman to authorize the S'~ayor and City Clerk to
sign the certificate, carried.
Clerk stated he had obtained the votin~ records of the people in the Pine Road
area from the County Auditor and he would be advising them that their records had been
transferred to City Precinct No. B~; and later would ask the radio and press to emph-
asixe that anyone not reciving a notice of transfer but actually registered in the
county precinct should contact the Clerk ~o have the record obtained from the County
Auditor.
Mayor Domstad stated there is a small area in Navy Yard City which borders the
city an~ which may petition the city for annexation in a short time. The Mayor
asked if ~hese persons could have the opportunity of voting in the City Elections.
After discussion, it was felt that probably in the General Election they could
undoubtedly vote but it w~s doubtful if the transfers could be handled in time for
the C~ty Primary Election.
Nr. NcGowan stated the City Council adopted a resolution in 1960, No. 1110, a-
greeing that the State Dept. of Highways could withhold $700.00 per year for three
years from the city's allotment of fuel tax and that he had received a statement
dated Jan. 12, 1981 from the Dept. of Highways, State Aid Division, which showed an
allotment for January of $8,9~8.10, less the $700.00.
Mr. Clark sta~ed that Commissioner Schoneman and Navy Yard officials inspected
the Second Street Float which sunk alongsid~ the wharf and that it was about half out
of the water at low tide; that it appears possible to raise the float without as much
difficulty as originally thought an~ it probably will be raised within a short time.
Commissioner Clark stated this Council Meeting will have to be recessed until
Friday in order to take care of abandonment of budget funds.
January 18, 1961 (Con't)
Commissioner Schoneman reported on~veral projects which his departments will be
getting under way as soon as the inclement weather breaka. He stated that fire hyd-
rants were to be installed in the Pine Hoed area; the electronic system is on the ver-
ge of being installed in the Water Dept.; and the Naval Avenue widening should be un-
derway nextweek.
Commissioner Clark stated that under the state law a rural garbage service has
the right to continue serving an annexed area for a period of five years; that the
Pine Road area is being served thus and there is, therefore, some confusion between
the requirements of the city ordinance and the service now being rendered; however,
Mr. Clark stated he felt certain the Rural Garbage Co. and Puget Service could iron
out the differences.
City Attorney Holland stated it was his opinion the city garbage ordinance is
effective in that area and they will have to abide by the ordinance but it was his op-
inion, also, that service would have to be by the Rural Garbage Service.
Mr. McGowan stated he was supposed to give that company a certificate stating
they ha~'e the right to continue for five years.
Mayor Domstad stated the City Attorney would prepare this certificate for the
City Clerk.
Mr. C. Heinrich, 829 Warren Ave., complained of a neighbor's dog running loose
on his property.
Nayor ~omstad z'eferred him to the Police ~ept. for signing a complaint if he so
wished.
Ralph Lifvendahl, Director of the Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission, gave
the City Clerk a letter to read.
Mr. NcGowan read letter addressed to Mayor Domstad, dated Jan. l?, 1961, sug-
gesting that efforts be made to enlarge the city's boundaries to include the naval
shipyard and base; thereby adding considerably to the city's population with subse-
quent increase in income.
Discussion followed reading of the letter and Mr. Holland stated~ wo~ld take
the matter up with officials at Olympia to see if some action of the State Legislat-
ure may be obtained to permit this annexation.
~ayor Domstad commented he would like to see Nr. Holland take this up at Olympia
and that he would, also, be glad t.~ write any letters on the matter to assist the
effort.
Notion by Nr. EOmstad and Nr. Clark to pay all bills that are approved by a maj-
ority of the Commissioners, carried.
Mayor Domstad recessed the Council meeting to lO:O0 o'clock Friday morning, Jan-
uary 20, 1981 to pay bills and abandon funds due to the end of the 1980 budget year.
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