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Home My WebLink About03/22/61 March 22, 1961 Heg~lar meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held at !0:00 o'clock A.~., Wednesday, March 22, 1961 in the Council Chambers, City Hall with ~ia,yor ~cmstad presiding. Present were Cormutssioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney tlolland, City En~,ineer Footman and WaterSupto Humble. Also present, ere repre, sentati~zes of press and radio° Motion by i',~]r. Clar!~ and ~,!r. Schoneman t~ approve minutesof previous regular meet- ing held it'!arch 15, 1961 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time, nd place for openin( bi~s for some~ater Dept. mat- e~,ials a~d t~at several bids ~/,,ere received. The bids were based on the following': Item (1) Copper tubing; (2) Corporation stops; (3) ~.feter Uouplings; (4) ~rb stops. Bids were opened by the Clerk ['rom the following: Andrew }.'liller Co.~,~1,447.00. H.D. Fowler Co., ~1,408.10. Palmer ~upply Co., ~1,313.00 with no bid on item 3. Waster' Utilities Supply Co., ~1~,668.00. Pacific Waterworks Supply Co., ~1,425.00. ~,Iotion by Mr. Schoneman and },,~r. Domstad to refer the blds to con~nittee for study carried. Clerk presented payroll voucher for p tied ended March 15, 1061, ~47,~01.~7, ap- proved by Austin ?,~. Clark and W.R. Vaa, Auditor. ),~otion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman tO approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk read letter dated March 17, 1~61 to which was attached the Actuarial Re- port of the Employees' Retirement System; the letter was addressed to the City Co~ncil from W.R. Van, Chairman, Board of Administration, and stated that a thor- ough st~dy of the report has been made b~ the Board and it has recommended the ord- inance be ~nended. The letter set forth several m~endments desired, none of which would chanae rates of contribution or city matching. ~.~oti~n by r~r. Clark and l~r. Domstad to approve the reconunendations and instruct the City Attorney to draw necessary ordinance to correct the system, carried. Clerk read letter dated ),~arch iS, 1~1 to the City from ~'hirteenth Naval District Public ?~orks Officer to amend the contract between the [iavy and the City for handl- in~ navy sewerage. r,~otion by ],lr. Schoneman and ,~r. ~omstad to approve the amendments to the contract a.n~i a~ti~orize t~e i'.'iayor and City Clerk to sign for the City, carried. ~,~!r. Clar gave a s~unmary of the pertinent ei~an~,es to the navy sererage contract. Clerk re~d memo from 1,~r. Humble to i~r. Scaonema~ dated March 2~, ladl reco:mmend- inL that an 8" cast iron watermain be installed along the so~th side of ~th Street between 'f~ar~'en an~i~, Fark prior to widening of the s~r=~et at this point, i'his~nprove- ment desirable because ef the probable future demands for' fire lines and sprinkling systems. Estimated cost ~$4,405.24; and requested authorization for the Water Depart- ment to construct the line. ~otion bf ?,~r. Schoneman an~ Mr. Clar~: to authorize the Water Dept. to make this installation and publish "Notice of Estimate of Cost of Public Work", carried. Clerk read letser dated Jan. 9, t~61 to ~(r. Fo~%man from Dept. of Natural Re- sources which recommended the City apply for a permanent easement for right of way for s~wer outfall in front of High Avenue, rather than apply for a harbor area lease as the City has had in the past. ?,~otion by [(r. Sc~.~onemsn and Mr. Domstad that the application be filled out and sent in to the State, carried. Clerk presented a card from the Assn. of ~ash. Cities asking for suggestions for the adenda o~ the Annual A.W.C. Convention. Y~ayor Domstad stated that he and each co~m~issioner had received a similar re- quest and each would be sending in suggestions. Clerk read Planning Co~m~ission Resolution No. ~0 recommending reclassification from R-1 to B-1 of certain ~escr~bed property generally located at 15th an~ N. Cal- low. ~,,~otion by I',!r. Clar and i~r. Schoneman to instruct the City Attorney to prepare t[',e necessary o~,dina, nce, carrie5. I'~ar ch ~2, 1~61 (Con't) Clerk reed letter addressed to ~ayor Domstad from Byr~n ~acIntyre of ?ethel, ~ash. enclosing ~1~0 an~ suggesting the Fi~st S~reet Dock be improved by vol~teer labor and co~unity endeavor and th~t citizens of the entire area donate funds to assist in the reconstruction; an~ offere~his help sn~ some material. ~ayor Domstad stated he had ans~,ered the letter and thanked him~for his recom- mendations. Co~ssioner Clark commended ~,~r. ~[acIntyre for his spirit and zhen discussed the new state law which will permit men on public assistance to work on public projects. ~r. Clark stated he had contacted ~r. ~,[ears of the 1 seal welfare office who in turn is contacti~g Ol~pta on the details of the new law. ~.~r. Clark stated he wa~uld like to see the City take i~mediate steps in connection with the doing of some im- provement of the First Street ~ck. Rjr. Clark asked Counc]~ authorization to cohtinue on behalf' of the city to ar- range for Bremerton's participation in the new welfare progr~; that the first thing will ~oe to /et our application when it is available. ~r.C!ark shared further t hat Conunission r Schoneman is planning to make a study through the Engineers Dept. on what might be l~ft of the existing facilities for future development; also, Mr. Clark discussed the almost unlimited possibilities of a work-force and the posst~ity of ob- taining donated mater~al to make a stone wall. ~'Iotion by ~,Ir. ~mstad and 5Ir. Schoneman to authorize the Commissioner of Finance to proceed with an attempt to get Bremerton as one of the first projects under the House }3ill Se1 for~ the Fi~,st Street Wharf, carried. ~,]ayor Domstac~ stated he would like to sit dow~ with labor on the Finest Street Dock mat%ez, and that he would call a meeting. Con~iss~one~' Scnoneman co~ented on the Finest Street ~ck that the survey made by Thomas ~ Harstea(~, Engineering Consultants, had a basic plan and the estimate of cost, including whatever removal may be necessary, amounted to ~)~0~OOO; that perhaps from this plan the dock could be const~ucted further and enl~rged in the future. ~'[r. ~choneman sta~ed that he hod asked the City En~ineer, Bill Fortman, to make a piling inspection to see what has Co Joe re?laced, and ~he city may be able to us~ a portion 'of the dock now in existence and ma,~ be able ~o go ahead wit~ the basic plan. 5Ir. Schoneman pledged cooperation of the Public '~orks Departments on this pro- ject. City Attorney reported that on [,~onday he a~gued on the case of Fhinney Bay Water District vs the City of Bremerton in the Supreme Court; that he ,~]id not know when the Court would make a rulings. Co~]issioner Clark cor~enoed that the State Legislature has [sassed a n~ber of laws affectin[ cities, most of them detrimenOal to the cities from financial stand- point, '~'~'ith no relief, but some bills will be helpful. ~,Ir. Clark stated the bill on anmexation should ~e clarified; that it provides that the city may ask residents of a proposed area to vote on annexation thus elim- inating the need for a petition composed of ~O~6 of the voters of the district; that the city could not arbitrarily annex an area. ~,~r. Pad~ison discussed the city dock problem and the recent bond issues. [,lr. Clark reported that ~,'[r. ~,[ears of Public Assistance is in the process of cat- alonging wcrkers according to occupation totalling 111 persons; also, there are a n~r of ether men who are just r~nning out of unemployment benefits am~ who may, also, be available f or the dock job. 5lotion by ]~r. ~mstad an~ ~,'ir,. Sc~oneman to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Co~issioners, carried. 5~eeting adjourned. ~~ ~/ ~ / APPRO~D: City C!~rk ~ayor