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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/10/61 May 10, 1961 Regular meeting of the City Council of the Ci.ty of Bremerton, Washington was held on Wednesday, May lC, 1961 at lO:O0 o'clock A.M., in theCouncil Chambers, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan. Absent was City Attorney Holland attending Firemen's Pension Sys- tem meeting in Tacoma. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve the minutes of regular meeting held May 4, 1961 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place set for hearing on petition for annexation of an area known as Phinney Bay and that proper notices had been published and post- ed; also, stated that no written protests had been received. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2442, "An Ordinance accepting and incorporating into the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton certain land lying ontside, the limits of the City of Bremerton and being contiguous to the City of Bremerton and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Clark to pass Ordinance No. 2442 was duly made. ' Mrs. Drake of Phinney Bay area stated her husband was expecte~to arrive at any time and wanted to speak in protest of the annexation. Mr. Drake came into the Coun- cil room and was permitted to speak. He gave a reading of a number of questions con- cerning the proposed annexation and asked that the annexation be rejected. After several questions were answered or discussed by the Commissioners, the May- or pointed out that 75.82% of the assessed val ation had petitioned for annexation and he believed the petition was in behalf of the majority of residents and stated he would entertain a second to Mt. Clark's motion to pass the ordinance. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Schoneman and carried unanimously. Clerk presented notice of employment for Max A. Marangi, Asst. Purchasing Agent, Clerk's Office at $384.00 per month, effective May 5, 1961. Motion. by Mr. Domsta& and Mr. Schoneman to approve the employment, carried. Clerk read notice of change in pay status for Edgar C. Elliott, Police Dept., from Detective to Patrolman from $465.40 to $453.40 per month and Edwin A. Schlie Motor Patrolman to Detective, from $459.40 to $465.40 effective May 16, 1961. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mt. Clark to concur with the pay changes, carried. Clerk presented general claim voucher from Intermountain Const. Co., L.I.D. 285, Est. #4, Net $9,612.00, approved by W.L.Fortman and audited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Mm. ~choneman and Mr. C~k to approve the claim, carried. Clerk read letter dated May 9, 1961 to the City Council from Andrew Pendergast, Secretary of the Park & Recreation Commission,which stated that at a special meeting of the Park and Rec. Commission held May 3rd, a motion was passed recommending that the City Council approve an ordinance to transfer $800.00 from the lifeguard salary item within the Swimming Pool Salary Budget to the Pool Supervisor salary item and that the salary ~ange for the pool supervisor be changed from $2.00 per hour to $400. monthly as it has been in past years. Also, the letter called attention to the poss- ibility of an emergency occurring later in the summer due to probability of longer pool hours due to daylight saving time. Motion by Mr. ~omstad and Mr. Clark to concur with this request, carried. Mr. McGowan mentioned that an emergency may exist in his department in the future due to changes being made in his department at this time. Mr. Clark asked if the Oouncil might not want to consider a policy in connection with the swimming pool hours that would start later in the morning so that the extra daylight hour may not become an emergency. No action taken on this suggestion. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2443, second reading, "An Ordinance regulating the sale and production of milk and milk products and amending Items 4r and 23r of Section 7 of Ordinance No. 1495" Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to pass Ordinance No. 2443 carried. Clerk read letter d~ted May 4, 1961 to the City Commissioners, signed by Ray R. Greenwood, Attorney, complaining of the habit of cars being parked in the alley next to G.H. Jescelyn,s garage, lO14 Ninth Street, and then damaging his garage when back- ing upu that these cars are there because of the playfield adjoining the alley. Al- so, the letter stated that foul balls were coming into his yard, having broken out two windows and narrowly missing his wife while in their yard. ~ayor Domstad stated that he and Mr. Schoneman had inspected this area and the garage is not damaged. Also stated that Mr. Fendergast has moved the home plate back under the ~ckstop and someone had moved it out of place. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to turn the letter over to the Attorney for answering, carried. Commissioner Clark recommended that the City of Bremerton immediately make an in- vestigation as to the feasibility of establishing an off street parking lot on Second Street and that the Commissioner of Finance be authorized and directed to secure a grant from Housing and Home Finance Agency to pay the necessary costs for such feasi- bility study, such as appraisers' fees; engineering, designing and planning and attor- nsy~s fees. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to concur in the re~mmendation,carried. May 10, 1961 (Con,t) Mr. Clark stated it was hoped the First Street Wharf demolition could start next Monday and would be knows as Relief Work Project No. l, and that Mr. Schoneman had carried a large share of the burden in preparing the way; also, stated that Mr. Iry Moritz was taking leave from the Water Department to superivse the project. ~r. Clark explained that the funds in the Wharf Fund were budgeted under capital outlay entirely inasmuch as there were no plans last year for expending for any sal- ' aries or wages or other maintenance expense, as well as industrial insurance and a petty cash fund to reimburse relief ~rkers for transportation, such as bus token ex- pense. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to authorize the City Attorney to drawup the necessary ordinance to transfer appropriations in the Wharf Fund, carried. Mr. Bill Drake, from the audience, suggested that the city might make as the next relief project the installation of storm sewer separation center, as he had noted $33,000.00 budgeted for this work. Commissioner Schoneman explained that this work required certain skills not ord- inarily found in relief workers and was ordinarily done by contract; also, that this amount of money was but a small portion of the some million dollars needed for this city-wide project. Mr. Schoneman noted progress on the.Sixth Street widening project and stated the surfacing should begin next week, weather Mrmitting. Miss Ruth Cullin, Commissioner-elect, read a postcard received from Mr. Wm. Pad- dison from California, which stated he was leaving soon for England to visit relatives. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned. APPROVED: City Mayor