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Regular meetirg of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was
held Wednesday, July 20, 1960 at lOsO0 o'clock A.M. in the Conference Room, Chamber
of Commerce with Acting Mayor Clark presiding. Present wen Commissioner Schoneman,
City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Hollan~ and City Engineer Fortman. Also present
were representatives of press and radio.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. clark to approve the minutes of last Council
meeting held July 13, 1960 as written, carried.
Clerk stated this was time and place for openin~ bids on Yantic Sewer L.I.D.
and only one bid had been received.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to open the bid, carried.
Clerk opened the bid and read from Lent's Inc., bid bond enclosed, $3,234.00.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to award to Lent's, carried.
Clerk stated this was time and place for hearing on petition for annexation Block
5 and the S ~ of Lots I through 14, Block 6, National City Addition, together with all
of National Avenue, Fifth Street, and Pershing Avenue adjacent thereto, and that no
written protests have been received.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman that this portion be annexed to the City and authorize the
City Attorney to draw up the ordinance, carried.
Clerk stated he had received vouchers from Peninsula Stationers representing a-
bout $12,000.00 of the contract for the new furniture and stated he would like to have
muthorization to pay these after he has done some further checking on them.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the vouchers, carried.
Clerk presented Change Order Agreement No. l, Project No. X-8, Sixth Street
Storm Sewer, signed by Glen Blossom, approved by City Engineer Fortman, deleting
of 30" storm sewer line, 140' of 24" sewer line and install 280' of 18" storm sewer
with concrete encasement and manhole.
~r. Fortman explained this was necessary due to field changes.
Increase t o the contract amounted to $4,102.96, less decrease of $1,837.40, mak-
ing total net increase of .2,265.56.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to ~able the change order request temporarily
for further study$ carried.
Clerk presented separation report for Ronald Wagner, extra labor, City Clerk's
Office.
Notion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve the separation, carried.
Clerk presented payroll voucher for period July i through 15th, 1960, $52,21V.06,
audited by W.R. Vaa.
Notion by Mt. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the payroll voucher, carried.
July 20, i960 (Con't)
Clerk read from copy of letter to Conrad W. Johnson, dated July 20, 1960, sign-
ed by H.0.. Domstad, Mayor, which stated the City Council would approve today his re-
appointment to the Bremerton Housing Authority Board as a member for another five
year term, to expire on 1V July 1965.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the appointment of Conrad W.
Johnson to five year term to the Bremerton Housing Authority Board to expire on l?
July 1965, carried.
Clerk presented general claim voucher from W.G. Clark Const. Co., for payment
in amount of ~52,985.V4, accompanied by certificate signed by Architect Stuart. Al-
so, presented claim voucher from B. Dudley Stuart, Architect, for $1,386.V1.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the claims subject to further
discussion and checking with Mr. Vaa and the City Attorney, carried.
Clerk reported that the Agreement between the City and the Tracyton Water Dis-
trict had been received back from the District and had been signed by the Water Dis-
trict Commissioners.
Clerk read letter dated July 18, 1960 from Bremerton 0il, addressed to the
City Council, setting forth offer to furnish following oils for the oiling season:
into City's storage tanks, for oil only, MC2, $.ll per bbl., MC3, $5.01 per bbl.,
plus $1.00 handling, heating, etc.; applied on City Street or City Mixing Lot, MC2,
$5.11; MU3, $5.01, plus $1.60 per bbl handling and application charge. Clerk stated the price quoted is the same as last year.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to accept the proposal, carried.
Clerk read letter dated July 13, 1960, to the City from Dept. of the Interior,
BonnevilM Power Administration, Portland~ Oregon, that pursuant to Section 5 of Ord-
inance No. 2399, they notify the City that the U.S.A. accepts the terms and condi-
tions of said Ordinance.
Clerk presented a form letter dated July 12, 1960 to City Clerk from Assno of
Washington Cities which asked t~at a local legislative committee be appointed; Clerk
also read copy of letter which had been addressed to the Mayor and presented a form
to be filled out with information about the appointees.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman that the legislative committee be com-
prised of the three Commissioners with the Mayor as chairman, carried.
Clerk presented claim voucher from Lofthus Lumber Co. covering cabinet and coun-
ter work done under contract, total $5,544.24, audited by W.R. Vaa and approved by
Austin M. Clark.
Mr. Clark noted that after changes, both additions and deletions from the orig-
inal specifications, the total was less than the original contract.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. S~honemmn to approve the claim voucher subject to
Mr. Stuart's approval, carried.
Mr. Schoneman reported that Mr.~hampers, State Aid Engineer, was in the City
Engineer's Office yesterday and the Gity now has approval for the use of $125,000.
for widening program on Sixth Street; th~ Mr. Fortman is going to see if he can get
call for bids rea~y for publication by next Wednesday.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clar~ to authorize the call for bids for the
Sixth Street widening; carried.
Mr. Fortman stated that bid papers on the Sixth Street widening would be avail-
able by next Wednesday and they will be opened on August 17th; that the storm sewer
contractor will be well out of the way of the widening contractor by the time the
work is started about August 25th.
Mr. Fortman also stated that if the successful bidder gives favorable prices
for additional work on a supplement to the contract, the State is willing to approve
going beyond High Street if finances are available.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to pay all bills that are approved by a
majority of the Commissioners, carried.
~PPROVED: C y C er
Mayor