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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/14/60 September 14, 1960 Regular meeting of the City ~ouncil of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held Wednesday, September 14, 1960 at lO:O0 A.M. in the Council Chambers, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schone- man, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland, City Engineer Fortman and Water Supt. Humble. ~lso present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve minutes of regular meeting held September 7, 1960 as written, carried. Clerk presented employment notice for Pierre Michael Sinclair, Communications Technician, $436.00 per month effective Sept. 9, 1960 in the Radio Maintenance of the Traffic Maintenance Department. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Er. ~Schonemmn to approve the employment, carried. Clerk presented report of separation for Avis L. Roach, extra help in the Water Dept. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Sch0neman to approve the separation, carried. Clerk stated it was the committee's recommendation to award bid to Rockwell Mfg. Co. for Water meters. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to award to the Rockwell Mfg. Co., carried. Clerk stated that Mr. H~nble would like authorization to call for olds for' 20 tapping sleeves of various sizes for the Water Dept. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad to approve the call for bids, carried. Clerk read statement dated Sept. 7, 1960 from Taylor and Bruckart covering month of August, 1960 which stated there was no production from the watershed during August; approved by E.G. Humble. Clerk presented claim for damages from David E. Crawford for ~315.96 to cover damages to his home from surface water; received Sept. 13, 1960 but not yet reported to the insurance company. Motion by ~r. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to refer to the insurance company, carried. Clerk read memorandum dated Sept. 9, 1960 from Andrew Pendergast, Park Supt. , addressed to Mr. McGowan, recommending that a n office counter 47 feet long, 25 inches wide and 42 inches high, that is of no further value to that department, be declared surplus and disposed of in the best interest of the City. .Motion by ~r. Domstad and ~r. Clark to declare the counter surplus and approve disposal, carried. Clerk read letter dated Sept. 9, 1960 to the City Council from Andrew Pendergast, Secretary, Park and Recreation Conm ssion, which stated that a special meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission held ~.edn~sday, Sept. 7, a montion was passed recom- mending that the City Co~ncil take the necessary steps to put a $300,000 Park Improve- ment Bond Issue on the ballot fo~, the coming general election in November. A list of specifications for planned improvements with cost estimates was attached to the letter. September 14, 1960 (Con't) Clerk read letter dated Sept. 12, 1960 to the Mayor and City Commissioners, from Retired Men's Club, Andy Pederson, Secty., Fred W. Fein, President, which states the executive board had on Sept. 1nth instructed the Secretary to write in favor of the Park D~pt. bond issue. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to concur in the recommendation of the Park Board and the Park Director and put his bond issue on the ballot, and the City retain bond counsel and he be instructed to draft ordinances and other documents necessary for the election, carried. Mr. Richard Thorgrimson, bond attorney from Seattle, was present and stated one ordinance should be drawn for each bond issue in accordance with the City Char- ter. Commissioner Clark stated that the waterfront has been a problem for a number of years and an engineering study baa been made to see what could be done; that he now has that study and believes the improvemeat of the First Street Wharf area is an essential part of the development of Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman that the Council likewise authorize the bond attorney to draft the necessary ordinance and other documents necessary ~m~place aiben~$suerb~dre the people, carried. On question by Reporter Jensen, Mr. Clark stated the bond issue would be rough- ly $116,000.00 but a meeting will be held to discuss this point; that basically it is for engineer,s plan No. 3. Mr. Clark outlined briefly what plan No. 3 would cover. Clerk read letter dated Sept. 9, 1960 to ~ayor Domstad from Puget Sound Gov- ernmental Conference, confirming the appointment of the Mayor to the Transportation Study Personnel Committee and to confirm the Committee's first meeting date. Also, letter gave information relating to a meeting which will be held with the Highway Commission on Wednesday, September 21st at l0 A.M. in Olympia, Clerk read letter dated Aug. 30, 1960 to Mayor ~omstad from Denton Johnson, Supt., State Bureau of Criminal Identification, Dept. of Institutions, olympia, enclosing a certificate for presentation to the ahief of Police as a token of their thanks for ~remerton Police Department's interest in state-wide criminal identifi- cation. Mayor Domstad stated Chief Lewis was on vacation and presented the certificate to Asst. Chief Art. Morken. Clerk read letter from Blind Industries of Washington, dated August 30, 1960 ~..hich had been read two weeks ago at regular meeting. Mr. McGowan stated he had discussed the request of the Blind Industries brief- ly with the members of the City Council and with Mr. Holland and'stated he was not in favor of amending the ordinance to accomodate these people; that his recommenda- tion was not a reflection on the blind but believed the amendment could be used to exploit people by many organizations, and the license fee is not large enough to hurt anyone. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad that the request be regretfully denied, carried. Mayor ~omstad presented the city via Mr. McGowan a check for $300.00 from the Lion's Club to defray the cost of a scale model of Lebo Field and stated the Lion's Club is doing a fine job in this community. Mayor Domstad stated he had received a letter from USS Coral Sea's commanding officer setting forth appreciation for their fine stay here in Bremerton. City Attorney reported on his trip to Yakima last week to attend meeting de- voted to City Attorney~' problems. Mr. Holland discussed some of the matters which came up at the meeting of possible interest to the city. Also, discussion was held primarily by ~r. Clark and ~r. Holland on proposed legislation concerning assessing property directly by the city and annexations initiated by the city. Mr. Schoneman stated that the long awaited tennis court on top of Manette Reservoir should be in operation this Saturday. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark that all bills be paid that are approved by a majority of the Co~nissioners, carried. Mr. Clark reported that work has been progressing on the preliminary budget and that the figure is down from an imbalance of ~335.000 to around $148,000. which is better than 50~ along the way. It was discussed previously in this meeting to recess until 4:00 P.M. today to take up the matters of the bond issues and adoption of the preliminary budget. Mayor Domstad recessed this meeting until 4:00 P.M. today. APPROVED: City ~lerk September 14, 1960 Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held September 14, 1960, Wednesday, at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Co~mnissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland. Also present were represent- atives of the press. Clerk read decision of Board of Aribtration re: Lease, City to Taylor & Bruck- art, Inc., that their findings was a fair rental is the sum of $1,OO0.00 per year based upon the appraised valuation of the real estate and tidelands involved. Clerk read Official Notice of adoption of the Preliminary Budget for the year 1961 in the sum of $4,279.23; and that the preliminary budget is placed on file in the office of the City Clerk; also, that hearings will be held for a period not to exceed five successive days commencing at 10:O0 A.M. on October 3, 1960 at the City Hall. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to adopt the Preliminary Budget inaccordance with these figures, carried. City Attorney reported that Bond Attorney Thorgrimson had called his office and said that if both bond measures pass and he could sell the bonds as one package he thought he could get a better rate of interest than the combined rates of interest on the two issues; that Mr. Thorgrimson feels the $125,000.00 issue would be difficult to sell. Mr. Holland stated this could be done~by making the terms of the bonds ident- ical. Discussion followed. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to set the term for the bonds at l0 years, under the circumstances, carried. Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance of the City of Bremerton, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at a special election to be held the~ein on November 8, 1960 of a proposition of whether or not the' city should issue its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in order to provide funds to acquire, construct, install, and make certain capital improvements to the park and playground facilities of the city; and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to approve the ordinance on first read- ing, carried. Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance of the City of Bremerton, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at a special election to ~ held therein on November 8, 1960 of a proposition of whether or not the city should issue its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal sum of not to exceed $125,000 in order to provide funds to remove the ex- isting First Street Dock and to.construct a new dock, a retaining, wall, pilings, fills, and foundations for buildings, moorage facilities, and a launching ramp on said existing dock site and on lands and leaseholds adjacent thereto; anddeclaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried. Mr. Clark stated the park development proposal has m~y backers and, therefore, he would devote himself to the dock development, with no reflection on the others. Mr. Clark also stated that because of the requlremm,ts of the bond ordinance it was not possible to include the provision that any part of the income from the dock when improved would be applied against the bond issue. Motion by Mr. ~lark and Mr. Domstad that the Council go on record t~at it will apply whatever net fncome is derived against the bond redemption to reduce to what- ever extent it can bhe actual levy, carried. Mayor Domstad commented that bot[l plans are worthwhile and both are good for the community. Mr. McGowan questioned the ability to hold future office holders liable for us- ing dock income to reduce the bond levy. Mr. Holland stated that he had not ~iven any thought to ili s point as yet but perhaps an ordinance should be passed to set up a fund and if an ordinance were pass- ed it would be more difficult for a futuz,e council to divert the income derived from an improvement dock. Mayor Domstad stated that Seattle is giving a 2% raise across the board now, beginning July 1st, and they have stipulated if the city receives the 5% income being talked about from the State, then they would grant another 3% raise at that time. Mayor Domstad stated this is something for groups such as the Employee's Association to try to bring before the legislators so they will realize the needs of the cities and communities. Mayor Domstad adjourned this meeting. APPROVED: C y C~er ~ayor