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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/12/60 October 12, 1960 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held Wednesday, Octo0er 12, 1960 at lO:C0 o'clock A.M. in the Council Chambers, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Co~nissloner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Fortman. Al- so presen~ were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve minutes of regular meeting held Gctober 5, 1960 and minutes of Statutory Budget meetings held October 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and lC, 1960 as written, carried. Clerk stated it was committee's recommendation to award bid to low bidder, H. D. Fowler & Co., for valves ~nd sleeves. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domsca8 bc approve the award, carried. Clerk presented ~aim for damages from C. Williams, Bon Homme ~ichard, for damage to his car in amount of $36.40. Clerk stated the insuz)ance company has been notified and believes they have already settled the claim. Clerk presented claim voucher from Sam Linden Company on L.I.D. No. 278, Est- imate No. 2 (Final), $3,914.88; approved by W.L. Fortman and audited by W.R. Vaa. Mr. Fortman s~ated, he had a letter in his office, not signed by the contract- or, requescing acceptance of the improvement, that he h~s checked the job and has i'oun~ it to be complete. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and ~r. Clark to approve the payment and accept the jo~ as complete, carried. Clerk read letter dated October 7, 1960 addressed to the City from Dept. of Natural Resources, enclosing Harbor Area Lease No. 1813 in duplicate for s~¥na~ure. This covers area lying in front of ~arren Ave., annua i rental of $18.00, payable Jan. 19th for a period of EO years. ~otion by Mr. Clark and ~r. ~choneman to approve the lease and authorize the ~ayor and City Clerk to sign for the City, carried. Clerk presented s~atemeno from E.R. Prisk for $25.00 covering services as arb- itrator between City and Tay;or and Bruckart, Inc. Mr. Holland noted Ohat his total fee was ~)80.00 of which one-half was to be paid by Taylor and Bruckart, Inc. Mr. McGowan s:~ggested that this ~11 be paid out of the Cumulative Reserve for ~ater System Improvement, which fund received log proceeds. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve payment of the bill, carried. Mr. McGowan stated the matter of renewing Hunt's ~uel & Mill Lease had not been completed. Mr. Schoneman explained that the Taylor and Bruckart lease was to have been com- pleted before going into the Hunt lease. Mr. Holland s~ated a lease for Taylor and Bruckart log dump, the tide lands at that location, and the Hunt Lease would be needed; and ~hat the latter two leases would be County-City leases. ~r. Clark commenbed that the Hunt's lease would be for the same fee as in the past and this had been found to ~ a fair figure using the same formula as applied to T~ylor and Bruckart. Motion by ~r. Domstad and Mr. Clark to instruct the City Attorney to prepare the three leases, carried. October 12, 1960 (CCh't) Mayor Domstad stated that with the approval of the other two Commissioners he would like to appoint Barry Branch, Jr., to the City Planning Commission to take the place of his father Barry Branch, Sr.; that he had discussed this with Wallace Quist- orff, Planning Chairman and Mr. Branch, and it is satisfactory with them. ~ir. Clark commented that this appointment, according to the City Charter does not need the approval of the Commissioners, so Mayor Domstad announced he was now making the appointment of Barry Branch, Jr., as new member on the Planning Commission, replacing; ~r. Branch, Sr. ~ Mayor Domstad s~ated that since Mr. Van Elton has resigned as a mem0er of the Civil Service Commission he has ta~d with the members of the Commission regarding the appointment of a replacement and ~hey have m~ggested Art Justin, retired machin- ist, to take Mr. Van Etten's place for the ~alance of his term. ~r. Clark stated that the City Charter provides that appointments to the Civil Service Commission be made by the City Council and that he would like to have a part in making the appointment. Mayor Domstad stated it was his mnderstanding that Mr. Van Elten had talked to Mr. Clark about this proposed appointment but Mr. Clark stated he had not done so. Mr. Schoneman stated he had been tsIked to about Mr. Justin and he thought Mr. Clark had been talked to also. ~Ur. Clark stated that had no objection to Mr. Justin as he is a fine man.. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to appoint Mr. Art Justin to the Civil Service Commission to complete the balance of the term of ~Ir. Van Elten, car~ ed. Motion by ~r. Domstad and Mr. Clark to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Mr. Sci~oneman discussed a problem of need for some kind of sidewalk between Nav- al Avenue and Haddon School on 15th Street; t~at part of the dedicated street area is too ~arrow and some property owners will be asked to give five feet to make it possible to install a sidewalk s~ children can travel on 15th with more safety. Mr. Schoneman stated the si~ewatk to ~ installed would be of crushed rock. Meeting adjourned. APPROVED: City C~lerk Mayor