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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/23/60 November 23, 1960 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held at 10:O0 o'21ock A.M., Wednesday, November 23, 1960 in the Council Chambers with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Comm ssioner Clark, City Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Fortman. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Scho.neman and Mr. Domstadto approve minutes of regular meeting held November 16, 1960 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for opening olds for two snow plows and that four bids had been received. Notion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. ~omstad to open the bids, carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from: Howard-Cooper Corp., certified check for $79.36 enclosed, $1,526.20. Prink Snow Plows, No bid. Air Mac, certified check enclosed for $95.00, $1,632.88. Feenaughty ~!achinery Co., ~ertified check for $100.00 enclosed, $1,66~.00, alternate, $1,800.00, plus optional equipment of $64.00. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Er. Clar:~ to refer these bids to committee, car- ried. Clerk stated this was time and place for continuing hoaring on assessment roll, L.I.D. ~84. Mr. Schoneman stated this meeting was postponed from last week due to his absen- ce; that the matter has been checked into and he feels Mr. Gilchrist is deriving a benefit from the sewer installation and should be included in the assessment roll. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark that Mr. Gilchrist be included in the As- sessment roll of L.I.D. 284 and the roll be referred to the City Engineer for pre- paration of a new assessment roll, carried. City Att~ney stated there woul~ be another hearing on the assessment roll on L.I.D. 284 after the roll is pre~ared and the City Council could set a date at this time, which would save the exMense of sending out notices again. Motion by Mr. Domstad and ~r. Schoneman that hearing on the new assessment roll be held two weeks from toda. at 10:00 a.M., in the Council Chamber, carried. Clerk presented license application for Pawnbroker's License at the Hub, 202 1st Street, signed by Leo Weiss; approved by Chief of Police Lewis. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to approve the license, carried. November 23, 1960 (Cch't) Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ending Nov. 15, 1960, ~4V,642.36, audited by W.R. Van and approved by Austin M. Clark. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk stated it was recommendation of committee to award purchase of two elec- tric motors to low bidder, North Coast Electric Company. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to award bid to low bidder, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nov. 21, 1960 from Ace Paving Co., to the City request- ing 15 additional working days for completion of Sixth Street Widening job due to increased sidewalk removal, additional excavating and grading and increased quantity of concrete sidewalk in place. Mr. Schoneman stated he had checked with the City Engineer and the scope of the work has been enlarged, and this 15 days is needed to complete the project. Mr. Fortman co~ented the work has been enlarged about 10%. ~[otion by Mr. Schoneman and ]~r. Clar~ that they 0e given this extension of time, carried. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark that all bills be paid that are approved by a majority of the Co~missioners, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for hearing on appeal from decision of the Planning Commission involving the '£ime Oil Company and Boyd Beck; property located at Wheaton Way an{1 Highway 21-B. Mr. Domstad stated it was recommendation of the Planning Commission to turn down the request for rezoning. Mr. Paul Otson spoke for the Time Oil Company and requested the City Council to over-rule the recommendation of the Planning Commission and to approve the rezon- lng petition. Mr. James Sanchez, Attorney for ~[r. Beck, outlined the plan of Mr. Beck for use of the pr6perty to the south of the Time Oil land and, also, asked the City Cotmcil to over-rule the Planning Commission's recommendation. In discussing the requests, it appeared that the City Commissioners believed the recon~endation of the Planning Commission was based on sound planing and the Commissioners were in agreement with the Planning Commission that the area should not be rezoned; but they regretted the necessity for this action and hoped these bus- inesses could be established in areas suitable for them. Motion by Mr. Clark and ~r. Domstad to deny the appeal, carried. Mr. Gilchrist, involved with the hearing today on L.I.D. 284, co~r~ended the City Council ~nd City Engineer for doing a good Job in installing the sewer improve- ment in his neighborhood. Mr. Schoneman stated his department has bee~ studying the possible adoption of a uniform plumbin~ code and that Mr. Mark Gray, who has been promoting the code which is now in use in 54 different areas a~d 11 ~'~estern States, has suggested the city form an adw[sory board to work in .~onjunction with checking on existing ordinances in com- parison with the proposed code. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and ~[r. Domstad that the Pl~nblng Examination Board for plumbers also be constituted as an Advisory Board to the City relative to the Uniform Plumbing Code now under consideration, carried. City Attorney commented in connection with the foregoing action on the Plumbing Advisory ~oard that others would be invited to work with the committee but would not be on the committee itself, such as private contractors. City Attorney stated in connect:ion with the complaint lodged against Zon Cun- ningham, Poundmaster, by Mr. James Skirving that he has suggested to Mr. Skirvlng that he follow the state statutes which he has agreed to do; and that the City At- torney will serve a letter today on ~Ir. Cunningham and the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Holland state~ further that un,er this state law the Civil Service Commission is given i~'i~mediate jur!sdiction over the case and will proceed with the hearing. Meeting adjourned. .~~~// ~_~ APPROVED: City Cl~rk