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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/20/59 May 20, 1959 Regular meeting o£ the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington~ was held Wednesday, May 20, 1959 at 10:O0 o'clock A.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner ~lark, Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, Assistant City Attorney Fisher and City Engineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. MotiQn by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to approve minutes of meeting of May 1959 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for opening bids for L.I.D. 279 and seven bids had been received. Motion by Mr.'Domstad and Mr. Clark to open the bids, carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from: Josef Linden, $10,000.76. Lent's, $8,367.33. Bremerton MonUment Co., $12,121.10. G.C. Casebolt, $8,998.85. Dave Ratzlaff, $11~446.91. Excavators, Inc.~ $13,595.14. Harold E. 01ds, $9,946.99. All were accompanied by bid bonds. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to refer to the City Enginee~ for acting upon today, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for hearing on Preliminary Assessment Roll, L.I.D. 280, and that several protests had been received. Clerk read protest Signed by Cyril C. Laurie, 3029 HWy. 21 B, objecting to pro- viding for basement service. Protest signed by Anthony W. Dominick, 3040 Eagle, Donald C. Russell, 3006 Eag- le and Lucile A. Russell, 3006 Eagle, objecting to providing for basement level sew- Glen Groomsk, 2610 Elms, Kennewick, on property at 3009 Eagle Ave., favor sewer but not to provide for basement service. Bonnie and James Byrne, 3003 Hwy 91-B, desire basement service. Robert and Nellie Damiano, 3012 Robin Ave., opposed to basement sewer outlet. Burl B. and Ada B. Matteeon in favor of basement facility, also object to the rise of $2,017.33 in total cost of preliminary estimate in less than a month of time, also, fe~l the boundary of the district should include the intersection oF Highway 21-B and Sheridan Road and all property within the district be assessed, objected to basement Facility. A.J. Bubb, 2914 Eagle, objected to sewer to his property abutting Highway 21-B because does not believe this will benefit him or be useable by that portion of his property, however, no objection to sewer improvement to property abutting Eagle Ave- nEe. Petition signed by Kenneth E. Dreager and 25 others, protest depth of sewer for basement facility and request shallow depth sewer. City Engineer explained that the usual procedure has been used insetting up this L.I.D~ and that Hal's Corner is already being served by a sewer system and, therefore, couldn't be served through this improvement; also stated that on Mr, Bubb's protest, the City Engineer has worked out a way to serve his property. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to turn the letters over to the City Engin- eer for study and report, carried. ~ . Clerk read Resolution No. 1057 declaring intention to order the improvement of E. 9th from Nipsic to Vandalia, E. 10th From Nipsic to Trenton, Vandalia from E. 9th to E. llth, Trenton, From E. 10th to E. llth, by construction of sidewalks, curbs and gutters and setting hearing date for June 17, 1959 at 10:00 A.M. for ~otests, and ordering City Clerkto give proper notice of proposed improvement. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to pass Resolution No. 1057, carried. Nay 20, 1959 (Con't) Clerk presented notices of smployment for. LeRoy E. Bohlman and Harold J. Parr fish, extra, laborers, cemetery, $1.~l per hour, J~an Dix, Karen Rolstad, Sylvia Funk and Vicki Sinkunas, Playleaders at $1.35~per hour, J~hn Galluccl, Michael A. Donahue and Roy Floyd CritSe~,~Pla~leaders at $1.50 per hour, Robert Smith and Don Ellis, · Playleaders, at $1.89 p~ hour; and William Bissell, Music Director at $50.00 per month all of Park and Recreation Dept. commencing June l, 1959. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the employments, carried. Clerk presented location license application to install pinball machines at the Sugar Bowl, signed by Mrs. H.V. Williams, 1§36 6th, under Master License of Kitsap Amusement, approved by Chief Lewis. Notion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to approve the application, carried. Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended May 15, 1959, $44,555.90, aud- ited by W.R. Vaa. Mo~on by Mr. Clark and Mr. Wheaton to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nay 14, 1959 to the City from Public ~nployees Mutual Ins. Co., rejecting the claim filed by Harry E. Erickson for water damage. Notion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Wheaton to concur with the recommendation and Mr. Erickson be advised of the action of the insurance company, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nay 7, 1959 to Mr. Elton from ~ept. of Health approv- ing sewer extensions of L.IDD. 279 and 280; also, letter to City Council dated May 8, 1959 from Pollution Control Commission approving sanitary sewers in L.I.D. 277, 279 and 280. Clerk read copy of a letter to Mr. Wheaton from Mr. Humble, dated May 19, 1959, recommending two motors of the sewage disposal system be declared surplus and the City Clevk be authorized to dispose of them; also, Clerk read memo to himself from City Garage, dated May 20, 1959, recommending one 19~7 180 amp Lincoln Welder be de- clared surplus. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to concur in the recommendations, carried. Clerk presented deed for execution of the City; this deed was received from the County via Mr. Smith and calls for deeding for road purposes the N. 30' of the NW~ of the SW¼ of the NE~ of Sec. 1, T. 24 N. R. 1 E.-W.M. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to refer to the City Engineer, carried. Clerk stated he had proof of service of sidewalk repair notices to Albert Love and H.J. Peel of 630 Burwell and 628 Burwell Street. Commissioner Clark explained the two employments of temporary help in the Cam- etery that by having two men working before Memorial Day instead of one in May and one man in June as formerly, he expected to have the cemetery in fine shape for Mem- orial Day and hoped it would be unnecessary to have a man in June on the payroll as an extra. Commissioner Clark stated he would be attending conference of Municipal Finance Officers Assn., in Montreal, leaving Bremerton June 4th to attend meetings June 7th to llth. Following that conference, Mr. Clark stated, he would take two weeks of vacation leave. Mayor Domstad stated he had a letter from Puyallup Chamber of Commerce giving thanks for one of the most pleasant days they every had in being in Bremerton for Armed Forces Day. Mr. Clark commented that the architect for the City Hall, Mr. Stuart, is home suffering with the flu but has the plans with him and is working on them; also, stated it is expected to have the plans ready at next Council Meeting to order call for bids. City Engineer reported that Lent's was low bidder on today's bid opening for LID-279; that there was a slight error in the bid and the figure is $8,368.61. Rec- commended award to low bidder. Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to award contract to Lent's, carried. Notion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to pay all bills that are approved by a maj- ority of the Commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned. ~/~ ~ APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor