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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/01/59 July 1, 1959 Regular meeting of the City Council of the Ci,ty of Bremerton, Washington, was held Wednesday, July l, 1959 at 10:00 o~clock A.M., in the Mayorts Office, City Hall, Bremerton with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Com- missioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Whe aton and Mr. Clark to approve minutes of June 24, 1959 as writ- ten, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for opening bids on two projects, LID-B81 and Project X-9. -Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to open the bids on both projects, carried. Clmrk opened the bids on LID-281 and read from Sam Linden of Linden Construction Company, bid bond enclosed, $12,723.75; Hunsaker Bros., certified check for $725.00 enclosed, $14,209.20; Anderson 6onstruction Co., bid bond enclosed, $13,864.21. Clerk opened the bids on Project X-9 and read from: Josef Linden, bid bond en- closed, $10,958.10; Inter-Mountain Const. Co., bid bond enclosed, $$,744.41; Harry E. Olds, bid bond endosed, $10,058.11. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to turn the bids over to the E~gineer for quick check and award to be made this morning, carried. Clerk stated that at the last Council Meeting when reporting for the Committee which studied the cast iron pipe bids, he had recommended award to Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co., on both Items l, 2 and 3 and the alternates on these items; and it was the intention of the Committee that only the alternates be selected. Mr. Mc- Gowan recommended that the award be corrected so only the alternates are chosen. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to award to Pacific States Cast Iron pipe Co. Alternate Items l, 2 and 3, carried. Clerk presented applications fon location license to install pinball machines under the master license of Bremerton Mutual Amusement Co., as follows, all approved by C. Lewis, Chief of Police: Fraternal Order of Eagles, McGill's Tavern, Outside In, Dug Out Tavern, Crossroads Drive In, Charlie's Lunch, Service Tavern, In and Out Cafe, DeLuxe Tavern, High Seas Tavern, Sammy,s Triangle Cafe, Palace Sports Center, Cheerio Tavern, Red Rooster, Waynes Lunch, Maple Leaf Tavern, Pop's Inn, Traveler's Cafe, The Sportsman, ~hite Pig Tavern, Alibi Tavern, Olympic Billiards, and Ted's Lunch. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the applications, carried. Clerk presented notices of employment for ~erald N. Aldrich, Douglas O. James, Gordon J. Craig,, Jr., and David N. Hansen, extra laborers, Water Distribution at $1.90 per hour; Larry Livingston, playleader at $1.25 per hour, Park Department and Gtlda E. James, extra labor Civil Service at $1.47 per hour. ~otion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to approve, carried. Clerk stated that a few days ago he had been instructed by the Council to send a memorandum to all departments advising them to operate skeleton crews on July 3 and July 6, due to holiday falling on Saturday. Clerk asked the Council to con2irm this action. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to confirm the action taken by the City Clerk, carried. ~lerk read report dated Jnne 29, 1959 from Wash. State Liquor Control Board giv- ing the distribution of liquor profits and receipting to the City the sun of $30,574. 24. July 1, 1959 (Con,t) Clerk stated the Fire Department had contacted him today and informed him it was necessary to get some new equipment for the fire alarm system to,cost about $950.00, which includes the services of an expert to supervise the installation. All the fire alarm equipment is Gamewell Mfg. Co. and it is necessary to stay with the same company. Clerk stated this purchase exceeds the limit imposed by the Char- ter, and the City Attorney has suggested the Council approve the purchase by motion. Fire Chief Tillett stated the need could not have been forseen when making the 1959 budget and that it is emergent because the fire rating engineers are now working on the system and they will not deduct points.if the ~uipment is purchased right away. Chief Tillett explained that the present,fire alarm battery system will only operate at present for thirteen minutes and the requirement ia to operate for eight hours. Also, Chief Tillett stated the money to pay for the equipment could be taken from the Cum. Res. for Gen. City Purposes, according to City Auditor Vas. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the purchase, carried. Clerk read letter from Chief of Police Lewis, dated June 26, 1959, addressed to the City Council, requesting permission to sell two 1956 Ford Sedans, the money from the sale to be used to pay off the new cars recently purchased and to purchase a ra- dar unit. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. ~neaton to approve the sale, carried. Clerk read letter dated June 24, 1959 to the City Council from H.D. O'Neil, Asst. Trust Officer, National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, which stated that in a vacation under Ordinance 2229 it is noted that the property desc~ bed included what is a por- tion of presently used Eleventh Street, which was apparently an oversight in the vac- ation. Mr. O'Neill asked for a review of the ordinance and advice to the bank if there is any action required on their part to restore this street to its former leg- al position. City Attorney commented he had talked with this man and ad~sed him that he would get the proper legal description from the City Engineer and would have the bank deed back 'to the city the street being used as a public thoroughfare. Clerk stated the swimming pool had a pump wear out and it is necessary to pur- chase one immediately. New pump would cost about $423.00 from Pacific Pump Company; Lent's Inc., will do the installation for approximately $250.00 and will need an e- mergency appropriation of about $700 to take care of this installation and pump. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to authorize the City Attorney to drmw up an emergency appropriation ordinance, carried. Clerk read letter addressed to the City CounCil from the City Engineer dated June 30, 1959, submitting petition requesting the improvement of Naval Avenue from 13th to 19th. Without considering the City's property, signatures represent 36.44% of area and 39% frontage. If City considers itself in favor of this project, the area for the improvement would be 53.71% and the frontage favoring the project would be 49%. Mr. Edward C. Hornor, 1586 Naval Avenue, was present and stated because the City owns so much property the improvement can't possibly be put over by signatures with- out the approval of the City. Mr. Hornor stated he had obtained all the signatures possible in the district. Commissioner Clark asked for more time to study the matter. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstadto table for one week and in the meantime study it more, carried. Cler~ad Ordinance No. 2349, second r~ading, "An Ordinance establishing a Sidewalk Project Fund to implement Ordinance No. 2331; making an appropriation to sal[d fund; providing for revenue to said fund; providing for expenditures there- from; and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to pass Ordinance No~ 2349 carried unani- mously. Clerk submitted several easements which the City Engineer commented were needed for the Eagle Avenue sewer project, as follows: Bremerton School District lOO-C, Howard A. and Anna B. Shirey, and another from Howard and Anna Shirey, Anna S. Cou- sins, 'Dwight C. and Nellie I. Phillips, Edmond J. Steinman and wife, Clara M.; also an easement for the Water Department at 420 Union Avenue from Nero ~. Terry. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Clark to accept the Easements and have them re- corded, carried. Clerk read letter dated June 30, 1959 addressed to Mr. Wheaton from Mr. Humble requesting authorization to do the following work by force account: 2700 feet of 8" C.I.P. along Poindexter, from Roosevelt to Union Ave., 1000 feet 8" C.I.P. on Union from Poindexter to Werner Road, at approximate cost of $13,623.00. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to approve the request, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2350, "An Ordinance amending Use and Araa Maps of Ord- inance No. 1792, repealing Ordinance No. 2343 and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 2350, carried as follows: Mr. Domstad, yes; Mr. Clark, yes; Mr. Wheaton, yes. July 1, 1~§~ (Con't) Clerk read Resolution No. 1062, resolving to hold a hearing August 8, 19B9 at lO:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers to determine whether the north-south portion of an alley situated in BlOck l0 of Port Orchard whould be vacated; directing the City Clerk to post and mail notices. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pass Resolution No. 1082, carried. Clerk readResolution No. 106~ resolving to hold a hearing August 8, 1989 at l0 A.M. in the Council Chambers'to determine whether the alley in Block 4, of Dietz,s Addition should be vacated and directing the City Clerk to post and mail notices, Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to pass Remolution No. 106~, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 1064 resolving to hold a hearing August §, 1~59 at l0 o,clock A.M. in the Council Chambers to determine whether the alley running between Lots l0 and ll except a portion eight feet wide should be vacated and directing the City Clerk to post and mail notices. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pass Resolution No. 1064, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2351, "An Ordinance relating to the retirement and pension system of the City of Bremerton, repealing Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2351 and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to pass Ordinance No. 2351 carried as fol- lows: Mr. Domstad, yes; Mr. Clark, yes; Mr. Wheaton, yes. City Engineer Elton reported on the bids opened earlier in the meeting, stating that Sam Linden was low bidder on LID-281. Recommended award to Linden; also, stated the bid is lower than Engineer's estimate. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to award contract to Linden, carried. City Engineer Elton reported on the bids on Engineer,s Project X-9, stating that Inter-Mountain Const. CompAny was low bidder at $8,796.41; that this is lower than Engineer's estimate; and recommended award to Inter-Mountain. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to make the award, carried. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Chrk to pay all bills that are approved by a maj- ority of the Commissioners, carried. Commissioner Clark gave a resumet of his attendance at the Municipal Finance Of- ricers Assn Meeting in Montreal. Commissioner ~heaton reported that the new Sinclair WaterTower has been hooked up and Kitsap Lake Water District is now drawing water from the new tank. Mr. Paddison commented that there needs to be more traffic control of bicycles. Also observed that a city the size of Bremerton does no~ need an assistant chief of police. Mayor Domstad reported that the Codnty Board of Equalization meets next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Port Orchard and the three city commissioners will be in attendance at the court house during those days, except the Wednesday's regular City Council session. Meeting adjourned. APPROVED: City ~lerk'