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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/12/59 November 12, 1959 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held at 10:00 o'clock A.M., Thursday, November 12, 1959 in the Conferenc~e Room at the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce, with Mayor Domstad presiding; present were Com- missioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Elton. Also present was a representative of radio. Absent, Commissioner Clark, attending Finance Committee meeting of Assn. of Wash. Cities of the 1st Class in Spokane. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve minutes of November 4, 1959 as written, carried. Clerk suggested the bid opening for sale of surplus light standards and safe be delayed because mail has been held up due to yesterday being a holiday. Clerk stated this was the time to take up the hearing on L.I.D. 280 which had been continued from last Wednesday and he had no written protests on the assessment roll. City Engineer stated that the lady who had had a question last week had been satisfied and the hearing could now be closed and the ordinance passed. Clerk read Ordinance No. 25?6, "An Ordinance adopting and confirming the assess- ment roll for Local Improvement District ~o. 280, providing for the improvement of E. 29th Street, Eagle Avenue, East ~lst Street and Wheaton Way (formerly Highway 21-B) as in said Ordinance described; providing for the levying and assessing for the costs and expenses thereof against the parsels and lots of land between the termini and within the bQp~dar~eShe~s~id~pr~v~en~d~e~ie~ ~id£n~drb~h~ee~llectlon thereof; creating and establishing a special fund therefor; and fixing the date for the issuance of bonds in payment thereof." Notion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 2376 carried as follows: ~r. Domstad, yes; Mr. ~heaton, yes; Mr. Clark, absent. Clerk read report of separation for William Sachtleben, part time bookkeeper for the Park and Recreation Dept. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the separation, carried. Clerk read Notices of employment for Ma~ ne A. Ottele, extra labor, Park and Recreation a~ $1.75 per hour; Donald R. Madlin and George R. Coffman, extra labor, Water Supply Dept. at $1.90 per hour. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the employments, carried. November 12, 1959 (Con,t) Clerk presented applications as follows: Sputnut Shop, 135 Pacific A~e., shuf- flebowler; Bremerton Locker Club, Pinball Location License at 106 Pacific; Ice Cream- ery, 540 6th Street amusement device license (gun); all approved by C. Lewis, Chief of Police. The pinball location license is to operate under .the Master License of Kitssp Amusement. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to concur in the recommendation of the Chief of Police, carried. Clerk presented claim voucher from B. Dudley Stuart, Architect, for payment of his services, $1,773.22 approved by Austin M. Clark and audited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pay the claim, carried. ~ Clerk presented claim voucher from W.G. Clark Const. Co., for payment due that company in amount of $38,489.36. Attached to the claim was Architect's Certifiaate No. 3, signed by Mr. Stuart. Claim approved by Austin M. Clark and audited by W.R. Vaa. Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr, Domstad to approve the claim, carried. Clerk read statement dated Nov. 4, 1959 from Taylor and Bruckart, Inc., giving t ' report on s um~age and Production for October, 1959 showing receipt to the City of $1,174.~4, approved by E.G. Humble. Clerk read memo from Arc itect Stuart which attached a copy of letter from A.M. Weyland, sub-contractor for roofing the City Hall, whichs ets out specifications for putting on a better roof than called for in the contract. Mr. McGowan stated action could be delayed on this matter until a change order is presented in proper form. Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance relating to the regula- tion of Public Dance Halls in the City of Bremerton and repealing Section 5 of Ord- inance Nb. 465.t' Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the ordnance on first read- lng, carried. Clerk read letter dated November lC, 1959 from City Engineer Elton to the City Council submitting three sewer easements which grant easements to th~· City and are needed for the construction of storm sewers to serve the Stewart-Wang Addition. Easements were signed as follows: Frederick and Helen Higgen; Arnold Wang & Myrtle Wang and Robert B. Stewart; and Arnold and Myrtle Wang and Robert B. Stewart. Mr. Elton recommended acceptance by the City Council of the easements and rec- ording in the Auditor's Office. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the Engineer's recommendation, carried. Clerk asked the Council to approve call for bids for next years' contracts as follows: Tires, Recaps and repairs; gas and motor oil; chlorine and ammonia; of- ficial publications; office machine repair. Motion by Mr. Domstad and ~r. Wheaton to concur with the recommendation, carried. City Clerk stated a bid call was issued for NoSember 25, 1959 opening date for a sanitary sewer job in the Stewart-Wang Addition, and asked the City Council to confirm the action taken, stating further that he understood the Commissioners were aware of the necessity of the bid call. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to ~nfirm the issue of the bid call, carried. Clerk stated that there is still a balance of about 3,000 feet of 2" galvanized pipe to come on a recent contract but the ~mpany has stated the delivery was held up due to the steel strike; that the Water Dept. is short'of this pipe and would like to have bids called for 2,000 feet. Also, Clerk stated that both he and Mr. H~Mmble feel the contractor for the undelivered pipe should be held to his contract. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to authorize the call for ~ids for 2,000 feet of 2" galvanized pipe, carried. Clerk read copy of a letter dated Nov. 10, 19~9 addressed to Mayor Domstad, signed by Ted. R. Tillett, Chief, Fire Dept., recommending an amendment to Ordinance No. 2068, Section 7. Mayor Domstad referred the letter to the City Attorney. Motion by Mr. Oomstad and Mr. ~eaton to open t he bid for purchase of the sur- plus light standards, carried. Clerk opened the bid and read from 0.M. Nordquist, 1921 N. Rainier, $7.~0 each for two standards. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to award the light standards to Mr. Nord- quist, carried. Mr. ~heaton stated there were some old lamps taken off the Manette Bridge by the State recently which were surplus and he would like to see them disposed of if possible. This matter was referred to the City Engineer for checking on them and he stated he would seek more information concerning these lamps. November 12, 1959 (Con't) Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned. APPROVED~, C~ty Clerk