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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/12/58 February 12, 1958 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held Wednes- day, February 12, 1958 at lO:00 A.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner ~heaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve minutes of regular meeting held February 5, 1958 as written, carr~ed~ Clerk presented notice of employment for Tom Pearson, Park and Recreation De- partment, Groundskeeper-Maintenanceman, $313.00 per month, effective Feb. l~, 1958. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the employment, carried. Clerk presented claim voucher on L.I.D. No. 273 from Bremerton Monument Works, estimate No. 2 (retained percentage) $378.00; approved by Earl W. Elton and audited by W.R. Vaa.- Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the claim voucher, carried. Clerk read letter, dated February 4, 1958, to the City Council from Chas. R. ~eeks, President, Bremerton City Employees Assn. thanking the Council for its con- ~ideration shown toward the City employees in connection with the increase in sal- ary and t~e liberal leave policy. Cler~ stated he had received a letter from the Census Board asking the City to take an enumeration or make an estimate of population. Clerk recommended that the City take an estimate rather than a census. Motion by. Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin that the City Clerk be instructed to make an estimate, carried. Clerk read letter dated Feb. 12, 1958 to the City Council from Earl W. Elton, ~ity Engineer, to which was attached petitions for lo,nation of a L.I.D. on Pitt and E. 17th. Letter stated the petitions had been checked and gave figures which the Clerk stated indicated there was sufficient percentage to go ahead with the improvement. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss ~ullin that the City Engineer and City Attor- ney be authorized to proceed with th8 L.I.D., carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 995, which stated the Assessment Roll for L.I.D. 274274 had been filed with the City ~lerk; and set the hearing for March 12, 1958 at 10:O0 A.M., in the Council Chambers; and directed the City Clerk to give notice by mail a~d publication. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to pass Resolution No. 995, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 996, which would allow the City Treasurer to borrow funds from the Water Works Betterment Fund 1957, or other Water Funds, for the Gen- eral Fund to cover outstanding warrants; set the method of repayment; and author- ized the City Treasurer to casa negotiable instruments in order to provide money from these funds and repealed Resolution ~o. 994. ~otion by Mr. ~heeton and Mr. Domstad to pass Resolution No. 996, carried. Clerk read letter, dated February 6, 1958, from R.E. Hensel, Kitsap County Fair Assn., asking for use of Civic Center buildings and surrounding area for 1958 fair and for an agreement to ~ drawn up for the Board,s signature. Also stated that if [~oosevelt Field was required for softball tournament a request would be made through the Park Board. Letter was turned over to Mr. Holland for preparation of the agreement. Clerk read telegram dated February 7, 1958, to Mayor Domstad from "Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator informing him that the Government Operations Committee had unanimously reported S.6 to Senate Floor for action. Mayor Domstad stated the senate bill was for the purpose of withdrawing the tax in, unity now enjoyed by contractors ~oing government work. Mr. Paddison, Austin Clark, ~r. Art Bright and Mr. Dee Floyd congratulated the s~ccessful candidates in the Primary Election held yesterday. Mr. Frank Darragh, r~presenting Farmer's Insurance Co., stated that there had 0een quite an alarming number of automobile accidents involving city vehicles and that he ~lieved something could be done to help eliminate some of these accidents. Some of the accidents have been due to rank carelessness on the part of the driver and ~Ir. Darragh commented this may have an adverse affect upon the rates unless corrective measures are taken. Mr. Domstad stated there will be a meeting with the Supervisors in s day or two and this will be brought up at tha~ time. ~r. ~cGowan asked when a safety engineer could make a visit here and Mr. Dar- ragh stated he was waiting for word from Portland. February 12, 1958 (Con't) Mr. Jensen, Bremerton Sun reporter, asked if the sustained y~eld law resolu- tion woul~ be brought up today and Mr. Holland stated he had not received the in- for~aation needed to intelligently draw up the resolution. Mr. Elton stated he was waiting for a copy of the Original law in order to fully acquaint himself with the law. Mr. Domstad, Mr. Wheaton and Mr. McGowan thanked the ~oters for their support. Mayor Domstad and Miss Cullin moved that all bills be paid which have been ap- proved by a majority of commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned. APPROVED: