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Home My WebLink About04/23/58 April 23, 1958 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held Wednesday, April 23, 1958 in the Nayor,s ~ffice, City Hall at lO:O0 P.M. Pre- sent were Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland with Acting Mayor Cullin presiding. Mayor Domstad attending a meeting with the Governor and Highway Officials in Olympia, also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve minutes of last regular meet- ing held April 16, 1958 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place set for opening bids on a piece of fire euqipment and that seven bids had been received. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to open the bids, carried. Clerk stated that Givens Co. bid had been misdirected and will be in at ll:O0 A.M.; however, their local representative has completed another proposal and has submitted it as a sealed bid. City Attonney stated the bid could be accepted as a proposal inasmuch as the rest o~ the material has to do with the specifications. Clerk opened the bids and read: Bid #l, one 1,O00 GPM, Triple Comb. Class "A" Pumping Engine Closed Cab Type. Bid #2, One 1,250 GPM, Triple Comb. Class "A" Pumping engine, closed Cab Type. Bid #3, One 1,O00 GNP ,Triple Comb. Class "A" Pump engine, open cab type. Bid #4, One 1,250 GPM, Triplex Comb., Class Pump. Engine Open Cab Type; Bid #5, One l~O00 G~N, Triple Comb., Class "A" Pump. Eng. Open or Closed- Cab over Type. Bid $6, One 1,250 GPM, Triple Comb, Class "A" Pmp. Engine Open or Coosed - Cab over Type. Bid #7, Alternate Bid on Air Brake System. Bid #8, Alternate Bid on Bucket or Individual Type Drivers Seat. Bid #9, Alternate Bid on 24' Ext. Roof Ladder. Bid #lO, alternate Bid on Extra Equipment. Bid #11, Trade In allowance for one or two Dodges. Givens Co. for Ward LaFrance Truck Corp., $25,776.70, Bid l; Bid 2, $27,326.70; Bid 3, $25,416.70; Bid 4, $26,426.70; Bid 5, No Bid; Bid 6, no bid; Bid 7, add 9352.60; Bid 8, No Extra Cost; Bid 9, Add $270.96; Bid 10, Deduct $682.28; Bid 11, no bid. Bid bond enclosed. Roneys: Bid l, $23,220.00; Bid 2, $23,680.00; Bid 3, $23,220.00; Bid 4, ~23,680.00; Bid 5, No bid; Bid 6, No bi~; Bid ?, Add $259.90; Bid 8, Add $304.10; Bid 9, Add $149.00; Bid 10, Add $692.00, Bid ll, 1,500 on one, 3,000 on two. Bid bond enclosed. Peter Pirsch, Bid bond enclosed: Bid l, $23,148.00; ~id 2, $23,300.00; Bid 3, $22,648.00; Bid 4, $22,700.00 Bid 5, No bid; Bid 6, No bid, Bid 7, $23,448.00; Bid 8, No bid; Bid 9, $23,750.00; Bid 10, $687.80; Bid ll, no bid. Howard-Cooper, Bid bond enclosed: Bid l, $26,368.00; Bid 2, $27,075.00; Bid 3, $26,676.00; Bid 4, $27,383.00; Bid 5, $27,996.00 open cab, $28,033.00 closed cabs Bid 6, $28,703.00 open cab, $29,033~00 closed cab; B~d ~, included in above; Bid 8, included in above, Bid 9, $284.95, Bid 10, $619.00, Bid ll, $750.00 on one $1,250.00 on two. L.N. Curtis, bid bond enclosed: Bod l, $24,659.56; Bid 2, $24,872.16; Bid 3, $24,275.56; Bid 4, $24,488~16; Bid 5~ no bi~; bid 6, no bid; Bid 7, $600.00; Bid 8, no bid; Bid 9, $150.00, Bid lO~ $647.00, Bid ll, no bid. April 23, 1958 (Con't) Feenaughty Mich. Certt Check, $1,425.00: Bid l, $25,285.00; Bid 2, $26~517.00! Bid 5, $25,448.00, Bid $, $26,~80.00; Bid 5, nc.bid. Bid 6, no bid; Bid 7, $524.00, Bid 8, $140.00; Bid 9, $160,00, Bid lC, $824.00, Bid ll, $500.00 on one. Crown Coach, bid bOnd enclosed: Bid l~ no bid$ Bid 2, no bid; Bid 5, no bid; Bid 4, no bid; Bid 5, $22'994.00 open cab, $25,414.4§ closed cab; Bid 6, $25,922.45 open cab, $25,642.45 ClO~ed cab; Bid 7, $345.20; Bid 8, inclused in above; Bid 9, $198.47; Bid 10, $441.26; Bid 11, $250.00 each. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to refer to a committee of Fire Chief and whoever he wants and Mr. McGowan and the Mayor, carried. Fire Chief Tillett was present and stated he would like to have the Assistant Fire Chief and Foreman of the City Garage on the Committee. Clerk read report of Separation for Carol Stempf, City Attorney's Office. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the separation, carried. Clerk read notice of employment for Arne Edward Lee, Park and Recreation, at $1.75 per hour and Kathryn L. Harris, City Attorney's Office at $149.50 per month. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the employments, carried. Clerk presented change in pay status form for Floyd D. Ceitch, Jr., $585.00, Firefighter 1/c. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the change in pay, carried. Clerk presented ~plications for transfer of pinball machines and music mach- ines at Pop's Inn, 28~ Farragut, a tavern, signed by Cesar Frascurati. ~ Motion by Miss C~llin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the transfers, carried. Clerk read payroll voucher for period ended 4/16/58, $43,690.11, audited by W. R. Vas. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the voucher, carried. Clerk read letter dated April 17, 1958 from the City Engineer to the City Coun- cil enclosing six quit claim deeds for street purposes and three drainage easements, to provide a roadway thirty feet in Width, running north from Highway 21 for a dis- tance of approximately ~75 feet, located approximately 1320 feet west of intersec- tion of Oyster Bay Raod and Highway 21; documents checked by Engineering Dept. and found to be correct; and recommended the street be named Western Avenue. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to accept the deeds and easements, car- ried. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to name the Street Western Avenue, carried. City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance to name the street Western Ave- hue. Two ordinances which were to be read for the second time today were held over by Acting Mayor Cullin until a recessed meeting to be set at the end of today's meeting so that Mayor Domstad could be present. Clerk read letter dated April 21, 1958 from Governor Rosellini acknowledging receipt of Resolution No. lOO1 of the City Council. Clerk read letter dated April 18, 1958 from Governor Rosellini to Miss Cullin in appreciation for her attendance at the Western Regional Conference of the Pre- siden't Committee for Traffic Safety which was held at San Francisco. Clerk read bulletin #48, dated April 21, 1958 from State Auditor, Olympia, which asked bhat all legal ~uestions be referred to the city legal a~viser or to the State Auditor who will forward them on to the Attorney General and that State Examiners are being instructed not to render legal advice, Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to pay all bills approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. City Attgrney stat'ed the matter of the garages on Warren Avenue of Capt. King had been referred to the Committee of the Whole. Miss Cullin stated she knows of no meetings relating to this problem. City Attorney stated he would like to have authority to proceed on the removal of the garages. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to order the City Attorney to go ahead and get the gara~es off, carried. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton ~o recess this meeting until Thursday morn- ing April 24, 1958 at 9:50 A.M., carried. APPHOVED: . City C~lerk Mayor April 24, 1958 Recessed meeting of the City Coun¢il~was~held in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Bremerton, Washington, on-Thursday, April 24, 1958 at 9:30 A.M. with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Cullin, Cemmissioner Wheaton, City Clerk NcGowan and City Attorney-Holland. Also present was representative of the press. It was announced that this meeting was eonvened primarily for the purpose of acting upon two ordinances. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2273~ sscond reading, "AN Ordinance creating the pos- ition of extra labor in the Engineering Department, providing for the appropriation of funds for which no appropriation was made in the 1958 budget, and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and ~r. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 2273, carried as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2274, second reading, "An Ordinance relating to and providing for an occupation tax on persons, firms, or corporations, engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, from place to place within the City of Bremerton over regular routes and on regular schedules, and amending Sections 2 and 3 of Ordinance No. 1513." Mo~ion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pass Ordinance No. 22?4 carried unan- imously. Mayor Domstad stated that he wished to appoint Harold Staley to fill the un- expired term of Bill Cook who had resigned from the Bremerton Housing Authority Com- mission. Motion by Mr~ Domstad and Mr. Wheaton that Harold Staley be appointed to fill vacancy created by resignation of Bill Cook, carried unanimously. Discussion was raised with reference to Title insurance on the property ~o be acquired from the Burke-Harlow estate. Mr. Holland stated that it had been agreed between Mr. Horace Burke and the City that he would receive $60,000.00 net for the property but that the Estate would s~and the expense of a title report; however, it had been determined that the Title Company would not issue a title report unless title insurance was also purchased. Mayor Domstad put in a call for Mr. Murl Budd of Bremerton Title Company who appeared shortly thereafter in the meeting. Mr. Budd confirmed Mr. Holland's statement.and further stated that a policy of title insurance would cost $275.00 and a title report would cost $50.00. He sug- gested that the City could pay the difference or $225.00. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton that the City order title insuranoe and pay the difference of $~25.00 carried. ~eeting ad journed. ~/~~ APPROVED: C~.y Clerk Mayor