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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/14/58 May 14, 1958 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held Wednesday, May 14, 1958 at i0:O0 A.M. in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Absent was Commissioner Cullin. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve minutes of regular meeting held May 7, 1958 as written, carried. Clerk read notice of employment for Theodore T. Simons, Electrical Inspector, (substitute), Building Dept. $2.19 per hour, effective May 12, 1958. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the employment, carried. Clerk read notice of change in pay status for Rex R. Lawrence, Pipeman 2/c, Wat- er Distribution at $2.16 per hour and Max E. Meigs, Pipeman 2/c, Water Dimtrlbutlon, at $2.16 per hour. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the changes in pay status, car- ried. Claim for damages was read by Clerk, filed May 13, 1958 by C.E. Perry, 1709 El- izabeth Ave., for $19.75, damage to car by b~oken cement. Clerk stated the claim was being referred to the insurance company. Clerk read letter dated May 3, 1958 to the City Council from State Representa- tive Pat Nicholson stating that the resolution sent by the city to Olympia protest- ing increases in telephone rates has been made a part of the official record of current hearings. Clerk read letter dated May 8, 1958 addressed to Mayor Domstad and Commissioner Wheaton f romCommissioner Cullin asking that the Commissioners allow travel expenses to Roy Holland up to the sum of $?5.00 from her travel expense budget so that he attend the Association of Wash. Cities convention in Spokane May 21-23~ 1958, and that she was appointing City Attorney Holland to represent her at this meeting. Nay 14, 1958 (Qon't) Notion by Nr.~omstad and NP. Wheaton to approve the request of Commissioner Cullin, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nay 8, 1958 to the City Council from Wendell R. Vas, Chairman of the Board of Administration, Bremerton Employees Retirement S~stem, stating that the Social Security Dept. has a ruling which requires that any housing furnished an employee must be considered as part of his compensation for social sec- urity purposes; that the City furnishes housing to eight employees; that no addi- tional cost will be incurred to the City; and asking that the Council fix a rental figure for this housing with the suggestion that $80.00 for Water Distribution Sup- ervisor's house and $40.00 for all the others would be a fair f~gure. Notion by Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the suggestion of the Board of Administration, Bremerton Employees Retirement System, carried. Clerk read statement for April from Taylor and Bruckart, Inc., setting forth log and pulpwood production and a receipt to the City of $1,280.?0. Clerk read letter to the City Council dated Nay 8, 1988 from City Engineer El- ton suggesting that the strip of land recently deeded for street purposes be named Weslon Place because it is a dead-end street and the street now named Western Ave- nue be renamed Weslon Way. ~ Notion by Nr. Domstad and Nr. Wheaton to accept the street designations as sug- gested, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nay l~, 1958 from the City Engineer submitting the ad- justed balance of fixed changes for L.I.D. No. 27~, and showing that $88.00 is to be transferred to the Street Dept. and SBiE.gl is to be transferred to the General Fund. Notion by Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the transfers, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nay 15, 1958 from the City Engineer submitting the ad- justed balance of fixed charges for L.I.D. No. ~74, and showing that $59.44 is to be transferred to the Street Dept. and $~77.~7 to the General Fund. Notion by Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the transfers, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nay 15, 1958 t~ the Council from the City Engineer giving a report of the validity of signatures on the petition to form a local im- provement district on Vandalia and E. 10th, and suggesting that a meeting be ap- proved between the City Engineer and the residents of the area to discuss improving the complete area rather than isolated sections of streets. Notion by Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the Engineer's recomm§ndation and have a meeting, carried. Clerk stated the City had recently acquired some furnishings in the Sheridan Park Community Building and the Police Dept. had requested that two of the type- writers be allocated to them and the City Garage needs a typewriter. The Police Dept. by accepting two typewriters would declare one of their other typewriters surplus and it could be transferred to the City Garage. Notion by Nr. Domstad and Nr. WheatQn to transfer two of the Sheridan Park Community Building Typewriters to the Police Dept., declare one of the Police Dept. typewriters surplus and transfer it to the City G~rage and declare the old City Garage typewriter surplus, carried. Clerk stated the City also acquired two pool tables, one of which has been used by the Elks Club by loan from the Federal Government for a number of years and the other has been in use in one of the fire stations. The Elk's Club would like to b~y the pool table and they have spent a great deal of money on it. Clerk stated it has been suggested to sell the pool table, cue rack and mis- cellaneous pool cues to the Elk's Club for $110.1~, plus sales tax. Notion by Nr. Domstad and Nr. Wheaton to approve the sale of the equipment as outlined to the Elks Club for $110.15 plus sales tax, carried. .Clerk presented permit from John B. and Clara Holford to authorize the City to grade, construct and maintain a pathway four feet in width running parallel on the easterly side of their private roadway to provide ingress and egress to and from Patten and Yantic Avenues. Nr. Wheaton explained this pathway was to provide a safe means to get child- ren to and from the Nation Avenue School. Notion by Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to accept the per, it, carried. Clerk read letter-petition dated Nay 9, 1988 addressed to the Editon, Bremer- ton Sun, requesting consideration be given to placing a%traffic signal at Fifth and Pacific; the letter being signed by Nfs. A.J. Nichols, 5~0~ Forest Drive, and ~5 others. Nayor Domstad commented that the petition had been referred by the Bremerton Sun to the City and that it will be turned over to Captain Phillips. Clerk read letter dated April ~9, 1958 from G.A. Riedesel, Research Engineer, State College, Pullman, asking that the City, in conjunction with other Washington cities fill out a set of forms concerning street problems. The information is for use of the Legislative Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Btreets, and Bridges. Nay 14, 1958 (Con't) Nayor Domstad stated the forms are to be turned over to the City Engineer. Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance relating to the Nunici- pal Water Supply and Sewage Disposal System o£ the City of Bremerton; regulating the use of water therefrom; providing for the sale of water and sewage disposal services; fixing the price or rate thereof and providing a method of collecting rates; provid- ing penalties for the violations of this ordinance; and repealing Ordinances No. 2045, 192~, 18?l." Notion by Nr. ~"ne a ton and Nr. Domstad to approve the ordinance on first read- ing, carried. Nayor Domstad stated that the Commissioners would be going to the Asen. of Wash. Cities State Convention in Spokane next. week and would not be available for the Corfu- cil Neeting on Wednesday; therefore, should move it up to Nonday. Notion by Nr. Domstad and Nr. Winston to hold the regular Council meeting next week on Nay 19, 1988 at 9:00 A.N., carried. Mayor Domstad commented that Armed Forces Day will be held Friday and Saturday of this week, asked that the newspaper and radio give publicity to having flags out and giving streets and alleys better than usual cleaning care. Mr. William Paddison, ?04 12th, commented that he felt the proposed water and sewage disposal ordinance had too many duplications and that he wondered about the policy of the city having a property owner pay for a water meter and the City still retaining ownership of the meter. He also suggested that the position of plumbing inspector should be a Full-tlme one; and felt that cigar smoking should be elimin-~. ated from the Council Room. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2~78, second reading, "An Ordinance vacating an alley located~in Block 6, Charleston Navy View Addition running between Patten Ave. an~ Rogers Street." Notion by.Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 9278, carried. Notion by Nr. Domstad and Nr. ~eaton to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Commissioners, 'carried. Neeting adjourned, j/~/~~ APPROVED: City Clerk ~ay~