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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/06/58 October 6, 1958 Statutory meeting of the City Council of the Oity of Bremerton, Washington, was held Monday, October 6, 1958 at lO:00 A.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Co~issioner Clark, Commissioner Wheat- on, City Olerk McGowan and City Auditor Vaa. Norman Crist, Fire Department Lieu- tenant, was present representing the FireFighters' Union. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark that the statutory meetin~ of the City Council come to order, carried. Mr. Vaa, City Auditor, reported that the preliminary budget adopted by the Council had been out of balance in the amount of ~57,011.4V and since t~at time due to up-to.-date assessed valuation figures the City will receive an inc~,ease from taxea of 316,182.00 to the General Fund. This leaves the deficit approximately ~41,000.00o Mr. Vaa stated the ~6,000.00 due from Breme~ton Charleston Transportation Com- pany had not been figured in arriving at the present deficit. Notion by Mr. Clark and ~r. Wheaton that we add the $6,000.00 to the estimated receipts for 1959 and attempt to do something to see that it comes in during that year, carried. Mr. Vaa reported he had talked with Mr. Youn s, Chairman, Kitsap County Board of Commissioners who had informed him the County was not going to go along on the ~8,000.00 increase requested by the Health Department. After discussion Mayor Domstad asked that the Council wait and see what offic- ial action the County takes. Mr. Vaa stated that it had been proposed to charge the Library $2400.00 for rent during 1959. Discussion was held as to whether or not the Library Board had been notified of this proposal mhd it was noted that the Bremerton Sun had carried a story of this matter. Motion by Mr. clark t:~at the $2400.00 ~e included in the budget and then not- ify the Library Board immediately so the Council can meet with them ::efore the close of the budget h~arings. Mayor Domstad s~ated Mrs. Bowen, Chief Librarian, had been notified and she was expected to be present this morning. Mr. Clark withdrew his motion since Mrs. Bowen was to be present later. Mr. Vaa reported that the Park Department had turnedin a revised budget on the basis of keeping both Sheridan Park and Civic Center open. This would decrease the amount required from the General Fund by $410.00. Mr. Clark reviewed the operation as planned under the revised budget, giving the figures for operating both centers an~ the increased anticipated revenue under that plan. Mayor Domstad suggested substituting this revised budget for the other one turn- ed in previously. The City Council now began tc go through each department,s budget looking for possible ways and means to balance the budget. Mr. Vaa reported a decrease in the Civil Service budget in estimated revenue of 3600.00. Mr. Clark asked that 3A Travel Expense be cut by $50.00 to keep in conformance with previous years. Mr. Wheaton agreed to cut $50.00 out of his travel expenses. Mr. Clark suggested cutting travel expenses in the City Engineer's Budget to amount of 1958; so this was reduced by $100.00, Mrs. Evelyn Bowen, Chief Librarian, came before the City Council and discussed the matter of charging $~400.OO annual rental for the use of the ~ib~ary. Mrs. Bowen suggested there may be a legal reason why no rental may be paid and Mayor Domstad stated he have the legality looked into. October 6, 1958 (Con't) Mr. Vaa noted that on the increased valuation the~Clty would be paying the Library $2,313.21 more than was requested in their budget. "rs. Bowen explained she did not have the latest valuation figure available when figuring their estimated receipts. Mrs. Bowen stated she was just going over to the Court House to discuss her budget with the County Commissioners. Mr. Andrew Pendergast, Park Su~t., came before the Council and stated he would need all the M & 0 items but if cuts were necessary then the irrigation system of ~,000.00 and the rebuilding of the fireplace, both at Evergreen Park, in the a- mount of $500.00 could be cut out. This was done as agreed by Mr. Pendergast. In the Building Dept. budget Mr. Wheaton agreed to cut out $500.00 on Extra Help and $40.00 out of 13A Misc. Fees & Costs. Discussion was held on possibility of combining services of Clerk of Build- ing and 0ivtl Service and proposed changes in the Clerk's Office. No action taken. Norman grist stated he was present to ask that if anything can be done in ord- er to grant a raise to the Fire Dept., it would be appreciated. Mayor Domstad recessed the statutory meeting until 3:00 P.M. today. APPR0~D: ' y u±er~ Mayor October 6, 1958 Recessed statutory meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Wash- ington, was held in the Mayor's ~ffice, City Hall October 6, 1958 at 3:00 P.M. with Mayor ~omstad-presiding. Also present were Commissioner Olaf, Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Auditor Vaa. Also present was Erv. Jensen, Brem- erton Sun reporter. Mr. Vaa reported that cuts already made in the Police maintenance budget just about brings it down where it was last year. Chief Lewis was brought in to discuss his budget for new cars. It was agreed that the budget would be cut on 23D $3,000.00 leaving $4,000.00 in; and to cut out $200.00 for police manuals. Mr. Lewis discussed the possi~lity of raising the lieutenants to captains as it has been done in other cities. ~ayor Domstad stated this item would be brought up again later. The following amounts were tentatively agreed upon to be cut out of the Fire Dept. budget and Mayor Domstad stated he would talk to the Chief about these: ~i500.00, SA, Building; $2500.00 23-D, Fire Chief's car; $3,000.00 cululative reserve for equipment; ~1,650.00, 23F, Hose. Conmissioner Clark suggested cutting extra labor for Street Dept. by $2000. but ~ir. ~heaton felt that could only be cut by $1,000.00 which was done. Commissioner Clark brought up for discussion sewer maintenance costs and asked if the Water Dept., should not reimbuz, se the Street Dept. for work it do~s. It was decided to add $500.00 in the Street Dept. budget fsr anticipated rev- enue from the Water Dept. ~o cover sewer maintenance, and add $1,000.00 to the rev- enue for sewer construction to: e~charged to the Water Dept. Mr. Wheaton agreed to cut out ~100.00 on 23-E, Monuments and to cut ~500.00 off right-of-way and easements; and $500.00 off Other Capital Improvements. Con~issioner Clark agreed to cut out the adition to the Cemetery Fence in a- mount of wl,500.O0. Captain T.K. Phillips was called in to discuss Traffic Maintenance Budget; and it was agre.~d to cut from 14-F,F.A., Repair Parts & SuPply $100.00 and cut $100.00 from 23-F, P.M. After discussion it was agreed by Commissioner ~heaton to put estimated re- ceipt of ~15,000.00 previously committed to Cum. Res.for Water System Improvement from Forestry ManaAement into General Fund and Mr. Wheaton made it clear for the record that this would only be figured for the General Fu~d for one year. At recess time the budget deficit stood at $2,942.68. Mayor Domstad recessed the Statutory budget meeting to 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 7, 1958. APPROVED: Cfty Clerk Mayor October 7, 1958 Recessed statutory meeting of the City Council was held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 7, 1958 in the City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commis- sioners Clark and Wheaten, City Clerk McGowan and City Auditor ~aa. Commissioner Wheaten stated that since ~he estimated revenue from Forestry Man- agement would more accuratelybe about $20,000.00 he would recommend .increasing the revenue to the General Fund by $5,000.00 to the total of $20,000.00 for one year only. Mr. Vaa commented that Mr. Holland feels it is all right to put the Forestry Management receipts into the General Fund. This last action put the General Fund in the ~lack and the Commissioners decid- ed to go over the budget tc see what might be put back of some of the items taken out yesterday. Mr. Clark questioned the stun of $2,000.00 from General Fund to Poli'ce Pension Ftmd and the Clerk and Auditor explained that there will be an acute need in the fu~ ture for paying pensions when a number of officers retire. Mr. Clark asked if anything could be done regarding payment of medical expenses by the Police Pension Board. It was noted that the Board had final say and a test court case might be the only way to decide, if payments were contested. 712 ~2th su ested as a last resort the Council might Mr. William Paddison, , gg consider cutting the total payroll 1% but not cutting down on personnel. Mr. Tony Balazic, Fire Captain, asked consideration for an increase in pay in the Fire Dept., and pointed out the Navy Yard had given an increase which made the firemen'~ dollars go down. Mr. Clark stated he had a note from Roy Rolland, City Attorney, which says he has been reading the law and can find nothing against raising rental on the Library Board. City Auditor Vaa pointed out that the terms of the contract covered the pooling of facilities and nothing mentioned regarding rental. Discussion was had as to whether the Library h~d received six month's notice~ regarding revising the contract. Mr. Clark stated it was his impression this had been done by letter and Mr. Mc- Gowan agreed to check the past minutes to see what had been done as to official not- ice. Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Mr. Clark to recess until 1:00 P.M., today, carried. APPROVED: City Clerk October 7, 1958 Recessed statutory meeting was held at t:O0 P.M. with Commissioner Clark pre- siding. Present was Mr. '~fneaton and Mr. Vaa. Mr. Clark recessed the meeting to 4:00 P.M. and would be held tL!en if the mayor was present. Recessed statutory meeting was held at 4:00 P.M- with Mt. Clark and Mr. McGowan being present. Meeting was recessed to 10:O0 A.M., Wednesday, October 8, 1958 due to lack of quo rb~ll. APPROVE_D:~ ~~ City~ Clerk Mayor October 8, 1958 Recessed statutory meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Wash- ington was held Wednesday, October 8, 1958 at 11:25 A.M. in the City Hall, Mayor's Office with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioners Clark and Wheaten and City Auditor m~aa. October 8, 1958 (Con't) On questioned by Mayor Domstad, Mr. Vaa reported it would cost $936.00 to change the Police Lieutenants to Captains. ~ayor Domstad reported that Fire Chief Tillett is in accord with the action taken concerning the Fire Dept. budget. Mayor Domstad brought up for discussion the need for regular physical examin- ations for the men of both Police and Fire Depts. No action taken. Mr. Clarx stated the City now had two wharf leases so an adjustment would have to be made to cover annual rentals. $200.00 was to 0e taken from C.0., Waterfront Improvement and put in 13B Har- bor Leases. Mr. Vas stated there were three routine items which should be considered for putting in the budget: (l~ Fore, th& proposed city hall, will have to budget a total of $450,000.00, of Which'$400,O00.00 is to be from sale of bonds, $35,800.00 to be transferred f~om Cum. Res.for Gen. City Structures, and $14,200.00 to be transferred from Cum. Res.for Acq. Site~& Constr. of City Hall; to be expended for Reconstruction and addition to City Hall. (2) The~ amount of $20,300. should be re-budgeted in the Park Dept., Recreation Facilities Redevelopment; (3) $1,735.00 in the Firemen's Pension Fund as additional receipts due to increased valuation. - Mayor Domstad asked that these three items be put in the budget. Commissioner Clark reported that the County Commissioners approved the Health Dept. oudget in the same amount as budgeted last year, which, in effect, denied them their requested increase; therefore, Mr. Clark suggested to be consistent the City Council should approve their City budget at the same figure as last year thus putting ~,~1.82 in the black for the City. Mayor Domstad agreed that tais whould be done and the budget excess would then be Mr. Clark reported that the City Attorney has studied the Library Contract and his interpretation is t~at the City agreed to pool its facilities which he takes to mean the Library Building an~, therefore, no rental could be charged. Mr. Clark recommended that consideration be given to renegotiating the Library Contract. ~r. Clark also reported that the contract does not require the City to give the Library two mills but agrees to contribute two mills unless the Library can op- erate on a lower figure and still furnish adequate library service. Inasmuch as the Library had asked for less than the two mills on the present valnation figure, Mr. Clark recommended only giving them the amount requested. ~r. Vaa stated the amount which could be taken off was ~B,8~?.80. Mayor Domstated he was in favor of allocating the money they have requested in their budget. This then was the actipn to be taken an~ it put the ~ity funds in the 01ack in total of Mayor Domstad asked ~r. Vaa to get a figure as to cost of one step increase in pay in the Police and Fire Departments. Commissioner Clark sta~ed he had studied a more accurate method of arriving at the cash overdraft at the end of this year and had approached this figure by' using three different methods. As a result of his studies, he recommended reduc- ing the amount of overdraft by $9,~00.00. It was agreed that this should be done. Mayor Domstsd recessed the meeting to 10:O0 A.~.,Thursday, October 9, 19~8. APPROVED: C~ty~Clerk ~' Mayor October 9, 1958 Recessed statutory meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Wash- ington, was held Thursday, October 9, 1958 at 10:00 A.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. ~lso present were Commissioners Clark and Whemton, City Auditor Vas and Bremerton Sun reporter, Erv. Jensen. Mr. Vas reported the budget was in the black in the amount of ~18,136.54 and that lie had found ~600.00 which he hadn't cut back in Police Sergeants' pay in the Preliminary budget. Discussion was held at length on proposal to raise the pay ~f the Police and Fire Personnel. Mr. Balazic, Mr. Crist and Cheif Lewis entered into the discussions. It was determined that the City did not have sufficient funds to raise the pay and ~et the employees on step, and the amount of ~10.00 for a raise straight a~:ross the board for Fire and Police employees was favorable with all concerned providing this could be done and not conflict with the salary ordinance October 9, 1958 (Con't) Mayor Domstad called for City Attorney Holland to come to the meeting. Mr. Vaa co~mented that he had had occasion t talk with Mr. Hankins of the State Auditor's Office who had recommended the proceeds from log sales be placed in the Water Dept. Funds and the~ budgeted for expenditure to the City General Fund. This matter was laid over until the City Attorney would come to the Council room. City Attorney Holland came into the Council room and gave some study to the salary ordinance, called attention to the fact that step increases are based on being given if funds are available and since funds are not available for step In- creases the Council may in its discretion allow $10.00 increase; however, Nr. Hol- land stated he would recommend the City Council get the employees on step as soon as possible and in the meantime he furth r recommended that some study be given to making the step system more flexible by making steps as low as $8.00. Mr. Vaa stated h~ would be glad w~len he has time to try to work with ~epart- ments along these lines. Commissioner Clark questioned wi~ether the employees, other than Police and Fire, would rather have a $10.00 raise or would still like to have supplementation to Social Security which had been requested by the Breme~ton City ~ployees Assn. sev- eral weeks ago by letter. After considerable discussion of this matter, it was ~ayor ~omstad's feeling that the City Council should go along with the request of the Association at this time. Notion by ~r. Domstad and Mr. Clark to concur with the request of the Bremer- ton City Employees Assn. and that the City Council go on record for the ~10.00 increase across the board in the Police and Fire Departments, carried. ~otion by Mr. Clark and ~r. ~heaton to appropriate $100.00 more to the Nayor's Public Relations item, carried. City Attorney Holland recommended the City Council go along with Mr. Hankins on his recommendation that the receipts from sale of log~sgo into the Water Dept. Fund and then oe transferred to the General Fund. Mr. Vaa re~orted the budget is presently $1~1.5~ in the black. ~r. Balazic and ~r. Crist thanked the City Council for giving consideration to their men and said they were happy to have received the raise as granted. After discussion of the salary for FredSchoneman, S~reet Supt., for next year, it was agreed that provision would be made for one step increase in January and one ste2 increase again in July; funds to be adjusted by taking $Z~8.00 from the approp- riation to Equipment Operators. ~ayor Domstad recessed the meeting to 10:00 A.M., Friday, October 10, 19~8. APPROVED: City Cle~k Nayor October 9, 1958 Mayor Domstad reported he 'had received a letter from the Governor stating he would be in Eastern Washington on Nov. 22d so would not be available on that date for bridge ceremonies; however, if another date is selected would be glad t~ consid- er the invitation. ~layor Domstad stated he would like to have the ~support of Police Assn., Fire- men's Assn. and City Employees Assn. in behalf of the needed money which is goint to be brought before the legislature at next session. Motion by ~'[r. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to adjourn the recessed regular and rec- essed statutory meetings, carried. Mayor