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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/22/58 October 22, 1958 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held on Wednesday, October 22, 1958 at 10:00 o~clock A.M., in the Mayor's Of- lice, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presidingZ Present were Commissioner Clerk, Commissioner ~heaton, City Clerk NcGowan, City Attorney Holland and CityEngineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. ~neaton and ~r. Clark to approve the minutes of regular meeting held October 15, 1958 as written, carried. Clerk presented report of separation for John J. O,Neill, Patrolman, Police Dept., resignation accepted with prejudice. Notion by Nr. Nheaton and Mr. Clark to approve the separation, carried. Clerk read notices of employment for Wallace E. Day, Bert H. Hansen, Charles E. McFarlane, all extra laborers, Water DistribUtion Dept at $1.90 per hour. Notion by Mr. ~neaton and Nr. Clark to approve the employments, carried. Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended October 15, 1958 in the amount of 442,866.50 audited by W.R. Vaa. Notion by ~r. Clark and Mr. Wheaton to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk read corporate resolution of authority which selects Seattle-First Nat- ional Bank for deposit of City Hall Funds, and approving signature relating to bus- iness on ~his fund with the bank of Austin M. Clark,Commissioner of Finance and Edna 0dden, City Treasurer. Commissioner Clark explained this was a special fund Oeing set up to handle the money ~onnected with the proposed city hall improvement. October 22, 1958 ( Con't ) Motion by Mr. Wheaton and mr.D°mstad to pass the corporate resolution, carried. Clerk asked authority to call for bids for some supplies or services for calen- dar year 1959 as follows: Ammonia & Chlorine; Official Publications; Tires, Tubes and Recaps; Office Machine Repairs, Gas-regular and ethel; Motor Oils. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clar~ to authorize the call for bids as requested carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. ~303, second reading, vacating a portion of Ivy Street." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and ~r. Clark to pass Ordinance No. 2303 carried as fol- lows: Mr. Domstad, Yes; Mr. Clark, Yes; Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk read letter dated Oct. 20, 1958, addressed to Mayor Domstad, signed by R. A. Benson, M.D., President, Bremerton Chamber of Commerce, which stated the Board of Directors had unanimously endorsed the proposed plans to establish a Regional Planning Commission for Kitsap County. Clerk read letter dated Oct. 16, 1958, addressed to the three commissioners, signed by C.A. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer, Central Labor Council, urging the Council to plan for some relief to the Theaters from the Amusement Tax. Clerk read Resolution No. 101?, resolving that the business agent of the Inter- national Assn. of Machinists Lodge 1545 may represent the city employees of Bald Lod- ge in wage negotiations, working conditions and any other matter that employees may desire to present to the City Council. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to pass Resolution No. lO17, carried. Mr. Charley Temple was introduced by Mayor ~Domstad as the representative of the Machinists Lodge 1545. Mr. Temple thanked the Council for passing the resolution, stating that it was a symbol of the ~:ood relations enjoyed by government, management and labor in this area. The matter which was brought up at the last meeting concerning a letter from At- torney Brumbach to ~r. Holland relating to about $10,000.00 being held by the Clerk of Kitsap County in connection with property under contract sale between the City and the Midlakes Const. Co. (formerly held by All-State Sand and Gravel Co.) was again brought up and discussion ensued. It was noted that in a~dition to the balance owing on the contract, thence is an amount of $703.10 owing on a tap and footage to the Water Dept. No action was oaken but it was decided to take the matter under further consid- eration and try to make a decision next Wednesday. Clerk read letter a~dressed to the ~ayor from Order of the Amaranth, dated Oct- ober 18, 1958, thanking him for the use by their Order of the Harlow Bldg. for~their rummage sale; an~ commendin~ his clerk for her courtesy. Mr. Holland presented notice of hearing petition for annexation which covers the petition signed by Donald P. Parkhurst, setting the date for hearing on the 19th day of November, 1958 at lO:OO A.M. Motion by Mr. Doms~d and Mr. Wheaton to set the hearing date on No~ember 19, 1958, carried. Clerk stated that small anaexations were probably of more trouble to ~he County Auditor than to the City in connection~with setting up precincts and voting, an8 he has asked the City Attorney to investigate the legality of having these small areas which are under one Commissioner's District incorporated into Just one precinct even though ~ot contiguous. Mr. ~eaton suggested that Mr. Jensen, Bremerton Sun Reporter, write a story on the bridge and Mr. Holland asked tha~ the toll rates be covered again inasmuch as many fantastic stories have been going around relative to the rates. Mr. William Pad~ison, 704 l~th, stated he had been connected with tradeuunions since 190~ but tha~ he was against the resolution passed today because he felt this ga~,e the union a foothold in the door and they are enly a small segment of the popu- lation and should not reveive preference. Mr. 13arney Thompson,' representing Municipal Affairs Committee, Bremerton Chamber of Commerce, asked i~? ~he feasibility of having one-way traffic over ~he bridges had been considered, which would save having two of the four 'toll stations. Mr. Holland stated the matter had been studied over a year's .time and it was de- cided the present set up would best suit the traffic pattern. Mayor Domstad anno~uuced that the City Attorney had 0ee~ selected as Secretary- Treasurer in the State Sportsman's Assn. Commissioner Clark reported he had 0e~n able to obtain at a low cost quantity of fairly new ~xl2 planks which would be placed on the deck of the Second Street Wharf with the assistance of Mr. W~eaton and Public Works. October 22, 1958 (Con't) Mr. Clark reported that demolition of the Burks Bldg.~ had gotten underway and the contractor feels he will have it taken down in about three weeks. Mr~ Clark gave a brief report of the meeting he attended last week in Olympia of the Wash. Municipal Finance OfFicers Assn. Mr. Wheaton reported on the meeting he a trended for Mayor Domstad in Tacoma last night of the Puget Sound Regional Planning Council. Mayor Domstad commented ~that he and others from the City were over to Seattle to see the Navy give two LSDfs to the Chinese Government. Motion by Mr. D~nstad and Mr. Clark to pay all bills that are approved by a maj- ority of the Commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned, APPROVED: City CIerk Mayo~