HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/13/57 February 13, 1957
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington
was called to order by Mayor Domstad at 10t00 o,clock A.M., Wednesday, February
15, 1957 in the Mayor's Office, City Hall. Present at this meeting were Commis-
sioner Cullin, Commissioner Wheaten, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland.
Also in attendance were representatives of press and radio.
Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Miss Cullin to approve minutes of regular meeting
of February 6, 1957 as written, carried.
Clerk read report of separation for William L. Engler, Engineering Dept.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the separation, carried.
Clerk read notice of employment for Stanley B. Garrison, Associate City Eng-
ineer, Engineering Dept., $500.00 per month, effective Feb. 11, 1957.
Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Miss Cullin to approve the employment, carried.
Clerk read notice of change in pay status for owen R. Moritz, Pump Operator-
Timekeeper, Water Supply Department at $~40.00 per month, effective February 1,
195~.
Cl~rk then read letter dated February 11, 1957 to the City Council from Mr.
McPherson, Civil Service Commission, recommending the budget position be changed
from Pump Operator to Pump Operator Timekeeper, creating a new position to be fill-
ed by Mr. Moritz who is to take on additional duties over those required from a
pump operator. Effective date of budget change to be February l, 1957.
Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Mr. Domstad to approve the change in pay status, car-
ried.
Clerk stated he and Ronald Danielson, Municipal Court Judge, had studied the
bid for a receipting and validating machine for Traffic Violations and recommended
the bid be awarded to Burroug~hs Inc., and that an emergency ordinance be prepared
for passage for setting up the funds for the machine.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to award the bid to Burroughs and to dir-
ect the City Attorney to draw up the emergency appropriation ordinance, carried.
Clerl: read Ordinance No. 2218, "An Ordinance relating to the erection, re-erect-
ion, operation, possession and control of signs, amending Section 10~-5 of Ordinance
No. 2162 and declaring an emergency."
Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance No. 221~, carried as
follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. Wheaten, Yes.
City Attorney stated it would cost about $700.00 to publish a natural gas ord-
inance and suggested the City might like to press for the State Legislature to pass
a bill allowing ordinances to be published by title only thus circumventing the re-
quirements of the City Charter provisions on publishing ordinances in full.
Motion by Miss Culltn and Mr. Wheaten that the City Council direct the City At-
torney to draw such a legislative bill, carried.
Miss Cullin reported she would be going to Olympia tomorrow to attend the meet-
ing on sales tax legislation.
Mr. '~heaton reported on his attendance at a meeting last night at Olympia on
the legislation pending relating to opening the watershed to sportsmen.
Austin Clark and Howard McCain, local insurance men, were present on the mat-
ter of distribution of fire insurance commissions. Mr. Clark explained the back-
ground and procedure of this matter, stating the distribution was made to local reg-
ular insurance offices which are owned and operated completely by individuals and
not to those Just incidentally in the insurance business or to thos~who operate dir-
ect writing branch offices.
Mayor Domstad asked that the co-chairmen of the insurance committee, Mr. Brown
and ~r. Clark, make a survey on fire insurance valuations on city buildings.
01ex Ottevaere, representing local Lions Club, asked that the City declare sur-
plus the 1939 International pickup which the Fire Department has scheduled for trade-
in and sell to the Lions for use in their paper salvage work. He stated he had re-
ceived three valuation figures and they were for about ~125.00 each; also, it would
cost between $80.00 and $100.00 to repair for use.
Mr. McGowan stated he was in favor of this request.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mt. Wheaten to declare the 1939 International pickup
truck of the Fire Department surplus, carried.
The Council then considered the offer of the Lions Club of $125.00 for the
truck and felt it was a fair offer.
Motion by Miss Cullln and Mr. Domstad that the City sell the old truck of the
Fire Dept. to the Lions Club for $125.00 plus sales tax, carried.
Meeting adjourned.
APPROVED: City/Clerk