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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/29/57 May 29, 1957 The regul~ r meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was called to order by Mayor Domstad at 10:00 o'clock A.M., Wednesday, May 29, 1957 in the Mayor,s Office, City Hall. Present at this meeting were Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner Wbeaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland. Also in attendance were representatives of ~ress and radio. MQtion hy Mr. Wheaton Md Miss Cullin to approve minutes of previous meet- ina held May 22, 1957, aa written, carried. Clerk read employments for Clifford E. Bales, Cemetery, $1.90 per hour and Grace Gardner, Civil Service, ~1.80 per hour. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the employments, carried. May 29, 1957 (Con't) Clerk read letter from City Engineer, dated May 29, 1957, recommending the payment of Estimate No. 2 (final) to Anderson Construction Company on L.I.D. 267 in the amount of $589.10. Attached was claim voucher for this amount approved by City Engineer and audited by City Auditor. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the Engine~ts recommendation, car~ ed. Clerk presented claim Vouchers from Re~yA~ Holland for $~2.A0 on Warren Ave- nue Bridge Const. Fund, covering court costs advanced by Mr. Holland; Kitsap County Title Company for $1A.O0 on the same fund; approved by D.B. Wheaton and audited by W.R. Vaa; Eitsap County Auditor for expenses of recent unsuccessful annexation elec- tions and Peninsula Propane for $88.28, approved by C.C. Casad and audited by W.R. Vas. Clerk stated an emergency appropriation would bl needed in order to pay the bill to the County Auditor inasmuch as no money was provided in the budget for elec- tions during 1987. Notion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to pass the vouchers, carried. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to have the emergency appropriation ord- inance prepared to take care of the election expense, carried. Clerk stated it was the recommendation of the committee that the bid to fur- nigh cast iron pipe be awarded to the low bidder, Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Go. Notion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Domstad to concur in the recommendation, carried. Clerk read letter, dated May B~, 1957, from John E. Short, Chief Acct., Water Oept., stating that the sale of 1987 Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds as of June l, 1957 makes it necessary to have an emergency appropriation to cover the debt service charges and reserve fund requirements for the remaining seven months of the current budget year. The total required for 1987, $1~,588.?~. First semi-annual interest payment~on this issue is due as of December l, 1987. City Attorney passed over to the Clerk for reading the ordinance which he had already prepared. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2226, "An Ordinance providing for the appropriation of funds from the current water fund_for which no appropriation was made in the 1957 budget, and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance No. 22~6, carried as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin~ Yes. Mr. Wheaton, ~es. Letter was read by Clerk from Chief of Police Lewis, dated March 5, 1987, re- commending call for bids for four new police cars outright. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to authorize the City Clerk to call for bids, carried. Letter was read by Clerk from Fire. Chief Tillett, dated May 28, 1987, recom- mending a list of equipment be debated surplus and some disposed of by transfer to other departments and some to be Junked. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to authorize the City Clerk to dispose to the best interests of the city, carried. Clerk read letter dated August 21, 19S8 from Paul R. Lewis and Stephen L. Kerr asking for vacation of an unopened street, which would be an extension of Charles- ton Street where it was supposed to intersect Highway 21. Clerk then read letter dated May 27, 1957 recommending the street be vacated. Mr. Wheaton commen~ed he had no objection to this vacation. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to authorize the Clerk to post notice and set date for hearing ~une 26, 1957 at 10:00 A.M., carried. Clerk read letter, dated May 28, 1987, from Wash. State Liquor Control Board and stated the City had received $15,908.47 from that board, making a total of $31,812.94 to date for 1957. Clerk read letter from City Engineer dated May 27, 1987 to which he had at- tached sewer application and agreement and sewer easement. He recommended approval of the City Council submect to the approval of the City Attorney. The agreements were between the City and Doris VanHout. Mr. Holland stated this transaction was approved three or four months ago. He stated rather than have Mrs. VanHout pay $125.00 as sewer connection fee the City had traded with her for the Easement. Motion b~ Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the entire transaction, car- ried. Clerk s~ated he had made further investigation of the furnace maintenance con- trac~ which the Council had approved for bid call at last meeting and that this would not be practicable so stated he would not include this feature in the heavy furnace oil bid call unless the City Council felt otherwise toward it. Council did not disagree with the Clerk on his report. May 29, 195?(Con,t) Clerk read proposed lease between City and P.O. Tappe, dba Industrial Paint- ers, for the south half of the building and premises located at Sheldon B~vd. and Park Avenue, for the monthly rental of $30.00. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve the lease, carried. City Attorney presented four unsigned quit claim deeds which will grant land for alley purposes when completed. These deeds bore the following names: Lowell C. & Bernice L. Bowman; A.K. & Evelyn H. Gilchrlst; James H. & Pearllne Giggans; Harry M. & Myrtle A. Cole. City Attorney recommende~ the City Council ~ccept the deeds and authorize the City E~gineer to secure the si~,natures on them. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to concur in the City Attorney,s recom- mendation, carried. Mayor Domstad stated Ben Bledsoe's term of office runs out May 31st on the civil service commission and that Mr. Bledsoe is willing to accept appointment for another term. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton that Ben Bledsoe be accepted for the renewal of the term, carried. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to deny the vacation of Yantic Avenue at this time, carried. Mr. Domstad stated he and Mr. Wheaton would be attending the Assn. of Wash- ington Cities annual meeting in Bellingham next Wednesday so should move the Coun- cil meeting up to Tuesday. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to hold the City Council meeting next week on Tuesday, June 14, 1987 at 10:00 A.M., carried. Miss Cullin stated she w~uld be leaving tomorrow for St. Louis by train to attend meeting of Municipal F~inance Officers Assn. Present at the Counci~ meeting were four members of the Mayor's Citizens' Advisory Committee: Bill Fortune, Howard McCain, Isaac Soriano and Mrs. Eileen Bulette. Mayor Domstad stated he had talked to Mr. Prior of Booz, Allen and Hamilton of Chicago, who is doing a survey of Seattle relating to seeking ways and means of improving the ci~ty's government. Mr. Fortune related information he gained by tal~ing with Mr. Prior. After discussion by Fortune, McCain and Soriano, it was felt that it would be advisable to have Mr. Prior come over to Bremerton to talk with the Commission- ers. June 12th was picked as the date. Mr. Soriano asked that the Advisory Committee be given the opportunity of meeting with the City Commissioners before Mr. Prior comes over. City Attorney stated he had given an opinion about six weeks ago that deci- sion of the Supreme Court prevented the City Council from over-ruling the Planning Commission and suggested a motion be made that the appeal of Hugh Bartlett and wife from an order of the Planning Commission should be denied. Clerk read the Notice of Appeal ~dated March 8, 1957. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to deny the appeal of Hugh Bartlett, Petitioner, carried. State Representative Pat Ntcholson was present and stated he would like to go with Mr. Wheaton to the Assn. of Wash. Cities Convention at Bellingham. He offered his help to sit in with Clt!~en~s'Ad?i~oryi~Committee so that if legisla- tion will be needed he will be in position to work on it. Clerk asked Pat Nicholson why he co-sponsored a bill to allow for registra- tion of voters in other places than the city hall. Mr. Nicholson stated he would come in and discuss this legislation with Mr. McGowan. Mr. Wheaton stated the bid call on Warren Ave. Bridge had been set ahead one week and will open bids on June 18th. Representative of the Bremerton Sun asked if the ordinance allowing organ- izations to solicit funds was still on the books. Mayor Domstad stated the Chief of Police will have a recommendation before the Council soon. Clerk stated he would soon make a recommendation on the close-out sales ordinance. Mayor stated he had received a letter from Asst. Secretary of the Navy F.A. Bantz thanking him for the pleasant visit in Bremerton. May 29, 1957 (Con,t) Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to pay all bills appro.ved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned. AP PRO VED: City 'C1 · rk Mayor