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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/04/57 Ju~e 4, 1957 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held Tuesday, June 4, 1957 at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in the Mayor's Office, City Hall~ with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk Mc- Gowan and City Attorney Holland. Absent was ~ommissioner Cullin, who was attend- ing a meeting of the Municipal Finance Officers Association in St. Paul. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve minutes of previous regular meeting held May 29, 1957 as written, carried. Clerk read notices of emplgyment for Wayne E. Ho ffman, $1.92 per hour, Street Department; Roy Floyd Critser, $1.§0 per hour and Robert Smith, $1.69 per hour, playleaders and Elsie L. Cunningham, Estra Labor, $1.30~ per hour, Park and Recrea- tion'Department. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the employments, carried. Clerk read changes in pay status for Lyle T.D. Ben~ett~ $354.00 per month, Traffic Maintenance and Ernest C. Hopper, Firefighter l/c, $385.00 per month, Fire Department. Motion by Mr.~mstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the changes in pay, carried. Clerk read report of' separation for James Lindberg, Park and Recreation. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the separation, carried. Clerk read letter from Judge Danielson, dated May 29, 1957, addressed to the City Council, recommending change order in contract to decrease thecontract price to $955.55, including sales tax, stating the Burroughs Company had made an error in calculating the price of the validating and receipting machine now in use in the Traffic Violations Office. Attached to the letter was ~he claim for $955.55, ap- proved by Judge Danielson. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to concur with Judge Ron Danielson's rec- commendation, carried. Clerk read letter dated June 3, 1957 from City Engineer to City Council in ~ reference to the petition to establish an L.I.D. which had been referred to that office at last Council Meeting. Letter recommended ~hat an L.I.D. be established for the improvement of East 23rd Street and Brashem Avenue from Cascade Trail to Nipsic Avenue by the construc- tion of concrete curbs and gutters and concrete sidewalks end that on the checking the petition the~0e were 69.28% for the improvement. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to concur in the mngineer's recommend- ation, carried. Clerk read totals from Treasurer's Inter-Fund Transfers and submitted them for approval of the Commissioners. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the Inter-Fund Transfers, car- ried. Mayor Domstad reported that Mr. Prior, managemen~ consultant,~will be over next Tuesday, June!llth at approximately 10:lO A.M.' to meet with the Gommissloners and advisory committee, and that the meeting will be open to press and radio, City Attorney Holland reported that he had met wtt~ the roads and bridges com- mittee of the Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the City and the group passed a motion recommending the Board of Directors ask the Toll Bridge Authority to put at least two new ferries on the Bremerton-Seattle run and new landing facilities at Bremerton end and build a bridge over to Bainbridge Island. Mayor Domstad commented that he and ~r. Wheaton will be attending the Assn. of NashingtonCities annual convention at Beltingham this week. Motion by Mr. Domstad 8nd Mr. Wheston go pay all bills approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned.