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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/12/57 June 12, 1957 Regular meeting of the City CoUncil of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held Wednesday June 12, 1957 at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Bremerton with Acting Mayor Cullln presiding. Present were Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, Asst. City Attorney Oluf Johnsen, Water Bupt. Cased. Also present were representatives of press and radio; Pat Nicholson, Btate Repre- sentative and five girls from West Bremerton and Central Kitsap High Schools. Absent was Mayor Domstad who was at the Puget Sound Naval Base to greet the UBS Shangrilla. Motion by Mr. ¥~heaton and Miss Cullin to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of June 4th as written, carried. Clerk stated this was date and time for opening bids for transmitters/receiv- ers for the Police Department and one bid had been received. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to open the bid, carried~. Clerk opened the bid and read from Motorola Company: Three model CD-T41GGV-? at $428.50 each or total of $1,285.50; one Motorola Model CD-P31-4 radiotelephone, $707.00; and as an alternate bid, three Modelm T41GGV-? at $435.00, or a total of $1,305.00; and one Model CD-P31-1 $462.00. Attached to the bid was a certified check for $575.00 as deposit. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and MissCullin to refer to Captain Phillips for recom- mendation to be made today a t a recessed mee~Ing, carried. Clerk read claim for damages filed June 10, 1957 by Dale C. Hammargren, 1621 Jacobsen Blvd for approximately $40.00 for damage to a 1947 Ford when some Park equipment fell from a city truck onto his car. · Clerk stated the claim had been referred to the City's insurance companyw. Clerk presented an application from Colleen McGill Carlson of 105 Washington Avenue, Bremerton for a renewal of license as Master Operator of Amusement Devices under Ordinance 1481. Attached was a suspense receipt from City Treasurer for $2,000.00. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve issuance of license, carried. Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended May 31, 1957, $44,529.48, audited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Statement of Canvass was read by Clerk, dated May 13, 1957 from Ki~sap County Auditor and Con~issionez's, certifying that an el~ction,h~ld on the 7th day of May, 1907 for the purpose of annexing all of Shorewood Drive Precinct to the City of Bremerton, results were: For Annexation 55, Against Annexation 131. Clerk read reports of separation for Wayne E. Hoffman and Steven Kukla. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read notices of employment for: Ralph E. Day, extra labor, Traffic Mtce ~ept, $1.90 per hour; Park and Recreation: Karol Yvonne Whitney, $1.25; Philip Dean Burroughs, $8.00~ Gary Lindgren, $1.50; Donald P. Jacobs, Robert L. Stanley, Donald A. MacDonald, Bruce E. Barner, Tim L. S~llivan, Water ~istribution, the first 4 at $1.90 per hour and Sullivan at $1.75 per hour. Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the employments, carried. Clerk read letter dated June 10, 195~ to the Mayor and City Council from Roy A. Holland, City Attorney, stating he was starting on three or four weeks' vaca- tion and would not be here to assist in pushing the resolution demanding three new ferries and a bridge £o Bainbridge Island; and recommended that the Council and a small committee from the Chamber of Commerce should make an appointment w4~.the Governor and press for the things asked for in the City's resolution. June 12, 1987 (Con't) Clerk read copy of a letter from Mr. Casad to Mr. Wheaton dated June 8, 1957, requesting approval for the construction of a 6 inch cast iron water main on 24th. from Snyder to Wycoff and on Callow from 24th South approximately 300 feet to con- nect with existing 4 inch main. Improvement needed for fire hydrants to meet re- quirements of the Fire Underwriters. Estimated.cost totals $4,2?6.50. Attached to the letter was a copy of the notice for publication for projects exceeding $2,500.00. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the request and publish the notice, carried. Clerk read Memo from Mr. Casad to Mr. ~heaton dated June 12, 1957 ~hich stated (1) Necessary to call for bids for two 10 HP motors. (2) Necessary to call for bids for two 20 inch ga~e valves and three 16 inch gate valves. (3) Call for bids for 250 to 300 meters 5/8 x Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the various call for bids as requested, carried. Clerk reed letter dated June 3, 1987 to Mr. Wheaton from MG. McLeod, Building Inspector, in which Mr. McLeod tendered.his resignation as of June 15th to allow for a younger person to fill the position. Letter also commented that this is with regret that he severs his associations that have always been of the most p~easant character. Mr. Wheaton commented that he regreted very much to receive this resignation and then made several statements of his excellent association with Mr. McLeod and the fine work he has done in a very difficult position. Mr. Wheaton s tared the resignation would be accepted as of July 1st, 1957 and that he plans to appoint Fred E. Irish as his successor as Building Inspector. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to accept Mr. McLeod's resignation with regret, carried. Mr. McGowan stated he had a request from the Water Distribution Department to purchase 1,O00 feet of 2" galvanized pipe but that the price of this material is now up to where the total would be over $500.00 and suggested call for bids for~a larger quantity to fill up the stores requirement for some future.months. After discussion of quantities, Mr. Wheaton asked that this be held until a check could be made of requirements. Motion by l~r~. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve call for bids for galvanized pipe, and quantity to be specified by Mr. ~eaton when supplies needed are ascer- tained, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 969, setting June 26th §t lO:O0 A.M., in the Council Chambers, City HalL, as time and place for hearing upon assessment roll for LID 267, and directing the City C~lerk to send out written notices to property owners and to publish the notice of hearing in the newspaper. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to pass Resolution No. 969, carried. Clerk reported he bad.posted notices as required by.law on the proposed pub- lic street vacation on which hearing is to be held by the Council on June 26th. Clerk read a bulletin from American Municipal Associat4on dated June 6, 1987 relating to propesed legislation~concerning Federal Tax Avoidance. ~he bu~lletln suggested that any city affected by loss of certain tax revenues should file statedment on this matter with Senator Strom Thurmond, of the U.S. Senate. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton t~at the Mayor be authorized to answer the letter and set forth Bremerton's position and that the matten 5e referred to the Asst. City Attorney for drafting the letter, carried. Mr. McGowan introduced five girls to the City Council. These girls are going to Girl's State to be held in Ellensburg and came to the City Council meeting to gain experience on legislative bodies. These girls were: Elinor Dunsmoor, Judy Runnels and Darlene Jonas of West High and Mary Ro~ers and Lois Barnhar£ of Central Kitsap High. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Nheaton to pay all bills approved by a majority of ~he Commissioner~, carried. Meeting recessed to the ~all of the Chair. APPROVED: Cit~y Clerk June 12, 195V Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held Wednesday, June 12, 1957 at 11:10 A.M., in the Mayor,s Office, City Hall Bremerton with Mayor ~omstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Cullin, Commis- sioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan and Asst. City Attorney Johnsen being present. Also present were the five girls visiting the Council meeting. Clerk stated that Captain Phillips and Radloman George Rothenberg had gone over the Motorola Radio bid and had recommended as follows: Accept the alternate bid on the three transmitters/receivers of $1,305.00, which is slightly higher than the first bid but has a better microphone and the alternate bid of $462.00 instead of the one at $707.00 on the walkie-talkie. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to concur with the recommendation, car- ried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2227, "An Ordinance appropriating funds for the con- ducting of special elections not provided for in the budget in the o~Kendar year of 1957, and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance 222~ carried as fol- lows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Meeting adjourned.~ ~///~b/'~/~~ APPROVED: City Clerk ' - ' Mayor