HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/31/57 July 31, 1987
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington,. was
held Wedhesday, July ~1, 1987 at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Mayor's ~ffice, City
Hall with Acting Mayor Cullin presiding, r Present were Commissioner Wheaton, City
Clerk McOowan and Attorney Holland. Also present were representatives of press
and radio. Absent was Mayor Domstad, in Texas viewing the new rocket program as a
guest of the U.S. Army.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve minutes of July 24, 1957 as
written, carried.
Notices of employment were read by Clerk for Vincent F. Kiper, Jr, Sewage Dis-
Posal extra labor; Fred Benedict, Water Department, Sarah Frances Peveler, Park and
Recreation Department and Barbara Nervik, City Attorney's Office.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the employments, carried.
Clerk read report of separation for Lucille Herrell, City Attorney's ~ffice
and Clarence T. Brickell, Inspector of Reservoir, Water Department.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the separations, carried.
Clerk read application for a location license to install pinball machines at
Dick's Cafe, 2204 E. llth St., signed by Dick Irvine, under the Master License of
Kitsep Amusement Company. Application approved by Chief of Police Lewis.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the application, carried.
Clerk read letter dated July 29, 1987, signed by Dorothy A Funsett by Cecilia
Pettit, giving notice of appeal from the Revocation of hotel license issued by
the City Council on July 24, 1957.
City Attorney advised that the full Council would have to he present when the
hearing .was held.
Acting Mayor Cullin set next Wednesday, August 7, 1957 at lO:O0 o'clock A.M.,
in the Council Room as time and place of hearing and requested the City Clerk to
write a letter to Mrs.Funsett notifying her of the hearing.
Clerk read letter dated July 25, 1957 from Olympic Foundry Company in which
they stated they had deleted some items from delivery under City Contract No. 478
and had added a ntunber of items. The deletions total $439.04. reducing the con-
tract to $1,595.~ and had added items to bring the total to
Mr. McGowan stated Mr. Casad was in accord with the changes as certain items
proved unnecessary for the Job and other items w~re found to be essential aud Mr.
McGowan suggested the letter be considered a request for change order.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton an8 Miss Cullin to approve the change order, carried.
Clerk read letter dated July 29, 1957 to the Oouncil from the City Engineer
wubmitting the preliminary assessment roll and a llst of the real and improved val-
uation in the district for the improvement of E. 18th grom Trenton Avenue to 500
feet west by construction of sanitary sewer and then read another letter of the
same date from City Engineer relating the same proposed improvement which submitted
the preliminary estimate of $~,066.00.
Clerk read Resolution No. 974 which stated it is the intention of the City
Council to order the improvement of a 20 foot alley, 90 feet East of Warren Avenue
and tune,lng from 10th Street to llth Street, by blacktopping and the City Engineer
directed to submit to the City Council the estimated scat and expense and the City
Clerk to give notice of the date of hearing which was set for August 28, 1957 at
10:00 A.M.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and MissCullin to pass Resolution No. 974, carried.
City Attorney presented an agreement to extend and modify lease between the
City and the School ~istrict iO0-C for a portion of Civic Recreation Center for a
one-year period commencing September 1, 1957, with no other changes in the original
lease, than this extension.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the Agreement and authorize
the ~ayor and City Clerk to sign for the City, carried.
City Attorney asked the Council for some additional authority so that a change
co~ld 0e made in the agreement between Brinks, Hollisters and the City whereby the
city was to move certain shrubs and trees in connection with the Perry Avenue L.I.D.
but that some of the trees cannot be moved and replanted because they may die and
it will be necessarj to plant new trees instead at the proper time.
Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Miss Cullln to ~.:rant the auth,~ity requested by City
Attorney so'.he"may authorize new trees to be p~anted instead of moving several as
originally agreed, 6arried.
City Attorney asked for authority to draft a resolution to approve the oral
sgreement between G.F. Ryan and the City Engineer whereby Mr. Ryan would be paid
~300.00 for his work in construction a stone bulkhead on Perry Avenue instead of
the City constructing a cement wall.
July 31, 1957 (Con,t)
Mr. Holland explained that the city had agreed originally to construct a cement
wall~ as Mr. Ryan had given ten feet of his property to the city for street purposes;
however, he is a nurseryman and wo~ld llke to construct his own stone bulkhead so
he c~n beautify it and Mr. Holland stated t~e $500.00 would be much iess than if
the 0ity build the cement wall.
~otion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaten to grant authority to the. City. Attorney
to draw up the resotut~en, carried.
Mr. Wheaten reported the bridge across Port WaShington Narrows is progressing
very well.
Mr. Holland asked Erv. Jensen, Bremerton Sun reporter, where the information
was derived that appeared in an editorial of the paper wherein it was stated the
City could reduce its spending without cu~ting services. He stated he hsd checked
repo.rts and letters from Booz and company and had been unable to find any such
statement in them. Mr. Jensen stated he would have to check with Mr. Gius, the
editor.
. Miss 6ullin reported on her tri~ to Seattle y~sterday to attend a meeting of
the Seattle Municipal League.
Mr. L.S. Holliday, 1~50 Warren Avenue, appeared before the Council and stated
he was opposed to the city hiring the birm of Booz, Ha~ilton and Allen to make re-
commendations relative to methods of saving money and that' he believed the City
commissioners should do whatever is necessary to bring the City,s costs within its
receipts. He stated that other taxpayers with whom he had talked felt as he did.
Miss Cullln stated she had suggested this matter be put on the ballot in Feb-
ruary and if the taxpayers want the survey to be made then they will have to approve
a special levy to raise the fee for the survey fi'rm.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaten to pay all bills appro~e'd by a majority
of the Commissioners, carried.
APPROVED: Cit~ Clerk
Ma~or