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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/11/57 September 11, 1957 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton~ Washington was held Wednesday, September 11, 1957 at'10:00 ofclOck A,M', in the MaYor's uffice, City Hall, with Mayor ~omstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Cullin, Com- missioner Wheaton and C~ Clerk McGowan. City Attorney Holland was present for part of the meeting. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. ~omstad to approve minutes of last regular meeting held September A, 1957 as written, carried. Clerk read reports ~of separations for the following: Elsie Cunningham, Pedro Mateo, Jean Dix, Robert Smith, Marilyn Sullivan, Karen Rolstad, Sally Pendergast, Sarah Frances Peveler,- Gary Li~d~ren, Richard Johnsen, Sulvia Funk, William Bissell, Park and Recreation Department, obert L. S~anley, Bruce Barner, William H. Kane, Tim L. Sullivan, Doanld P~ Jacobs, Donald A,' MacDonald, Water De~rtment. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read notices of employment for the following: Samuel E. Harpham, Ex$~a Labor, $1.90 per hour, City Hall; Jack Er~helder, Extra Labor, $1.90 per hour, Wat- er Supply and Earl W. Elton, City Engineer, $800.00 per month. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve the employments, carried. Clerk read claim for damages filed on September 5, 1957 by Robert H. Dewey for $10.33 and stated the insurance company had been notified the same day. Clerk read letter dated Sept. 9, 1957 to the City Council from the City Eng- ineer submitting the final assessment roll for Sidewalk Construction Fund, District No. 2, in the total amount of $8,336.65. Clerk then read the Engineer's Certificate which certified that the assess- ment roll is a ~ue and correct assessment roll of the improvements. M~tion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin confirming Sidewalk Construction Fund District No. 2 as submitted by the City Engineer, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 978 which set the date of hearing on the confirma- tion of the assessment roll of ~idewalk Construction Fund, District No. 2, be held before the City Council on October 9, 1957 at lO:O0 A.M., and directed the City Clerk to notify the owner of the property affected of the time and place of this hearing. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass Resolution No. 978, carried. September 11, 1957 (Con,t) Clerk read letter dated August ~0, 1957 from Charles C. Pail, Mayor, City of Ban Diego, addressed to the Mayor and City Council,. extending an invitation to attend the Fourth Japan-American Pacific Area Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Commerce Presidents, to be held in San Diego, November ~-?, 1957. Mayor Domstad stated he had talked With the Chamber President, Hal Fischler, and that someone may go from the local chamber~who could represent both the chamber and the city council. Clerk read letter dated July 10, 1957 addressed to Mayor Domstad from ~rs. Mar- garita J. Fernandez, President, Eastern Philippines Colleges, City of Bagulo, P.I., asking that assistance be~given in securing a number of pieces'of equipment needed in the conduct of their colleges. Mayor Domstad stated the City did not have this equipment at present and he ask- ed the press and radio to give the request publicity. Clerk read letter dated ~ept. 10, 1957 to the City Council from Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery setting forth their type of management accounting services and costs for same. Clerk presented application for pinball location license at Bremerton Bowling Recreation signed by ~ohnW. Walton, 907 N. Callow, approved by Chief Lewis to be under the master license of Bremerton Mutual Amusement Co., accompanied by check for Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve, carried. Clerk read letter from C.N. Mosbarger dated Sept. 8, 1957 addressed to the City Council, offering to sell a tract of land which lays between two strips of water- shed property. Also offered to take a trade for city owned property in lieu of cash. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to refer to Mr. Wheaton for study, car- ried. Clerk ~ad~ac~eptance of Ordinance No. 22~9, dated September ~, 1957, signed by PugetSound Power & Light Co., vice president, L.E. Karrar, and attested by Ralph M. Davis, Secretary. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to acknowledge acceptance of £ranchise, carried. Clerk read report for August 1957 from Taylor and Bruckart, Inc., dated Sept. 6, 1957 approved by C.C. Casad, which stated that due to market conditions there was no production from the watershed during August. Clerk stated the Municipal Court had a small wooden filing cabinet which Judge Danielson wished to have declared surplus and transferred to the Police Dept., for use in the ID office. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. '~heaton to declare the cabinet surplus and trans- fer to the Police Dept., carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 9?9, authorizing the Mayor andCity Clerk to execute a deed conveying certain property to the State of Washington for use in the improve- ment of ~rimary State Highway No. 21, for the sum of $280.00. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass ResolutiOn No. 979, carried. Clerk read, for public information, an ordinance relating to the sale and pos- session of certain weapons and providing for punishment for the violation thereof. An unidentified man was present and spoke on the ordnance, stating he could see no harm in an unloaded BB gun, and thought present laws could be enforced rath- er than become more restrictive on the BB guns. Mayor Domstad stated the proposed ordinance was to 0e studied further and, al- so, County Proaecute~ Merkel and ~ty Attorney Holland were to discuss the possibil- ity of the County taking some similar action. Mayor Domstad called attention to the presence of Pat Nlcholson, State Repres- entative, at the Council meeting. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Mayor