HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/02/57 October 2, 1957
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was
held Wednesday, October 2, 1957 at 10:00 o~clock A.M, in the Mayor's Office, City
Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding during part of the meeting and COmmissioner Cul-
lin presiding for the balance of the meeting. Present were Commissioner W heston,
City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland. Also present were representatives
of press and radio.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve minutes of last regular meet-
ing held September 25, 1957 as written, carried.
Clerk read report of separatio~ for Donald Cooley, Park and Recreation Dept.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve the separation, carried.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 2246, "An Ordinance relating to ~he retirement and
pension system for City Employees, fixing rates of contribution thereto and pro-
viding for the adjustment thereof, amending paragraph c, Section 7 and adding a
new Section 12-b to Ordinance No. 1572, as amended by Ordinance No. 2152, and de-
claring an emergency. ~
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to pass Ordinance No. 2246, carried as
follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes.
Clerk applications for pinball location licenses from Verla Cove
2~OO~P~esented
Cafe, Sixth, signed by Warren Mills and Skippers Tavern, 116 1st St., signed
by Wm. Toder, both to operate under master license of Kitsap Amusement Co., and
both approved by Chief C. Lewis.
~otion by Miss Cullin an~t Mr. Domstad to approve the pinball location license
applications, carried.
Clerk reed noticeof change in pay status for Ruth G. Bozarth, Policewoman 1/c
effective September 15, 1957 to $585.00 per month.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve the change in pay, carried.
Clerk asked authorization to call for bids for supplies and services for the
following for next year: Tires, tubes and recaps; chlorine an~ ammonia; gas and
oil, legal publications and office machine maintenance.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wh~aton to authorize the calls forbids, carried.
October 2, 1987 (Con't)
Clerk read letter dated September 28, 1987 addressed to the City Council from
~oster and Marshall of Seattle, offerin~ their services in connection with any bond
£ales the City may issue.
Clerk read a petition signed by Fred Freese, 2222 Perry Avenue and three others,
requesting a change from original specifications in the L.I.D, on E. 23rd and Bra-
shem ~venue to attach the curbs and gutters to the sidewalks on Brashem Ave. only;
with the understanding there Will be no extra charge made for this change on the
Wes~ side of Brashem and that an additional charge of 2§~ per foot will be made by
the contractor for attaching the curb and gutter to the east side of Brashem Avenue.
City Attorney Holland stated he h~d given an oral opinion to the City Engineer
that 100% of the people inVolved would have to sign the petition. There were two
ladies present, unidentified~ but one spoke that a Mrs. Mitchell was out of the City
but expected back in about a week and that she understood Mrs. Mitchell was,in favor
of the petition.
It was s~ggested her lawyer, Mr. Hutton, may be able ~o sign for Mrs. Mitchell
and it was further suggested the City Engineer should contact him.
~r. ¥~eaton'commented that the Job could be held up for the one week but cau-
tioned that winter was approaching and the work should ~et underway and ~hen he ref-
ferr~ the petition to the Engineer and have him put it in his file with the pet-
ition filed on ~his district last week and asked tha~ some effort be made by the
F~ngineer to con~act Mrs. Mitchell's attorney.
~ayo~Domstad left the Council Room near the end of the discussion of the pet-
ition aforementioned and Commissioner Cullin took the chair.
Miss Cullin asked that an emergency appropriation ~e approved for extra labor
in the Treasurer's Office to cover expenditures due to sick leave which h~s ~een
taken and that the sum of $280.00 would cover this.
Motion by Miss Cullin and ~r. Wheaton to instruct the City ~ttorney to draw up
the necessary ordinance, carried.
Mr. Wheaton stated the bridge contractor is star~ing to p~ur concrete tomorrow
morning at ?:00 A.M., continuing to about 2:00~..~. the next day. This will put
18 ~rucks on the streets an~ will have an affect on traffic. ~r. Wheaton asked that
the newspaper and radio publicize the truck movement and ask for d~err~ooperation
and suggest ~hat folks leave home a~little earlier and thus avoid the truck traffic.
Mr. Leo Holliday, 13~0 Warren Avenue, protested the new bus stop located at 18th
and Warren, ~ecause it makes it impossible for him and his neighbor to park in front
of their homes and causes the bus to go up 1Bth which is very narrow and this mak-
ing a traffic hazard.
Mr. Wheaton promised to look into his protest.
Mr. Holliday also complained about noisey mufflers and speeding youmg drivers.
He also said he thought the Commissioners were raising their pay too much and ques-
tioned the ~ifference between the Commissioners and the City Clerk's proposed pay.
Commissioner Cullin advised Mr. Holliday that the latter matter would be taken
up at the 5udget hearings which oegin next Monday at lO:O0 A.M.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr.~heaton to pay all bills ~hat are approved by a
majority of the Commissioners, carried.
Meeting adjourned.
APPROVED: City Clerk