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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/20/57 November 20, 1957 Regular meeting of the City ~ouncil of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held Wednesday, November 20, 1957 at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in the Mayor,s Office, City Hall, Bremerton, with MaYor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve minutes of previous regular meeting of November 13, 1957 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was date and time for opening bids for sale of scrap metal md for grouting for the dam. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin that all bids be opened, carried. Clerk opened the bids for sale of scrap metal and read from: Blatt,s Auto l?ss, cas.t iron $23.~ per ton and scrap me~als .1256 per pound; Graham King, ~ on sc~ iron andes on co,per; also bid $500.00 each on old tanks at gravel pit; Robert Malone, scrap per ton $16.10 or .$05per cwt., and metal contaminated .09 per pound, Julia's Metal SalVage, brass .12~per lb., iron $21.55 a ton. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to award the bid to Blatt's Auto G~ss, carrie~ Clerk Stated a telephone call had been received in the Water Office by Dorothy Wilcox from Mr. Harvey JohnsOn of Northwest Grouting & Consolidation Company that they had a bid prepared for the grouting and would be taking the 9:00 A.M. ferry from Seattle so will perhaps be a ~ew minutes la~e. Mr. Holland stated the bid would be too late for the opening under the instructions to the bidders in the call for bids. Clerk opened the bids and read from: Willar Construction Co.- total estimated cost $13,205.75 and cashier,s check fe~ $700.00 attached; IntrUsion Pre-Packed Co., total estimated cost $19,470.00, and cashier's check for $1,000.00 enclosed. Mr. Wheaton asked that the bids be turned over to Mr. Casad and. Mr. Cunningham and the Purchasing Agent. City Clerk stated it was the recommendation of Mr. Casad to award Ammonia and Chlorine bid to Van Waters and Rogers, and he concurredl Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton.to award the bid to furnishing Ammonia and Chlorine supplies for 1958 to Van Waters and Rogers, carrie~ Clerk read Notices Of Employment for the following: William S. Magee, Elmer 0. Halverson, Nirval C. Nelson, Extra Laborers at $1.90 in the Water Dept.; and Gerald P. Thornburgh, Engineering Aid I, at $313.00 per month. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the employments, carried. Clerk presented application for a location license to install pinball machines at Spudnut Shop, signed by W. C. Markham, 133 Pacific, under Bremerton Mutual Amusement Co. master license; approved by Chief Lewis. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to app~ve the application for location license, carried. Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended Nov. 15, 1957 for $42,692.17, audited by W. R. Vas. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk presented claim vouchem from Pu~.vis Construction Co. on the Water Works Betterment Fund 1957, for $6,399.87 covering Estimate No. 7, approved by C. C. Casad and John W. Cunningham, and audited by W. R. Vaa. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve the voucher, carried. Clerk read letter dated Nov. 19, 1957 on LID No.- 270, signed by City Engineer Elton, submitting the adjusted balance of fixed charges for this LID and stated that the balance which is to be ~ransferred to the General Fund is $385.73, and to the Street Dept. $700.00. Attached was claim voucher on LID 270 to Edna 0dden, City Treasurer, for making these two transfers in total amount of $1,086.73; audited by W. R. Vas. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to concur in the Engineer's recommendation~ carried. A representative of Northwest Grouting & Consolidation Company, Mr. Harvey Johnson, came into the Council room and presented his bid for grouting the Union River Dam. Mr. McG0wan e~lained to him that the. bids had already been opened and referred to Mr. Casad but that if Mr. Johnson had no objection he would like. to see the bid. Mr. Johnson stated it was all right so the bid was opened and turned over to the committee. Clerk presented claim voucher from Public Housing Administration on the Warren Avenue Bridge ConsSruction Fund for $28'§90.23 for acquisition of right-of-way for the North approach to the Warren Avenue Bridge together with six copies of closing settlement form to be signed by the city. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to allow the voucher, carried. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to authorize the Mayor to sign the closing sett, lement form, carried. November 20, 1987 (con't) Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to accept the quit claim deed as prepared by the Housing Authority, carried. Clerk presented a copy of a memo written from the Secretary-Chief Examiner, Civil Service Commission, to all department heads regarding employees working off-duty days. Mr. McGowan commented that everyone was acquainted with its contents as it had already been promulgated and the paper had carried a storye Clerk read letter to the Cit~ Council~ dated Nov. 15, 1957 from McPherson, Secretary, Board of Administration, Bremerton ~nployees, Retirement System requesting a substitute paragraph be placed in Ordinance 1572 in order to remove the ~400.00 maximum "Compensation Earnable". Clerk then quoted figures provided by the City Auditor to show what the cost of lifting the ceiling on contributions would be. Mayor Domstad suggested this matter be discussed and bring it up again at next Council meeting. Clerk presented a tetter~fro~ Mr. McPherson, Secretary-Examiner, Civil Service Commission, relating to proposed amendments in the present vacation and sick leave orc~inance. This letter was lengthy and inasmuch as the commissioners had already received a copy, Mr. McGowan did not re~d the letter. Mayor Domstad stated the letter would be referred to the Committee of the Whole to study before action is taken. Clerk read an ordinance, second reading, "An Ordinance relating to the sale and possession of certain weapons and providing for punishment for the violation thereof." Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to pass this ordinance, carried, as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes; Miss Cullin, Yes; Mr. Wheaton, Yes. The following individuals questioned the merits of the ordinance Just passed and questions and answers took up considerable time. Robert Forst, 1022 Walnut, Don Lancaster, 114 - llth and Larry Walsh, ilia Dibb St. Also pres,~nt was Mr. DeFloyd, 1104 Walnut, who state,his PTA group had endorsed the ordinance in principle. Mayor Domstad finally ~tated he would favor rescinding the motion to pass the ordinance and hold it up for another week and have those interested take up their questions and objections with the police department. Miss Cullin stated she was opposed to rescinding the ordinance and Mr. Wheaton stated he would go along with the Mayor but that he was opposed to individuals and small groups holding up passage of ordinances. Miss Cullin said she felt the ordinance would not affect law-abiding citizems. Motion.by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to rescind the actien of the Council this morning as to the passage~of this ordinance, carried as followed: Mr. Domstad~ Yes; Miss Cullln, No; Mr. Wheaton, Yew. Clerk read an ordinance, second reading, Ordinance No.- 2255, "An Ordinance establishing a Bureau of Fire Prevention, providing regulation for fire prevention and protection in connection with hazardous materials and processes, providing officers therefor and defining their powers and duties; providing penalties for the violation thereof and repealing 0rdin ance No. 1973." Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pass Ordnance No. 2255, carried, as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes; Miss Cullin, Yes; Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 983, stating that the City Council has determined the necessity of vacating a portion of High Avenue adjacent to Block 1, Gale and Miller's Addition, setting date for hearing on Dec. 18, 19B7 at 10:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers; directing the City Clerk to give proper notice both by posting and by mail. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Culltn to pass Resolution No. 983, carried. Clerk read 0r~inance No. 2256, "An Ordinance providing for the appropriation of funds for which insufficient appropriation was made in the 1957 budget, and declaring an emergency." Attached to the ordinance was affidavit of necessity of ordinance. Motion by .Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance No. 2256, carried, as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes; Miss Cullin, Yes; Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2257, "An Ordinance providing for the appropriation of funds for which an insufficient appropriation was made in the 1957 budget, and transferring funds from the item; receipts parks department budget, to the item extra labor in said budget and decl~.ing an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and ~$Domstad to ~ss Or~inance No. 2287, carried, as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes; Miss Cullin, Yes; Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 984, accepting the offer of Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery to analyze the government of the city for more efficiency and~greeing to pay promptly in 1958 for any services they might render during 1957. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to pass Resolution No. 98A, carrie~ November 20, 1957 (Con't) Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Culligan to pay all bills approved by a majority of the commissioners, carried. Meeting a/~ourned. CITY CLERK ~/.~ ~/~-~ November 20, 1957 " I~IAYOR - Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Bremerton at 1:4~ P.M., Mayor Domstad, presiding. Present were Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner Wheaton, City Attorney Holland, Water Superintendent CasAd, John Cunningham, Consulting Engineer. City Clerk was present for the last part of this meeting. Also present were representatives cf press and radio and Mr. Harvey H. Johnson, Owner, Northwest Grouting & Consolidation Company. Mayor Domstad stated the purpose of the special meeting of the city Council was to consider the bids that were opened and read at this morning's Council meeting. Mr. Casad reported on the bids, stating that the bid of Wlllar Construction Co. totalled $18,071.00 and'the bid of Intrusion-Prepakt, Inc. totalled $20,720.00. He said the bid of Northwest Grouting had been checked and it totalled $11,827.50. Mr. Casad recommended the bids be rejected and a proposal be considered by the Northwest Grouting and Consolidation Co. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin that all three bids be rejected, carrie~ Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr, Domstad that Mr. Casad be authorized to go ahead and grout the dam and authorize the City Clerk to advertise that the Water Dept. is going to do this Job by force account, carrle~ Mr. Casad read p~oposal dated November 20, 19~? submitted by Northwest Grouting & Consolidation Company, Harvey H. Johnson, owner, to p~ovide equipment on rental basis and services of an experienced superintendent to grout the vertical contraction Joints for the Union River Dam: (1) Equipment for five week period $8,24§.00; (2) additional time for equipment if required at rate of $190.00 per day; (3) Supt. for total period of the work $1,980.00; (4) City to provide all materials and labor other than superintendent. Other provisions concerned with payments were included in the proposal. Mr. Casad stated he would accept this offer. He'said further that he and Mr. Cunningham are sure they are thoroughly qualified and the man to take over supervision has 28 years of experience; and that the acdeptance of the proposal will save the city eight or nine thousand dollars. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to authorize Mr. Casad to go ahead on the basis of the proposal, carried. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Casad signed the proposal. Mr. Cunningham explained the grouting process. Meeting adjourned. CITY CLERK APPROVED: