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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/06/56 ~u~s 6, 19~6, The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was called to order by Mayor Domstad at 10:00 o,clock A.M., June 6, 19§6 in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Bremerton, Washington. Present m~rthis meeting were Commissioner Cullin, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland. Absent was Commissioner ~heaton who is convalescing at his hone in Bremerton. Also in attend- ance were representatives of the press and radio. Motion by Miss Cullin ands.Mr. Domstad to approve the minutes of the previous regular meeting as written, carried. City Clerk read report of separation for James Essex, Extra Labor in the Park and Recreation Department. Notion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve the separmtion, carried. City Clerk read notices of employment for Lyle T. D. Bennett, $~40.00 per month, Traffic Maintenanceman; Edward R. Waller, Extra Labor, ~1.90 per hour, Wat- ter Department; Bertha E. Jordan, Account Clerk, Water Office at $1.4§ per hour; Irene Billett Semancik, Park and Recreation, $1.28 per hour. City Clerk explained that Edward R. Waller had worked as extra labor on a rush water department project and could not reueiv® any pay in his regulr position due to the fact he is a supervisory employee, therefore, he was hired in the posi- tion of extra labor. Notion by Mr. Domstad an~ Miss Culltn t o approve the employments, carried. City Clerk read notice of change in pay status for Ralph E. Day, Extra Labor, Traffic Maintenance from $540.00 per month to $1.90 per hour. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve, carried. City Clerk read claim for damages filed by Mrs. John Seeley of 194~ Gregory Nay, for the sum of $7.00 for injury to foot due to a fall on defective sdiewalk. Mr. McGowan explained that the accident occurred May l, 1956 and the claim was over the ~O-day period required for filing claims; however, he said he had June 6, 1956 (Con't) called the insurance company and they were going to check back with him and let him know what they would do about the claim. City Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended May 51, 1956 for $44,6~2.04, audited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve, carried. City Clerk requested authority to call for bids for heavy fuel oil, motor fuel, diesel, stove oil and diesel fuel oil, for which bids are called every mid- Motion by Mr. Doms~ad and Miss Cullin to grant permission, 'carried. City Clerk read letter from Water Superintendent Casad to the City Council, dated June 8, 1958, requesting approval to construct cast iron water mains and ap- purtenances on Hafner Street, Oak Street, etc., estimated cost $9,A81.00 to serve the housing project now under construction ~n the Sierra Terrace Addition and ad- joining property and the property served will pay front footage charge as provided by ordinance. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve, carried. City Clerk McGowan commented on the foregoing matter, suggesting that some- time consideration be given to amending this ordinance in connection with the me- thod of collecting the front footage charge inasmuch as it could be 20 years before the cost of the water mains would be collected and he pointed out the difficulty of following up collections after many years go by due to difficulty of keeping rec- ords and the changes in personnel in the water ~ ficer over the years. Mr. McGowan pointed out as an example the foregoing Job wherein it appears that the initial recipient of the benefits of the water mains would be the housing project which would only pay about one-half of the total cost leaving the balance to be collected over a period of many years. Mr. McGowan called this an awkard situation. CityClerk presented Agreement of Lease between the U.S.A. and the City cov- ering the water distribution system at the Navy,s Eastpark Housing Project. Mr. Holland stated that Mr. Whe aton and Mr. Casad are aware of this lease a and the copy presented is a redraft made on the request of Mr. Holland who said he had had some objections to the first one presented. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve, carried. C Clerk read letter, dated June 8, 1958 from the City Engineer to the Coun- cil recommending payment of Estimate No. 1 on L.I.D. No. 288 to Hunsaker Brothers in the amount of $2,08~.0A. Clerk stated the claim voucher was attached, approved by E.S. Severance and audited by W.H. Vas. Motion by Miss Cullin an~ Mr. Domstad to approve the payment, carried. Mayor Domstad recommended Council approval of Benny Getschmann to replace Gene Oldham, deceased, on the city's insurance advisory group. He also asked for Council approval on the following named persons for the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee which has not functioned since 1BAS and which committee the Mayor reported he has reactivated: Gus Narberg, Ken Branch, Roy Holland, Armin Jahr, Everett Humble and Bill Adair. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve the selections as outlined carried. City Clerk read Ordinance No. ~172, second r eading, "An Ordinance relating to the establishment and fixing of the boundaries and voting precincts in the ~ity of Brem rton, repealing Sections 42, 4~ and 49 of Ordinance No. 1781 and amending Sections 44 and 3~ of Ordinance No. 1781, as amended." Motion by ~r. ~omstad and ~iss Cullin to pass the ordinance, No. 2172, on second reading, carried. Mr. Severance, City Engineer, and ~r. Earl Sanders, Bremerton Housing auth- ority Engineer, appeared before the Council and Mr. Sanders presented a letter from P.H.A. on which they wanted signed approval for a procedure for moving dwelling units from the area to be acquired for bridge right-of-way to other areas in the ~heridan ~ark Project. After discussing this matter and agreeing on the terms of the procedure it was pointed out that Mr. D.~. ~heaton had previously been given blanket approval for dealings on the bridge and that he had the authority through the blanket ap- proval bo sign on the letter. Cliff Shultz, Trustee, and ~'oster Searls, Vice-President, of the newly formed Nest Bremerton ~erchants, Inc., appeared before the Gouncll, stating they had been delegated by their group to request the Council to give consideration to r.- turning Callow Avenue from Burwell to Ninth Street from 100% nickle parking meters to the former one-cent meters. Mr. Schultz explained there had been a lot of repercussions to the new meters and also claimed there were not parking lots available to west end shoppers June 6, 1986 (Con't) such ~s are available to areas downtown where nickle meters were installed. ~r. Domstad stated he would arrange a meeting between them and the Police De- partment and himself to consider the request. City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2173, second reading, "An ~rdinance regulating the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, con- version, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of buildings or structures in the ~ity of Bremerton, providing for the issuance of per- mits and collection of fees therefor, declaring and establishing fire districts, providing penalties for the violation thereof and repealing Ordinances No. 1418, 1582, 1582, 1842, 1561, 1893, 1616, 1718, 1766, 1942, 1970 and all Ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith." Motion by Mr. Domstad and MissGullin to pass Ordinance No. 2173 on second read- ing, carried. Mr. Holland, City Attorney, presented a lease for one-year term between the City and Mrs. Lieske of the ~orluck Transportation Company for location at the First Street ~herf. Mr. Holland stated that the one-year term was requested by Mrs. Lieske who did not wish a longer term. Attorney then read the lease. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve the extension of the lease as presented, carried. The City Attorney stated that he had been requested by Allen & Company and the ~oll Bridge Authority to draw up a resolution in relation to the Warren Avenue Bridge. JJe then read Resolution No. 191. "A resolution of the City of Bremerton, Washington, approving and adopting the costs estimates and plans for the Port Washington Narrows project prepared by Tudor Engineering Company." Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve Resolution No. 919, carried. Mis's Cullln stated she had received an offer from a gentleman to survey the condition of thepilings at the First Street Wharf from the cap to the g~ound and give an estimate of repairs and.his service charge to ~e approximately $800.00. -he said she informed him that the ~atter would be taken up with the Council and the Attorney; however, Miss Cullin felt not much could be done until after the elections. ~he City was supposed to have been contacted by the Land Office the week of the annual Washington Cities Convention and the Land Office was advised of this but they have not made any further appointment to check on the harbor areas. Mr. Holland stated that a lease was submitted to him for working up a renewal in connection with the North Zerry Avenue Water District's use of a water tower and that he had called their attorney to make an offer but that he hasn't heard from the attorney yet. Motion by Mr.~omstad anc~ Miss Cullin to allow the bills if approved by a maj- ority of theC~ommissioners, carried. Meeting adjourned. ~/b~~~ APPROVED: City Clerk