HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/25/56 July 25, 1956
The regular meeting of the City Counci~ of the City of Bremerton, Washington
was called to order by Mayor Domstad at 10:00 otclockA.M., July 25, 1956 in the
Mayor's office, City Hall. Present at this meeting were Commissioner Cullin,City
Clerk Mc~owan and City Attorney Holland. Also in attendance were representatives
of the press and radio. Absent was Commissioner Wheaton.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve the minutes of the regular
meeting of July 18, 1956 and the special meeting of July 20, 1956 as written,
carried.
Clerk stated this was time and place for opening bids for sale of surplus
police card and two bids from same individual had been received.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin that the bids be o~ened, carried.
Clerk opened the bids and read from P.W. Brown, Rt. 6,~ox 3183-A, Bremerton
for 1953 Dodge, $331.00 and money ender enclosed for $33.10; for 1954 Chevrolet,
$329.00, money order for $32.90 enclosed.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to refer to committee composed of Mayor,
0ommissloner of Finance, City Clerk and Purchasing Agent and a representative of
the Police Department for study and recommendation, carried.
Clerk re2d?reports of separation for Jack Evans and Harry Purslow, Park and
Hecreat2on Department.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and MissCullin to approve the s~parations, carried.
Clerk read notices of employment for: Albert Dewayne Dial, Engineering Aide,
~347.00 per month, Engineering Department; Pedro Mateo, Extra Labor, ~1.75; Larry
Gene Haffelson, $8.00 per day and Karol Yvonne ~hitney at $1.00 per hour, all for
the ~ark and Recreation Department.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve the employments, carried.
Clerk read change in pay status for William L. Engler, Assis2ant City Engin-
eer at $436.00 per month.
Mr. Domstad commented that he understood Mr. ~eaton is in accord wi~h the
promotion and this notice came from the Civil Service Office.
Miss Cullin statcd she felt the notice was all right providing he is an el-
igible for the position.
Motion by Miss C~llln and Mr. Domstad to spprove the change in pay, carried.
Clerk re~d letter dated July 18, 1~56 to the City Clerk signed by Albert Wm,
Eelson, 110 State Ave., Bremerton, stating that he would like to purchase city-
owned property at Trenton and Shore Drive, consisting of lots 9,10 and 11, Block
5, Grand View Addition.
Mr. McGowan commented this was a triangular shaped piece of property belong-
ing to the Park Department located directly across Shore Drive from lots on the
waterfront, also belonging to the Park Dept. and used for launching site for small
boats; and Mr. McGowan cautioned that if the land was dedicated for park purposes
it could not be sold; however, thought it should be retained for possible car park-
ing area in connection with the waterfront lots.
Mayor ~omstad stated the matter would be looked into and an answer given in
next week or two.
July 25, 1956
Clerk read letter from Judge Frank W. Rayn, addressed to ~he City Commission-
ers and dated July 23, 1956, relating to the proposed curfew ordinance.
Mr. Casad, Water Superintendent, introduces Mr. Rickey, State Fire Warden,
located at Port Orchard, and stated that Mr. Rickey would like permission to use
a road on the watershed for use in trucking timber out of state land area located
nearby and ~r. Casad stated he would recommend that permission be granted but no
additional use be made of the r cad until after the dam work is done because of the
heavy truck traffic on th~ road now; also, that the contractor who does the tree
hauling be required to put up a bond guaranteeing that he will put the the road in-
to shape after the proposed use is completed.
mr. Rickey than spoke in behalf of h's request, stating the road which they
had planned on using was over private land and the owner of it had blocked the
road and would only let the state use it if a heavy fee was paid and that it wasn.!t
found out until after the sale of the state owned timber had been planned for Aug-
ust 7th.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to grant permission to the state's con-
tractor to use the waters-ed road as recommended by Mr. ~asad, carried.
Mr. Holland recommended an agreemen~ be drawn up in connection with the State's
request.in previous motion.
Mayor Domstad asked the City Attorney if he had any comments on the curfew ord-
inance and he stated he disagreed with Judge Ryan concerning exceptions in a crim-
inal ordinance in-that they provide loopholes every time someone is arrested and
Mr. Holland stated the term "l~gitimate business" would cover all normal places
when express permission granted by the parent. He said, also, that he didn't have
any fear of any enforcement by the Bremerton Police Department. Mr. Holland made
it clear again that the proposed ordinance was prepared by a national association
attorney who is well-qualified for drafting such an ordinance and this proposed
ordinance is practically a verbatim copy of it.
Mayor Domstad asked the Clerk to read the owdinance.
Clerk thereupon read Ordinance No. 2182, "An Ordinance regulating the presence
of minors under the age of 18 years on public streets and other places between cer-
rain hours, defining duties of parents and others in care of minors, providing for
arrests and penalties for violations thereof and repealing Ordinance No. 1384."
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 2182, carried.
Clerk read letter, dated July 15, 1956, from Association of Washington Cities,
addressed to the Mayor and Council, calling attention to the State Law which requires
every retirement system in the State to have an actuarial survey made ~ery five yearm
Z~e association has made a special arrangement with Mr. Gordon Bingham of Seattle
to render this service to cities having a State-mandated Firemen's Pension Fund with
the basic fee to be shared by those cities which make a request for his service not
later than August 20th.
City Clerk commented inasmuch as the City is required by law to have the survey
made, this plan would be the most reasonable.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and MissCullin to accept the suggestion and correspond
with Mr. Bingham, carriedi
Clerk read a letter, dated July 18, 1956 from the State Joint Fact-Finding Com-
mittee on Highways, Streets andBBrldges, stating that two public meetings would be
held in the state to review and discuss the Hesearch Council's report concerning
highways~ costs.
Clerk read letter, dated July 19, 1956 to the ~ayor from the secretary of the
Washington State Nurserymen's Association thanking the Mayor for the veryfriendly
hospitality extended to them and the members of the American Association while in
Bremerton last week.
Olerk read letter dated July 23, 1956 to Mayor Domstad from Ed Sullivan who
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has the T.V. program known as ~oast of the Town which stated that he deeply appre-
ciated the Mayor's fine suggestion ~ut will ~e unable to fit the modernaires into
their T.~. schedule.
City Attorney Holland ~eported on a meeting held in ~he S~ate ~and Commission-
er's Office at Olympia and stated as a result of discussions held with Mr. Frank
Sether the State would be willing to reinstate the City's application for a lease
on the Second Street Wharf and would be willing to make a new lease and agreed to
waive the past five years' rent on the Second Street Wharf.
~r. Holland suggested that the Council pass a motion to accept the proposition
made by Mr. Sether and direct the City Clerk to write a l~tter to Mr. Sether asking
that the application be reinstated and that a lease be prepared for the longest per-
iod possible for the Second Street Dock.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to concur in the Attorney's recommenda-
tion and the CityClerk be instructed to write the letter asking for reinstatement
of the application for a lease for the Second Street Dock for the longest period
possible, carried.
July 25, 1956 (Con't)
City Attorney reported that he &ttended a meeting of the industrial Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce at Which the Bremerton Port Commission was invited a-
long with the Kitsap County Commissioners, and City Commissioner Wheaton attended,
also.
Attorney stated the committee has been doing a good and have studied the pro-
blem thoroughly and have some suggestfons. First recommendation is that the Port
District enlarge its boundaries and the Port Oommission agreed to consult with an
expert at a meeting to be held shortly and from the consultation have agreed to
accept the recommendation and enlarge the port district. After the enlargement,
the Port Commission is willing to hire the right technical advisors to prepare a
comprehensive plan for a program for improvement of the port in the future; also,
the setting up and establishment of an industrial area in the district.
Commissioner Cullin recommended that the percentage on cigarette boards be
returned to 4% and that if money boards are going to be allowed that they pay 5%
otherwise that the money boards be ~Anned completely. Miss Cullin commented she
did not believe the presnet money board which is converted to cigarette b6ard by
pasting a piece of paper over the money section is being used is being used honest-
ly due to the easy wai~~ they can be changed back to money Ooards.
Mr. McGowan agreed with Miss Cullin and read from Ordinance 1909, Section 8,
relating to payoffs in merchandise only, and commented ~hat it appears there has
been a violation of the ordinance in permitting these boards to be used. Also,
Mr. McGowan agreed that cigarette boards be returned to 4% inasmuch as on investi-
gation it appears that the reasoning to drop to 1% is not valid.
Mayor Domstad stated he had been doing some checking on this matter and has
~lso discussed it with the City Attorney and the Chief of Police and some recom-
mendations will be made for action.~
Mayor Domstad stated there would be a Department Heads' meeting Monday morn-
ing at 8:30 A.M.
Pat Nicholson, representative of the radio station, introduced a new station
man ~o the ~ouncil by.the name of DiCk LilIegridge.
Mr. Williams, present at this meeting, identified himself as the owner of
Sharp Paint Company and stated he was representing the Westside Merchants.
Mr. William Paddison made a few remarks about the curfew law and also report-
ed that at lO14 8th Street someone has done a sidewalk repair Job themselves and
stated an inspection should be made of the owrk done by apparently the property
owner as he believed the work was done unsatisfactorily, and Just patched up over
a big stone. He also reported the need for sidewalk work on McKenzie between 9th
and llth where a sewer has been put in the past. Also, he stated at the African
M.E. ChUrch they have tunneled under the sidewalk and put in the sewer and put
the same dirt back and now the area is settling down.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and ~iss Cullin to allow all bills if approved by a
majority of the Commissioners, carried.
~*eeting adjourned.
APPROVED: Ctty'C16rk