HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/10/56 October lC, 1956
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington
was called to order by Mayor Domstad at lO:O0 o'clock A.M., October lC, 1956 in
the Mayor's Office, City Hall. Present at this meeting were Commissioner Cullin,
Commissioner "heaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland. Also in at-
tendance were the following: Fire Chief; five students from the Olympic College
with their teacher, Miss Eldred; and representative~ of the press and radio.
Mr. Domstad introduced Mr. Murphy, Councilman from ValleJo, who is a super-
visor in the Naval Establishment on visit to the local Naval Shipyard.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the minutes of the regular
meeting of October 3, 1956 and the statutory Council meetings of October l, 2, 3,
4 and 5, 1956, as written, carried.
M~s. Evelyn Bowen, Chief Librarian, City-County Library, was present and gave
remarks of commendation to the Police Department for their prompt investigation
and apprehension of a burglar who broke into the library last week end.
Clerk presented claim voucher fromRobinson & Hoberts for witness fee in case
of Farmer v. Holgerson and City of Bremerton, wl50.O0 and mileage $14.72, total of
v164.V2, approved by Roy~'A Holland and D.B. ~heaton.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to tpprove the payment of the c~a~m,
carried.
Clerk presented claim voucher from Marie Harriet LaRose on the Warren Ave.
Bridge Construction Fund for right of way property purchase in the amount of
$9,310.61, ~pproved by Roy A. Holland and audited by W.R. Vaa.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to approve payment of the claim, car-
ried.
Cl~erk read letter, dated October 3, 1956, from the Chief of Police to the
City Council requesting that the taxicab driver's license, No. 5V48-T, for Robert
L. Hull, 3433-A Spruce Place be revoked on the grounds that he had been arrested
on September 30th for disorderly conduct, involving petit larceny.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and ~iss Cullin to direct the City Clerk to give Mr.
Hull notice of hearing before the City Co.uncil at lO:O0 A.M., October 24, 1956,
carried.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 2194, "An Ordinance amending Use and Area Maps of
Ordinance No. 1792, and declaring an emergency."
Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance No. 2194 carried as
follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes.
Clerk read letter dated October 6, 1956 to the Mayor, signed by Don L. Rey-
nolds, in which he resigned from the Planning and Zoning Committee with regrets,
due to having disposed of his business interests in Bremerton and the fact that
he will be aosent from the ~ity much of the time in the future.
Motion by Mr. ~omstad and Mr. Wheaton to accept the resignation of Mr. Rey-
nolds, carried.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 2195, "An Ordinance providing for the holding of a
special election in the ~ity of Bremerton for the purpose of submitting the fol-
lowing proposition to the qualified electors of the City of Bremerton: PROPOSI-
TION: Shall the City Council of the ~ity Of Bremerton be authorized to levy a
special 3 mill tax for the purpose of meeting the proposed increases in salary
for policement and firemen required under the terms of an Initiative Measure rais-
ing such salaries over anU above the respective amounts provided for in the 1957
Official City Budget, and to provide like salary increases for all other regular
Oity civil service employees? Yes .... ( ). No .... ( )., and declaring
an emergency."
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. ~heaton to pass Ordina2c$ NQ. ~l~5~'~arri~-as
follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. V~heaton, Yes.
Clerk stated the Water Department would like to call for bids for a 28 inch
meter to measure the flow of water from the dam.
Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Domstad that the City Clerk ce authorized to
call for ~ids i'or th~. 28 inch meter, carried.
Mayor bomstad stated that the State Patrol would like to remove the old test-
ing station building from city property adjacent to the baseball par~ and they
have some equipment there that they would like to get, also.
Motion by Mr. %~heaton and Mr. Domstad authorizing the City Clerk to write a
letter from the City Council permitting the State Patrol to remove buildin~.s as
requested, carried.
Mr. Dave Boehme, President, Jr. Chamber of Commerce, which is actively sup-
porting the Fire Prevention Week, discussed the n=ed for better alley cleanliness
and orderliness from the standpoint ~ what steps merchants could take and asked
that at least some publicity should be given this not only during the present drive
but, also, throughout the year.
October 10, 1956 (Con't}
Mayor Domstad outlined what has been done on this subject in the past; and
suggested that the press and radio might assist with the publicity.
Clerk read Resolution No. 935, providing for a special election to be held
in the city on November 6, 1956 for voting on two propositions relating to sal-
ary increases and special 3 mill tax levy.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to pass Resolution No. 935, carried.
Mr. Uda Davis appeared before the Cpuncil and stated that he has a contract
with rua:et Service which is approved by the ~ity Council to pick up swill and
that others are picking up swill without proper authority a~nd asked that some
steps be taken to protect him under his contract.
The matter was discussed briefly and Mayor Domstad asked the City Attorney
to advise Mr. Davis the procedure to be followed in having a violator arrested
which Mr. Holland thereupon did.
Mr. Paddison appeared before the Council and complained that the old Rialto
'heater Building was unsafe in that material fell from the exterior of the build-
ing to the sidewalk.
He was advised by Mr. Domstad that the Eayor had advised Mr. McLeod of the
circumstances and that nothing could be done to have the building condemned un-
less letters were written to have action taken and Mr. Domstad asked Mr. Paddi-
sont to write a letter to the Building Inspector.
Mr. Wheaton commented that the building owner has been asked to remove the
coping which is the section that is gettin2 loose.
Mayor Domstad read a letter he had received from the Mayor of ValleJo re-
garding the visit of their ~ouncilman, Mr. Murphy, to the local shipyard as a
leadtngman, and se~ting forth some of the background of his connections with
the City Council of ValleJo.
Fire Chief Tillett gave Mr. Murphy an official invitation to attend the
36th annual Firemen's Ball and then Mr. Murphy gave a few remarks and presented
Mayor ~omstad with a book given on behalf of the Mayor and the City of ValleJo.
Motion by Mr. [Omstad and Miss Cullin to pay all bills if approved by a
majority of the Commissioners, carried.
Meeting adjourned.
APPROVED: CI y 'C