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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/14/56 November 14, 1956 The regul r meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing- ton was called to order by Mayor Domstad at 10:00 o'clockA.M., November 14, 1956 in the ~ayor's Office, City Hall, Bremerton, Washington. Present at this meet- ing were Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner~heaton, City Clerk McOowan and City Attorney Holland. Also in attendance were representatives of press and radio. ~'fot~on by [~r. Wheaten and J~iss Cullin that the minutes of regular meeting of 7ovember 7, 1956 be approved as written, carried. Clerk presented claim for damages from Richard Fo Cook~ Rt. 5, Box ~17, Brem- often, 'filed November 1~, 1956 for ~56.00 for damages incurred at 551 Marion by sewer being blocked and causing water to back up in house. D~nage occurred Oct. 15, 1966. Clerk stated the claim had been forwarded to insurance company yesterday. Clerk read report of separation for Felix Bontempo, Water Department. ~ioti,~.n by Mr. Wheaton and ~iss Cullin to approve the separation, carried. Clerk read letter dated November 13, 1956 from General Construction Company tc I;ir. Cased, requesting an extension of time to provide for the period ~etween the contract completion date and the final completion date as determined by city's engin ers, which extension is provided for under the contract, on the Union Hiver Dsm Project. Motion by Mr. ,.~heabmn and f~iss Cullin to approve the extension as requested, C t~ rri~: (i. Cl~yr~ read Ordinance No. 2199 "An Ordinance imposin~ a Business and Occupation 'fax upon certain businesses, occup~tions and privileges of en~aging in the ceneral telep[~one an,~ telef]raph 0usiness, requtrin~ a business license for the same, provid- in~ for the collection thereof, definin~ offenses, prescribing penalties and amend- inL S~ction 3 and 5 of Ordinance No. 2169, repealing.: Ordinance No. 1272 and urdln- anco ~o. 1277 and declarin[:, an emergency." Mr. Holland explained that the amendment was sugLested by the Telephone Com- pany ~Tho said it would a~e easier for the company to pay 3~ for the entire year rat?~er t?~an 2~ for one-half and 3~ on the other half due to bookkeeping complica- tions. Also, Mr. Holland stated this would give the City over $2,000.00 in addt~,f tional revenue. IV'.otion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. ~,heaton to pass Ordinance No. 2199, carried as ~'ollows: Mr. Oomstad, Yes. Miss Culltn, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Cte['k read [~esolution No. 940, approving transfer of travel funds from Com- missioner of Finance Budget and Publ~ c ;,orks and Utilities each of $125.00 to the Executive Department budget in order ~or the Mayor to attend A.M.A. convention in St. Louis, Mo. ~/~ot~on by ~.Jiss Cullln and ~Ir. ~heaton to pass Resolution No. 940, carried. Clerk commented ~at anothe~~ voucher from ~udor Engineering Company had been received for 4~17,500.00 and there is only about ~36,000.00 l~ft in the ?~arren Ave- nue ~rid[je li'und and suggested Toll Bridge Authority should be contacted to find out whaE steps the City must take to request expenditures already ~ade. After' ~.[scussion, Mr. Holland and ~;.r.~[.~heaton a[reed to ~o to Olympia next Tuesday t]~e Z0th, if' this could be arranged with Mr. Hedges, TBA Secretary, and certain formalities necessary to Aet funds and [~lr. ~hoaton requested City Clerk to haw~ a detail of expenditures prepared to take with them. i'~,r. Holland stated teat ~'ir. f,'~anley of SextOn-Clarke Auto [;'reid[it called and they v, ould like to surrender the Sheldon Avenue Warehouse as of November 19th apply November 14, 1956 (Con't) the ~lV5.00 deposit on last month's rent and would like to have a lease on the Sheridan Park Fire Station Building. ~Ir. Holland stated the city could waive the 30 day notice normally re.~uired. l'~iiss Cultin commented that the Commissioners had talked to Mr. ~,~anley about three weeks ago on this matter. Mr. i~olland had prepared a lease for the fire station building with the same terms as the previous lease, to terminate November 14, 195V at ~100.00 per month. Motion by Miss Cullin and '"r. Domstad to terminate the tenancy at Sheldon Bird effective November 19, 1956 and give them a lease for a year on the fire hall at t~100.00 per month~ carried. Mr. Holland then ~resented the lease on the fire hall for Sexton-Clarke. t'~otion by ~Iiss C'ullln and }~[r. Wheaton to accept the lease and authorize the t;]ayor and C~.ty Clerk to sign, carried. Commissioner '~'~heaton stated he would like to have Council approval to have the City Cl~rk call for bids for material to have city forces build warehouse facilities at the No. 2 Disposal Plant to ce used for pipe storage and equipment stora~i,;e, and close out the Montgomsry Street area. [,'lr. '~'~heaton stated there was $20,000.00 in 1956 budget for th_~s purpose and state~l specifications were being studied for the type of material most satisfac- tory, probably of steel. Motion by Mr. ~)omstad and ~,~iss Cullin to instruct the Purchasing Aaent to call for 0ids as soon as specifications are available, carried. ~,~r. i',,lcGowan reported he had contacted I~,~Ir. Fraser of Northwest Company relat- ive to proposed bond issue for the water departments' expansion of water storage amd pipeline facilities but that Mr. Fraser would not be available to come to !:~r merton for a week or two but arrangements will be made ahead of time when he is available. Mayor Domsta5 reported on the meeting of the Association of Washington Cities aelU last weekend in Seattle. l~ayor ~omstad stated t[~at }~'Iiss Cullin had broui~ht a dictionary from her home fo~~ mailing to the refugee whose letter was read at last week's Council meeting. ~otion by Mr. Domstad and I~,iiss Cullin to pay all bills if a~pproved by a maj- ority of the Commissioners, carried. ~eeting adjourned. /~~~ AP.i~O Vlt~: City Clerk