HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/27/55 July 27, 1955
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing-
ton was held in the Nayor's Office, City Hall at 10:00 o,clock A.M., July 27,
1955. Mayor Domstad presiding with Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner Wheaton,
City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland being present. Also present were
representatives of the ~adio and press and several interested citizens of the
community.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin the minutes of ~egular meeting of
July 20, 1955 be approved as written, carried.
The City Clerk stated that Everett Humble of the Bremerton Housing Auth-
ority called him in regard to the renting of the Sheridan Park Fire Station'from
the City of Bremerton. Mr. Humble stated that because of so many navy families
moving into the Bremerton area, the Housing Authority is going to furnish some
of the Sheridan Park houses for them to live in and they would like to rent the
fire station to store the furniture in until it is distributed to the different
unit$~
The City Clerk stated that he thought the Housing Authority should be able
to use the fire station, rent free, and let the lighting and heating of the build-
ing 0e their responsibility.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approYe the Housing Authority's use
of the Sheridan Park Fire Station for storage of furniture, carried.
The City ulerk read an application for a pinball location lince from the
Sugar Bowl, 1556 Sixth Street, signed by Mrs. H.V. Williams and approved by the
Chief of Police.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the application, carried.
July 2?, 1955 (Con't)
The City Clerk read a letter from City Engineer Severance recommending the ac-
ceptance and recording of a deed for a parcel of land purchased in connection with
the acquisition of right of way for the Bonneville Power Administration near the
City of Bremerton Gravel Pit.
Notion by Nr. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the Nngineer's recommendation,
carried.
The City Clerk read letter from City Engineer Severance recommending the ac-
ceptance and recording of two deeds for streets on property owned by the Bremerton
School District No. lO0-C~
Notion by Nr. Wheaton and ~r. Domstad to concur in the Engineer's recommenda-
tion, carried.
The City Clerk announced iO was the time and place set for opening bide on the
razing of the First Street Dock;~and on motion by Nr. Domstad and Niss Cullin the bid
be opened read only bid received from H.B. ~arwell,Rt. 5, Box 170, Port Orchard,
in the amount of $2§1.00, accompanied by a Bank Noney Order in the full amount.
Notion by Niss Cullin and Nr. Wheaton to accept Nr. Farwell's bid, carried.
The City Clerk stated that he had a resolution which he was prepared to read
if the Council wished to consider it at this time.
He explained that this resolution was drawn by Nr. Holland under the provis-
ions of R.C.W. 41.48 which permits City Employees, with certain exceptions, to go
under Social Security. Th~ resolution provides for the integration of our general
retirement system with social security.
A discussion followed in which it was pointedoout that this was the first step
toward integration of the two systems and would be followed by an election of the
members of the Bremerton General Retirement System to determine whether or not they
wished to take advantage of the integration.
The City Clerk stated that it had been estimatsd by the State Department of
Employment Security that a charge of approximately $1.00 per employee per year would
be made to cover the administration costs ~nd that this would be the only addition-
al cost to the City since under integration the contributions ~ bosh employees and
City to the Retirement System would be reduced by the amount paid into Social Secur-
ity.
6ity Clerk read Resolution No. 906.
Notion by Nr. Dometad and ~iss Cullin to pass Resolution No. 906, carried.
The City Clerk read proposed ordinance regarding the vacation of an alley west
of Perry Avenue between East l~th and East 14th ~treets.
Not~o~ by ~r. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the 9rdinance on first read-
ing, c~r~i~.
Attorney Holland stated that he had the new agreement.~r~3y.~ between Ta~l£F and
Bruckart and the City of Bremerton and noted that he had ~a~9~.chang~$~'~r he,
~r. Casad~and Nr. Wallace, Attorney for the CorPoration ha~ go6e'over ~t. He said
that corrections were necessary to the legal descriptions ~because those of the old
agreement did not embrace the entire watershed. He stated that he had also re-
phrased certain portions of the agreement changing the work "logging" to "Forestry
Nanagement."
Cit~ Clerk ~cGowan said that he would like to read the contract and felt that
it should be read before the Council before authorization was given to sign it. Nayor Domstad then asked him to read the agreement.
Nr. NcGowan questioned a clause in the agreement which permitted the corpor-
ation to sub-contract 5he work of logging, stating that he did not remember this
provision in the old agreement.
Nr. Holland assured him that it was there and that this had been copied from
the old agreement.
Notion by ~r. Wheaton and Nr. Domstad to approve the new agreement carried as
follows: Nr. Domstad, Yes. Nr. Wheaton, Yes. Niss Cullin, No.
Nr. Wheat°n reported that a dredging company,, which had been operating in front
of Kenyon ~aterials Company had torn up a sewer line and the City was obliged to
hire a diving firm from Seattle to repair the line. It has not yet been determined
who will be responsible for the costs incurred for the repairs.
Nr. Wheaton reported that he and a party, which included ~r. John Cunningham
and ~r. Veatch of the U.S.Geological Survey, had made a trip on Tuesday, Ju~y 28th
to ~he Hamma Hamma and Ddckabush Rivers to investigate possible new sources of
water supply and while there examined a gauging station which is being financed
jointly by the City and the U.S. Geological Survey.
A~torney Holland reported that the Independent Asphalt Oompasy had held a
lease from the State of Washington on tidelands near the old stone quarry. This
lease has expired and the ~ounty of Kitsap and the City has since acquired this land
by ~eed from the State. Mr. Merkel, County ProsecuDor, had received a reqdest from
the Asphal~ Company for a nrewl of the lease.
It was suggested that the matter be referred to the City Engineer for study.
July 27, 195§ (Con't)
Mr. Farwell, who earlier in the meeting had been awa~ed~the contract for
tearing down t~e building on the First Street Dock, siad that he would be interest-
ed in purchasing some of the old street light standards which were stored there.
City Clerk McGowan stated that they had been declared surplus and were priced
at $12.00 each.
The City Clerk said that he hoped that Mr. Severance would draw up the con-
tract for the Wharf Job and Mr. Wheaton stated that he thought that he would and
that he would also supervise the Job. In a discussion Of the matter Mr. Wheaton
emphasized the necessity of taking all precautions to prevent injury or accident
while the dismantling of the building is in progress. It was pointed out that the
precautionary measures were set forth in the specifications and would beceme a part
of the contract.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to allow all bills if approved by a
majority of the Commissioners, carried.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton the meeting be adjourned, carried.
APPROVED: Cit~ Clerk