HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/26/55 October 26, 1988
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing-
ton, Washington was held in the Mayor's ~ffice, City Hall at 10:00 A.M., October
26, 19§B. Mayor H.0. Domstad presiding with Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner
Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Atborney Holland being present. Representatives
of the radio and press and two citizens were also present.
Motion by Mr.~heaton and ~iss Cullin that the minutes of the previous meet-
ing be approved as written, carried.
The City Clerk announced that it had been recommended that the award of
the dump truck for the Street Department he made to Galbraith Motors, Tacoma,
as they had the low bid in the amount of $~,114.2A.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton that the award be given to Jacobson
Motors, Bremerton, the next lowest bidder in the amount of $~,12~.~3, carried.
The City ~lerk read a letter from Roy Holland, City Attorney, regarding the
matter of whether the City could accept any bid other than the lowest, and he
ported that the court had said the city is not duty bound to accept the lowest
bid and if the City has a good reason for accepting another bid it may do so leg-
ally, without interference from the courts.
The reason given was that in the past the City Has boug~bt equipment from
Galbraith Motors and when the equipment needed repairs or a check-up they had
been unsatisfactory in doing the work and also having to take the truck over to
TAcoma to get repairs made would run into more expense tha~ the $9.00 difference
in th~ two bids.
October 26, 1955 (C~n't)
The City Clerk read a petition signed by property owners adjoining the alley
between Naval Avenue and Olympic Avenue and North of 15th Street, which requested
that said alley be given a street name for the purpose of providing the residents
with standard house numbers for the improvement of delivery services, fire, pol-
ice, ambulance and other municipal departments.
City Engineer Severance was present at the meeting and recommended that the
alley be made a street and be named Arvon Avenue.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to concur in the Engineer's recommend-
ation, carried.
The City Clerk read a letter from T.A. Torgenson, Captain of the U.S.S. Tol-
edo, in which he expressed his thanks and appreciation to t he people of Bremer-
ton for the friendly way he and hismen were treated and for the entertainment pro-
vided for them during their stay in Bremerton.
The City Clerk read a letter from Glen B~&ttenbach, Captain in the Fire De-
partment in which he requested that Ordinance No. 1827 be amended thereby chang-
ing the gas truck and liquified petroleum truck route so they will use Burwell
Street down to Washington Avenue and on to the Manette Bridge rather than the
route that has been used in the past.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton that Ordinance No. 1827 be amended,
carried.
The City Clerk read a letter from the Lewis Historical Publishing Company,
signed by Paul E. Hubbell, in which he asked if the City would be interested in
purchasing a four volume history and bibliography of the State of Washington,
called "Washington, Northwest Frontier," for the price of $75.00.
It was suggested that the inquiry be tabled.
The City Clerk read a letter from the Field Evergreen Company, signed by
Martin Schafer, in which he petitioned the City Council for the right to harvest
the huckleberry brush on the Bremerton Water Shed and pay the City 10% of all
brush gathered, which would amount to $10.00 or $20.00 per day.
Mr. Domstad stated that he h~s been up on the water shed property and has not-
iced that the brush is already being picked.
Mr. Wheaton stated that he has received about 50 applications to pick brush
on the water shed and it is impossible to allow the picking of brush there until
it is approved by the State Sanitation Department. He said that he will get in
touch with them for their opinion in the matter.
The City Clerk read for the second time, Ordinance No. 2127 which provided
for the creation and establishment of aspecial fund'to be known as the Union
River Development Construction Fund, for the betterment of the City Water Works
and the building of a storage dam on the Union River, providing for the deposit
of funds therein and the transfer of funds thereto and providing for disburse-
ments from said bund.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance No. 2127 on final
reading, carried.
The City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2128 which is an ordinance transferring
funds within the Park Department budget providing for the appropriation of funds
for which an insufficient appropriation was made in the 1955 budget and declaring
an emergency.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to pass Ordinance No. 2128, carried.
The City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2129, providing for the appropriation of
funds for which no ~ prop~iation was made in the 1955 budget and declaring an
emergency.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Wiss Cullin to pa~s Ordinance No. 2129, carried
unanimously.
Mr. Domstad stated that he and the other two Commissioners had been diseuss-
ing the possibility of his attending the 32nd Annual American Municipal Congress,
which is to be held in Miami, Florida from November 27th through the 30th and
they have decided that it is necessary for Bremerton to have a representative in
attendance.
Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton stated that they have some money left in their
travel funds and it could be transferred to the Mayor's budget.
Mr. McGowan stated that since the City is so interested in Payment in lieu
of ta'xes he thinks that there should be a representative at the meeting to find
out more about that, if for no ~her reason.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton that the money that is available in
their Travel Funds be transferred to the Mayor's budget to enable him to make the
trip to Miama for the American Municipal Congress Convention, carried.
Mr. Domstad stated that there is to~ be a meeting in Seattle on air polution.
Mr. Wheaton stated that he sould send somebody to attend.
October 26, 1955 (Con't}
Miss Cullin stated that she had received a request from Ed. Olsen and he ask-
ed that the tax on cigarette punch boards be lowered from 4~ to 1~ because with
the price of cigarettes going up all the time the 4~ tax makes it hard for the
dealers to sell the boards.
Mr. Domstad suggested that somebody be called in that will know something
about the situation.
Mr. Wheaton reported that work on the Union River dam is coming along in
good condition even with the rainy weather.
Mr. Wheaton also stated that he had received the permit from the Army Eng-
ineers to build the Warren Avenue Bridge.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin that t he bills be paid, carried.
Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton that the meeting be adjourned, carried.
APPROVED: Cit~ Cl~rk