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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/25/53 £95 ~ M~yor March 25, 1953 Regular meeting o£ the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held at 10:00 o,clock A.M., March 25, 1953 in the Mayor's Office, City Hall. Mayor Yowell presiding with Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner Whaaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Wallace and City Treasurer Nutter being present. A representative o£ the press and several bidders were also present. Motion by Mr. ~e~ton and mr. Yowell the minutes of the reguxlar meeting of March 18, 1953 be approved as written, carried. City Clerk announced it was the date and time set for opening bids on an automobile for the Fire Depa2tment and bids on the fencing for the. ~anstte Play- field. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. ~neaton the bids be opened at this time, car- ried. City Clerk opened the one car bid from Settle Chevrolet Company, enclosed certified check for $100.00; $1,559.71, including the trade-in allowance and sales tax. Motion by Mr. Yowell and mr. Wheaton the bids be referred to the Mayor, City Clerk and Purchasing Agent and the Fire Chief to report back to Council, carried. City Clerk opened the following ~ds on the fencing: Anchor Post Products, Inc., enclosed certified check $35.00, $626.00. Cyclone Fince Division, enclosed certified check $29.00,'$570.37. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. Wheaton the bid be awarded to Cyclone F~nce Division, carried. March 25, 1955 (Con't) The City Clerk reported t hat the committee to whom the bids on a street sweeper had been referred recommended that the award be made to Feenaughty Equip- ment Company, who represent the Wayne sweeper. He pointed out that the only sweepers which met the specifications were the Elgin and the Wayne and that the Wayne price was approximately $1100.00 lower than the Elgin. He also stated the only machines which carried ~n excise tax were the two Mobils and that was because of the fact that they were a combination truck and sweeper. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and ~r. Yowell to concur in the recommendation of the Committee and award the street sweeper bid to Feenaughty Machinery Company, car- ried. City Clerk reported that the committee to whom the carpeting bids had been referred recommended that the bid be awarded to Arnolds Furniture because of the quality of carpeting as compared with the quality of the lowest bid. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to concur in the recommendation of the Committee and award the carpeting ~d to Arnolds Furniture, carried. City Clerk read the following separa~ions: Clarence Fleming, Clerk's De- partment; Dorene George, Water ~epartment, Charles Lake and ~ames Botz, Police Department. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to accept the separations, carried. City Clerk read an application for a location license to install pinball machines at the Carlo Club, 632 Fifth Street, signed by L.C. Phalen and approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Yowell and ~r. Wheaton to approve the application, carried. City Clerk reported he had two sewer applications and agreements signed by Elmer W. Madsen for connecting the following described property to the City sew- erage system: portion of Tract No. §, M~cTeight,s Garden Tracts, West 160 Ft. of the North 62 feet ~ west 25 feet for.street and portion of tract 5 McTeight Garden tracts, the south 62 feet of the north 124 feet of the west 150 feet EXC W 25 feet for street. Both applications were approved by the City Engineer. A receipt for $250.00 was also attached to the application. Motion by Mr. ~eaton and Miss Cullin the applications be approved and re- corded, carried. City Clerk read a letter from the City Engineer recommending a L.I.D. be established for the improvement of North Lafayette Avenue between 6th Street and 9th Street by the construction of concrete curbs and gutters. Attached to the letter was a petition signed by Victor Rahn and 15 others. Also a letter signed by J.T. James and 12 others was read by the City Clerk approving a fou~ foot sidewalk instead of five foot as the street is too narrow. City Clerk read Resolution No. 829, setting the date for hearing April 15, 1953. (See Resolutions, Volume 2, Page 141.) Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin ~hat Resolution No. ~29 be passed, carried all members voting Mas. City Clerk read a letter from Margaret Austin, Executive Director, Camp Fire Girls, expressing appreciation for the recent conservation tour made by a group of Camp Fire Girs. City Clerk read an application to transfer a taxi permit, Black and Mellow Cab, from A1 Keen to Jack C. Stocker. The transfer fee of $5.00 had been paid to the City Treasurer. Motion by Mr. Yowell and'Mr. Wheaten the transfer of taxi permit application be approved, carried. City Clerk read a letter from Florence Bilye~ Ground Observers Corp Post Supervisor, regarding the question of whether or not the Police Department could be called to transport ~he observers home after the busses have stopped running at night. The Chief of Police stated that the Police Department will cooperate and if there is a police car available at the time they wish to go home they may use this service. The Chief of Police asked the City Attorney if the City could be sued i~ case of~an accident and the passenger was injured. There was a question in the Attorney,s mind if the City had the right to use City equipment and public funds for this purpose but he stated this organi- zation is under some government supervision and it is for the protection of the City so he advised not to be too technical about it. Florence Bilyeu invited the Commission to attend the First Anniversary of the GOC on July 17th. Commissioner ~heaton reported that plans.were being started for Civil Defense operations and that the America~ Legion Posts were willing to cooperate. Commissione~ Wheaton reported that the intersection at llth and Callow would be blacktopp,ed in the near future. Mar~h 25, 195D Commissioner Cullin reported on her trip to Washington D.G. City Treasurer Nutter reported that he had turned over 18 names to the City Attorney who were delinquent with their Business and OccUPation~tax~et~s. Mayor Yowell brought up for discussion the revi~l~f~h~ Port and it was decided that nothing would be done untilthe tideland leaS$~ been applied for has been received from the State. Notion bY Nr. Yowell and Miss Cullin the bills be allowed if app~ved majority of the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Niss Cullin to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: