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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/04/53 November 4, 1953 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Breme~ton, Washing- ton was held in the Mayor's Office, City Hall at 10:00 o'clock A.M., wednes- day November 4, 1953. Mayor Yowell presiding with Commissioner Cullin, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Wallace being present. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Yowell the minutes of the regular meeting be approved as written, carried. The City Clerk announced it was the date and time set for the hearing on the proposed improvement of East 1Vth Street from Perry Avenue to Nipsic Avenue by the construction of ~oncrete sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and no written protests were received. The City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2049, an Ordinance approving and adopt-~ lng'the maps,.plans and. specifications for the improvement of E. 17th from Perry to Ni~sic AVenues. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cutlin to approve Ordinance No. 2049, car- ried. The~City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2050, "An Ordinance establishing and creating Local Improvement District No. 259." Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to approve Ordinance' No. 2050, carried. The City Clerk read Resolution No. 846, authorizing the Mayor and Com- missioner of Finance to sign in the name of the City of Bremerton any agree- ment for the renting of said safe deposit box or boxes from the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, Bremerton Branch. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Yowei1 the passage of Resolution No. 846, all members voting Yes. The City Clerk read Resolution No. $A7, setting the date for hearing on LID No. 258 for November 25, 1953. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to approve Resolution No. 84?, all members voting Yes. The City Clerk read the following notices of employment: Tom LaVern AddS, Library Dept., 85~ per hour; Walter F. Wagner, Cemetery Department, Si. V7 per hour and William J. Wagner, Police Department at $313.30 per month. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to approve the employment as read, earried. The City Clerk read a change in pay for Walter F. Wag~ r, Cemetery De- partment., at $26§.70 per month. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Yowell to approve the change in pay as read, carried. The City Clerk read two applications, signed by Louise P. Lewis, for tran- sfer of a music machine license arid a pinball location license at the Korner Lunch. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin the transfer of applications be ap- proved, carried. The City Clerk reported that last week the application ofAlbert H. DeLeon for a Master Pinball Operator's Eicense had been referred to the Committee of the Whole and the Committee has approved the application. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullln to concur in the action of the Com- mittee of the Whole and grant the license, carried. The City ~lerk read the payroll voucher for the period ending October 31, 1953 in the amount of $41,456.87 which had been audited by Wendell R. Vas. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Yowell the payroll voucher be appro~d, carried. November 4, 1953 (Con't) · The City Clerk r~ported that as a result of the award made last week to Melvin Gran and Bylvester W. ~ambley the City Attorney had prepared the con- cession agreement for signatures. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign the concession agreement, carried. The City Clerk read an easement accompanied by a letter from the City Engineer recommending that the sewer easement for the sewer line which was installed in January 1983 across Lot 10, Block 11 of the Second Addition to Charleston be accepted by the City Council and recorded. Motion by Mr. Yoweli and Miss Cullin to accept the easement and author- ize the City Clerk to record same, carried. The City Clerk read three quit claim deeds accompanied by a letter from the City Engineer recommending that the deeds be accepted by the City Coun- cil and recorded. The deeds were signed by Herman D. Renn and t~o deeds signed by Oliver M. Renn and Edythe A. Renn for street purposes on East 18th Street. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to accept the deeds and authorize the CityClerk to record same, carried. The City Clerk reported that the bids which were opened recently on valves and fittings fe~ the reservoir on ~orestRRid~. were referred to a committee consisting of the Water Superinte4dent, City Clerk and Mr. Cun- ningham. The Committee recommended the award be made to E.N. Hallgren Company, as they were the only bidder on all the items but even with splitting the award there would Oniy be a saving of around~ $40.00 on valves and in view of the circumstances the saving~ was so small the ~ommittee felt the award should be m~de to Hallgren Company. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to concur in the Committee,s commendation and award the bid to E.N. Hallgren & Company, carried. The City Clerk read a letter fro~ the Air Pollution Control Association requesting information Concerning towns and cities interested in air pollu- tion control, and reported that' the ~ity of Bremerton has no ordinance or enforcing'offiCer pertaining to air pollution control. . The City Clerk was requested to answer the letter. Clerk letter fr~m theEmployment Security Department ac- The City read a knowledging the City'of Bremerton 's~ application and agreement for coverage of employees under the Federal Social Security Act. The City Attorney reported that he would make definite arrangements for a meeting with Mr. Sether regarding the wharf lease. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss C~tl~in to reappoint Mr. Don Reynolds to the Planning Commission, carried. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin the bills be paid if approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Yowell and' Miss Cullin to adjourn, carried.'