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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/23/52 Janua~j!23, 1952 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing- ton was held Wednesday, January 23, 1982 at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in the Mayor's Office, City Hall. Mayor Kean presiding, with Commissioner Haddon, Commis- sioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Wallace and City Treasurer Nutter being present. Paul Ryan, Bremerton Sun, was also present. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton that the minutes of January 16, 1982 regular meeting, and minutes of recessed meeting.of January 18, 1952 be ap- proved as written, carried. Mr. E.C. Searle, Executive Director, Bremerton Housing Authority, appear- ed before the Council and submitted a map of the Qualheim site for the pur- pose of showing the arrangement of the trailers which will be brought in and transferred to trestles. The~e are to house enlisted personnel attached to ships in Bremerton for repairs. Mr. Searle assured the Council that all plumbing and electrical codes will ~ followed and t~at close contact between the Building Department oI~ the City of Bremerton and the Housing Authority will prevail until the completion of the Job. · Mr. Wallace stated that it appeared no cha~ge was necessary in Ordinance No. 1412 as long as the wheels were removed from the trailers and they complied with all the building, electrical and plumbing codes. City Clerk read report of separation for Alfred W. Bechlem, Engineering Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and l~r. Wheaton to approve the separation, carried. City Clerk read notice of employment for Harold J. Dodeward, Park and Recreation Department at $1.50 per hour. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve the notice of employment, carried. Clerk read applications to install pin~all machines at Pop's Inn, signed by ~.V. Bennett, and approved by Chief Of Police; also read application from Hillside Inn, signed by C.P. Brown for pinball location license and this was also approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. W~aton to grant the licenses, carried. City Cler~ read general claim voucher covering payroll ibr the period ending January 15, 1952 in the amount of $39,491.B8 and audited by the City Auditor. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the voucher, carried. City Cler~ read letter from the City Engineer, dated January 17, 19~2, recommending that ~ strip oI~ land five feet wide be obtained for street pur- poses on the West side of Ironsides Avenue South of East 17th Street. A drawing was attached. City Attorney felt a resolution was in order to include this five feet in part of Ironsides Avenue. January 23, 1952 (Con't) Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton to concur in ~nglneer's recommenda- tion and re£er to the City Attorney for preparation of any necessary papers, carried. City Clerk read letter from City Engineer Severance, dated January 21, 1952, regarding an easement completing the right of the City of Bremerton to sewers and watermatns in.the View Ridge Area, except Spruce Avenue between E 32nd Street and E 3~rd Street for which negotiations are now in progress with the School District. City Engineer recommended the acceptance of this easement. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. ~ean to concur in theEnglneer,s recommend- ation and accept the easement, carried. Clerk read letter from the Chief of Police recommending a call for bids be authorized for the purchase of one new automobile for the Detective Divi- sion of the Police Department to replace a 1950 Buick. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Wheaton to concur in the recommendation of the Chief and authorize the City Clerk and PurchaSing Agent to call for bids as requested, carried. City Attorney reported that January 16, 1952 the Planning Commission pass- ed Hesolution No. 41 for the reclassification of portions of Lots 33 to 40 in- clusive and Lots 57 to 64 inclusive and streets adjoining in Sylvan Park from Residential 1 to Hesidential 2. City Clerk read emergency Ordinance No. 1954, "An ordinance amending Use and Area Maps of Ordinance No. 1792 and declaring an emergency". Amended Zoning Map No. ~0 accompanied Ordinance No. 1954. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Wheaton to approve the passage of Ordinance No. 1954, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the Civil Service Commission regarding the Janu- ary 17th meeting of the Firemen~s *ension Board, whereby they recommended that the City Council institute a legal"study o£ the levy of an additional one mill to build up the Pension Fund. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Wheaton to note the contents of the letter and refer the entire matter to the City Attorney to study, carried. Salvation Army MaJo~ Allen Pitt introduced Commissioner Benjamin Oramis, International Salvation Army Representative to the City Council. City Treasurer Nutter reported that the business tax delinquent cases were bein~ cleared up as rapidly as possible. Mayor Keen remarked that several of the inflammable sweaters which had recently received national attention had been discovered in Bremerton. In ad- dition to sweaters, there were other articles of merchandise which were al- most as dangerous, bu~ the Mayor pointed out that local merchants who had dis- covered such merchandise on their shelves had cooperated to the fulles~ with the Fire Department in preventing them from reaching the public. ~he recent fatal £ire in Eas~ Bremerton recalled thahfaht that there is an ordinance pro- hibiting the use¢.~ anything but metal containers for the transportation of gasoline. It was decided that this ordinance should again be.brought to the atten- tion of the public and especially to those firms handling gasoline sales. Mayor Keen raised the question of whose responsiblity it was to check businesses handling electrical appliances. After some discussion, it was concluded that this ~sPonsibility rested with the Electrical Inspector~ ~ ~' ' Ib was~~ls8 brough't'out that Lieut. Lorenz of the Shipyard had request- ed a written permit to allow the Navy to build a ramp over City property in the alley east of the M.M.C.A~ Since it was the udderstanding of the CounCil that the Navy had abandoned this p~an the City Attorney was eked to contact ~ieut, Loren. in an effort to determine Just what the Navy did want. Referring back to the subject of linemses, the Mayo~ stated that, with reference to checking on all City licenses, it would probably be advisable to select a police officer to check businesses and report his ~ndings to the City Clerk. The Mayor commented on the State Examiner's report from the Division of Municipal Corporations, covering the examination of all City business, with the exception of the Water Department which is under separate audit, for the calendar year 1950. He made particular note of the fact that this report in- dicated a marked improvement in the City's condition over that which prevail- ed when he was first elected to office. This, he felt, was in a large mea- sure due to the fact that the position of City Auditor was c~eated. He sug- gested that the report be placed on file in the City Clerk's Office and made available to the press. January 23, 1952 (Con't) Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills i£ approved by a majority o£ the Commissioners, carried. Mayor Kean reported on the Civil Defense meeting he attended in Olympia last week and he stated that in a £ew days Dick Evans, Civilian De£ense Dir- ector of Kitsap County, would come out with articles in the Bremerton 8un ~s to what was expected of the citizens o£ this area. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to adjourn, carried. AP PROVED: C~ty Clerk Mayor