HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/19/52 November 19, 195~
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing-
ton was held at 10:O0 o'clock A.~. Wednesday, November 19, 1952 in the May-
or's Office, City Hall. Commissioner Cullin presiding with Commissioner
~heaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Wallace and City Treasurer Nutter
being present. Mayor Yowell was called out of town and couldnot attend the
Council meeting.
Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Miss Cullin to approve the minutes of regular
and special meetings of November 12 as written, carried.
City Clerk read report of separation for "lexander Silven, Water Supply
Department.
Motion by Mr. Wheatpn and Miss Cullin to approve the separation, carried.
City Clerk read notice of employment for Roberta Romberg, Library Se-
partment at $1.00 per hour.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. V~eaton to approve the temporary non-Civil
Service appointment, carried.
City Clerk read the following changes in pay for the Police Department:
Harry McLaughlin from 2nd class patrolman at $308.90 to 1st Class Patrolman.
at $313.90; Donald C. Corey from 1st Class Patrolman at ~31~.90 to Motor-
9Ycle Patrolman at $319.30 and Stephen Devery from Motorcycle Patrolman at
~319.30 to 1st Class Patrolman at ~313.90.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaten to approve the changes in pay, ~
carried.
City Clerk read payroll voucher in the amount of $40,504.52 covering pay
period ending November 15, 1952.
Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. ~eaton to approve the voucher, carried.
City Clerk read general claim ~oucher from the United Paving Company in
the amount o£ $8,161.33, covering estinmte No. 2 on L.I.D. No. 250 (E. 17th
Street from Ironsides to Trenton).
A letter from the City Engineer recommending payment was attached to t he
claim.
Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Miss Cullin to approve the voucher, carried.
November 19, 1952 (Con't)
City Clerk read a letter from the City Engineer certifying to the comple-
tion of the reconstruction of the concrete paving at the intersection of 4th
and Pacific and giving the final cost as $3,946.17.
City Clerk reported that notice of cost would be published in the paper.
City Clerk read a letter from the Northern Pacific Railway Company, to
which was attached four copies of a revocable permit from the Government to
the City of Bremerton to cover the City's use of a private grade crossing
on the Government railroad near Bremerton Junction for access to t~he City's
watershed.
Mr. ;~heaton stated that cattle guards would be placed on the crossing so
as to s top any horseback riders from going lflto the watershed.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to authorize the ~ayor and the
City Clerk to sign the permit, carried.
City Clerk read letter.from Mr. Pendergast, Superintendent of Park and
Recreation Department, recommending two public address amplifiers be declared
surplus and sold.
Notion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton declaring the amplifiers surplus
and autherizing the City ~lerk and Purchasing Agent to dispose of them to the
best interests or the City, carried.
City Clerk ~ead a petitionsigned by G.O. Giblett, Chairman of School
Board Dist~ictC~O0 C, to vacate a portion of Lincoln Avenue for the purpose
of constructing a building or buildings for the Olympic College.
Resolution No. 815 was then read by City Clerk (See Resolutions Volume
No. 2 Page 151) setting the date for the hearing for December 10, 1952.
City Clerk McGowan advised the notices of vacation will be posted today.
Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the passage of Resolu-
tion No; 815, carried.
City Clerk McGowan read a petition to vacate a street or alleyway 15
feet wide, between Olympic and Naval Avenue and llth and 12th Street, submit-
ted by Walter C. and Clara Larson, stating that this property is dead-ended
on both ends and has never been improved by the City of Bremerton as a street,
alley or roadway.
Commissioner Wheaton recommended that the petition be referred to the
City Engineer for his approval and a report will be made to the Council next
week.
City Clerk McGowan read an appraisal report from C.A. Fulmer, covering
seven parcels of land which comprise an intended 60' right-of-way over which
there is an existing road connecting the Qualheim Housing Project and the
former Sinclair Housing Project, including three larger parcels of land through
which portions of said right-of-way and road pass. The appraisal is $2,954.00
for 8.6107 acres.
Commissioner Wheaton requested that no action 0e taken until he can study
the report.
City Clerk McGowan read a notice of estimate of cost of public work on
the replacement of approximately 5,100 feet of existing 14 inch wooden main
by the Water Department between McKenna Falls and Twin Lakes with 27 inch
concrete cylinder pipe, in the amount of $69,41~.00.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to authorize the City Clerk to pub-
lish the notice of estimate of cost, carried.
City Attorney read letter from the Federal ~ower ~ommission stating they
would withhold action on the City of Bremerton's petition to intervene for
natural gas, pending the receipt of notice of withdrawal from Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius, Attorneys at Law, Washington, D.C.
Commissioner Wheaton reported that there was going to be a Water ~orks
School held in Seattle Thursday and Friday and that the Water Superintendent
and two or three other employees of the Water Department would attend.
City Clerk McGowan reported that the City of Bremerton hasn't been re-
ceiving the allocated uncollected road district taxes on property annexed to
the City of Bremerton. Seattle, likewise, has not received any money and
they are now starting action for a declaratory Judgement, in which case Brem-
erton will be benefited.
Notion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to adjourn, carried.
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