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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/31/51 January 31, 1961 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held at lO:O0 o'clock A.M., Wednesday, January 31, 1961 in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Bremerton. Mayor Kean presiding and Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner ~daeaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Treasurer Nutter, and City At- torney Wallace being present. Present for part of the meeting were the follow~ lng: Interested bidders on gate valves; interested persons on a garbage con- tract, Bill Cook, Teamsters Union and Paul Ryan, Bremerton Sun. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve minutes of January 24, 1951 and January 26, 1951 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was date and time for opening bids on saleof a raft of logs. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to open the bids, carried. Clerk opened bids and read from: Pope & Talbot, $7,223.00. Donald W. Lyle, Inc., $6,300.00. Nettleton Timber Company, $7,440.00. Robinson Plywood, $6,8~8.79. All bids were accompanied by certified checks amounting to 10% of each bid. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to sell the logs to Nettleton, carried. Clerk stated it was date and time for opening bids for purchase of gate yam ve s, Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~eaton to open the gate valves bids, carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from: P Pacific Water Works Supply Co., 4" Gate Valves, Iowa Brand, $34.50 each; and 12" Iowa Gate Valves, $180.00 each, certified check enclosed for $210.00. H.D. Fowler Co., Inc., 4" M & H Valves, $34.90 each, and 12" M & H Valves, ~185.00 each, certified check for $210.00 enclosed. Hugh G. Purcell Co.~ 4" Ludlow valves, $34.50 each, 12" Ludlow Valves, ~158.00 each, check, certified, for $200.00 enclosed. Chas. H. Harden & Company, 4" Lunkenheimer Valves $40.08 each, and 12" Lunkenhetmer Valves, $253.30 each and certified chec~ enclosed for $285.67. Western Utilities Supply Co., 4" Mueller Valves, $36.~7. each and 12" Mueller valves $177.70 each, with bid bond for 5% enclosed. E.N. Hallgren Co., 4" Rensselaer Valves, ,~37.10 each, 12" Rensselaer Valves, $187.80 each, with certified check enclosed for $250.00. Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co., 4" Pacific States Valves, $31.57 each, 12" Paciric States, Valves, $172.98 each, and bid bond enclosed for 5%. Waterworks Supplies Co., 4" Mueller Valves, $3~.89 each and 12" Mueller valves for $165.85 each, with bid bond enclosed for 5%. Sherman Supply Company, 4" American Valve, $30.65 each, 12" valves, no bid, and certified check enclosed for $25.00. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Kean ~o refer bo the Water Superintendent, the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent end Commissioner of Public Works with pow- er to award, carried. Clerk read reports of separation ror Leroy Swanner, R.M. Anderson and Paul Browning, Garbage Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read changes in pay status for Theodore R. Tillett, from $~12.00 to $J~2.00, temporary, Acting Fire Chief. Motion ~y Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton to approve the change in pay status, carried. License applications were read by Clerk from Bonnie Ammel, Chili Bown, 420 Naval, approve~ by Chief of Police and City Treasurer, for Trade Stimu- land Device Location License; aud from Smoke Shop, I~r card room license, ap- proved by Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve the applications, carried. Claim rot damages was read by Clerk from E.H. Meisla.hn for d~mages to his car when backed into ~y a Garbage truck on January 27, 1951, damages not known. Clerk stated the driver's accident report has been forwarded to the In- surance Company and a copy of this claim would go i'orward today. Mayor Kean ordered contents noted and claim riled in the Clerk's Office. Clerk read claim voucher from Howard Coo~er Corporation for $11,597.80 for delivery of a grader to the Street Department under Contract No. 261; ap- proved by Mr. Hatfield and audited by City Auditor. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Kean to allow the claim, carried. 583 January 31, 1951 (Con't) ' Clerk presented claim voucher from Nels A. Qualheim for $5,388.45 rot the following property: All of the Southwest ~ except the South i of the Northwest ~ of the Southwest ¼ of Section 8; and the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ~ Sec- tion 1V; both in Tbwn~hip 24, North Range i West, W.M., $11.55 is beingretained to pay rot the revenue stamps. Attached to the claim voucher was a letter from the City Attorney explaining the transaction and a policy of title insurance for this 180 acres and the 120 acres which was recently purchased from Mr. ~ualheim. Notion by Mr. Wheatoh and Mr. Kean to allow the claim, carried. Clerk read letter from State Department of Public Lands, dated January 23, 1951, which stated the City has held a lease on the harbor area in front of the produced side lines of Second Street, a 50 foot strip lying northeast of said strip in front of Second Street mad the area between a strip in front of Second Street and waterway "A", Bremerton Title Lands, which lease expired on January 15, 1951 and ii' the City desires to renew the lease, an application is 5 o be made together with$10.00 deposit and turning in theoriginal of the expired lease No. 1219. The annual rental for a hew lease will be determined after the appli- cation is received. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to make application for renewal of the lease, carried. Letter was read by Clerk, dated January 30, 1951, from Dr. Benham, Director or the Public Health, Bremerton-Kitsap County, recommending that a public sani- tary sewer be installed on Lafayette Avenue from First Street to a point 230 , north or the center line of CoontE Street. Recommendation made due to sewage disposal problem on Lafayette. Mayor stated the City Attorney had aresolution prepared on this matter which he would read later in this meeting. Clerk read letter i~om Art Morken, 1951 Red Cross Fund Chairman, ,dated Jan- uary 30, 1951, asking permission to have a small pamphlet enclosed in the state- ments sent out February 15, and March 1. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to authorize the emlosing with the bills, oarried. Clerk read letter, dated January 22, 1951, from Pacific Coast Building Of- ficials Conference, Los A2geles, recommending the adoption of a uniform build- ing code to take the place of obsolete building codes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to note content,s and refer t o t he Com- missionerof Public Works and Utilities for any necessary action, carried. Clerk read letter from John W. Gibson submitting his resignation from the Insurance Committee effective March l, 1951, due to recall to U.S.M.C. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon.to accept his resignation with regrets and direct the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to select a successor for appoint- ment, carried. Letter was read from Secretary-Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Commis- sion, dated January 30, 1951, relative to further cuts in the Civil Service budget for 1951, and stating this was considered by the Commission, and suggest- ed that ~y bringing M & 0 and C.0. items to about what was used in 1950, a sav- ings of $315.00 could be made. Mayor commented that last Saturday morning ~he commissioners met to discuss what procedure, if any, should be adopted as far as studying the possibility of making cuts in the Civil Service, Planning and Library budgets, and the Deputy City Clerk was instructed to write to these commissions or boards and ask them to study their budgets and recon~aend the cuts which could be made. Mayor stated further that the letter did not mention any restriction as to just cutting in M & 0 and C.O. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to note contents and refer to the Commit- tee which will be appointed this morning, carried. Clerk read letter to the Council, dated January 30, 1951, from the Civil Service Commission, giving the results of the hearing held on the discharged Garbage Department employees and giving the Civil Service decision that the ap- pellants be suspended without pay for the period January 5 to 31st, inclusive, and then be restored to their former positions as of February l, 1951. Ma~6r~stat~d.a~orderly"pr~cedure~should.-be'~set-up'as~'~ re~ult~'oftbhis~nd- lng so that the present employees may be advised they are through tonight. City Attorney advised he had been informed that four of the reinstated employees would not return to work and the ~ayor suggested that some of the men now work- ing maybe could succeed those who do not wish to return to work. Attorney sug- gested that the department be directed to return these men to the Jobs they had when the difficulty started. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. E~eaton to note contents of the Commission's letter and refer to the Commissioner in Charge of t he Garbage Department for the necessary action, carried. January 31, 1951 (Con't) Clerk read application to ,operate taxicabs from Dale A. Carter, 2211- 10th, Bremerton, and read a taxicab stand application from Nr. Carter. Notion by Nr. Kean and Nr. Wheaton to refer to the Traffic Division and Chief of Police, carried. Clerk stated the ~unicipal Garage wants ~ have purchased 68 - 18" pads for the tracks of an Insley Shovel and two extra pads without rivets and pins. Notion by Nr. ~neaton and Nr. Kean to authorize ~he City Clerk to call for bids on these pads, carried. Clerk stated he had a proposal to furnish garbage service from John S. Banchero and Nayor asked if Nr. Banchero wanted to keep his figures confiden- tial at this time and until bids are called. Mr. Banchero said he had no objections to reading his proposal so Clerk read. his proposal to furnish garbage service, purchase the equipment and Gar- bage Department property and give the city 5% of the amount of collections. Attorney stated that under the Charter the City could either call Ibr~bids or not call for bids, Just as preferred by the Council; but if bids were call- ed, award could be made to the best responsible bidder. Attorney stated he had already gone over the proposed contract as presented by Mr. Ban~hero and that it was one which could be used as a basis for a contract and suggested this be referred to the City Attorney and Committee of the Whole for discuss- ion. Attorney stated the first question which the Council must decide is whether the garbage should be handled by a private contractor. Notion by Nfs. Haddon and Nr. Kean to refer to the Committee of the Whole and the City Attorney for discussion, carried. Clerk stated Nr. Hatfield had written a letter to Nr. Wheaton requesting approval o£ Council for 13 drivers instead of 12 and change of pay be approved for H.L. Clark effective January l, 1951 frdm ~el~er~,~tO'driver to fill the position. Nr. Wheaton verified the request ,of ~r. Hatfield for l~ drivers and said this number should have been in the budget for 1951, but was left out in error and that last year there had been 13 drivers in the Street Department. Discussion was held as to whether a resolution or an ordinance would be necessary and it was suggested that i~rther study should be made as to the pro- cedure to be followed. Notion by ~r. Kean ~and ~rs. Haddon to refer the matter to the City Attor- ney and City Auditor for preparation of any necessary papers, carried. Mr. Nutter gave ~ report on his activities in getting the business and occupation tax ordinance into operation. City Attorney read Resolution No. 760 as follows: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRE~ERTON: Section 1. That the public health requires the following Lmprovements to be made. Section '2. That it is ~he intention of theCity Council of the City of Bremerton to order the improvements of Lafayette Avenue from First Street to a point 230 feet North of the centerline of Coontz Street by the construction of sanitary sewers, together with the doing of any and all other work in con- nection therewith as may be necessary to make such improvement a complete Job. All in accordance with the plans and specifications to be placed on file in the office o£ the City Clerk in the City of Bremerton, reference to which is hereby made for further particulars. Section 3. That the City Engineer of the City of Bremerton is hereby directed to submit to the City Council at or prior to the date fixed for hear- ing protests to said improvements, the estimated cost and expense of such im- provement and a statement of the proportionate amount thereof, which should be borne by the property within the proposed assessment district, and a state- ment of the aggregate assessed valuation of the real estate, exclusive of im- provements, within such district, according to ~he valuation last placed upon it ~'or the purpose of a general taxation, together with a diagram or plan show- ing thereon the lots, tracts, and parcels of land and other property which will ~ specially benefited thereby, andthe estimated amount of the cost and expense of such improvements to be borne by such lot, tract or ~arcel of land or other property. Section 4. That the cost and expense of said improvement to be borne by said improvement district and exclusive of any portion bo~ne by either the State of Washington or other governmental agency, shall be assessed against said property included in said improvement district in proportion to said area, except wherein the special benefits conferred upon the property are not fairly reflected by ~he use of the termini and zone method, the assessment shall be made against the property of the district in accordance with the special bene- fits it will derive from the improvement without regard to the ~ne and ter- mini method, and in accordance with the provisionsofSection 9~65 of Remington's January 31, l~S1 (Con't) Revised Statutes of the State of Washington, the remainder o~ said cost of the improvement to be paid for by arrangement, if any, wi~h either the Stateoof Washington or other governmental agency. Section 5. That the City Clerk be an~e is hereby directed to give not- ice of the date of such hearing to each owner orreputed owner of any and all lots, tracts or parcels of land or other property specially benefited by the improvement, by mailing to the owner or reputed owner of the property as shown on the Uax rolls of the County Treasurer, at the~ address shown thereon, a not- ice setting forth the nature oTthe proposed improvements, the total estimated cost and the estimated benefits of the particular lot, tract or parcel, and the date oI' the hearing b ei~ore theCity Council at least 15 days before the date I~ixed herein for such hearing. Section 8. That Wednesday the ~gth day of February, 1951 at lO:00 o'clock A.~., P.SoT.,~ of said day be and the same is hereOy fixed as the date of hear- ing protest against said improvements by any persons interested therein; and the City Clerk ~e and is hereby authorized and directed to publish a copy of this resolution in the official newspaper of said City ibr at least two succ- essive issues, the first issue t o ~e at least l~ days prior to the date~.~hS~ein fixed for said hearing, and said publication, together with the mailing of the notices hereinabove provided to the owners or reputed owners of the lots and parcels oI~ land included in such improvement as ~reinabove set forth, shall 0e due and lega~ notice ~ all concerned in said proposed improvements. Notion by Nr. Kean ~nd ~r. ~heaton to pass Resolution No. 780, carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Nfs. Haddon, Yes. Nr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk stated it was date and time Ibr hearing on final assessment roll I~or L.I.D. ~5 and no protests have been received. Cl~rX read Ordinance No. 1918, "An ordinance adopting and conI'irming the assessmen~ roll for Local Improvement District No. E~, providing for the im- provement of Harkins Street from Winfield to Pitt and Pitt Avenue from E llth to ~10 feet North of the centerline of E llth Street, as in said ordinance de- scribed; providing for the levying and assessing of the costs and expenses thereof against the parcels and lots of land ~etween the termini an~ ~thin the 0oundaries of said improvement district; providing for the collection thereof; creating and establishing a special fund t ereof, and fixing the date for the issuance of bonds in payment thereof." ~otion by ~r. Wheaton ~nd ~r. Kean to pass Ordinance No. l~lS, carried follows: Nr. Kean, Yes. Nfs. Haddon, Yes. Nr. ~eaton, Yes. Attorney presented notice of final award from Industrial Insurance, De- partment of Labor and Industries, State of Washington, to Nike Bowcutt, Street Department, for permanent partial disability, ~0% amount allowed for unspecified disability, $1~0.00. Attorney sbated the question was whether Nr. Bowcutt could receive further industrial coverage on the~in~ury ii' he accepted this settlement and Attorney's opinion was that there is a possibility of Nr. Bowcutt receiving further com- pensation ~or aggravation of the injury. Attorney stat.ed the contents of the final award should be noted and return theform to ~r. Vaa. No~ion by ~r. Kean and ~r. Wheaton to note contents and return to Nr. Vaa, carried. Attorney read from a copy of a letter, dated January ~9, 1~81, f rom the Health Department to ~r. Harvey Renn, ~anager, Neighborhood Grocery, ~$ Burwell, relating to ~r. Renn~s desire to preparo sandwiches in his store kitchen for sale. ~r. Wallace stated he had an ordinance prepared for amending the defini- tion of a restaurant in order to bring the permit ordinance and license ordin- ance into agreement ~ut he wanted to check further on these two o~din~nces be- fore reading the ordinance. City Attorney stated he had a comm~nication from the National Association of Law Officers regarding the present wage I'reeze. ~r. Wallace stated the wages of the City were established prior to January ~, 1981 and in October 19~0 he felt it was safe for the City to proceed with raises in pay because the wages had been provided for ~ut were merely held up for lack of finances. ~ayor Kean stated the way is now open to make thewage increases and in gen- eral the City should go ahead and grantthe wages as outlined and make them ef- fective as of February~l, 1951. Clerk brought up the point that if wages were granted to those who would be involved in a reduction in force it ~ uld give them higher wages while on terminal leave. After Discussion of this point, ~ayor Kean suggested that the department heads tell those who are to remain they will get the raise, inas- much as the commissioners have promised a raise to the employees. ~otion by ~r. Wheaton and ~r. Kean that the City Council g rant pay increases as of February 1st as previously budgeted to all employees of the ~ty of Brem- erton and upon direction of the heads of the various departments, except as to those employees who are subject to discharge, carried. January 31, 1951 (Con't) Further discussion was held on the subject of reduction in force and City Attorney suggested that the various .departments attempt to ascertain who would ~ involved in the reduction and handle the reductions as soon as pos- sible. Mr. Wheaten stated the big truck purchased recently for the Water Depart- ment was intended to have a crane installed on it and until this is done the use of the truck is limited. Motion by Mr. Wheaten and Mr. Kean to authorize calling for bids for a crane to go on the truck which was purchased for that purpose, carried. Mayor s~ated the v~rious organizations ha~e selected proposed nmmes of persons to serve on the budget advisory committee and the commissioners have met and selected the names of those who will be asked ~ serve. Clerk read the following names: Ora Degarimore and Don Reynolds from the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce; Roy J. Levin, Supervisor's Association~ the Navy Yard; Jack Hollingwor~h, Metal Trades Council; C.A. Norman, Central Labor Council; Ralph Purvis and H.~. Halvorsen, Bremerton Municipal Associa- tion, Inc. Motion by mr. Kean and l~rs. ~addon that the selection ~ ratified and the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to notify them oi' their selection, car- ried. Mayor read a suggested ~orm o£ letter which might ~ Ased in notiI'ying the a~ove committee members of their selection and the City Attorney has ad- vised that the committee should have a meeting date set for organization of the committee. Mayor Kean raised the 'question as to whether or not the Gity should take further action in reducing the various budgets or wait until the committee ma~es its recommendations. Mayor outlained the reductions being made in the Park Department and stated in the Police Department that Capatin Sock- well will be retiring April 1st. After discussion bi~ this matter, the C~y Attorney suggested that the City should make as may cuts as possible regardless o~' the committee and that itsn't proper to delegate the Council's authority to a committee and further that it will take both the Council and the Committee together to make the last cnt of $50,000.00 from the budget. ~r. Wheaten stated he could make some changes now and the committee can check t~em oI'f then they start their study. Clerk suggested that the Council set a date for the first meeting in order to discuss with the committee the amount necessary to be cut and other pertinent matters. Council agreed that a date should Oe set and the Mayor asked the Clerk to notify the members of the committee ~hat the meeting time would be 3:30 P.~. today. Further general discussionwas held relative to pay increases and reduc- tions in the ~u~gets. Mayor Kean reported on the matter which Mr. Wallace brought in ~rom the school board recently relative to securing a strip of Forest Ridge p~perty for the proposed Marion School site and stated he had written to Mr. Jahr School Superintendent, but had not ~ceived an answer as yet. Mayor said he didn't know if the school board was going to pay I~or the property and ~hat ~he mat~er was subject to negotiation. Further stated this matter was being held for investigation by the City Engineer. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaten to allow all bills ii' approved 'by a majority of the commissioners, carried. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the City Clerk be instructed to contact the committee members of the budget advisory group and arrange for a meeting I'or 3:30 P.M. today, carried. Motion by ~r. aean and ~rs. ~addon to recess to this ai%ernoon at 2:30 P.~., carried. Mayor January 31, 1~51 Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, mas held ~anuary 31, 1951 at 2:30 P.M. in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Brem- erton. Mayor Kean presiding and Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Wheaten, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Wallace, City Treasurer Nutter being present. AlSo present was Faul Ryan, Assistant Editor of the Bremerton Sun. Clerk stated he had change in pay status I'orms ready for presentation for his employees. Mayor asked whether an individual blank was necessary for each employee or whether a single list would do. City Attorney advised that he did not believe the individual forms were necessary but that each employee's name should be shown who is t o receive a raise; however, for administrative purposes of the Civil Service it may be nec- essary to ha~:~ndividual forms. Mr. Wheaten commented in connection with the proposed reductions that he was cutting out the position of secretary in the Engineering Department, and said he was wondering about cuts in the Police and Fire Departments. Further that he was willing to along on cutting but ~ouldlike to know where the City is going ~n this matter; also, said he had made more cuts than any other de- partments when the budget was made and if the Fire Insurance rates have to be raised that it is all right with him. He said he was not 8oing to cut indis- criminately when t he Fire and Police are holding tight. City Attorney commented that his suggestion was to make cuts right away wherever possible. Mayor discussed the cuts in the Recreation Department and said he hesitated to make cuts in the Fire Department without some support from others. Mr. Wheaten called attention to the fact that the fire insurance rates are based on the operatipns of the Street, Water and Fire Departments. Mayor asked the Clerk to present his changes in pay later in the pay per- iod when the other departments were to present their changes. Discussion was held on the question of raising the pay for the two empoly- ees of the Cemetery. Mrs. Haddon stated their pay had not been raised equal to other outside employees, and it was through an oversight. City Attorney advised that the law provides that no increases can be made in the budget for salaries after the budget Ds adopted unless there is a change of job classification. He suggested that ~the job titles co uldb e changed. After discussion, Mrs. Haddon decided todrop the request for increase and stated she was sorry they were overlooked. City Attorney brought up the matter of increasing!~the number of drivers in the Street Department from l~ to l~ and approving change in pay for H.L. Clark Lrom helper to driver to fill the extra driver position. After discussing procedure, the City Auditor stated that because there Was sufficient money in the S~reet Budget without making an appropriation and 'the Council could let any action go until the end of the year and make any ad- justment necessary then, and suggested further that the Council approve change in pay status for Mr. Clark and concur in the action eL the Street Superinten- dent in raising Mr. ~lark from helper to driver effective January l, lBS1. ~otion by Mr. ~eaton and ~r. Kean to approve change in pay status'for H.L. Clark ~'rom ~l.~B per hour to ~1.~8 per hour, effective January l, l~Ol an~ concur in the action of the Street Superintendent in raising him from helper to driver, carried. City Attorney advised the Council relative to the amending ordinance he had drawn up which was to make the definition of a restaurant the sa~e in both the permit and licensing ordinance. He stated he had forgotten that the City Treasurer and Assistant City Attorney had recommended thelicense ordinance be repealed because of the business tax and, therefore, it would not be necessary to make any amendment as ohe o£~the ordinances will soon be repealed. Mayor stated the recommendation to table this matter is best under the circumstances. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaten to recess until Friday at 3:00 o'clock, carried. APPROVED: Cfty Clerk Mayor February 2, 1951 Recessed meeting scheduled for Friday, February 2, 1951 at 3:00 P.M. was not held due to lack of quorum. Mayor ~