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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/20/51 June 20, 1951 Regular m~eting cZ' the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held Wednesday, June 30, 1951 at lO:O0 o'clock A.M., D.S.T. in the ~ayor~s Office, City Hall, Bremerton. Present were Mayor Kean, presiding; Commission- er Haddon, Commissioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Treasurer Nutter, and City Attorney Wallace. Also present during the meeting was Paul Ryan, Bremerton Sun. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve minutes of June 13, 1951 as written, carried. City Clerk read reports of separation for the following: Cemetery De- partment, Ralph Shaw and Eddie Duckworth; Garbage Department, Virgil A. Hulse, John F. Ingram, Bill Hansen, James L. Spencer, Robert B. Hassenstab, Joe D. Cartwright, Marion W. Kelley, Leroy Duda, Ted Ediger, Andrew C. Larson, Lewis H. Marshall, Hurley A. Higgs, Jerry Erickson, Henry Gores, Richard Griffith, Bryan Petro, Kenneth Knapp, Norris West, W.D. Clark, Jervis F~ Russell, Rulon Head, Donald Corey, Darrell Floyd, Jesse Ecklund, David felkey and Harry Sin- nock. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the notices of separation, carried. City Clerk read notices cZ~ employment, Park and Recreation Department, as fellows: Virginia Tatro, Richard ScaZ'e, Miss Sylvia Jere Wheeler, Carol Elias, all at $1.25 Der hour. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Wheaton to approve the temporary non-Civil Service appointments, carried. Change in pay status was read by Clerk for the following transfers from the Garbage Department to the Water Department: Louis T. Holland from $1.60 per hour to $1.58 per hour; Walter ~. Langland from $1.60 per hour to $1.58 per hour; Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to approve the foregoing changes in pay, carried. City Clerk read claim voucher in the amount of $~8,403.27 covering pay- roll I'or the period ending June 15, l~S1, which was audited by W.n. Vaa, City Auditor. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve payroll vouche~, carried. Clerk read general claim voucher in the amount of ~1~,$8~.46 to Superior Construction Company, covering Estimate No. l, L.I.D. No. 2~1. Also attached to voucher was letter from City Engineer recommending payment of Estimate No. 1. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to allow payment of voucher, carried. City Clerk read letter from the City Engineer regarding Lent's requesting an extension oz' time for completion of L.I~D. No. B4E, Snyder Avenue, and his recommendation that said extension cz~ time be granted, which makes this change order No. 4. Clerk read ~esolution No. 775 as follows: WHEREAS, heretofore the City of Bremerton entered into a certain contract with Lent's of Bremerton, Washington, for thedoing of certain work upon Shy- der Avenue et al sewer district under L.I.D. 243 with an original'date of com- pletion set I'or February B~, 1951, which date was by resolution No. 76~ passed by the City Council of ~he City of Bremerton on the ~lst day of February, 1951, estended to the Z~rd day of June, l~81, and WHEREAS, it is not possible to complete said work by the ~rd day of June, 1951, and the delay in completion was caused by the Contractor's inability to obtain materials and also due to adverse weather conditions, and W~HEREAS, no liquidated damages are specified in the contract between the City of Bremerton and Lent's, and no dmnages of any nature will occur by reason oZ' failure oi' the Contractor to complete the contemplated work by June ~, 19~l, and WHEREAS, the work cannot be reasonably comp~ted until the 2Otb day of October, l~l, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the C~ty of Bremer- ton that the time of completion for the work contemplated under' ~he contract with Lent's for L.I.D. B4Z be and hereby is changed to and extended to and in- cluding the ~0th day of October, 1951. BE IT F~RTHER RESOLVED that no liquidated damages or damages of any nat- ure shall be asserted by the City of Bremerton by reason of Contractor's fail- ure to complete the work by the date specified therein or extended by said re- solution No. 762. BE IT FUHTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution 0e forwarded by the City Clerk to Lent's and to the surety on its performance bond. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton to pass Resolution No. V75, all members voting Yes. June 20, 1951 (Con't) Mr. Banc~ero and ur. Razore, partners in Puget Service Co., discussed with the Council increasing garbage rates for customers who have their garbage cans more than 20 feet from where the trucks stop for collection. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Wheaton that residents be required to move their garbage cans to within 20 feet of the truck service and if the customer wishes to have their cans remain at a distance of over 20 feet that the con- tractor would be able to charge the rates as filed with the rublic Service Com- mission, carried. City Attorney recommended that our Ordinance No. l~2B as set up by con- tract and entered into 0y the Puget Service Company and the City of Bremerton on April 00, 1WS1, 0e changed to read as their proposal relative tone-pick up of 5 cans per week being ,3.Z0 per month rather than ,3.50 per month. Motion by Mr. Keen 8nd Nfs. Haddon to concur in the reco~mmendation and re- fer the matter to the City Attorney, carried. City Clerk read letter, dated June 15, from Captain T.K. Phillips and the City Engineer regarding the complaint from citizens living tn~.the locality of llth and Naval who complained as to speeding and a lack of traffic controls at this area. A survey was made with a radar speed check which showed that I'ew violations occurred. City ~ngineer and Captain Phillips recommended to leave the traiWic controls as they are at present. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Wheaton to note the contents of the report and file in the City Clerk's Office, and send two copies of the report to Mr. Stress- burg and one copy to Mr. Walker, carried. City Clerk read letter from John C. Merkel, Prosecuting Attorney, regard- ing the lease between Kitsap County and City of Bremerton and Pacific Tow Boat Company. City Clerk returned the original and two copies to the County for acknow- ledgment of the Commissioner's signatures. City Clerk read petition signed by Lucile E. Doty, 1507 High and l~ othe~ signatures, regarding the loose gravel on ~heir sidewalks on High Avenue in the l~O0 and l~O0 Blocks. ~heir petition read that the gravel on their sidewalks creates a menace and a hazard to users of the street aud the undersigned pro- perty owners fear someone will slip or fall and sustain injury and damage there- by. Mr. Wheaton said he would make a check on the street and see what condi- tion exists. Motion by ~r. Keen and Mr. Wheaton to acknowledge the petition and refer the matter to the Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities, carried. City Clerk read letter i'rom Captain T.K. Phillips, requesting 1935 Ford Pickup be declared surplus and that a call for bids be made for the disposal. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ¥~heaton to concur in the request and declare the pickup surplus or junk and fei'er to the City Clerk to dispose of it to the best interest bi' the City, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton that the bids be opened on the addi- tion to the Park House, Evergreen Park, carried. City Clerk opened bids and read from: Sam Linden, $974.00, enclosed Cashier's check in the amount of $50.00. John M. Hanberg, $1,196, enclosed Cashier's check in the amount of $60.00. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon the bids be referred to Mr. Pendergast, City Clerk and Purchasing Agent, City Engineer for study and recommendation, carried. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon the bids on stove oil be opened, car- ried. City Clerk opened buds and read from: Richl'ield Commercial Fuel 0il, posted Transport Truck Price f.o.b. Seat- tle, Wash.; Richfield Stove Oil, Seller's posted Tan~ Wagon price; RichI'leld Diesel Fuel 0il PS ~00, Seller's Posted Tank Wagon Price, less ~.u1 per gal. Enclosed check in the amount of $50.00. Bremerton 011, Posted price on Stove Oil, Diesel Oil (Fuel) and Fuel Oil. Enclosed check in the amount of $50.00. R.L. Lursen, Seller's posted price, less ~.012 per gallon on ~obileheat 200, less ~.015 per gallon on ~obilheat 100. Enclosed check in the amount of ~$o. oo. Lofthus oil, Posted price on fuel oil, diesel oil and stove oil, enclosed check in the amount of $50.00. Union Oil, posted prices, less l~ per gallon on diesel oil and stove oil. Enclosed check in the amount of :$50.00. Shell Oil, posted price, less ~ per gallon on diesel oil and stove oil. Enclosed check in the amount of $50.00. Motion by Mr. Keen and ~r. Wheaton to refer bids to City Clerk and Purchas- ing Agent with power to award, carried. June ~, 1~51 (Con't) City Clerk read letter z'rom Robert N. Blum, Deputy Chief of Staff, De- partment of Washington, Marine Corps League, requesting prmission and coop- eration in authorizing a Marine Corps League Weapons Exhibit in Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaten to approve the request, acknowledge the letter, and refer to Traffic .Division and anyone else concerned to desig- nate the time and place, carried. City Clerk requested authority to employ an Actuary to determine whether or not we can use 1 mill within the 15 mills now allocated to the Fire Depart- ineRt. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~Wheaton to concur in the recommendation and authorize the City Clerk to negotiate I'or an Actuary to make a survey as auth- orized by State Law, carried. City Clerk read letter from Mr. Griffith Way, regarding au invitation to Jamapese Trade Fair being held in Seattle. Mr. Wheaten expressed his desire to represent Bremerton, Monday, June 25th Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the City Clerk acknowledge the communication and express our appreciation and that Mr. Wheaten will represent the City of Bremerton, carried. City Treasurer presented a certii'ied copy of corporate resolutions No. 776, for signing and endorsing checks with the National Bank of Commerce. The sig- natures required on checks will be City Treasurer or Deputy City Treasurer. A section of part two will be marked out on the resolution, which pertains to checks or orders paya01e to c ash and deposits to t he individual credit o£ any bi'ricer or person signing them. Resolution No. 776 follows: We, L. ?Hum" Kean and E.H.T. McGowan, the Mayor and City Clerk, respec- tively, bi' the City of Bremerton,. a Corporation, do hereby certify that we are the duly elected, qualified and acting Major and City Clerk of said Corporation and that the z'ollowing is a full true and correct copy of certain resolutions duly and legally adopted at a meeting of the City Council thereof convened and held in accordance with law and the by-laws cz' said Corporation on the 20th day cz' June, l~51, at which a quorum was present, and that such resolutions are now in I'ull I'orce and effect and duly recorded in the minutes of said City Council. BE IT RESOLVED: 1. ~hat the National Bank of Commerce o~ Seattle, Brem- erton Branch (hereinai'ter called "said bank") be, and is hereby selected as a depositary I'or the funds bY this corporation and that a bank account, or ac- counts, shall be opened and kept with the said 0ank for this Corporation under the following designation or designations: As Above, and that endorsements for deposit may be made by the written or stamped endorsement of the Corpora- tion without designation el' the person making the endorsement. 2. That said Oank be, and is [~reby, authorized to honor and pay checks or other o,,ders for the payment of money dra~u in the name of this corporation when signed by any one (1) cZ' the following: City Treasurer and Deputy City Treasurer, and that said bank Oe, and is hereby, authorized and directed to honor, pay and charge to any or all oz' the above designated accounts of this Corporation (for said purpose treating all of said accounts as one account) all checks and orders for the pa~nent cZ' money so drawn, when so signed. 3. Zhat said bank Os, and is hereby, authorized to cash for, or to pay to, or to credit to the individual account of any third person, firm, corpor- ation om any bY said officers or agents, all checks or orders payable to this Corporation, either as payee or endorsee, when said checks or orders are so made payable by endorsement executed in the same manner as provided in para- graph 2 for signing checks or orders. 4. That this Corporation is bound by the Rules and Regulations governing Checking Accounts bi' said bank (receipt cz' a copy bi' which is hereby acknowled-:~ ~ ged) and 0y any changes, modiz'ications or additions thereto, which ~ules and Hegulations are posted at all times in the lobby of said bank. 5. ~hat said officers and/or agents are authorized to transact any other business with said bank incidental to the powers hereinabove granted. 6. That there shall be no o~ligation on the part oz' said bank to see to the application bi' I'unds in any case whatsoever. 7. That the i'oregoing authorizations, and each of them, shall be contin- uing ones and shall not be exhausted by their exercise but shall remain in effect until revoked by a resolution bi' the City Council of this Corporation and until a certi~'ied copy bi' such revoking resolution has been received by said 0ank. 5. That all prior resolutions relating to any of the above matters be, _and are hereby, revoked. ~. ~hat the Secretary of this Corporation be, and is hereby, authorized to certify to said bank a copy of these resolutions and the names of this Cor- poration,s bi'ricers and/or agents thereby authorized to act in the premises. We I'urther certify that the following are those duly elected to the office set opposite their respective names: L. "Hum" Kean, Mayor; E.H.T. McGowan, City Clerk. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. ~heaton to adopt resolution No. 778 with the correction being made in part 2, carried. June 20, 1951 (Con't) City Attorney read bill of sale between City of Bremerton and Puget Ser- vice Company covering personal property which was not part of the contract. City Attorney suggested the City Clerk check his prepared list against the Bill of Sale. Notion by Mr. Kean and ~rs. Haddon to approve the Bill of Sale and dir- ect the Mayor and City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to sign, carried. City Attorney read license agreement between Kitsap County Fair Associa- tion and Uity of Bremerton with purpose to conduct a county fair in the City of Br~merton August 23rd to August 26th, inclusive. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the license and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the lease, carried. City Attorney read Resolution No. VV? as follows: WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton is the record owner of a track oI' land situated in the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, ~'ownship 24 North, Range 1 East, W.~[., and WHEREAS, in the improvement of P.S.H. No. 14, Tidewater Creek to Union River, 0y the State of Washington, Department oI' Highways, it is necessary and advisable for the State of Washington to acquire a Borrow ~ermit Lease to a portion of said tract for the improvement of said highway, and WHEREAS, after due consideration by the City Council of the City of Brem- erton, it appears to the said ~oard that it will be for the best interests of both the City of Bremerton and the State of Washington to grant the Borrow Per- mit Lease to the Sate oi' Washington I'or a consideration of One Dollar. Now, Therefore, be it hereby resolved by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, in accordance with Chapter 266 of the Laws of 1943, and through its City Council execute said Borrow ~ermit Lease, and deliver said lease to the State of Washington, Department of Highways. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and ~r. Kean to adopt Resolution No. VVV, carried. City Attorney read Borrow Permit Lease between City of Bremerton and State cZ' Washington in accordance with the resolution. Notion by Mr. ~heaton and Mr. Kean to approve the lease, carried. City Attorney read a list of 1951 laws passed by the Legislature pertain- ing to Cities. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~rs. Haddon to allow all bills if approved by a majority o~ the Commissioners, carried. Mr. Kean excused himself I'rom 'the meeting and Mrs. Haddon took the chair. Mr. Wheaton reported attending t~e National Guard at Fart Lewis and saw the Eisenhower trophy awarded to the~41st Reconnaissance Company of Bremerton. He stated that the boFs were pleased to have some City oI'ficial attending and asked that the City Council drop a short letter, addressed to Lieut. Dave Westover, complimenting them on receiving the trophy. ~otion by ~r. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon the Oity Clerk write the letter, carried. ~otion by Mrs. naddon and Mr. Wheaton that the meeting be adjourned, car- ried. Mayor