HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/11/51 July 11, 1951
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City ef Bremerton, Washington was held at
10:OO o,clock A.M., D.S.T. in the M~yor,s Office, City Hall, Wednesdays July ll, 1951.
Mayor Kean, presiding with Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Wheaton, City Attorney Wallac~,
City Clerk ~cGowan and City Treasurer Nutter being present. Also present were Paul Ryan,
Bremerton Sun, Jack Rogers, Radio Station K.B.R.O. an~ ~. Glenn Hallman of the Public
Health Department.
~otion by ~. Kean and ~. Wheaton to approve the minutes of July 5s 1951, as ~ritten,
carried.
City Clerk ~cGowan read general claim vouchers (dated August 7, 1950, Contract date) to
Lent's in the sum of ~8,691.0~ total amount of Estimate No. ll on L.I.D. No. 2h2, Snyder
Avenue, approved by City Engineer Severance and audited by W. R. Vaa, City Auditor.
Motion by ~r. Wheaton ~nd ~. Kean to allow the claim, carried.
Clerk read claim for damages for Fred Heinz, 2517 Fir, Apt. E., in the amount of $138.00
for alleged damages caused by fall from bicycle, signed by R. M. Heinz, father of the claimant.
City Clerk NcGowan reported that a copy of the claim has been sent to the Insurance
Company.
Contents were ordered noted and filed.
City Clerk ~cGow~u reported that he had been authorized to call for bids for fencing for
the cemetery but the Cemetery Fund does not have sufficient money in the budget to pay the
estimated cost.
City Clerk McCov~an read copy of a letter from Commissioner of public Works Wheaton,
dated July 10, 1951, advising that in order to inst~11 a water main on 15th Street~ West
of Naval Avenue it was necessary to remove existi~g fence along the North Boundary of Evergreen
Cemetery. Recommend.~ng that in reconstructing such fence it would be advisable to set it lO
feet in on the Cemetery ground, and dedicating the lO feet for'street purposes~ He further
recon~ended that the Water Department and the Street Department pay not to exceed $250.OO each
and the Cemetery Department pay the remainder of the cost of new fencing.
Following discussion a motion by ~s. Haddon and ~. Kean that the recommendations of
~. ¥~eaton be adopted, the City Attorney prepare the proper papers, the lO feet of Cemetery
property be dedicated for Street purposes and the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be authorized
to issue a call for bids for the fencing for the Cemetery West of Naval Avenue, carried
unanimously.
~ July ll, 1~51 (Con't)
City Clerk read Ordinance No. 1938, second reading, "An Ordinance fixing the rate of
interest on all general City Warrants issued by the City of Bremerton and repealing Ordinance
No. 1593 and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith,.
The City Attorney advised that inasmuch as the first reading of this ordinance had been
on the ~th of July it would be necessary tQ recess until Thursday, Ju/,y 12, for the second
reading as a full week is necessary between the first and second reading of ordinances.
It was decided that the ordinance would be read again nsxt Wednesday at regular
m~eting of the Council, At which event no number would be assigned to the proposed
ord_~nance until next week.
City Clerk NcGowan read progress report, from the Committee on Alleyways Investigation,
advising that appraximately two one-half days have been spent in making a preliminary survey
of the existing conditions due to garbage and rubbish disposal in the alleys of down
town Bremerton, and possible solutions to these unsatisfactory conditions, and advising that
they hoped, after completing the survey, to submit a preliminary report to the Com~ission,
together with a proposed plan of action to be taken by the Committee in its efforts to
rectify the situation.
~ayor Kean asked Mr. Hallman if he had anything further to add to the progress report
and ~,~r. Hal]man advised that so far only the alleys in the down town area had been checked.
~,tr. Wheaton suggested that it might be a good idea to include any alley in the City in
t}~e survey and Mr. Hallman advised that the Committee intended to follow through on the survey.
}~[r. Kean directed, if there were no objections, to note the progress report and file,;.
City Attorney Wallace submitted two vouchers to the City, for the Bremerton Title
Com~muy, advising that the voucher dated July 5, 1951 was duplicated in the voucher dated
July 2, 1951 and should be disregarded. Voucher dated July 2, 1951 was in amottut of $83.79
and was for expenses incidental to the purchasing of Purdue-Craighead and Swan property by
the City.
City Attorney Wallace read emergency Ordinance No. 1938 "An Ordinance relating to the
public o±'fices of the City of Bremerton and fixing the hours during ~ich said offices shall
be kept open for the transaction of business, amending Ordinance No. 1813 and declaring an
emergency.,.
~otion by ~(r. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to pass the ordinance, carried unanimously.
City Attorney reported that his attention had been called to an error in the title of
Ordinance No. 1936, that Ordinance No. 1936 amends Section 1~ of Ordinance No. 1928, when it
should amend Section 7 of ordinance 1928 or Section 14 of Ordinance 1905, and at this time he
had no recommendation for its correction.
}.trs. Haddon reported that she is qul~e concerned about the heating plant in the City Hall;
~r. Plut, who had been asked to make a survey and recommendations, had advised that in his
opinion the present boiler was adequate for the job, but recommended a few minor changes;
Lent's had estimated a figure of about $15OO.00 for repairs to the present plant as the pipes do
not have space enough for the steam. Mrs. Haddon asked the advice of the other members of the
C o~mcil.
;~. ~¢Gowan suggested the ~r. Wheaton.s Office could draw up a set of specificati~s
if he knew pretty well what was needed.
¥,r. Wheaton advised that the report of the heating expert coincided with his opinion and
the only solution wa~ a two pipe system, and it is now meeting condensation blocks in the
plies, is very inefficient and is probably costing much more than it needs to.
~rs. Haddon stated that Lent,s concurred in the recommendation of Mr. Plutt and read
excerpts from the repart from the heating expert.
~,'M. Wheaton explained how the system of a single line works and recommended that a drawing
be made of the pipes to find Out what should be done.
~..~r. Kean suggested that a complete reoort be made available to Mr. Whi%e, the City
Plumbing Inspector, and let him come up wi%h a recommendation, and ~trs. Haddon advised that
Nr. white had discussed this with her.
~,~r. Wheaton advised that to change over from steam to hot water would cost from 12 to 15
hundred dollars; ~r. Kean advised he thought we should get a definite figure and the assurance that
the tJuing would work before putting it in, and Mr. Wheaton suggested paying for a survey to
find out whether or not a bidder would be interested in coming in and setting up specil'ications.
~,Ms. Haddon advised she had no recommendation because she doesn't know what is needed;
Lent's had recommended the two pipe system.
~.~. Wheaton requested that a call for bids be made for a paint room to be built on the
East side of the Garage in the neighborhood of $3500.00; the lack of a paint room has been
holding up progress of our industrial insurance and we have the money in the budget.
~.~.otion by ~. Wheaton and ~,~. Kean that the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be
authorized to issue a call for bids for a paint room on plans made by the City Engineer, carried.
;~.~ayor Kean reported he had received a 7 page communication dealing with the peddler's
ordJ.~mnce, and Lf and when we propose to do anything further on the existing ordinance that
a lot of facts brought out in this deserves consideration and recommended referring the
communication to the Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Bureau Committee. Following discussion
it was decided that a~ter ~rs. Haddon had read the communication she would refer it to the
City Attorney v~o in turn would refer it to the Retail Trade Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce with an explanation of the City's feelings in the matter.
~,~otion by ~.~r. Kean and ~,~. ~eaton to refer the communication to Mrs. Haddon then
transmitted to the City Attorney then transmitted to the Retail Trade Bm'eau Co~mmittee of the
Chamber of Co~nerce, carried.
July 11, 1951 (Cont)
The City Attorney reported nothing further on the Forest Ridge park property, except that
the Schools ~might start building on their own property,~ and nothing more to report on Civil
Defense, he has heard nothing from Mm. Merkel and takes it for granted at their silence that
they do not approve the City's action in the matter.
~r. Kean reported that he understands the Historical Society and the Naval Shipyar~ are
going to cooperate on the observance of the 50th anniversary of the State and the 60th
~niversary of the Navy Yard on a date that ~ill be agreeable to both.
~. Kean re?orted that the Health Boa~ will m~et this afternoon to discuss trash dumping
so will know more about that after the meeting.
N~vor Kean read the last paragraph of a ,,Letter to the Editor. clipping from the locs1
paper, signed by Eugene Best and several others criticising the City Administration in the
garbage situation and ~r. Kean said this comes closer to an inference of corruption than
anything since this administration has been in office and he would like to have the signers
of this letter appointed to a committee for the investigation of the garble situation.
~otion by Mrs. Haddon and 5~. Kean that the ~ayor be asked to appoint these people as a
committee for an investigation ~f~ the garbage situation in Dremerton, carried.
~,{otion by ~.~. Kean and Nrs. Ha~don to allow ~_l bills if approved by the majority- of the
Commissioners, carried.
~. Charles l..~orrison, Rt. 3, Bcx ?[~-A Rocl~ Point appeared before the Council to ask if
the city would be interested in taking ever the ~ ine Drive Water District after that district
had intuited an iudebtedmess of $200,000.00, v~ich, in his opinion was what is being contemplated
by the District.
Following a general discussion ~M. Wheaton advised him that the City had no intention of
taking over the ~,~arine Drive Water District if the indebtedness was incurred.
~ir. Casad, Water Superinte~dent appeared in the Meeting with a request that a resolution
be drawn giving the Water Department authority to pay a dil'ferential to employees temporarily
appointed to a su~rvisory capacity, and advised that they have lost eight old time employees in
the past few months due to 'the low scale of wages..
~.~. ~.~cGov~n advised that this would simply be a transfer of funds with the Council's approval.
~,~. Wheaton advised that ~ir. Casad and the City Auditor get toE,that ~and a recommendation
be made to the City Atton~ey for the preparation of the necessary papers.
~,'~otion by I~{r. Kean and ~. Wheaton to adjourn, carried.
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