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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/12/51 September 12, 1951 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held at 10:00 ofclock A.M., D.S.T. in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Wednesday, September 12, 1951. Mayor Kean presiding with Commissioner Haddon, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Wallace and City Treasurer Nutter being pre- sent. Commissioner Wheaton was called to Bellingham following the death of a sister-in-law. Also present were: Paul Ryan, Bremerton Sun and Jack Rogers, K.B.R.O. reporte~. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the minutes of September 5, 1951 aa written, carried. City Clerk read reports of separation as follows: Don F. Wallace, Engineering Department; Gerald Zingmark, Vera Lamb and Edna Madison from the Water Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and I'~rs. Haddon that the separations be approved, carried. Mr. Harry Mitchell att~nded the Council Meeting and presented petition ~ith 41 signatures for annexation to the City of Bremerton covering all lands in Olympic Manor. and the West 319.03 feet of Lot 8 of Sylvan Park and the West 225 feet. of Lots l, 2, 5, 6, and 7 of Sylvan Park, Also Highway 2lB from the N line of Olympic Manor Southerly to the E & W centerline of the ~ of Sections 12 and the E & W centerline of the SW~ of Section l, also a part of the SE¼ of Section 2, also a part of the NE¼ of the NW¼ of Section , ll and a pa~t of the NW¼ of the NW¼ of, Section 12, TWP 24 N, R 1E, W.M., Kitsap Cottuty, Washington also the W~ of the SE$ of the SE~ of Sec. 2, T 24 N, R I E, W.M. Also the E~ of the NE~ of the NE~ of Sec ll, T ~4 N, R 1E, W.M., all of the above located in Kitsap County, Washington. Mr. Mitchell also presented a petition for a Local Improvement District for the construction of sewers but until this section comes under the City's jurisdiction the Local Improvement ~istrict petition will be held up. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the annexation petition be re- ferred to the Engineer's office for tabulation and recommendation, carried. City Clerk read notices of employment for the following: Donald G. Jacobson, Fire Department, $282.00 per month and Roy W. Vaughn, Street De- partment, $1.60 per hour. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve notices of employment, carried. City Clerk read changes in ~ay status for the following: Eugene L. 0'Brien, Police Department from $282.00 to $287.00 per month; B. Shoemaker, Water Department.fzom $1.58 per hour to $1.72 per hour; H. Baker, Water Department from $1.58 ~o $1.63 per hour; .R.W. Jones, Water Department from $1.53 per hour to $1.60 per hou~ and Ruth Bercot, Clerk's Office, from $225.00 per month to $250.00 per month. Motion bY Mr. Kean and mrs. Haddon to approve the changes in pay, carried. City Clerk read the following applications: Location license to in- stall pinball machines at Rosie's Roost, 2VlV 6th, signed by Rose Daven- port and approved by Chief of Police; three punchboards at Rosie's Roost, signed by Rose Davenport and approved by Chief of Police~and City Treasurer, and i shuffleboard license at Service Tavern, 21V 2nd Street, signed by H.C. Greenwood and approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to grant the licenses, carried. City Clerk read payroll voucher, dated September 4, 1951, covering pay- roll ~or period ending August $1, 1951 in the amount of $37,9V0.19 and aud- ited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve voucher, carried] city Clerk read claim for damages of Marion Alderson, 838 8th Street, who stepped on a depressed area in the sidewalk on the West side of Pacific Avenue between Vth and ~th Streets, which caused her to fall. Claim in the amount of ~1,000.00. City Clerk reported that the claim has been turned over to the insurance company. Mr. Kean asked that the contents of the claim be noted and filed. City Clerk read claim for damages of Otto E. WoJohn, Union, Washington, covering damages to his car by City truck while driving into Bremerton and making a stop at Burwell and Naval Avenues. The damages were in the amouht of ~21.75, plus tax. City Clerk reported the claim had been reported to the Insurance Com- pany. Mayor Kean asked that the contents of the claim be noted and filed. September 12, 1951 (Con't) City Clerk read letter from Nr. O.S. Anderson, dated August 27, 1951, regarding his claim for one day's pay accrued during vacation in 1950. City Attorney's opinion was that the man was entitled to the day's pay but the only way in which this dayls pay could be legally paid to Nr. Ander- son would be to execute a notice of employment to be followed the next day with a notice of separation. Eotion by Mr. Kean and Ers. Haddon that the contents o~~ the letter be noted and that the City Clerk be instructed to write a letter of explanation to Mr. Anderson, carried. City Clerk read General Claim f rom Sewage Disposal Construction Fund, signed by H.D. Lent, City Auditor and City Engineer, in the amount of $1,3V3Z22, that was paid in error by the Sewage Disposal Fund to L.I.D. No. 242, Snyder Avenue. ~e to this error in computing the amount of pipe it has been deducted from an estimate, No. 13, of Lents~in the amount o£ $5,810.24, making an amount due to Lents of $4,43?.02, which claim has been approved by H.D. Lent, City Auditor and City Engineer. Eotion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to approve the claim, carried. City Clerk read letter from James W. Carey in relation to the ~tatus oz' contractor's work on Bremerton Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2, and the ex- piration of bond of Hall-Atwater Company on September l~, 1951. After in- psection, he reported that portions of the two narrow sidewalks alongside the entrance structure had dropped below their normal elevations because of fill material having washed out or settled underneath them. Also hairline cracks had developed in digester tank. After considering the situation it was Nr. Carey's recommendation that the contractor,s bond be released as this repair could be performed by regular employees at the plant at no addition- al cost to the City and the Contractor felt that the minor repairs mentioned above should have been cared for in the normal course of maintenance~ Eotion by~Nr. Kean and Ers. Haddon that contents of the letter be noted _and filed, carried. City Clerk read letter from Nr. Pendergast, Park Superintendent, recom- mending that the shed on ~he old Sheridan Park Coal Dock be declared surplus and sold and also the building at the S,E. 6orner of the coal dock be declared and sold. Eotion by Nr. Kean and Nfs. Haddon to concur in the recommendations and declare the~ surplus and City Clerk to dispose of them to the best interests oI~ the City, carried. City Clerk asked that the GNC truck cab at the garbage compound be de- clared surplus as it is of no value to the City. Motion by Nfs. Haddon and ~r. Kean to declare it surplus and City Clerk to dispose to the best interests of the City, carried. City Attorney read Resolution No~ 781 as follows: WHEREAS, heretofore the City of Bremerton, by Ordnance No. 184~, estab- lished a sewage disposal construction fund under which bonds were ~.sued the purposes of raising necessary funds for the construction of a sewage di~- posal plant andline and W~TEREAS, said Ordinance provided for ~he making of additions and alter- ations to the plan l~or said sewage disposal sy~tem and WHEI~EAS, it is necessary to add to said sewage disposal system an over- flow and outlet in order that the system function properly, and not be put out of operation by excessive ~storm water, and ~HEREAS, there remains in said fund a balance and bond redemption and interest payments are up to date, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brem- erton, that so much of the balance unencumbered, remaining in said sewage disposal construction fund as shall be necessary for the construction of an overflow for sewer and storm water in the vicinity of Evergreen Park in the City of Bremerton, Washington, may be used for the construction thereof and that the same, when constructed, shall become a part of the sewage disposal system of the City of Bremerton. ~otion by Er. Kean and ~rs. Haddon to approve the passage of Resolution No. 781, carried. City Clerk read letter from the City Engineer regarding Park Avenue Storm and Overflow Sewer through Evergreen park, dated September ll, 1951. City Engineer attached to his letter an advertisement for bids for the above men- tioned project. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the contents be noted and refer- red to'the Clerk's Office, carried. City Clerk read letter from Mr. E.W. Holbrook, Bremerton Central Labor Council, dated September ll, 1981, suggesting that in preparing the annual September 12, 1951 (Cch't) budget for the City, consideration to a substantial raise in pay for the Policemen and Firemen be included. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to note the contents and direct the City Clerk to write Mr. Holbrook that the Council is giving the matter ser- ious consideration, carried. City Clerk read letter from T.S. Morrlson, Chairman Bremerton Committee on Housing Facts and Goals, regarding an emergency resolution adopted by this committee, and suggested that the City adopt a similar resolution and address it to those enumerated on pages 2 and 3 of the enclosed resolution. Motion by Mr. Kean aud Mrs. Haddon to endorse the resolution and instruct the City Clerk to forward snfficient copies of the resolution to those listed with the City's endorsement, carried. ~r. Kean asked Mrs. Haddon if there was anything to report about the Alleyways Committee. Mrs. Haddon stated that at this time she had nothing to repot. City Clerk reported automobile prices are going up 6 to 10% October 1st, 1951, and ii' the City contemplated purchasing new cars in 1951 he suggested that advertisement for bids should be made immediately. Mr. Kean reported that if we purchased cars in October, we would be get- ting older cars anti that the equipment is now in good condition. Mr. Casad requested a new car and two pick-up trucks for the]JWater De- partment. City Clerk read proposed ordinance, first reading, "An ordinance relat- ing to electricity providing regulations and standards for the installation, alteration, extension and use of electric wire, apparatus and fixtures in the City oZ' Bremerton, Washington, and for the inspection of the same, etc." Mr. McLeod and Mr. Gaudio, Building and Electrical Inspector, respect- ively, were called into the meeting to answer questions which arose regard- ing the ordinance. Motion by Mr. Kean smd Mrs. Haddo.n to:approve the passage of the:ord- inance on first reading, carried. Discussion was held on the electrical ordinance and the Building In- spector explained that the ordinance was not more rigid than the State Law but the old ordinance was obsolete and they have been following more the standards of the State Law and now with this ordinance they will have more control as to electrical inspections and electrical wiring in general. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that a copy of the ordinance be laid on Mr. Wheaton,s desk for study before final passage, carried. Mr. Nutter reported that his department was catching up with their ~ok- keeping work and that they will be caught up by the end of this week. City Attorney read Occupancy Agreement between City of Bremerton and Civil Air Patrol Auxiliary, whereby the Civil Air Patrol may use the entire second floor oI' the building situated upon the second street wharf ~or of- lice quarters, instruction rooms and for all ~ecessary and incidental pur- poses in connection with training oI' cadets in the~Civil Air Patrol. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to approve the lease, carried. City Attorney reported he had written a letter to the Price Stabiliza- tion Board requesting the establishment oI' a ceiling price on cedar and hem- lock. City Attorney reported that according to the Washington Civil Defense Act if City employees were called out in an emergency to help with Civilian Defense they would 0e covered by Industrial Insurance and protected fully as far as Workmen,s Compensation allowed. City Attorney brought up for discussion the matter of lotteries in the City of Bremerton and added that in his opinion they were still illegal. Mr. Kean reported they are illegal and that ii' the people in the City of Bremerton believe that Ordinance # 325 is too restrictive they should come into the Council and ask .that the ordinance be amended or ~escinded. Referring to a proposal by a group of businessmen, which involved the awarding o£ a car as a result of a drawing, it was moved by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the City Clerk be instructed to notify the Retail Board of the Chamber of Commerce that the plan which they propose is in violation of Ordinance # 3~5 and a copy of Ordinance 325 should be made available t o them and if they wish to have Ordinance 325 amended or rescinded to make a request, carried.. September 12, 1951 (Con't) Mr. Kean reported that the lease is now being prepared for Mr. Sexton who will lease the building and land surrounding the Garbage compound for $175.00 per month. Mrs. Haddon reported that after a discussion with Mr. ~eaton Mr. Sex- ton had offered $50.00 more. City Clerk was asked to notify anyone having anythingstored in the com- pound and to remove it as soon as possible. Mr. Caead reported that the Water Commissioners from Marine Drive were meeting Thursday, September 13, 1951 to discuss the Marine Drive Water con- tract. Mr. Kean reported the unveiling o£ the Wyckoff plaque is going ~ be held on Sunday Afternoon at 3 o'clock and a reception is to follow at the Elks at 4 o'clock. Mayor Kean reported that the Budget Committee has been meeting and now a written recommendation hr presentation to the Council is in order. Mr. Kean stated that the Committee has been making a very good study of the bud- get and it was his desire to hold the publishing of Notice of Hearing of the Preliminary until we have received their recommendation. Mr. Kean reported that Mr. Wheaten wants the Council to adopt a resol- ution to cover repairing of the sidewalks by the Droperty owners. City Attorney wished to have a complete list made first so that all breaks in sidewalks could be taken care of at the same time and Mr. Kean sug- gested a form of resolution be made w~ch could be filled in later with the property owner's name and address and resolution number. Motion 0y Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that all bills be allowed if approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to recess until lO:O0 o'clock A.M. Friday to discuss the budget, carried. APPROVED: - 'City Clerk ~ ~ Mayor September 14, 1951 Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held at 10:00 o'clock A.M., D.S.T., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Friday, September 14, 1951. Mayor Kean presiding with Commissioner Haddon, Commis- sioner ~neaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Auditor Vaa being present. City Treasurer was absent due~ illness. Mr. Jack Woodman and Mr. Ramsey appeared in the recessed Council Meet- ing and presented a proposal for the installation of an advertising device upon parking meters called "Ad-O-Meter." He stated that the City would re- ceive 50~ per month for each meter so used and to his knowledge there should be no criticism as they would in no way interfere with the normal operation o~' the parking meters. Mr. Kean suggested to Mr. Woodman to leave some of the advertising mat- erial and a copy of the contract to be studied and that the Committee of the Whole would take the matter up with the City Attorney Z'or review'and stddy. Mr. Bill Garland presented the budget report of the Citizen's Advisory Committee for proposed budget for 1952 for the Council's study. Mr. Kean askedif the Committee agreed unanimously on this report and ~r. Garland answered that it was a majority report. He further stated that tt~e Committee was very much interested in it and t~at as a whole there was good attendance. Mr. Kean asked if the Committee felt raises should be given in salary and Mr. Garland answered that the Committee would rather have four top em- ~oyees receiving good salaries than six that were not as competent. Mr. Kean expressed the appreciation of the Council to the Committee who prepared this report. September 14, 1951 (Con't) City Clerk read notice of employment of Clarence E. Hi0er, Water De- partment Sewage Disposal, at $1.53 per hour. Motion by Nr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to approve the temporary employment, carried. City Clerk read change in pay for Donald Holttne, Fire Department f rom $302.00 to $~9~.00 per month. Motion by 5~r. Kean and ~r. Wheaton to approve the change in pay, carried. City Clerk read letter from the City ~ngineer, dated September 11, 1951, regarding a paint shop addition to the Municipal Garage and stated that au- thorization had already been given to call for bids but because of the fact that t~his was in excess of an estimate made previously, he was bringing it before the Council again. Mr. Kean suggested that unless there is some objection for calling for bids on .this construction, the City Clerk should go ahead and call for bids, and hearing no objections, the. Cle~k~n~te the contents and proceed to ad- vertise for bids. City Clerk read letter from the City Engineer, dated September l~, 1981, regarding Washington Avenue from Sth Street to 8th Street widening and pav- ing. Notion by ~r. Wheaton and ~r. Kean to approve the Engineer's estimate for call for bids on Washington Avenue between 5th and 8th, carried. City Clerk read ohe extracts from the minutes of a special meeting of the Commissioners of the Illahee Water District, held on September 9, l~S1, regarding a resolution which protestedagainst the proposed sanitary fill site. Mr. Keen asked that the contents be noted and filed. City Clerk read notice of hearing between Washington Public Service Commission and Pacific Power & Light Company September ~th, 198l, regard- ing increase in rates for electrical service. Mr. Keen announced that in view of the cost of going down to this hearing in Olympia, Washington,~ the City Commission would not attend but if anyone personally wanted to attend there was no objection. He further stated that the contents of the hearing should be noted and filed. City Clerk read letter, dated September l~, 1951, from Mrs. Don Lary, Chairwoman of the Road Committee, Mt. View Improvement Club, regarding the question of where the Robin Street Road would be if the Olympic Manor-area is annexed to the City. Mr. Keen asked that the letter be referred to the Engineer's Office to be considered along with the checking of the petition from this area. City Clerk read letter, with no date and no signature, regarding the Tracyton Bus Company hauling passengers to and f rom S~ ridan and Eastpark into the Navy Yard and requesting that the matter be ~aken care of. Mr. Kean asked that the letter be referred to the City Attorney to make a con~ne~. City Clerk read letter from Carl A. Norman, dated September l~, 1981, regarding a sewer charge on L.I.D. No. B~7, as it is tmprosstble for him to connect up with the sewer. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Wheaton that the communication 0e referred to the City Attorney, carried. City Clerk read the lease between the City of Bremerton and Sexton- Clark, Inc., covering the building and grounds at the garbage compound. Mo~ion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon that the ~ayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign the lease, carried. Mayor Mean stated that in the original discussion of the matter of rental of the Garbage building and compound, there had been some misunder- standing and that he would like to review the matter for clarification. He then made the following statement that he had previously discussed the mat- ter with Mr. Sexton to rent the building for $1~5.00 and there was no ob- jection to that rent. ~r. Wheaton was asked if the building would be fit for city purposed and he said no. Nfs. Haddon and Mr. ~aton had discussed the rental ~f the building and ~r. Wheaton had stated that he thought $80. or ~5.00 would be all it was worth. Mr. Kean further stated that after negotiating with Mr. Sexton, the City Clerk asked how they arrived at the figure of $1~5.00 and Mr. ~heaton remarked that the building had previously been rented for $150.00. Mr. Kean then referred to the lease just approved and said he felt that per month was good rental. Mrs. Haddon remarked that she thought that this mnount was very satisfactory. September 14, 1~51 (Con't) Mrs. Haddon reported that Mr. Hallman being away on vacation, she had been watching the alleys herself and that she had heard nothing from the letters sent out regarding the reco~mmendations of the committee. ~Mr. Casad reported that 160 acres of land was to be sold on the 18th of September and he felt that Mr. George Nutter, City Treasurer, should attend this sale to protect the City's interest in this land. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton that the City Treasurer be directed to attend the sale to protect the City's interest, carried. Mr. Kean brought up the matter of the Marine Drive Water contract. Mr. Caaad reported that no one sowed up yesterday for the meeting Out thought the Marine Drive Water District Commissioners may appear today when Mr. ~heaton is back in town. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton that under the circumstances the City Clerk be authorized to notify the Commissioners that we grant them ten days extension to negotiate on the water contract for Marine Drive. It was then moved by Mr. ~eaton and seconded by Mrs. Haddon to amend the above motion to allow an extension of 15 days rather than l0 days. All members voted yes. On the original motion all members voted yes. City Clerk suggested that the writing of the letter to the Water Dis- trict Commissioners be deferred pending the outcome of the meeting today. Mr. Kean stated that if there is no objection then the suggestion of the City Clerk be followed out and the letter will not be written until the last thing this evening. No objection was heard. City Clerk read letter dated September 12, 1951 from the City Auditor regarding the preliminary budget of the City of Bremerton, advising that it must be adopted and placed on file for public inspection by Monday, Septem- ber 1Vth, and as action on the budget requests of the various departments has been delayed pending receipt of the report of the Budget Advisory Committee, he recommended that the Preliminary Budget for the year 1952 be ad0p~ed as submitted by the various departments with a few minor changes. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to concur in the recommendation of ~le City Auditor that we a~pt a Preliminary Budget in the total amount of $4,~82,615.11, as outlined by him, and announce our intention to adopt this Preliminary Budget as required by law and ~at study be given t o the Citi- zen's Advisory Committee report that was just submitDed ~his morning prior to the final a~ption of the City Budget, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to adjourn, carried.