HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/17/51 October 1V, 195±
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremer~on, Washington
was helm at lO:00 o'cloc~ A.Mo in the Mayer's 0££ice, ~ednesday,0ctober
l~±. ~ommissioner Haddon, Acting Mayor, presiding wl~ Commissioner W~ea~o~,
City Clerk NcGowan, City Attorney Wallace and City Treasurer Nutter being pre-
sent. Mayor Kean attending a State Civil Defense Council meeting in Olympia.
Also present was Paul Ryan of the Bremerton Sun.
Motion by Mr. ~eaton and Mrs. Haddon to approve the minutes for the
regular meeting oi~ October 10th and recessed meeting of October 12th, 19§l
as written, carried.
Clerk read notices of employment for Roy H. Sinclair, Water Department
at $1.5~ per hour and Larry Keifert, Park & Recreation Department at $1.2§
per hour.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to approve the temporary non-
civil service appointments, carried.
Clerk read change in pay status for Edna M. Case, Water Depargment from
Extra Help at $1.36 per hour to Accountant at $250.00 per month.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to approve the change in pay status,
carried.
Clerk read application for three trad~ s tlmulant boards, transfer of
music machine license and transfer of one tobacco vending machine license at
Alabam,s CaI~e, 256 Second Street. Ail applications were approved by the Chief
of Police and the Trade Stimulant license by the Chief of Police and the City
Treasurer. All applications were signed by Muriel Roberts.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon snd Mr. Wheaton to grant the licenses, carried.
Clerk read claim ycucher~fromSuperior Construction Company in the amotunt
of $~96.49 for Estimate No. 2, L.I.D. No. 24~, Taft Avenue. ~Fne claim was ap-
proved by the City Engineer and audited by City Auditor Vaa.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and ~rs. Haddon to a~prove the claim, carried.
Clerk read General Claim Voucher in the amount of $80~.~? which is to be
transferred to the General Fund, which is the adjusted balance of fixed charges
for L.I.D. No. 241~ Summit Avenue; claim was approved by the City Engineer and
audited by City Auditor Vaa.
Clerk read General Claim voucher in the amount of $168.60, which is to
be transferred ~o the General Fund. This is the adjusted balance off ixed
charges for L.I.D. No. 247, Taft Avenue. The voucher was approved by the
City Engineer and a~dited by City Auditor Vaa.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to approve the claim, carried.
Clerk read letter from E.C. Searle, Executive Director, Housing Auth-
ority, dated October ll, 1951, regarding the Deed of Dedication to ~he City
of Bremerton for the site of the cylindrical reservoir built for the East-
Park Housing Project and situated a short distance north of Sheridan Road.
Clerk also read copy of a letter written by Mr. Kean acknowledging the
Deed of Dedication.
Clerk read copy of a letter to Senator Magnuson, dated October 10, 1951,
written by Francis P. Whitebait, Acting Secretary of the Navy, regarding hous-
ing shortages in Bremerton.
Mrs. Haddon asked that the contents be noted and filed in the Clerk's
Office.
Clerk asked that five cedar logs on the Park fill, which were hauled in
by the Water Department ~o be used at the dock, be declared surplus.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to declare the logs surplus and that
the City Clerk dispose of same to the best interests of the City, carried.
City Treasurer announced that ~he meeting of the Municipal Finance Officers
~onvention opens tomorrow, and a cordial invitation was extended to the City
Attorney to attend.
City Attorney Wallace reported that Mrs. Eary had called him on the tele-
phone about the petition I'or annexation to the City of Bremerton and he told
her there would be no action on the petition until the easements and rights-
of -way were cleared up.
Mr. Wheaton reported that he and Mr. Severance, City ~ngineer, will go
over to Mr. John Pattison's office this week to discuss the problems involved.
Mr. Pattison is the Kitsap County Engineer.
October 17, 1951 (Con't)
Discussion on the Hagerman lease at the First Street Wharf followed and
the City Attorney stated that he would prepare a claim covering rent and bus-
iness tax which is in arrears and send it into the bankruptcy court.
Notion by Nfs. Haddon and Nr. Wheaton to adjourn, carried.
APPROVED: City Cler~