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Home My WebLink About12/05/51 December 5, 1951 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, Wednesday, December 5, 1951. Present were: Commissioner Haddon, presiding; Commissioner ~heaton, City Cler~ McGowan, City Attorney Wallace and City Treasurer Nutter. Mayor Kean was attending an American Municipal Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Paul Hyan, Bremerton Sun, was also present. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon that the minutes of the.regular meet- ing of November 28 and recessed meeting of December 3, 19~l be approved as written, carried. Clerk stated it was date and time for opening bids on gasoline and oil. Motion by Mrs. haddon and ~r. Wheaton that the bids be opened, carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from: Time 0il Company, $50.00 cash enclosed, Time regular gasoline and Time ethel gasoline, posted price at time and place of delivery, le~ $0.0075 per gallon. Posted price, exclusive of Federal Tax, at this time i~ Time Regular, $0.218 and Time Ethl, $0.258. No bids on motor oil requirements at this time. Louis Mignon~ $50.00 cash enclosed. Motor oil, SAE lO to 50 - Conoco Super Motor 0il, $0.7~ per gallon in,barrels; Motor Oil SAE l0 to 50 - Conoco H.P. Motor 0il, $0.~2 per gallon in barrels. Prices are i'irm f~r the year and exclude Federal Tax. Barrel deposit of $4.00 per barrel will be required and said deposit will be refunded upon return of barre± in good condition. Union Oil Company, Certified chec~ in the amount or $50.~o attached. 76 gasoline or 7600 gasoline quantity demivered by tank wagon, less a.discount oi' $0.01 per gallon. Presen~ prices ~ase~ on discoun~ off,rem incluming Sta~e anm s~[cluding Federal taxes, minimum delivery 400 gallons 7600 gasoline, $.233 per gallon; 76 gasoline minimum delivery 400 gallons, $.208 per gallon. For deliveries other than 400 gallon minimum, add the ~ollowing differentials to the 400 gallon price: 40 to 199 gallons $.01 per gallon, 200 to 399 gallons, $.005 per gallon. Lubricating oils, Triton 10-5- (Parafin Base), $.675 bulk, $.67~ rib per gallon Unitec 10-~- (Parafin Base), $.63 bul, $.63 rib per ~al- ion. Standard 0il Company, certified check in the amount of ~50.00 attached. C~ vron Supreme Gasoline, less Federal, including State Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax, $,238 and Chevron Gasoline, $.218. Lub 0il, RPM Delo Special Lub 0il SAE 19 thru 70 inclusive, $.61~. RPM Multi-Service Gear Lube 90 and 140, $.1275 per lb; 108 lb. NRSB, Pail, .1375 per lb., 3~, .1425 per lb. Tidewater Associated 0il Company, Cashier's check in the amount of $50.00 attached. Flying A posted price, $.218, Buyers price, $.208 per gallon; Fly- ing "A" Ethel, posted price $.238, Buyers price $.228 per gallon. Tydol ~iotor Oil SAE l0 to 50, $.5725 (20 or more Gals.) $.6225 (10 to 19 gals.); Cadel H.D. Motor 0il SAE l0 to 50, $.586 (20 or more Gals.), $836(10 to 19 gals. ). Shell 0il Company, certified check in the amount of ~50.00 attached. Shell Premium Gasoline, 23.8~ per gallon; Shell Gasoline, 21.8~ per gallon, Lub oils, submitted a list of all their oils and greases. R.L. Lursen, check enclosed ~as not signed nor certified. Mr. Lursen attented the Council meeting and asked if he could submit $100.00 cash to cov- er his gasoline bid and tire and tube bud, due to the check not ~ing what was asked for in the call for bids. Mrs. Haddon asked.if there were any objections from the bidders present to let ~r. Lursen replace his unsigned check with the cash. Motion by ~rs. Haddon and ~¢~. Wheaton on hearing no objections, ~r. Lur- sen be allowed to pay $100.00 to cover his unsigned checks, carried. Mobilgas, $.238 and for ~obilgas.special, $.258 per gallon. Tank truck deliveries on the date and place of delivery less $~038 per gallon. Lub oils, Mob±loll SAE l0 to 50 $0.7425 per gallon; Paralube SAE l0 to ~0 $0.6350 per gallon; Delvac $00 SAE to to 50 (RPM delo HD or equal), $0.5900 per gallon. Motion by ~r. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon that the bids be referred to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent for tabulation and study with authority to ask for any help necessary and make a recommendation oack to the Council, carried. Motion by ~[rs. Haddon and Mr. Wheat0n that th~ bids on tir~s and tub~s b~ opened at this time~ carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from: Kress & Moore, bank money order in ~he amount of ~50.00 attached. Lteted current retail prices on ~oodyear Tires and Tubes with ~1% discount on all 100 level passenger tires and tubes and 3~ 1/3~ discount on all 100 level truck and grader tires and tubes. Submitted a list of recapping and repairing each size tire and will offer a ~0~ discount for the year 1~52. Additional bid submitted on Armstrong Tires and Tubes with ~8~ discount on all 100 level passenger tires and tubes and ~1% discount on 100 level truck and grader tires and tubes. Bank money order in the amount of $50.00 attached. Submitted a list of recapping and repairing each size tire and will offer a ~0% discount through items igand 8 and all section repairs or spots offered a ~0% discount firm for 195B. On items 9 through 16 on capping only, offered a 25% discount on ohe above schedule. R.L. Lursen submitted a list of tires and tubes with 36% a~scount on all tires and ~0% discount on all tubes. December 5, 1951 (Con't) Firestone, ~50.00 cash enclosed. Submitted a list of tires and tubes with a discount of 10-lU-lO-5~ on tires and 30-5% discount on tubes. Sub- mitted a list of tire recapping and repairing with 40% discount at time of delivery l'rom posted price. Motion by Mr. Wheaton 'and Mrs. Haddon to refer all bids to the City Clerk for study with authority to ask for any help necessary and make a re- commendation back to the Council, carried. City Clerk read the I'ollowtng separations: Alma Kirby, Municipal Court; Virginia BaKer, W.A. Harden and Dow± V. Emerson, Water Department. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. ~iaddon to approve the separations, carried. City Clerk read the I'ollowing employmen~ notices: Jame~ Sne±±, ~1.~0 per hour; Lindell L. Brown, ~l.bo per hour; Kenneth Chase, ~l.b0 per hour; Leonard Kelly, $1.50 per hour; Frank Logue, ~l.b~ per hour, all in t~e Park and Recrea- tion Deparvmen~. Motion by Mrs. ~Haddon and Mr. Wheaton to approve the temporary ncn-eiv~l service appointments, carried. Clerk read changes in pay t'or Francis Chase, Park & Recreation Depmrtment, from ~1.39 to ~1o50 per hour. Motion by Mrs. IIaddon and Mr. ~eaton to appro~ the change in pay status, carried. Clerk read letter from the City Engineer, dated December 5, 1951, stating that it is necessary to construct storm sewers on Trenton Avenue from E. 17th Street to Holman Road and on W~nfield Avenue from E. 14th to 18th Streets. The estimated cost thereof is Trenton Avenue, ~11,610.00 and ~10,650 I'or Win- field Avenue, making a total of 422,260.00. Fifteen thousand of this job is to come out of the 1951 Budget and the remainder of the job from the 1952 Bud- get. A call for bids should be made to be opened ~ecember 26, 1~51. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mrs. Haddon to a?prove the call for bids, car- ried. Clerk read letter from Mr. Casad, Water Superintendent, dated December 4, 1951, recommending that the City accept the offer of Mr. Leach of the Puget Sound Power and Light Company, of ~3,461.81, which includes the state sales tax, on three 200 KVA TransI'ormers now in use at the Gorst Creek Pump Station. By purchasing these transi'ormers the City can avoid the payment oI' approximate- ly ~500.00 yearly rental. The price is approximately 25% under value and a considerable expense of installation will be saved. A copy o~' a letter written to Mr. Wheaton from Mr. Leach, dated November Sgth, 1951, was also read by the City Clerk. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to accept Mr. Casad~s recommendation, carried. Captain Phillips reported on the meeting between representative of the Ferry Operators and the Navy Yard to discuss the construction of a ramp direct- ly from the Yard to the Ferry. He stated that due to lack of finances by e~ery- one concerned this plan could not be accomplished. However, a supplementary plan to make a gate at the end of the alley in back o~' the Y.M.C.A. was sug- gested. ~r. D.V. Walsh, Rt. 3, Box 484A, Bremerton, Washington, appeared before the Council inquiring into pickinC brush on the watershed. Discussion followed and Mr. Wheaton asked him to submit a letter stating what he had in mind. Motion by ~rs. Haddon and ~]r. ~eaton that all bills be allowed if approv- ed by a majority of' the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon that the meeting be adjourned, car- ried. APPROVED: City Clerk - Acting ~a-yor