HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/28/51 December 28, ±951
Pursuant to recess the City Co~mcil of the City of Bremerton, Washington
reconvened at 2:30 P.M. Firday, December 28, 1951 in the Mayor's
Office, City Hall. Mayor Kean presiding with Commissioner Haddon,
Con~issioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan, City Treasurer Nutter and City
Attorney Wallace being present. Also present was Paul Ryan, Bremerton Sun.
Meeting was called to order by Mayor Kean with the remark that the
meeting had been recessed for the purpose of opening bids on motorcycles
for the Police Traffic Department, discussion of application for kennel
license by James W. Bryan, Jr., hearing resolution and ordinance for
transfer of budgeted amounts and other matters.
Attorney Wallace returned the contract between the City and the Trl-
County for printing for the year 1952, as having been approved by him.
Clerk announced this as date and time for opening bids for motorcycles
for the Police Traffic Department and two bids had been received.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~eaton that the bids be opened, carried.
Clerk opened bid from C. H. Eskridge, Rt. 2, Box 561, Brenerton,
check enclosed for $3.12 and a bid of Sixty two dollars and fifty cents for
one 1941 G5510 Servicar Motorcycle.
City Clerk McGowan opened bid from Rogers Harley-Davidson Company,
330 S. Callow, Bremerton, with certified check in the amount of $23?.?5,
and bid as follows: Two 1952 GA Servicars with white paint, utility
servicar group, speedometer hand control, car marXing controls and
radio application kit, $2580.36; Two 1952 FL Solo Motorcycles with white
paint, standard police group, changable trail fork, reverse gear and police
plate, $2177.94, Total price, ~4758.30, including State Sales Tax and
excluding Federal Excise Tax; Trade in on four used motorcycles, $1270.00.
City Clerk advised that the hid of Mr. Eskridge couldn't be considered
as the used cycles are to be traded in on the new cycles.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~eaton to reject the bid of Mr. Eskridge
and to inst~uct the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to refund check
enclosed with bid, carried.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the bid from Rogers to ~e
City Clerk and Purchasing Agent, Captain of Traffic and Mayor Kean with
power to award, c~ried.
City Clerk read letter from City Engineer E.S. Severance, dated
December 27, 1951, enclosing bid tabulations, advising that the low Old
of $17,501.84 of Joe Avery, Contractor, is approximately 20% below the
estimated cost, advising that Contract Documents have been prepared and
recommending the same be awarded to,id contractor.
City Clerk advised that the committee had power to award bid and this
was record of action which has been taken.
City Clerk read letter from N. G. McLeod , Building Inspector, dated
December 27, 1951 recommending that the Cityfollow the requirements of
the Bremerton Building Code by requiring that gutters and down spouts be
built on all buildings in Anderson Cove as these buildings are of a permanent
nature and should come up to th~ code requirements, and listing points on
which he based his recon~endation.
Following discussion in which Mayor Kean asked the City Attorney
ii' allowing down spouts and gutters not to be built, would it ma~e a
change in our existing ordinance and Mr. Wallace advised it would have
to be amended.
Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean that there be no change in the
Bremerton Building.~rdinance, carried.
Mr. NcLeog advised he would so notify the Contractors for Anderson Cove.
City Clerk read Resolution No. 785, "~aking Transfers of appropriations
in the l~51 budget" as follows:
BE tT RESOLVED, that the City Cler~ and the City Treasurer be and they
hereby are directed to make the following transfers of appropriations in the
1w51 budget:
SALARY FUND
Department From To
Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem 40.00 Extra Help 605.00
Steno-Clerk 380.00
Clerk 185.00
Treasurer: Asst. Treasurer 500.00 Extra Help 1,100.00
Cashier 600.00
December 28, 1~51 (Con't)
Department From T~o
Engineers: Asst. Engineer 600.00 Jr. Engineering Aides 600.00
Fire: Drivers 2,000.00 Chief 710.00
Temporary Firemen 545.00 Captains 35.00
Firemen 1,800.00
Street: Extra Help 2,350.00 Cement Fin.&HandyMan 50.00
Drivers & Operators 1,?O0.00
Helpers 600.00
Water:
General: Stores & TimeClk 830.00 Storekeeper 830.00
Com'l: Com'l 0ffClks(2OS)l,300.00 Foreman of Services 60.00
Extra Office Help 210.00 Sr. Meterman V00.00
Jr. Meterman 600.00
Com'l 0ff. Clks.(22OMo) 50.00
Com'l 0ff. Clk (240 Mo) lO0.00
Supply: Pump & Util.0pr 1,800.00 Assr. Foreman&Timekeeper 100.00
2 Reg. Patrol 5,400.00 1st C. Pump Op.-Skilled 235.00
Diff. Sqp. & Trade
Crafts 400.00 1st C. Pump Op.-Common 150.00
Asst Foreman & ~Iknkpr305.00 Utility & Handyman 2V5.00
General Foreman 30.00 Chief Patrol 80.00
Distribution: Leading Pipemen 615.00 Extra Labor 7,~10.00
Distribution: Leading Pipemen 2,300.00 Foreman of Mains 50.00
Pipemen Helpers 2,100.00
Cement Fin & Hdy Man 100.00
Meter Repairman 50.00
Sewage Disposal: Chief Operator 4,380.00 Asst. Chief Operator 2,500.00
Skilled Operators 3,120.00 Unskilled Operators 4,000.00
Extra Labor 1,000.00
Cemetery: Extra Help 25.00 Asst. Sexton 25.00
Library Librarians V75.00 Clerks 300.00
Extra Help 1V5.00
Extra Help-Janitor 300.00
Park & Rec.: Superintendent 30.00 Groundskeeper 367.19
Leader 30.00 Extra Labor 290.04
Pt. Time Leader 48.87
Bookkeeper 15.00
Sec. Clerk 450.00
Night Attendant 15.00
~Iaintenance Men 50.00
Check Room Labor 18.36
?,~AIi~['ENANCE & OPERATION
Executive: Special Investigation 40.00 Office Expense 40.00
Planning Com: Drafting,Engrg,& Maps lO.00 Publications & Printing 10.O0
Municipal Ct.: Bonds 45.80 0t'fice Expense 95.80
Travel 50.00
Civil Service: Actuarial Survey 100.00 Office Expense lO0.O0
City Hall: Rep.& Mtce. Bldg &Grds
410.00 Insurance 410.00
Engineers: Travel & Convension 100.00 Auto Mtce. 100.00
Building: Office Expense 30.00 Insurance 30.00
City Clerk: Legal Pub. & Adv. 260.00 Eqpt. Repairs 60.00
Office Expense 130.00 Small Stores 330.00
?~iscellaneous: State Examiner lO0.00 Refunds 100.00
December 28, 1951 (Con't)
Police: Poundmaster " 300.00 Office Expense 500.00
Auto Expense 1,150.00 Ins. & Bonds 100.00
License Directory 150.00 Misc. 0per. Sup. & Exp. 100.00
Patrol Boat Expense 100.00 Jail Expense 1,100.00
Special Services 100.00
Fire: Office Expense 500.00 I~auranae 750.00
Auto Operation &Mtce 810.00 Periodicals & Dues 10.00
Hydrant Service 50.00
Rep. &Mtce. Bldg & Grds 500.00
Garbage: Small Tools 10.00 Miscellaneous 10.00
Street: Sewer Mtce. 750.00 Insurance & Bonds 1,150.00
Materials 2,000.00 Auto & Eqpt. Repair 1,200.00
Special Services 200.00 Utilities 300.00
SmaLl Tools 250.00 Retirement Liability 150.00
Office Expense 150.00 Misc. 0per. Sup. & Exp. 550.00
Water-General: Retirement Liability 320.00
Misc. Mtce. & Operation 1,180.00
Com'l: Misc. Diaint. & Op. 1,5o0.00
Wharf: Insurance & Bonds lO0.00 Fuel & Utilities 100.O0
Cemetery: Rep. & Mtce. Bldg & Gr. 165.00 Insu~,ance 15.00
Gas, Oil & Repairs 150.00
Garage: Rep. Bldgs. & Grds. 275.00 Ins. & Bonds 140.00
Retiremen~ Liability 135.00
Library: Car Expense 195.00 Library Supplies 195.00
ProI'essional Meetings 80.00 Retirement Liability 80.00
Park &Rec: Auto Expense 100.00 Insurance 520.00
Utilities 400.00
Misc. Fees & Costs 20.00
Attorney: Litigation & Ct Costs 57.50 Periodicals'& Dues 57.50
CAPITAL OUTLAY:
Polices Automotive Equipment 194.20
Police-Traffic~A~oEquipment 194.20
Shop & Radio Eqpt. 400.00 Cars & Cycles 400.00
Water-Supply Add'l Watershed Lds 4,500.00 Reforestration & Prot o£ 1,000.00
Watershed
Auto & Utility Eqpt. 3,500.00
Water Diet: Elevated Tanks 20,000.00 Meters 14,500.00
Main EXt. NewAreas 6,550.00 Stores 1,000.00
Serv. Conn. Mat'l & Sup 9,500.00
Lead,Rings,Oakum, Etc. 50.00
Auto & Util Eqpt. 1,500.00
Water Sew~ Disp Laboratory Eqpt. 250.00 Misc. Equipment 250.00
Mayor Kean expressed the opinion that perhaps the several departments
were not keeping within their budgets which might be the reason for so many
transfers o£ appropriations at the end oi' the year.
Mr. McGowan explained the reasons for the tmansI'ers within the budget.
Mr. Wheaten and ~rs. Haddon both expressed the opinion that they thought
it was oecause as little as possible was budgeted l'or the dii'ferent departments
when the budget was adopted.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to pass the Resolution , carried as follows:
Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Ha, don, Yes. Mr. Wheaten, Yes.
Clerx read Ordinance No. 1952 "An Ordinance providing I'or the abandor~aent
oi' all unexpended I'~ds appropriated in the 1~ol budget, except certain
designated funds, and providing that certain designated funds shall be carried
forward and remain in full force and eI'fect and be held available for the
purpose oi' such budgetary appropriation, and declaring an emergency."
Notion by ~r. Wheaten and I.{r. Kean to pass Ordinance No. 19~ carried
u~a~imously.
December 28, 1WS1 (Cch't)
City Clerk McGowan reported the bond covering all City Employees, except
those few covered individually, is due again on the first oI' the year and Wang
Investment Company has had and should continue to have this bond because they
are giving us a very good price on it.
Mr. McGowan recommended that ~he Blanket Bond on City Employees be
taken out from the Wang Investment Company.
Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon to concur in the recommendation,
carried.
City Clerk McGowan reported that he had written letters to the bonding
companies extending the bonds for the Elective Officials.
City Cler~ read letter, dated December 24, 1951, extending greetings of
the Yuletide Season to the Mayor ~nd City Commissioners from the Kitsap County
Fair Association, signed by E. C. Searle, President.
Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Wheaten to note contents and file, carried.
Clerl~ reported that the petition requesting a corsswalk on Burwell Street
between Pacific and Washington Avenues, which had been referred to Captain Phillips
of the Traffic Division had been returned.
Clerk read recommendation from T. K. Phillips, Captain Traffic, that
if the Council approves this crosswalk, it be made between 235 and 23B Burwell.
Captain Phillips attended the meeting and when question advised that
in placing the crosswalk at this p2rtioular place, driveways could be
utilized and it would necessitate the removal of only one parking meter while
placing it at any of the other requested places would mean the removal of six
or eight meters. Captain Phillips further advised that the crosswalk would
cost the City 4 or 5 hundred dollars to install.
~otion by Mr. Kean and ~r. V~eaton to concur in the recommendation
and direct the Traffic Department to remove one meter and mark off the street
as r eq~ired, carried.
Mayor Keen asked what disposition should be made oi' the application
by James W. Bryan, Jr. for a kennel license and Mr. Wallace turned the papers
over the City Clerk with the observation that as long as Mr. Bryan has assured
the Council that his is not a commercial operation there were no obJection~
to issuing the license as requested.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaten to approve the application for a
kennel license, carried°
Mayor Keen obs~rved that if and when the Police Department and the
Dog Catcher decided it was a commercial operation that will be a different
matter.
Attorney Wallace read the agreement with the Bremerton Sun and the City
of Br merton for official publications for the year 1952 and indicated that
the contract, or agreement, sho~ld read "IT IS FURTHER UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED
that the party of the second part will deliver to the office of the City Clerk,
four copies of each issue of said newspaper free, during the ±ifetime of this
contract."
The City Clerk assured him that this wo~d be done.
~Ir. Wallace, City Attorney, reported that it had been brought to his
attention that cases for trial, which should be tried in Municipal Court, have
been transferred to the Justice Court, without his knowledge, and with
a subsequent loss in revenue to the City.
Mayor Kean replied that this had been done with his knowledge and consent
and a meeting was arranged between Attorney Wallace, Mayor Kean, Judge Jo~msen
and those members of the Police Department concerned in which to talk it out
and come to some sort of a satisfactory conclusion.
The matter o£ a rug for the Mayor's Office and the possible cleaning of
the City Hall was discussed by those present, in or,er to utilize money
budgeted ~'or that purpose in the 1WS1 budget. Mr. ~cGowan reported that bids
were not called for the rug for the Mayor's office due to a lack of specifications
Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Wheaten to adjourn, carried,
A?PRO'~ED:
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