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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/26/50 April 26, 1950 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held Wednesday, April 26, 1~50 at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in the Mayor's Of- lice, City HAL1, Bremerton. Mayor Kean presiding and Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Wheaton, City.Clerk McGowan and City Treasurer Nutter being pre- sent. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve minutes of previous regular meeting of April 19, 1950 as written, carried. Clerk read report of separation for John Kippo, Water Department. Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to approve the separation, carried. Notices o[ employment were read by Clerk for MilI'ord D. Welch, $1.42 per hour, Sanitation Department; Lucius O. Carpenter, $1.25 per horus, Park and Recreation Department; Wilbur Benskin and Ralph J. Jacobs, both $1.42 per hour Sanitation Department. Clerk read change in status for Charles E. McFarlane, $1.42 per hour, Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton to approve the temporary, non-Civil Service appointments and the change in status as read, carried. Application for shufflebowl license at Outside In, 518-4th Street, approv- ed by the Chief of Police, was read by Clerk. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve the application and grant t~e license, carried. Clerk stated he hac a claim for damages filed on April 21, 1~50, an~ had reported it to the insurance company by phone immediately thereafter, aud fol- lowed the telephone conversation up with a written report. Clerk read from the claim that Margaret Neary of 2143 Sixth Street had fallen on the night of March 24, 1950 at the intersection of Sixth and High Streets where the curb- ing and sidewalk are broken and cracked, and that she sprained her left wrist and injured her knees and left arm and shoulder. Claim was for $15.00 for medical expenses to date, loss of wages to date $90.00, physical and mental pain, anguish and suffering $1,500.00. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Ns. ~heaton to refer to the City Attorney, carried. Clerk read letter dated April 18, 1~50 addressed to Gerald C. Yeadon, from National Advertising Company, stating that they would remove the sign for ad- vertising Stewart Motors, Inc. from the watershed, on Highway 14 South of Brem- erton, within the next two weeks to 20 day period. Mayor asked that the letter be noted in the minutes and then filed. Clerk reported that the permit for the Bremerton Motel display sign.to be on the watershed would end its first year on June 21, 1950 and suggested that Mr. Ward be notified to remove his sign at that t~me, if such is the desires of the City. Mr. ~heaton said he woul~ like ~ ta~e this matter up further with Mr. Casad before any action is taken. Letter dated April 21, 1950, was read by Clerk from City Auditor W.R. Vaa to the City Council, stating that the State ~xaminer Lockwood in his report had reco~nended that warrants which were issued in 1945 ane never preser~ed for pay- ment be cancelled. Letter listed the warrants as follows: All in the Salary Fund, Numbers ~?$6,~V57, ~088, ~0~9, ~9 an~ 5061. II' these warrants are later presented for payment vouchers can be made out on the General Fund and a new warrant is- used. Recommended that these warrants be cancelled smd the total m~ount be transferred from the Salary Fund to the General Fund. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~rs. Haddon to concur in the recommendation and order the Treasurer and Auditor to make the changes, carried. Clerk read Change Or,er No. l, from the Bremerton Printing Company on con- tract No. 211. Additions to be made as follows: Item No. 21 increase from ~12.00 to $32.00; item No. 26, increase from $9.90 to $26.70; item No. 27, in- crease from $10.80 to $~9.30. Deletion: Item No. ~8, $10.80. Clerk explained that the °uil~ing Department ha~ not ordered sufficient printed material in these cases to carry through the entire year; and had found t~at they have sufficient forms on hand in the case of the deletion. Clerk also read claim voucher from Bremerton Printing Company for $145.80 approved by the City Auditor, subject to approval of the Change Order by the Council. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve the recommendation and change order and the claim voucher, carried. 397 April 26, 1950 (Con't) Cler~ read claim voucher from Crawford Motors for delivery of two rear axles and four shafts to the City Garage under contract in the amount of $1,190.06. Audited by City Auditor and approved by Clyde Grauerholz. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to approve payment, carried.. Clerk read letter, dated April 25, 1950, from Western Utilities Supply Company, to the City Clerk stating that with reference to their bid for cop- per tubing which was opened April 19th, they wished to change their bid to read, "price on copper tubing firm if accepted and an order Es received by us within two weeks from the date of bid opening." Clerk said that, this firm appeared to be low bidder in copper tubing and that the price of copper tubing is going up constantly. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. naddon to note contents and ma~e the letter a part oS the contract if they are successful bidder, carried. Clerk presented a Bill of Sale and Acknowledgment of Receipt of Float and Release of Rent signed by Hubert C. Blanchard who has been leasing a pod- tion of Second Street Wharf. This bill of sale and release of rent was drawn up by Attorney Marion Garland and Clerk said he hadBpointed out to Mr. Garland that the original lease was signed by both Mr. lanchard and his wife. Mr. Garland informed the Clerk that Mr. Blanchard was the sole ~wner of the Eloat and his sig- nature was sufficient on the bill oi' sale. ~iscussion was held as to whether it would be necessary for Mrs. Blan- chard to sign the Release of Rent form and the Mayor suggested contacting her and having her sign if convenient; however, it was not felt absolutely nec- essary to have her signature. Clerk stated that Mr. Garland had informed his office that the Horluck Transportation Company was interested~ in purchasing the wooden float if it is to be offered for sale. Discussion was held on fixing up t~e wooden float which has a ramp land- ing ~or seaplanes. Mr. Wheaton advised that he could very easily obtain some logs to place under the ramp to raise it out of the water. Mayor Kean caution- ed that the ramp in its present position might be quite dangerous and said that if it could be fixed satisfactor£1y, then the steel barge might be offered for sale as surplus. Mr. Wheaton offered to inspect the wooden I'loat. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the matter to the Commissioner in Charge of the Wharves for a recommendation on the matter of the two floats at the Second Street Wharf, carried. Clerk read letter dated'April 26, 1950, from the City Engineer to the Council recommenming that the request for alley vacation be granted as petition- ed by H. Wischhoefer & Sons in the existing Plat of Wischhoefer Addition to the City. Letter said that Mr. Fulmer and the City J~ngineer have both given tenta- tive approval to a replat of the area wherein these alleys how lie and in order to make such replat it will be necessary to vacate the two alleys. Mr. Wheaton commented that this replat wil[ give a street there. He said that the City is going to have to be very careful in approving these new plats inasmuch as the contractor puts in alleys and streets in very poor condition and b~e owners o1' the new homes immediately demand that they be put in good shape; however, the City Engineer has investigated this request and has ~iven his approval. Mayor commented that the City Council shoUld be very sure that an alley is not needed when a vacation is granted. Motion by Mr. Wheaton mud Mr. Kean to concur in the recommendation and refer to the City Clerk to mat(e the necessary arrangements in compliance with the law, carried. Letter dated April 2V, 1950, from John H~ Short, Chief Accountant, to Mr. D.B. Wheaton, was read by Clerk advising, that the Commercial Office now has on hand approximately 330 addressograp$ name plates covering subscribers for service on the Manette Sewer Utility anm inasmuch as the Council has auth- orized the discontinuance for billing for this service these pla~$s are now surplus an~ should be disposed of as such. Discussion was held as to what might be done with these plates. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton to concur in the recommendation, de- clare them surplus, an~ refer to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to dispose of to the best interest oi' the City, carried. Clerk stated that last week a letter was read by him from the Auditor and Chief Water Accountant recommending that the unallocated portion of the 2oreman's time be prorated among the various departments using the garage on the basis of the number of hours charged to each department. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to concur in the recommendation of the Auditor and Chief Accountant and refer to the City Attorney for amendment to the Garage Ordinance, csrried. 398 April 26, 1950 (Con't) Clerk stated he had received, today, a telegram from Duncan Parking Meter Corporation, asking for advice by return wire II' decision has been made regarding delivery or shipment of meters which are now read~ fo~ de- livery. This matter was discussed and it was disclosed that an answer could not be made immediately as Mr. Wheaton stated he had to ascertain ex- actly how much loa~ the new truck could carry and also find out ii' the GMC Company could deliver the truck to Elgin and have the Eductor installed be- fore the City picked up the equipment. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. ~heaton to refer the matter to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent and Commissioner Wheaton to discuss with Captain Phillips and make further a~rangements on the shipment, carried. Clerk read a letter addressed to the MAyor from the Olympia Centennial Inc., advising of a celebration to commemorate the lOOth anniversary of the State Capitol and inviting representatives from the City of Bremerton ~ at- tend. Mayor stated that on May 1st, the day of the celebration, he is to attend Naval Base ceremonies of turning over command from Admiral Bledsoe anm that he feels this is iraport~t to relations between the Naval Base and the City and he should attend. Discussion was held as to waether anyone should represent the City on that day at Winslow at ground breaking ceremonies for a new ferry terminal. Finally agreed that Mrs. Haddon and Mr. ~neaton would go to Olympia for the Centennial. Mayor said he would write a letter to this effect. Mayor asXed for a report on the proposed Sanitary Fill in Charleston Dis- trict and City Treasurer reported he had received approval from the church which now leaves only three property owners who have not given approval. Mrs. Haddon said she believed Mr. Nutter has done an admirable job on this project and Mr. Kean concurred. Mayor said the next step would be to contact and get approval of adjoin- ing neighbors and perhaps the Sanitation ~epartment could, help in making the contact. Mr. Nutter said he would like to have the help of the City Engineer. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to accept the progress report and re- fei'er bacX to the City Treasurer and Commissioner in Charge of the Sanitation Department and the Health Department and City Engineer, carried. Mayor Kean asked the City Treasurer how the pinball collectioas were com- ing along and Mr. Nutter stated that he,had received from Army Seijas, for one oI' his companies, a remittance for the month of March. Treasurer said fur- tber that he was going to write a letter to Mr. Seijas citing the provisions of the ordinance relating to cancellation oI' licenses, and t~at he was going to inI'orm Mr. Seijas that ii' payments were not orought in he would see that the necessary steps are taken to cancel all his licenses. Mayor Kean stated that in fairness to all the other pinball c~mpanies anm tha~ they might be informed, a copy of the letter should be sent to them. No objection was raised by the Council to the action which the City Treasurer stated he was going to take. Mayor Kean stated for the record that cooperation between the community and the Naval Base is probably at an all time high. Mr. Wheaton reported that he had received three complaints of electrical fenmes in Bremerton and said he was opposed to such fences in the City and wondered what should be done. Mayor co:mmented taat he favored prohibiting them and if there is no ord- inance prohibiting them, then one s~ould be passed. Discussion followed and it was decided that this matter properly csm~e under the Building Department. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to acknowledge the report and re-refer the matter to the Commissioner of Public Works and discuss it with ~he Build- ing Inspector and the City Attorney, carried. ~iayor asked if anything to report on the study She Clerk was to make on the acquisition oi' Manette Playfield and how the property had been dedicated. Clerk reported his records only showed a record of the purchase oi' Tract 18 which had been an outright purchase and not a dedication for park purposes. Mr. Nutter stated that he believed the City either purchased or received by dedication the other tracts~from J.H. Martin. Mr. Nutter said he could con- tact the County and see how the property was recorded. Mayor askem the Clerk and Treasurer to follow through on this. Mayor Kean reported that a letter has gone to the City Planning and Zoning Cor~ission on re-zoning at the Head-of-the-Bay. Clerk stated he gave the City Engineer a letter and excerpts from last Council meeting.minutes. These were addre~se~ to the City Planning and Zoning Commission, Also, Clerk said he gave 4r. Wheaton a copy of the excerpt for pre- sentation to the Kitsap Cotu~ty Good Roads Association. April 26, 1950 (Con't) Mr. '~neaton reported that he had presented the excerpts to ~he Assoc- iation and that they had re-referred to back to him as Chairman of their Planning Committee to take up with the County mum City Planning group~. Mayor Kean asked the Clerk how he was making out with hi-s prospective sale of surplus an~ junk items. Clerk said he ha~n0t advertised yet but thought he would be able to do so soon. Mayor Kean suggested that the Clerk make up a complete list of items and circulate it among the various department heads to see if there are any they could use. Arthur Halvorsem, Route l, Box 21, Poulsbo, appeared before the City Council and stated he is logging on the foety acres south of the- Sanitation property which islocate~ near Kitsap Lake and that he needs access to his operation. He asked permission to use the road which has been partially put in, which is on the Cityts northeast line, and would need to go on this road about 300 or 400 feat. He said there is no timber where the road is to be put in, that he would use his own bulldozer and would clean up after his log- ging operation is complete4. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Wheaton to approve the request and refer to the City Engineer to lay out the road and that any debris made by the logger be cleaned up by him, carried, all members voting yes. Mayor Kean asked Mr. Halvorsen to take a look at the city-owned land there~and see what might be logged off. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills if approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to adjourn, carried. City Clerk Mayor