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December 6, 1950
Regular meeting o2' the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington
was held Wednesday, December 6, l~oO at lO:O0 A.M. in the Mayor's Office and
· then after the bids had been opened the Council moved to the Council Chambers
to accommodate the crowd. Acting Mayor Haddon presiding and Con~nlssioner Wheat-
on, City Clerk McGowan, City Treasurer Nutter and City Attorney Wallace being
present. Mayor Kean being absent from the City.
Notion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Wheaton to approve minutes of previous regu-
lar meeting held November 29, 1~50 and recessed meeting held December l, 1950
as written, carried.
Clerk announced it was date and time for opening bids for the sale of logs,
and the purchase of office machine service for 1951 and for official publications
for 1951.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Nr. Wheaten that the bids be opened, carried.
Clerk opened the log bids ~nd read from:
Washington Veneer, ehec~ enclosed for ~1000.00,
Donald W. Lyle & Company, ehec~ enclosed for $8?5.00, ~B?~O.O0.
Barbee Mill Co., check enclosed for $W6~.1~,
~ickm~n Lumber Co., check enclosed, ~980.00, $9800.00.
Robinson Plywood & Timber Co., check enclosed for ~)1o0~.~, $10,0~.~.
Nettleton Timber Company, check enclosed for ~1o23.80, $10,238.00.
Siler Mill, check.enclosed, $1007.44, $10,0V4.39.
Motion by Mr. ~heaton and Mrs. Haddon to sell to the high ~idder, Nettleton
Timber Company, carried.
Clerk opned the bids for office machine service and repair and reas as fol-
lows: Peninsula Stationers, $85~.00, certified check enclosed for $50.00.
Bremerton Office Machine Co., certified check enclosed for $51.00, $1010.O0.
Tri-COUnty~ypewriter Co., cashier's check enclosed for $36.62, $?32.45.
Clerk recommended awarding bid to low bidder.
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. naddon toaward to Tri-County, carried.
Clerk opened bids for official publications andr ead from Kitsap County
News, 60 cents per column i~ch and cash enclosed for $50.00.
Bremerton Sun, $1.00 per column inch $ point Ideal Type; additional bid for
$1.44 per inch type size 6 point, type size to be used as city may desire, and
certified check for $50.00 enclosed.
Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Had~on to ~efer to the Purchasing Agent and
Commissioner of Finance for study and award, carried.
Clerk stated it was time for hearing on prliminary assessment roll for pro-
posed local improvement district for sewers on Summit Avenue et al. Clerk then
read protest letters from Mrs. Rex Robertson and Rex Robertson, 24V Yantic and
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Surface, 231 Yantic, who stated they did not oppose the sewer
but proteste~ the prohibitive cost. Also, they both stated they did not feel
the sewer project would solve the problem of sewage disposal for their area.
The following spoke in favor of the improvement: Ray Greenwood, 203 S.
Summit; ~attie Brook, 149 S. S~nmit; Austin Clark, 209 S. Summit; Lon Roth~eb,
726 N. 43rd, Seattle, who owns property at Coontz and Hartford. Rex Robertson,
who had written one of the protest letters, made verbal protest of the district
along the same lines as set forth in his letter.
Following the discussion, Mrs. Haddon asked the City Clerk to read the ord-
inances approving the maps and plans and ordering the improvement.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1910, "An Ordinance approving and adopting the
maps, plans and specifications for the improvement of Summit Avenue, et al by the
construction of sanitary sewers and providing for the drainage."
Notion by ~r. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to adopt Ordinance No. 1910 carried
as follows: Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Mr. Kean, absent.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1911, "An Ordinance providing for the improvement
of Summit Avenue, et al by construction of sanitary sewers and providing for the
drainage, all in accordance with the maps, plans and specifications on file in
the office of the City Clerk, establishing an improvement district, providing
for the levying of assessments for the payment of such improvement and making
such improvement payable by bonds."
Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mrs. Haddon to pass Ordinance No. 1911, as fol-
lows: Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. ~eaton, Yes. Mr. Kean, absent.
Mrs. Iladdon introduced Miss Eldredge, teacher, Olympic College, who ~n turn
presented her class on Political Science.
Clerk read reports of separation l'or Margaret Milner, Library; and Thelma
DeMent, Park and Recreation Department.
Motion by ~rs. Haddon and Mr. Wheaton to approve the separations, carried.
December 6, 1950 (Con't)
Clerk read notice of employment ~'or ~haron 31ate, Library, 75~ per hour.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Hr. Wheaton to approve the temporary non-Civil
Service appointment, as read, carried.
Payroll voucher was read by Clerx for period ended November 30, 1~50, sal-
ary warrants #26818 to 27116 inclusive, for $36,VV1.16 approved by City Auditor.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Wheaton to approve the ~ucher, carried.
Clerk read claim voucher from Lentts for Estimate No. 4, L.I.D. 2Q2,
$16,V20.25, approved by City Engineer and audited by City Auditor.
Motion by Mn Wheaton and ~rs. Haddon to allow the voucher, carried.
Clerk requested authorization to call I'or bids I'or some new or used tanks
for oil storage for the Street Department; cement supplies, contract not to ex-
ceed 1,O00 barrels; Mr. Wheaton asked for call for bids I'or a new house at the
pump station; Mr. Nutter aske~ I'or call ~'or bids, if found to[~ necessary when
estimates are obtained, for printing stamps for the punch board ordinance.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Wheaton to approve the various calls for
bids, carried.
Clerk stated he M d studied t~tire and tube bids and recommended award on
the Armstrong Brand, lowest and best bid.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and ~r. Wheaton that the City Clerk award the bid to
the lowest and 0est bidder on the tires and tubes, carried.
Cler~ reported awards had been made for a roller to Feenaughty Machi~ ry
Company~ .and on printing, which ~as split to the three bidders on the basis of
lowest item.
Commissioner KlineI'elter oi' Kitsap County Board of Commissioners appeared
before the Council and stated the County Board had appropriated, by emergency,
the sum of $2,500.00 for civilian defense and asked the City Council to ~onsider
an emergency appropriation for the same o~ject, the amount to be based on a
comparative schedule with other incorporated towns and cities in this county.
Mrs. Haddon stated this matter would be taken under advisement and the
City will do all it can at this time.
Clerk read a letter, dated December ~, 1950, i'rom Olympic College, signed
by Dean Elias, inviting the City Council to join the college in International
Neighbor Day on December 18, at whi~atime .sixty students from 25 countries of
the world will be guests. Complete inI'ormation was attached to the letter, Mrs.
S~lvedge z'rom the college made I~rther explanatory remarks.
Clerk brought up for discussion the matter of Burgua who had an accident
with a police car driven by Connors some time ago. City Attorney stated this
mat~er had been mislaid in his office but he would interview Conners and go a-
head I'urther with this case.
Mr. McGowan noted that there is a school election on February 3, 1951, and
i£~ the filing oz' p~titions in connection with the 0usiness and occupation tax
is made in sufficient time it might be possible to hold the City Special on the
same day thereby making a 'savings. Cler~ stated that Mr. Vaahhad asked if the
ordinance would be retroactive to January l, l~51 ii' approved aI'ter that time
by ohe voters and ~r. Wallace gave his opinion that it would not be but that the
charter suspended the ordinance during the period prior to the election, if the
petition was ~'iled before January 1st.
Clerk presented statement l'rom Association o£ Washington Cities for ser-
vice fee Ibr l~S1 of which ~13.00 is I'or 13 one-year subscriptions to Western
City magazine. ~±~e fee is ~3~.00. Clerk said he had brought this statement
in i'or Council approval.
Motion by Mr. ~eaton and ~rs. Haddon to approve the statement, carried.
Clerk reported that he had heard this morning that the resolution proposed
by Mayor Kean has been adopted 0y the American Municipal Association on ~he pay-
ment in lieu of taxes.
Letter was read Oy Clerk from Vern ~arey, 1~06 Thompson, Bremerton, dated
December 2, 1950, addressed to th.e ~ayor and Council, asking ~or permission to
purchase cedar snags from the watershed for the Bremerton Marine Service, 'owned
and operated by Herbert Conners and himself.
Mr. Wheaton advised that the logging operation is shutting down for the
~nter and this particular ~atter along with others of a reforestation nature
would be taken up with the logging operators at a later date.
Clerk read a letter dated December l, 1950, from Superintendent of Water,
December 6, 1950 (Con't)
addressed to Mr. Dave B. Wh aton, Commissioner, attaching re~ est from Puget
Sount Power and Light Company for an easement to cross the Water Department
land at Anderson Creek Pump Station for the purpose oi' bringing electrical ser-
vice to the home of M.A. Rotce. Granting os' this easement will not affect the
operation of the Water Department and Mr. Casad added he could find no object-
ion to the request.
Motion by Mr. ~eaton and Mrs. Haddon to allow the easement, carried.
City Attorney stated that in connection with backup of water on Park Ave-
nue recently, a claim had been filed by Mr. Green for an amoun somewhere over
$100.00. Mr. Wallace stated he had suggested some time ago that someone from
the Street Department go to Mr. Green's residence and investigate the loss claim-
ed, and until he has a report on the actual damage he would have no recommenda-
tion to make.
Er. Wheaton asked the Clerk to turn a copy of the claim over to the City
Engineer so his office could make an investigation.
Er. Nutter reported he was appearing before a civics class at Coontz Jun-
ior High School tomorrow morning to exp~in functions of the City Treasurer's
Office.
Mrs. liaddon commented she had visited 4-H organization yesterday.
Er. Wheaton reported he has a large amount of city equipment on Snyder Ave-
nue today and he is trying to get things straightened up there. Also, stated
somebody with a county truck had dumped a load of rocks on Snyder Avenue which
are in the way and must be moved.
Motion by Ers. Haddon and Er. Wheaton to allow all bills if approved by a
majority of the Commissioners, carried.
Motion by Ers. Haddon and Mr. Wheaton to adjourn, carried.
APPROVED: ~ity Clerk
Acting Mayor