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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/26/49tt0 January 26, 1949 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held Jan- uary 26, 1949 at ten o~clock A.M., in the Mayor's office, City Hall. Mayor Keen presiding; Commissioner Haddon, Connnissioner ~eaton, the City Attorney ahd the City Trea~ttrer being present. Notion by Nn Keen and Mrs. Haddon to approve minutes of regular meeting of Jan~uary 19, 1949 as written carried. Clerk read notice of separation for Fay Wethern, Clerk, Municipal Court. Motion by Mr. Keen and Nfs. Heddon to approve the separation as read carried. Notices of change in pay status wes reed by Clerk for Vic Cleland ~nd Harold 0. Webster, Park ~nd Recreation, to $1.~0 per hour. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon to approve the changes in pay status as read carried. Clerk read changes in pay status for Water Depart~ent employees as follow~: J~nes Baker, Patrolman, $222.00 per month; Orville Shaw, Meter Repairman, $24~.00 per month; E.R. Waller, Senior Meter Reader, $26~.00 per mont~; Nike Sager, Ce- ment Finisher, $1.~ per hour; C.T. Lombard, Storekeeper, $26?.00 per month. Motion by ~r. ~eaton and ~r. Keen to approve the changes in pay status for the ~ater Department employees as read carried. Clerk read payroll voucher for period ended January 15, 1949, Salary ~arr~nt No. 1~105 to 1~98, inclusive, in the sum of Notion by Mr. Keen and Mr. ~heaton to approve the payroll voucher for the above amount carried. Clerk read State of ~ashington Department of Health letter, dated January 21, 1949 from the DiVision ~f Public Health Engineering, Seattle, warning the City of atank repair and cleaning firm, operating in Idaho and Oregon, which has induced many to~ns to spend large sums of money for unnecessary "repairs" to their elevated tanks. Enclosed ~ith the letter ~as in£ormation to use as a guide for proper inspecting, repairing and repainting of elevated steel water storage tanks, standpipes and reservoirs. ~otion by ~r. Keen and Mrs. Haddon to note contents very briefly and refer to the Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities carried. Clerk presented the Monthly Consolidated Activity Report'of the Bremerton Kitsap County Health Department for 'December 1948. ~otion by Mr. Kea~ and Mr. ~eaton to note ~ ntents and make a matter of record in the City Clerk's files carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 682 as follows: ~HEREAS, the assessment roll for Local Improvement District No. 2~8 pro- viding for the assessment to pay the improvement of Nipslc Avenue between E. lath Street and E. 16th Street has been filed ~ith the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that Wednesday, the 23rd day of February, 1949 at 10:00 o'clock A.M. of sai~ day at the Council Chambers at the City Hall of the City of Bremerton be and the same is hereby fixed as the time and place for the hearing upon said assessment roll and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of the time andplace of said hearing to all persons who may desire to object to such assessment roll to make such objections in writing and file same with the City Clerk at or prior to the date fixed for such hearing, by properties whose name appears upon said assessment roll, by mailing a notice thereof at least fifteen (lB) days before the date herein set ~or such hearing to such owner or reputed owner at the address of such owner as shown on the tax rolls of the County Treasurer for the property described on said list and shall further give notice of such hearing by publishing such notice at least five (5) times in the official newspaper, the last publication of which shall be at least fifteen (lS) days prior to the date herein fixe~ for said hearing. The above-mentioned improvements include construction of a sanitary sewer, together with the doing of any and all other work in connection therewith. Motion by Mr. Wheaton ane Mr. Kean to pass the resolution carried all mem- bers voting Yes. Letter from the Department of Highways, dated January l~, 1~49, was. read by Clerk, requesting that an enclosed Iorm be completed and returned on street operations of the City for 1949. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Kean to refer the communication to the Com- missioner of Publin Works and Utilities and the City Engineer carried. January 26, 1949 (Con't) Clerk read letter dated January 18, 1949 from the Fire Chief asking per- mission to declare a list of items as surplus. The items listed were hose, boots, pants, coats, hot water heaters, office desk, chair, life net, switches, transform- ers, gasoline pump, air tank and Ford rear-ends. Motion by Mr. Kean and Hrs. Haddon to concu~ in the recommendation of the Fire Chief to declaB surplus and to declare the items surplus or Junk and refer the mat- ter to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent for disposal to the best interest of the City carried. Mayor Kean suggested that all departments go over their inventories and see if any items sh'ould be declared surplus and, if so, to submit a list for disposal. The City Treasurer, George Nutter, reported that he has contacted the Commis- sioner of Public Lands regarding payment of assessments on Highway 21 and if the Legislature sees fit will get payment oi' the assessments; if not, will probably have to write them ol'f. This is part of the list Ralph Davisson, State Exam~iner, left for the Treasurer to get cleaned up. There are only a few small assessments outstanding anG have most of them cleaned up now. This is all tot e cleaned u~ in connection with previous examination by Mr. Davisson. The Cit~ Attorney presente~ a lease which he had prepared between the City and the Bremerton Baseball Club for Roosevelt Field during 1949 baseball season. He explained that the only change in the lease for this year is that the lessee shall pay to the City a rental equal to 5% of the total paid a~hnissions until there have been 75,000 paid admissions, an~ thereafter to pay 10%. Last year the lease stip- ulated 5% until there were 65,000 paid admissions. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the lease and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign carried. The City Attorney presented a bill he had prepared at the request oI' Mayor Kean for submission to the legislature. This bill, if passed, woul~ secure for Bremerton an anount of $44,410.84, as well as smaller sums to several other cities and towns. The City Attorney suggested that the Council pass a motion in support of the Mayor's opinion that the bill should be presented to the Legislature. Mayor Kean recited the background of the bill and stated it was to b e given to John Homer of the Executive Committee of the Association of Washington Cities first, I~or any changes he might consider advisable before presentation to the Leg- islature. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Hamdon to throw such a bill in the hopper through our own Kitsap County Legislators anm the Clark County Legislators and see what comes oi' it carried. Mayor Kean asked if there'was anything to report on the proposed alterations in the City Hall offices and Mr. Wheaten stated his department~was just about ready to bring in 6he data. Mrs. Haddon stated she believed the departments that were benefiting by the changes should help to pay the costs inasmuch as her City Hall Budget did not con- tain suLficient appropriations to cover the cost of changes and she did not desire to ask for an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented ii' approved by a majority of the Commissioners carried. MaYOr Kean reported that the Health Board had met and selected the second Wednesday of each month at'2:15 P.M. in the Mayor's olTice as the new meeting time of the Health Board. Mayor Kean inquired as to the progress of the North Perry Avenue Water Dis- trict matter and Mr. Wheaton reported the District's engineer is getting~ready to call for bids and the Water Superintendent should have the in£ormation available as to costs of water. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to adjourn carried.