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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/12/48 May 12, 1948 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Mayor's office at the City Hall at 10:00 otclock A.M., Wednesday, May 12, 1948. Nayor Kean presiding with the following being present: Commissioner Haddon and City Attorney Johnsen. Commissioner Gorst being absent on city business in Boise, Idaho. Treasurer Nutter being ill. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the minutes of the previous reg- ular meeting as written~ carried. Mrs. A.R. Eubanks, 302 Lafayette South, appeared before the Cotzucil to protest the denial Of their claim against the City for alleged steam damage to their house. Mrs. Eubanks read a statement prepared by her regar~ing the decision of the insur- ance Gompany against their claim and advised the Council she would carry the mat- ter further and publish her letter in the City paper. Mr. Kean advised Mrs. Eubanks that the Commissioner of Pubiic Works will be notified on his return to the' City and he will no doubt investigate and the opinion might be changed. He further advised ~rs. Eubanks ~at the City is governed by the decision of the Insurance Company. Mrs. Eubanks withdrew. Clerk read reports of separations for: James C. Suddath, Willie Zetty, John Brenesk, Myrl R. Snyder, Ivan L. Kvistad and Glen Smestad. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the separations of the foregoing, carried. May 12, 1948 (Cch't) Clerk read notices of employment for: 0rin Bedard, extra help in the Janitor Department, ~1.25 per hr.; Francis C. Grady, Sanitation helper, ~1.33 per hr.; Andy Christensen, extra help, Park and Recreation, $1.25 per hr., Edith E. Dunlap, Office help, $t.00 per hr., Water Department. I~otion by [~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon t o approve the temporary non-civil service appointments of the foregoing, carried. Clerk read copy of letter to the Governor from the East Bremerton Improvement Club advising that a resolution was being fo~ard~d to him and other public offic- ers re~arding and urging the repair of the [d~ett~' bridge ~d approaches. Clerk read ~py of resolution. Mayor Ke~ ordered contents noted ~d filed. Clerk read circular letter and corrected copy of circular letter from the Dis- trict ~gine~r, Seattle, authorizing construction~of submarine sewerline across Port Washington l~arrows, Sewer Outfall, Port Washington Narrows and Sewer outfall Sinclair Inlet at West Bremerton. Motion by I~r. K~m and I~[ra Haddon to note contents and refer to the City Engineer, carried. Clerk presented a~plication for card room at the Last Chance Tavern, which had been read at last regular meeting ~d referred to the Chief of Police for study and reco~endation, now disapproved by the Chief of Pollc~. ~[otion by Mr. Kean ~d 5Irs. Haddon to concur in the reco~endatton of the Chief of Police ~d refuse the application, carried all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Edgar D. Smith, Co~y Auditor, by Robert G. C~neron, Deputy, again calling the attention of the City 'o~cil to the existing agreement relative to the burning of refuse at the garbage d~p at Gorst ~d advising it is their understanding that burning should not ~ pe~itted. Motion by ~r. Ke~ ~d ]',~rs. Haddon to note contents ~d re,er to the Super- intendent of the Sanitation Department carried. Clerk read letter from C.C. Casad, Water Superintendent, to Mr. Gorst advis- ing that Lent's, ]'.Iech~ical Contractors, requested the loan of pipe for use in the City of bh~lton ~dpromising to replace the lo~ by the First of July, 1948 and enclosing a personal check in the ~no~t of $700.OO. Mr. Casad reco~ended the loan. The ori~inal letter from Lent's to Mr. Casad making the request was QKWd by ~r. Gorst before leaving the City. The City Attorney advised that Lent's check should either be certii'ied or a bank draft secured in place of the personal ~eck. ~,Iotion by Mr. Kean ~d Mrs. Haddon to concur in the reco~endation of the Com- missioner of Public Works ~d the Water Superintendent ~d grant the loan, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. ~,Irs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from the North Side Improvement Club requesting that the City Co,oil inform ~em of the progress that has been made on ~e request for ~- nexing the "fill" to Evergreen 'ark since the petition was ~rst submitted in Nov- ember of last year. Follo~ng d~scussion by the Co--oil it was decided~ quite definitely, that the property was already the property of the Park Department ~d the letter was refer- red, on motion by Lit. Kean ~d ~,[rs. Haddon to the City Clerk to contact ~e City Engineer, for specific information, and then reply to the Northside ~provement C1 ub. ~r. Kean remarked that if the status of the fill isn't clear this will ~:et it cleared up. 'Clerk read copy of a letter f'rom the North Side Improvement Olub to ~he Brem- erton Sun inforrain~ the Sun of the proceedings of the Club meeting on ~vIay 5, 1948. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. tIaddon to note contents ~d file, carried. Clerk read 0rdin~ce No. 1775~ second reading, relatin[] to sick leave z~o'r City employees and wor~xen's compensation received by City ~ployees while on sick leave. Motion by Mr. Kean and [~rs. Haddon to pass the ordinance, carried. Clerk read General Claim Voucher for Payroll Period ending April 30, 19~8' in tile ~ao~t of ~36,761.96. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~.frs. Haddon to approve the voucher, carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Absent. The City Attorney reported that the claim of Howard against the City for d~- ages resulting when the ~ewer backed up in~ their' basement and upon which a suit for ~1,000.00 had been instituted has been settled for ~300.00 ~d the action is to b~ ~]ropped. The City Attorney reported that the ~n~nde case already has' been decided by Judge Sutton u~avorably for the City but it is impossible at this time to tell what the effect of his decision will be. The Attorney further stated that there are one or two points he has not determined and these will be decided within th~ n~xt few days. May 12, 1948 (Cch't) The City Attorney reported that he had prepared a tenative ordinance relating to card rooms and card tables for the consideration of the Council. The City Attorney advised he had heard nothing from ~IcLeod, the oil dealer, regarcLing his attitude toward the proposed oil ordinance but will call him soon. Mrs. Itaddon reported that she has been checking on the work at Eastpark and about half the tenants have sifpued for water and garbage at this time. Mayor Kean reported that a short time ago the Treasurer had made a report re- garding the Roosevelt and ].!~ergreen Park property and will make recommendations re- garding transfer of property to tile correct ~lepart~ent soon. Mayor Kean reported that after discussion of the matter of a letter to Homer Jones regarding payment in lieu of taxes, with ~r. Searle, it was decided that there was nothing in the letter to require that a letter be written to ~,~r. Jones and the matter would be dropped. Mayor Kean, reporting on his trip to Salt Lake City, advised it was a conven- tion of the eleven western states and the purpose of the convention was to discuss the financing ,of the ~merican Municipal Association on a national scale so that they can deal with Congress on the same level as the Association of Washington Cities Mayor Kean further commented that the resolution, which had been prepared by the City Attorney for presentation at the Convention had been approved unanimously. The resolution pertains to payments in lieu of taxes on Federally owned property. Mr. Kean further con~aented that,under the discussion of Civilian Defense he had suggested that as he believed this to be a local function it should be set up on a local level with the Government advising what should be prepared against. Mayor, Kean reported that he had been informed thah the State Highway Depart- ment would repair the ~;Ianette bridge with the money that has been allocated for that purpose, approximately :i~750,000.00. Mayor Kean reported that the Association of Washington Cities would hold their convention in Spokane next week and that he was attending in company ~ th Attorney Johnsen and either Mr. Wyckoff or Mr. Vaa from the City Clerk's office. He further advised that as the Rhodendron Festival was being held that week and they have re- quested a representative of the City be present that either Mrs. Haddon or Mr. Gorst would attend. Mayor Kean reported that he is a trending a milk inspection meeting in Seattle on Friday at 10:00 o'clock Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meet- ing and approved by the majority of the Oouncil, carried as follows: Mro Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Absent. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to recess tmtil 3 P.M. Tuesday, May 18, 1948 carried. APPI~ VED: City C~rk Mayor May 1S, 1948 Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was reconvened in the Mayor's office at the City Hall at 3 P.~., Tuesday, May 18, 1948. Mayor Kean presiding with the following being present: Commissioner Haddon, Commission- er Gorst, the City Treasurer and the City Attorney. Clerk read letter from E.C. Searle, Executive Director, of the Itousing Auth- ority of the City of Bremerton, enclosing the origlnal and one copy of the Deed of Dedication covering all of the roads, municipal and public areas within Sher- idan Park, known as Project WASH. 45-049; requesting acceptance by the City Council and the return of one copy to that office; instructing the original be filed with the County Auditor and requesting that the date, book and page of recording ~e for- warded to him. Clerk read Deed of Dedication. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the Mayor be authorized to sign the Deed of Dedication and that the Deed be referred to the City Clerk for compliance with enumerated requests, carried all members voting Yes. Copy of the Deed was signed and turned over to Mr. Saunders of the Housing Authority who was in attendance. Clerk read reports of separations for: Matthew DeJoseph, extra help at the Cemetery, Edward E. Bray, Secretary Field Nan, Engineering Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read notices of employment for the following: Farrell M. Johnsen, ex- tra help at the Cemetery, ~1.~5 per hr.; Janice E. Haner, temporary elerk in the Mayor's office at ~175.00 per month and Paul S. Challender, extra help at the Cem- etery, at ~1.~5 per hr. Motion by ~. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments of the foregoing, carried. Clerk presented expense claim vouchers from Mr. Gorst, Mr. Severance, Mr. Casad, Henry Eckland and Mr. Hatfield for expenses incurred on the trip to Boise Idaho for the Water Works Convention. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the expense claims, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Claim for Damages from Mrs. Clifford 01son, 131 So. Wycoff for dam- ages done to basement by water running down driveway into basement,in the amount of ~30.80. Motion by ~r. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to refer the Claim for Dmnages to the City Attorney for further action, carried. Clerk read application for Taxicab Stand at 820 Burwell, in front of the Cas- ino by Robert F. Guy, 103 N. Montgomery. Notion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to refer to the Chief of Police for study and reco~.muendation, carried. Clerk presented General C~im ¥oucher from the County Treasurer for the City's portion of Public Health for the year 1948 in the amount of ~24,599.00. Mayor Kean advised that he had received this a few days ago and had turned it over to the City Auditor for investigation and recomm~endation; ~r. Vaa had called the County Auditor and had been assured that the Public Heslth Fund ~as in good shape and reco~mmended paying only half the amount of the voucher. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~Ir. Gorst to approve the voucher in the amount of t~12,~99.50 or 50% of it, carried. The City Clerk anno~naced that the Fire Chief had been inquiring when bids would be called for oil burners, etc., but as these specifications had been refer- red · to the City Engineer and have not yet been approved by h~m, the call for bids would be issued when the specifications were returned. Clezk read letter from Thomas B. Hill, Washington State Reclamation Associa- tion, 3119 Arcade Building, Seattle, requesting details of the proposed City Manager plan. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer thematter to the City Clerk with in- structions to comply with the request, carried. Clerk read letter from Donald E. Williams, ll3V Naval Avenue, accompanying petitions, si~ed by 754 voters of the City of Bremerton, requesting that Ordinan- ce 1772 b~ either repealed or referred to the electorate of the City at the forth- coming election. Clerk read copy of Ordnance 1772. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the petition to the City Clerk with instructions to check the names against the registration rmcords and ~ertify to the City Coun~l the legality of the signatures, carried. Clerk read letter from F.M. Veatch, District Eugineer of ~e Geological Sur- vey, Surface Water Division, 207 Federal Building, Tacoma, Washington, to Mr. Casad, Water Superintendent, advising! that the present cooperative agreement between the Geological Survey and the City of BremerDon expires on June 30, 1948 unless it is renewed by an exchange of letters. Clerk read suggested draft of letter of agreement providing for cooperative May 18, 1948 (eon't) investigation of the surface water resources of Kiesap and Mason Counties, with the City of Bremerton agreeing to provide for the continuation of the work to the extend of i~1,650.00 during the year July l, 1948 to June 30, 1949. Clerk read letter from C.C. Casad to Commissioner Gorst recommehding that the City ~ouncil approve the renewal of the agreement and also approve the pro- vision to include the necessary additional fm~ds in the 1949 budget to carry on this work. Notion by Mr. Gorst and l~r. Kean to concur in the rec~nendation and approve the cooperative agreement between the Geological Survey and the City of Bremerton, carried, all members voting Yes.' The City Attorney reported that we have settled the claim against C.L. Wilson in the sm~ount of $37.80 for d~rmge done by him to a street light and standard on Fourth Street. The City Attorney submitted check in that amount to the City Trea- ~ rero ~otion by Mr. Gorst and ~r, ~ean that the City Treasurer be authorized to accept the check in full payment of the claim, carried. City Attorney read Ordinance No. 17V6 adopting daylight saving time for the City of Bremerton for the year 1948, and declaring an emergency. Motion by ~ir. Kean and Mr. Gorst to pass the emergency ordinance carried as follows: Er. Kean, Yes. ~rs. Haddon, Yes. ~r. Gorst, Yes. City Attorney read proposed ordinance relating to soda fountsins, soft drinks bars and parlors, restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, lunch rooms, cigar stands, card rooms and card tables for hit, prescribing conditions for the issue and~enewal ef &ard room licenses, amending Ordinance No. 749 as amended and repealing Ordinance No. 840. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. ~orst to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Itaddon, Yes. ~r. Oorst, Yes. The City Attorney announced that an attempt had been made to obtain the op- inion of Mr. l~cLeod of McLeod and Duerdon, oil dealers, of the proposed ordinances regulating the selling of oil and the mechanics of oil installations but to date had been unable to talk with him. Er. Johnson repeated that ~r. Lent had expres- sed approval of the proposed ordinances. The City Attorney read proposed ordinance regulating snd licensing the bus- in,ss of selling, installing, altering, repairing and servicing of oil burners ~d oil-burning equipment and providing penalties for the violation thereof. ~otion by ~,~r. Gorst and Mr. Kean to ~ prove the proposed ordinance on first reading carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. l~rs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. City Attorney read proposed ordinance regulating and licensing the business of soiling, storing or distributing liquid fuel oil. ~otion by Mr. ~orst and Mr. Kean to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading, carried all members voting Yes. City Attorney read proposed ordinance relating ~o the installation and use of oil burning devices and equipment and amending Sections ~,7 and l0 of 0rdin- anco No. 1324 of the City of Bremerton. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading carried, all members voting Yes. ~r. Mutter, City Treasurer, reported that he and the City Auditor would like to call a meeting of the Finance Committee the first of the week regarding pro- blems which have arisen in the General Fund ~d investments contemplated in the Water Ftmd. Monday, Nay 24, 1948 at 10:00 A.M., was the date and time set for meeting of the Finance Committee. Mayor Kean announced that a delegation, consisting of ~r. Johnson, ~Ir. Vaa, ~r. Nutter and himself, were attending the annual convention of the Association of Washington Cities being bold in Spokane this week and would be absent from the City. ~r. Wyckoff announced that he might attend on Friday afternoon. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: Mayor