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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/16/48 June 16, 1948 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Nayor's office at the City Hall at ten o,clock A.N. Wednesday, June 16, 1948. Nayor Kean presiding ~ith the following being present: Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the City Treasurer. Notion by Nr. Kean and Nr. Gorst to approve the minutes of the previous reg- ular meeting as written, carried. Clerk read.reports of separations for: Linda V. NcPhee, LeRoy Natthews and Ernest K. Shaw. Notion by Nr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the foregoing separations, car- ried. Clerk read notices of employment for: Roy R. Kraft, Sauitation helper at $1.Z3['.per hour; Patti J. Serry and Larry to. 0'Neal, p~rt-time leaders for the Recreation Department at $1.00 per hour; Myrl R. Snyder, extra labor,~ Water De- partment at $1.26 per hour; Virginia N. Weeks, extra labor, Treasurer's office at $1.00 per hour and Joseph Hewitt, fireman 2/c at $242.00 per month. Notion by Nr. Gorst and Nr. Kean to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments of th~ foregoing, carried. Clerk read change in pay status for Ted Avery, extra help, Street Department at $1.35 per hour and Farrell N. Johnson, extra hel~, Street Department at per hour. Notion by Mr. Gorst and Nr. Kean to approve the changes in pay, carried. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer,' advising that it is con- sidered advisable to change the wiring of the hot water heaters in the Capitol Hill and Nanette Fire Stations so that electricity can be purchased on Schedule "6" in- s~tead of Schedule "20''~ thereby effecting considerable saving for the Girly in power costs. Further advising that a bid had been received from the contractor and a price of $?5.00 has been submitted. Nr. Severance recommended that the chauge be made provided that this change will not require an adjustment'of time Ibr comple- tion of the contract. Notion by Nr. Kean and Nr. Gorst to concur in the reconmnendation of the City Engineer and approve the change order, carried as follows: Nr. Kean, Yes. Nfs. Haddon, Yes. Nr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, recommending that cer- tain street names be changed as follows: Whitney Avenue between l~th Street and Anderson Cove, ~o Bloomington Avenue; Taft Avenue, North of 19th Street, to Bloom- ington Avenue; Cedar Way to 19th Street; Edwards Street to 25th Street and Clay Street to 26th Street; Eurther ~ecommending that the City Clerk notify the Postal Department of such changes if approved. Notion by Nr. Kean and Nr. Gorst to approve the recommendations and refer the matter to the City Attorney for the preparation of the necessary ordinance, carried. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, regarding the petition to vacate the alley in Lot I of Block 2 of Decatur Acre Tracts, which had been referred to him by the Council for checking an~ recommendation, recommending that the petition be denied as Scott Avenue dead ends at l~th and the right of way for ~ttt Avenue between 13th and 14th has not as yet been procured. Notion by Nr. Kean and Nr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the Eng- ineering Department and deny the petition, c~rried. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, C~y Engineer, advising that plans and specifications have been prepared for the improvement of Water Works property at the Southwest Corner of Elizabeth Avenue and l~th Street as per instructions by the City Council; the estimated cost will be $8,000.00. Nr. Severance recommended that this job be advertised and bids be called for the 7th of July, 1948. Notion by Nr. Gorst and N~. Kean to approve the recommendation and instruct the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to issue a call for bi~s, carried. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City E~gineer, regarding the petition for vacation of part of Highway 21 which h~d been referred back to him for more information. Revised sketch of theproperty in question was submitted for consider- ation. Notion by Mr. Kean and Nfs. Haddon to approve the petition made by Nr. Nurley as recommended by the City Engineer, carried. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, submitting the prelim- inary assessment roll, pland and a list of the real and improved valuations in June 16, 1948 (Con't) Local Improvement 9istrict No. 236 composed of Callow, Montgomery and Olympic Avenues, and advising that notices were mailed to the reputed owners on June 10, 1948 in conformity with the State Laws. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, submitting the prelim- inary estimate for the improvement of Callow Avenue from 9th Street to 15th Street in the ~mount of $19,625.25. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, submitting the prelim- inary estimate for the improvement of Montgomery Avenue, in the amount of $20, 264.50. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, submitting the prelim- inary estimate Ibr the improvement of Olympic Avenue from Burwell to 6th Street in the amount of $3,772.00. Contents were noted and ordered filed. Clerk read letter from John J. McPherson, Secretary-Examiner Of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Bremerton, advising that that body is becoming alarmed by the number of City Employees who are resigning to accept other positions or to go into business for themselves and recommending thao the CiSy Council make a study of the City's resources and if at all practicable, grant a cost-of-living increase to the employee's of the City. The City Attorney advised that the only thing that would Justify an over all raise would be an emergency. Mayor Kean advised that it was his personal belief that persons resigning gave this as an excuse to mask the real reasons and he could see no emergency at this time. Motion by Mayor Kean and Commissioner Gorst to refer the matter to the Commit- tee of the Whole for study and discussion with the Civil Service Conmnission and the City Clerk be instructed to notify the Council members of the next Civil Ser- vice Commission meeting, carried. Clerk read letter from E.L. Phelps, Trustee of the Kitsap County Fair Assoc- iation advising that at the June 14th meeting of the Fair Board a ~esol~tion was adopted to request the approval of the City Council for permission to erect a tem- porary building on City property adjacent to the Civic Recreation Center for the use of the commercial exhibition this year and relocate on the pe~nanent site when such a site is acquired. The temporary ~ite desired is directly north of the Civic Center adjacent to the alley on the proposed swimming pool site. Mayor Kean advised that Mr. John Danielson had talked with him about this yesterday and he would have no objections to the erection of this building but there should be some limits as to how long the building should stay there. It was his understanding that a tentative agreement had been made by the FAir Board with the School Board for storage purposes after the fair. When the permanent site is selected the building could be moved from this site to the permanent location. It was Mayor Kean's opinion that the proposal should be tentatively ,approved but leave it optional for the vacation of the building and site at a certain time. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that we announce our willingness to cooperate in the erection of this type of building providing it complies with the building code and other restrictions; the location and any agreement to be negotiated by the Fair Board aud the Council on a temporary basis, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the PM'chasing Agent recommending that the bids for fuel, stove and diesel oils for the year commencing July 1, 1948 be awarded as fol- lows: award contract to Lent's for furnishing stove and diesel oil and to Lofthus Oil Company for furnishing fuel oil. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent and award the bid to Lent's and Lofthus, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read telegram from Warren G. Magnuson, United States Senator, advising that the house of Representatives just passed S 418 for control of water pollution. The City Attorney was instructed to ascertain Just what S 418 contained. Contents of the telegram were ordered noted and filed. Clerk read letter from Andrew Pendergast, Superintendent of the Park and Re- creation Department, advising that the Park Depart~ent has in it's possession 250 used cement blocks which are in fair condition and for which the Department has no use and recommending that the blocks be sold to the best interests of the City. He further estimated the value of the blocks to be approximately $25.00. Motion by Mr. Kean &nd Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of Mr. Pen- dergast and refer ~e matter to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to dispose of the blocks in the best interests of the City, carried all members voting Yes. Mayor Kean suggested that the Purchasing AgBnt make a survey of the different Departments to see if they could be used by the City before advertising them gen- erally. June 16, 1948 (Con't) Clerk read letter from Ernest Yett, Fire Chief, ~igned by D.B. Floyd ad- vising that they had been informed that five poles which had been used for drills must be removed from the Dormitory Grounds at 18th Street and Warren Avenue, fur- ther advising that the contractor would remove the poles for the wood that is in them, and further advising that the poles might be used by some other Department of the City. Following ~ discussion, in which it was brougt~t out that Mr. Hatfield has stated that he can and will remove the poles,the matter was referred to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent for further action in removing and seeing that the poles were used, on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gor~t Clerk read letter from Louis A. Johnson, ltl1 No. c.ambrian, city, protesting the City 0r(~nance which requires that e~ch property owner must provide cans for the collection of garbage, and pay a fee for it's removal each month. Mr. John- son stated that he uses all his garbage and dem~anded that the money he has paid f for the service in the past be refunded to him. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the matter to the City Attorney and the Commissioner of Finance for recommendation, carried. Clerk read circular letter from the Dep~rtment of U.S. Engineers announcing the proposed building of a dam at Hells Canyon and requesting that the City Council make this information available to the press and any ot~er interested parties. Mayor Kean expressed the opinion that this was to give anyone an opportunity to protest the building of the dam, but believes it is to the interest of the Pac- ific Northwest to have the dam built. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to note contents and make available to the press, carried. Clerk read notice from the Association of Washington Cities advising that a telegram had been sent to all Congressmen from the State of Washington protesting "HR 6777" and advising that if the City thought it advisable they could also send such a wire. The City Attorney advised that since then he had learned that the bill had passed the House but not the Senate aud believed that the City should leave the matter up to those people interested in it and who might benefit by not passing the bill, but didn,t think the City was concerned with it ode way or another. Mayor Kean and the other Commissioners agreed with him. Contents were noted. Mr. Severance, City Engineer, appeared before the Council with an appraisal by Mr. Fulmer on building and land adjacent to Evergreen Park in the amount of $23,000.00 and advised that the owner was asking $23,500.00. Mr. Severance re- ported that the City has alwaEs been interested in obtaining this property. Mr. Severance presented a sketch of the area for the consideration of the Council. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the matter to the Committee of the Whole for consideration with Mr. Vaa with an eye towards a future space for an automobile pool, carried ell members voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No.~ 1785, second reading, declaring the need for the condemnation of certain real property in the City of Bremerton for street purposes, directing condemnation of said property and payment of Just compensation therefor. Motion by Mr. Gc~st and Mr. Kean to pass the ordinance on second reading, carried as follows: M~ Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. Nutter, City Treasurer, recommended calling for bids for property list for the E~gineer's Office and location index on the new Snyder area. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation and instr- ucting the City Clerk to issue a call for bids, carried. Mr. Nutter advised the Council that several persons had been in to o~ain permits for taxicabs under the new Ordinance, and was assured~by the City Attor- ney that ~he Ordinance did not go into effect until July l, 1948 and any lic- enses issued now would come under the old ordinance. Mayor Kean recommended a careful check being kept on applications for new cabs in order that the number will not be increased too rapidly; some restrict- ions should be exercised by the Council in order to control the number of cars. The City Attorney reported that $200.00 of the $400.00 owed ~my Mr. Ludwig to the City had been collected and Mr. Ludwig was in the act of securing a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Company and would pay the remainder when the loan was received, approval of the loan was expected within the next Sen days. Mr. Kean asked what precautions were going to be taken to avoid these situ- ations in the future and suggested approval by the Council of any agreement. Mayor Kean further stated that no agreement should be made by anyone other than the Council. June 16, 1948 (eon't) Attorney Johnsen advised t.qat the easements on the beach property are comfug in slowly. Mr. Johnsen reported that representatives of Harper & Company were here a week ago anc thinks their report would be in now anytime, and had remarked that they would like further infozm~ation from Carey and Associates regarding cost estimates an~ the selling of the bonds. Mayor Kean asked if the Committee was in a position to informs them on this matter, and asked Mr. Severance if Carey had finished or started yet, and was ad- vised by Mr. Severance that they are more concerned with the right-of-way and had not as yet filed with the Land Commission. Mr. Severance further advised that we are waiting on Carey and als0 on Harper & Company. The Attorney advised that Harper & Company have expressed pleasure ~A th the info~mation they are a'cquiring and are taking the construction of the other plant into consideration in their planning. Mr. Severance advised that there is not much to report until the reports are completed and in. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meet- ing and approved by the majority of the Council carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from J.C. Claypool, District Engineer of the State Depart- ment of Highways advising that they are forwarding a print of the existing Brem- erton-Manette Bridge, with the existing right of way outlined in red, and the ad- ditional right of way necessary to acquire for the property reconstruction out- lined in blue. Following a discussion the matter was referred back to the City Engineer and the Co~uuissioner of Public Works for the procurment of further information from the State, on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst. Mayor Kean reporting on the meeting with the South Kitsap Chamber of Commerce re closing the Sanitary Fill at the Head of the Bay, advised that after discussion the matter had been referred to the Committee of the Whole for consideration of a proposed fill. Mr. Gorst suggested an inspection of the proposed fill by the Council. Mayor Kean advised the matter would be discussed wi'th the Health Department this afternoon. Dr. Benham submitted a letter from Arthur L. Ringle, M.D. State Health De- partment, requesting the possible loan of Sanitarians from Kitsap County during the flood emergency. Dr. Berd~am reported that this was being brought up for the consideration of the Council. Mayor Kean advised Dr. Benham that the City will do everything in reason to help out in the flood area and the Council will cooperate in any way we can. NLr. Gorst advised Dr. Benham that the City has a portable chlorination plant which cbdld be made availabZe for emergency use. The City Clerk reported that he would be out of the City for the next ten days on vacation, and would be leaving Friday. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adjourn, carried.