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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/07/47 ~Y 7, 1947 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Mayor's Office on wednesday, May 7, 1947, at ten o'clock a.m. Mayor Kean presid- ing, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, City Treasurer and City Attorney being present. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve minutes of April 30 and May 3, 1~47, as written, carried. Clerk read Change in Pay Status for the following: Lois Freyd, Library; Dorothy Von Arb, Police; and D. L. Wise, Street. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve Change in Pay Status as read, car- ried. Letter from County Auditor enclosing copy of l~tter sent to Mr. Adams of Roose- velt Hospital regarding hospitalization cawes was read by Clerk. Letter attached was addressed to J. Vinson Adams, Administrator, Roosevelt Hospital, stated there had been some question of payment of hospitalization of cases submitted by Police Depart- ment. County will pay for cases committed by Sheriff if the Welfare Department will not approve. Some cases brought over by the Sheriff ~lll be for the conveniences of Port Orchard and Sheriff has been instructed to inform the hospital of such cases. V~hen a case is committed by the cities, they should be notified clearance through the Welfare Department should be made if the city is not to bear the expense. Signed Edgar D. Smith. There was some discussion on the past method of handling this matter, and it was stated that the past method had not been very satisfactory, and so long as the hospi- tal is no longer operated by the County some other procedure on handling cases would have to be installed. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to note contents and refer the letter to the City Attorney to set up and outline the necessary procedure for the information of the Police Department, carried. Clerk read letter from City Auditor re overtime work for employees. Policy of paying overtime is often criticised by Division of Municipal Corporations. Auditor recommends that present policy be implemented by passage of resolution setting forth policy of limiting overtime work to that required by an emergency, and requesting record be made of emergency necessitating overtime work. Attached resolution and certificate which could be used. Certificate would call attention of Commissioner in charge to emergency involved and would place responsibility for seeing that certlfi- ~ates are executed on Clerk and Auditor. Certificates would be filed for reference during future examinations of city records. Signed Wendell R. Vaa. Resolution was also read as follows: WHEREAS the population of the City of Bremerton is declinging and conditions requiring overtime work have practically ceased to exist, and WHEREAS the interests of the City of Bremerton wi&l best be served by allowing employees to work overtime only in cases of emergency. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that no overtime be worked by any employee of the City of Bremerton except in case of emergency. BE I~ FURTHER RESOLVED that an emergency is defined as a situation wherein overtime is required to protect the health and welfare of the public, or to prevent financial loss to the City. BE IT FURTheR RESOLVED that any overtime worked hereafter must be authorized by the supervisor in charge, with the approval of the Commissioner over his Department, and no payroll which includes overtime is to be approved by the City Auditor, and mo salary warrant which includes overtime is to be issued by the City Clerk unless the payroll on which such overtime appears is accompanied by a certificate, signed by the department supervisor and approved by the Commissioner in charge, setting forth the emergency which necessitated such overtime. MAY 7, 1947 (Cont'd) Mr. Gorst remarked that Mr. Short had been working on a form which would cover the situation, but no resolution, but that he had been planning on having forms printed City Attorney commented he had studied the resolution and form briefly and that the form prepared by Mr. Short had prepared was longer and more complicated, and that the resolution above was in order. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to pass Resolution No. 578, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, yes; Mrs. Haddon, yes; Mr. Gorst, yes. Clerk read letter addressed to Mr. Jack Starbird from City Engineer, re LID No. 231. Letter dated April 2, 1947, and Clerk reported this matter should have been sub- mitted to the Council some time previously. Lette~ stated it is necessary to construct retaining wall along East side of portion of Lot 32 of Tebbet's Decatur Acre Tracts, and gave dimensions for the wall and the length. Asked that bid be submitted per lineal foot for the work. Letter in reply dated April 3 was also read by Clerk, submitting bid for 40 lineal feet at 4.50 per foot, total $180.00. Signed Jack Starbird. City Engineer's letter to Council re LID No. 231, Hayward Avenue, recommending change order be approved provided it will not require an adjustment of time for com- pletion of the contract. Change required in order to properly support the siaewalk. Change order in the amount of $180.00 and when accepted by Owner shall become part of contract subject to all conditions except as modified in the proposal and provided amount of entire contract including change order does not exceed total preliminary ~ssessment. Signed E.S.Severance. Clerk commented this corresponaence had been overlooked until time for the final estimate. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to concur in the recommendation, carried. Mayor remarked that he and the City Engineer had been over looking at t~e Manette Playfield, and had driven up Hayward Avenue and came to a dead end, and thought that dead end streets should be avoided, if possible. Mr. Gorst co~nented that this parti- cular section was outside of the city limits at the time the street was put through, and that it had only come into the city in the last year. General discussion ensued on other dead end streets. Clerk read letter from City Engineer, dated May 2, 1947, re LID 230, Vandalia Avenue between E. llth & E. 16th, final estimate. Letter stated Starbird Construction requested final estimate and itemized total of $9,869.57 less 15%, less Estimate No. i paid, or final estimate to be paid, $3,669.42. Contract is completed and accepted. Fifteen percent retained for 30 days and payment of $~,669.42 recommended. Signed E. S. Severance. Motion by Mr. Gorst anm Mr. Kean that the recommendation be approved, carried. Letter from City Engineer dated Nay ~, 1947, was read by Clerk re LID No. 231, Hayw~rd Avenue from E. 13th to E. 16th, final estimate. Same as above but total of $6,864.21, less 15%, less Estimate No. i paid, recommends payment of $5,254.80, as contract work is completed and accepted. Signed E.S.Severance. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the recommendation be approved, carried. Clerk also read recommendation from City Engineer for payment of $698.32 on LID No. 232, Nipsic Ave. between E. 9th and E. llth, final estimate, as work is completed and accepted. 15% retained. Signed E. S. Severance. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the recommendation be approved, carried. Letter addressed to Mayor and City Council from Oliver I. 01sen, was read by Clork. Letter stated ha has filed Application No. 7666 with State Department of Con- servation and Development, to appropriate small quantity of water from Gorst Creek. Point of diversion will be short distance below Gorst Creek Fump Station. Water to be used only for irrigation of his property. Understands Bremerton Water Department cleam c~eek above pump station and conducts other operations which disturb creek flow and causes silt and dirt to be carried along in the creek. If granted permit will have no objections to any operations of Water Department, and will hold City free and blame- less for any dmnage that might result. Notion by ~r. Gorst and Mr. Kean to file the letter with the Water Department, carried. Clerk read letter from the Department of Game, dated April 24, 1947, which stated they are considerin~ the use of Alexander Lake and Heine Lake in the Bremerton Water- shed as source of cutthroat eggs to supply lakes in Kitsap area. Would follow pro- cedure (1) Elimination by rotenone treatment of all fish in upper Alexander Lake (2) Stock both lakes with cutthroat trout (3) Install fish traps in inlet creeks for spawn- ing take in early spring (4) Close both lakes to fishing. Understand water is not being used at present time for water supply. Do not believe program would interfere with use of lakes to augment present supply. In eliminating fish in Alexander Lake, if deemed desirable at time of poisoning, creek can be made to bypass lake. Product used is rotenone which is harmless to warm-blooded animals and is dissipated in a few days with no lasting effect. Lakes would be closed to fishing and would assist water department in preventing trespass in watershed. Asks opinion of project and will be glad to clarify any points on which information is desired. Signed Don W. Clarke, Director. Mr. Gorst remarked that after the letter was received an opinion was requested from the Department of Health as to such a project. MAY 7, 1947 (Cont'd) ! Letter from Department of Health was read by Clerk, and stated there were no ob- ijections to using Alexander and Heins Lakes as a source of cutthroat eggs provided Bremerton will 0e free to use 0opper sulfate or other algecides should algae become ibothersome. (2) Personnel engaged in collecting spawn exercise all precaution while on ithe water shed. (3) Bremerton not use water from the lakes until the rotenone has en- itirely dissipated. Signed Robert 0. Sylvester, District Engineer. i Mr. Gorst remarked the water could still be used out of the lakes, and it would !cut down the cost of the City patrolling the lakes, and felt that it is a good idea to fuse the lakes as a spawning area. ! Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen that the State Game Commission be allowed to !use the Lakes, and Mr. Casad be authorized to attend to the correspondence in regard ~to 'the matter, carried. iPlayter~lerk reported that the bid on sale of tractor was awarded last week to R. E. and that he was given ten days in which to make payment. Enquired that in the !event he does not pay by May 10, 1947, if it would be proper to sell the tractor to the isecond bidder or if it will be necessary to again call for bids. The ten day limit had not been included in the advertisement for bids. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to refer the matter to the City Attorney to imake the decision necessary, and the City Attorney also be directed to model some call ifor bids for selling equipment, to have a uniform procedure, carried. It was reported by Clerk that the lights in the Clerk's and Treasurer's Offices ishould have the tubes renewed, as they should be renewed every six months to give good iservice. The six months period was up in April and now the tubes are starting to burn lout. Suggestion was made that the efficiency of the lights be tested by man from Puget sound Power & Light Company, and then after new tubes are installed to again have the flight tested, and perhaps make another check in six months. City Attorney reported he had prepared three leases, but would have them signed ~by the lessees before passing them through the Council Meeting. Also gave commissioner: icopy of lease prepared for Olympic Aviation on the City Dock. Vela Smith, Secretary of Culinary Alliance Union Local, was present at the meet- ling and suggested that the City should make it compulsory for persons engaged in res- itaurant work to have examinations every six months, instead of every year which is the ipresent periom and is controlled by State Law. Mayor suggested that she contact Dr. iToen, and that the matter be discussed with him, and that the City Attorney check on ithe state law and city ordinances, and consult Dr. Town, and perhaps some plan could be iworked out. Attorney reporting nothing has been prepared yet in the way of a "No Strike" affidavit on account of the Omnibus Bill. Also, nothing to report on the suit of Rockwell Electric as yet. Mayor enquired of the Clerk if the letter to the Governor relative to daylight isaving time had been attended to and Clerk stated he had taken care of the necessary Icorrespondence. Also enquired about the street extension of Schley Boulevard which had no name. Mr. Gorst reported that when this had been attended to a report would be presented at Council meeting on the name. Mr. Gorst remarked he would be leaving Tuesday afternoon for the Water Depart- ment Convention. Motioh by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon to hold next regular council meeting, Tuesday May 13, 194V, carried. Vela Smith stated the Culinary Alliance would write a letter to Governor Wallgre endorsing daylight saving time for the State. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills if approved by a majority of the commissioners, carried. Some further discussion ensued on "Dead End" Streets. Motion by Mr. ~ean and Mr. Gorst to direct the City Engineer to make a survey of various dead end streets and submit an estimate on the cost of acquiring property neces sary to open up at least Hayward and East 17th and other streets he thinks are in order, carried. Mr. Messick was present at the meeting representing the Fire Department and asked if the Council is still considering ~he possibility of an increase of salary for the Fire Department, possibly as a cost of living bonus. Mayor remarked that the Council could do nothing as theinitative proposing an increase in salary for the firemen was rejected by the people, who had voted for a cut in the hours. There was some discussion on the matter but no action was taken. Other cities policy of such a bonus was discussed, but it was suggested that such a procedure is in violation of the State Budget Laws. There was some discussion on the proposed ordinance to license beauty and barbe~ schools, and Treasurer suggested that the City study the idea of an occupation tax on business concerns in Bremerton, also that he had requested copies of ordinances per- taining to such a tax from several cities in the State. MAY 7, 1947 (Cont'd) Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the Council shall not comply with the re- quest from Barber's Local relative to ordinance licensing schools, carried. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adjourn, carried. I Mayor