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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/03/47 SEPTEMBER 3, 1947 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Mayor's Office on Wednesday, September 3, 1947, at lO:O0 o'clock a.m. Mayor Kean pre- siding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst and Assistant City Attorney being pre- sent. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve minutes of August 26th and 29th, 1947, as written, carried. Clerk read Reports of Separation for the following: Kenneth Chase, Jack ~unn, Anita Kestell and Acklin Knapp, Recreation; Harry Black and Dick Casad, Water Departmen Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve Reports of Separation as read, car- ried. Notices of Employment were read by Clerk as follows: Robert R. Thayer, Recreation; Harry Black, Leonard Blackwood, Leslie E. Eathorne, Earl Hartshorn and Richard E. McFarland, Water Dopartment. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to approve temporary non-civil service employ- ments as read, carried. Clerk read copy of accident report which occurred at Sheridan Park when Ka~lene Janes, 513 Juniper, slipped on hall floor at YMCA swimming pool and cut her head. Dr. Jackson took stickes in child's head. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to note contents of report and refer to the City Attorney, carried. Letter from City of Lewiston, Idaho, was read by Clerk acknowledging receipt of ~lesolution No. 603, which was read at their council meeting. Resolution was ordered filed anm Clerk instructed to acknowledge receipt with thanks and to express enjoyment at having had Bremerton boys with them. Itope it will again be a pleasure to entertain such a fine group of boys as were at the tourney. Signed John P. Roos, Controller & Clerk. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to note contents and file, carried. Clerk read letter from Housing Authority of City of Bremerton, confirming oral discussions, and granting permission to City of Bremerton to operate water pumping plant at Sinclair Park, Project Wash. 45-112B. Also, agree City may use water distri- bution system and storage tank for distributing water to project Community Builming smd to private users connected to the system. Understand water level of tank will be main- tained at approximately half full point which will assure an ample supply of water for fire protection of remaining goverrnment owned buildings and site. Agreement to be effective only until such time as water system is formally disposed of by the govern- ment. Signed E. C. Searle, Executive Director. Motion by Mr. Gorst ~d ~r. Kean that the contents be noted and letter referred to Water Superintendent, carried. Letter from Governor Mort C. Wallgren was read by Clerk re Head-of-the-Bay Bill, passed at last session of Legislature, which requires that the Governor deed certain areas to the City of Bremerton and County of Kitsap. Governor has requested Office of L~ud Commissioner to prepare the deed. Will send papers as soon as they are in order which should be within a few days. Signed Non C. Wallsren, Governor. ~layor commented he had met the Governor in Spokane and reminded him of the matter. As soon as the deed is received a Commission should be appointed to attend the matter, and it was agreed possibly the best board would include the City and County Commis- sioners anm possibly City and County Attorney. Discussion ensued on matters pertaining to the area in question. Mayor suggested that Committee o~ the Whole hold a meeting to discuss the matter. Clerk premented petition, first signature J. G. Ca merman, 405 Veneta, with 16 signatures, petitioning City Council to establish a 2-hour parking zone on Vene2a Avenue between 4th and 5th and on Fourth Avenue between State and Veneta. ~ction by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the petition and refer it to the Traffic Department, carried. Change in Pay Status were read by Clerk for the following: Nary W. Rutherford, Library and Marie L. Short, Police. Clerk also read letter from John J. McPherson, Secretary-Examiner, Civil Service Co~mmission, enclosing changes in Pay Status for members of Fire Department effected by recent promotional exmnination for Lieutenant. Pursuant to Court Order issued Sep- tember 2, 194V, changes are made back to status as of July 25, 194V. Clerk read enclosed Change in Pay Status as follows: Ray Jones to Driver; Tom 0rrfelt to Fireman l/c; Thomas E. DeMent to Driver; Hal Gardner to Lieutenant; F. Ed- ward ~iller to Lieutenant; Jerome A. ~yers to Lieutenant; Robert Tyree to Lieutenant, aha Anthony Balazic to Fireman, all Fire Department and all effective July 25, 1947. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve Change in Pay Status as read, car- ried. Discussion ensued on the matter, and Assistant City Attorney commented there seeme~ no reason for further action on the matter. Mrs. Haddon remarked the taking of the Census seemed to be progressing well. SEPTEI,'IBER 3, 1947 (Cont'd) Clerk reported developments on the heaters at the Recreation Center and installa- tion of Bleachers at Warren Avenue Field. Motion by Mr. Kean and Nfs. Hsddon to sllow all bills if approved by a majority of the commissioners, carried. Mayor reported a budget meeting would be held this afternoon with representative !of business. Further Mayor requested Clerk to contact Navy re tables which the city is to ac- iquire from the Navy Yard, as the tables should be put in at the dock. Mayor further reported that rental as suggested at last meeting is acceptable to i~r. Hagerman of Sound Vfnolesale, and the portion of the dock now occupied by Mr. Hike iwould be included in the section to be rented to Sound Wholesa±e, and therefore ~r. Hik should be asked to vacate. Motion by Mr. Kean and Nr. Gorst $o give notice to vacate to Mr. Hike, in order to go ahead with the arrangements with Sound Wholesale, carried. (Clerk to attent to notification to Mr. Hike). Some discussion ensued on Mr. Hike's renting of tile space, and it was commented he had no lease, but had subleased from the Labor Center. Motion by Mr. Kean and Nr. C~rst to recess the meeting to Friday, September 5, 194V, at 10:00 o'clock a.m., carried. City/~lerk// APPROVED: Mayo r SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the !Nayor's Office at the City Hall on Friday, September O, 19~, at 10:00 o~clock a.m. i~ayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, City Treasurer and City Attorney being present. Clerk read letter ~'rom City Engineer recommending payment of Estimate No. ~ in the ~ount of $~,187.~0 to Contractor Sam Linden on Shore Drive Retaining Wall, Contrac No. 9~. Completed work was itemized, less 1~% retained fee and less Estimate No. 1. ~otion by ~r. Gorst and ~r. Kean that the recommendation be approved, carried. Letter i'rom H. H. Roberts, Recreation Director, was read by Clerk recommending that Civic Center Revolving Fund be changed to Recreation Revolving Fund and amount raised from ~80.00 to $100.00. Fund will operate by means of valid receipts signed by purchaser of emergency equipment and Recreation Director, such receipts to be itemized and submitted in expense claim each month. Such fund will make it possible to operate efficiently in Recreation Department because of structure of recreation, requiring emergency purchases after the close of business each day. Civic Center Revolving Fund was assigned to Mrs. Linda McPhee, and new Recreation Revolving Fund will be assigned to ~rs. ~arie ~icDonald, which will require bonding of ~rs. ~cDonald. Signed H. H. Roberts. Mayor commented that the proposal had been discossed with City Auditor Vaa and State Examiner Varley, and had met with their approval. Further remarked that Mrs. ~cPhee had handled the fund satisfactorily, but that her position was being changed to Field Reoresentative, and therefore the fund was being assigned to Marie ~cDonald. ~.~o~ion by ~ir. Kean and ~r. Gorst to concur in the recon~nendation and direct the City Treasurer to set up the fund as requested, carried. ~_~,~-~ ~ ~ ~Z Clerk read letter from City Attorney re formally dedicating property acquired foz 'extending Sixth Street, for street purposes, and enclosing resolution which he recom- imended the Council should adopt and have recorded by the County Auditor. Signed Oluf Job_nson. Clerk further read Resolution No. 608 as follows: WHEREAS the City of Bremerton has acquired certain lands within the limits of . the City of Bremerton for street purposes, and WHEREAS, it appears desirable to dedicate said land for said purposes, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the following lands situated in Kitsap County, State of Washington, to-wit: The South thirty feet (30') of Tracts 5, 10, 15 and 20, Blackwell's Garden Tracts, Bremerton, Kitsap County, State of Washington, and a portion of the Southeast quarter of ~outhwest quarter of Section 15, Township 24 North, Range i East, W.M. described as follows: Begin- ning at a point 15 feet west of northeast corner of Southeast quarter of Southwest quarter of Section 15, Township 24 North Range i East, W.M. thence south 60.36 feet; thence along a curve to the left hav- ing a radius of 60.36 feet a distance of 94.80 feet to the north line of the Southeast quarter of Southwest quarter; thence east 60.36 feet to point of beginning, SEPTE~BER 5, 1947 (Cont'd) be and the s~ae are hereby dedicated for street purposes. PASSED by the City Council, signed by the Mayor and attested Dy the Chief Deputy City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 5th day of September, 1947. ~otion by l~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to pass Resolution No. 608 as read, carried as follows: Hr. Kean, yes; Mrs. Haddon, yes; Mr. Gorst, yes. Notice of Employment was read by Clerk for Paul S. Challender, Water Department. Also Change in Pay Status for Violet A. Heinrich, Water Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve employment and Change in Pay as read carried. Clerk read letter addressed to Mrs. Haddon from Association of Washington Cities re Payroll. Stated they knew of no cities in Washington which provide for payment of all employees on annual salary basis with 26 by?weekly/?pay periods. Feels certain none are using this system, but to make sure, is sending letter to other cities of the first class. Will communicate further when replies are received. Signed Chester Biesen, Executive Secretary. Some discussion ensued on such policy which has been requested by some of the unions, but no decision was made. Letter from Association of Washington Cities, also addressed to Mrs. Haddon, was read by Clerk, re: Lighting. Question had been raised by Mrs. Haddon as to the handling of coin boxes for lighting of ball fields and horseshoe courts. Seattle does not use coin boxes in any parks, and know of no other Washington Cities which use this system. Are informed that Oakland has used coin boxes successfully and that Los Angele has also used them. Are writing those cities for further information. Price of $35.00 oer meter was offered to Seattle Park Department. Boxes have pioved satisfactory in ~ther places and there has been little vandalism. Signed Chester Biesen. ~trs. Haddon remarked the letter re lighting did not answer the question which she had asked, as she had enquired if collection on such meters should not be handled by Deputy City Treasurer, and still felt that it would be a duty of a Deputy City Treasurer. City Attorney read Ordinance No. 1746, entitled as follows: AN ORDINANCE making an appropriation for the taking of a census providing for pa~nuent of salaries and wages and for Operation and [~aintenance and declaring an emer- gency. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve Ordinance No. 1746 on I'irst reading carried as follows: ~Ir. Kean, yes; ~rs. Haddon, yes; Mr. Gorst, yes. Resolution No. 609 was read by City Attorney as follows: WHEREAS, the Supply Division of the Water Department is in need of a one-half ton pick-up truck, in order that the operation of said Division may be continued dur- ing the balance of the Calendar year, and, ~IEREAS, there are not sufficient funds in the item in the Budget for the pur- chase of additional utility equipment, but there is an excess of funds in other items in said budget. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, that there be transferred in the 1947 Budget for the Supply Division of the Water De- partment under Capital Outlay, the sum of Twelve. Hundred Dollars (~12OO.00), From: Gravity Line to Twin Lakes To: Utility Equipment PASSED by the City Council, signed by the ~ayor, attested by the Chief Deputy City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 5th day of September 1947. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to pass Resolution No. 609 as read, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, yes; Mrs. Haddon, yes; ~r. Gorst, yes. Letter had been received from the Attorney General which contained an opinion that the Commission could raise the firemen's pay if they chose to do so. Some Dis- oussion ensued. Clerk read Change in Pay Status for the following: Ernest Yett, Thomas Turpin, Lyle Gardner, T. R. Tillett, E. J. Brownell, R. C. F_~nor, Glen Buettgenbach, Bennie 0'Hara, }{al Gardner, F. Edward Miller, Robert Tyree, Jerome Nyers, Floyd 5~orningstar, Chris Johnson, John Bays, Jesse N. Stanley, W. T. Lowry, Jesse Ecklund, E. W. Mottinge~', W. K. Stone, George Harrington, Kenneth Skaggs, David Pelkey, Roy Swan, Edward Grahan, Harold Dunham, Norman Crist, Chester 01son, Archie Bouchard, Vincent Eilers, Norris West, Ray ~itney, Donald Tugg~e, Harold Hartvigsen, Wilmer D. Clark, ~ilo L. Godfrey, Harvey Keihn, Robert Hilstad, David Crawford, Harry Sinnock, Robert Block, Ray Jones, Ed De,lent, Carl Trout, Paul B. Scott, Anthony W. Balazic, J. C. Colton, Thomas Bating- ton, Harvey E. Jolly, Albert W. Lewis, Warren L. Bailey, Willie D. Zetty, Elllng Simon- sen, Arthur Tewksbury, Ruben Schafer, Floyd F. 'raft, Donald 5lills, D. E. Stone, Edward Plouf, Arthur Messick, Donald S. Holtine, J. R. Hill, Lee Kidder, Glenn Liner, George Hering, Darrell Floyd, R. N. O'Connor, T. F. Orrfelt, David Rilstad, E. Fay Ellis, Joseph Hewitt, Ray Johnson, L. L. Francoeur, James P. Hestley, Howard M. Larman, Fire Department, effective September l, 1947. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~rs. Haddon that blanket change in pay status be approve( for Fire Department, carried. ~nere was some discussion re increase in garbage rates. Also it was stated tha~ there are several persons on Shore Drive, also on Washington Beach, who do not pay any~ garbage service, as they dispose of their garbage in some other fashion. Further ~ statement was made that such procedure is against City Ordinances, and that it is in ~ violation of State Law to dispose of garbage in the Narrows. Decision was made to ~ SEPTE~.~BER 5, 1947 (Cont'd) notify persons violating ordinance, and after they are notified as to where to place garbage cans an~ that they must have garbage service, then send them a bill. The matter was turned over to the Sanitation Superintendent to attend to. Mr. Norman Box, Secretary of the Chamber of Conmerce, and Mr. Davis, Assistant Manager of Penneys, were present with a request that they be given measurements of the streets of Bremerton in conjunction with decorating the streets for Christmas. They were referred to the City Engineer with request that if he could not give~them the necessary information it could possibly be received from the Fire Department. Mrs. Haddon reported an estimate had been received on the washing of the first street dock building. Clerk reported the estimate at 9472.00 for the entire b~ilding or ~290.00 for the side facing town. It was suggested the Clerk check to see if that price is reasonable. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean that the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to make arrangements for the washing of the First Street Dock, carried. Mayor reported that the tables had finally been received from the Navy Depart- !ment, and that now Electrical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector and Building Inspector could go down to the dock to have the plumbing and other details taken care of. That at present the Olympic Aviation were using most of their equipment at the Kitsap Count Fair, and as soon as the fair is over, the equipment will be taken down to the dock~ and then the lease can be changed from Recreation Center to Second Street Dock. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. Chief Deputy~Yity Cler~ APPROVED: ~ayor