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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/26/47 NOVEMBER 26, 1947 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Council Chambers at the City Hall on Wednesday, November 26, 1947, at ten o'clock a.m. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Gorst, City Attorney, Treasurer, Chief of Police, Water Superintendent, Street Superintendent, Clerk read minutes of regular Council meeting held November 19, 1947, and the minutes of recessed meeting held November 21, 1947. Mayor requested a correction be made to the minutes of the recessed meeting relative to the meeting between the State Pollution Control and the 13th Naval District, in that the City Engineer did not at- tend the meeting and should be stricken from the minutes. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the minutes as corrected, carried. Mayor Kean stated that members of the Bremerton Chapter Order of DeMolay were present at the Council meeting and asked that each one present give his name and the position he is to hold for today. The nsm~es and positions were given as follows: ~ayor, Jim Hull; Commissioner of Finance, Doug Patterson; Commissioner of Public ~orXs & Utilities, Willard Green; City Clerk, Dick Vasey; City Treasurer, Fred Beane; Assistant City Treasurer, Lorin Matthews; City Attorney, Jack Hardesty; Water Superin- tendent, Gordon Walgren; Chief of Police, Roy Cilson; Assistant, Arleigh Jones; Cap- tain of Traffic, Bruce Mecklanburg; Lieutenant of Detectives, Johnny Warcup; Lieuten- ant of Juveniles, Chuck Hill; 1st Class Patrolmen, Ralph Canfield and Dick Berry; Fire Chief, ~iyron Christiansen; Assistant, Don Farrar; Captains, Allen ~ertel, Vern Moore, Maurice Tugby; Lieutenants, Cliff Anderson and Duane Currey; Sanitation Superintendent, Wayne Brown; Street Superintendent, William C. Thompson, Jr.; Director of Recreation, Dick Schulties; Municipal Judge, Bill McLaren; Civil Service, Ronnie Gusa. Clerk stated this was the date set for hearing on the application of Virgil J. ~right, owner of the Anchor Cab, for a stand at 265 Burwell in front of t[~e Mission Cafe. No one was present in protest. Application has been approved by Chief Lewis and Captain of Traffic, T. K. Phillips. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to approve the granting of the taxicab stand, csrried. NOVEMBER 26, 1947 (Cont'd) Notice of Employment was read by Clerk as follows: James T. Hanson, Extra Labor, Finance Depart~m~nt. Motion by ~ir. Kean ~d Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary, non-Civil Service appointment as read, carried. Changes in Pay Status were read by Clerk as follows: Edward De~.[ent, Jasper R. ~Hill and Edward Plouf. Mayor explained for the benefit of visiting DeMolay members the system of automatic promotions in the Fire Department. ?~lotion by Mr. Gorst and ]'~r. Kean to approve changes in pay status, carried. Notices of Separations were read by Clerk as follows: Vic Cleland, Allte Hen- idrickson, Leroy Mathews, Harold O. Webster, Parks & Recreation Department; Alden t'~h~grage, Police Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and ~tr. Kean to approve separations, carried. Clerk read application from Wm. J. Jones and Gerald W. Lee for card room and ipool table license at Sammy's Card Room, 233 - 2nd Street. Application signed by C. ILewis, "Not Approved". Motion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to reject the application, carried. Clerk reported that the Housing Authorit¥~ has been notified by letter of City's iintention to purchase Building "B" of the Duration Dormitories project~ and has been igiven a claim voucher to sign and return for presentation to City Council for author- iizing payment. i ~ayor Kean stated this report should be made a matter of record. Letter was read by Clerk from J. Vinson Adams, Administrator, Franklin D. Roose- ivelt Hospital of Bremerton, dated November 25, 1947, which stated that during the irecent heavy rains, water was forced back through the storm sewers flooding a con- isiderable area underneath the hospital building. Hospital's engineer was at first of !th~ opinion that considerable damage had been done; however, in a later inspection lwith a representative of the City assisting, it was concluded that the foundations !have not been damaged. Understand of the hospital that the backwater was caused by ithe failure of the contractors to open the sewers after having completed their work ialong Sixth Street. This letter written for City's information in case it should be !necessary for hospital to file a claim for damages at some future time as a result of ;the flooding. :~ ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen that the letter be made a matter of record and ifiled, carried. Clerk recommended that Ordinance No. 192, relative to City printing and advertis- llng, be referred to City Attorney for study and recommendation because it contains iprovisions that do not fit into the present method of handling official publications. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the ordinance to the City Attorney, icarried. .. Letter dated November 26, 1947, signed by the City Clerk was read by Clerk re- comuending call for bids be made for contracts for 1948, as follows: Official Pub- lications, returnable December 17, 1947; Service for Typewriters & Adding Machines, ireturnable December 17; Gas, oil, grease, returnable December ~4, 1947; Tires and Tubes .returnable December 24, 1947. 1,'~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the reco~muendation and the City 'Clerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to call for bids, carried. Clerk read memorandum from Water Superintendent, requesting call for bids for ichlortne and ammonia supplies for purification of water for 1948, returnable December !17, 1~47. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and ~Ir. Kean to approve the recommendation and the City iClerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to call for bids for chlorine and ammonia, Icarried. Clerk read letter dated November 25, 1947, unsigned, bearing the typewritten !n~nes oi' Olive R. Kelsey, Acting Presidnet, and Ethel Bates, Secretary, stating that ithe members of the Women's Kitsap County Democratic Club urge that the Council take 'zmmediate action and proceed with plans for a sewage disposal plant and not to wait ifor the Navy any longer. ! Mayor stated that contents of the letter should be noted and letter filed. ~ I~otion by l'~r. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the question of pollution be referred to ithe City Engineer, City Auditor, City Attorney and Commissioner of Finance for the iclarii'~cation of all obstacles and barriers so that everything can be clarified up to lan actual letting of a contract, carried. Clerk read letter dated November 26, 1947, from the City Engineer, re: acquisi- tion of right of way for extending Vandalia Avenue, recon~ending that all of Lot 24, Loudon's Rainier View Addition be purchased from the present owner, R. C. Kipp, by the City, for extension of Vandalia. Motion by i~Ir. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the recommendation and refer the matter to the Clty Attorney and City Engineer for the preparation of the necessary papers, carried. NOVEMBER 26, 1947 (Cont'd) Letter dated November 26, 1947, from City Engineer, re: Traffic Maintenance Shop, Estimate No. 1, was read by Clerk, recommending payment of Estimate No. 1 in the amou~l of ~5,083.00 to Commercial Builders. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the reconm~endation and the payment be made, carried. Clerk read letter dated November 26, 1947, from City Engineer, Re: Installation of Fencing at Warren Avenue Playfield, recommending that a call for bids be advertised for December 10, 1947. Estimated cost ~800.00. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation and City Clerk and Purchasing Agent call for bids as specified, carried. Clerk read letter dated October 30, 1947, from Floyd R. Town, M.D. Director, Dep- artment of Public Health, Bremerto~-Kitsap County, which enclosed a copy of Monthly Consolidated Activity Report. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Cmrst to note contents and make a matter of public record, carried. City Clerk presented a claim voucher covering payroll 1st half of November, 1947, ~39,480.84, and stated that Mr. Varley, State Examiner, has recommended that the commissioners approve each payroll in this manner. The claim voucher was signed by I ~Ir. Kean and Mr. Gorst and returned to the Clerk. Clerk presented "Acceptance of Ordinance No. 1756, of the City of Bremerton, Washington", signed by Puget Sound Power & Light Company, dated November 20, 1947. Reported by City Clerk that the Fire Chief has recommended purchase of two 7' refrigerators for the Fire Department and return of five to the Housing Authority. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation and City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to purchase refrigerators as recommended, carried. City Treasurer reported that pursuant to instructions of the City Council he held a sale on November 25, 1947, on the South 15~ of Lot 9, all of Lots lO-11-12, Block 16, Charleston, and had no bidders. Postponed sale to December 2, 1947, at ll:O0 a.m. City Treasurer stated that Mr. Carter of the Housing Authority had notified that the 15~ derived from tolls on the pay telephones located at the old dormitories site would go to the City dating back to July 1. Treasurer stated this would be a little more money for the Recreation Department. City Attorney stated he had an ordinance relating to sick leave but in the absenc~ of Co~nissioner of Finance would have to lay it over until the next regular meeting. Mayor stated there is to be a meeting on December ll, 194V, at Portland, of Inter- governmental Relations, and that someone should go down there and throw in this so- called "payment in lieu of taxes" bill, smd see if we can get their approval and sup- port on it. This would simplify a lot of our problems if it could be passed into law. Mayor stated he would like to have permission to use a city car. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the Mayor be authorized to attend this meeting in Portland on December ll, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the bills be allowed if approved by a majority of the City Commissioners, carried. City Attorney reported on the prospective annexation of the small area south of Eastpark, between IIighway 21-B and Port Washington Narrows. He stated that the Bay Theater location is owned by the Evergreen Theaters, Inc.~, with principal offices in Seattle and have been advised unofficially that they are in favor of annexation. Also, Tiny Burnett is the owner of several lots in the same area and is reported to be also in favor of coming into the city. Attorney stated he was quite sure that the petition will be signed by enough owners so that the annexation can be accepted. Attorney stated he had no report on the Olympic Manor request for particulars concerning annexation but would look into it. Mayor Kean reported that the Health Board was finally formed and met Monday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. The three County Commissioners, Commissioner Gorst and Mayor Kean, City Attorney and Dr. Town were in attendance. County Commissioner Hodge was elected as chairman and Mayor Kean as vice-chairman, and Dr. Towns as clerk as stipu- lated in the law. Regular meetings are to be held the 3rd Wednesday in each month in the City Hall in Bremerton and other meetings at the call of the chair. Mayor Kean welcomed all the DeMolay boys to the Council Meetin and stated the various heads of departments will show the DeMolay members the duties accomplished in a day. ~ayor Kean then turned the meeting over to the DeMolay Mayor, Jim Hull. NOVE~!BER 26, 1947 (Cont'd) 1,~ayor Jim Hull announced that a no-~ost luncheon was to be held at the Business Center Cafe at 1:50 p.m., and all are invited to attend. Further reported that the Ds~olay Director of Parks and Recreation was not as yet present due to an examination at school but was expected to appear shortly. Mayor Hull asked if there was any business to take up. A motion was made from the floor to hold a fire drill at the High School. It was pointed out by Mayor Kean that the members of the DeMolay Council would be the only ones who could make a motion. Mayor Hull then said the motion would be disregarded. DeMolay Mayor Hull moved that the fire drill be held this afternoon at the dis- cretion of the Fire Chief. Seconded by Commissioner of Finance Doug Patterson and carried unanimously. Discussion ensued relative to Mr. Gillespie, Bremerton High School Band Teacher who had been given a subpoena to appear before the DeMolay ~unicipal Judge and answer charges of making too much noise with his band at the high school cmnpus. City Clerk Dick Vasey thanked members of the City Council for the time and effort put out to show how the City government works and the DeMolay members appre- ciate these efforts. Also, extended his regrets that he did not inform Mr. Wyckoff how many would attend. Mayor Hull stated they did not know until this morning how many would attend. Fred Beane, DeMolay "City Treasurer" asked what steps have been taken on the swishing pool. ~ayor Hull referred this question to Mayor Keen. Mayor discussed this question m~d stated the important thing at this time would be to see that enough people got out to vote to make the election legal. De!~iolay Fire Chief Myron Christainsen asked what the reason was for elimina- tion of teen-age dances which had been held at the Civic Center. City Recreation Director Hal Roberts led the discussion and stated that just teen-age dances on Saturday night was not enough for a city of this size, and the Hecreation Department would be doing a very poor job if it only gave such a dance. Stated the Recreation progr~ was to cover five phases of recreation, sports, arts and crafts, music, dramatics and social activities. Considerable discussion was held on this subject with members of the De~olay joining in. It was finally suggested by William C. Thompson, De,olay Superintendent of Streets, that the leaders of the different young people's groups of the City get together and work out a coordinated plan of recreation anm at such a time as it was needed, to ask for adult backing. Hal Roberts recommended that Wm. C. Thompson be aided in fostering this teen-age movement. Motion by Mayor Hull and Commissioner of Finance Doug Patterson to adjourn, carried. ~ayor Kean expressed the appreciation of the Council for the boys' being here and getting knowledge of the functions of city government. He offered regrets that Mrs. Haddon was unable to be present. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried.