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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/09/46 January 9, 1946 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, was held in the Council Chambers at the City Hall, Wednesday, January 9, 1946, at ten o,clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commist oner Gorst, The City Treasurer and City Attorney being present. Clerk read Reports of Separation for the following: A. M. Johnson, Frank Nunner, Myrl Russel Snyder, Water Department; Charles Porter, Hazel Anderson, R. H. Bridges, Essie Bridges, William Edmonds, Patricia Cates, Recreation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the separations, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read Notices of Employment I~r the following: Dorothy Lofgren, Hannah Corcoran, Valaria Rofidal, Marie Greet, Vivian F. Harris, Library Department, Donald Murray Van Sickle, Engineer's Office, Thomas 0rrfelt, (reinstatment), Fire Department; Gerald C. Yeadon, City Clerk's Office; Ray W. Noble, (Reinstate- ment), Police Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the Notices of ~nployment and Reinstatements if approved by department head, carried. Clerk read changes in Pay Status for the following: Edna C. Neilsen, ~lephone operator; Fayola M. Classen, Municipal Court; Adam Leases, Engineer,s; George William Hartnell, Jr., Sanitation Department; Arne M. Hendrickson; Recreation Department; Mrs. Maud Adams, Thyra Brown, Katherine P. Jones, M. Catherine Patterson, Ruth M. Babcock, Mary Lou Johnston, Arlys Carlson and W. A. VanZee, Library Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kea~ to approve Changes in Pay Ststus if approved by the Department Head, carried. Clerk read application of Junior Athletic Council for Pinball Location license at the Duration Snack Bar and an application of E. V. Knowles for a Pinball Location license at Sticker's Tavern, both applications being approved by the Chief of Police. MOtion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the Chief of Police and approve the location licenses, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read application of Archie J. Hoover and Ed J. Artz for a Pinball Location license at the New Big Dipper and an application from Geo. J. Eckroat for a Pinball Location license at the Temple Barber Shop, both applications being disapproved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to reject the applications, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read application of Norman A. West for licenses for two additional taxicabs. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer application to the Chief of Police for study and recommendation, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from H. W. Kuett, Adjutant, American Legion, Post No. 149, requesting the use of an Army barracks building at Forest Ridge Park for use by Boy Scout Troop No. 504. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the request to Stewart Billings, Recreation Supervisor and the Committee of the Whole to work out details of a lease, carried, all members vo$ing Yes. Clerk read letter and minutes of a mee~lng held by the Committee for Disposi- tion of Civilian Defense material, showing the disposition of property owned by the Civilian Defense organization, and recommending that the Civilian Defense Council be disbanded. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the Civilian Defense Committee but that before the organization is disbanded, the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent request an inventory from the Property Officer of all City- owned Civilian Defense property and to call for bids for its sale and further dir~ lng that Civilian Defense government property be returned to the State orgm~ization which is supposed to receive it, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Claude E. Cole stating that he is starting a taxicab business in Silverdale and asking if it would be necessary to have a City taxicab license to unload passengers in Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer letter to the City Attorney for a reply, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1649, second reading, declaring an emergency to exist on account of the need for funds in the Water E~partment and in the Garage Fund, and appropriating funds to meet such emergency. Motion by Mr. Gorst aud Mr. Kean to adopt ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs~ Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk submitted bonds of Mayor Kean, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, City Clerk Beard, Charles Lewis, Chief of Police, James W. Bryan, Jr., City Attorney, and Richard Allen Matthews, Police Sergeant. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer bonds to the City Attorney for approval, carried. Clerk read letter from T. K. Phillips, Captain in charge of Traffic in the Police Department, requesting the City Council to purchase one 1946 model four- door sedan with a ll4" wheel base for use of the Police Departme~ t. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to concur in the request and instruct the City Glerk and Purchasing Agent to call for bids, returnable January 23, 1946, for one four-door sedan, carried. Mayor Kean, reporting for the Committee of the ~hole, recommended that all gasoline and oil bids be rejected and new bids called. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to reject all bids for basoline and oil and that the City ~lerk and Purchasing Agent prepare specifications and call for bids returnable January 16, 1946, carried, ~1 members voting Yes. Mrs. Haddon reported that Mr. Proudlock who has the contract for salvaging operations at the City dump, had requested an extension of time on his contract, and recomma~ded that the extension be granted. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to grant an extension of 60 days to Mr. Proudlock, carried, all members voting Yes. Mr. Gorst presented a plat of the Madsen Addition to the City of Bremerton which had been certified by a registered engineer and approved by the City Engineer. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. ~ean authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign for the City of Bremerton, carried, a lmembers voting Yes. City Clerk reported plans for construction of a room approximately 6, by 20, in the basement of the City Hall for keeping bulk stores, and construction of a small room in the ladies, lounge for storing office supplies, in order to buy on a larger scale and save City ~lerk's 0~ftce from doing so much warrant work. The cost of construction would be very small. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to approve the recommendation and authorize the ~ity ~lerk, Commission of Finance and Building Inspector to proceed with the work, carried, all members voting Yes. City ~easurer read report on Parking Meter collections for the year 194§, showing a total of $88,919.09. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to accept the report and make it a matter of record, carried. City Treasurer brought up the matter of obtaining a payroll accounting machine. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to prepare specifications for the purchase of a payroll accounting machine, carried. The City Treasurer requested the Council to call for bids for the preparation of a Local Improvement District Index and list of property ownership for use by the Treasurer,s Office and Engineer's Office. Motion by ~r. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the City Clerk and City ~hgineer, in conjunction with the City Treasurer, be instructed to prepare specifications and call for bids~on this work, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 497, as follows: WHEREAS, the National Housing Agency has requested the Mayor the City of Bremerton to appoint a Committee to make recommendations on post-war housing needs and disposition of temporary war housing, and WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton, with its war swollen population and 6246 units of public housing presents a problem of major consideration to be solved for the best interests of the local community, and WHEREAS, a plan must be presented to the National Housing Agency and the .Federal Public Housing Authority that will have the endorsement of the different interests in the local community covering post-war housing needs, disposition of present public housing and community facilities, disposition of the lands, site improve- ments and utilities, the effect of continued utilization of housing on the local tax structure, and other inter-related problems, and WHEREAS, the public spirited citizens of the City of Bremer~n now serving on the Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton and the Planning Commission of the City of Bremerton, shall be and are hereby appointed to serve as a Joint Cormnittee, representing the citizens of the City of Bremerton, to advise the City Council of the City of Bremerton on allmatters relating to post-war housing needs and disposition of temporary w ar housing, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of the City of Bremerton, the Com- mandant of the Bremerton Naval Shipyard and the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton shall act as advisore to said Joint Committee, which shall be known as "Bremerton Committee on Housing Facts and Goals". BE IT FURTHER RESOIMED that the organ i ation meeting of said Joint Committee shall be held on a call of the Mayor of the~City of Bremerton. PASSED by the City Council of the City of ~remerton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 9th day of January 1948. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk reported having called for publication bids and two had been received. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to open bids, carried. Bids were opened and read from: Bremerton Sun, 70c per column inch for first insertion, 70/ per column inch for each subsequent insertion, rates quoted for 8 pt. Ideal type set in 12 em columns. Certified check for $60.00 was submitted with the bid. Kitsap News, 50~ per column inch, type set 8 point solid.. Check for $50.00 for deposit was submitted. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer bids to City Clerk and Purchasing Agent and the Committee of the Whole for study and recommendation, carried. Mr. Isley, who was in the audience, requested the Council to reconsider the applications for Pinball Location licenses of the Temple Barber Shop and the New Big Dipper, explaining that most of the trade in these places were adult s and that the machines could be supervised very closely. The Mayor explained that the Council felt it was not good policy to have pinball machines in barber shlps and that it was the recon~nendation of the Chief of Police to reject the application of the New Big Dipper~ The Ma~or reported he had re-appointed Mrs. Artie Brown to the Bremerton Library Board for a term expiring January 1951. The Mayor brought up the subject of uniferm letterhead paper for use by all City departments and after a discussion a motion was made by Mr. Kean, seconded by Mr. Gorst that the City ~lerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to request different types and forms of letterhead stationery that would in- corporate something truly representative of the City of Bremerton and submit samples to the City Council for approval, carried. The Mayor reported on the Public Safety BUilding and asked whether the Council should call for bids to hire an architect to prepare plans. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the City 01erk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to call for bids for an architect to assi~ in planning, designing and supervising the construction of a Public Safety Building, carried. The Mayor brought up the matter of a meeting place of regular Council meetings. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to hold the council meetings in the Mayor's Office except when it is necessary to adjourn to the Council Chambers to take care of the attendance, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to adjourn, carried. ~/' C~Clerk Approved: Mayor