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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/08/45 January 8, 1945 Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the Mayor's office at 10:30 A.M. Monday, January 8, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddoh, Commissioner Gorst, the City Treasurer, the Assistant City Attorney and the State Examiner being present. Mayor Kean explained the meeting had been called for the purpose of consid- ering the granting of vacation to Paul Hlntou, police sergeant, an estimate received from Mr. Casad ~d other pertinent city business. Clerk read letter from Paul B. Hinton, Sergeant of Police, requesting his 1945 vacation be granted now, with an additional two weeks for traveling time, without pay, for the purpose of visiting relatives in Mississippi. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the request and grant Mr. Hinton a two weeks vacation with pay, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read final estimate, submitted by C. C. Casad, Acting Engineer, of the Driscoll Electric Company for the improvement to Roosevelt Field by install- ation of flood-lights as follows: Final Estimate Total of original bid $5700.00 Less credit for materials from previous installation 600.00 Net amount of Contractor's bid $5100.00 Less ( If City installed poles and anchors) 500.00 Net cost to City $4600.00 Poles and anchors were installed by Contractor with some assistance by City. Contractor,s expense 408.00 Total due on original contract $5008.80 Chs~ge order for automatic oil curc~it breaker. 675.00 Total amount due on final estimate $5683.80 Less 15% retained 852.57 ~ Total due this date $4831.23 Less previous payment (Warrant #2820 Park Fund) 2000.00 DUE CONTRACTOR THIS ESTIMATE $2831.23 3% State Sales Tax 170.40 The Contractor has made an offer of $25.00 for the old oil switch if the Council wishes to sell it. The installation has been completed and I recommend the acceptance and approval of this final estimate. /s/ C. C. Casad, Acting Engineer. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation, authorize the acceptance of the $28.00 allowance on the old oil switch, and refer the estimate to the City Clerk for the drawing of the necessary warrant for payment, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from Burwell Bantu, State Director of Highways, advising that a complete analysis of the traffic situation on Secondary State Highway No. 2lB and recommending that a flashing signal be installed at the entr~ of Eastpark and at Johnson's Corner, and that a stop-and-go sigual be installed at Bank's Corner. Mr. Bantz further advised that these recommendations had been forwarded to the Public Roads Administration, and orders would be placed for the material as soon as proference rating is secured. Mr. Kean explained that this survey was conducted at the request of the city and the State Department of Highways would like a letter from the City assuring them that the lights would be maintained hy the City af{'~r installation. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that contents be noted and that the Commissioner of Public Works be requested to write the State Highway Department that the City will assume the obligation of maintaining the lights once they have been installed, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the CounCil, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. January 8, 1945 (cont) Notion by Mr. Kean and Nr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. ~i ty Cl~erk Approv ed: January 10, 1945 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the ~ayor's office at ten o'clock A.N. Wednesday, January 10, 1945. The City Clerk and the City Treasurer being present. The meeDing was called to order by the City Clerk and recessed until l0 A.M. ~hursday, January ll, 1945 for lack of quorum. ~City C~erk Approved: ~ayor January 11, 1945 Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was reconv~ned Thursday, January ll, 1945 at ten o'clock A.M., Mayor Kean presiding. Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the Assistant City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of regular meeting January 3, Special Meeting Jan- uary 8, and regular meeting of January 10, 1945. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the minutes as read, carried. Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments of Alden Samuel Nugrage, patrolman, to the Police Department, and John Edward Rftter, Swamper, for the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read reports of separation o£ Julia Hewltt from the Police Department and Raymond H. Ross from the Fire Department. Notion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to approve the separations, carried. C~erk read letter from Sam I. Reed, Chief of the Co~nuty Department of Public,Health enclosing the repor~ of the Division of Sanitation on field activities for the month of December, 1944. Contents were noted and the letter and report referred to the office of the City Clerk for filing. Clerk read letter from the Standard Distributors Company, signed by Wax Nondschein advising that he was forwarding $1500.00 to the City Treasurer to cover the cost of a pinball operator's license. Clerk read petition for issuance of operator's license under Ordinance No. 1461 from the Standard Distributors Company, signed by Max Nondschein. ~otton by Mr. Keen and Nra. Haddon to refer the letter and petition to the Committee of the Whole for study and discussion, carried. Clerk reported that a letter had been received from Mr. Searle, of the Housing Authority regarding the payment of the balance due the Contractor on the installation of the Fire Alarm System. January 11, 1945 (Cont.] The Nayor advised that this matter hsd been referred to the City Attorney for the preparation of the necessary ordinance or re.solution and would be forthcoming shortly. Clerk read letter from F. T. Riggs, Adjutant of the Disabled ~er!can Veterans requesting space in the old Fire Hall in West Bremerton and advising the City that the Navy Department was contempl~ting moving from that building. Nr. Keen reported that the City had received no official notification that tbs Navy Departments would be moving. Notion by Nr. Keen and ~r. Gorst that the City Clerk be instructed to write to Nr. Riggs, ~nformlng hi~ that the City had not been notified of the termin- ation of the existing lense, and that in view of the fact that the City was having difficulty in providing space for ~ts own departments no commitment could be made at this time, carried. Clerk read notice o~ change in pay status in pay for various members of ~ifferent departments of the City. Notion by Nr. Gorst and Nr. Keen to approve the changes in pay, carried. Nr. Gorst submitted vouchers from John W. Cunningham & Associates, Con- sulting Enginee~s for Water Works Construction, Project Wash. ~8-185N in the ~ount of $10,98~.00 and advised that to date not~lng has been p~id for these services. Notion by Mr. Keen and Nr. Gorst to refer the vouchers to the Commissioner of Public Works, Water S~perintendent and the City Attorney for stuSy and rec- ommendation, carried. Nr. Nutter reporte~ that he had bid on the articles at the Nordean sale and that the party Intereste~ in the refrigerator would be in the office this afternoon. Clerk read Resolution No. 411 as follcws: %"~EREAS, the City of Bremerton entered into a contract on the llth day of December, 1940, with the Narine Drive Water District, a municipal corporation, under the terms of which certain monies~oollected from water users ~utside the city limits, comprising twenty per cent of the gross revenues collected by~..the City of Bremerton, ha,~e been deposited in a trust ~ccbunt, and WHEREAS, due to questions ~aised by Examiners of the Division of ~unicipal Corporations, said monies have not been paid over to the County Treasurer of Kitsap County as the Treasurer for said Narfne Drive Water District, and ?~HEREAS, the Narine Drive Water District instituted legal action in the Superior Court ageinst the City of Bremerton, seeking a Judgment requiring the City of Bremerton to pay over said monies, and the Attorney General of the State of Washington has ruled that the contract hereinabove referred to is in all respects vslid an~ legal 8nd that said trust monies should be paid over in conformance with the terms of the contract, and s~id legal action has been settled and dismissed, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council o~~ the City of Bremerton that the City Treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay to the County Treasurer of Kits~ County as the Treasurer of the N, rine Drive Water District, all trust monies accuinulated in said fund up to the 1st day of January, 1945, and thereafter pay trust monies received quarterly to the County Treasurer as Treasurer of the Narine Drive Water District, in conformance with the terms of said contract. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that ~uader the terms of a similar contract, the City Treasurer of the City of Bremerton has an accumulated tmust fund comprising twenty per cent of the gross revenues received from water users in the Phlnney Bay Water District, that the circumstances recited in th~s resolution are equally applicable to the Phinney Bay Water District and the City Treasurer is hereby directRd to pay to the County Treasurer of Kitsap Co~unty as the Treas- urer of the P~inney Bay Water District, all trust monies accumulated in said fund up to the 1st day of January, 1945, and thereafter pay trust monies rec- eived quarterly to the County Treasurer as Treasurer of the Phinney Bey Water District, in conformance with the terms of the contract, ~otfon by Mr. Keen and Nr. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk reported that pursuant to call for bids for gas, cji, grease and kerosene for the City for the year 1948, seven bids had been received, and on motion by Mr. Keen anm Nr. Gorst same were opened and read aloud as follows: Associated 0il Company, with a bid of 16 and 18 cents for gasoline, and various prices for oil and gro~se. General Petroleum Corporation, with a bid of posted prices. The Texas Company, with e bid of posted prices, not to exceed l~ cents on gasoline. Shell Oil Company, with a bid of posted prices. Union. 051 Company of California, with a bid of 18 end l~ cents for gasoline, .141/~ cents for kerosene and various prices for grease and oil. Harkens O$1 Company, with a bid for grease and oils at various orices. Notion by Nr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to refer the bids to the ~Ity Clerk, the Assistant Purchasing Agent, Clyde Grauerholz and Nr. Short for tabulation January 11, 1945 (Cont.) and recommendation, carried. Clerk read letter from Glen D. Rogers, S 2/c, Receiving Station, Box 55, Barracks E-C l, Bremerton, advising that he had checked his overcoat at~-~the Civic Recreation Center and as it had not been returned to him he expected to be reimbursed in the amount of sixteen dollars for the loss of the cost. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the Claim of Glen D. Rogers be allowed, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. City Clerk APPROVF. D: Mayor