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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/17/45 January 17, 1945. Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the Mayor's office at ten o'clock A.M. Wednesday, January 17, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding. Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Att- orney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of recessed meeting held on January ll, and on motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean same were approved as read. Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments of Billie Elizabeth Hurley, stenographer, and Harold Henry Schultz, patrolman, for the Police Department; Harold Alonzo Downs to the Fire Department; Charles Marion Pierce, laborer to the Sanitation Department; Winnona Jean Lundemo and Allen Jacques to the Engineer's Office; and George DeWitt Edwards to the Street Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read reports of separations for: Art Teterud from the Police Dep- artment, Richard B. tIoffman from the Engineering Department, Chester Hole, Loyd C. Longmfre, Isom Brown, Walter Luark, Lier M. Selness and A1 Schultz from the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the separations of the fore- going, carried. Clerk read change in pay status for various members of different depart- ments of the City. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the changes in pay, with the exception of the plpemen for the Water Department, and these men are to receive $1.32 per hour as provided in the ].945 budget, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read application I'or a cab stand for the Service Club Taxi Company at 306½ No. Callow made by H. L. Jones. Contents were noted and the application was referred to the Chief of Police for recommendation. Clerk read letters from Ernest Yott, Fire Chief and Glen Buettgenbach, Fire Captain at Station No. 3, protesting the fact that the houses in Sheridan Park are not correctly n,mmbered, are difficult to locate smd waiving any responsibility in delayed action by the Department in case of a fire call from that vicinity. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the Fire Chief and requesting the City Clerk to contact Mr. Searle 5F the Bremerton Housing Authority, by letter, informing him of these proceedings and pointing out to him the sections of Ordinance No. 837 relating to the numbering of houses in the City Limits, carried. Clerk reported that the committee appointed for the study and tabulation January 17, 1945 (cont.) of bids for oil, kerosene, gasoline and grease for the City had recommended awarding the bids as follows: Gasoline-- to the Associated January, February and ~arch, both gasolines at 16 and 18 cents; to the Texas Company for regular gas- oline for the months of April, May, June, July, August and September, hi-test gasoline to the Shell 0il Company for April, May, June, July, August and Seat- ember; both gasolines to the Union 0~1 Company for the months of October, Nov- ember and December at 16 and 18 cent~. The oil and grease from January to June inclusive was awarded to the General Petroleum Company, and from July to Dec- ember inclusive was awarded to the Itarkins oil Co. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation of the Committee and award the bids to the bidders as named; also to instruct the City Clerk to notify the various bidders, carried as follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 412 as follows: W~REAS, the sum of $3142.31 remains in the appropriation under Ordinance No. 1565, amd WHEREAS, the b~dgeted amount for installation of flood lights is depleted and the sum of $711.89 is needed to pay for the same, WHEREAS, the sum budgeted for painting of grandstand and fence of Roosevelt Field is more than will be needed, NOW THEREFORE be it resolved that the City Clerk and the City Treasurer be a~d they are hereby directed to transfer $711.89 from Painting Grandstand and Fence at Roosevelt Field to Installation of Lights at Roosevelt Field (Ordin- ance No. 1565). Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Oorst to approve the resolution, carried. Mrs. H. 0. Fitzpatrick, representing the residents and property 6where of the area near A~ele Avenue and the Silverdale Highway, submitted to the Council a petition signed by 326 of the residents of that area protesting the issuance of any permits of any kind for the construction of a recreation center, or buil- ding, at the Southeast corner of Adele Avenue and the Silverdale Highway, as detrimental to the property owners and residents living in that area. Following a discussion by the Council and the persons assembled a motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst that contents be noted and the petition be referred to the Committee of the '~ole, City Attorney, Building Inspector, Chief of Police and the Planning and Zoning Commission, carried. Mr. Gorst reported that regarding the vouchers for Cunningham that not enough money was available tn the ~ate~ Works Construction Budget to cover all the mmounts, but that funds from the Federal Goverr~ent were available to make up the shortage. ~otion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst that the Claims of Mr. Cunningham be allowed a~d paid and $2751.05 be transferred from the General Water Fund to the Water Works Construction Fund so there will be sofflcient money to pay the same, and the Water Department accountant be instructed to immediately prepare and complete such forms as are necessary to secure Federal Aid, carried, all members voting Yes. Mr. Keen reporting for the Committee of the ~Fnole on the petlt~on to re- zone certain properties adjoining Winfield and Marlow Avenues, extending from the bridge in Marietta to Sixteenth Street, moved that the recommendation of the Planning Commission be concurred in and the appeal be denied, seconded by Mr. Gorst, carried. ~r. Kean reported that ~r. Nondsche!n's application for pin ball operator's license was still being studied by the Conm~ittee of the Whole amd no report or recommendation was available at this time. After a discussion of the collection of Federal and State taxes for amuse- ments, for the different events held at the Recreation Center ~ ~ot~on by ~r. Keen and Mr. Gorst that th~ City Clerk be instructed to write to the Collector of Internal Revenue that the Civic Recreation Center will ass~ne no responslb- il~ty for the collections of taxes, except In the event that the City was spons- oring the affair, and then the local Collector of Internal Revenue would be notified, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 160~ declaring an emergency to exist on account of tho omilsl6n :from the 1945 budget of an amount necessary to complete the Fire Alarm System, and appropriating funds to meet said emergency. Yotion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Heddon to approve the ordinance on first readimg, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk rsad Resolution ~o 413 as follows: WHEREAS, the official budget of the City of Bremerton for the year 1945 contemplates receipt of certain grants from the Fcderal Government, which have not been received, and it is necessary to pay certain salaries as hereinafter set forth, now therefore, BE IT PESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the City Treasurer of the City of Bremerton be and he is hereby directed to pay the salaries of certain additional firemen, as follows: January 17, 1945 (Cont.~ Two Captains, at $265.00 per month Two Lieutenants, at 245.00 per month Six drivers, at 225.00 per month Fourteen firemen, at 205.00-210.00- 215.00 per month from the General Fund, charging such payments to the emergency war-time budget appropriation in the 1945 budget. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer be and he is authorized and directed to transfer the gross amount of above payroll for said firemen from the State Aid Fund from said Federal grant. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the resolution, carried. 5ir. Bryan, reporting on the purchase of water property near Heinz Lake, advised that the title insurmnce policy had been issued the day before, that the recording fee would be charged to the Water Department and that the 1945 taxes on the property would have to be paid for by the City. Mr. Nutter reported that the refrigerator case and unit, received from Nordean, was ready for sale. ~gotion by Mr. Kean an~ Mr. Gorst instructing the City Clerk to issue a call for bids on the sale of the refrigerator case and unit, returnable at 11 A.M. January 31, 1945, carried. Mr. Nutter reported t~at John Ffenning had paid all due on a main extension excepting ~45.00 and he had asked that he be allowed hold the remainder over until April 1945. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that Mr. Pfenning be allowed the April billing, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presonted at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried as follows: Mr. Ke~m, Yes. Mrs. Hsddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to recess until 2 P.M., carried. APPROVED: January 17, 1945 Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was reconvened at 2 P.M. Wednesday January 17, 1945 with all members and Mr. Davisson being present. Clerk read Resolution No. 414 as follows: WHEREAS, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars appropriated in the Bremerton City Budget for the year of 1944 for signs under maintenance and operation in the Parking Meter Budget will not be needed for that purpose, and WHEREAS, the sa~d s~m of Three Hundred Dollars is needed to pay for repairs incurred under maintenance and operetion in the Parking Meter Budget for the year of 1944, now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the sum of Three Hundred Dollars is hereby trans- ferred in the 1944 Bremerton City Budget from Signs, Maintenance and Operation in the Parking Meter Budget, and the City Clerk and City Treas,~rer are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all steps to effect such transfer. Motion by Mr. Kean an~ Mr. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried. Clerk read petition signed by 14 residents of Manette, adjacent to machinery shop located at 1409-1411 Mar!owe Avenue, requestin~ that the City notify the owner of said shop to stop operations as the shop os located in a residential zone. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Oorst that contents be noted and the petition be referred to the Committee of the Whole for presentation to the Planning and Zoning Conm~ission, which is meeting tonight, carried. Mr. Davtsson, in discussing the insurance owned by the City, reported that a bill hsd been received from the Hayward Company in the amo~mt of ~192.30, which was the audited premium on the Policy effective October 10, 1943 to October 4, 1944, upon close examination it was discovered that ~133.02 was on Fire Equip- ment and as Fire Equipment was excluded from the policy the net premium due was 59.2s. otto After a discussion by the Council, the State Examiner, and Mrs. ~udge~d Water Department Chief Clerk, regarding the Salary Ordinance and the ~no~muts for salaries in the Water and Sanitation Offices, a motion by Mr. Gorst January 17, 1945 (Cont.) and Mr. Keen that the City Attorney be requested to prepare an amendment to the Salary Ordinance es follows: in the Water Department a hyphenated scale for the bookkeepers of $150.00 to $165.00 per month, two clerks from $125.00 to $135.00 per month end one part-time counter clerk at ~98.O0 to ~100.O0. For the Sanit- ation Department: one clerk,'psrt-time $27.00 to $30.00 and establishing, also a hyphenated salary scale for the bookkeeper in that Department, carried. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst.to recess to the q,a~l of the Chair, carried. /City Clerk APPROVED: January 17, 1945 Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Council reconvened at 9 P.M., in conjunction with the Planning and Zoning Commission, with all members being present. The City Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that steps be taken to acquire the tide lands beginning at the point where the platted tide lands now end, along the Bead of the Bay Highway and continuing along the High- way for a depth of six hundred feet to end including the previously vacated oyster reserve at the Head of the Bay, excepting privately owned tide lends. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Itaddon to approve the recommendation of the City Planning Commission and to take immediate steps to prepare a bill to be presented at the present session of the State Legislature for the acquisition of such property for commercial and other post-war projects, carried, all members voting Ycs. Not~on by Mr. Gorst and Nfs. Haddon to recess to the call of the chair, carried. //City C 1 e~rk APPROVED v ~ Mayor January 19, 1945 Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was reconvened at 11:45 A.M., Friday, January 19, 1945, with all members being present. Clerk read letter from George L. Nutter, City Treasurer, submitting the transfer of $30,966.83 from the various City Funds to the Salary Fund, covering the pay period from January i to January 15, 1945. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the transfer of Funds, carried as follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Nra. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from the City Treasurer recommending that, in order to properly finance oortions of the City Budget, the General Fund make a temporary loan to the Cemetery Fund in the amount of $2000.00, and that the General Fund make a temporary loan to the Recreation Fund in the amo~mt of $15,000.00. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation of the Treasurer, carried. C~erk read letter from L. R. Durkee, Contracting Officer of the Federal Works Agency re Project 45-267 F, Fire Stations, Bremerton, Washington, and advising that the Amendatory Application was forwarded som~ time ago and that an acknowledgment should be received soon. Mr. Keen advised the council that he had written'requesting this information, and also information concerning the Recreation Facilities, but to date hsd received no reply on the Recreation Facilities. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, ~arried. APPi~OVED ~