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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/24/45 Jan,,a~y 24, 1945 Regular ~eeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the Mayor's office at ten o'clock A.M. Wednesday, January 24, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding, Comm- issioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the AssiStant City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and of recessed meetings held on January 17th and january 19th, 1945, and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon same were approved as read. Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments of O~A1 Q. Mitchell and Clifford W. Hasty, patrolmen, to the Police Department; and Herman Bristow Jelm, ~aborer, to the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read reports of separation for C. B. McDonald, Wm. M. Brickert, Francis J. Heavey and Jack O'Dell from the Recreation Department; George Roy Pierce and Joseph Howard Hill from the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the separations, ca~ied. Clerk read notice of employment or change in pay status for ~ank Ragner Norman, Natalene Crandall, John D. ~ellman and E. T. Gibson of the Recreation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the pay status for the foregoing, carried. Clerk read affidavit from Archie J. Bouchard, Jr. asking for the return of $12.00 in license fees, which he had procured for a delivery business, but had been unable to get gas for trucks and so was unable to make use of the licensee. After general discussion it was decided that it was due to no fault of the City that the licenses were not used, and that the City did not refund money on licenses issued. Mo~ton by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to reject the application of Mr. Bouchard, as establish- ing a precedent, ca;~ied. Clerk read letter from E. H. Cookingham of the Western Gas Company requesting that they be allowed to pay off the accumulated tax due on Eastpark and Westpark in April, June, August and October, 1945. Mr. Merkel recommended that the Western Gas Company be allowed to pay the taxes in the months requested. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the recommendation of the ~ssistant City Attorney, carried. Clerk read letter from H. A. Bruenn, Manager of the Roosevelt Hospital, vigorously protest- ing the granting of a permit to erect a building for the purpose of a Recreation Hall at the intersection of Adele Street and the Silverdale Highway. The letter was ordered a matter of record and filed with the petition received at the last meeting. Mr. Kean advised that the Cit~ Council could take no action until a building permit had been requested, and to date none had been. Clerk read letter from H. C. McDonald, ~nager of the Bremertcn Bowling Recreation, request- ing the loan of about 60 chairs from the Recreation Center for an affair to be held January 28th, and assuring the Council that the chairs would be returned to the Recreation Center the follow- ing morning. Mr. Kean advised the Council that he had curbed the loaning of the equipment from the Center without the permission of the City Council. Motion by Mr. Kean- arum Mr. Goret to approve the request and that a copy of the letter be sent to the Recreation Director, giving him the authority to loan the chairs, caA:~ied. Clerk read letter from John J. McPherson, Secretary-Examiner of the Civil Service, advising that the recent action by the City Council in setting up the Classification for City Plremen and Police Patrolmen was out of its Jurisdiction according to the City Charter, and further advising that the Civil Service Commission would take immediate steps to set up classification in the Police and Flre Departments. Mr. Kean reminded the Council that when the steps were taken to set up the classifications of Police and Firemen it was in the nature of an emergency due to the fact that the Payroll Clerk was in immediate need of the information for the preparation of the payrolls. The letter was ~ade a matter of record and referred to the Committee of the Whole f= use when the Council m~t with the Civil Service Commission. Clerk read letter from Ralph Davisson, State Examiner, submitting insurance policies to the Council and recommending that they be referred to the City Attorney for examination and recommendation. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the letter and insurance policies to the City Attorney for checking and recommendation, carried. Clerk read letter from E. W. Phillips, Insurance Company, advising that they were revising their blanket fire policies covering building and equipment of the City of Bremerton to include the new Water Department garage and City property at ~lre Station #3 to conform to the new wor~ing required by the newly adopted standard fire insurance policy for the State of' ~ashington, and submitting insurance policies. January 24, 1%5 (cont~ Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the letter and policies to the City Clerk, as Purchasing Agent, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1603, second reading, declaring an emergency to exist on account of the ommission from the 1945 Budget of an amount necessary to comDlete th~ FIRE ALARY SYSTEM, and appropriating funds to meet said emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Goret, Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 415 as follows: WHEREAS, it is necessary to make certain transfer loans as hereinafter set forth in order that the city finances be kept on a cash basis, inasmuch as $2,000.00 is needed in the Cemetery Fund and $15,000.00 in the Recreation Fund to pay salaries and expenses, and $2,751.O5 is needed in the Water Works Construction Fund as a balance to complete a contract payment to John W. Cunningham and associates, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the City Treasurer transfer $2,000.00 from the General Fund to the Cemetery Fund as a temporary loan and that the General Fund be reimbursed as soon as tax moneys are available. Be it further RESOLVED that the City Treasurer transfer $15,000.00 from the General Frond to the Recreation Fund as a temporary loan and that the General Fund be reimbursed when moneys are available from taxes or Government grant. Be it further RESOLVED that the City Treasurer transfer $2,751.05 from the Current Water Fund to the Water Works Construction Fund as a temporary loan and that the Current Water Fund be reimbursed as soon ss lederal funds are received. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen to approve the resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1604 amending Section 13 of Ordinance No. 1600 of the City of Bremerton, entitled: "An ordinance providing rules and regulations for City employees, establishing salary rates pursuant to the 1945 Budget, and declaring 'an emergency." and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 416 as.follows: WHEREAS, by the provisions of Ordinance No. 1590, the City of Bremerton set up a C,,m,,,lative Reserve Fund for Water Department improvement, and WHEREAS, it is necessary and advisable that investigation and studies be made into the amount of water available in Kitsap and Mason Counties for future development by the City of Bremerton, and WHEREAS the Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior has indicated by letter that it is willing to enter into an agreement entitled "Cooperative Agreement far investigation of water resources", under the terms of which the said Geological Survey and the City of Bremerton will each contribute half of the necessary expense in connection with such investigation and study, NOW THEREF(~E, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Bremerton that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are authorized and directed to execute said Coopera~ve Agreement on behalf of the City of Bremerton, in triplicate, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to forward two signed copies to F. M. Veatch, District Engineer, Geological Survey, 207 Federal Building, Tacoma 2, Washington. BE IT ~URTHER RESOLVED that the wark contemplated by the said. agreement comes under the provisions of and is a Project under Ordinance No. 1590, and the City's share of the expense thereof shall be paid for from the "Cu~ulative Reserve Fund for Water Department Improvements." Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen to approve the resslution, carried, all members voting Yes. Mr. Gorst submitted an agreement between the City and the Puget Sound Power and Light for the furnishing of power to the pump station at Twin La,es. A motion by Mr. Oorst and Mr. Keen, following discussion by the Council, that the City enter into a contract with the Puget Sound Power and Light for the furnishing of power to the Twin Lakes PSmping Plant, and the approval of the Council of the accompanying fascination was advanced, carried, all members voting Yes. Mr. Gorst submitted to the Council an application from the HousingAuthority for the property Just north of Roosevelt Field for the erection of more men's dormitories, and asking that license be given them to enter the property to do whatever work is necessary. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Goret that the license be signed, if the condition be inserted that the fence of Roosevelt Field be moved to its proper place by the Federal Housing, carried. Mr. Mutter asked the advice of the Council in the matter of payment of salaries to people who are discharged by the City before the end of the pay period, and whose checks should be forth- coming immediately, but at present there is no reserve in the Salary Fend as the money for salaries is transferred to that Fend Just prior to the official pay day. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen that the City Treasurer be authorized to transfer money to the Salary Fund for the payment of salaries of employe~s discharged between pay periods, carried as follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Haddon that this matter be taken up with the State Examiner, the City Attorney and the Treasurer, carried. January 24, 1945 (cont) Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the Cit~ Clerk be instructed to call for bids for two short wave F.M. Radio sets; Radiola or equal, for the Fire Department, returnable February ?, 1945 at eleven o'clock A.M., carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the City Clerk be instructed to call for bids for two motorcycles for the Police Department, returnable January 31, 1945 at eleven o'clock A.M. carried. Mr. Kean reported for the planning and Zoning Commission and ~he committee of the Whole, that in connection with the petition for the closing of the machine shop at 1409-1411 Marlowe, it would be allowed to operate regardless of the ~act that it is lo%ted in a residential zone, as the residences of the petitioners were erected after the machine shop building had been ere ct ed. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the operator of the Machine Shop be so notified and also the signers of the petition, carried. Mr. Kean advised Mr. Mondschein, who was present with his attorney, that the subject of an operator's license ~* for pinball machines was still under study by the Council and that a little more time would be required before a.decision was reached. Mr. Monschein, through his attorney, agreed to wait longer for the decision. 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. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to adJoSrn, carried. fCity Cle~rk Approved: