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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/07/45 February V, 1945 Regular meeting of the City ~ouncil of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the Mayor's office at ten o'clock A.M., Wednesday, February ?, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding. Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and recessed meeting and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon same were approved as read. Clerk read notice of certification of Mildred C. Herreld as Clerk in the Civil Service Department at a salary of $175.00 per month and of Billte E. Hurley, stenographer-file clerk in the Police Department, Detective Division, at a salary of ~150.00 per month; also authorization for non-civil service appointment of Eldon Arthur Lounsberry, equipment operator, to the Sanitation Department. l~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary non-civil service appointment of Mr. Lounsberry and to approve the certification of Miss Hurley and Miss Herreid at the salary brackets as specified in the certifications, budget:~and salary ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, No. Nr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read reports of separation of Roy F. Sargent and Ray ~. Noble from the Police Department and of Genevieve Gilroy from the Water Department. Lotion by ~r. ~orst and Mr. Kean to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read letter from Jean Eskridge, bookkeeper in the Treasurer's office, requesting a six month's leave of absence in order to be with her humband, a service man, who has been hospitalized in South Carolina. - l~iotion by Mrs. Haddon and ~r. Kean that [~rs. Eskridge be granted a thirty day leave of absence at her present Civil Service status, carried. Clerk read notice of employment o~ change in pay status of: Janics Richards, Harold Fulton, Jack Shrlmplin, William 0. Manke, Gladys Miniken, Byron J~ Joanis, James Scott, ~illiam E. Leslie, Mrs. Kenneth Schmidt, Nathan Holler, Marlin Hodel, Glen Cantwell, Joseph Hill, Carl Trout, Paul B. Scott, Norris West, Ray ~hitney, Harold Hartvigsen, David Crawford, Kenneth Dunn, Thomes Babington, Milo E. Godfrey, Roy E. Lelsher, Hobert Block and Mildred Herrled. Motion by M~ Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the notice of employment and changes in pay status of the foregoing, carried. Clerk read letter from Sam I. Reed, Chief of the Division of sanitation of the Department of Public Health, submitting the report of the Division of Sanitation on field activities for the month of January. Letter and report were ordered made a matter of recorU and filed. Clerk read re~mmendstion of the Committee for the consideration of the bids on motorcycles for the Police Department,that the City purchase the two Harley Davidson Motorcycles from Otto Drager at the bid price of $1~565.00, and further recommen5ed that the City reject ~r. Drager's offer of $300.00 for s used city motorcycle. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the recommendation of the Committee, and to instruct the City Clerk to proceed with the purchase, carried, all members voting Yes. Clez'k read letter from R.M. Griffin, Commandant of the ~Qavy Yard, re- questing permission to locate a reflector upon land owned by the 0ity on the south side of Sinclair Inlet, nescribed as follows: Gov't Lot 4, Section 33, Township 24, Range l, East. Mr. Gorst advised that he had already discussed this matter with Navy. Yard officials and it was at his request that the letter had been written. l~otion by ~r. Oorst and ~r, Kean that the request be granted and the City Clerk be instructed to so notify the Co~mmandant of the Navy Yard in writing, carried. Mrs. Haddon reported that City Employee's had received notice to move from the Housing Projects, and were finding it difficult to locate housing in the City. Mr. Kean explained that City Employees had been allowed to live in the projects only because the projects were not needed by Navy Yard Workers, but now these units were needed, so the City Employees had been requested to move elsewhere. Mrs. Haddon reported that she would contact Mr. Searle with a view to ob- taining housing in the projects for City Employees. February 7, 1945 (Con,t) Mr. Gorst was advised by the City Attorney to prepare claim vouchers for return of the 20~ due on the Marine Drive and Phinney Bay Water Districts. Clerk read letter from the Crawford Motors re Project 45-260 (N), Garbage Disposal Equipment, requesting an extension of time on the delivery of trucks to ~e Sanitation Department. Clerk read letter from m.S. Severance, City Engineer, approving the extension of time as requeste~ by Mr. Crawford. Mr. Gorst submitted gene.ral claim vouchers on the Sanitation Construction Fum~ for the 3% Excise Tax due the State on the purchase of the two trucks, in the amount of ~308.41, and for the two trucks and two load packers, in the amount of ~10,280.36. Clerk read Resolution No. 418 as follows: WHEREAS, Crawler5 Motors, by R.T. Crawfore, Contractor on the Garbage Dis- posal Equipment, Project Wash. 45-260(N), Bremerton, Washington has completed all work under his contract in~accordsnce with the approved plans ~d contract documents AND WITEREAS, the date specified for completion under the contract oc- curred on July 30, 1944, but the work was not completed until February 2, 1945, an excess of t88. days. WIIEREAS, the over-run in the specified contract completion time is due entirely to low priority rating, causing late delivery from manufacturers, re- quiring more time, described in the 0ontractor's letter of request for extension of time dated February 2, 1945. AND WHEREAS, no damage of any nature whatsoever occurred by reason of fail- ure of the Oontractor to complete his work within the time specified: NOW, ~IEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED (1) That no liquidated damages be asserted by reason of C~awford Motors by R.T. Crawford's failure to complete the work ~ thin the time specified; and (2) 'l~nat the resolution of unqualified, unconditional wtaving of damages be transmitted to the Regional Engineer of the Federal ~orks Agency for his approval. Motion by ~rs. Haddon and I~r. ~orst to approve the resolution, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 419 as follows: WHEREAS, Crawford Motors, by R.T. Crawford, Contractor on Garbage ~isposal Equipment, Project Wash. 45-260(N), Bremerton, ~¥ashfngton, has entirely completed all ~ork under his contract in accordance with the approved contract documents: NOW, THERE?ORE, BE IT RESOLVED tha~ the work of Crawford ~otors by R.T. Crswford be and is hereby accepted and the entire project is herewith accepted, as of February 2, 1945. Motio~x by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. ttaddon to approve the resolution, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 420 as follows:. BE IT RESOLVED that the City Treasurer is hereby directed to transfer $1904.12 from the General Fund to the Sanitation Oonstructlon Fund as a temporary loan, to e repaid as soon as funds are received from the Federal Government, to be used as the balance necessary, together with funds now on hand in the Sanitation Construction Fund, to pay the total sum of $10,588.77 to Crawford Motors, in con- nection with Project No. Wash. 45-260(N). Motion by ~rs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to approve the resolution, carried. ~otion by ~rs. Haddon and Mr. Kean that the City Clerk be instructed to re- turn the certified check of the Crawford Motors, vhich was submitted with his bid, carried. Mr. Gorst advised that the Water Department would lose from two to six men men soon to the draft and on motion by ~r. Gorst and Mr. Kean a call was issued to the Civil Service Commission for two meter readers, two pipemen and two pipe- men helpers, carried. Mr. Ke~x reported that he expected to attend a meeting with the head of the Selective Service with a view to obtaining deferments for men in key positions. Mr~ Nutter was advised by the Council that the lot and a half at Tenth and Pennsylvania would not be for sale by the City. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1605 amending Use and Area maps of Ordinance No. 1553 and declaring an emergency. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the Ordinance, carried. ~r. Bryan read letter, for the approval of the Council, to T.M. Jenner, Chairman of the State Tax Commission at Olympia, Washington, requesting that the City be reimbursed or credited for payments of business and occuptlonal tax paid since the audit of 1943 due to the fact that the operation of the Sanitation De- partment was a ggvernmental function and at present is operating at a loss. Motion by Mrs. Harden and ~r. Kesn to approve the letter as written by the City Attorney, carried. February 7, 1945 (Con't) Clerk reported that pursuant to call for bids for two rac~ios for the Fire Department, one bid had been received, and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst same was opened and read aloud as follows: Galvin Mfg. Corporation, 5515 38th N.E. Seattle, Washington with a total bid on two Motorola Model radios of $880.00. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Uorst to refer the bid to the City Clerk, the Purchasing Agent and the Fire Chief, and in view of the fact that it was the only bid received, if it conforms with the requirements, that the Committee be authorized to accept the bid without further action by the Council, carried. Clerk reporDed that pursuant to call for bids for the sale of the refrig- erator and unit from the Recreation Center one bid had been received and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst same was opened and read aloud as follows: Charles Downing, Recreation Cafeteria, Civic Recreation Center with a bid of $225.00. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the bid of Mr. Downing be accepted, csrried. Mr. Kean reported that the City had a bill before the Legislature at Olympia to acquire the property at the Head of the Bay for commercial purposes and in- dustrial sites, and in the event that the property could be acquired, it would be advisable that the powers of the Port Commission be extended to the City council. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. naddon that the City Council go on record for the submission of a bill giving the Council the same powers as the Port Com- mission, carried. Mr. Kean further advised that the Centrsl Labor Council has been advised of this matter. Clerk read Ordnance No. 1606 defining and prohibiting the business of solicitation of subscriptions for magszines or periodicals for future delivery, in public places in the City of Bremerton, commonly known as "steming", and prescribing'penalties. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried. Clerk read letter from Mr. Davisson, State Examiner, protesting the excep- tions to the ruling for the classification of Police Patrolmen made by the Civil Service Con~lssion. Mr. Bryan submitted an ordinance, with an explanation of the events lead- ing up to the drawing of the ordinance. C~rk resd Ordinance No. 1607 relating to and reciting facts concerning classification of Police Patrolmen in the City of Bremerton, clarifying and defining classification of police patrolmen under the 1944 budget beginning as of January l, 1944, and correcting a scrivener's error in said budget, classifying police patrolmen as of January l, 1945, pursuant to and in con- currence with rulings of the ~ivil Service Commission, and declaring an emerg- ency. ~otion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to approve the orc~inance,~.carried. Mr. Kean announced the resignation of Howard Schwartz from the Planning and Zoning Commission an~ the appointment of Harold Lebo, of Kaufman and Lebo, to fill out the term which expires October l, 1946. Mr. Kean announced the reappointment of H.D. Sorensen to the Library Board, term to expire January l, 1950. Mr. Kcan reported that while in 01~npia he had attended the reading and the hearing before the Committee of the bill for the 1945 census. ?ne board would consist of one memMer from the State Planning Commission, one member from the University of Washington and one member from the State College, to establish the 1945 census apportioning grate moneys by population. Mr. Kean further reported that he had attended the meeting wherein the cities of the first and second class would establish pension and retirement for all employees except policemen. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. ~iaddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: