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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/21/45 March 21, 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, March 21, 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 on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gofer same were approved after slight corrections were made. Clerk read requests for certification for appointments of one clerk-bookkeeper for the Treasurer,s office, one clerk for the Sanitation Office and one clerk- secretary for the Engineer's office. Notice of appointment of Winona Jean Lundemc as clerk-secretary to the Engineer,s office, and authorization for non-civil service appointments of Eloyd Edwin Renn, helper, for the Street Department and William Gordon Kelly, Jr., pump operator for the Water Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen to a~prove the certifications for new employees and approve the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read report of separation of Geo. D. Edwards from the Street Department and Joseph Howard Hill, helper, from the Sanitation Department. Motion by M~. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the separations, carried. C~rk read notice of employment or change in pay status of Chas. J. Provenzana, W. C. Ayers, Floyd F. Taft, and John LaFazia, helpers, to the Sanitation Department at the rate of $1.20 per hour; J. Taylor, to the Water Department at $190.00 per month ~nd George Wright and George Bratten to the Water Department at the rate of $1.32 per hour. Mr. Gorst advised that the budget was not set up for the position to ~hich Mr. Bratten was appointed, but a man was needed for that work, and arrangements would be made for payment. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the changes in pay status if approved by the department head and if provisions were made in the budget, carried. Clerk read letter from the Chief of Police to the Civil Service Examiner advising him that Mrs. Hurley had been granted ten day's furlough without pay to attend the funeral of her mother. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the granting of leave without pay providing it is in conformity with the rub s and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, carried. Clerk read letter from the New York Casualty Company advising that they had never received an acknowledgment of their letter of January 31, cancelling the bond of H. L. Flint. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the letter to the City Clerk for action, carried. Ch rk read claim for damages filed by Mrs. Ltla rotsaert, 626 N. Lafayette in the amount of $200.00 for injuries received from an alleged fall at the corner of Fifth and Pacific. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the claim to the City Attorney, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 430 for the sale of real property described as follows: Lot 5, Block 3, Bayviaw Addition to Bremerton, Minimum Price $750.00; South ~ Lots 17 to 20 Inc., Block 1, High School Addition, Minimum Price $1800.00; South ~ Lot 13, Block 3, First Addition to Charleston, Minimum Price $1BO.O0, and directing and au~horiming the City Treasurer to sell said property at public sale at a date set by Said Treasurer. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the resolution, carried. Clerk read letter from E. J. Brownell, chairman of the~Cl~an,~p W~ek Committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce requesting permission f~th® people of the City of Bremerton to burn rubbish and other burnables without a fire permit during the wee~ from the 25th of March through the 31st of March. Motion by Mr. Kesn and Mr. Gorst that the request of the Junior Chamber of Commerce be not approved and that during the special week no fires be started without the issuance of permits and that the Fire Department be authorized to make its own regulations for Clean-Up Week, carried. Clerk read letter from E. C. Searle, Executive Director, of the Bremerton Housing Authority advising the City that an overpayment of money in lieu of taxes has been made and that credit ~11 be taken by the Housing Authority on the renta~ of 194B for projects Wash-45046, 113 and lA2. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the letter to the City C~rk, carried. March 21, 1945 (cont) Clerk read letter from James W. Bryan, Jr., to Mayor Kean advising him that the Attorney General had rules that the City of Bremerton may pay from its Police Benefit Fund doctor,s bills Tor services rendered to policemen, arising out of ordinary sickness while off duty, not brought on by dissipation' or abuse. Contents were noted and ordered filed. Mrs. Haddon reported that the heavy trucks and buses were s till driving onto the First Street Dock and for safety reasons must be stopped. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the Sexton Transfer Company be notified to vacate the First Street Dock, carried. Mr. Nutter advised that he had compiled the figures, as requested, in comparison with the figures submitted to his office on the Housing Authority's payment in lieu of taxes and a difference in f~gures was reached, he further advised that a letter would be written to Mr. Searle giving him the facts in the case. Mr. Gorst-submitted the contracts with the power company for the furnishing of power to the'Anderson Creek Annex and advised they wareS'in order. Clerk read Resolution No. 481 as follower WHEREAS, Puget Sound Power & Light Company has offered to furnish for a period of five years, upon terms set forth in the following proposed form of contract. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bremarton that a contract be entered into with Puget Sound Powar & Light Company for furnishing of Electric water pumping service upon the terms above proposed, and ~h~t the Mayor be and he hereby is authorized and directed to execute and deliver such contract on behalf and in the name of the City and the C~rkbe and he hereby is authorized and directed to attest such contract and to affix thereto the seal of the City of Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Gofer and Mr. Kean to approve the resolution, and authorize the Mayor and the City Clcrk to sign and execute the contract, carried. Mr. Gorst submitted leases between the City and the Federal Government for the land adjoining the' Roosevelt Field for the erection of more men's dormitories. During the discussion of the lease it was brought out that the Government had agreed to move the fence of the ball park, and as it was not mentioned in the lease the City Attorney advised that the lease be returned to the maker with a request that the provision be entered thereon. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the lease to the Commissioner of Public Works for action, carried. Clerk read recommendation of the Committee for the study of bids on additions to the Anderson Creek Pump Station that the bid be awarded to S. S. Mullen for the bid price of $8,601.00 as the lowest and best bid for the City of Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to approve the re'commendation and award the bid to S. S. Mullen, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read agreement between the S. S. Mullen Company and the City of Bremerton to construct an addition to the pumping station at Anderson Creek for the sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred and One Dollars. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the ~greement and authorize the Mayor and theCity Clerk to'sign same, carried. Clerk read letter from L. R. Durkee, Division Engineer of the Federal Works Agency officially informing the City that the application for Federal Financial assistance for the maintenance and operation of recreation facilities at Bremerton, Washington, has received final approval. And further advising of the allotment of Federal funds not to exceed $19,010.00. Clerk read Offer of the Federal Government to contribute to ~He City fo~ the maintenance and operation of the Recreational Faollities'~rom J~mumby~l, 19~5 to June 30, 1945, the sum of $19,010.00. Clerk read Resolution No. 432 as follows: WHF~EAS, there has been filed with the Federal Works Agency in behalf of the City of Bremerton (herein called the "Owner"), an?application for Federal assistance under the War Public ~orks Program, and 'the United States of America, acting by and through the Federal Works Administrator, has transmitted to the Owner an Offer of Federal assistance in connection with the public works referred to in said application and described in said Offer; and WHEREAS, said Offer has been duly read in open meeting, fully considered in accordance with all pertinent ru~ s of procedure and ~ gal requirements, and made a part of the Owner's public recores; and WHEREAS it is deemed advls~ble and in the public interest that said Offer be accepted: March 21, 1945 (cont) NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved by the City Council of the Owner that the said Offer, a true and correct copy of which, including the Terms and conditions, is hereto attached, be and the same hereby is accepted without reservation or qualification. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the resolution and instructing that the material be referred to Mr. Wyckoff of ~he Treasurer,s Office, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1612 declaring an emergency to exist on account of the obsolescence of the Coin Counting machine of the City of Bremerton, and appropriating funds to meet such emergency. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to approve the Ordinance on first read- ing, carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Go rst, Yes. Mr. Bryan reported that the statement for personal taxes on the tractor equipment purchased from Mr. Samuelson had been returned to Mr. Samuelson with instructions that he would be required to pay them. Mr. Bryan reported that the Building Department was collecting material for the preparation of the ordinance on the issuance of permits for the installation of gas in homes, and the ordinance would be forthcoming shortly. The C~ty Attorney reported that a request had been made by the Mayor and the Chief of Police for an ordinance governing the carrying of concealed weapons in ~he City and he would like further information. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst to refer the matter to the Mayor, the Chief of Police and the City Attorney, carried. The Mayor submitted letters from the Eagle Jewelry and Loan Company, the United Veterans Council, Brown's Music Store, Marion Garland, Jr. and Sr., Rotary Club of Bremerton, the Bremerton Round Table, the Building Trades Council, B'nai B'rith, and Lofthus & Son Oil Company, urging that the Chief of Police be allowed to attend the F.B.I. School in Washington, D. C. Clerk read letter from the Bremerton Metal Trades Council requesting that the Chief of Police not be allowed to attend the school. Contents were noted and all material referred to the Committee of the Whole for further study. The Mayor reported that specifications for the bid for the Concession at the Civic Recreation Center would be forwarded to the office of the City Clerk for publication soon. Mr. Pattison, County Engineer, appeared before the council with-the infor- mation that a culvert on both City and County property at the foot of Jacobson Boulevard was in need of replacement, and advised that if the City would install the culvert the county would pay for it. The offer was accepted by Mr. Gorst, as Commissioner of Public Works, for the City. Mr. Kean reported that the Planning and Zoning Co~nission had been author- ized to retain the services of Mr. Branch, consulting engineer, at a salary of $80.00 per month. Motion by ~Lr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow 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 adjourn, carried. Approved: -- ~City Clerk