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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/11/45 April ll, 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, April 11, 1948. Mayor Kean presiding; Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present . Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and after slight corrections and on motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean same were approved. Ers. B. Minnette, a property owner in the district recently annexed to the City appeared before the Council with a request that a fire hydrant be installed on the corner of 18th and Nipsic Streets. Mrs. Minette was assured that the matter would be referred to the Commissioner of Public Works and the Fire Chief for consideration. Clerk read authorizations for non-Civil service appointments of Stewart G. Billings as Field Supervisor of the Recreation Department, Albert J. Gross, helper in the Sanitation Department and of Thomas James Mason and Homer Roy Morris as helpers in the Street Department. Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary non-civil service appoin~nents, carried. Clerk read reports of separation of John Otis Jarstad, Walter A. Lamphere, Cornelius Lawson and E. K. Shaw. Motion by Mr. Ke~n and Mr. Gorst to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read notice of employment or change in pay status for R. P. Miller, fireman, Stewart G. Billings, Field Supervisor, H. R. Morris, T. J. Mason and Floyd E. Renn, Street Department helpers, F. Stubbs, Water Department, L. L. Miller, G. W. Clute and Fred W. Hanke, Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the change in pay status or notice of employment of the foregoing, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letters from the National Housing Agency, Bremerton Police Local No. 827 and the Carpenters and Joiners Union of America urging the erection of a new Port Washington Narrows Bridge. Contents were noted and the letters referred to the Cormnissioner of Public Works. Clerk read letter from Sam I. Reed, Chief of the Division of Sanitation of the Department of Public Health, enclosing the report of the Division of Sanitation on field activities for the month of March, 1945. Contents were noted and letter and report ordered filed. Clerk read letter from Paul L. Friedman requesting t~e loan of a canvas from the Civic Recreation Center to be used by the ttigh School to protect the floor of the school gymnasium during the annual high school carnival. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the request, carried. Clerk read final estimate of S. ~. Mullen, Contractor for the Municipal Garage in the amount of $557.00, submitted by E. S. Severance, City Edgineer, and recommending payment. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Er. Kean to approve the recommendation of the City Engineer and instruct the City Clerk to issue a warrant for $557.00, final pay- ment, carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from Nfs. S. E. Boyce, Secretary, pro. rem. for the Recreation Commission recommending that the bid for the concession at the Recreation Center and Roosevelt Field be awarded to the Junior Ath~ tic Council, and further recommending that the applications of the Fire Chief and the Police Chief for the reservation of the dance hall for their annual balls be given consideration. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the recommendation of ~he Park and Recreation Commission and award the ~id to the Junior Athletic Council, to au~horize ~he Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the contract and also to ~pprove the recommendation of the Co~mission re the applications of Fire Chief for the Saturday night nearest to March 17 of each year and of Police Chief for the Tuesday night nearest to May i of each year for their annual dances, carried, all members voting Yes. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that copies of the concession contract be sent to ~r. Sorensen and Nr. Carter at the High School in order that they will be advised of the terms, carried. ~r. Gorst reported the need for a mechanical loader for the Street Department, that he had contacted Seattle officials who advised that the leader more than paid for itself in a short time through the saving in labor. April 11, 1945 (cont) Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the City Clerk be instructed to issue a call for bids for one self-propelled mechanical loader, returnable April 25th at eleven o'clock A.M., carried. Mr. Gorst reported that he was again receiving complaints about people fencing in street and parking strip areas and using them as gardens or yards, He advised that in most cases the fences were only makeshift or temporary affairs, but in some instances more permanent fences were being built, and it was his opinion that a stop should be put to this practice once and for all. The City Attorney was instructed to write letters to the offenders ordering them to place their fences on their own property lines, the names and addresses to be furnished him by the Commissioner of Public Works. Mr. Gorst asked for a discussion by the Council for the needed repairs to the First Street Wharf, expressing the opinion that for safety reasons something should be done about it soon. Following the discussion it was decided that repairs could be undertaken for about $10,000.00 which would render the dock safe and usable by the public and a motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst that the City Engineer be instructed to prepare plans and specifications for the issuance of a call for bids, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. Nutter advised that the Attorney had submitted to him the bill of sale for the refrigerator and unit from the Recreation Center. Clerk read Resolution No. 438 as follows: BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, that the follow- lng transfers be made in the 1948 budget: From the Police Department Budget, From office supplies and printing ....... $150.00 To the Retirement Liability Fund, under Ordinance No. 1872, for pension and retirement of Police Stenographers. From the Police DeRartment Budget, Capital Outlay ma~h~n~ ...... ~2~ . .__ . . 103.78 From Re-loading for munition' to Labor for building locker. From the Treasurer's Budget, Capital Outlay, .... 5~.00 From adding Machine and typewriter to Two steel posture chairs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the reason for transfer of $1~0.00 ~rom the Police Department Budget, Office Supplies and printing, to Retirement Liability Fund, as above set forth, is that the police stenographers were formerly officially classified as policewomen and were eligible for retirement under the policemen's pension fund, whereas the police stenographers are now officially classified as Civil Service employees and are not classified as policewomen, and the amount set forth in the 1948 Budget should be transferred to the Civil service Fund. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the other transfers above mentioned are self- explanatory. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried, all members voting Yes. The City Attorney read lease between the City of Bremerton, and the Kitsap County Red Cross for the following: The upstairs, or second floor p~ tion, of that certain frame building located on the Municipal Wharf at the foot of Second Street, in Bremerton, Washington, together with the right to use of the stairway for ingress and egress. ~ ~~, Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the lease and that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute same for the City of Bremerton, carried. Clerk announced this as the date for the opening of bids for Fire Alarm Location, Project No. 48-~67-C, and on motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean same were opened and read aloud as follows: Industrial Electric Company, 1828 Yale Avenue, Seattle, Washington with a certified check in the ~ount of $500.00 and a total bid of $8,449.00 Driscoll Electric Company, of Bremerton, with a cashier's check in the amount of $8~0.00 and a total bid of $11,452.40. Rockwell Electric Company, Bremerton, with a bond in the an ount of $300.00 and a total bid of $5,382.19. The bids were referred to the City Engineer and Mr. Tomlinson, F.W.A. E~gineer with a suggestion from the Mayor that the Fire Chief and the Traffic Control man be consulted in considering the bi~s. April 11, 1945 (cont) Mr. Bryan reported that he was in the process of recovering $65.00 or a part of $65.00 from the County, that being a part of a fine levied on a prisoner of the Bremerton Courts who had been interned in the County Jail. Mr. Bryan further reported that he had written letters to restaurant owners, requeating that their places of business be brought up to a B standard at the request of the Public Health Department. Clerk read Ordinance No. 161? relating to and regulating the installation and use of pipes, fixtures and apparatus used or intended to be used to conduct or consume natural, manufactured or mised gas, in the City of Bremerton, providing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. Gorst reported the need of a well drilling rig for installing pumps in wells, cleaning, etc., and advised such a rig could be purchased at this time from the Strasser Company. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon that the City Clerk be instructed to issue a call for bids for a drilling rig for the Mater Department, returnable April 25, 1945 at eleven o'clock A.M., specifications to be furnished by Mr. Casad, carried. Mrs. Harry Lombard appeared before the Council to ask the correct procedure concerning the opening of an alley between Olympic and Naval at Eleventh Street, said alleyway having been blocked by a property owner. ~s. Lombard was advised by the City Attorney to place her case before an attorney and he would carry the matter through for the interested parties. 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. Approved: Mayor