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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/06/45 june 6, 1945 Regular meeting of the City Council o f the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the Mayor's office at ten o'clock A.M., Wednesday, June 6, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding; Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney, and the Assistant City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous meeting and on motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean same were approved as read. Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments of Timothy S. Holt, maintenance man, and William Henry peterson, leader, for the Recreation Department; Alyce E. Gallus, temporary clerk for the Water Department and Wslter E. Hazelett, helper, for the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read notice of employment or change in pay status of: Lee Harding Green, Thomas M. Riff, Walter E. Hazelett, Howard H. Hagar, G. W. Clute, Frederick E. Foote, William D. Derflinger, Jr., Ernest Brough, Elling E. Simonsen, H. H. Harrell, Timothy S. Holt, J~ck Tibbetts, William Henry Peterson, Warren Bailey, Alyce E. Gallus and Naxene Ezzell. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the above changes in pay or notice of employment if approved by the Department Head, carried. Nr. Gorst advised that through error the notice of employment or change in pay status for George Haberly had not been noted at the time of his p~omotion in February and at this time a notice would be submitted setting his salary at $200.00 per month as of February l, 1945. Notion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the change of pay for Mr. Haberly, effective February l, 1945, ~arried. Clerk read reports of separations for Jack Tibbetts, Lee H. Green, Kenneth Thompson, George L. Long, Herbert Gruetzmacher and Carl Kanine. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the separations, carried. Clerk reported this as the date set for the hearing of the vacation of a certain portion of Porter Street, Bremerton, ~ashington, and no protests had been filed. ~r. Gorst reported that this vacation case was unusual in that the street could never be improved and used as a street and in no event ~ould benefit any~ one but the a~utting property owners and for this reason he recommended forsaking the usual policy of the Council and granting the vacation. Notion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the application for vacation of the North 15 feet of Porter Street lying between the West margin of Yantic .~ Street and the East margin ~' Charleston Street, Breme~rton~ Kit~ap'County,~ ~ 4~ Washington, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs~ Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No..1619 vacating a certain portion of Porter Street, Bremerton, Washington. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance, carried. Clerk read application from Army SeiJas, attorney for the United Amusement Company of Bremerton, the American Amusement Company and the Bremerton Amusement Company for the renewal of the pinball operator's license for the year ending June 50, 1946. Notion by Mr. Oorst and Nfs. Haddon to approve the renewal of the licenses, carried. Clerk read letter from Fred H. Kllnefelter, Elks Temple, Bremerton, Washington, enclosing a Manager's Check in the amount of $1500.00, with an application for a master pinball operator's license. Notion by Mr. Gorst and ~r. Kean to refer the application to the Committee of the Whole for study and recommendation, carried. Clerk read letter from the Bremerton Sand and Gravel Company advising that it is their intention to terminate their lease of City Park property dated February 10, 1941, in accordance with the terms of said lease, as of the 51st day of July, 1945. Notion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to refer the letter to the City Engineer with a copy of the lease for study and recommendation as pertaining to things to be done by the lessee before the termination of the lease, carried. Clerk read letter from Ivan Kvistad, ~506 Seventh Street, City, requesting the requirements for operating a private taxi cab in the City. Contents were noted and the letter referred to the City Treasurer and Assistant Chief of Polics Sockwell. June 6, 1945 (cont) Clerk read letter from the East Bremerton Improvement Club requesting that the City Council take some action on installing street lights at l?th, 18th, Terrace, Highland Addition, Cascade Trail, Parker Place, North End George Dewey Jr. High School and North end East Bremerton Grade School, all on Perry Avenue. Contents were noted and letter referred to the Commissioner of Public Works and the City Engineer, with instructions to the City Clerk to reply to the E.B.I.C. that pending the suit against annexation, nothing would be done until matters in that regard were settled. Clerk read letter from Ralph Davisson, State Examiner, enclosing tabula- tions prepared showing an analysis of actual revenues received from January l, 1945 to April 50 as compared with the 1945 budget estimate for the General Fund, and of the Police and Fire Departments expenditures, and advising that this tabulation accompanies the revised request to the Federal Works Agency. Contents were noted and referred to the Committee of the Whole. Clerk read letter from the N. Ci Jannsen Drilling Company advising that a different casing had been substituted in the new well and the City would receive credit for the difference. Approval of the substitution of casing was recommended by Hr. Casad. Notion by Hr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to approve the recommendation of ~r. Casad and accept the substitution, carried. Mrs. Haddon and Hr. Kean reported that a lease or agreement with the Horluck Transportation Company had never been completed and would be taken care of at once. Hotion by Hr. Gorst and Hrs. Haddon to refer the matter to the Committee of the Whole and the City Attorney, carried. Hr. Gorst reported that the bulldozer in use by the Water Department was in such a condition that a new one could be bought for the cost of the repairs needed and recommended a new dozer be purchased. Notion by Hr. Gorst and Nfs. Haddon that the City Clerk be instructed to issue a call for bids for one bulldozer for the Water Department, returnable June 20, 1945 at eleven o'clock A.M., carried. Hr. Gorst reported that the new well was doing fine with a good artisian flow and gave promise of providing a minimum of a million and a half gallons. Clerk read letter from H.G. HcLeod, Building Inspector, reporting on the survey of existing trailer camps outside the City Limits, and advising that at a later date an account of the trailer situation within the City would be given. Contents were noted and referred to the %ommittee of the Whole for recommendation. The City Attorney read Resolution No. 450 as follows: WHEREAS, the United States Government has constructed a sewer on Perry Avenue and adjacent territory comprising Sewer District #2 of Kttsap County v~Ich is now within the city limits of the City of Bremerton, and is known as the Nanette Sewer System Defense P~ublic Works Project No. Wash. 45-178, and ~[EREAS, the United States Government has indicated that it is desirous of selling said sewer system to the City of Bremerton, and WHEREAS, said sewer system is a useful extension of the existing city sewer system in East Bremerton and it would be to the advantage of the City of Bremerton t0 acquire said sewer system, providing the same can be financed and paid for by the issuance of sewer revenue bonds payable solely out of the revenue charged for the use of said sewer; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hayor and the City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to submit a proposal to the United States for the purchase of said Perry Avenue sewer system and to pay the United States of America the sum of $16,O00.OO upon the issuance of sewer revenue bonds; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Nayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby instructed to take all necessary steps necessary to the acquisition of said sewer system, provided the proposal is accepted by the United States of America, and in such event the City Attorney of the City of Bremerton be, and he is hereby instructed to prepare all of the necessary ordinances and resolutions to be used in connection with the acquisition of said sewer system, and to mako the necessary preliminary arrangements for an opinion regarding the legality of revenue bonds to be issued for the purchase of said system. Notion by Hr. Kean and mr. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried as follows: Hr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Hr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk reported that pursuant to the call for bids for pumps for the Water Department two bids had been received and on motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean same were opened and read aloud as follows: JUNE 6, 1945 (cont) Fairbanks Morse & Company, 1226 First Avenue South, Seattle 4, Washington with a certified check in the amount of $92.00 and a bid of $1825.20. Pacific Pumping Company, Smith Tower, Seattle, Washington with a bid of $1700.00 with an additional $155.00 if a right angle drive is desired. No check was enclosed with this bid. Motion by Mr. Gorst end Mrs. Haddon to refer the bids to the Commissioner of Public Works, the Water Superintendent and the Purchasing Agent, carried. The City Attorney read Ordinance No. 1820 amending Ordinance No. 633 by adding Section 32-B to provide for the rate to be charged public school districts both within and without the city limits of the City of Bremerton, and amending Ordinance No, 1536 by adding Section 17-E thereto providing for service connect- ions outsidg of the City Limits of the City of Bremerton and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the ordinance as read, carried. City Attorney read Resolution No. 451 as follows: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton established an emergency budget and authorized the issuance of $34,460.00 in emergency warrants by Fmergency Ordinance No. 1570, on July 26, 1944, in order to p~ovi~e for the exp- enditure of Federal funds for recreation in the City of Bremerton, and WHEREAS, an audit by the Federal Works Agency of the operation by the City of Bremerton of Docket No. Wash. 45-M-97, and the expenditure of funds for recreation in the City of Bremerton during the year 1944, reveals that the City of Bremerton owes the United States of America the sum of $6,946.36, in conformance with the terms of the Federal Grant of funds for recreation and the operation by the City of its Recreation Department during the year 1944, and WHEREAS, there is available at present ih cash in Recreation Contribution Account #45-M-97 the sum of $495.70, which should be utilized in payment oi' a portion of said indebtedness of the City of Bremerton to the United States of America, and the City of Bremerton has full authority pursuant to the terms of said Ordinance No. 1570 to issue an additional emergency warrant or warrants to reimburse the United States of America, the remaining balance due ~in the sum of $6,450.66 to liquidate the total indebtedness of $6,946.36, NOW THEREFORE, BE IF ~ESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the City Clerk is authorized and directed to prepare and sign and the Mayor is authorized to sign a cash warrant to be paid from funds in Recreation Contribution Account ~45-M-97 to close the said account, and emergency warrants pursuant to the authority granted by Ordinance No. 1570 in the respective amouhts as follows: Emergency Warrants, $3450.66 " " 500.00 " " 500. O0 " " 500.00 " " 500. O0 " " 500.00 "- " 500.00 Total $6450.8--~ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said cash warrant and said emergency warrants shall be made payable to the United States of America and that said emergency warrants shall be endorsed by the City Treasurer, "Not paid for want of funds and bears interest at the rate of 2% until called." BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to purchase said interest bearing emergency warrants for and on behalf of one or more of the Trust Funds of the City of Bremerton as an investment to be held by such Trust Fund until such time as the principal an~ interest is paid from revenues to be raised from taxes to be levied by the City of Bremerton in the fall of 1945 to be collected during the year 1946, as provided by State law in connection with the issuance of emergency warrants. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the resolution, carried. City Attorney read Resolution No. 452 as follows: BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, that permission is hereby granted to Boy Scout Troop 511 of Bremerton, Washington, to use the former Army Barracks Building located at the north edge of the Warren Avenue Playfield as a regular meeting place as soon as the said building is vacated by the Washington State Guard. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Boy Scout Troop 511 shall be responsible to keep the said building in repair and to protect the same from waste or vandalism, and that the said Boy Scout Troop 511 will share the use of said building with the Washington State Guard at such times as the use of the building sh~ll be needed or requested by the Washington State Guard, and that the officers and committee- men of Boy Scout Troop 511 shall be responsible to the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Bremerton to see to it that the said building is used in conform- ance with the orders and requests of the City Council at all times. June 6, 1945 (cont) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the officers of Boy Scout Troop 511 be informed that the permissive use of said building is hereby granted subject to revocation at any time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk forward a copy of this resolution to Wm. Juneau, Asst. Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 511. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried. Mr. Bryan reported that a gentleman had come to his office to inquire regarding the establishing of a horse meat market in the City ann he had referred the man to the Mayor. The City Attorney was instructed to obtain copies of the ordinances per- raining to the regulations of such markets from Seattle and Portland where such markets exist. ~r. Bryan reported that his office had written the Attorney General regard- ing the matter of the City Charter being over-ruled by the State Law in the matter of Municipal Elections, and he had been informed that the letter had been forwarded to the State Department. It was the Attorney's belief that the State Law would over-rule the City Charter and the primary election would be held in September with the general election to be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. The City Attorney reminded the City Clerk that a list of the offices to be filled by the election would have to be cert~ied to the County Auditor by the 13th day of June. / Mr. Kean reported that Mr. McDonald, of the Bowling Alley, had resigned his position with the Recreation Commission and that Mr. O.W. Whitford had been appointed to fill out his term, expiring August 19, 1947. Mr. Kean further reported that Mr. Stewart Billings had resigned from the Planning and Zoning Commission and Mr. Don Reynolds had been appointed to fill his unexpired term, ending October l, 1947. Mr. Kean reported that the Lease for the room at the Recreation Center had not been retu~ed from the State Guard, but was expected at any time. 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,~es. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Ke~n to adjourn, carried. APproved: ~°~ -- Mayor