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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/08/45 August 8, 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, August 8, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding; Commissioner Haddon, absent; Commissioner Gorst, the Assistant City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst same were approved as read. Clerk read authorization for non-civil service appointment of Wm. G. Kelly, Jr. to the Recreation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary non-civil service appointment, carried. Clerk read notice of employment or change in pay status of Grace Burchard, Sydney R. Loucks, Albert J. Marcus, John M. Reidy, Arthur C. Puderbaugh and William G. Kelly, Jr. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the rates of pay of the foregoin if approved by the Department Head, carried. Clerk read reports of separations for Z. D. Mechaels, F. Haley, Robert Barowski and William Dotson. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read request from the Sinclair Community Church for the use ~ one hundred and fifty folding chairs from the Civic Recreation Center for the night of August 8, 1945. Motion b~ Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the request, carried. Clerk read letter from Earl F. Dickinson, Chief Right of Way Agent of the Department of Highways, acknowledging the receipt om July 30, 1945, of the formal acceptance of Franchine No. 1627 and a copy of Resolution No. 463. Contents were noted and letter ordered filed. Clerk read recommendation from J. L. Hatfield and Fred Walker that the claim of A. G. Runden in the amount of $4.50 for alleged damages to his sidewalk not be allowed. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur inthe recommendation of the Superintendents of the Street a~d Sanitation Department and refer the recommenda- tion to the City Attorney, carried. Clerk read application from Franklin E. Haley, disapproved bY the Chief of Police, for a taxi license. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the Chief of Police and refer~the request to the City Clerk for the notification to Mr. Haley,. carried. Clerk read notice from Frederick B. Cohen that the parking lot to the right of the City Hall would have to be vacated by the First of September, 194~. Contents were noted and the letter referred to the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of a new parking lot for Police cars. Clerk read letter from the Puget Bound Power & Light Company enclosing a check in the amount of $18,716.9Z for the payment of occupation tas for the year ending June 30, 1945, an application for occupation license for the year ending June 30, 1946, and giving a detailed statement of free service rendered the City and the amount paid at the fire halls. Contents were noted and letter ordered I'iled. Clerk read a proposed ordinance establishing and fixing the boundaries of voting precincts in the City of Bremerton, designating the number of each of said precincts, and repealing Ordinances No. 1405, No. 1557 and all other ordin- ances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried. In the discu~sion which followed the reading of the proposed ordinance a motion was made by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that precinct maps of the City be prepared by the Engineer,s office for publication in the official newspaper, and for posting in various spots of congregation in the City, carried. Clerk reported that pursuant to a call for bids for the sanding and finish- in~ of the floor of the gymnasium of the Civic Recreation Center one bid had been received, and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst same was opened and read aloud as follows: Elmer F. Curtis, 242~ Miller Street, Seattle, with a bid of Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the bid~be referred to the City Clerk, the Purchasing Agent, the Recreation Director and the Mayor, carried. August 8, 1945 (Con't) Mr. Gorst reported that a recommendation had not as yet been received from the Committee for the consideration of the tractor end trailer bids but would be forthcoming at the next meeting of the Council. Mr. Gorst reported meeting with a group of property owners and residents of an area between the present City limits and Anderson Cove for the purpose of annexation to the City, but nothing~definite had been decided by them at this time. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1629 repealing Ordinance No. 1470, entitled: "An Ordinance relating to and defining Black-outs, regulating the extinguish- ing, din~ning, diminishing, or shielding of lights during black-outs, repealing Ordinance No. 1435 of the City of Bremerton, end declaring an emergency." and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean end Mr. Gorst toadopt the ordinance, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 465 as follows: BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bt®morton, that a motion passed by the City Council on July 25, 1945, approving the request of Ernest Yett, Fire Chief, for purchase of two 3-way F.M. radio sets for the Seagrave Aerial Ladder truck and one 3-way radio for the City Oldsmobile, and instruct- ing the Purchasing Agent to call for bids and prepare the necessary resolu- tions with the aid of the City Attorney, be and the said motion is ~ereBy~'~re- scinded, for the reason and on the ground that funds are not available by a transfer of money from the appropriation made by Emergency O~dinance No. 1563. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is available in the -~-rgency war-time budget, ~mder the subheading "Fire Department" a total appropriation of~$1200~O0 for the purchase of three 3-way radio sets, and there is available in said emer- gency war-time budget, an appropriation of $700.00 for ra~io e~uipment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be mud they are hereby authorized end directed to call for bids for two-Sway F. M. radio sets, one for the new Seagrave Aerial L~dder truck and one for the Fire DEpartment First Aid car. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the equipment above described be purchased and the cost thereof charged to t he emergency war-time budget for the radio equipment for the Fire Department. ~i BE NT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent call for bids for one 3-way F.M. radio set for the Joint-user green Oldsmobile auto- mobile of the City of Bremerton. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said last mentioned radio equipment ~$ased by the City of Bremerton and the cost thereof be charged Jointly to the appropriation in war-time emergency budget for Fire Department and Police De- partment radio equipment. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to spprove the resolution, end lastruct- ing the City Clerk to make the call for bids returnable on August 22, 1945, at eleven o,clock A.M., carried. Mr. Merkel reporting on the ~ppraisals for condemnation proceedings against the Torstensen property, reported that Mr. Pierce and Mr. Skirving had given oral appraisals of $18,500.00, and Mr. Fulmer had given a w~itten appraisal in the amount of $19,00.00, two copies of which were turned over to the City Clerk. The appraisals were ordered made a matter of record. Mr. Merkel reported that his office had received an appraised valuation of the property near the Bay Theater, which the City desired to annex, in the amount of $13,37~.oo, and three-fourths of the property owners would be requir ed to sign the petition before it could be brought to a vote for or against annexa- tion. The Attorney was instructed to turn the petition over to Mr. Burnett for circulation. Mr. Merkel reported that witnesses against Mrs. Amanda Peterson wer~ not available and he advised that the Building Inspector take the necessary steps for her evt~tion. The recommendation was approved by the two members of the Council present. Following a discussion of the care of fire hydrants in the housing p~eJect areas a motion by Mr. Kean and Er. Gorst that after due consideration and in- vestigation it was deemed too expensive for the City to maintain the hydrants and the responsivility would be turned back to the Housing Authority, carried. Mr. Kean reminded the Council that he had been authorized to arrange a meeting with ~$gard to the garbage du~np and the pollution of the bay water and he submitted a copy of a letter w~i~S~ to tho State P~llution Control Commission. Clerk read letter. Contents were noted and referred to the Commissioner of Public Works fo~ his files. August 5, 1945 (Con't) When discussion revealed that two-thirds of the members of the City Council would be out of the City on the next meeting day a motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the next regular meeting of the City Council be held on Friday, August l?, 1945, at ten l'clock A.M., carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the City Clerk be instructed to issue a call for bids for the reconstruction an~ remodeling of the house in Forest Ridge Park for the use of the Poundmaster, returnable August 22, 1945, at eleven l'clock A.M., the money to come from the Police Department Budget and Specifications to be furnished by the Building Department and the City Engineer, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by the majority of the Council, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, absent, Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to recess until l0 A.M. Friday, August 10, 1945, carried. /City Cl~erk APPBOVED: August 10, 1945 Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, was reconvened at l0 A.M. Friday, August 10, 1945, Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Gorst and the City Clerk being present. The Mayor explained that the meeting had been recessed for the purpose of awarding bids on the tractor and trailer for the Mater Department. Mr. Gorst, reporting for the Committee, advised that two of the trailers offered were too small to be a~euse to the City, and the other did not come up to specifications, and further that it was expected that the government would soon be releasing used trailers at a lower price than could be had at this time. Motion by Mr. Gorst an~ Mr. Kean that all bids on trailers be rejected at this time, and the checks returned to the bidders, carried. Mr. Gorst, reporting for the Committee, advised that it was their reee commendation that the City accept the bid of the Western Tractor Company on the D-4 wide gauge, Model 4BX LaPlant Choate Blade at the bid price as the best bid for the City. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to concur in the recommendation of the Committee and award the bid to the Western Tractor Company, carried. Clerk reaG amended transfer application and change of location license for liquor from 317 Third Street, Raymond, Washington to the Commodore Inn, 636 Burwell Street, Bremerton, which was disapproved by the Chief of Police on the grounds that there are already plenty of taverns to serve this district. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the application and transfer be disapproved, carried. Clerk read Franchise Application No. 1678 for a franchise to construct, opeeate and maintain a 3/4" conduit as a part of the fire alarm signal cable along, upon and across a portion of the Port Washington Narrows Bridge. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the application be made a matter of record and referred to the City Engineer and the City Clerk for com- pliance with the procedure as set up by State law, carried. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: Mayor