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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/17/45 Mayor August 17, 1945 RegulAr meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing- ton , held in the Mayor's office at ten o'clock A.M. August 17, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding; Commissioner Haddon, absent, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the Oity Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular and recessed meetings and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst same were approved as read. Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments of: Don Morrison, Ralph ~. Hatfield, Eugene E. Finney, William George Yarck and Edmund 0. Bourdage. 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: Lynn Allison Patterson, Edmund 0. Bourdage, Don Morrison, G. Holt, Edna Neilsen, Violette Mae Denton, Nilliam George Yarck, Ralph A. Hatfield and Eugene E. Finney. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the rates of pay of the foregoing if approved by the Department Head, carried. Clerk read reports of separation for Bert D. Carl!n, L.L. Miller, Paul Mattox, William Dwyer, Rusty King, Bernice Ann ~nderson and Samuel W. V~ughn. Motion By Mr. ~orst and Mr. Kean toapprove the ~epa~tions, c~r~led. August 17, 1945, (Con't) Clerk read recommendation by Mr. Kean and Mr. Billings that the con- tract for sending and refinishing the floors of the gy~masium at the Civic Recreation Center be awarded to Elmer F. Curtiss, Seattle, for the bid p price of $1,371.00. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommeneation and refer the bid to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent for issuance of the necessary purchase order, carried. Clerk read 'application for occupation license for the Puget Sound Power and Light Company. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the application, carried. Clerk read call for bids for the supply of fuel oils for use of the various departments of the City, returnable August 22, 1945, at eleven o'clock A.M., which was approved by the two members of the Council present. Clerk read letter from Sam I. Reed, Chief of the Sanitation Division of the'Public Health enclosing a report on the field activities of the Dlvlssion of Sanitation for the month of July. Contents were noted and ordered filed. Clerk read letter from ~ern J. Freeman, President of the Rotary Club of the City of Bremerton requesting the loan of chairs and tables from the Recreation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the request, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1630, second reading, extablishing and fixing the boundaries of voting precincts in the City of Bremerton, desig- nating the number of each of said precincts, and repealing Ordinances No. 1405, No. 1557 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in con- flict therewith. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the ordinance be adopted with the boundaries of Precinct #31 corrected as follows: Ail that part of the City of Bremerton lying East of Hayward Avenue and South of the Center line of E. Sixteenth Street, carried. Mr. Gorst submitted contracts with the Power and Light Company for the furnishing of power and ligh~ to ~nderson Creek Annex. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign the contracts for the City of Bremerton, carried. Clerk read Resolution No. 466 authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute a deed in the name of the City of Bremerton in favor of Arnold S. Wang for Lots 6-7-8-9-10, Block 5, except the East 10 feet of First Addition to Charleston, Kitsap County, Washington for the total purchase price of $t100.00. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried. The two members of the Council present at the meeting approved the plan advanced by the State F~aminer that all employees would be paid for the two day holiday occasioned by V-J Day, and those employees who actu- ally worked on those days would be paid at overtime rates. Mr. Kean reported that nothing had as yet been done about securing another parking place for PSlice Department cars, and following a dis- cussion about possible places Mr. Bryan was authorized to investigate on the possibility of tearing down the old buildings across the alley on the Torstensen property to make a parking place for Police Department cars, Following a discussion of the celebration of the holidays a motion was made by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that a letter be written to the Cap- tain of the Yard and to the Washington State Guard, thanking them for the cooperation and help received from the shore patrol and the members of the State Guard in maintaining order. Motion by Mr. Kesn and Mr. Gorst to allow all bells presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, absent, Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Corst and Mr. Kean to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: fCi ty CLel~k Mayor ~