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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/05/45 September 8, 1945 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing- ton, held in the Nayor's office at ten o'clock A.N. Wednesday September~5, 1945. Nayor Kean presiding; Commissioner Haddon, Connnissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and on motion by Gorst and Mr. Kean same were approved as read. Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments of George Lawter to the Engineer,s office;. Earl Arley Noonan and Albert Lee Roberts to the Sanitation Department ~d EdwardcC. Pair, helper at the Municipal Garage. Notion by Nr. Oorst and Nr. Kean toapprove the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read notice of employment or change in pay status of: Edward C. Pair, L.L. Miller, Hoy Glen Baxter, James L. DeWitt, ~obert Clay NontJoy, Albert Lee Roberts, ~rs. oernlce Ourdett, Mrs. Mae Elstone & Mr. Ethel Elliott. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the rates of pay for the ~oregolng, if approved by the ~ommtssioner in charge of the Department, carried. Clerk read reports of separation for James Russell Plouf, Peter Rfnear- son, ~aymond A. Klopp, hugene E. Finney, John Blgelow, Cliff Oasad, H. C. Corbin, Ted Corey, Erman Denny, Jack Dunn, Denny Givlns, Louis~ Harris, C. Helnr~ch, A.D. Heffington, Nary Jane Hudson, A. L. Knapp, ~rank Logue, H~ ~iller, Harold Noe, L.~. Rifle, L. B. Scott, Lawrence ~nider, ~.H. Tappe, Bob Torseth, Chuck Triggs, Paul Verlado, C. H. Woolsey, Jas. Secula, & Burns E. Taft. Notion by Nr. Kean and Nr. Gorst to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read application for a location license to ~stall pin-ball machines at the Deluxe Tavern-648 Fourth Street, Bremerton, by the Nutual Amusement Company and approved by the Chief of Police. Notion by Nr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the application, carried. Nfs. Haddon advised that the Navy had made a survey of damage done to the wharf and promised that it would be taken care of right away. Clerk read letter from ~uncan K. Kennedy, president o~ the Peciflc Coast Building Officials Conference requesting the presence of N..~O. Nc~eod at the 25rd annual business meeting in Fresno, California. Notion by Nr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the request be approved and Nr. McLeod be authorized to attend the meeting, carried. Nfs. Haddon advised that the Civil Service is attempting to secure the services of a caretaker for the City Hall. Clerk read lette~ from Terry Thompson Of the ~rande & Company invest- ment securities offering to quote a price for a Revenue Bond set-up on colledtion system to finance the installation of a Garbage incinerator if and when the City is so interested. Contents were noted and referred to the Commissioner of Finance for filing. ~r. Nutter advised that the ~estern Gas Company were again delinquent in their payment of taxes. Following the foregoing report a motion by Nr. Kea n ~d Nfs. Haddon that the matter of the collection of taxes and delinquent taxes be r~ferred to the City Attorney and the City Treasurer for necessary action, carried. Nr. Bryan, reporting on the matter of taxes on the Darby property ad- vised that the amonnt involved was smaller than the cost of collecting it would be and he recommended that the City Attorney be authorized not to take any legal action in thls case. A. ~otion so made by ~r. Kean and Nr. Gorst, carried. Mr. Bryan reported that letters had been written to County officials regarding the county payment of medical fees for prisoners but no reply had been received. The.Attorney was requested by the Council to write a follow up letter in order that the issu~ might be clarified. Clerk read letter from ~. J. Sass requesting that the City go on re- cord as supporting the plans of the ~hambers of Commerce of the Cities of the Pacific Northwest in their plans for making Seattle an air terminus on the Alaska- -Orient air route. Clerk read copy of a letter from Nayor Kean to Nr. Sass advising that all possible support for this plan was being offered by the Council. Following a discussion of the air routes the following Resolution was approvcd on motion by Nr. Gorst and Nr. Keen: September 5, 1945 (eon't) Resolution No. 471 WHEREAS, the Civil Aeronautics Board Examiners of Washington, D. C. have recommended that Seattle and the entire State of Washington be by- passed Un favor 6f a main airline from Chicago through Edmonton, Alberta and Fairbanks, Alaska for carrying of passengers and freight to Alaska ~d the Orient, and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and other interested groups representing Seattle and the State of Washington are formulating a program to bring the necessary pressure to bear so that the Pacific Northwest will continue to be a main airline terminal on the main passenger and freight air routes to Alaska and the Orient. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that ~he Mayor of the City cf Bremerton be and he is authorized and directed to cooperate fully with the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and all groups representing the State of Washington, to preserve the dominance of the Pacific Northwest in the matter of passenger and freight trade with the Orient. Mr. Kean advised that he was attending an executive committee meeting of the Association of Washington Cities to be held in Tacoma on Friday, September 7, 1945. Mr. Bryan advised no further action in the condemnation suit but that it was beginning to look as though legal action would be unnecessary. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bells 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 Er. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: Mayo