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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/08/44 March 8, 1944 Reg~lar meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held on Wednesday March B, 1944 at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding, Co~mmtsstoner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, Assistant Attorney Merkel and City Clerk betug present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and minutes of recessed meet- ing held Wednesday March l, 1944 and on motion of Mr. Kean minutes were approved as read, all members voting Yes. A group of ladies representing residents of Shore Drive appeared before the Council to protest that some residents of their community were forced to pay a monthly g~rbage reutsl ~nd others were apparantly exempt. On motion of ~r. Kean and Mr. ¢~or~t the Sanitation Superintendent was instructed to enforce the provi- sions of Ordinance No. ~8~, all me~bers voting Yes. Clerk read letter from John Jo McGill of the M~tu~l Amusement Company, 10S ~sh~ngton Street, applying for a location ~ice~se to install pinball mach~es at Pete's Place, ~ North Callow, Bremerton. Not, on by ~r. Eean and Mr. Go,st to approve the ap~llcstion, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. ~rso Hadqon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk re~d authorination for Non-civil Service appointment of Dean Rappleye as fire, an, effective ~arch 8, 1944, and Harold L. Clary as patrolman, effective March 1, 1944. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary appointments, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from Ernest Yett, Fire Chief, asking that bids be called for 1,500 feet of Standard Brand 2~ inch, Double Jacket, rubber lined hose with rocker lug couplings (National Standard Thread) and 950 feet of Standard Brand i!~ inch, [~uble Jacket, rubber lined hose with rocker lug couplins (Pacific Coast Thread). Motion by Mr. Kean snd Mr. Gorst to instruct the City Clerk to call for bids, returnable March 22, 1944, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk rea~ copy of a letter from Admiral Taffinder, Corm~.mndsnt of the Navy Yar~, to Mr. Charles Brockman, Eglon, Washington, expressing disapproval with the plan of leasing boats for fishermen. On motion of Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon letter was ordered filed. Clerk read letter from James W. Bryan, Jr., City Attorney, aSvising the Coumctl re concessions at the Bremerto~ Recreation Center, and City sponsored theatricals. Contents noted and referred to the City Treasurer for his f~les. Clerk read letter from R. J. Strasser requesting an extension of t!~e on the contrsct of drilling the two wells completed on Anderson Creek, to the date of January 29, 1944. On motion of ~[r. Gorst and Mr. Kean the request was greeted, ail members voting Yes. March 8, 1944, (cont) Mr. Gorst reporting for the Committee of the Whole advised the bids on pumps opened March l, 1944 were still being considered and asked that another week be allowed for their consideration. Mr. Merkel read leases for the fire ~tations in Eastpark and Westpark. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen to approve the leases and instructing the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign same, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. Merkel read Resolution No. 351 as fellows: WHEREAS, the Co~mty of Kitsap, State of Washington, foreclosed for general taxes on Lots 37 and 38, Block 2, High SchoS1 Addition, Kitsao Cot=~ty Washington, and the said property was struck off to the said Kttsap C~unty at the tax foreclosure sale; that at the time of such foreclosure sale, there were delinquent assessments against the said property paysble to different local improvement districts in the City of Bremerton, and the City of ~remerton did pay to Kitsap County the taxes thereon as by law provided and now has a Treasurer's Deed to the said property, and the City of Bremerton is desirous of selling said property to pay the taxes and delinquent assess- ments assessed against the said real property, snd I~M.~EREAS, the City Treasurer of the City of Bremerton, pursuant to resolution heretofore passed on the 9th day of February. 1944, by the City Council of the City of Bren~erton, did offer said real property for public sale on the 15th day of ?ebruary, 1944, and E. H. Mack and Flor§rice A. Mack, his wife, were the highest bidders for said property, having bid the sum of .$1200.00 cash, now therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the Mayor and the City Clerk thereof be and they are hereby authorized and dir- ected to sell said above described property to F. H. Mack and Florence A. Mack, his wife, for the total cash price of Twelve Hundred ($1200.00) Dollars, and to execute a deed in the name of the City of Bremerton, in favor of said E. H. Mack and Florence A. Mack, his wife, for delivery to said purchasers upon full payment of the said purchase price. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to adopt Resolution No. 351, carried a~ follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. Merkel read Resolution No. 35~ as follows: WHEREAS, it appears to be to the best interests of the City of Bremerton, in the operation of the vario,~s departments, that a monthly report of budget appropriations, expenditures, and balances, be furnished to each department head and supervisor, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and req~ested to furnish to each department head an5 supervisor at close of b~siness each month, a report showing budget appropriations, expenditures for the ~onth, an~ balances on hand for his department, on a suitable to be prepared by the City Clerk, for the purposes above mentioned. Mo~ion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to adopt Resolution No. 352, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. Keen made a request that lights be installed on Bryan Avenue and the matter was referred to Mr. Gorst. Mr. Gorst a~vised the street lights near Roosevelt Hospital had been arranged as requested. Mr. Keen advised that inasmuch as the dim-out regulations had been rela~ed the City Street lights should be cleaned, and on motion of Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean the matter was referred to the Street Superintendent, all members voting Yes. Notion by Mr. Keen and Mrs. Ha~don to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried as follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Heddon, Mos. ~ ~r. orst, ~es. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to adjourn carried, all members voting Yes. Approved; ~.ayor