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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/11/44 October 11, 1944 Regular meeting of the City Counoil of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the Mayor's office at ten o~clock A.M. Wednesday October 11, 1944. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon and the Assistant City Attorney being present. Commissioner Gorst, absent. Clerk read minutes of previous regular and recessed meeting, and minutes of Statutory Meetings held on September §, ?, ll, 14, 18, Ocotober 2, 3, 4 and 5, 1944 and on motion of Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon same were approved as read, all members present voting Yes. Clerk read certification of Freda Bruansdon as. clerk for the Water Department; authorization for nOn-civil service appointments for Charles Thomas Cunningham and Earl Booker as patrolmen for the Police Department; Glen Dale Segerman and William M. Jolly as helpers for the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon approving the certification and appointnmnts as read and recommending that the matter of men holding two full time positions in different departments of the City be brought before the Council for discussion, carried, all members present voting Yes. Clerk read report of separation of John Robertson Brathovde, firemen- secretary, from the Fire Department, and a letter from Fire Chief Yett recommending that Mr. Brathovde be given an indefinite leave of absence for the duration of the war. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the separation and instructing the City Clerk to comply with Ordinance No. 1337 in the matter of military leave, carried, all members present voting Yes. Clerk read report of separation of Florence Wilson, bookkeeper from the Sanitation Department, effective October 9, 1944. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean approving the separation, carried, all members present voting Yes. Clerk read petition signed by eight property owners of the Hugh T. Williams addition, Lot l, Block i for the creation of an improvement district for the improvement of Block No. 2100 between llth Street on the South and 13th Street on the North and Naval Avenue on the East and Olympic Avenue on the West, by putting in an alley that would serve the property owners whose property fronts on llth Street. Contents were noted and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon the petition was referred to the Commissioner of Public Works and the City Engineer for recommendation carried, all members present voting Yes. Mrs. Haddon reported that the Union was not satisfied with the ten dollar per month raise for dirivers and helpers of the Sanitation Department. Mr. Merkel read letter from Helen Graham, attorney for the Federal Housing Authority, regarding a new lease for the property owned by the Sanitation Department on which the D~ration Dormitories are situated. Mr. Merkel was authorized by the Council to reply to Miss Graham advising her office to submit a new lease for the property in question. Mr. Merkel advised that a letter had been received by their office regarding extending the city limits to include Highways 21 and 2lB. The City Clerk was instructed to turn the samples and bid submitted but not opened for floor coverings for the Recreation Center Restaurant over to the City Engineer for study and recommendation. Clerk read Resolution No. 386 as follows: W~F~EAS, the City of Bremerton, on January 28, 1942, pursuant to the provisions of Resolution No. 179, entered into an "agreement to lay water pipe lines" with the Olympic Building and Supply Corporation, under the terms of which ~e city has collected and deposited into a trust fund, the sum of $1620.00 in partial re- imbursement to said corporation for cash advanced for materials and labor in connection with laying said pipe lines. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city of Bremerton by and through its proper officers, shall pay out of said trust fund the said sum of $1620.00 to the Olympic Building and Supply Corporation. Mr. Merkel explained the events leading up to the drawing up of this resolution and added that Mr. Gorst had requested the resolution from their office. Motion by M~s. Haddon and Mr. Kean to hold the resolution over until Mr. Gorst would be present, carried, all members present voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinace No. 1578 levying both general and special municipal taxes against all of the taxable property within the city limits of the city of Bremerton October ll, 1944 (cont) for the year 1944, and approving the assessment roll made by the Assessor of Kitsap County therefore, to be collected in the year 1945. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried, all members present voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1579 approving and adopting the Financial Budget for the several departments of city government of the city of Bremerton for the fiscal year 1945, and appropriating the amounts set forth in said budget to each of the said departments for expenditures during the said year. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried, all members present voting Yes. Notion by Mr. Kean and Nfs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Nr. Gorst, absent. Motion by Nr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to recess to the call of the Chair, carried, all members ~resent voting Yes. ~City (~Derk Approved: