HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/29/44 November 29, 1944
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, November 29, 1944.
Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney
and Mr. Davisson, State Examiner, being present.
Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and on motion by Mr. Kean
and Mr. Gorst same were approved as read.
After discussion hy the Council it was moved by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon
that the motion made at the meeting of Novehber 22 setting up the position of
payroll clerk and accountant in the office of the City Clerk be rescinded,
carried, all members voting Yes.
After a complete discussion of the general problems relating to the proper
preparation and auditing of the payrolls it was moved by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst
that a new position be established as a Deputy City Clerk, starting as of
December l, 1944, at a salary not less than $150.00 and not more than $1V5.00
per month; and that the City Clerk be authorized to employ such deputy for the
purpose of performing general services as a Deputy City Clerk so that there would
be sufficient help in the City Clerk's office so that one of his deputies could
be assigned to the preparation of payrolls, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes.
Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Corst, Yes.
Clerk read authorizations for non-civil service appointments as follows:
William Foos, patrolman, for the Police Department; Walter Arlington Lamphere,
truck driver; Joseph Howard Hill and Theodore Anthony Langsdorf, laborers;
Worley W. Miller as swamper for the Ssnitation Department.
Notion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to approve the temporary non-civil
service appointments, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read application for a location license to install pinball machines
at Nelson's Thrifty Drugs, Sheridan Park, disapproved by the Chief of Police.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to concur in the recommendation of the
Chief of Police and not grant the application, carried, all members voting yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1585, second reading, creating and providing for the
operation of a Salary Fund for the payment of walartes and wages to officers and
employees of the City of Bremerton.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the ordinance on second reading,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. ~rs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1587 directing the City Treasurer to close the
L.I.D. Sinking Fund, directing the transfer of $22,000.00 in U.S. Treasury Bonds
to the cumulative reserve fund for general city structures, $398.68 to L.I.D.
No. 92 to fund over-drafts and the balance remaining in said fund to the general
fun~.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the ordinance on secon~ reading,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1588 directing the City Treasurer to close the
Sewer Construction Fund as of December 31, 1944, to transfer $?,000.00 from said
fund to M~e City Street Fund, and to transfer any balance remaining in said fund
to the general fund, and repealing Ordinance No. 1436 of the City of Bremerton.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt the ordinance on second rea~tng,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1589 establishing a c~nulative reserve fund for
general city structures, specifying the purposes for which moneys from ~e said
fund may be expended, and transferring and appropriating to said fund the sum of
~75,000.00 in U.S. Treasury Bonds now held as investments in the general fm~d.
Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the ordinance on second reading,
carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. ~rs. HadSon, Yes. ~r. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1590 establishing a cumulative reserve fund for
water system improvements, specifying the purposes for which moneys from said
fund may be expended, and transferring $125,000.00 in U. S. Treasury Bonds to
said reserve fund from the water fund.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and ~rs. Had~on to adopt the ordinance on second reading,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read 0rdin~ce No. 1591 creating and providing for the operation of a
new department of the City of Bremerton to be known as the Municipal Garage
Department for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding Municipal Vehicles and
equipment, creating and providing for the operation of a ~arage Fund, transferr-
ing $5,000 from the General Fund to the Garage Fund as a temporary loan and
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generally providing for the operation of said department and said fund.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt the ordinance on second reading,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1592 amending Section 16 of Ordinance No. 1459 of
the City of Bremerton, closing the Parking Meter Fund and providing for the
distribution of moneys collected from Parking Meters in the City of Bremerton.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the Ordinance on second reading,
carried as follows: r,~. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1586 imposing a tax for the act or privilege of
engaging in business as an operator of certain mechanical devices, commonly
known as slot machines, defining terms used in this ordinance, ahd providing for
the keeping of books and records, the filing of returns and the payment of said
tSX.
After a general discussion by the Council and assurance by the City Attorney
that the Ordinance in no way legalized the use of slot machines in the City, by
anyone, a motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the ordinance on second read-
ing, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 398 as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, that the City
Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make the following
transfers for the purpose of properly allocating moneys as contemplated by the
City Council in the preparation of the 1944 budget:
From State Aid to General $32,280.00
From War Liquor Tax Fund to Park Fund 9,000.00
From War Liquor Tax Fund to Cemetery 500.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Treasurer and the City Clerk be, and
they are hereby, authorized and directed to make the following transfers within
the general headings of "Salary and "ages" or "Maintenance and Operation", in
the funds hereinafter mentioned:
LIBRARY FUND, SALARIES AND WAGES:
From Assistant Librarian $145.00
To Extra Help (~135.00) and to 135.00
Children's Librarian ($10.00) lO.OO
LIBRARY FUND, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION:
From Janitors Supplies 150.O0
From Auditor 75.00
From Car Expense lOC.C0
Total $325.00
To Lights 200.00
To Library Supplies 25.00
To Telephone and Telegraph 50.00
To Water 50.00
Total $325.00
WATER DEPARTMENT FUND, ~.~INTENANCE AND OPERATION:
From Cleaning Reservoirs $550.00
From Repairs to Buildings and Grounds 400.00
From 1939 Revenue Bond Fund 240.00
From 1942 Revenue Bond Fund 66.50
Total $1,256.50
To Electric Power $1,256.50
STREET FUND, SALARIES AND WAGES:
From Operators Salaries $970.00
To East Bremerton Foreman 50.00
Mechanics 700.00
Engineering 220.00
Total 970.00
STREET FUND, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION:
From Sewer and Sewer Pumps 500.00
Industrial Insurance 1100.OO
Office Expense 50.00
Total $1,650.00
To Street Maintenance $1000.00
Public Liability and Prop. Damage Insl 650.00
Total $1,650.O0
SANITATION DEPARTmeNT, SALARIES AND WAGES:
From Drivers ~ages $4000.00
From Counter Clerk 500.00
Total $4,500.OO
To Laborers Wages 4,500.00
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GENERAL FUND, SALARIES AND WAGES:
From Fire. Department to Police Dept. $660.00
GENERAL FUND, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION: From Fire Dept. to police Dept.,
~aintenance and Operation 1410.O0
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Oorst to approve the resolution, carried as
follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst, supplementing the information contained
in Resolution No. 398, that the money transferred under the heading of General
Fund salaries and wages from the Fire Department to the Police Department in
the sum of $660.00 be allocated and budgeted as follows: From Classification
of Captain in the Fire Department to Motor Patrolmen in the Police Department
$660.00. In addition, the following transfers of appropriations shall be made:
From Police Captains 92880.00 and Police Surgeon $562.00, total ~3442.00; to
Police Lieutenants $306.00, Sergeants $430.00, Motor Patrolmen $1280.00, Police
Women $1201.00 and Stenographer $225.00, total $3442.00. With regard to the
transfer from Fire Department Maintenance and Operation in the sum of $1410.00
to Police Department Maintenance and Operation, said amount is transferred from
the following budget items: Fire Department Office Supplies $50.00, Building
~aintenance $860.00, Convention Expense $200.00, Janitor Supplies $300.00, total
~1410.O0; are hereby transferred to and b~dgeted for the following budget items:
Police Department Equipment Repair $1410.00. In the Fire Department there is
hereby transferred from Drivers, $13,320.00 to Firemen $13,200.00 and Fire Alarm
Mechanic $120.00, total $13,320.00 and in Police Maintenance and Operation, from
Police Office Expense $1,?00.00, Radio Expense $1,600.00, Miscellaneous F~pense
~2,800.00, total $6,100.00; to Police Travel E~pense $75.00, Gas and Oil
~1,400.00, Police Equipment Repairs $4,125.00 and Jail Expense $500.00, total
$6,100.00. In other sub-departments of the General Fund there is also hereby
transferred from Miscellaneous Maintenance and Operation items as follows:
Association of Washington Cities, $250.00, City Hall Janitor Expense $400.00,
Civil Service Examination Expense $180.00 and Civil Service Forms $1,200.O0,
total $2,030.00; to Building Department Car E~pense $200.00, Examiners Expense
$1,200.00, Registration $130.00, Miscellaneous Expense $300.00, Electric Light
Globes $200.00, total $~,030.00, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon,
Yes. ~r. Gorst, Yes.
Mr. Casad, reporting for the Committee of the Whole, advised the Cou~cil
that after thorough study and tabulation of the bids received last week for
pumps for wells 5 and 6, recommended that no bid be accepted for well No. 5 and
the bid of the R. M. Wade Co. on the Pomona Pump for Well No. 6 be accepted.
Motion by ~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the City accept the bid of the
Wade Company, on a Pomona pump, for Well No. 6 in the amount of $3,296.00,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that bids for Well No. b be rejected and
that the City Clerk and Water Department Superintendent colaborate with regards
to a new call for bids, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 399 as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, that the
accounting system in the Water Department known as "Unifor~ Classification of
Accounts for ~unicipal Water Utilities", has been used as a budget record for
the year 1944, resulting that there have been charged amounts totalling in excess
of :$17,400.00 to Maintenance and Operation in the Water Department which should
have been charged for salary and w~ge items for budget purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that in order to correct such accounting the City
Treasurer and City Clerk of the City of Bremerton are hereby directed to transfer
~17,4OO from salaries and wages in the Water Department to ~aintenance and
Operat[oa as follows:
Superintendent Salary and Expenses $400.00
Purification 900.00
Supply Expense 1000.00
General Office Supplies and Salaries 4200.00
Repairs 10900.00
Total ~17400;00
~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the resolution, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 400 as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the City Council of the City of Bremerton
on behalf of the City Council and on behalf of all the officers and employees of
the City of Bremerton hereby extend to George Nutter, City Treasurer, heartfelt
sympathy and sincere condolences in his bereavement at the passing of his beloved
wife, Margaret ~utter, on the 22nd day of November, 1944.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the resolution, carried, all
members voting Yes.
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Clerk read Resolution No. 401 as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton that the
City Treasurer is hereby directed to close the insurance fund of the City of
Bremerton as of December 31, 1944, and to transfer any moneys remaining in said
fund on said date to the General Fund, be it further
RESOLVED that beginning as of January l, 1945, premiums on insurance
policies purchased by or for the benefit of the various departments of the City
of Bremerton shall be paid from the funds of the respective departments ordering
or benefitting by the insurance policies on which such premiums shall be payable.
Notion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to approve the resolution, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1593 reducing the rate of interest from 5% to 2%
on all general city warrants issued by the City of Bremerton, and repealing
Ordinance No. 1055 and all other ordinances snd parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith.
Motion by Mrs. [Iaddon and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance on first read-
ing, carrie~ as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Nr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1594 declaring an emergency to exist on account of
the passage of an initiative measure increasing the salaries of the officers and
employees of the Fire Department and Police Department of the City of Bremerton
an~ appropriating funds to meet such emergencies.
Motion by ~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the ordinance on first reading,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Oorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1595 declaring an emergency to exist on account of
the necessity of continuing to operate Police Department, Sanitation Department,
the Cemetery, City Parks and the Water Department during the balance of the year
1944 and appropriating funds to meet such emergency.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Er. Gorst to approve the Ordinance on first reading,
carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. ~rs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1596 declaring an emergency to exist on account of
immediate necessity of exterminating rats in the City. of Bremerton for the
preservation of public health and appropriating funds to meet such emergency.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the ordinance on first reading,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Nr. Gorst that the City Clerk be instructed to call
for bids on a pick-up truck, to be operated by the Fire Control Electrician and
the Traffic Naintenance, money to come from Ordinance No. 1563; bids returnable
December 6, 1945 at eleven o'clock A.M,, carried.
~otion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. 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. ~r. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read proposed letter from the City Council to the Housing Authority
commending and endorsing their proposed program of standard housing for low-income
families in the City of Bremerton.
Motion by Er. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the City Council be authorized to sign
the letter, carried.
Motion by ~r. Kean smd Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried.
Approve d: /6¢i~ ~le rk
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