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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/06/44 December 6, 1944 Regular meeting of the City 0ouncil of the. City of Bremerton, Washington, held in the l~ayor's office at ten o'clock A.M., Wednesday, December 6, 1944. l~ayor Keen presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City ~t- torney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and on motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean~ same were approved after slight corrections were made. Clerk read authorization for non-civil service appointment of John ~g. Topes, meter' reader, to the Water Department; also notice of change in status of Natalie Keller, clerk in the Sanitation ~partment, to Billing Clerk in the Water Depart- ment, witt~ a salary of ;i~130.00 per month until January l, 1945 when it will be raised to ~150.00 per month. ~otion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary non-civil service appointment of Er. Topes and the change in status of ~iss Keller, carried. Clerk read request for leave of absence for LorAine H. ~cCowin from Dec- ember 11, 1944 to April 15, 1945. approved by the City Engineer and the Civil Service Commission. ~[otion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the leave of absence, carried. Clerk read reports of separation of Claude A. Jones from the Police De- partment; Dorothea ~rickert, Roy P. Duff,Jr., and I.I. Brown from the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the separations of the foregoing, carrie~. Clerk read letter from the East Bremerton Improvement Club, expressing appre- ciation for the trail that had been constructed from Trenton Avenue east to Shore Dr;ve, and further expressing appreciation for the cooperation received by t[zat Club from the City Council. Contents were noted and the letter ordered filed. The ~ayor submitted Notice and $~mlmons No. 957. Contents were noted and the Notice referred to the Commissioner of Public Works, City Engineer, Water Superintendent and the City Attorney. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1593 reducing the rate of interest from 6~ to 2~ on all general city warrants issued by the City of Bremerton, and repealing Ordinance No. 1Ob5 and ali other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith. Motion by ~r. Keen a~d Mrs. Haddon to adopt the ordinance on second reading, carried as follows: ~ir. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. 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 arid a~f~ropriatlng funds to meet such emergencies. Flotion by Mr. Keen and ~rs. Haddon to adopt the ordinance on second reading, c~rried es follows: ~r. Keen, Yes. Ers. Haddon, Yes. ~r. Gorst, Yes. Clork read Ordinance No. 1595 declaring an emergency to exist on account of the necessity of continuing to operate the Police Department, Sanitation Depart- ~ent, the Cemetery, City Parks and the Water Department durim~ the balance of the year 1944 and appropriating~ funds to meet such emergency. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen to adopt the ordinance on second reading, carried as follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. ~;rs. Haddon, Yes. 1,~r. 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 pre- servation of public health and appropriating funds to meet such emergency. ?orion by ~r. Keen and ~r. Gorst to adopt the ordinance on second reading,~ car.riehl, all members votlr~g Yes. ,. ~[r. Gorst submitted estimate as final payment to J.R. Payne, Contractor for e×tension to Reservoir No. 4, in the amount of $1,202.71, and a voucher for sales tax on the total cost of the project. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen to approve the estimate, and instructing the City Clerk to issue warrants on Current Water Funds in the amount of the vouchers, carried as follows: [dr. Kean, Yes. ~[rs. Haddon, yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr'. Gorat subraitted a supplemental agreeraent releasing property occupied by the U.S. Army, back to the City. Motion by ~4r. Gorst and ~iz.. Keen that the Mayor and the City Clerk be author- ized to execute the several copies of the Supplemental Agreement transferring improvements to the permitter, in connection with the following described real property: S',~ - SW~ - NE~, Sec 34, Two., 24 North, Range 1 West ~., as prepared by the Army Engineers for signature by the City of Bremerton and by the United States of ~merica, and that the City Clerk be directed to execute a warrant in the sum of :~50.00 on Current Water Funds in payment of the obligation of the City in December 6, 1944 (Cch't) connection with the matter, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. ?,r. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that a certified copy of the above motion be furnished the Army Emgineers, whos8 representative would call at this office, car- tied. Clerk read letter from Herbert G. West, Mayor of Wa!la Walls, Washington, re- questing an affirmative vote for the Retirement and Civil Service Bill when the time comes for legislative action on the part of the City of Brmmerton. Motion by Mr. Kean and ~,[rs. Haddon to refer the letter and accompanying Bills to the Civil Service Secretary-Examiner for study and written recommendation to the Co~mcil, carried, all members voting Yes. Mrs. Haddon reported that signs had been inst~led at the City dt~np. Clerk reported this as the date set for ~he opening of bids for a truck for the Fire Department and that no bids had been received. Motion by Mr. Kean und I,~lr. Gorst that the Purchasing Agent, with the cooper- ation of Police Captain Phillips and Fire Department Chief Yett, be authori zed to purchase a pick-up truck on the open market, carried, all members voting Yes. The City Clerk, reporting on the election of the Board of Administration of the City Employees Pension and ~{etirement System, held December 5, 1944, advised that I,~r. J.L. Hatfield had received the greatest mzmber of votes, Mrs. ~,~arion Reid, second, and that Mr. Grauerholz and Mr. 0. Shaw had tied for third place. ~,~ir. Bryan advised that the third place would be decided by the flip of a coin, Motion by Mr. Kean snd [~]rs. Haddon to refer the election results to the Com- mittee of the Whole, carried. ~[r. Bryan advised that the Western Gas Company Case Judgement had been affirm- ed, but would not become effective until about the ZTth of December, and he re- co~nende5 immediate auditing of the Western Gas Company books by the City Treasur- er. The City Treasurer submitted a bill for taxes for lots 11, 12, and 13 of Shephards Addition to Bremerton for the years 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944, in the amount of :$45.~2, also a Quit Claim Deed for said lots. ~1otion by Mrs. Haddon and [~r. Kean that the City of Bremerton accept the Quit Claim Deed tendered by the Shephard Investment Company, a Corporation, for Lots 11, 12 and 13, Shephard's Addition to the City of Bremerton on account of the un- willingness or inability to pay the City assessments amounting to $1,O16.77, and that the City Clerk be authorized to issue a warrant to the County Treasurer for 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944 taxes in the total sum of $45.Z2 and for 1945 taxes when the statement is received, and also that the City Clerk be instructed to re- cord the deed, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and [',irs. Haddon that the City Clerk be instructed to call fo~ bids for the furnishing of material and the construction of a stage in the Recreation B~ilding, situated at 15th and Chester, returnable December ~0, 1944 at eleven o'clock A.M., carried. J./iotion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the I'~layor be authorized to negotiate a tenancy with the State ~atfonal Guard for part or parts of the Recreation Building, carr~ ed. }~Iotion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to issue a call for bids for insurance for the City of Bremerton, car- tied, all members voting Yes. ?lotion by }f.r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the ~layor be authorized to work out a settlement with the Labor Center Association on accotmt of the water paid for by the Association and furnished to other tenants of the City on the. City Wharf, with whom the City had an agreement that the City would furnish water, and that as part of the settlement ~he i~[ayor be authorized to instruct the Labor Center Association to bill the City, monthly, the proper proportionate share of the bill for the water the City is obligated to furnish the other tenants, namely: the Watchman's Apartment and the Younglove Grocery Company, carried, all members voting Yes. I~ot~on by Mr. !(ean and I.~rs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried as follows: I\~r. Kean, Yes. ~,,~rs. Haddon, Yes. I~r. Gorst, Yes. Motion by ~ir. Kesn and [,~rs. liaddon to a~journ, carried. Mayor