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Home My WebLink About12/20/44 December 20, 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, December 20, 1944. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the C~y Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and on motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon same were approved after slight correction. Clerk read authorization for non-civil service appoint~ents of F.E. Carlson and Marcus Se verovic, laborers, to the Sanitation Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the temporary non-civil service appointments, carried. Clerk read report of separation of Walter Luark and Al. Schultz from the San- itation Department. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read letter from George L. ~utter, City Treasurer, submitting the re- sults of the audit of the Western Gas Company books from 1940 through 1943, and recommending that immediate steps be taken for the recovery of 2% O~cupation Tax on the total gross,amounting to $~,359.08. Notion by Mr. Kean and Nfs. Haddon approving the report and referring it to the City Attorney for action in regards to collection of the tax, carried, all members voting Yes. Mr. Bryan read the decision of the Supreme Court in reference to the suit of the Western Gas Company vs the City of Bre~erton. Clerk read letter from George L. Nutter, chairman of the Board of A~mtnistra- tion of the Bremerton Retirement and Pension System reporting the committees which had been appointed. Contents were noted and letter ordered filed. Mr. Kean advised the Council that an effort was being made to secure the services of a physician for the Police and Fire Departments and perhaps that duty and the duties of a physician for the Retirement and Pension System could be tied in together. Clerk read letter from F.A. Grlmsdell, agent for Defense Homes Corporation, re- questing that some action be taken with respect to the deed for street and sidewalk purposes, conveyance of lighting equipment, and easement for servicing lighting equipment in B~emerton Gardens. Mr. Gorst advised that the matter was still under contemplation in his office, but due to the lack of a correct address for the Agent for Defense Homes Corpor- ation, no notice had been sent to them. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that this letter be referred to the Commiss- ioner of Public Wprks, carried. Clerk read letter from Burwell Bantz, Director of State Highways, signed by J.W. Hoover enclosing for our files copies of contramts and bonds for Contract No. 5002, Bremerton Vicinity and Contract No. 300~, Port Washington Narrows Bridge. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to refer the letter and contract copies to the Con~nissioner of Public Works and the City Engineer, Carried. December ~, 1944 (Con't) Mr. Gorst advised that it would be necessary to call for bids for materials needed to install a l~" steel pipe across the bridge. Motion by Mr. Gorst and ~rs. Haddon that the City Clerk be instructed to issue a call for bids for materials for the above purpose, returnable December ET, 1944 at eleven o'clock A.M., carried. Clerk read letter from L.E. Henderson, E.W. Schweer~and Fred E. Irish pro- testing the opening of a machine shop in a residential zone. Following a discussion of the location of the property and the various uses to which the building had been put in the past, Mr. Keen advised that in his opinion the City Council should sustain the ruling of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the letter to the Building In- spector, carried. Clerk read letter from Chester Biesen, Executive Secretary of the AssOciation of Washington Cities, enclosing the ballot upon which the City of Br~merton was, requested to vote on the question of sponsoring retirement and vicil service leg- islation for municipal employees at the 194B session of the Legislature. Clerk read written re~mmendation from John J. NcPherson, as requested by the City Council, on the proposed Act and advised that he had found few provisions with which he disagreed. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the report of Mr. McPherson on the propoeed measure and to request the City Clerk to forward this information to the Assoc~ation of Washington Cities, carried. Mr. Gorst, reporting on the request of Nr. Yates for a statement from the City regarding the rental of Harbor Areas as made under Application No. 1EGO, moved and was seconded by Nr. Kean, that the City Clerk be instructed to send a City Voucher in the amount of $9.40, the warrant to be drawn on Current Water Funds, so that the lease could be prepared, carried. Clerk read memorandum from Ralph Davisson to commissioner Gorst, recommending that the City Attorney be requested to prepare an emergency Ordinance providing for changes in the 194B budget, occasioned by the reduction in the number of guards in the Water Department, and the increase in the Supply Division of the Water Department to provide for the required forty hour week. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare the necessary ordinance covering the above changes, carried. Mr. Gorst advised the City Council that he had been approached in regard to the City either leasing or selling the property adjacent to the Children,s Home property. Following a discussion by the ~ouncil a motion by ~r. G~st and ~r. Kean that no action be taken at this time regarding the purchase or lease of the property, carried. ~r. Gorst advised that when he was in Olympia ~n Tuesday, Mr. Yates had ex- pressed the opinion that the Head of the Bay property might be acquired by the City. There followed a discussion on the uses the property could be put to if so acquired. Clerk reporte~ that pursuant to call for bids for the construction of a stage at the Recreation Center, one bid had been received, and on motion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst same was opened and read aloud, as follows: O.E. Turnquist Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, with a bid of $8~78.~0 and a certified check in the amount of $~O0.00. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the bid of the O.E. Turnquist Construction Company be rejected due to insufficient funds to cover the amount bid, carried, all members voting Yes. Notion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the work of building the stage be done by day labor, carried. The City Attorney read a letter from Helen Graham, Attorney for the Bremerton Housing Authority, advising that their engineer has discovered that the original dedication of the Streets of Westpark contained an incorrect description, and enclosing a corrective deed. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to refer the letter and deed to the Com- missioner of Public Works and the City Engineer for checking of the description, and instructing them to have the deed recorded, if it was in good form, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 406 as follows: BE IT RESOLVED by the City CoUncil of the City of Bremerton, that the City Treasurer and City Clerk be and they are hereby directed to make the following transfer: December 20, 1944 (Con't) From Recreation Fund, Capital Outlay, craft and game room $500.00 From Recr~ation Fund, Capital Outlay, hard surfacing 400.00 From Recreation Fund, Capital Outlay, Landscaping & Planting 800.00 to Recreation Fund, Capital Outlay, buildlng and equi~ ~1400~.00 Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the resolution, carried, all members voting Yes. Mr. Bryan reported that he had written to the Army Engineers, as instructed, regarding City property being included with Army property that is being sold at auction. Mr. Kean reported that the State Guard was still considering renting space in the RecrSation Center. Mr. Gorst advised that he had been unable to secure any new readings on the Halmna Hamma, and that Ol~pla had suggested that he contact the Power Company on the Canal with regards to acquiring the water rights. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meet- ~ng and approved by a majority of the Council, carried, all members voting Yes. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: ~" Mayor ~