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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/21/43 April 21, 1943 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held April 21, 1943 at ten o'clock A.M. , MaYor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner 6orst and the City Attorney being present. Clerk read minutes of regular meeting held Arpil 14, 1943 and recessed meeting held April 16, 1943. Motion by Mr. Gorst and i~r. Kean to approve minutes as resd and corrected, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the Parent-Teacher Associations requesting the City Council to provide a Juvenile detention home. Notion by Mr. Gorst and ~r. Kean to refer letter to the Committee of the Whole, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the Disabled American Veterans requesting permission to put advertising signs on trash cans located on street corners in the downtown area. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Oorst that the request be granted, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the Parent-Teacher Associations accepting the sponsor- ship for Juvenile protection in the ~ity of Bremerton. Letter ordered filed. Clerk read proposed ordinance granting an easement to the Housing au~ority of the City of Bremerton, to keep and maintain a s~rm sewer pipeline across the £ollowing described property: A forty foot strip of land twenty feet of which lies on either side o£ the following described center line: Beginning at a point on the south line of Section 21, township 24 North, Range 1 East, W.M., which is ~.23 feet North and 343.95 feet West of th~ South quarter corner of said Section 21; thence South 40°43,~0" East ~0.91 feet; thence ~outh' 25057,00" West 107.10 feet; thence South 10008,20" West 347.18 feet; thence South 42°40'10'' West ~99.65 feet; ~hence South 52°4~,10" ~est 249.80 feet; thence South 46 32'40" West 234.92 feet: thence South l°24,00" West 222.00 feet to the point o£ discharge into Charleston Greek. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve on first reading, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Mr. L. J. Bourke, Manager of the Puget Sound Power & Light Co., appeared before the Co~mcll requesting that the final reading of the p~oposed ordinance licensing businesses selling or furnishing electric light and power, be postponed for one week. Notion by ~r. Kean and ~r. Gorst granting the request for postponement, carried, as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Nrm. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from Billy Phelps thanking the Gity Council for his reward and declaring he intended to purchase a War Bond with it. Letter ordered filed. Mr. Gorst read letter from Nfs. E. A. Shane enclosing an itemized cost of repairing the rear end of her automobile said to have been damaged by a city bulldozer crew. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. ~ean to refer to the City Attorney, carried, all members voting Yes. ~otlon by ~r. Gorst and ~r. Kean that the proposed ~mprovement of Park Avenue between Fourth Street and Sixth Street, by widening, be indefinitely dropped, carried, all members voting Yes. The City Treasurer reported having the application of August Hoehnen for use of the Southwest corner of Lots ~? and 38, Block 2, High School Addition for a Victory garden. ~oticn by Mr. Gorst and ~'~r. Kean that the application be approved, carried, all members voting Yes. The City Attorney read an affidavit filed by Dr. Russell H. Wilson, declaring the necessity for an emergency appropriation in the Health Department. Clerk read ordinance declaring an emergency to exist on account of the need for a dietitisn in the Health Departrcent. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve ordinance on first reading, carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. April 21, 1943 (cont) City Attorney read resolution passed by the County Board of Health on April 19th outlining regulations under which the City of Bremerton may conduct the sanitary fill at the head of the bay. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer to the Committee of the Whole, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by l~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council be allowed, carried, all members voting Yes. The City Attorney reported that the claim and check of Mr; Bruenn, which had been referred to him, has been sent to the Division of Municipal Corporations for recommendation. City Attorney reported having sent the claim of Warren Bailey to the Insur- ance Company. Clerk read Ordinance providing for the issuance, sale and delivery of General Obligation Bonds in the principal sum of $62,000, with which to fund and pay the warrants drawn against the Park Avenue Sewer Emergency Fund. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon to approve ordinance on first reading, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean authorizing the City Council, acting as a Committee of the Whole, to draft a letter or agreement relating to the sanitary fill at the head of the bay to be forwarded to the County Cormnissioners, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes. Deputy Approved: , v Mayor