HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/02/43 June 2, 1943
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington
held June P., 1943 at ten o'clock A.N. r;,s. yor Keen presiding, Commissioner Haddon,
Commissioner Gorst and the ~ty Attorney being present.
Clerk read minutes of regular meeting held l~ay 26, 1943 and on motion by
~r. Gorst and Mr. Keen minutes were approved as read and corrected, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Clerk read letter from seven taxi cab owners requesting a reduction in
license rates for taxis operating in the Cit~ of Bremerton.
~otlon by ~r. Keen and ~,:rs. Haddon to refer request to the Committee of the
Whole, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read application of Harry ~cOtll for a Pinball Location License at
the Rainbow cafe, 640 Fourth Street, as approved by the Chief of Police.
~fotion by ~..~r. Gorst and ~,~rs. Haddon to reject the appllcstton, carried as
follows: ~r. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. ~;~r. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read letter from R. A. Palm, Civil Service expert, requesting llst
of City employees and their department heads. Letter ordered filed.
Clerk rea~ application of the Bremerton-Charleston Transportation Company,
to change and re-establish bus routes.
Motion by ~r. Keen and ~;~r. Gorst to ~pprove the re-routing of the bus routes
and that one copy of the change of routes be placed on the police bulletin
boerd, carried, as follows: ~r. Keen, ?es. ~rs. Haddon, did not vote. Mr.
Gorst, Yes.
~s. E. C. Jack of East Bremerton protested paying for g~rbage service
which she didn't need or use.
~.~otion by Mr. Kema and ~,~r. Gorst instructing the 0try Clerk to call for
bids for the supplying of fuel o~ to the City Hall, Fire Department, Water
Department Pumping Plant, Water Department Garage mad the Library for year ending
June 30, 1944; said bids to be opened June ~3, 1943, carried, all members
voting Yes.
5%otton by ~r. Keen and Mr. Gorst instructing the City Clerk to call for
bids, returnable June ~, 1945, for the publicitY, on of all official notices
necessary to be published during the ensuing year, ending Ju~e 30, 1944, carrled~
all members voting Yes.
Motion by ~r. Keen and },~rs. Haddon instructing the City Clerk to call for
bids to paint the Wharf building at the end o£ First Street, bids to be opened
June 16, 1943, carried, all members voting Yes.
;,lotion by ~[r. Kesn an~ Mr. Gorst instructing the Oity Attorney to draw up
a contract between the City of Bremerton and ~rs. Gene Lee for the purchase of
Perpetual Care Lots Nos. 1 ~nd 4, Block 30, Ivy Green Cemetery, carried as follows:
Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Y,r. Gorst, Yes.
~r. Gorst reported that the P. S. Power & Light Company would be able to
straighten the light pole at the corner of Sixth and Pacific for approximately
l O.O0.
Y. ot~on by I~r. Gorst and ['~r. Keen that the P. S. Power & Light Company be
authorized t o straighten or renew the pole, carried, all members voting Yes.
~,~otion by ~,.~r. Keen and Mr. Gorst appointing Ray Wartman to the position of
Oetect~ve Sergeant, retroactive June 1, 1943, and that the City Clerk notify the
Civil Service Commission of this appointment, carried as follows: ~r. Keen, Yes.
~.~rs. Iiaddon, Yes. ~,fr. Gorst, Yes.
~otion by ~r. Keen and ~ir. Gorst instructing the City Clerk to call for bias
for the purchase of a 65 foot aerial ladder truck for use of the Fire Department;
s~]~ bfd~ to be opened Jtme ~3, 1943, carried, ~11 members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Keen and ~dr. Gorst instructin~ the City Clerk to call for bf. ds
for the purchase of one 750 gallon pumper with centrifugal pllmp for use of the
Fire Department; said bids to be opened June 23, 1943, carried as ~ollows: ~.r.
Keen, Yes. ~.~rs. Hadddon, Yes. ~,~r. Gorst, Yes.
~otlon by ~r. Kema and krs. He,don that ~11 bills presented at t his meeting
and approved by a majority of the Council be allowed, carried, all members voting Ye
t~Trs. Haddon reported having visited the City Commissioners of Yakima while
attending a convention in that citlr and had made an ~nvestigation of the
J~e 2, 1943 (cont)
operation of their city Jail.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to adjourn, carried, all members voting
Yes.
Deputy
Approved:
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