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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/21/43 July 21, 194~ Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held July 21, 1943 at ten o,clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst and the City Attorney being present. Clerk read minutes of regular meeting held July 14, 1943 and special meeting held July 15, 1943 and on motion of Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keen minutes were approved as read, all members voting Yes. Sergeant I. G. Sullivan of the Bremerton Police Department requested an extension of his leave of absence. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to grant an extension of leave of absence for ~r. Sullivan until August 16, 1943, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Rev. Oswald W. Whitford, Pastor, Sun,nit Avenue Presbyterian Church regarding the purchase or lease of Lots 25 and 26, Block lC, Port Orchard Addition, for the construction of a playground. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst to refer letter to the Cormnittee of the Whole, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk reported the hearing on the vacation of a portion of Eighteenth Street East of Ohio Avenue had been continued until this mo~ning. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to continue hearing for one week, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read application of the As You Like It Cafe for a location license for pinball machines having the approval o f the Police Chief. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve application, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Police Chief Morken reporting he had appointed the following men as patrolmen on the Police Department: Leo E. Gruber, ~nery E. Emmons, Jack B. Hope, Kenneth L. Milles and Ray W. Noble, beginning April l, 1943. Ray W. Blackwood, April 15, 1943; James E. Adams, May 15, 1943; T. Durbln Thompson, July 15, 1943~ Claude A. Jones, July 15, 1943; Edwin P. Sherman, July 15, 194~. Edward W. White and William H. Loveless, July 21, 194~. Motion by Mr. Keau and Mr. Gorst to approve the temporary appointment of these men and providing for their salaries to be taken from Police Contribution Fund and instructing the City Clerk to notify the Civil Service Commission of their appointments, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau, dated July 19, 194~, regarding the issuance of building permits in violation of the Building Code, and requesting information as to the fixed policy of the City Co~nission relative to the enforcing of the Code. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Mean that the Surveying and Rating Bureau be notified, in response to their letter dated July 19, 194~, that it is the intention of the City Council a~ all times to enforce the Bremerton Building Code, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read Certificate of Appointment of ~r. T. $. Morrtson to the office ~ of Co~missioner of the Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton for a two year term beginning July 19, 194~. Motion by Mr. Mean and Mrs. Haddon that the bid for re-roofing the buildin~ located on the First Street wharf be awarded to R. Trafton for the sum of $1248.95, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Oorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and i~rs. Haddon that the bid for furnishing radio equipment to the Police and Fire Departments be awaDded to Arthur L. Reese for the sum of $4960.00, to be paid from State Aid, carried as followS: ~r. Mean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mn Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Mean and Mrs. Haddon that the bid for ftu, nishing one Plymouth seda~for use of the Police Department be awarded to O. L. ~addox for the s~nn of $1285.00, to be paid from State Aid Fund, carried, all members voting Yes. July 21, 1943 (cont) Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean instructing the City Clerk to call for bids to be opened August 4, 1943, for the painting of the Library and the First Street wharf building, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk reported this as date advertised for bids for the sale of one Five ton dual hydraulic hoist and wood rack. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to postpone the opening of b~ds until next Wednesday, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the request of the American Railway Express for parking privileges, be referred to the Mayor and Chief of Police with power to act, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Ross W. Watt, Executive Director, Port Orchard Housing Authority, requesting that an arrangement be made so that the Rousing Authority could use the garbage dump. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer letter to the Committee of the Whole, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk readletter from C. C. C asad, Superintendent of the Water Department, recommending the acceptance of Estimate No. 2, final, amounting to $4923.77, for the supplying of materials by Hugh G. Purcell Co., Project Wash. 45-165. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve estimate, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Ke~u authorizing the City Treasurer to invest surplus funds of the City in U. S. Treasury bonds, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 307 urging the Honorable H. G. Sutton, Judge of the Superior Court, Fred Vetters, Sheriff of Kitsap County and the County Commissioners to i~mnediately provide the necessary facilities for the detention of Juvenile offenders to that it will not be necessary to detain them in the city jail. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst t9 adopt resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst~ Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 308 fixing August 18, 1943 as date for hearing of the vacation of Hayward Avenue from the Southerly line of Shore Drive south to its termination. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. ~rs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mrs. ttaddon and Mr. Kean authorizing the City Clerk and City Treasurer to approve and accept an indemnity bond in twice the amount of two warrants made payable to Otto Drager and thereupon to execute duplicate warrants which have been lost and described as follows: General Fund warrant No. 31827 for $639.89 and Parking Meter warrant No. 143 for $639.89, carried, all members voting Yes. City Attorney read proposed contract between the City of Bremerton and the Horluck Transportation Company for a portion of the First Street wharf. No action taken. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the letter from Colonel Charles C. Dawes be referred to Commissioner Gorst, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. 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. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes. Approved: Deputy C~k Mayo r