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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/20/43 October 20, 1943 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held Wednesday, October 20, 1943 at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddgn, Commissioner Gorst, the City Clerk, City Treasurer and City Attorney being present. Deputy Clerk read minutes of regular meeting held October 13, 1943 and on motion of Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean minutes were approved as read, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read application of the Victory Cafe, 602 Fourth Street, for a Pin- ball Location License as approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve application, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the East Bremerton Improvement Club requesting the construction of an underpass for pedestrian traffic under the east end of the Bremerton-East Bremerton bridge. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer letter to Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Police Chief Morken requesting the appointment of Theodore 0. Kindred as temporary patrolman in the Police Department starting October 18, 1943. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst approving the appointment and instructing the City Clerk to notify the Civil Service Commission and further directing that the salary be paid from the Federal graut money, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Chief of Police requesting Sergeants Hinton, High, and Briggs be certified, by the Civil Service Commission, as permanent sergeants. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the request be confirmed and the Civil Service Commission be notified to make the certification, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst accepting the resignation of E. W. White as a member of the Police Department, as submitted to the Police Chief, and instructing the City Clerk to issue a certificat~ of availability, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Ruth E. Whittaker requesting information concern- ing the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer letter to Mr. H. B. Fletcher, Special Agent in Charge of the F.B.I., U. S. Court House, Seattle, Washington, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Clement C. Baer, 128 Rainier Avenue, listing damages in the amount of $37.70 to his lawn and yard caused by a broken water main. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst to refer claim to the City Attorney, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from the Department of Public Lands returning Leases Nos. 1423-38 and 1423-39 for execution of the bond lo,mb. October 20, 1943 (cent) Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon volunteered to execute the leases as sureties on behalf of the City of Bremerton. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean approving Partial Payment No. 3, Contract No. 6, M. Moschetto, Project Wash 45-172 N in the amount of $10,300.94, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the appointment of MarJorie Ebert as Clerk in the Police Court September 20, 1943, be approved, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 320 authorizing the City Treasurer to use Watch Department funds in the anount of $15,O00.00 for the puchase of U. S. Governement bonds now being held in the City Street Investment Fund. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to pass resolution, carried as follows: Mr. KesI~, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. 'Ihe City Attorney read letter he had written to the Federal Works Agency and Federal Security Adminstration regarding an application for assistance in providing recreational facilities for members of the Negro race. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst approving the letter as written, carried, all members voting Yes. City Attorney reported the claim and sr~ended claim filed by William A. Krings for damages said to have been caused by an accident with a truck owned by the City of Bremerton Sanitation Department, hadbeen sent to the City's Inm~rance Company. City Attorney read letter received from H. E. German, Attorney for the Western Gas Company, informing the City Council that larger settling basins had been installed at the gas plant for the purpose of keeping creosote out of the sewer system and suggesting that if certain manholes were raised, seepage of this substance into sewers would be prevented. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer this letter to Mr. 6orst, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the letter of instructions from R. L. Nicholson, Regional Director, F. W. A. regarding the Recreational Grant, Project 45-M-97, be referred to the City Treasurer and Recreation Director, carried, all members voting Yes. Commissioner Gorst was excused from the meeting at this time. Mayor Kean reported the Library Board had requested $15,000.00 to set up br~ch libraries at the housing projects and that he had arranged to take the matter up with Mr. Searle, Executive Director, Bremerton Housing Authority. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve ~ 1 bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council carried, both members voting Yes. ' Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the Mayor be authorized to sign a release to the Bremerton Charleston Transportation Company, for damages to ~elice car I~o. 74, upon payment of $10.00 damages, carried, both members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the Mayor request a written detailed report of the status of the Civic ~ecrestion Center, from Mr. Searle, Executive Director of the Bremerton Housing Authority, carried, both members voting Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. IIaddon to adjourn, carried, both members voting Yes. Deputy Ciffy Cle~k · Approved: Mayor October 20, 1943 A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called by Mayor Kean, at two o'clock P.M., Wednesday, October 20, 1943. Commissioner Ha~don and Commissioner Gorst being present. The Mayor explained the special meeting of the City Council was called when a committee consisting of Harold Lebo, T. S. Morrison, Edward Bremer~ Cliff Christiansen and Lincoln Nordby came in amd requested the Council to meet in regards to approval of plans for a Negro commercial center. A ~iscussion showed that the U. S. O. had obtained quarters for a Negro U. S. O. C~ub but that the need for a Negro co~ercial center still exists. The Mayor said he was agreeable to allowing the cons~truction of a tempor- ary building if said building would be located near Craven Center and Labor Temple and stipulating that the building be town down or removed within sin months after cessation of present hostilities. Recognizing that an emergency exists, Mayor Kean and Commissioner Gorst Moved that the City Council go on record as being agreeable to allowing a temporary building to be built and that the immediate need for a commercial center for people of the Negro race warranted this decision, with the provision that the building be torn ~own or removed six months after Sessation of present hostilities, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. It was suggested that contact be made with the Cozmnandant of the Navy Yard advising him of this plan and requesting his assistance in giving fire protection to this building. The committee was agreeable and said it wonld wait upon the Commandant, if necessary. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes. "Deputy C~y~C1 rk Approved: