HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/08/43 December 8, 1943
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
held Wednesday, December 8, 1945 at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding,
CoN~nissioner Haddon, the City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Attorney, City Engineer
and Mr. Tomlinson, representative of the Federal Works Administration being
present. Mr. Gorst was absent due to illness.
Deputy Clerk read minutes of regular meeting held December l, 1943 and on
motion of Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon minutes were approved as read, both members
voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean aud Mrs. ttaddon to open bids received for furnishing two
trucks an~ load-packer bodies to the Sanitation Department, carried, both
members voting Yes.
Bids were opened and read from the following~
Crawford Motors ................ trucks, $10,7V5.OO, bodies $~460.OO
Tacoma G.M.C. Truck Co ......... trucks, $ 8,~.78, bodies $5814.O0
Motion by ~r. Kean and Mrs. HadSon to refer bibs to the City Engineer and
~r. Tomlinson for computation, carried, both members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to open bids received for D~rnishing a
motor grader for use of the Street Department, carried, both members voting Yes.
Bids were opened and read f~om the following:
Western Tractor & Equipment Co ............. $736~.86
Nelson Equipment Co ................. $7260.00, Alternate $6560.00
Feenaughty Machinery Co .................... $6775.00
Howard Cooper Corpn ........................ $?086.00
Notion by Mr. Kean and Nfs. Haddon to refer bids to the Committee of the
Nhole, carrie~, both members voting Yes.
December 8, 1943 (cont)
Clerk reported having received no bids for plastering the basement of the
City }{all.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that as long as no bids had been
received for plastering the basement of ~e City Hall, the B~llding Inspector
be authorized to proceed to have the work done on a "time and material" basis,
said work to be paid from the City Hall Alteration fund, carried, both members
voting Yes.
Clerk read petition submitted by Mrs. Christina M. Hudson and signed by
twenty-four other property owners, requesting the improvement of the alley
between Burwell and Fourth, extending from Hewitt to Hi~, by paving or oiling.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to refer petition to the City Engineer,
carried, both members voting Yes.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon ~d Mr. Kean to approve the following appointments:
Florence Wilson, bookkeeper in the Sanitation Department beginning August 26,1943;
Dorothy Lewis, Junior Clerk, Sanitation Department Beginning November 2, 1943;
Mae Elstone, Junior Clerk, Water Department, beginning November 8, 1943; and
certifying the ~pointment of Florence Wilson as head bookkeeper for the
Sanitation Department beginning November 15, 1943. Notion carried, both members
voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this
meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried, both members voting
Yes.
~otion by Mr. Kean and ~rs. Haddon that the matter of establishing voting
precincts for newly annexed territory be referred to the City Clerk, Mr. Gorst
and the City Attorney, carried, both members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and ~rs. Haddon to grant Mrs. Kappelman, policewoman, ~
vacation with pay up to the First of Jaauary, 1944, carried, both members voting
Yes.
Motion by I~r. Kean and ~rs. Haddon instructing the City Clerk to call for
bids for supplying gasoline and motor oil to the City of Bremerton for the year
beginning January 1, 1944. Bids to be opened December 22, 1943, carried, both
members voting Yes.
~otion by Mr. Kesm and I~rs. Haddon to approve the appraised value of city
buildings and contents as submitted by the City Treasurer and City Fmgineer,
carried, both members voting Yes.
The City Engineer submitted a tabulation of the garbage truck bids showing
that the bid of Crawford Motors amounted to ~$16,235.00 and the bid of the Tacoma
G.M.C. Truck Company was ~15,005.84, including state sales tax.
Clerk read Resolution No. 331 waiving irregularities in the bid of the
Tacoma G.N.C. Truck Company and accepting their bid of $14,568.78, subject to
the approval of the F.W.A. and further directing the City Treasurer to transfer
~4500.00 from State aid Fund to the Sanitary Construction Account, Wash. 45-260N,
on deposit with the Bremerton Trust and Savings Bank, for the purpose of matching
Federal funds so that there will be a sufficient amount in said account to pay
the purchase price of said equipment.
Motion by Nra. Haddon and Mr. Kean to adopt resolution, carried as follows:
~r. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, ~bsent.
Motion by ~ Kean and Mrs. Haddon to recess until t~ o'clock P.M.,
Thursday, December 9, 1943, carried, both members voting Yes.
D p y ~ Cler~
Appr~ ed:
~ayor
December 9, 1943
Recessed meeting of the City Co%mcil of the City of Bremerton, was reconvened
at two o'clock rIM., Thursday, December 9, 1943. Mayor Kean and Commissioner
Haddon being present.
The Mayor explained the purpose of the recessed meeting was to consider the
bids received for furnishing a grader for use of the Street Department, but as
Mr. Gorst was still absent, a motion was made by Mr. Kean and seconded by Mrs.
Haddon to recess until ten o'clock A.M., Monday, December 13, 1943, carried,
both members voting Yes.
Deputy C~~
Approved:
Mayor
December 13, 1943
Recessed meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, held Monday,
December 13, 1943 at ten o'clock A.M.' Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon,
Commissioner Oorst being present.
Mr. Gorst, reporting for the Committee of the Whole, reviewed the bids
received for furnishing a motor grader to the Street Department and the bid of
the Western Tractor & Equipment Company seemed to be the best bid received as to
availability of equipment and parts.
l~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to accept the bid of the Western Tractor
and Equipment Company for supplying a motor grader, F.O.B. Bremerton, $7362.86,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Y~s. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon inst~tcting the City Clerk to return the
certified checks of the Feenaughty Machinery Co. and the Nelson Equipment Company,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the recontmendation of Les Walters,
Director of Recreation and the Bremerton Recreation Co~mission, be approved under
the provisions of his letter of December t, 1943, filed with the City Clerk, in
which the work will be installed by various organizations at no coat to the City,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to return to Crawford Motors, the cert-
ified checks in the amounts of $538.75 and $~73.00 filed with their bid on two
garbage disposal trucks and bodies, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read letter and report of C. C. Cssad, Superintendent of the Water
Department, recommending the approval by the City Council of the 24" cast iron
main, constructed by the Valley Construction Company under Contract No. 2,
Project Wash. 45-165.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the Job be accepted by the City of
Bremerton, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Maddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read letter from Hugh G. Purcell Company, certifying that state sales
tax in the amount of $1348.O5 had been paid on their ~ntract under Project Wash.
45-165. Letter ordered filed.
Clerk read letter from Mrs. Lieseke, Manager of the Horluck Transportation
Company regarding landings at the City wharf. Letter ordered rim d.
Motion by ~r. Kean and 1.tr. Oorst to adjourn until Wednesday, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Mayor