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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/22/43 Decem[~er 22, 1943 Regular meeting of the City Council of the ~it?f of Bremerton, Washington, held Wednesday, December 22, 1943 at ten o~clock A.N. Mayor Keen presiding, Co~z~issioner Haddon, Commissi crier Gorst, the City Clerk an~ City Attorney being present. De,~uty Clerk read m';nutes of regular meeting held December 15, 1943. Motion by I',~r. Keen an~ Y,r. Gorst to approve mir~utes as read, carried, all members voting Yes. ~,~otion by ~,~r. Gorst an5 l',ir. Keen to open bids received for furnishing gasoline and lubricating oils for the ensuing year be~inni~g Januaryl, 1944, carried, all members voting Yes. Bi,~s were opene5 and read from the following: Union Oil Company, Tidewater Associated 0il Company, Richfield Oil Corpor- ation, Shell 011 Company, and the Harkins Oil Company. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to refer bide to the Committee of the Whole for consideration an~ study, all members voting Yes. Representatives of the several taxi companies operating in the City of Bremerton, apseared b~fore the council requesting certain changes be made in the existing ordi~ance regulating taxis and providini~ for inder~ity bon~s. ~..iotion by ~rs. Haddon arid ~r. Kean to take this request under advisement to consult with t~'le City Attol'ney, carried, all members voting Yes. Lee Berry, having the engineering contract on Sewer construction Project Wash. 45-172, re~este~ payment of a ~500.00 balance due him for engineering services on the L~o~tgomery Avenue outfall. M~yor Keen advised him to submit a new bill for sai~ work. Clerk read letter from t~le Gene,.al t~gineering Company of Seattle, offering their services for preparing estimates for ?cst war work. ?,~lotion by ~,Ir. Kaan an~t l~r. Gorst to refer to Co~issioner Gorst, carried, ~]1 members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from Capt. E. 1~. Keating, Public Works Officer, Puget So~nd Navy Yard, cal!~ng attention to an unsanitary drainage condition e~is~ing ~ear the State Street gate to the Navy Yard. ~.,~otioa by ~.~r. Ke~ and ~'~r. Gorst to refer letter t5~ the City Attorney, csrrie~, all members voting Yes. Clerk rea~'~ letter from the War f..Ianpower Commission. ~otion by ~.~r. Keen an~ ~,.Ir. Gorst to make it a matter of ~ecord, carrie~, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter £rom A. F. Pearson complaining that-a neighbor's tree over~bangling his yar~ was a nuisance. tloti~n by ~,~rs. Haddon and ~.~r. Keen to refer to the City Engineer an~ City Attorney, carried, all members votin~ Yes. i~otion by ~r. Keen and ~.~r. Gorst that the dismissal of Ja~es E. Adams fz~om the Police Department, Oecember 17, by the Chief of Police, be approve~ and instructing the City Clerk to notify the Civil Service Co~ission, ca,-riel, all members voti~g Yes. I~otion by ~r. Keen an~ I,[r. C~rst approving the appointment of J. C. Colton as a temporary fireman beginning December 1V, 1943; providing that his salary December 2,'~, 1943 (cont) be taken from Federal grant money and instructing the City ~lerk to notify the Civil Service Co~m~ission, carried, all members voting Yes. Motion by ~[r. Kean and Mrs. Haotdom that Vern I. Carey be given a permanent appointment as Lieutenant in the Police Department; Ray Wartman a permanent appointment as Sergeant; Kenneth L. ~.~ills, Leo E. Gruber, Ray ~. Noble, Ray A. Blackwood, Herbert C. Fee be promoted from third-class p~licemen to second ciasa policemen, and instructing the City Clerk to notify the Civil Service Commission, carried, all members voting Yes. ?,~otion by Mr. Kean and l'dr. Gorst to re-appoint C. A. Fulmer for a six year term to the Planning Commission, carried, all members voting Yes. ~lotion by Mr. Kean and ~.~r. Gorst appointing S. ~. Billings as a member of the Planni~g Commission to fill. the unexpired term of Conrad W. Johnson, carried, ali. members voting Yes. ~f, otion by Mr. C~orst and ~.'~r. Kean to approve partial payment No. 6 to R. J. Strasser, Project Wash. 45-165, in the amount of ~)142.80, carried as follows: [.~r. Kean, Yes. ?.,~rs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. ~lotion by Hr. Gorst and I~lr. Kean that Partial Payment No. 9, being the 15~ withholding on contract of the Valley Construction Company, Project Wash. 45-16~, in the amount of ~37,484.62, be allowed, and instructing the OityClerk to draw a warrant for that amount, cerried as follows: ~r. Kes~, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. rjr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Resolution ~o. 333 a%~rovtng the purchase of property from Earl B. Smith by the Water Department for watershed purposes an~ a~throizing the ~ayor an~ City Clerk to execute s warramt drawn on the Current Water F~md in the s~r~ of ~6400.00 to be ~eltvered ~pon receipt of a dee5 to said property. ~otion b~? ?~r. Gorst and ~.~r. Kean to adopt resolution, carried as follows: I',~r. Keats, Yes. ~Irs. Haddon, Yes. ?,~r. Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Ifir. Kean instrncting the 0tty Attorne~ to take such steos as necessary to collect from the Federal Court, Cause No. 633, One Dollar for compensation for land transferred to the U. $. Government for a hospital site, carrie~], all members voting Yea l~otion b?f l~rs. Ha~]don an~t I~1r. Kean approving the action of the ~lty Treasurer in selling broken parking meters and parts as j~mk and directing that the ~14.95 receipted on snch sale be deposited in the Parking .~Ieter Fund, carried, all members voting Yeti. ]~otion by ?~r. ](emu and I,[r. Gorst to allow all bills presented at this meeting sn~ a~proved bif a r~mjority of the Council, carried, all members voting Yes. I.~ot~on by If, r. Kean and ~r. Corot to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes. Deputy ~ityCla~k A~proved: ~ayor