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Home My WebLink About10/15/41 October 15, 19&l 2e~tular meeting of City Commission of the City of Bremerton, ,~ashington, held on .,~ednesday October 15, 1941, at ten o'clock a.m. Mayor Bruenn presiding, Commissioner f~ilkes, Commissioner Casad and the City Attorney being present. Clerk re~d minutes of [ie~ular and Statutory meeting held on October 8, 1941, and on ~.'~ot~on of [..[r. Bruenn and [,r. Jilkes same .~ere approved, all members voting Yes. Cle?: read letter from Davis Chamb~rlin and wife inclosing deed to 15 feet of Lots 1, 2, 3, and the North 42~ feet of Lot 4 in ~lock 3, Berry H. Hurt's addition to Bremerton to be used for alley purposes. kotion by Mr. Bruenn and kr. /~ilkes to refer to City Engineer's Department ca-~ied all members voting Yes. Clerk read claim of J. P. Simpson ?or damages to his automobile, which he claimed had been damaged by a police car, City ~ttorney explained that the claim h~:d been referred, by him, to the Insurance Company. Clerk read Ordinance ~/1416, second reading, deearing an emergency to exist in the ~o!ice Department and appropriating the sum of ~ 2,000.00 to meet such emery'ency. Lotion by ~r. Bruenn md ~,.r. i[ilkes to adopt ordinance carried as follows: ifr. ~m~enn Yes, 2ir. ,~'ilkes Yes, i~r. Casad Yes. Clerk reported this as d~te fixed for hearing on proposed improvement of %~'y- co~'f ~.venue et. al. in accordance with 2esolution #127 adopted by the Commission September 17, 1~41 and prosentad ~ larvae list of protests. The City Attorney ,~:~ad the protests and explained how proposed improvement shoul~ be made. Snare, Lr. .foods, i,lr. Hylen, .r. -~ust, [~[r. ~eterson, i~.r. Frye, ~,Irs. O'Hara and ~:ev~.~ral others spoke For and a~ainst the im?rovement, and a show of hands proved that a i.-r e major~ty of those present was i~ rawer of tl]e improvement. L~r. Casad stated that it would be necessary for the property o~ners to get together and decide on ~vhat they wanted. , ot~o.~ by kr. Casad and l~r. i~ruenn to continoe hea~-ing for three weeks, c~[ed as fei.lows: kr. Jruenn Yes, Lt. ,,ilkes Yes, Mr. Casad Yes. Clerk read Ordin.'~nce ~1417, second reading, providing For the improvement o~~ ~road,'~ay between 15th and S~xteenth Street by construction of a system of Storm ~nd Sanitary sewers in accordance with plans sa file in the office of the City Clerk, establishing improvement District /~217; providing for levying assessments, ~nd making such improvement payable by bonds. i.otion by ~,~r. Casad and l.,r. Bruenn to adopt ordinance carried as follows: Lt. oruenn Yes, Mr. Wilkes Yes, [,ir. Casad Yes. Clerk read 0rdina~ce #14.1.'~-A ~pprovin& and adopting the plans, maps and s?ec_~.cations For the ~mprovement of L. I. D. J~217 by the construction Storm and %anitatary sewers on Broadway between 15th and 15th Streets. kot~on by kr. Casad sad ~lr. Wilkes to adopt ordinance carried as follows: ~ruenn Yes, ['~r. ',¥ilkes Yes, h,r. Casad Yes. The Co~aittee of whole reported reco~muending 'the purchase of a truck for the Garbs f~e Department. Lotion by kr. Wilkes and i~r. ~rt~enn to accept the bid of General Motors on trucks ~:~nd the bid of C~awfor~] Motors on body and and inst~ct the clerk to return the checks of all other bidders on trucks for Health and Sanitation Department carried as follows: ~,[r. lruenn Yes, kr. ~ilkes Yes, Mr. Casad Yes. Committee of the whole reco~,~ended the purchase of a car for the Police De p~,: r truant. ..~otion by ~-r. Bruenn and ~:r. Casad to accept of Stebick Auto Sales for 1942 ~iudson .~ed~n carried as follows: i.Jr. ~Sruenn Yes, Mr. ,~ilkes Yes, ,,.r. Casad Yes. ~ orion by ~-r. Bruenn and [,.r. Casad to instruct the Clerk to call for bids on ~ ne,~ truc~ with Garwood l-'acker For Garbage Depert.~ent, carried as follows: ~,~r. J!-~en~u Yes, ~,.r. .,ilkes Yes, ~_r. Casad Yes. City .~ttorney read .:lesolution No. 140 showing that the Federal ~¥orks ~gency had offered to make a f'rsnt of ?~150,000.00 to the City to aid in financing a re- c~-oat~onal buildings, referred to ss the ~roject kno.~n as Docket 45~-1~ Recreation Center ~nd sho'¢in~ that the City of Bremerton accapts the offer and appointed the ~remerton ilousing ~uthority as a~ent and ~ttorney in fact for the City of ]remerton 'to do ew~rything in relation to said project that the ~ty of Bremerton could do b.) its re~ularly appointed authorities, and authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to e,~ecute a wari~ant as a loan to s~id iiousing ~uthority for the purppse of ~:ayi~g i~itial expenses, same to be repaid without interest as soon as said Jiousin~ ,~uthority shall receive funds From the Government in connection with said project. Lotion by kr. Casad and i,:r. Wilkes to adopt resolution carried as follows: [.Jr. Bruenn Yes, Mr. ~ilkes Yes, Mr. Casad Yes. City .-~ttorney read ~2esolution ~141 showing that an application had been filed with Fede,.ol /l'orks _=gency for Federal assistance under the Defense Public Works ?ro~?am and show,nc: that an offer of Federal assistance had been made and duly read im open meeting and fully considered in every respect in accordande ;~-ith the '(pertinent rules of' proceedure and legal requirements, and said of'fer~ereby acc- i~epted whithout reservation or qualification. Motion by l~r. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to adopt resolution, carried as follows: kr. Bruenn Yes, ~r. ,VIlkes Yes, Mr. Casad Yes. City .~ttorney read Resolution 142 authorizing the sale of Lot 16, Block 18 2eese's ~irst ~ddit~on to t~ort Orchard United States Navy Yard, ~.itsap County, i~-~shington, i~'urchaser a. Abrams price $350.00 terms $?0.00 down balance in monthly insta]lme.~ts of .i:10.00 each with interest at seven per cent per anntum. [~otion by l.~r. Jilkes a~d Lit. Bruenn to adopt resolution carried as follows: idr. Bruenn Yes, ~.Lr. ~ilkes Yes, Lit. Casad ~es. City ~ttorney read ~(esolution 14~ cancelling real estate ccntra~ct authorized ~y [~esolution 111 dated ~-~ugust 19, 1941 declaring same of no force and effect and tbs C~ty Clerk authorized to issue a warrant to Geo. P. Grim and wife in the sum of ~75.00 on receipt of quit claim deed to City. kotion by L~r. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to adopt resolution carried as follows: ~ir. Bruenn Yes, i..r. Wilkes Yes, Mr. Casad Yes. C~ty Attorney reported on the case of the Bremerton School District V. S. City of Bremerton. [~otion by ~Lr. Wilkes and l~ir. Casad that the ~',ayor be directed to verify the answ~:~r in case of Bremerton ',School District V. ~. City of Bremerton carried all members voting Yes. The l. ayor reported having appointed Robert Schroeder, Secretary of the Chamber oi' Co~m~erce and C. ff. Pettin~ill, 1309 Marguerite Avenue as ffire Wardens as provided bz Ordinance No. 1413. L~otion by kr. Casa~i and l,lr. Wilkes to confirm the appointment of Mr. 5chroeder and Mr. Pettingill, carried as follows:~ Mr. Bruenn Yes, ~.r. ,Vilkes Yes, Mr. Casad Yes. T~e L_ayo~ reported that the term of Mr. WheeZer as a member of the Civil ~ervJoe ~oard had e~[;ired and that he had reappointed him to that position. Motien by kr. 2ilkes and Mr. Casad to confirm the appointment of ~r. Wheeler, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn Yes, ~r. ,Wilkes Yes, ir. Casad Yes. The ~.ayor reported, that the Civil Service Commission had certified to three elegibles for the Police Department and he had appointed the following men to serve as ~'atrolmen under temporary Status---James .~ussell Plouf, A. C. ?iing and ~(ay G, ~.~:-~r~ett. kot~on by ;:r. '~ilkes and ~:r. Casad to confirm the appointment of Messrs. t~louf, ~Ving and Barrett to temporary Status on t~olice Department, carried as follows: ~,:r. Bruenn Yes, ~:r. ~'ilkes Yes, kr. Casad ~es. ILotion by ,,,r. J~'ilkcs and Mr. Bruenn to allow all bil~s approved by a majority of the Comz~ission, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn Yes, ~r. ,~ilkes Yes, [~. Casad Yes. ~,~oti~n by kr. ;~ilkes and Mr. Casad to adjourn carried as followe~ Mr. Bruenn Yes, ~Ir. ?~ilkes Yes, ~dr. Casad Yes. City Clerk ~pproved: .',Jayor