HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/20/42 May 20, 1942
Regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
held Wednesday, May 20, 1942 at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Bruenn presiding,
Commissioner Wilkes, Commissioner Casad and the City Attorney being present.
Deputy Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting held May 13, 1942
and recessed meeting held May 18, 1942 and on motion of Mr. Casad and Mr. Bru®nn
minutes were approved as read, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes,
Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read petition from approximately 200 residents of Park Avenue
complaining, of the present bus service.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to refer petition to the Committee of
the Whole, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read claim of Gene Negelspaeh asking the sum of $120.25 be paid him
for damages to his automobile and pain and discomfiture to his person said to
have been caused when he struck a hole in the pavement on Callow Avenue near
Farragut Street.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to refer this claim to the City Attorney,
carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. MY. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read letter from Ernest Yett, Fire Chief, requesting that fifteen
hydrants be purchased for the Fire Department.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to instruct the Clerk to call for bids
for the purchase of fifteen fire hydrants, bids to be opened June 10, 1942,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read letter from the City Engineer requesting that a street connect-
ing Winfield and Marlowe Avenue in East Bremerton be named.
Notion by Mr. Casad and Mr, Bruenn to nsme this street Bender Place, carried,
all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to instruct the City Attorney to prepare
an ordinance providing for and regulating business licenses in the City of
Bremerton, carried, all members voting Yes,
Notion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn that Resolution No. 223 providing for
the improvement of Scott Avenue from East Eleventh to Nosker's Alley be revoked,
rescinded and repealed, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr.
Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 231 declaring the intention to improve Scott
Avenue from East Tenth Street to a point 996 feet North of East Tenth Street,
by clearing, grubbing, grading, graveling and oiling and the construction of
concrete slde~lks and fixing Wednesday the 24th day of June, 1942 as date set
for hearing on p~oposed improvement.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to adopt resolution, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1467 providing for an election for the purpose of
electing fifteen freeholders to frame a charter for the government of the City
of Bremerton as a city of the first class.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to adopt ordinance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 232 teEninating the services of J. W. Bryan, Sr.,
as special counsel for the purpose of purchasing of the power and light plant.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to adopt resolution, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Mayor Bruenn recommended the appointment of E. J. Brownell as Captain of
the Fire Department and Ben 0'Hara, Glen Buettgenbach and R. C. Efnor as
Lieutenants of the Fire Department.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Casad to confinn the appointments as of May
1st, 1942, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read letter from the Civil Service Commission stating that the pro-
bationary period of employment for James ?louf, Arnold Hanks and Raymond Barrett,
police patrolmen, had ended.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad that these men be retained on a perman-
ent status as patrolmen of the police department, carried as follows: Mr.
Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
May 20, 1942 (cont)
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes that .the City Clerk call for bids for
the purchase of two new trucks and two new load packer bodies for the Health and
Sanitation Department. Dlds t~ .w ~ ..... T ...... . ~T'~. Motion carried as
follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read letter from the Defense Homes Corporation, regarding street
lights in Bremerton Gardens. Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to refer letter
to the City Engineer, carried, all members voting Yes.
Notion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes that all bills presented at this meeting
and approved by a majority of the commission be allowed, carried, all members
voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to adjourn, carried, all members votiDg
Yes.
E. J. McCall, City Clerk
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Approved:
Ma,'or