HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/27/42 May 27, 1942
Regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
held Wednesday, May 27, 1942 at ten O,clock A.M. Mayor Bruenn presiding,
Commissioner Wilkes, Commissioner Casad and the City ,~ttorney being present.
Deputy Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting held May 20, 1942 and
on motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad minutes were approved as read, carried as
follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Mr. L. J. Bourke, Manager of the Puget So,md Power & Light Company submitted
an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 31 as amended by Ordinance No. ll9 as further
amended by Ordinance No. 958 regarding the right to erect poles andstretch wires
for electric purposes, which was read by the Clerk.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to refer this ordinance to the City
Attorney, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Miss Helen Graham, Attorney for the Bremerton Housing AuthOrity, submitted
a deed whereby the Bremerton Housing Authority conveys and quit-claims to the
City of Bremerton all streets and sidewalks in Westpark.
City Attorney read Resolution No. 233 accepting a deed from the Bremertbn
Housing Authority to the City of Bremerton to certain property within the limits
of Westpark for street, roadway and sidewalk purposes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes that the resolution be adopted and the
City Clerk be'instructed to record the deed, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn,
Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by ~r. Bruenn and ~r. Casad that the City Treasurer be authorized and
directed to accept in escrow $33.85 and $26.50 to be credited in full payment of
assessments in L.I.D. #220 against that part of the H. W. & Reta Short property
in Block 18 and that part of the Dorothy Mumford property in Block 18, Third
Addition to Charleston deeded to the State of Washington for the widening of
State Highway #21, Bremerton to Kitsap Lake, as soon as the assessment roll in
said L.I.D. 220 shall have been delivered to said City Treasurer, and the City
Engineer is hereby directed to make the necessary correction and segregation on
said assessment r~ll as between the State of Washington and said H. W. & Reta
Snort and said Dorothy Mtu~ford to show full payment by the State of assessments
on said property deeded to the State by payment of said sums of $33.85 and $26.50.
May 27, 1942 (cont)
Motion carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
City Attorney read Ordinance No. 1468 amending Section 1 of Ordinance No.
347; Section 2 of Ordinance No. 133 as amended by Ordinance No. 720; Section 1
of Ordinance No. 770 as amended by Ordinance No. ??4; and Section 1 of Ordinance
No. 749; providing for the posting of licenses and the payment therefor.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to adopt ordinance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read claim for damages in the amount of $533.90 filed by the Western
Gas Company against the City of Bremerton for damages said to have been sustained
by reason of being required to remove its gas mains laid along Wycoff Avenue end
Eleventh Street during the time a sewer line was laid on said streets.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to refer claim to the City Attorney,
carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn that the City Attorney be instructed to
bring action against the Western Gas Company for the collection of 2% of their
gross revenue to be paid the City of Bremerton in accordance with the terms of
their franchise, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad,
Yes.
Clerk read application for Pinball Location License at Myrtle's Cafe, 2204
East Eleventh, as approved by the Chief of Police.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Casad to approve application for Location License,
carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read letter from the Department of Public Lands stating that E. C.
Mortenson had filed an application to lease the harbor area in front of Lots
,nd 6, Block 1 of the Plat of O'Maraville.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to refer to the City Engineer, carried,
all members voting Yes.
Clerk read preliminary estimate for the improvement of Nipsic Avenue from
East Thirteenth Street to East Sixteenth Street for the amount of
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to approve the preliminary estimate,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read petition from ten property owners for the improvement of Farragut
from Yantic to Charleston; Yantic from Farragut to R0dgers and Rodgers from
Yantic West to Charleston, by the installation of storm and sanitsry sewers.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to refer petition to the ~ity Engineer's
office for checking, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1469 whereby an unnamed street Joining Winfield
and Marlowe Avenues be given the name of Bender Place.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes to adopt ordinance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. M~. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1470 relating to and defining Black-outs, regulat-
ing the extinguishing, dimming, diminishing, or shielding of lights during bt~ck-
outs and repealing Ordinance No. 1435.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes to adopt ore~inance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Mayor Bruenn recommended the appoin~nent of Eugene E. Miller and John E.
Plouf to the positions of Line Police Sergeants subject to ~be confirmation of
the City Commission.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Casad to confirm the appointments, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes that the following men be appointed~ ~o
the Bremerton Traffic and War Transportation Committee: Edward Bremer, Chairman,
E. Severance, King Farrel, Oscar Etten, Ora DeGarimore, Art Morken, Monte Snow,
Secretary, carried, all members vobing Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad that all bills presented at this meeting
and approved by a majority of the commission be allowed, carried, all members
voting Yes.
May 27, 1942 (cont)
Mayor Bruenn requested a leave of absence for three weeks. Motion by Mr.
Wilkes and Mr. Casad to grant his request, carried, all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to recess until Friday morning at ten
o'clock A.M., carried, all members voting Yes.
Deputy ~ity C14rk
Approved:
'Mayor
May 29, 1942
Recessed meeting of the City Commission held May 29, 1942, at ten o'clock
A.M. Mayor Bruenn presiding, Commissioner Wi~kes, Commissioner Casad and the
City Attorney being present.
Clerk read Resolution No. 234 authorizing the Mayor and Cit~ ~lerk to sell
Lots 12, 13 and 14, Block 4, First Addition to Charleston, to~.~. ~u~es, '~r.
and Viola Hughes, for the total purchase price of Three Hundred Dollars.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to adopt the resolution, carried as
follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
City Attorney read ordinance relating to the issuance of a permit to the
P. S. Power & Light Company for the use of streets for their poles and wires. ,~
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Casad to hold over until the Mayor returns
from his vacation, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr.
Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1471, first reading, declaring an emergency to exist
on account of the need for additional fire hose for the Fire Department.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to pass on first reading and file in
Clerk's office one week, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes.
Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1472, first reading, declaring an emergency to
exist in the Library Department requiring the appropriation of funds for add-
itional salaries.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to pass on first reading and file in
Clerk's office one week, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes.
Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to adjourn, carried, all members voting
Yes.
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Appro ye d:
Mayo r