HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/09/42 September 9, 1942
Regular meeting'of the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
held on Wednesday, September 9, 1942 at ten o'clock A.M. Maydr Bruenn'presiding,
Co~mulssioner Wilkes, Commissioner Casad and ASsistant City Attorney Merkel being
present.
Deputy Clerk read minutes oF previous regular meeting held September 2, 1942 and
recessed meeting held September 4, 1942 and on motion of Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn.
minutes were approved as read, all members voting Yes.
Mayor Bruenn asked if any one in the audience had any business to take ~p with
the Commission.
Six residents in the vicinity of Sixth and Washington, proteste8 $o the comm-
ission the unnecessary drunkeness and disorderly conduct of patrons of the Eagle's
bar room. Nayor Bruenn promised to meetwith the Board of Trustees of the Eagle's
Lodge to attempt to remedy this condition.
Clerk reported this as the date set for the hearing on the assessment roll of
L.I.D. 222 and no protests had been filed. The Nayor asked if any one in the
audience had any protests to make and there were none.
Motion by Nr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to instruct the City Attorney to prepare an
ordinance adopting the assessment roll and s~tting date for issuance of bonds,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read letter from Nick Coltos, proprietor of the ~i. ssion Cafe, that due to
the increase in food and labor costs, he felt he could not furnish meals to prisoners
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at the old rate of 25~ per meal.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn that the city agree to pay 35~ per meal for
the prisoners beginning September 1, 1942, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read letter from V. F. Walters, contractor Wash. 45-172 requesting payment
of excise tax amounting to $920.24.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to refer letter to the City Engineer, carried
all members voting Yes.
City Attorney read Ordinance No. 1490 repealing Ordinance No. 1489 entitled:
"An Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance~No. 1461 of the City of Bremerton,
entitled: 'An Ordinance for licensing and regulating the operation of certain amuse-
ment machines and other devices and games for use by the public; providing penalties
for the violation thereof; and fixing the effective date of this ordinance,'; rein-
stating Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1461, as originally adopted, and giving reasons
for the adoption of this ordinance.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to adopt ordinance, carried as follows: Mr.
Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes,
Mayor Bruenn recommended the p~rmanent appointment of ArShu~ N. Morken as Captain
of the Traffic Division; I. G. Sullivan as Captain of Detectives; and Paul Greathouee,
Tallie E. Parker, T. H. Miller, and Raymond:G. Wartman as permanent patrolmen~. of
the Police Department.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes to approve appointments, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read letter from the United Association of Journeyman Plumbers and Steam
Fitters regarding wage scale to be used on a waterworks Job.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to refer letter to the City Engineer, ca~ried
all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to allow all bills presented a~ this meet-
ing and approved by a majority of the commission, carried, all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Bruenn to recess until Tuesday, September 15, 1942
at ten o'clock A.M., carried, all members voting Yes.
D puty Oi~ Cle~
Approved:
Mayor
September 15, 1942
Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Commission was reconvened
at ten o'clock A.M., Septemberl5, 1942. Mayor Bruenn presiding, Commissioner
Wilkes, Commissioner Casad and Assitant City Attorney Merkel being present.
The City Clerk submitted sworn statements of John H. Jessup of the Bremerton
News Searchlight and A. F. Ottevaere of the Bremerton Sun showing that proposed
charter for City of Bremerton had been published in thirty consecutive issues of
each newspaper, commencing on the 10th day of August 1942 and ending on the 14th
day of September 1942.
Mr. Merkel read Ordinance No. 1491 providing for holding a Special Election
in the City of Bremerton for the purpose of submitting a proposed City Charter to
the qualified voters of said Cihy on October 6, 1942 providing for the election of
officers thereunder and declaring an emergency.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn, and Mr. Wilkes to adopt ordinance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes.
Approved:
Mayor