HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/18/42 November 18, 1942
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held
on Wednesday, November 18, 1942, at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding, Co~,-
issioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst and City Attorney Bryan being present.
Deputy Clerk read mim~tes of previous regular and recessed meetings held Nov-
ember llth and 13th, 1942 and on motion of Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean minutes were
approved as read, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read letter of ~r. E.C. Searle, Executive Director of the Bremerton
Housing Authority, to the Federal Public Housing Authority, Washington, D.C., request-
ing them to pay all monies due the City of Bremerton for payments in lieu of taxes
on Lsnham Act projects WASH 45043-044-047-048 subsequent to January 20, 1942.
Motion by ~rs. Haddon and ~r. Kean to place letter on file, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Clerk reported this as date set for hearing on the assessment roll for Local
Improvement District No. 217 for the improvement of Broadway Avenue between Fifteenth
and Sixtee~th Streets by the construction of storm and sanitary sewers and that two
protests had been filed.
Motion by Mr. Corst and dr. Kean to continue hearing for one week, carried as
follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1508 declaring an emergency to exist in connection
with maintaining a force of competent city employees in the Water Department and the
Street Department, stating the facts constituting such emergency, and raising the
pay of such employees.
Motion by Mr. Gorst and ~r. Kean to adopt ordinance, carried as follows: Mr.
Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Oorst, Yes.
Motion by ~rs. Haddon and ~r. Gorst that ~he claim of ~rs. Almina Giddens for
clothing said to have been torn on the entrance door of the City Hall, be rejected,
carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Mr. Hector McKenzie requested to be notified when the City Council met with rep-
resentatives of the Bremerton-Charleston Bus Company and Mayor Kean assured him he
wo~l~ be notified.
Clerk reported having received two bids for furnishing pipe and valves to the
Water Department in connection with Docket Wash. 45-165. Motion by Mr. Kean and
~rs. Haddon to open bids, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes.
Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Bids were opened and found to be from the Hugh G. Purcell Company, for the sum
of $44,230.82, items 1 to 13, and from the Rensselaer Valve Company, for the sum
of $4153.02, items 2 to 9.
Motion by mr. Gorst and ~r. Kean to refer to the Committee of the Whole, carried
as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
~otion by Mr. Gorst and ~r. aean to allow all bills presented at this meeting
and approved by a majority of the Council, carried, all members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and ~r. Gorst to recess until 2:30 P.M. this afternoon,
carried, all members voting Yes.
Aoproved: ~~rk
Mayor
November 18, 1942
Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City.Council of the City of
Bremerton reconvened at 2:30 o'clock P.M., Wednesday, November 18, 1942. Mayor
Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Gorst end Assistant Attorney
Merkel being present.
Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the following men be placed on per-
manent status in the Fire and Police Departments:
E. J. Brownell, Captain, Fire Department
Glenn Buettgenbach, Lieutenant, Fire Department
Ben 0'Hara, Lieutenant, Fire Department
Charles Efnor, Lieutenant, Fire Department
~. C. Sockwell, Captain, Police Department
T. K. Phillips, Lieutenant, Police Department
Motion carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes,
Motion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to instruct the Clerk to call for bids for
two automobiles for use of the Police Department. Bids to be opened December 2,
1942. Said automobiles to be delivered and paid for January 1943.
Motion carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 273 tentatively awarding to Hugh G. Purcell Company
the bid for the furnishing of materials for cast iron pipe and specials to be
used in connection with Bremerton Water Works Wash. Docket No. 45-165, for the
sum of $44,230.82.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to adopt resolution, carried as follows:
Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes.
Motion by Mrs. Haddon ~ud Mr. Gorst instructing the Clerk to return certified
check to the Rensselaer Valve Company, carried, all members voting Yes.
Moti:n by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst to adjourn , carried, all members voting
Yes.
Deputy 6~ity C]~rk
Approved:
Mayor