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Home My WebLink About12/02/39 December 2, 1939o Regular meeting of the CitY cor~issi0n held 5n Saturday Dec,2,-1939 a~ ten o'clock i~. M. Mayor Jones presiding, Co~maissioner Halverson Co~missioner Cased and the City Attorney being present at roll call. Clerk read n%inutes of the regular meeting held on Nove~ber 25, 1939 and on motion of l,lr Casad~and M~ J6~es'same were approved as reed all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from T. A. Bright offering to sell to the city a site for new tank at East Bremerton for the sum of $~200.0~,~. Motion by l,lr Jones and Mr Halverson ~o refer to Mr Cased for investigation and report, carried as follows: M3~. Jones,. Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Ca, ed, Yes. Clerk read letter from Ted Je,~nings and nine other"taapayers" residing o~ Margue- rite Avenue asking for a street light between llth end 13th Streets and on motion of idr Halverson and Mr Cased the request was granted. Clerk reported this as date to which the hearing on the assessment roll of L. I. ~193 hed been continued. Motion by Mr Halverson and Mr Jones to continue hearing until next wednesday morning at ten o'clock, carried as follows: I,ir Jones, Yes. Mr. Halverson, Yes. i,ir Cased, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance ~1303 providing for the improvement of Eight Street between Naval Avenue and Roosevelt ~venue; establishing an improvement district to be called and known as L. I. D. #205; providing for leyying assessments and ~aaking such i~,~pro- vement p~yable by bonds. Motion by ~.,~r.Casad and Mr Halverson to pass and adopt ordinance as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. M~ Cased, Yes. read, carried a Clerk read Ordinance #1303-A approving and adopting the maps,plans and specificat- ions of L. I. D, ,~/205 providing for -the improvement of Eighth Street. L~Iotion by I,~[r.Halverson and Mr Cased to pass and adopt ordinance as read, carried a follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance #1304 providing for the improvement of Seventh Street betwee~ Naval and Roosevelt Avenues; establishing L. I. D. #206;providing for levying assess- merits, and making s~id improvement payable by bonds. Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr Halverson to pass and adopt ordinance as read, carried as follows: Ur. Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance I~O4-A approving and adopting the maps,plans and specificat- ions of L. I. D. #206,providing for the improvement of Seventh Street. ~,~iotion by Mr.Halverson and Mr Cased to pass and adopt ordinance as read,carried as follows: Mr. Jones, Yes. Mr.HalverSon, Yes. MrCasad, Yes. Motion by Mr Cased and ~&rHalverson to instruct the Clerk to call for bids on mater. ials for the improvement of L. I. Districts #204, #205, and #206 returnable Wednesday December 20,1939, carried as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased Ye.~ Motion by Mr Halverson and Mr Jones to allow all bills approved by a majority of ti cormnission, carried as follows: Mr Jones,Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes. Clerk reported having advertised for bids on chlorination equipment and stated he had received one bid. an:.motion of Mr Cased and Mr Jonas the bid was opened and read aloud as follows: From Wallace and Tiernan Sales Corporation,Newark, N.J. Equipment as advertised with hydraulic pumps $5017.00 Equipment as advertised with Electric driven pumps $4,657.00 The company also agreed to take over the old equipment at a price of ~300.00. ..',ir Cased reco~uended the purchase of equipment with the electric driven push,ps and su~gested h~lding the o~d equipment as an emergency requirement. Motion by Mr Halverson and Mr Jones to approve the recor~aendation of 5'Ir Cased and purchase the equipment with the electric driven pumps at $4,657.00, carried as follo~ Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes, Motion by Mr Jones and Mr Cased to adjourn until wednesday December 6,1939 at ten o'clock A.M., carried as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. I~:r. Cased Yes. APPROVED [D~:~0~ 6, 1939. Pursuant to adjournment the regula~ meeting of the city co~:~i~sion was reconvened at teh o'clock A.M. December 6,1939, Mayor Jones presiding, Colmmissioner Halverson Co~-~issioner Cased and the City Attorney being present. Clerk reported having canvassed the vote of the City General Election and found the following candidates had been elected to serve the city for the ensuing 3 years: Homer R. Jones elected Mayor and H. A. Bruenn and C. C. Cased elected co~maissioner~ Motion by Mr Jones and Mr Halverson to confirm the report of the clerk, carried as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes. Clerk reported that the hearing on the assessment roll of L. I. D. ~193 had b,:en continued until this morning; the oon~aission discussed the protest of Mr Gleason and other matters in connection with the roll. Motion by Mr Jones and Mr Halverson to continue the hearing until next saturday ing at ten o'clock, carried as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased The proposed lease of space on the Second Strest,#harf was discussed by the co~iss on and Mr Halverson explained that certain changes were found necessary in the lease recently submitted; the clerk read the co~rected lease. Motion by Mr Cased end ~r Jones to approve the lease as read and authorize the 2~ and Clerk to sign same, carried as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. i,Ir Halverson, Yes. Mt.Cased Yes. Mr. Halverson submitted report on offer of N. P. Paterson to purchase Lots 3.4.5. Block ll, ~3econd Addition to Charleston, showing that ~ Peterson had offered ~1290.00 for the property and agrees to pay the assessments in L. I. D. #196. there was also an offer from Mrs Kate Price and Mrs Thornton offering ~1280.00 for the property. Motion by Mr Jones and Mr Helverson to accept the bid of $1290.00 offered by Mr. Peterson, carried as followw: Mr Jones,Yes. Er Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes. Clerk read letter from E. H. Clark offering to purchase Lots 3 and 4 in ~ater Works Tracts ~2 for the sum of ~400.00 cash. Nr Halverson stated that this property had been on the market for several years for ~450.00 and no sale had been effected,and this sale would put the property on the tax roll. Notion by Mr Jones and Mr Cased to to accept the offer of Mr Clark, carried as fol- lows: Nr Jones, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Cased, Yes. Motion by Mr ttalverson and Mr Jones to adjourn, carried as follows: Mr Jones, Yes. [dr iialverson, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. APPR 0VED: /CITY us~n~. ~ Note: Election tabulation on next page. December 4, 1939 C. Precinct Homer R. Jones A. Eo Todd H. A. Bruenn C. C. Casad Rs G. Cook Halve~son 1 98 85 92 118 50 94 2 121 80 115 140 51 88 3 184 93 161 170 100 112 4 107 90 121 124 65 76 5 100 104 125 104 92 69 - 6 108 159 190 135 146 58 7 122 141 187 120 152 56 8 136 75 121 136 79 77 9 128 104 155 128 104 69 10 171 78 141 182 62 101 11 145 140 197 153 133 81 12 100 78 119 101 67 61 13 178 129 203 167 143 80 14 161 89 174 155 95 69 15 124 81 172 114 75 37 16 139 114 189 131 108 70 17 147 105 183 130 119 56 18 178 130 181 155 124 148 19 200 149 243 174 182 89 20 139 101 174 131 114 63 2786 2125 3243 2768 2061 1554 I, E. J. ~,~cCall, the qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Bremerton, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct tabulation of the votes cast at the general city election held in said city on fourth day of December, 1939. In witness thereto I have hereto attached the official seal of said city this fifth day of December, 1939.