HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/13/37 February 13, 1937.
Regular meeting of the City Co~mmission of the Oity.~of Bremerton,Washington,
held on saturday Feb.13,1937 at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Knabb,preslding;eommission~r
Halverson and Co~issioner Casad being present at roll call.
Clerk read minutes of the previous regular meeting and on motion of Mr Casad and
Lir Halverson same were approved as read,all mambers voting, Yes.
Clerk read ordinance providing for the improvement of High Avenue between Fifth
add Sixth Streets and the 'T" shaped alley in Block one (1) Peter Hesser's First
A~'dition to the City of Bremerton, by paving and the doing of such other work as may
be necessary to make such improvament a complete, Job,all in accordance with the plans
on file in the office of the City Clerk; establishing a local improvement district;
providing for the levying of assessments for the payment of such improvements and
making such improvement payable by bonds. (Second reading)
Motion by Mr Casad and Mr Knabb to pass and adopt ordinance,carried as fo~lows:
~ar Knabb, Yes. Mr ttalverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.
Clerk read co~unica~ion from Association of Washington Cities asking for co-oper-
ation of the commission in behalf of House Bills #138, #139 and #175 and enclosing
copy of resolution which was also read by the clerk.
Motion by MrbCasad and Mr Knabb to pass and adopt resolution as read and refer same
to ~[r Halverson for presentation to the association at Olympia, carried as follows:
~dr ~fnabb, Yes. ~ir Halverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.
Clerk read an ordinance providing for the appointment o~ a building inspector;
creating a building inspection fund; fixing compensation for the building inspector;
requiring license fees for certain types of construction as a prerequisite to the
issuance of permit; fixing the amount of license fees;and fixing a penalty for violati¢
I,iuch discussion arose and Section three (~) was rewritten to read as follows:
"Section 3. The building inspector shall be T~..~ receive and ~e pai~ the fees and
licenses received under the provisions of this ordinance and the City Treasurer is
hereby authorized on approved vouchers of said Building and Inspection ffund."
the last part oi' Sectio~ 4 cm~mencing on the third line of page three (3) was changed
to read as follows: "~here construction work is to be performed by an individual home
owner on his residence property no such license to engage in the building trade shall
be require~ for the issuance of a building permit by the builsing inspector."
Motion by ~ir Halverson and tvlr K_uabb to adopt ordinance as read and corrected,
carried ~..s follows: Mr Knabb, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.
~lotion by Mr Halverson and ~[r Knabb to notify Mr B.H. Branch that his term of office
expired when this ordinance was passed, carried as follws: Mr Knabb, Yes. Mr Halverson
Yes. L~r Casad, Yes.
The ~.~ayor appointed Mr M.T.McLeod as building inspector from Feb.15,1937.
Motion by Mr ttalverson and Mr Casad to confirm appointment of Mr MeLeod, carried
as follows: Mr Knabb, Yes. I~ir Iialverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr Halverson and Mr Knabb t allow all bills approved by a maJbrity of the
colm~ission, carried as follows: Mr Knabb,Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.
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Clerk read bill for repairing a Ford automobile the property of Mr L.Yohnson
which had been in collision with a Street department "bulldozer" before daylight
one morning during the Snow storm; Mr Yohnson was present and was called on to
explain how the accident occured.
Motion by ~ En&b'b~-and.Mr Casad to approve the claim in the amount of $55.00
carried as follows: Mr Knabb, Yes. Mr Halverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.
~r Casad reported that he had entered into an agreement with Mr George Crisman
to employ him from ten o'clock A.M. until two o'clock P.M. at the rate of ~75.00
per ~onth; this arrangement was made so Mr Crisman could accept temporary appointm~
as a ~aember of the Fire Department; and owing to the fact that Mr Crisman had not
complie~i with the arrangement Me (Mr Casad) had released him fr~ any connection
with the office of the City Engineer. as of February l, 1937.
~iotion by Mr Knabb and Mr Halverson to adjourn, carried as follows: ;~M Knabb,Yes.
~r Halverson, Yes. Mr Casad, Yes.