HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/29/22 MARCH 29, 1922.
Regular meeting of City ?~ommission held on Wednesday March 22, 1922 at 10.00 a.m.
with i,[ayor ~,~cCall in the chair and ~omm~ssioners Buffington and Harrison presen~ at
roll call.
~inu~es of previous meeting read ~d approved as read.
Report read from Dr. Smy~he, Health Officer, reco~ending tha~ ~he Oouer d'Alene
Ho~el bailding be conde~ed; Shmt the Bremer Estate buildings on ~he beach either
install s~i~ary plumbing ~r be ordered vacated; tha~ the ~oilet on the property of
John Rols~ad on Pacific Avenue be moved $0 a~ least 25 feet back of sidewalk,
~h. at sinks be installed in each building on R~lstad pro~rty; that shacks and dwell-
ings on ~oper~y of ~ry ~. Brown, located between ~y View and Sheldon Boulevard
be plumbed wi~h toile~s and sinks or ordered vacated; repots of Health Officer referre
to the ~ayor.
Commissioner Harrison re~orSed ~ha~ d~inE olean-u~ week ~he Garbage Dep~$men$
would remove all surplus refuse from ~he ~ro~erSy of ~erso~ who are regular pa~rons
of ~he Garbage Depar~men~ wi~hou~ extra charge.
Communie~ion read from James Bros., con,rackers ~der L.I.D. ~10~, reques$ing
~ha~ ~hey be ~ranted an extension of time ~il ~y 1B~h~ also ~ha~ ~hey be granted
an estimate o~ ~he 55h day of April. ~o~ion b}~arrison, seconded by f,~r. ~ffington,
~hat ~he eon~rae~ors on L.I.D. ~103 be granted ~ extension of time until ~y l~th,
1922; carried u~anim~usly en ~ll call. ~o~ion by ~. H~rrison, seconded by ~.(r.
~JKcCall tha~ estimates on L.I.D. ~103 being done by J~es Bros., be furnished only as
specified in con~rac~; carried u~nimsusly on roll call.
~,~o~ion by ~Ir. Buffington, seconded by J~. Harrison, tha~ Resolu~ion W6 passed on
December 7th 1921 be rescinded; carried unanimously on r~ll ca~.
~o~ion by ~. Harrison, seconded by }~r. Burlington, ~hat the license ap~llcations
of ~r. ~a~hewson be referred to ~he ~or wi~h power ~o ac~; carried u~'mnimously on
roll call.
~'~otion ~y K~r. Harrison, seconded by ~. ~uffing~ou, ~ha~ all licenses issued ~der
Ordi~anc~ ~749 and signed by ~he ~yor be approved by the Co~maission; carried unani-
mously on r~ll call.
~o~ion by B~fing~n, seconded by Harrison that ~he applicatio~for license under
~rd~ance 6749 made by W. H. Wells of ~19 W~shington %venue and by J. J. Raffer~y
of 98 Pron~ S~ree~ by rejected; carried ~imously on roll c~l.
City A~torney reported t~ he had received a memorandum of JudgJnent from Judge
Frater in ~he Sullivan case in L. I.D. ~60 which reads ~ha~ the Judge holds tha~
outstanding bonds are a general obligation against ~he city together wit~ in~eres~
from ~arch ~, 1918.
k[otion by ~. ~rrison, seconded by ~. Buffing~on ~ha~ ~he case of City of
Bremerton vs. Hancock and i,~$hewson be appealed ~o ~he ~preme Court for ~he purpose
of finally testing ~k~e legal~issues raised; carried unanim~usly on roll ~ll.
The ma~ter of hearing on pe~i~ion for vac~ion of alleys
continued un~il ~he next re~Ar meetiK~g.
City a~orney re~orSed ~ She Co~ had directed him ~o file ~ order for a new
trial in ~he case on assessmen~ roll of L.I.D. ~f99 on the grounds that ~he plaintiffs
were estopped from ques$ioning ~he validity of assessment on ~heir property on account
.of knowing a~ the time of She physical relationship of ~k~e two places and having
notice of the defec$ ia the notice of elec$ion and a~ this time they could not raise
the question of ~he validity of these questions. A~orney ~rther reporSed tha~
~he~'e will now ~e a new trial in the Superior Cour~ on ~he question of benefits.
l~otion by ~r. ~cCall, seconded by ~[r. Harrison, ~hat a~ bills approved by a
Sajori~y of the Coca, lesion be allowed and ~'r~Ats drav~n for same; carried un~imously
on roll call.
There being ~o furSher ~usiness ~o come before the Comnission the meeting was duly
adjourned.
v ~City Olerk.