HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/27/21 Bremerton, ~shington. June 2?, 1921.
R?gular meeting of City Council called to order by_ ~ayorbBowdoin at ?.~0 o'clock
p.m., Present, Councilmen Eorrison, Grahn, Bl~ir~ LoViolette, Gatee, mnd L~ngeland.
~tnutes of previous session read and approved as read.
Communication read from Commandant's Office, Puget Sound N~vy YArd, advising that
the Civil Service Commission rules will not permit of ~[r.~ H. B. Richard's accepting
the position of Councilman, to which he had been elected. Notion by La¥iolette and
Grahn that matter be laid over until next meeting; carried.
Communication read fr.~m Central Trmdes & L~bor Council l~rotesting against the
payment of a ~.~.00 fee for medical examination in connection with the enforcement of
Ordinance ~889. ~otion by LaViolette a~t Grahn tha~ Sanitation Committee, City
Attorney and Health Officer meet with a like committee from the Central Trades and
Labor Council to draft a new ordinamce; carried.
Communication read from Journeyman Barbers' Union pretesting against the payment
of a $~.00 fee for medical examination in connection with the enforcement of Ordinance
~69; referred to I~ealth and Sanitation 0ommittee.
Communication read from ~. G. Dong and ordered filed.
Communication read from C. H. Shepherd, consulting engineer, and ordered filed.
Communication read from R. ~. But~er, making application for Jitney License on
Burwell Street. ~otion by ~lair and Grahn that license be granted; carried.
Com~nunication read from E. R. Culp; al~o petition from a number of residents on
Park and Elizabeth Streets protesting against the issuance of a Jitney license on
Elizabeth Otreet. Attorney Stevenson and other interested persons addressed the
Council on the mat~er of the issuance of a Jitney license for Elizabeth Street, and
the matter was discussed at some length by the Council. Chairman of ~inance and
License Committee reported that he had made investigation and recommended that
license be issued, i',~otion by i'~orrison and Grahn that Jitney license for Elizabeth
street be granted to ~,,ir. ~. C. Gra,tton; carried.
Communication read from Frank Reynolds, Chief of ~olice, tendering his resignation.
Clerk read Eesolution introduced by Councilman ~orrison, giving ~[r. Reynolds a vote
of confidence by the Council, granting him sixty days leave of absence with pay, and
petitioning Honorable Walter i~. French, Judge of the Kitsap County Superior Court,
to summons a Jury at the earliest possible moment to determine the guilt or InnocenCe
of the ~hief of Police. Motion by Blair and ~orrison that resolution be passed~as
read; carried.
Clerk reported that notice ~f appeal had been filed in his office, in the mmtter
of the assessment roll of L.I.D. ~99.
Communication read from Jsmes E. i~cDonou~h, Inspector U.S. Bureau o~ An'im~l
Industry, reporting that a qnanti~y of beef had been condemned by the Navy Y,rd and
was now in ~or8 cold ,storages referred to Ohairm, n of Health -nd Sonit~tion Committee.
Cormnunication read from F. ~. Harris, making applic~.~ion for license to operate an
additional Jitney on the Park ~venue route, and on motion of L~Vio].~.tte and ~,,Iorrison
~oplication for license was denied.
Clerk reported that this was date set for eoening bids for L.I.D. ~lO~ and that
f~ur bids had ~een received, and on motion of Morrison and Sl~ir bids were duly ooened
and found to be from ~. N. ~dolato, J. B. ~urohy, W. O. Bul,~tte and Edwin E. H,~ll.
Clerk read bids and they were then referred to City Engineer for computation and report
There being no objection, the matter of report on fire truck chassis bids were
laid over until next regular meeting.
~otion by ~loir and ~Violette to rescind actlon~taken in granting shooting
gallery license to S-muel Sn~re; carried.
Public Utilities Committee reported that Garbage De!oartment could construct shed
on tbs west end of the present building on Wharf F~. for use as a stable.
Chairm~n of Street and Allay Co~nittee reported that sewer on ~ront St'reef had
b~en stopped up on account of grease accumulating in sewer and recommended that
proper grease traps be required where necessary. Communioation read from S. B. Lent,
Plumbing and Ouildin~ InSpector, recommending that present ordinance be amended so ss
to provide for the i~s~allation of proper grease traps. ~[otion by L~Violette and
~gorrison that Attorney be instructed to draft an amendment ~o the present ordinance
requiring proper grease tral~,; carried. '
[~[otion by LeViolette and ~ates that Clerk be instructed to call for bids for sale
of team of horses; carried.
Street a~d ~llay Oo~nmittee reported that Navy Yard fence at ~aeific Avenue and
~ront ~treet had been fixed satisfactorily by the ~vy Yard authorities; also that
Navy Yard would pay the 0ity for firs htdrants when ~hange is made in the new addition
~0 ~he Navy Yard,
Clerk read Ordinance ~731, being an Ordinance declaring the frame buildings on
Lots 9 and lC, Olk l, Original town to be a public nuisance and ordering their removal.
I~otion by Langeland and Blair to pass Ordinance ~7.~1 as read; carried on roll call.
Clerk read report of Engineer in the matter of the bids in L.I.D. ~lOE eh.awing
~r. Edwin E. Hall to be low bidder in the amount of $?09~.10. Motion by LaVtolette
and Gates that bids be laid over to next meeting; carried.
Superintendent of ~'~ater ~epartment reported that he had received communication from
~avy Department reques~ing that city tender bid for supplying water. ~[otion by
LaViolette and Olair that Superintendent of ~¥a~er Department be instructed to tender
bid of 10~ per thousand gallons; carried.
Mayor