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Home My WebLink About09/27/20 539 Bremerton, Washington. Sept. 27, 1920. Regular meeting of the City Oounoil called to order by ~,Iayor ,,il~s at 8.00 o clock .9-~., all members bein~ present. [~,[inutes of previous session read and approved as read. Communication read from Siegel S~oek 0ompany requesting Theatre license for their show at the Arcadia Hall, and on m0~ion of ~eGillivray and Bowdoin request was ?~ranted Communication read from Wm. L. Graen and J. Cohn requestin~ Licemse to opera~e a billiard parlor a~d card room a~ ~210 ~ront S~ree~; referred to Finance and Licensee Conmittee. Co~ninication read From Helen Black requesting HoSel License for i,.[ercha~t'a~ Hetel; referred to Fi~a~ce a~:~d License omml~ee. Clerk read re?or~ of I~Vater Department for the month of august showin~ net profit of ~1063.78; re?or/; ordered fi~ed. Street and f~lley Committee reported ~ha$ ~hey had met wi~h a conmittee from the Charleston ~it~m ~ouncil and discussed She mat~er of limi~in~ the Jitney Busses operati~? be~w~eu Bremerton and Oharles$on $o 14 and that ~e join~ committee had agreed to reconnend to the respective City Co,oilS ~ha~ ~he number be limited with t~e under~;ta~di,~ tbat the license fee be~ raised to $100 and ~hat the Attorney~~ off the t~,¥o cit:~es draw up a proper resolution. · Clerk r,~td communication from five Jitney Opera~orS outlining the process off elL~inatio:~ they desired the city 0f Bremer~on to~follow to cu~ down the outstanding jitney licenses issued by the City of Bremert0n from 16 $o ~. Clerk read ~esolution restricting She n~ber of inter-ciSy jitney licenses to be issued by t~e City of Sremer~on to 7. Attorney Or:~enwood addressed the Co~cil on behalf of She operators of "Hire Cars" if~ t~e Citj of Brenerton and requested ~hat in regulating the jitney operators the Council restrict them to jitney Work and not allow them to do "Hire Car" work and f~rt]~e~ stated that if ~he Codncil would enforce this repletion th~:t the" ire fJar" operators would not object to having their license fee raised to ~50 o,sr yea. r. The matter ~o~mmSm~ of jiSney opera$ors and "Hire Car" operator~ was discussed at some len~2~h and on motion of Bowdoin and Williams resolution was laid over for further inves fixation. Street ~nd ~l[ey Committee reported that the earth ~¥as bein? washed out from behi~d wooden bulkhead at park creating a dangerous condition ~nd m'eco:~m~ended that some action b,:~ taken. ~¥[o~ion by EcGillivray and Bowdoi~l to refer to ~Street and Aile~, Co,~m~ittee with ~ower to act; carried. . ~.~r. H~yward, representative of the Housing Corporation addre~:sed t~.e Oouucil and s a~sd th~_~,t he had deeds in his ,office si~ned by t~e housin~-:~ cor~oor~tion ~rantin~ ceftin alleys ~o the ~ity off Bremerton, and requested t~:,~' o- ~he CSnncil vacate streets aud alle?,~; as requested by the Housin~ Corporation. On beia~ ~ues~ioned by the ,,layo~ ~,[r [~a~ard sta~ed that he did not have deeds to the ~ y ~or any alleys ia Blocks 14 cz' 19 off the Original Town. The mat~er was discussed by the Council some len,~th but no definite action taken. F. '~'~% i~oore, Charleston CiSy Attorney, addressed the Council ~nd stated Shat the Ch. arlestoa Cou~cil had passed the jitney resolution and reque~,ted tl~ the 3re:nerton Council e:~.thsr pass or reject the ~'esolution; no a.c~ion taken. Street a~d ~,lley Oo~mnit~ee reported the side~?alk in ~ront of Chalet [ otel ~ill in dangerous condition and as]~ed if any action had been ~aken. ~ ~t~orney that no aotio,~ had bee~ taken as yet. ' Building' Committee reported ~hat they were making good progress on the City Halt and they ex?ectsd to have suffioien~ funds with the money o~: band for the ouroose nearly (~ompleto ~[;be building. ~ t,~n~a~io~:~C,om~:'t~ee reported they had i.:vestigated ~he claim of ~he F.O,,~. to _z~i~ ~ ce'me,cry ~ot a~td recomme~ded that they be ffiven deed For Lot 20 ~t~2~ ~av~ ~,~lt~l~i t[~e~r ~olo~ a~d on motzon of Bowdo~n and Olsen Hayor a d Olekk were instr~cted a ~d a~tho~.,ized to ~n deed to w ,, ~.0 .... for Lo~ 20. .:~ire and Li::· t C,o.~mittee repoz'ted that the peo~ple on Forth Street ref~ested that th~ Citfjf install cluster lights on Eourt~ Street, and the Electric Company would recjuire a ten year contract to i~stalt She lamp posSs. No action taken. iJr C J. Herrett addz'essed t~e ~ ' - · · ~o~ncml on behalf of the hotel owners of the city a~d stated that the ~iotel Ordinance as passed by the Council wou~ work an unnecessary hardship on the hotel kee~ez~s and explained how i~ might possibly work a~rainst their interco ~s. ~ Clerk read ordinance ~o, 700, bein~ an ordinance repealin~ ordinance ~/697 and on motio~ off ~[c'~illivray and Sowdoin ordinance ~ 700 was passed as read. Clerk reported ti~az~ thi~ was date set for opening bids for ~he improvement of East Bremerton by water mai~s under L.I.D. [~99 and on motion of ~,~cGzllivray and ~iuestis bids were ooened and ~ound to be From ~. F, N. Badola~o and ~'[r. ~ 01erk read the two ~ids a~d on motion of Mc~mllivray" ~' ~d Williams bids were referred to .~n~iaeer for conputation and report at the special mee$ina~ to be held October ~th. Clerk read itesolution.off In~ention for the improvement of'~Broadway from ~velyn'~ ~talph Street, m'~d Ralph SSreet ~om Broadway ~o Warren by grading, etc a~d on motion off , - ' , ~.,[c~mllkvray and Huss$is Resolution was passed as read. Clerk read Ordinance ~.~ 701, being an ordinance providin~ fi,or t~e establis~in~., p opening and extending of a street in East Bremerton in the City of Bremerton through :/IcTeigh's Garden Tracts. i~otion by MoGitlivray and Jilliams to pass ordinance as read; carried. Communication read from Engineer s~a~ng that he was submitting Assessment Ro:[1 for L, I. D. F98 Clerk read resolution setting date o~ hearing protests on the assessment roll of L.i.D. ~98 as OctOber ES, l~E0. ~otio~ by ~illiams and Pittack to pas~ r~s~£~ion ~,s 're~.d; ~rried. City Attorney recommended 'that ~he elmetien on the annexatien of territory be held on City Election day in Desember ~nd stated that i~ weuld be necessary to pas~' ~he resolution naming the electio~ officials at t~e next meetin~ of the Count Attorney also reported.~hat asseasment Toll of L.I.D. ~8~ h~d been p~ssed on_by the Court Commissioners and they have overruled all protests except, that of L. E. i~llette and that his assessment had been adjusted at $60. ~torn~y also reported that the descriptions of property ~o be sold by the City Treasurer for delin~uen~ assem~ments in L. I. D. ~60 included property outside of the improvement district and ~hat the descriptions would have to ,be corrected and proceedings started over.,~again; Attorney further'reported there had been a ~istake made in the matter of a re-assessment in this district and that the City would have to pay the amount which had been ordered for re-assessment, which will ~ount ta over (~900. ~:Dtton by McGillivr~y a~] ~'~ilti~ms to allow all bills which have been approve~ by the Finance Committee; carried. ~,~otlon by i[cOillivr~y and ,illi~ms to adJourn;U~%'~i ~/~1~/, O£-F~-~ ~ BRemerton, %¥ashington. October 4, 1920. Adjourned ,lleeti~lm~- of ~he City Council called to order ~$ 8.00 o'clock p. ~_., all memb~rs bei~ press ~t e~c~pt _~r. 01sen. ,Jommunicatio:~ read from Alex Carlson requesting license to o~erate ~ jitney to i[ewitt Street and on motion of McGillivray and ~illiams request ~as referred Street and ~lley Co m~ittee wi~h power ~o act. 01erk .~'e~d i~'o?osed bud~'e~ for the year 1921 and on motion of ~,Ic;illiTra$ and z~i t ~ack ~olice ~d~s salary was change~ from $1200 to $1800 per annum. Clerk read 0rdii~anc~ ~702, being anl Ordinance approvi~ the esti.nate~ and levyin~ ~e~era~l taxes for the year 19E0. ~Iotion by i~cGillivray a~d ~.:~estis ~ass or~i~me at~ rand; carried. Petition read from properSy owners on ~arren and Broadway Streets reeuesting street im,:ro~'e,,~mats, i~[otion by Bowdoin and ~IcGillivray that ~he Council declare late ,finn to improw~ ~roadway and Warren Streets et.al, as per ,~etition; carried. ~Jity Engineer reported ~hat F. N. Badola~o was low bidder fo~' ~:he work of laying water mai~ls u~der L.i.D. ~r99, being $t71 lower than Joe Caluccio who was the only other 'bidder; t.l~e res~oectiSe bids being, Badolato $5~,710; Joe Caluccio ~58,181. ~ilymJ.~le~ ~l~o re:orted that the low bid was 1Z% above his preliminary esti~ate bu~ that c~rt;~in units included in the estimate 'could be cut down so ~s to brin~ ~e brad ,~',~,~. ,,ho legal limm~ and reoo~ended that the followim~ units b ~i:]~d :tst~mate ,,iS00; Cast Iron Pipe ~850; Hydrants ~000.00. S~e~'ial ~j.~-~t~t ',~a. if,,~c~ ?~ ap~ro~ze ~!~.~er s recommen~a~ion and award th.e co~tract to w. ?. Badol~to, Ordi~a ~co ,~705 read, being an Ordinance Faoating elley in ~lock ~our of Central ~ddJtion e~d on motion of McGillivray and Williams ordina~ce ;va~ pa~ ~ed ..lotion by :~ ll~vray and Hues~ls ~hat She Oo~cil declere l~'~te~io . ali.~y ]~ Louis LlOOS ~Qddition; carried. ~.fotioa b~/ [[c~illmvray and Hues$is ~ gran~ permission to for~er :~rothers to use alley a,:~t~i~[, ~a~y Yard fence on oonditIo~ thet they leave it in as :.;~'ood ~ondltion ~s it io at present; carried. .,,lotion by ~[cGillivray and ~illlams ~o adjourn; ,carried.