HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/08/29 May 8, 1929.
.Regular meeting of the City Commission, of the City of Bremerton, held
on ;~ednesday morning, i,Iay 8th., 1929, at ten o'clock, ~,,i~yor 01dham, presiding
Com:~issioner, Halverson, Co~issioner, Oasad, and City .~orney, Stevenson, be-
ing presen~ at Roll call.
Minutes of regular meetlng.of ~My lsd., 1929 and adjournments ~hereof,
re~d and approved, a~ ~'ead.
_etter from Cor~andan~, H. J. Zeigeme~er, read, ~d~out sl;or~ wa~er enter-
;~:d i~avj Yurd ~t end of Washington Avenue. Referred to Co~ni~sioner
,~ith power to act.
Letter read from 18 residents on Rainier Avenue, petitioning for grading
~d new ~:idew~lks. I.~[otion by [~. 01dham and I.~. Casad, to refer to Engineer,
t~ chec~c up--carried, as follows: i~. 01dham, "yes"; I,~r. Halverson, "yes";
..Yr. Casad, "yes;".
~.~,_ ~ion by lit Oldham and ~r. Casad to ~ay proposed gasoline t~nk ordinance
:'zer, one week ~:ore,--c~:trried, as follows: ~,~. Oldh~m, "yes"; Mr..H lverson,
"y,:~"; :Yr. Casad, "yes".
C!,-~:'- ~',~d ~[-:-opo~?,:': OPOI~:~CE [,~892, being an~ ordinance extending the
::i'~o for the co~pletion of the toll bridge across Port ~ashington N~rrows, with-
in the City of Bremerton, :ta~e of Washington, under the fran:~hise granted
:[. E. ::uell, his heirs, executor's, ~_~dministrators, a~d :ssi~s, by Ordinance
y:50, as amended by Ordinance ~879. of the said City of Bremerton. ~otion by
::r. K:lverson and Lit. Oldham to pass O!~IN_~NCE as re:d,--carried, as follows:
:,i~~. O!dham, "yes"; ~,~. I/alverson, "yes"; ~,Ir. Casad, "yes".
Dlerk re~d proposed Oi~D!i[AECE f895, being an ordinance, specifying and
'a~ol, ti~!d' ~t st'sto.l or p].:i~, for t~e ~cquisition, [li ther by construction or
;~'ch,,~ e, by t~e City of Bre~erton, of an electric lig~t ~,nd power plant and
~'jcte:~, ,~ithin and ~ithout its corpo~mte lim].ts, for the purpose of furnishing
the s_~id C[t~ and inhabitants, thereof, and any o~her persons,with an ample
]lay 8, 19£9 c>~'~tJaued.
supply of electric light and power for lightins, he.ting, fuel and other
purposes, public and private; declarin~3 ~he estimated cost ~hereof, as
nest as may be, at <~7~0,000.00 ore~tin~ a speci,~l fund for the sole pur-
',pose of defr~yin~ ~he cost of acquiring, condemning or purchasing or con-
s~ruc~ing such plant, providing for the issuance and sale of bonds payable
only, out .}f such special fund and submitting ~he same ~ the qualified vol-
ers of said City for ratification or rejection at a special eleo~ion
bald in said ~l~y on Tuesd~y ~he ll~h. day of June. i9Z9. [lotion by ~.~r.
O!dha~ and },Ir. Halverson to pass ordinanc~ as re.d,--carried, a~ follows:
i~h~. Oldham. "yes"; ~[r. Halverson, "yes"'. L~. Casad, "yes".
Clerk read proposed 0t$IN~JCE ~ 894, bein~ an ordinance submitting
the qualified electors of ~he City of Bremerton, at a special election
be held for that purpose, on Tuesday, the llth. day of June, 1929, for the
approval or rejection, by a majority of the electors votin~ ~hereon, the
pro2osition, a~ set forth in that certain ordinance ~892 of the ~i~y of
Bre mrton. L[o~i0n by I',,~. 01dham and ~.~. Halverson to pass ordinance as
read,--c~rr~ed, as follows: !'~. 01dh~un, "' ". "~e
~,es , L~. iialverson, j s; ~r.
0as~d,
~,[otion by I~. Casatd and lit. Halverson to adjourn until 7 o'clock this
evening,--c~%rried, all members voting "yes".
Cohlmission reconveneda. '~ 7 O'clock D. i.[., .~.,~' ..... 8, 19: 9, i[a$'or Otdham
pre~.~ding, Co~m]issioner Ealver[on, Co~:~i~zsioner Casad ,~nd ']ity
Stevenson, being present ~t 2~oll call. Clerk read prooosed~ ~.RDIILi"~ ..... f~895
beinff :,n ordinance ~pecifjin~ and ~do,2ting a system or plan for the making
of cert:~in Ltrprovement~ and betterments to the waterv;orks system of the City
of Bremerton, dec!arin~ the estimated ~:ost thereof, as near as may be, and
sub::dttin~ the proposition of the adoption of said plan and the issuance of
special ;v,a~er rewnue bonds in the sum of 4]~:30,000.00 in payment [berefor
to the qu:~lified voters of said City of Bremerton, for ratification or re-
jecti )n ~:~t a special election %o be held therein ~nd providinff f3r the call-
ing and noldin~ of such election, i[otlon by ;ir. [~alverson and ~. Casad
pass ordinanoe a~s read,--o~rried, as follows: [k'. 0=d[~,.,, "'- ~"
versos, "~-es"; ~[r. 0~s~d, "yes".
~lerk re~id re~,oll;tion fixing the f~r;.] of the proposition ~o appear on
th~ bullot a~ ~he s?eci~l election as pro,;ided by OilDIILYI~CE ~895.
by i,[r. Ha!verson and lit. Cas~d to ~dopt resolution us read,--carried, as
follows: i[r. Oldham, "yes"; ~,ir. ~ialverson, ""es". ~[r. Cas~d, "yes"
~.Iotion by Mr. H~lver~ on ~nd ~.[r. Casa~d to ~djourn until ll o'clDck
.....' -~. , LIay 9 th. , 1[)~;9 ,--carried, as follo',';s: I.[r. 01dh:_~m, "~-~.es" ,' ~.Ir. Hal-
verson, "yes",. I.{r. Casad, "~-~e~o".
20
i[ay 9th., 1929
Commission reconvened at 11 o'clock A. ~,i., Friday, ~,[~y 9, 1'22~), ~Iayor
Oldham.}residin?,_ C3~%nissioner H~lverson, Co~m:~issioner ,~as~,., ~' '~ a~nd City
orne~~, Stsve~son, being present a~ i(oll o~11.
]lerk read resolution No 6~ designating polling pl~ cee and appoint-
in-- ~he Election offici~ls for ~he Special election, ~uesd~y, June 11, 1929,
under and pursuan~ ~o Oi{DIIIA!I~E ~895 and providing for notice of such e!ect-lon.
iZot~o~] by Lk'. Oldt~am and Lit. Cased ~o adop~ r~solu~ion aa read,--carried, as
L~otion by 2.i~. ~L~lverson and L~. ,~asad ~o adjourn un~il 10 o'clock
22_~y 10th, 1929 --carried as follows: ~.~. Oldi]am "yes"' [~. H~lv~rsDn,
.2r. ]as~d, "yes".
Oommission re~onvened ~ 10 o'ol~ck .t.i.1., Prida~, tla~ lO~h., 19Z9~
l,i~yor Oldhum presiding, Co~issionc~~ Halverson, Oo~m~issionsr Oasad and
.~ttoz'ney, Stevenson, being present a~ Roll call.
Clerk re~d Resoluti'on ~ ; a resolution designating Polling places
and ~op.~intin~ Election officials for the o~
. .~ o~ecial election to be held, June
ha~;~ ~o ~dopt resolution, as re,d,--carried, as follows: ~r. Oldham, "yes";
~'~ ~'~' orov~ding for 30 ye~r ?ranchise, to ~he t~uget
~ound 2o.';/er ~ Li~ht Co was t~en t~ken up. the -,7ording of ORDI~I .... beinq
dz~u,.~ed i'or ~bou~ an hOllr; the ch~nges ~:uggested, by the Corm~issioners
nece~:it~tin~j the rewriting of Ordinance.
[,lotion by I,~. 01dham ~nd i.[r. Cased to ~djourn until Monday evening,
Xa6; l'~th., %929, at 7 o'clock,--carried, as follows; f',h'. Oldh~:m, "yes";
[2r. ii~lverson, "yes"; I,[r. Cased, "yes".
Hay loth.. 1929
Oom.nission reconvened at 7:00 o'clock t~. I,i., i;iay 13th., 19~9. with
i.[ayor Oldham oresidin~, ~' ,
. ,~o,~:~s~ioner Halverson, ;omnissioner Cased and Ci~y
:.ttorrmy, Steveason, bein~2 present ~t Roll c~ll.
lit. E. 2. Wall requested a quit claim deed to l~ts $.6, 7 ~nd 8,
Block ~ll, Dec~ttur. iteferred to Clerk to che~k up and report to
~t next meeting.
Clerk re~d proposed O~DZi~Ai~!E granting a new franchise to the Puget Sound
£Oower & Li5'ht Co~.~]pany. Ordinance ~s considered, section by section, and
several changes suggested--agreement ~:ould not be had o~ so,ne of these.
L[o~Lon by Lit. Halverson and ~. Casad to adjourn,--carried, all members
~L~YOR