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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00219 minutes. Yotion declared carried and recess declared.r i i i i (stipulations continued) STATE OF 'NASHINGTON) COUNTY OF JEFFERSON) as. On this 6th day of May before me personally appeared George Bangerter and C. F, Christian, to me known to be the Mayor and City Clerk respectively of the City od Port Townsend, a municipal corporation of the third class, organized and ex- isting under the laws of the State of Washington, who executed the within and foregoing instrument and acknowledged the said instrument to be the free and vountary act and deed of said municipal corporation for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath sta- ted that they were authorized to execute said instrument and that the seal affixed is the official seal of said municipal corporation, In Witness 71hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. Geo. Welch Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Port Townsend. Resoj.ution adopted: It was then moved by Councilman Townsend and seconded by Councilman Aubert that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Motion declared carried. "DAYLIGHT SAVING" RESOLUTION. The following resolution relative to Daylight Saving Time was submitted by Mayor Ban- gerter and read in full by the City Clerk, to -wit: RESOLUTION. Whereas, "Daylight Saving has been adopted by practically all cities and towns in Wes- tern Washington, and Whereas, the City of Port Townsend should, as it has in the past, keep step with all movements beneficial to the common weal, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that it is the sense of the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, that all clocks of said city be advanced one htour at the hour of 2 o'clool A.M., Sunday, May 7th, 1933. It was moved by Councilman Townsend and seconded by Councilman Aubert that the said resolution be adopted. Upon roll Call, Councilman Townsend, McGee, Smith, Lafferty, Lammers and Aubert voted in the affirmative and Councilman Miller in the negative. '.lotion declared carried. EXTENSION STATE ROAD NO. 9 RESOLUTION. The following resolution relative to allocation of State Funds for Highway work, was also submitted by the wayor and was as follows, to -wit: RESOLUTION. P,'HEREAS, certain funds are to be allocated by the State of Washington to Jefferson County for emergency relief work on State highways, extensions and betterments, and WHEREAS, a very small portion of the optional State funds annulay allocated and appro- priated are ever expended within the City of Port Townsend, and WHEREAS, the need of a shorter, more direct route and highway on standard grades to and from the Fort Worden Military Reservation is an eminent need for heavy troop vehivle, mo- bile artillery and ordinary commercial traffic, and WHEREAS, the general proposed route of the extended Olympic Highway, State Road No. 9, from the U.U. quarantine Reservation, at the junction of Water and Jackson Streets, Port Townsend, 71ashington, to a suitable junction of the main traffic streets of Fort Worden via the shore line of Admiralty Inlet, is the shortest, most feasible"for military and com- mercial traffic requirements, permit the easiest grades and will benefit the community to the greatest extent and serve the purposes of a great emergency unemployment relief project and provide the community with a most scenic waterfront drive; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Llayor and members of the City Council of the City of Port Townsend endorse and support the move to obtain State funds for the project and urge an immediate survey to determine its practical feasibility. It was moved by Councilman Aubert and seconded by Councilman Lammers that the Said res. olution be adopted. L':otion declared carried. RESOLUTION ON WARRANTS. A resolution sponsored and adopted by the King County Employees Association was next submitted and read, as follows: a RESOLUTION. At a neneral mass meeting held in the City of Seattle, April 4th, composed of repre- sentatives from the city, county, school and port districts, the following resolution was adopted: V'hereas: During the acute depression, all political subdivisions of the State of Wash- ington have been obliged to aid in direct relief and in the employment of as many of its citizens as possible, and thus the financial obligations of said political subdivisions have been g reatly increased; and Whereas: In order to meet these conditions over 40,000 public employees in the State of Washington have already taken several cuts in wages and exhorbitant discounts on their sale ry warrants, thereby crippling their purchasing power and ability to meet their tax obli- gations; and ,.hereas: Financial racketeers, knowing that political subdivisions tax fund warrants are backed by the full taxing power of these respective subdivisions and are therefore guaranteed, nevertheless, force the sale of these general warrants to themselves at dis- counts ranging from 1B to 25 per cent; and Whereas: Various political subdivisions in order to carry out necessary govermamental functions and local public works projects, suffer similar discounts on their general war- rants for the reason that bidders on public works anticipate these heavy discounts and p raise their bids accordingly; and .",harass: Buyers of Ueneral Bonds of various political subdivisions hesitate, and in some cases refuse to bid on said securities pending the retirement of outstanding tax fund warrants; thus delaying or defeating the use of such bond money in local public works frog - sets; and i(} (Warrants resolution continued) whereas: All aforesaid mentioned securities are certain of payment and are equal to, if not superior to, hundreds of millions of dollars of securities in which the R.F.C. has al- ready invested; and �. t• Whereas: A broadening of the powers of the Federal Reserve Banks and the R.F.0 to en- able them to purchase, or accept as collateral, these tax fund warrants, v:hich will be re- tired within twenty-four months, will restore the value of these warrants to par, thereby increasing the people's purchasing power throughout the State, stimulating business and an. y abling necessary public functions to be carried on in which thousands of men can be employed, and thus relieve to considerable extent the government's direct dole: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this group of municipal and public employees that the powers of Federal Reserve Banks and the R. F. C. be broadened so that they may purchase or p accept as collateral, political subdivisions tax fund warrants maturing within twenty-four months; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That our representatives in Congress be urged to assist and aid in broadening the pourers of Federal Reserve Bankd and the R. F. C. to the extent aforesaid and that copies of this resolution be forwarded to legislative bodies representing all g P 8 po- litical subdivisions of this State with request for similar action. 1 By: Rosa E. Clarke, J. H. Mendenhall, 1� r H. P. Nadeau, Endorsed and Approved: Committee on Resolutions. Otto A. Case, State treasurer, State of Washington, i G. G. 1,9lttenmyer, Treasurer of King County, Washington, H. L. Collier, City treasurer, City of Seattle, Washington, John C. Stevenson, Chairman, King County Commissioners, Washington. t The said resolution was referred to the Finance Committee, who called upon Deputy City a; Attorney '.'!. J. Daly for information relative thereto, and, after some discussion, it was u moved by Councilman Townsend and seconded by Councilman Lafferty that the said resolution f� =' be endorsed and approved and that copies of said resolution and endorsement be forwarded ,- to each of our representatives in Congress, )lotion declared carried. ,sue PROPOSED FIRE LIMITS ORDINANCE. In accordance:: with the instructions of the Council, a proposed ordinance changing the boundaries of BSilding'.Distriet No. 1 and creating a new district to be known as District No. 3, was prepared by Deputy City Attorney W. J. Daly, but was not brought up for consideration at this session because of the situation raised z y S r by the recommendations of the Washington Surveying and mating Bureau and the whole matter s was again referred to the Fire and Light Committee. RECESS. It was now moved by Councilman Aubert and seconded by Councilman McGee that the Counci: ' recess for a few minutes. Yotion declared carried and recess declared. COUNCIL RECONVENES, AND ROLL CALL. AxkV Council reconvened at 10:30 o'clock P.M., and upon roll sell there were present Mayor • George Bangerter, Dep. City Atty W. J. Daly, City Clerk C. F. Christian, and Councilmen Y Townsend, McGee, 7.1. B. Smith, '!!. S. Lafferty, Wm. Lammers Sr., Jacob Miller and C.P.Aubert �.rEr THEATRE LICENSES: Councilman Aubert brought up the matter of'the amount charged for Thea. tre licenses, which, in his opinion, appeared to be too high. Councilman Aubert then moved, the motion being seconded by ppouncilman 1LcGee, that the k '5; ordinance be amended to the effect that the Theatre License shaY1 be $50.00 per year. I f <• Upon roll call, Councilmen Townsend, McGee and Aubert voted in the affirmative, and a,`S�f' Councilmen Smith, Lafferty, Lammers and Miller in the negative, and motion was declared a lost. To be $60.00. r `n) It was then moved by Councilman Aubert and seconded by Coun811man McGee, thi the ordinance be amended changing the fee from $100.00 to $60.00 per year. Upon Roll Ca: x Councilmen Townsend, McGee and Aubert voted in the affirmative and Councilmen Smith,Laffer Lammers and Miler in the negative and motion was declared lost. To be $75.00. It was further moved by Councilman Aubert and seconded by Councilman McGee, r that the ordinance be amended to set the license fee at $75.00 per year for theatres. Upo r: h{ roll .:all, Councilmen Townsend, McGee and Aubert voted in the affirmative and Councilmen Smith, Lafferty, Lammers and Miller in the negative, and motion was declared lost. s ADJOURNMENT. s � btt 4% .�� lyniv� rL,•• Upon motion of Councilman Lafferty, seconded by Councilman Smith, Council adjourned. Attest: oo ayor %, 4 e..-.^ Ci y or �i 777 t ,(eau +r r`3 i V�,