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Home My WebLink About00302 MINUTES APPROVED. (16)0 5C'') ✓C4) PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 4th, 1934. The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, mat in regular session this 4th day of September, 1934, at 8 ofolook p.m., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Councilman Wm. Lammers, Mayor pro tom presiding in the absence of Mayor Bangerter. ROLL CALL. Upon Roll Call, there were present City Attorney W. J. Daly, City Clerk C. F. Christian, and Councilmen Sam McGee, W. B. Smith, W. S. Lafferty, Wm. Lammers, Sr., and Geo. Welch. MINUTES APPROVED. It was moved by'.Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Smith that the minutes of the regular session of August 21st be approved as written. Motion declared carried. BILLS AND CLAIMS. Approved Bills. Bills and Claims, as audited by the Finance Committee and recommended for payment, were presented and rears, as follows: Upon the Current Expense Fund, to -wit: The Leader Company Publis4ing $ 17.32 C:cF.'Christian Cash Adv. 1.33 A. D. Swanson 10 cods of woodd 63.50 Port Townsend Volunteer Fire Dept. Services at fires 34.00 Fred A. Polk Relief Patrolman 37.38 Union Oil Company Gasoline 36.27 Pearson Auto Service Lub. Oil 4.50 Port Townsend Lumber Co. Window Glass .74 Baker and Myers Truck Repairs 9.00 John Hajny Labor, Street "ept. 15.95 Andrew Richmond .Labor it. ' 9.97 Puget Sound Power & Light Co. Electric Service 150.14 Total .......... 366.10 Upon the Olympic Gravity Water Fund, to -wit: W. G. Potter Labor 107.59 Chas. Hess Labor 20.93 B. A. Martin Labor 5.23 Alpha Baker Cash Adv. 1.15 Union Oil Company Gasoline 20.50 Standard oil Company Kerosene .70 Port Townsend Southern R.R. Co. Freight 2.08 Port Townsend Lumber Co. Shingles and Nails 1.10 Hersey Manufacturing Co. Supplies 4.29 Rensselaer Valve Co. Corey Hydrant 49.20 Port Townsend Dry Goods Co. Canvas 23.50 Wallace & Tiernan Sales Corp. Supplies 8.38 Tacoma Electrochemical Co. Chlorine 27.00 H. Wingate Trondale Collections 5.00 R. E. Greenwood Office Supplies 1.60 Total ........................ 276.65 Upon the Public Library Fund, to -wit: Puget Sound Power & Light Co. Electric Service 1.93 ::Puget Sound News Company Books 26.65 American Library Assoc'n Magazine 2.50 A. B. Layman Wood 72.46 Total ........................ 103.64 j Ordered Paid. It was moved by Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Smith that the said claims be allowed and that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to draw war- rants upon the proper funds in payment of same. Upon Roll Call vote, all five Council- men present voted in the affirmative and motion was declared carried. Jennie D. Barstow Claim Ordered Paid. The claim of Jennie D. Barstow in the amount of ,$9.00 for services as clerk for the City Treasurer, which claim had been rejected by the Council at the session of August 7th; was again brought up for consideration and it was -mo- ved by Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Smith that the said claim be allowed. Upon Roll Call vote, Councilmen Smith, Lammers and Welch voted in favor of the motion, and Councilmen McGee and Lafferty in the negative. Motion declared carried. REPORTS OF OFFICERS. Treasurer's Report for July. The report of the City Treasurer for the month of July, 1934, was presented, read, and referred to the Finance Committee, Salary Warrants issued by Clerk, The City Clerk reported that he had issued the regu filar salary warrants for the month of August, 1934, under date of September let, as follows: Upon the Park Fund, to -wit: 103 J. E. Paddock Caretaker $ 7-75.00 Total ........ , , � 593 Minutes of Regular Session of September 4/34 continued. a Fr. t r rs• Upon the Current Expense Fund, to -wit: t�`+ 941 Harriett E. Dobbs City Treasurer 100.00 +r ??+ 942 C. F. Christian City Clerk 110.00 943 W. J. Daly City Attorney 75.00 F 5i r to b a 1 ear a, 944 Earl D. Sturrock Police Justice 15.00 r 945 Elmer Compton Chief of Police 109.67 h'�''`gi'� •:; 946 Geo. Willestoft patrolman 99.67 t'y 947 Roy Seavey Fire Truck Driver 94.64 948 Wayne Albright Fire Truck Driver 94.64 $igTrr Fe.'s i 949 J. J. Lafferty Fire Chief 15.00 w 950 Rollie Stahl Street Supt. 99.53 ��y: •= 951 F. D. Smith Truck Driver 94.53 :{Total ............:........... 907.68 ' d5�?%k{e �,• " `i'; Upon the Olympic Gravity Water Fund, to -wit: i 6485 Ban Green Water Supt. 119.64 6486 Alpha Baker - Clerk 70.00 ' • - adP; 4"b#a „•, Total ........................ 189.64 Upon the Public Library Fund to -wit: 1F6� 9 yb Tr s. . t} 1803 Emilie A. Rothschild Librarian 70.00 1804 Jack Korvell Janitor 15.00 - Total ....................... 85.00 i;Chief of Police August Report: _j� The report of the Chief of Police for August, 1934, �4ris*° was presented, read, and ordered filed. Water Supt. Work Report: qr+ The Work Report of the Water Superintendent for the month of August, 1934 ,.was presented, read, and ordered filed. ;'^ u�� ?�,, Main Line Meter Headings': The report of the Water Supt., showing the flow of water p P B through the main line meters for the period ending Sept. 3rd, was presented read and or - dared filed. ' ' Aff�.l �Y'•- e7'-. Street Supt. August Work Report: month of August, 1934 was The Work Report of the Street Superintendent for the 1� gu , , presented, read, and ordered filed. ' REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Ty "`B �� i,ss Water and Drainage: fi"�Pf`Y- Committee on Water and Drainage submitted the following written , ipr reportto-wit: ^nY 27.�� td5y45 ` . Port Townsend, Washington, Sept. 4, 1934 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Port Townsend. 3°d.{fir ra* Gentlemen: F�$ya• ); Your Committee, on Water and Drainage, to whom was referred the matter of Water 3'�'1t,'p`•<: ' ,'is Supt. report for the month of July, 1934, would respectfully report as follows: find same r�i k i to agree with office records. Wm. Lammers, Sr. W. S. Lafferty. �+ Said report was ordered filed. nTr to �v��.+•jYv<^`� �,�, Street Light Outages. Councilman McGee brought up the matter of street light outages and contract inquired ht tprovidedthattreceived deductions there should benodeductions burning. It was stated a if service within 24hours +)f 'tad SV{k after being notified by the city of any such outage. E Unpaid Licenses. Councilman Welch brought u the matter of unpaid city licenses and B P P Y it appearing to the council that many licensee were considerably overdue, It was moved by T p{ Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Lafferty that the City Clerk be directed to make two copies of list of such unpaid licenses, one to be presented to the Mayor and one to the a Chief of Police, with instructions from the Council to proceed to collect such licenses or ;�• to arrest the offending parties for operating without a valid city license. Motion 111 x' declared carried. ( r +ti rw j� Care Ordered off Streets. S a c Councilman McGee stated that the Police had ordered all care off of certain streets upon a date which the Clerk did not ascertain from his statement and this record is made to note that Councilman McGee made such statement. �.- `-`s Unpaid Water Bills: Councilman Welch asked to be informed as to the action taken, if t any, on unpaid water bills heretofore discussed by the Council. Water Supt. Green informs fF ¢' the Council that Mr. Cotton had positively refused to pay the bill for water used daring the ! j construction of the small boat haven, claiming that it was a liability of the Port Bistrict. 1 Mr. Green further stated that while Mr. Cotton's other bills had not been paid for acme time he had not repudiated any of them. E Main Line at Snow Crook. A'. Water Supt. Green then brought before the Council the condi- tion of the main supply line where it crosses snow creek, with recommendation that action was urgently needed to repair the damages caused by floods last spring before the fall rains T