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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00305 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF CITY5J8 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF CITY 1934 PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 25th, 1934. The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Port Townsend, Wash., met in regular session 25th day of September, 1934, at 8 o'clock P.M., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Council- man Wm. Lammers, Mayor pro tem, presiding in the absence of Mayor Bangerter. ROLL CALL. Upon Roll Call there were present City Attorney W. J. Daly,. City Clark C. F. Christian, and Councilmen W. S. Lafferty, Wm. Lammers Sr., Paul H. Sather, George Welch, Sam McGee and W. B. Smith. MINUTES APPROVED. It was moved by Councilman Sather and seconded by Councilman Smitt that the minutes of the regular session of September 18th be adopted as written. Moti m declared carried. REPORTS OF OFFICERS. Daly, on WERA pipe line project. City Attorney Daly Ykltx+:stated to the Council that the purpose for which this meeting was called was to consider a resolution requested by Mr. W. J. Sadler, local {Yorks Manager of the WERA, tkhich would obligate the City to assume the expense for all material required on the proposed Snow Creek -Iron Pipe project, and that he, (Mr. Daly) had prepared such a resolution and had filed it with the City Clerk. To Consider Resolution. It was then moved by Councilman McGee and seconded by Coun- cilman Smith that the regular order of business be passed and that the Council now take u; Ordinances and i`esolutions. Motion declared carried. WERA Resolution Presented and Passed. The proposed resolution was then presented and read by the City Clerk, whereupon it was moved by Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Lafferty that the said resolution be adopted. Upon Roll Call vote All six Councilmen present voted in the affirmative and motion was eclared carried. Copy of Resolution. The fmllowing is a full;, true, and correct copy of the said resolution as passed by the Council on Sept. 25th, 1934, and approved by the Mayor Sept. 26th, 1934, to -wit: RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of, Port Townsend, Washington, has made applica- tion to the Washington Emergency Relief Administration for the approval of a work project for the purpose of making certain betterments and additions to the present city water diip- ply distribution system; which project in particular shall embrace the removal and relayin of a quantity of iron pipe, and, WHEREAS, said application has rece_ved the approval of the Co-ordinator and Works Manager of the Jefferson County unit of the Washington Emergency Relief Administration,and WHEREAS, an obligation rests upon the City of Port Townsend to contribute financially to such work, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND: That there be, and hereby is, appropriated from the funds of the Olympic Gravity Wa- ter System of the City of Port Townsend the sum of $1165.12, as a contribution toward the expense necessary to complete said works project, which sum is now available for material, tools and equipment incidental to the purposes aforesaid. Passed by -the City. -Council September 25th, 1934. Approved•by the Mayor September 26th, 1934. Attest: George Bangerter, Mayor. C. F. Christian, City Clerk. Supervisor for City. City Attorney Daly reported that he had been further advised that the city would be required to furnish a supervisor for the proposed pipe line work, and that the saidnaupervisor must be an employee of the City. W. G. Potter named Supervisor. It was moved by Councilman Lafferty and seconded by Councilman Smith that Mr. W. G. Potter be named as such supervisor for the City. Motion declared carried. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. PIPE LINE AT SNOW CREEK. City Attorney Daly, on behalf of the Water Committee, report ad that a conference was had with the officers of the National Paper Products Company role tive to the repair work to be done where the main water line crosses Snow Creek and that all agreed that the work should be done without further delay. That there were prospect that labor could be secured through the WERA but that Mr. Sadler had advised against the necessary delay as the rainy season would begin before such labor could be authorized. That the paper Company agreed to help with supervision and the use of one of their trucks and that no particular skill would be required of workmen to do the work. Councilman Lammers stated that it was hoped by the committee that delinquent water users could be secured to perform the common labor and apply their wages against their water accounts. After some discussion as to the most economical method of performing the work, Councilman Welch stated that in view of the uncertainty of. obtaining 77ERA labor and the necessity for early completion of the work, he would move that the proper authorities be fully authori- zed to go ahead and have the work done in the most advantageous manner for the city. Councilman Sather seconded the motion and upon the question being put, was declared car- ried. 599 COMMUNICATIGIS. Larsen Protest. A letter of protest from Ingwald T. Larsen, relating to operation of a dry ing plant, was presented to the Council and read, as follows: Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 21, 1934. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, Port Townsend, Wash. Uentlemen:- I hereby respectfully protest against the operation of a dry cleaning plant on Block 46, Eisenbeis Addition to the City of Port Townsend, for the reason that it creates a serious fire hazard and heavy increase in the insurance rate. I propose to build a residence on Lots 1 and 2 of this block. Respectfully submitted, Ingwald T. Larsen. Discussing the protest, Councilman Welch stated that a dry cleaning plant was a mena to the whole neighborhood because of the fire hazard. In the discussion it was brought out that this dry cleaning was conducted in a building on the premises of Louis Schultz, whose application for a building permit to erect the said building had been referred to t Building Committee and that the aside had not been reported back to the Council. However, the committee said it was now ready to report and it was moved by Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Sather that the application of Louis Schultz to erect an outbuildi on said Block 46, Eisenbeis Additionnbe disallowed. Upon Roll Call vote, Councilmen Lafferty, Lammers, Sather, Welch and Smith voted in the affirmative and Councilman McGee in the negative. Motion declared carried. UNFINISHED AND NEYi BUSINESS. Re: 2nd Hand Licensee. A delegation of citizens being present, Councilman Welch suggested that they be heard if they had anything to present and there being no objection, Mr. Barning, on behalf of himself and others, stated that demand had been made that they pay the city license for dealing in 2nd hand goods, but that they considered the present license of $25.00 per year prohibitive and asked that a reduction be made in the license fee. A discussion followed relative to causes and effects and the fairness of the present ordinance and license fee, after which it was moved by Councilman Welch and seconded by Councilman Lafferty that an ordinance be drawn reducing the fee to $15.00 per year. An amendment was offered b Coun oilman Smith and seconded by Councilman Sather to make the amount $10.00 instead of 45.00 but Councilman Welch and his second agreeing to incorporate that amount as the original motion, the amendment was withdrawn. Councilman McGee voiced the opinion that the licens fee should be stricken out altogether unless everybbdyyengaged in busines be required to pay a license. A call for the question was made and upon Roll Call vote, Councilmen Laf- ferty, Lammers, Sather, Welch and Smith voted in the affirmative and Councilman McGee in the negative. Motion declared carried. Adjournment. Upon motion of Councilman Lafferty, seconded by Councilman Sather, the Council voted to adjourn. ATTEST: l �f