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Home My WebLink About00464 MINUTES APPROVED. (9)0 a" - } S f W t •. 9 -'. i k 264 1 1-1114UTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL, DECEIIIBER r ih PORT 'PO'r71NSEND, WASIiINGTON, DECEMBER 15, 1936. The CITY COUNCIL of the City od Port Townsend, Washington, met in regular session this „' 'rye F�g ariw r 15th day of December, 1936, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, r r la ft.v srl ,r Y4 f Councilman Vim. Lanunora, LIayor pro ten, presiding in the absence of Mayor Bangerter. „i •` ,(!n� v:, 4�1 k t,.° ROLL CALL. 11�4 r+ ka3>,.t tyrf" xyxa Upon Roll Call those nnsvroring present were, City Attorney W. J. Daly, City Cleric C. F. Christian, and Councilmen I[. L. 11irtzler, Sam McGee Peter Naughton, W. S. Lafferty, Vim, Lammers Sr„ and Paul H. Sather. I 'f ' ��ki � ��n. • F r} �� MINUTES APPROVED. + 1 � •.� r , , Is ' r t r +, as read. The minutes of the regular session of December 1, 1936, were read and approved BILLS AND CLAIMS. IR- c O'Dell Claim for Damages. A written eldim for damages, filed by John J. O'Dell was ��','su' r presented and rend, as felluvls: v tw U �F rjt• r 7 t� 1 41�'5 JOHN J. O'DELL, Claimant, V9, CITY OF PORT TOINNSEND, s Municipal Corporation of the Third Class, Defendant. 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i r..a t ,' >0`1"Ti;.-aft •%,k �. , Comes now the above -named claimant, John J. O'Dell, and h r� g v ' , follows, this his claim agains a �f �a�,iv the defendant, the City of Port Townsend, and sets forth as follows, to -wit: asdrivingy, That on or about the 16th day of November, 1936, the wife of said claimant w a 1935 Plymouth sedan on the streets of the City of Port Townsend in a careful and prudent, i)t; {Fy it manner when the same came into collision vrith a truck uwned by the City of Port Poansend I� rirwr,. and being driven by one of its employees; that the negligence of the City of Port Townsend n' consists of the careless manner in which said city truck was driven, causing damage to plat - ;, °� " +;,- tiffs car as follows: I &g- Sf Loft running board broken; left rear door dented in; left front door damaged; on left rear fender damaged; all claimant's damage in the sum of N25.00. II. That the said John J. O'Dell does now and for more than six months lastP¢at has real- ded at Fort Worden, Washington. ;ty tfexa a`, , John J. O'Dell The said claim was referred to the City Attorney and the Chief of Police for investi- ..a''� gat ion and report. tiG . , t, ,( �,��. � • t i REPORTS OF OFFICERS, n Lotter from Washington Idutual Savings Bank re: Bonds. r{ r4 rz yA The City Clerk presented and read a letter from the Washington luutual Savings Ban] k' �K relative to ownership of 1911 refund bonds, as follows: k ;0; ; it p 1 Seattle, Washington, December 1, 936. Mr. C. F. Christian, Cleric, k`F !ir Port Townsend, Washington. ' cti£; s`',�i'+�c=,a'1�y� ak ' •£ q 1 Ir 1 A 1 t,,�� 74 • 4 1 i Dear Sir:- Yr 1r. Port Townsend Refunding 4u;;; Bonds. f#" Under date of November 25, 1936, the City of Port Townsend entered into a coutrac {� z with Iiarold H. Huston of Seattle, Washington, by which Lir, Huston as owner and holder of th "'` x. outstanding General Refunding Bonds of the City of Port Tovmsend, dated Jul 1 1911 ' yh } , vt ded the maturity of those bonds and reduced the rate of interest on the bonds from 5 ;. annum to 4'�, i 1 , it Perri i i M+r, ,S r• per Present effective January 1, 1937. Interest up to January 1, 1937 will be payable to the present holders of those bonds at the original rate, namely, 5Z-H per annum, This is to notify 4� you that 11r. Fluster. has sold the .bonds and that the present owners ` of the bonds are:........ Washington !`utual Savings Bank, Seattle, Washington, lies. 27 to 38 inclusive; Nos 44 to 66 inclusive - �?35,000.00. First American Rational Bank, cPort Townsend, lashin ton, 6,000.00.. o2 inclusive .. Accordingly, we shall expect qI P ou to remit to us on January 1, 1937 in a sum of dine y'1 Nationa Sixtp-two llo7]nrs and Fifty Cents ('?962,50 National Bankt of Port + ), and you should also remit t t Townsend o �� o the First ,. n January ,. t 165 Y 1, 19 / the sum .0 of r ( 0 on On r 1 d ), necoun o - e hundred ,^�•_ t f intores ed Sixty-five f from ids m ,;ul Y llol .1.1 law owned b Liro Bank Y , 1936 to January 1 � s Y and the First Y 19„7 on st American National Bank. the bonds now Z 'wish you would acknowledge ryes! t of th �\ above arrangement is in accordance trithpYou', understanding. let me know whether or no the s Yours very truly,' Jay Liorrison, k Vice President. It visa ordered that said letter be filed. ° f 4 tral 1„inutes of Regular Session of Dec. 15/36 continued. Reports of Officers continued. Treasurer's November Report. The report of the City 'Treasurer for the month of November, 1936, was presented, read and neforred to the Committee on Finance and Claims. Water Superintendent's November Report. The report of the Water Superintendent for the month of iovember, 1936, vras pre- sented, read and referred to the Committee of Water and Drainage. Main Line Meter Readings. The report of the hater Superintendent, showing the flow of water through the main line meters for the period ending December 9, 1936, was presented, read and ordered filed. Banging Traffic Signal Light. In relation to the installation of the traffic signal light at the intersection of Water and Taylor Streets, City Engineer Campbell reported that it vras found th¢tnthe'•.: supporting wires could not be anchored to the buildings because the bolt'fastenings'in the buildingowalls would not support the weight of the signal apparatus. He further reports that an engineer of the Puget Sound Pourer & Light Co. would be in the city within a few days and would make a survey and report upon the feasibility of attaching the supporting cable to the Company's poles. The matter was referred to the Police and License Committee and the City Attorney. j. BUILDING PERMITS. r Applications for Building Permits were presented, read, and disposed of as follows: From 7!m. Trager, to -writ: Port Townsend, Washington, Dec. 5th, 1936. To the honorable Mayor and City Council, Port Townsend, Washington. Gentlemen: - Permission is requested to excavate and melee a garage in the basement of my dwelling house at 806 Cass Street. Cost is estimated at }710.00 for material Respectfully submitted, Wm. `Prager. From Harley Harper, to -wit: ' Port Townsend, Washington. Dec. 10, 1936. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, Port,Townsend, Vlashington. Gentlemen: - Permission is requested to build a small addition to my duelling house situate on Lot 7, Block 230 Eisenbeis Addition, at an estimated cost of $125.00. hespectfullycsubmitted, Harley Harper. 1 It was moved by Councilman Iiirtzler and seconded by Councilman McGee that the said permits be granted. Motion declared carried. C 01?7;UN ICAT IONS . E. M. Stockand's Resignation. For the information of the Council, the Clerk presented a letter submitted to the Mayor by City 'Treasurer E. I:. Stockand, tender and read a copy of ing his resignation as of January let, 1937, as follows, to -writ: Port Townsend, Washington, December 15, 1936 To the Honorable Mayor and City Councilmen, City of Port Townsend, Washington. Gentlemen: I desire to tender my resignation from the office of City �x•easurer of the City of Port Townsend, effective January 1, 1937 for the following reasons: the elected officers of the city shall tape office The law presides that newly Jan - first Tuesday in January which moans that in 1937 they would assume office on Jan- on the 5th. This would work a particular hardship in the case of the 'i'reasurer's office as uary by January 5th there will be a great increase in the routine transactions due to the first of the year bond retirements particularly. On December 31, 1936 the books of the office bank as to the will be balanced and it will be a simple matter to wet a statement from the 5th this would be balances and also to determine the required cash on hand. By January books balanced and closed for my term of tenure. next to impossible. I prefer to have my all for the courtesies extended during the past months, I remain, Thanking ,you one and Very truly yours, L. M. Stockand City treasurer. It was moved by Councilman Lafferty and seconded by Councilman Iiirtzler that the said resignation nbe accepted. !.lotion declared carried. Lloyd Street Lease Renewed. w Application of Mr. and Mrs. A. It. Lloyd for renewal of lease of certain streets, was presented and read, as follows: Port Townsend, Washington, December 14, 1936 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, 14 Port Townsend, Washington. 1 Gentlemen:- _ • _ _� _,, r - ..r +v,R \RA9R tie hnve had foil the past II