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Home My WebLink About00031 minutes and took his"4 r REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COJ11CIL, TUESDAY, MOVES:3i:R 19, 1940. �. - port Townsend, i'lashington Novel,uer 19, 1940 tCir®e The City Council of the City o£ Port Towncernd, ^+laShington, met in regular Council Chambers session tl:is 19th day of N�over.,ber, 1940, at 7:30 o'clock, P.M., in the in the City Hall, Idayor H. L. Hirtzler presiding. ROLL CALL � Officers es,d members answering present to Roll Call crere as follows: menJyor H. L. Cleric i. Christian, and Councilman J. F. Hirtzler; City Attorney W. �. Daly; City C. and Fred C. Lewis.Robt.+. Broom; '.lm. Larmiers, Sr., i�:aroldo; C. E. hichards; i,:IivUTES OF PREVIOUS SESSION the session of the City Council were read in full, and there beingi Liinutes of previous no omissions or corrections, were approved as written. Sullivan Arrives Councilman Dennis Sullivan arrived during the reading of the minutes and took his - proper place in the Council. REPORTS OF OFFICERS City Treasurer report of the City Treasurer for the month of October, 1940, was presented The monthly and read and referred to the j`inance Committee. Chief of Police The monthly report of the Chief of Police for the month of October, 1940, showing " arrests and disposition of cases was read and ordered filed. i Plater Superintendent The monthly report of the Plater Supt. for the month of October, 1940, was presented and read and referred to the ';later Cormnittee. . Report of the water Supt. showing the floor of water thru the :Hain line meters for the six day period ending idovemb,r 18, 1940, was read and ordered filed. 3UILDII;G PEHidITS Requests for building permits were presented and read as follows. - From E. U. Robbins, to -wit: Port Townsend, Washington November 13, 1940 Honorable Mayor and City Council Port Tvxnsend, Washington Gentlemen: Permission is requested to open the sidewalk in front of the "Old First electrical services for "ational Hank %ilding" for the purpose of i=:stalling necessary Opening will be only as large as absolutely necessary, will be the said building. adequately marked to protect traffic, and will be restored to original condition. E. U, Robbins From H. :7. Tucker, to -wit: T Port Townsend, Wa.airlugton .t Novenbr:r 12, 1940 Honorable !,is,"or and City Council port Townsend, Washington Gentlemen: Permission 1s requested to repair and renew the foundation of my dwelling situate 706 Franklin St., at an estimated cost of lo.00 for materials. Respect"ully submitted, H. W. Tucker From Fred Wyckoff, to -wit: port Townsend, Washi-ngton ` - November 15, 1940 Honorable Mayor., and City Council Port Townsend, �•ashington Gentlemen: Permission is requested to tear down the "Strathie Blacksmith Shop" building, situate Block 38, Original lownsite; and to burn the debris. Respectfully submitted, Fred Wyckoff � 44 y [• 1' n° o 1 i n; 1 s i Y s nr r{ i � 3 � i j r u , i v r r� r 435'n� s i u� f 55 Minutes of 'regular Session for 'Tuesday, Nove:�,b-r 19, 1940, continued. j Permits Granted It was moved by Councilman Sullivan and seconded b; Councilman Lammers, that the permits be granted as requested in the foregoing communications. Motion carried, CO]S',M� ICATIONS From State Hiway Dept. A form letter from the Dept. of Hiways of the State of :7aa_.ington showing this City's September allotment of Gasoline Tax r'unds to be 1,1794.97, was read and o;^dered filed. From Assoc. of '''+ash. Cities The City Cleric acknowledged receipt of a bulliten of the Assoc. of Wash. Cities designated as Information Lalliten No. 3 (Series B), relative to action taken at the various regional meetings of the Assoc., and assured those present that acne would be available at the Clerk's office, Crimacurn Water Petition A petition requesting the City of Port Townsend 17ater Department to extend the present Hadlock-Irondale line to C`nirnacum Corners was presented and read and names of signers noted. There being a nwober of people present from the district to be benefited by such a line, the Mayor asked if any of those present wished to make any staterents regarding the matter of such w ater line. Ir. Here- LaBlanc addressed the Council, stating that he represented School District No. 47, and that the need for a better water supply of the Chimacwn School tvaa quite urgent as the present supply at times Is entirely inadequate, and has a high iron content, making it repulsive to the taste. Iie stated further that tho the school water supply visa separate from that used at other places In that vicinity, nevertheless, the facilities for maintaining its purity were very limited. lirs. Jackson availed herself of the opportunity to explain the need of City water from the standpoint of the Peninsula Food Stores; Bill's Garage; Valley Tavern, and Ir. Herishaw, merchants at the Corners, and stated that the present water supply contained considerable undesirable marine and other life; that the present supply did not have sufficient pressure for ordinary commercial and sanitary purposes, and that the Peninsula Food Stores, with their need for water in connection with the ice machine, were particular- ily in need of a better supply. Councilman Lar:::ers asked if any of those present had any definite information as to the status of the franchise form:rly held by '.7illlas "ishop for supplying water for this community, but none of those present had definite knowledge upon this point. ILavor Hirtzler than referred the petition to the Water Committee; and City Attorney for investigation ?rr' report, and assured those present that action ]'stet Superinterdert would be taken upon the:::otter as speedily as practicable. Mr. Hans Lind and lirs. John Amacher arrived at t-1a time and after explanation of what had taker place, Lrs, "nacher stated that she also represented Ers, Nat Ingram at this meeting, and assured the Council that the need for a better supply of water in that comr::unity was urgent. She stated that many of the children attending school would not drink water during the day as required for their health, but would wait until they came home from school and drink crater obtained fro:, other sources. REQUISITI Oi2S A requisition by the Police Dept. was presented and read as follows: 2 Powerflares - red flashers $2.75 $5.50 2 Batteries for above 50 Doz 20 ga, tear 7.00 L gas shells 1,25 7;.50 1 Trilite flashlite and batteries 3.25 Finger print equipment 21.00 35 Requisition Granted It was moved by Councilman Earoldo, and accorded by Councilman P.obt. Brown, that the Porego'ng requisition be granted, lotion carried. UNFINIS?LED A!,D N1.7 BT.1SII,^SS Re: Fire Department Needs Fire Chief J. J. Lafferty was present in the Council Chambers and took this opportunity to present to the Council an outline of the need for added equipment for the r'1re Department particularily the need of a new light fire engine, He stated that the recent fire on Union Lock had made evident to :post of the citizens the need of additional eouipment for Proper protection of property within the City. He stressed the fact that the present engine was ageing, but that by supplementing it with a new light fast ergir_e, many ;:ore Years of good service could be obtained from the present eauipment. lie also pointed out that when the Department answered one call, with the present available equipment was used and no means of combating additional fires were the available. The members of the Council present discussed this Natter pro and con among themselves with a ger_eral informal discussion, and it was finally arrar_ged that the Fire chief should contact the members of the r'Ire Committee personally .in order that they (the Committee) {c 1 1 i l i i i i t t i. • I U� r , i i Ji