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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00166 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DECEMBER 15, 1942020 • Iil1UJ'!ES OF °'FIi="CI :I)LhR SESSION OF THE CTV7 C0U1:CIL,DECEI:BL'R 1. 19422 continued. I'� ••:e, "he L'ndeI'siCned, do hereby certify C)161t the forePoin,[ is 'u full, true, and correct Sate:::ent of "he Canvass of votes us cast at the City Primary Election held in I r City of ii (Port. Townsend, and in the various votin,, precints thereof, on Tuesday, the, 3rd day of I,lover.,ber, 1942. :.:ayor pro tpm. or. ey Report Approved It was :;:ovcd by cour.cilmp.n Lavoldo and ccconded by council:::ar. Carroll that the fore- oi-G report of canvr,cs be approved old that the city Clerk be authorized and diI'ected to certify Ibmes of tide various nominees to the ballot for the City General Election to be held, Dccen.ber 6, 1942. I:otlon carried. LDJ 0U iil9 i. 7:T Th-.-i._ bpi.nL no further t,usiness apparent for censider,..;;ion by 'the council st"_:as titre, it was r_ovec b- couneilmFun It roido and neconded by councilman Lamers that the session do no:: adjourn. Lotion carried. A t t c s t: 44��a.i,`.ca..- 4 Ci,.• —Cler 1c Layor MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DECEMBER 15, 1942 Port Townsend, Vashington December 15, 1942 The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, met in regular session this 15th day of December, 1942 at 1:30 o'clock P. M. in the council chambers of the city hall, Mayor H. E. Anderson presiding. ROLL CALL Officers and members answering present to roll call were as follows: Mayor H. E. Ander son; City Attorney, W. J. Daly; City Clerk, C. F. Christian; and Councilmen William Lamers, Senior, Dennis Sullivan, J. Id. Carroll, and J. F. Maroldo. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS SESSION It was moved by Councilman Carroll and seconded by Councilman Sullivan that the read- ing of the Minutes of the previous session be suspended and that they be approved as writ- ten. Motion carried. REPORTS OF OFFICERS City Treasurer The monthly report of the City Treasurer for the month of November, 1942, was present- ed and read and refesed to the Committee on rinance and Claims. Water Superintendent The monthly report of the Water Superintendent for the month of November, 1942, was (presented and read and referred to the Committee on Water and Drainage. I j The report of the Water Superintendent showing flow of water through main -line meters for the week ending December 14, 1942, was presented and read and referred to the Committee on Water and Drainage, inasmuch as there had been no report from stational Paper Products iCo. as to the flour of water through said company's meter. I COMMUNICATIONS i From Library Board, to-rit. Port Townsend, Wash. December 1, 1942 Honorable Mayor, City of Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Washington Dear Sir: This is to advise you of the appointment of Mrs. Colman Byram as City Librarian, to succeed Lira. Joan Hallett resigned, effective December 1, 1942 Yours truly, Library Board (By:) Amanda Herstrom Acting Secretary w 09 6 k f Y" a ,� U t, C' Port Townsend, Wash. Dec. 4, 1942 Mr. Carl Christian, City Clerk; The salary of Mrs. C. E. Byram, Librarian, will be $100.00 per month, beginning December first, 1942. Fannie G. Brown (Mrs. Harry L. Brown') Chairman Library Board. The above communications were ordered filed. From State Dept. of Hiways The monthly form letter of the Dept. of Hiways of the State of Washington showing this city's October allotment of gasoline tax funds to be $832.95 visa presented and read and ordered filed. From Assoc, of Wash. Cities The City Clerk acknowledged the receipt of. an A. M. A. Washington newsletter and same was ordered filed in the office of the City Clerk where it would be available to members of the Council. UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS Cotton application for lease In the matter of the request of the Cotton Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation to lease certain portions of streets within the city, which letter of request was read be- fore the Council and is incorporated in the minutes of the regular session of November 24, 1942, there were at this time read the following affidavits and presentations, inasmuch as this was the time set for hearing on the proposed lease. NOTICE OF INTENTION OF THE. CITY OF PORT T081iSEND To LEASE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF STREETS Notice is hereby given, pursuant to due order of the Council of the City of Port Townsend, entered on the 24th day of November, 1942, that the said City proposes to lease to the Cotton Engineering & Shipbuilding Corporation for the purpose of oc- cupancy in the shipbuilding operations of said corporation, at an annual rental of $25 for a period of ten years, but with readjustment of rental to be made at least once every five years during the pendency of such lease or any renewal thereof, the following portions of the following streets within the original Townsite of the City of Port Townsend, namely: a and south of Lots 1 3 and 5 All of Front Street south of Lot 7 in Block in Block 5 and Lots 1 and 3 in Block 6 and all of Monroe Street south of Water Street; and that a public hearing shall be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 1:30 oiclock p. m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable, on the 15th day of Decem- ber, 1942, at which any taxpayer may appear and be heard for, or against said proposed lease. C. F. CHRISTIAN, City Clerk of the City of Port Townsend Date of first publication, November 26, 1942 1365 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION State of Washington) as. County of Jefferson) Ray 0. Scott, being sworn, says that he is the publisher of the Port Town- send Leader, a weekly newspaper, which has been established, published in the English language and circulated continuously as a weekly newspaper in the town of Port Town- send, in said County and State, and of general circulation in said county for more than six (6) months prior to the date of the first publication of the Notice hereto attached, and that the said Port Townsend Leader was on the 27th day of June, 1941, approved as a legal newspaper by the Superior Court of said Jefferson County, and that the annexed is a true copy of the Notice of the Intention of City of Port Town- send to lease certain portions of streets as it appeared in the regular and entire issue of said paper itself and not in a supplement thereof for a period of two con- secutive weeks, beginning on the 26th day of November, 1942, and ending on the llth day of December, 1942; and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its sub- scribera during all of this period. That the full amount of $---- has been paid in full, at the rate of $1.40 a hundred words for the first insertion and 80 cents a hundred words for each subsequent insertion. Ray 0. Scott Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of December, 1942 W. J. Daly Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Port Townsend