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Home My WebLink About00475 MINUTES OF STATUTORY BUDGET SESSION OF THE CPPY COUNCIL M10tJDAY. OCTOdER 6 1947. �." �294 i Lintrt 3�o1 J4 ,,�,®S�s4t�n of-5eptembar 23,-,�-ont nuecl _ �— ----� } ( Fifth Ward St. Vacation Petition, continued.) cribed do hereby petition the City Council of the City of Port Townsend,State of Jieanington, to make vacation of and to vacate the following port of those streets in Eisenbefs Addition to the City of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, 1".ashicgton, described as follows, to -wit: That portion of Holcomb Avenue between Seventh and the State head No,9; Thst portion pf-iilson Avenue lying between State highway No.9, and the south side of Seventh Street; That portion of rifth Street lying between State Highway No. 9 and the east side of 'n"ilson Street; That portion of zy:th Street lying between the east side of Cleveland Street and Tex No. 4, Section 10, Township 30 north, nange 1 "neat, W.Y. That portion of Gise Street lying between Seventh Street and Tax No. 4, Section 10, Township 30 North, nange 1 Test, W. M. Attached to this petition is a copy of a plat showing streets petitioned to be vacated Mlanresa Hall (Hev.) Leo. i4artin Gerold A. Hunt H. J. Oar:•oll ai Public Hearing Date Set l Councilman Car,•oll spoke briefly on the merits of the vac,,tfon of streets requested y above and in termination moved that the City Council approve the application and set the 1 date of the recufred public hearing thereon for the regular session of the City Council y to be held upon November 18, 1947; and providing that the petitioners bear all costs incidenil to this reou.st. Councilman Csrroll's motion was seconded by Councilman Osborne and upon roll call vote all five Councilmen present voted in the affirmative and :::otion was declared carried. From Association of Washington Cities Various bulletins of the Association of ri'ash. Cities erere acAovrledged received and ordered filed and the City Clerk introduced the matter of the Association's regional meetin to be held at Sequim on Friday night of this seek asking that those who plan to go to this i meeting and those who might provide transportition,so advised the Clerk,in order the proper arrangements might be made. UNFINISHED AND NE'.•; BUSINESS t Re: Hours of duty of Firemen t. Councilman Carroll introduced the matter of the number of hours which members of the !!} fire department were now, on duty and stated that the subject was presented at this time for the purpose of discussion only in view of the fact that there was some request for the Cm- ployment of an additional full time firemen and provision would be necessary therefor in the 1948 budget which would come up for hearing shortly. Steele arrives �- ss u the matter f tro- Councilman Steele arrived duringthe short period of discussion pen h m tt n 1 Iduced by Councilmen Carroll and partcipated in the proceedings thereafter. Report of the City engineer • Upon invitation by the Mayor to any other person present to speak before the Council, 1 P r A for inspection b members of the Council a*plan upon which Cit. Engineer Jones resented p y p p Y B P to base certain requirements for installation of sidewalks under certain cunditions and e copy of such plan was placed on file %,I th the City Clerk. Mr. Jones also reported that the street surfacing program for this year was now finishe land that the City had been fortunate in that it had been possible to complete more of this work than was thought possible u^der original estimates; and he stated further that he would start shorty on the Drovram for next year and attem::t to provide a more comprehensive pro- gram by reason of the additional time which could be given to these plans. Re: Inspection of "'eat Dr. Shirley Benham, Jr.,also in response to the Mayors invitation, reported that he had recently received from the State Department of Agriculture a clarification of the regulation pertaining to the handling of meat, particularly with reference to meat provided for locker storage, and explained to the Council certain of the provisions as clarified by that depart - went ADJOURNMENT No furthez• business appearing for consideration by the Council at this time it was moved by Councilmen Carroll and seconded by Councilman Sullivan that the Council do now adjourn. Motion carried. Attest: if i UI2'Y Zi-nn t 4. ...•n :^y'...1 i, i• )..n4 ., r'° U. rl':'.. , .,.V:♦ il,.. IPi (si i.},_'.Y .i. N.r A✓.i: . , ., .,. -., s, r .*: ,, .t..'� -..... k r., •......Z.•.5. e. 3,....., .fin,. ^. n. ...t •;1 tr i x • *-_^::� ::,w.s, :,..>.,. x 4;sk...< w., :. .,.- at,. s,+c +., �.•„r`y r7 m ,..-�.�, r3 �.. «f}�,r,r�' p x;.s� �',,.. . .. ..:: „r '.-::. (.. r.: ,.. ,t ..T�.. L S,. p�i3,. J r ,... >tl •.'%•r l 'Y. , t ;?..1 ,.L. e ..er. - .:-.:.. f .. .95• 2 ',.c a w Ada, • i. �, r a i', ', �� •.. � 17 MINUTES OF STATUTORY BUDGET SESSION OF THE CPPY COUNCIL M10tJDAY. OCTOdER 6 1947. �. Port Townsend, Washington r= ✓'ts°r.ai-i(z October 6, 1947 . The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, met in Statutory Session +r• ")'�.�t this 6th day of October, 1947, at 7:30 o'clock P.id., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Mayor H. E. Anderson presiding. , Etr'''rvr9`tr�'�4dr, ry r ' ROLL CALL Officers and Members present upon roll call were as follows: Mayor, H. E. Anderson; y ;r.,.• 5 1'f City Attorney, 'JJ. J. Daly; City Clerk, C. F. Christian; and Councilmen Geo. J. Osborne, J. M. Carroll Geo. F. Mueller, Ralph H. Steele, and A. Benedetto. Councilmen H. E. Gleason arrived during the session. (' e } s BUDGET SESSION •hrY; ztJ,s-ti rs tie ,4 ,. ".ayor nnderson announced that the purpose of this session was the consideration of the i S' City budget for the year 1948, as provided by Statute. t[p¢'-a , ;, ''^• ' ��1`jr '' yor The City Clerk stated that the preliminary budget, as revised and approved t the held k'2'rr' S' i rSty 7 i had been placed on file;.and that proper notice of this fact and of the h��=ring to be held ( r•r yeJ f s°,:r{t on this date had been published in the Port Townsend Leader as required by law. BUDGET CONSIDERATION htu ='r Mayor .. nderson announced that consideration of the "Ity Budget for the •,ear 1948 was in order at this time. form b the Mayor, was undertak n i j= Consideration of the budget as filed in its preliminary f r y Y �J} i Consider t by the Council upon the basis of each separate item of the various divisions of the res- i pective funds, and changes made were as hereafter set forth. i I ;yyBtt <c Current Expense Budget 5 Y-!. S h ryYtt` t au7C Under the division designated City Treasurer, the Item "Extra Clerk hire" was reduced & , from $300.00 to i.0'.00; the Item "City 'treasurer Janitor Work" visa eliminated completely; " Su lies" was reducedfrom$800.00 to $400.00; the item "Advertising and the item Office. uc .00• the item "Sundry and Miscellaneous" was Publishing" was reduced fe•om w150.00 to50 , YN s reduced from "150.00 to $50,00, u No other changes were considered necessary or advisable in any of the other divisions of the Current Expense Fund, nor in any other of the various funds considered. ,> � Changes Confirmed :Yq frt: rya It was moved by Councilman Steele, and seconded by Councilman Mueller, that the changes 4 " set forth in detail above be herewith confirmed and adopted. Upon roll call vote all six Councilmen present voted in the affirmative and motion was declared carried. f ;Lr ; +7sft Complete Budget Adopted }s (rti c It was moved by Councilman Steele, and seconded by Councilman Carroll,thet the City Ft's ,= Budget for the year 1948ras revised at this session, be now adopted; and that the City £�✓ s i+,i�,% Attorney be, and he is hereby directed to prepare the necessary ordinances to confirm the ' Y`'i said bud eta for presentation at the next regular session of the City Council. Upon roll #' 2� call vote, all six Councilmen Present voted in the affirmative and motion was declared carried. L �. �S•� �' AD•%OURNMENT xe. ` Upon motion of Councilman Caroll, seconded rby Councilmen Benedetto, the Council voted to adjourn. LS v•. s Ji, p full, true and correct copy of said Budget, as herewith adopted, is appended hereto. 1 r c X r,. 1•. t ATTEST: `'r 'err 11"'Jya sfl E!q.f �KJ4XJ'�fr 1 iy 4 i �� CJ�� aE y j rfl r{ ? c.iry UlerTc—' 3'4[a� %� Ct, .•f >`4i t'`'.,3 i, j - ii � y S a � r q i9 .. v .-. .. rot _.li ..i qZ: . `...,, ,(' It ... Y .._. .,. .A, ...v.-. Y/-...(i 1. r ,46 v.4.. t e., •}F: 4A ��"u.