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REGUú\R SESSION OF OCTO5ER17~ 1967
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Oc tober 17, 1967
:Port Townsend, -,Jasbington
The Ci ty Council of' the Ci ty of' Port Townsend, met in regular session this 17th day of' Oct.
1967 at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambGrs of the city hall. ?1ayor Sullivan presiding.
ROLL CALL
Offic '~rs and members pre sen t were as f'ollows: Eayor Sullivan, City Attorney Abraham, City
Clerk Youngblood, Councilmen Swietzer, !Ior;lund, Judy, H~Tby, Siebenbaum, Lindsey, Carter.
'1INUT--:;S OF T~{3 STATUTJRY 3UDn-3T SESSI'lIT 07 or;r~'o -~R ~3, 1967
The minutes of' the statutory Budget sessim v/ere read in f'ul1 and it was moved by Councilman
Lindsey seconded 1;y Councilman Judy that the m:'mutes be ap!)roved as read and that the j,Iayor
and city clerk sign same. I\'Ioti on carried.
:UEUT;:;;S OFl_TE n~GULAR Sj";,S--,IOf OF OCT:;~-.ER 3, 1967
The minutes of' the regular session of' October 3rd ViaS read in f'u11 and it wai3 ;:J.oved by
Councilman Hoglund seconded by Councilman Ruby that the minutes be approved as read aYld t~J.e
ùiayor and Ci ty Clerk sign same. ~.Iotion carried.
3UILDI J'G P~R:=r TS
The following bu~lding perr~ts were presented and acted UDon as f'ollows:
Lowell Horton, extend living room by 4', Fra:rr..e, 1145 Blaine 3t. ~~1,000.00.
:=.H. Seelye, Garage, 24'X30', Frame, 303 47th &, Haines, ~)300.00.
It was moved by Councilman Sibenbaum seconded by Counci1r:lan iiuby that the building permits
be granted. Motion carried.
C'L-I':mUCATIOHS
The following col11'l1Unicati ons were presen ted and ac ted UDon as f'01101:':73:
From
1,1rs. ~I.B. Swearingen, 528 I,Cadison, Port Tovmsend, Oct. 12, 1967
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?,lr Dennis Sullivan, ?"layor and City Councilmen
City of' Port Townsend
Port Townsend, \.'lash ngton
~Ionorab1e Sir;
Compliments to you and the city councilmen on the 3eì'¡Gr and Street :orojects. ."ay I take this
opportunity to call your attention to a ~ortion of' a very bad concret sidewalk in front of' the
?eninnsu1a Food Store. 'l'he celîlent has eroded away from tll.e large :,Jebbles leaving holes in
the walk to create stumbling blocks.
I undGrstand many people have taken a fall in this particular place, just as I have. Luckily
I sustained only a very badly bruised knee and elbow, (plus ruining the nylons) also a headache
which lasted two days. This took place on thuxsday Oct. 5th.
If' the City is responsible for this side-,-¡a1k, I sincerel.y ho-oe it will be f'ixeè,. If the city is
not responsible, I \'10 1d appreciate knowing who is, so that I ~ight call their attention to it.
Thank you for the fine j ob ~i-OU are do ing for out ci t".
Sincerely,
¡Irs H.B. Swearinr~en
528 Eadison
~ort Townsend, ~n.
:,:ayor Sullivan statGd that he had contacted :;rs SYJearhl,o;en and had told her tJ-:'_at the pro'Jerty
ovmers v¡ere responsible for the sidewalks not the city so she said she vlould '::rii=,e to the wvmer.
City C--mncil
~ort Townsend, Dash.
Gentlemen:
¡;hen we were informed on Tuesday morn:Lng, Oct. 3, 1967, -chat out of' the 30 f'ull time em;-loyees,
we, the undersigned, Hel"e the only f'our who did not receive a ramse, we v¡ere stunned .;,llY
'W;ere vve sine;led out'f.ie decided to investigate and see :If we could come up with some rutiona1
reason for the Council's ãe~isfuon.
Out firs t concern was for ourselves. -,Jere we doing our jobs satisfactorily? It is hard to
judge oneself' so vIe took a long hard look at each other's ability. Each of' us, looking at the
other t~l.ree, could only see hard working loyal employees, who for years have bGen getting
the job done with smooth eff'iciency. Our supervisors assured us they were satisf'ied with our
Ylork and had so indicatGd by asking :Lor a raise i"or us in the prelLninary budget.
Our see ond c onsidera tion \'Jas ¡vhe tl1.or the ci ty hod enou:.;h money to grant us the raise s. .ie
all have access to information concerning tho city's income end balances and we assure yo-u.,
:.?;ent1emen, the requested raises taken from either the 'iiatGr or Current ExDense fund vvould not
be detrimental to the best interests of' the City.
Thirdly, we thought lJerhaps the Council hètd nade a survey of comparable positions in the eity
and elsewhere. This little inves tieaticm left us feeling slie;h tly fuxious. "[Ie found that the C'
city of Port Townsend was paying thGir off'ice crGW much less then any of' the f'ollowing: ?ort
'-,'orden Trea tr1ent Center, The School Dis tric ts, The Co1J.rthous e, Crorm ?el1orbach, and c i tie s in the
State State of Washington in the same Dopu1ation bracket. Ie would be ~lad to furnish the
Council yd th our findings if they so wish. In addi tijn, all I"rin--';e benêfi~:s for us are
~onsidGrably less.
Our f'ourth consideration WDS the future ':¡orlcLoad. Did the Council anticicate a decrease?
Experience has shovm a steady il'1crease i--: the ,"¡orkload i::-l 'both the Treasurers and C1::œks office and the
-orojected increase iT'. the 13ater DeDarbi1ent for the comirv; years is to o~J'\Jious to even diseuss.
This seerL1S to be an odd ti:".1e for th'5 Counc il to deny the ','later Clerks a raise. Their wor]"load
and res~onsibility will be considerably incl". sed due to the i~crease of sewa~e services and
the merger of the Water ètnd Sewer Departments. Actually, we are being asked to do more vfOrk
for less ~oney since the rising cost of living results in a decrease i" pay if' salaries remain
s ta tionary.
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF OCTOBER 17 , 1967 C ON~:nnJED
Therefore, Gentlemen, we are reQuesting that you reconsider your decision and take the necessar~
legal action to grant us a raise i1;1 wages 'Tor °1968. If it is still the decision of the Council
thät we not be granted a raise, we reQuest the Councils reasons for this decision.
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Respectfully yours,
ì'ilae D. Cook
Ruth ¡vI. McGee
i'.'iary T. Norwood
Verna W. Spindor
Councilman Swietzer comme'nted th~t he felt the present waf'es wer-e comparable if' not better
than those paid the average lady on Water Street and also stated that they get more time ~ff.
Councilman Lindsey said he fel t they should be given some ty':~'e of' a raise. ~
Cp'ÛUIlcdl1.wan Ruby remä:ded tha t there should be something f'or these 'people and sugges ted a mee tir. ?;
of the council be held before the next -regular council meeting on thE: subject.
Councilman Hoglund said that it was unfortunate we have this matter bef'ore us, the councils
prime consideration had been the cost of general clerical work and the pay appeard to be comp-
arable with that received elsewhere within the city.
Councilman Judy sàid:ì.that this subject has really bothered me, but did not realize that they
only worked thirty five hours a week and also suggested a meetiD.g of the c~-junci1 be held to
discuss it further.
C'Juncilman Siebenbaum said that they were not dissatisfied with thE:ir work th~t the city was
1uckey to have them, he pointed out other places of business's where women were on their f'eet
all day and worked 10nßer hours and where the city employees in the offices sat down to do their
work.
Councilman Carter menti'Jned that
answer by the next regular council
After some f'urther discussion by
discuss the wage problem.
The Ci ty Clerk informed the council that in nine and a half years that the work load in the
clerks~ffice häd more than doubled.
Mae Cook of the water Dept. Office told the council than none of them had ever b :en 'the office
to j,.,:now what really they do às far as off'ice work is. s.one.
Verna Spindor of the treasurers office invited MDunc ilman Sie benbaum to -follow her around the
office for a day that he would find it qui te enlightening.
he was in favor of a meeting of the c o1.illci 1 and fuo have an
mee t ing.
the Council, a meeting was set for 'Ned. 18th at 6:30 p.m. to
CLAIM FOR DAMAGE
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TO THE HONORA -LE MAYCR AIID CI'IT COUNCIL
CITY OF PORT TOwnSEIID, WASHINGTON
The undersigned, Devillo Benson, here and hereby makes claim againE:t the Ci ty of Port
Townsend, Washington, for the sum of 'Ihirty-One and no/100 Dollars (31.00), for damage
incurred by him on a 1964 Chevrolet pickup truck owned by him. ThE: dama1'Se resul ted
from the impac t of a manl'lole cover in Monroe Stree tat the intersec tion of Washington
Street, 'which manhole cover tilted up when driven upon and struck and damaged the brake
drum on said vehicle, all of l.yhich was caused by the- defective installation of' said
manhole cover and without fault of claimant. The accident oc~1.~ed at 1:30 p.m. on
July 9, 1967.
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Devillo Benson
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of' October, 1967.
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Glenn D. Abraham Jr.
Notary Public in and for the State of
Washinp;ton, residing at Port Townsend.
City Attorney Abraham suggested that the claim for damages oe referred to the contractor.
Mr Bagalato resident engineer for Carey & Cra~er said that he would s~e that the claim f'or
dmnages be given to National Construction Company.
REQ UES TS FOR S 'l'REE T LI G H~'S
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Honorable Dennis Sullivan, Mayor, and
Members of the City Council
Port Townsend, Washington
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Gentlemen:
VIi th the much increased traffic f'loy" on W street between Cherry and V'Talker and wi th the anticip8Jte
completion of Vi! street to the East gate of Fort Worden and because the plans for a new entrance
to Fort Worden through the main gate preclude use of' adequate lightirg, this is to request that
the City Council consider placing a mercury vapor light at the corner of Cherry and W-'(at the
Fort Worden ma:ln gate) and at lrValker D.nd vV (loca tod one block \";'os t of' the main gate).
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Respectfully submitted,
E. G. LÜ1dquiEt, Superintendent
Fort 1Norden Treatment Center
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Councilman Ruby stated that there had been several acciden ts in thEt area due to poor lightin§
and made a motion seconded by Councilman Judy that a street J.ight be installed as requested.
Motion carried.
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City Council
Port Townsend, Wn.
Dear Sirs:
I am requesting a street light near .:mr home. f.,re have very frequent r~ight disturbances. It
would spare us many anxious !'.lOments and sleepless -'-'lours if we could be protec ted by properly
place street lights.
Harold W. Aman
5125 Land:s
Port 'rovJnsend, Wn.
1\1ayor Sullivan referred the above request for street lights to the Light com.lllitibibe for a
report at the next regular sessi,)n.
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OF OCTO:-=~n 17, 1967 co- Tr-:U ~D
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R~SOLUTIJN DJ. 67-7
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33 IT R:::SOLV~D, ,:-~Y THE CI?£ CO"JHCIL O~ ':L'T::; CITY OF 20]~ TO'.:nS~:TD, r: ,UCDLATI :J~33I,T: .~,:3S=::'=IJ:m:
That there is Dere and hereby transferred f'ro~
;¡:;19~. 38, and from the IIaintenanc~ and nopair. of'
of' ~$207 .62, to the Tem;oorary and ..our1y Sa1arles
of the Public Library Fund, constitutin3 a total
',.'Ja3es Fund f'or Temporary and :Io'L-..r1y Sa1ar ies and
the -~ook I3indinc Ap:c:œonriaticm the sum of
Bui1din.':Çs and Equip~nent Ap]iroDriati on the S'LU:1
illld '.ia~--:;es A:r-œOlJr ia ti~n in tlr,'.' 1967 :2uà -:;e t
tran3for of 0400.00 to caid Salari3s a~d
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Passed and Approved this
day of' October, 1~67
l-ayor
:;)eYl 'is SuLtivan
ATT~ST:
Œale I. Youngblood
Cllty Clerk
AtJpROVED AS TO ~i'ORI:l:
G LK']T A3HAHAI.I
City Attorney
It nas :'.lOved by Cou~'1ci1man Siebenbaum .:Jeconded by Counc5,lman Rub
adoDted. i::otion carr:è,d.
that ~esolution 67-7 be
œmr::A::C:¡::; :TOL 1522
A:': ORDIlT,L:~C~ ADOPTETG A ?IJ:::,j ?~~V:'~7I ~L ] O:J:ó ?~~-~S::;l1r',I~"G
:~~GULATI O);S GOV-~rCI::G C O=~DI TI _uS ==AZAl-:DO-:S T.J T,r:~E AI])
pnop=n T"I ::::'RCr: 7Iiì~ on '~XPLOSI OlT, !,=m -j~; TA:-;LI "';~II!:G A
::mR3AU O? II'ITI~ ?B:=V ~--TIO:= :Ú'D PTIOiJIDL"";- T?"ICj:-3 T: ~:-:"~,10R
1\:"D D=:?LTL=G T-!'::":IR -'~O'.: =ns A-~D :C'L7TI~S.
Councilman Rub;T said that he did Dot 'Lmderstm:.d tJ-lG or¿:I.nance f"lnd t> ou":ht it slîou1d be lool=cd
o'Ter before p2_ss1ne;.
:,:arilou Green statod that the ord5-na~ce ViaS a very sLnple one and the p1an'=,ng comr:Ü,sS:l- 'n
uould like to see the ordinance adopted.
Counci1ôan Carter made a motion seconded by CouncilmaD Judy that the first readi~ß ~e
co:'1sidered the second readinp; and the t~-:ird roadi'lg be by title œlly. -lotion carried.
Ordinanc e Eo. 1522 nas aga: n read f'or the t>ird time ':JY ti tIe 0 J.y oDd it was '::ovod by
Councilman Judy seconded by Councilman Carter that Jrdinance lb. 1522 do nOli pass. :,:oti Y1
carried.
Ci ty Attorney Abraham said tl'.-at he would :'lave a :Juildir.,g code ordil1a:'ce at tho next re~u1ar
council moeting.
Councilman Ruby said that he was not on the cor.ll11i ttoe but he 'would like to bring up again
the trail on Discovery Dö..Y Road, that the f'ire season Y'las over vii th non and it; s:îould be
ta~:en care of' as soon c.S poss iDle.
.,Jr :~aw1ey, o.f tho street depart:-.lent, stated that it ','Duld mean drop~;ing all the work that
they nero trying to do inside the city before bad v/eat11cr set in, but would keep it in ~:]L~_d.
Police Chief' Phegley 2.sked the counci 1 for perr:1Ìss ion to pur~hase t."o nevI :Jo1ice cars.
vias movGd by Councilman Carter secmhded by Council~'nan IIoglund that the Fo1ice C:.liof be
authorized to purchase blO now :')olice cars. =,~otion car:::'ied.
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As there vias no f'urt:'1er business to come bef'ore tl:.e c :mnci1 at t:~i s time it was moved by
Co'J_ncilman Siebenbaum seconded by Councilman Judy tl'lf'.t the meeting do noVi aCijourn. Tlotion
carried.
Attest: ~~~
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