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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 04/21/1947 Kent , Washington, April 21 ,1947. Regular meeting of the City Council present , Ty=eyor Dunbar, Councilmen, Edline , Farman, Morrill , Sells , Shoff, Thompson, Worth. Minutes read and approved of the previous meeting. Report of Officer read and placed on file , Clerk's Treasurer and budget. Councilman Thompson recommended to the Council that the easment through the property of Chet Williams for a water pipe to flush the sewer on the ally between 2nd. and 3rd. eve. be reduced to a five foot strip , instead of ten ftl.By motion it was passed as recommended. The action on the petition of Gerry Epperson and Leo Armstrong for the Council to call for a new election,and use paper ballots.The City Attorney Mr. Thatcher instructed the Council that as for as he could determine , the law did not permitt this Council to call for a new election, or to void this election, that was held in the March 11 , general election, and if any action was taken it would be up to the new Council. Mr. Ringold an attorney from Seattle , that was defending the petitioners declared that we had held no election,and the council should take action on this petition,or they would have to cite the council into court to hold a hearing on said petition. Motion was made by Councilman Edline and passed by five votes Mr. Worth and Mr. Farman refraining form voting owing to the fact that the petition was directed at them.Nir. Mayor, I move that a hearing on the petition of Leo Armstrong, and Gerry Epperson, requesting this council to hear, and determine a contest of the gemeral election March 11, 1947 , be denied, upon the grounds t that this council has no power to act in the matter. Letter received for Mr. D.E.Sergegeant Supervisor of Public Institutions of Olympia ,refusing the offer of b5000.00 for the Cannery that is now owned by the State and on the City' s property but indicating that they would accept an offer of $, 7500.00. Motion was passed for the Mayor and clerk to make an offer of the above amount , as requested by the state officials. Street Committee recommended to have the Engineer look over the ditch on the Hi-way at East Titus at. to see which way to drain the water before it could be filled in. Motion of the unanimous vote of the council ,resolution T1 279 adopted for the approval of an annexation and to post hearing notices according to law. Motion was passed to take the tabled motion off the table of the building program from last meeting that was held up for further consideration,and to let the public have a chance of looking over the plans in the clerk' s office ,in which four in- terested persons checked them over out of approximatly 200 people that seemed to oppose the council in the going ahead with the final planns for the construction of a fire station and alteration of the City Hall.After some discussion on the plans of the building project ,the people attending the meeting seemed to be very much in favor of the council going ahead with the proposed final planns of the building,motion was made and passed for the architects to proceed with the final planns. Councilman Worth Submitted plans for a better street light plan to increase the street lights and improve the present system, and recommended to ttre council that they adopt this plann as has been worked out by the street light committee ,and money has been appropirated in the current budget for same .Motion was passed by the unanimous vote of the council to instruct the Clerk to call for bids on the proposed plan. CLAIMS PRESENTED ATdD ALLOWED AS FOLLOWS; P.S.P.&.L.Co St. Lights $268.78 Margaret Young. Typing 6.00 Automatic Deodorant Cc Supplies 10.00 The Steck Co. Office Supplies 2.79 Peter Madsen Bond Prems. 15.00 Kent News Journal Publishing 11.65 Modern Cleaners Cleaning Jail 1.29 EB.Thatcher Filling Fees 1.00 King County Treasurer Tax Assn for D.D. 191.10 King County Treasurer Taxes 14.19 Rockwell Mfg. Co Meter Parts 3.46 --- continued-- lub •A. --- continued-- Pozzi Bros Freight •82 King County Rd. Dist # 2 Gravel & Blacktop 186.00 P.S.P.&.L.co Installation Light 52.60 The H.`N.Wilson Co Supplies 6.00 Hougardy Shop . Sharpen Mower 4.89 MEETING ADJOURNEID , ! I Chas. Bridges City Clerk.