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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 09/18/1950 A� 44U Kent Washington Sept. 18, 1950 Regular meeting of the City Council present Mayor .Mooney, Councilmen Armstrong, Bell, Pozzi, Randall, Seeman, Shaffer, Thornton. Minutes read and approved of the last special meeting; Report of Officers read and filed, Treasurers; Bids were opened and read for the construction of a storm drain on South Central, and a reservoir drain on Kenwood Ave. Bids read from, Argentieri & Colarossi $ 5,629-70, Superior Construction Co $5020.00, Roberts Company Inc .$6,202.00. All bids were rejected by motion and passed, the council felt that the cost was to great, . I-lotion passed to proceed with the work by day labor and purchase of material. Engineer recommended that the estimate on the North Central storm drain be laid over until the Safeway Building has been completed. Motion was passed to have the street committee contact the Highway Dept.and learn their future plans on that part of the highway, that will be affect&de by the storm chain. Motion passed to instruct the clerk to call for bids, for the reroofing or repair of the Blue Banner Building, and the water department warehouse, bids to be opened on October 2nd. Motion passed to have two street lights installed on Kenwood Ave. and one on North Central Ave. at the City Limit line. Motion passed to purchase $175.00 worth of boiler tubes, for use as street sign posts. Motion passed to purchase 181,1' sewer pipe for drainage purpose where needed. Post 15 of the American Legion had a representive at the meeting requesting the council to recend their action on indorsing Federalized Government at a previous meeting, motion passed to take under consideration. o Bids were received on Sewage Treatment plant, Two bids were W opened at $' o' clock Daylight time and read, after the reading l we realized- that the Engineers had called for the time of U oLL reading of the bids was to be $' o' clock standard time, the last two bids were received before $' oclock standard time, na:� owing to the fact the the bids were opened one hour before °5 called for, the last two bids were returned to the biders unopened, and a motion was passed to reject all bids. Motion passed to place the matter of calling for more bids on the treatment plant in the hands of the sewage committee for further action. Preliminary hearing was held on the 1951 budget, and motion passed to hold hearing on the final adoption of the budget �t the next regular meeting of the council October 2, at $' oclock P.M. and instruct the clerk to publish notice of hearing, and have budget printed. Motion passed to have the Tlayor and light committee attend hearing on the power bulinessvtth the county commissioners. Motionpassed to instruct the clerk to call for bids, when specifications are ready for two trucks for the water depatrt- me nt. CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED AS FOLLOWS: 1 Dragness office supply Office Expense $ 28.63 Howard-Cooper Corp Equip. & Expense 60.66 Dragness Office Sup. Cp Supplies 4.32 Thornton Auto Parts Expense 5.40 C.H.Bell Telegrams for Police 5•88 P.S.P.&.L.CO St. Lights 492.75 Trick & Murray Office Supplies 10. 52 Luxor Lighting Prod. Light Globes 42.00 �� ;<=F continued ?` 241 continued' Tillie Robinson Office Work $ 66.00 Eugene VanBergh Office Work 39.00 American Ranking Blue Prints 9.79 P.S.P.&.L.Co P1ice Light Expense 52:15 United Janitor Sup. Cp Supplies 42 49 Rockwell Mfg. Cc Meters 442.90 Chas. Bridges Convention Expenses 207.42 Pacific Water Works Pipe 90.11 Valley Hardware Supplies 1.62 Pozzi Bros Freight 1.84 Western Utilities Sup. Co Supplies 41.94 North Central Machine Shop Repair Tools 15.46 Gonnason Bros Repair 8: Sup. 8.08 Daily Journal of Com. Call for Bids 55.20 City Transfer Truck Hire 45.33 Kent Cement Block Co Tile for Street 31.38 Valley Paint Store Paint Thinner 6.95 The J.K.Gill Co Books 42.06 C.V.Erath Garbage Contract 754.29 John Keck Contract on Paint Street 250.00 14EETING ADJOURNED �4 ;� Ma o Chas. Bridges , city clerk.