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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council - Minutes - 06/07/1954 Kent Washington June 7, 1954. Regular meeting of the city council present Mayor Mooney, Councilmen Blessing, Curran, Lamb, Randall, Schultz, Shaffer, Thornton; Minutes read and approved of the last regular meeting; i Bids were opened and read on 5 luminaries and equipment for street lighting. Two Bids were received Westinghouse Electric for the amount of $750.00 and one from Line Material Co. for the amount of $622.88. Motion passed to place in hands of light committee for study. Bids were opened and read for 6000 ft . of water pipe and valves, Pacific State Cast Iron Pipe Co $1.628 per foot ; E.N. Hallgren Co $1.66 per ft. United State Pipe and Foundry $1.66 per ft. H:D.Fowler Co for valves only, Water Works Supplies for valves only. Motion passed to place in the hands of the Water Committee for study . Mr. Dunbar requested of the council for the laying out of a part of Kenosia Street, so that the property owners could determine their North Property lines. Motion was passed to instruct the Engineer lay out a suitable street, and try to ,establish the north boundry of the property abutting the south side of the street, and costs to be born by the property. Motion passed to - grant`Mr. Dunbar permission to lay a sewer line up the middle of Kenosia Street for a distance of about 250 ft. East of Titus Street. , this being an 81, pipe and having a lamphole installed in the far end, under the super- vision of the City Engineer. Motion passed to have the clerk purchase enough paint. to finish the clerk1s office , and also have the light work paint- ed on the outside of the building. 1 Motion passed to have the Health-Sanitation committee purchase a pusher for the dump, to keep the dump in compliance with the request of the King County Health Department. Motion passed to instruct the Attorney to draw an Emergency ordinance for the purchase of this equipment, owing to the fact that the outlay fund in the Garbage fund is deplated. Motion passed to instruct the clerk to write the Milwaukee a letter in regard to the installation of the signal at their crossing on West Shinn. Mr. Parish of the Mitche Company explained to the council the cost of codifying the ordinances of the city, this cost would be in the neighborhood of $2000.00 if printed by a mimiegraph, and if printed it would be around $4500.00, no action taken at this time. Letter read from the Kent Jacees requesting of the council to sit in on the meetings to create and encourage greater interet in the administration of city affairs. Motion passed for clerk to write the Jaycees a letter appreciating their activies in civic affairs. Letter read from the Kent Chamber of Commerce recommending that the Council do all they can to exchange property with the Western Sand & Gravel for a site along the Crow Road, and for the clerk to call the school to see if they had any objections i to the Sand & Gravel Co locating -in the location requested. Motion passed -to authorize Mayor & Clerk to request the County Planning Commission for a rezoning of the location on the Crow Road, and at the Expense of the Western Sand & Gravel Co. Letter read from the Kent Chamber of Commerce recommending that the council give permmission to Mr. Ed. Sipe to operate a Trailer Court at his place of business at R.R.Ave. and Titus Street. Councilman Curran made quite a search of ordinances on trailer courts, and come to the conclusion that our ordinance was out of date and he stated that he would like to draw a new one, and by motion passed the council directed Mr. Curran to draw a new trailer court Irdinance. Motion passed to grant Mr. Sipe a trailer court license, under regulations of our present ordinance. continued continued; Received a petition from the people in the neighborhood of R.R.Ave. & Titus St. stating that they had no objections for Mr. Sipe to operate a trailer court at this location. Motion passed to place petition on file. Resolution No. 346 passed the vote of the council. Ordinance No. 880 passed the vote of the council. Ordinance No. 881 passed the vote of the council. . Mr. Engstrom of the Jaycees presented to the council the .the problem that faced the residents of the City in regard to the poor grade of cheap comic books that was being sold in the stores in Kent and other places, that they mostly contained Murder and sex stories and pictures, and that was not good reading for the kids.Motion passed to indorse action of Jacees to try to stop the sale of this kind of leoks, and for the police committee to work with them. before the vote on the issue the City Attorney stated that this was mot the way to control such publications, that it had to be controlled at the home. Motion passed to accept the bid on the Bleachers for the Park from Beatty Bleachers Co. of Seattle for the amount of their bid plus $100.00 for galvanizing instead of paint. Motion passed to have the sewer committee have a meeting with the City Engineer on June 9th.and call for bids on the construction of swwers for LID 230, and bids to be opened and read on June 24th. at eight ofclock P.M. Motion passed to have the Treasurer transfer the money back to the Wash. State Sewer Fund,'fas requested by the State Finance Officer'; that had been transfered to the Sewer Revnue Fund by Resolution. Motion passed to have the city clerk instruct our insurance company to place fire insurance on the fire station that is under construction. Motion passed to have the Mayor & Clerk sign side sewer application of Mr. Grant Dunbars. CLAIMS AND PAYROLL PRESENTED AN ALLOWED AS FOLLOWS; Current Expense Claims 5, 763.37 Water t1 286.33 Street " 59$.51 Park " 367.25 Garbage " 37.69 Sewer Rev. ' " 49.96 Library " 93 . 57 Police Payroll For May 2,102.84 Payroll " " 5, 310.70 Fire Dept . Salaries " " 267.00 MEETIN ADJOURNED: or Chas. Bridges \ City Clerk i i �