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CITY COU11CIL CH,U!B2RS
Regular Session _ July 15th, 1937.
ROLL CAIL: City council met in regular session with Idayor Pro Tem O'Herin presid
ing in the absence of Mayor Hicks and following councilmen present on roll call: Burns,
Christensen, Haylett, O'Herin and ,firth; absent Leroux and Partch .
MINUTES OF 11iETINGS held June 13th, June 29th and July let were read and approved,
CLAIMS: Following claims were read and ordered paid upon motion made by Christer
sen, seconded by Haylett and carried without dissent on roll call:
CURREi;T EXPENSE:
13443 P. P. & L. Co., city lights end power for cemotery 312.56
13442 Gertrude Speier, Office 'expense account rearranging
election precincts _ _ 30.00_342.56
WATER OPERATING FUNll:
3003 P. P. w 1. Co., power for pumps _ _ _ 566.19
Communication from Marine iiational Co.,Seattle, asked that city give them a
chance to buy ,ny water bonds which might be issued and was ordered filed.
Communication from Churchman Investment Co., addressed to clerk, asked for
details about bond furnished by Diesel Oil Saps Co.; Mr. Churchmen was present and
stated he had secured information he wanted from talking with council 'members.
Messrs. Earl Brownell and s. T. Chiu•chmen asked that 9th Street between
Columbia and Lewis be gravelled and oiled account of heavy traffic there and that if
council could do so they world appreciate oiling of Columbia between 7th and 9th.
Council advised them that they h,�d program for this year already set but would investiget
to see if possibly 9th Street could be,t-ken care of.
CONT=,ACTORS' BOND: Clerk presented bond furnished by Diesel 011 Sales Co.,
amount .9605.90, issued by the General Casualty Co. of America, Bond No. 15129, to
cover oiling and gravelling of streets, bond having approved by City Attorney. Iiotin
made by Birth, sec )nded by Christensen and carried that bond furnished by Diesel ail
Sales Co. be accepted and nlaced oa file.
Clerk reported business licenses ,mounting to 1:53.75 and pin ball licenses
19 machines amounting to ?152.00 collected since last Teting. Clerk's reports of
expenditpres for dyne in typed form were passed to counciLaen.
Street Committee was given more time to prepare sewer ordinance.
,'later Committee was given an extension of time to -iaL-c L. reaort 'regrrdit:;
higher r m tes paid by commercia] users of water.
Haylett was also granted an extension of ti ie in wliicl, to briny in an ordi:r
regarding zoning in tho city.
Ranort of ',Dater I.Iana,ger McGhee, shouael net profits of 4;:2016.13 for June.
ORDIIIAIICB 140. 426, Declaring an emergency fir the purpose of providing fundi
for the improvement of certain streets in tl:e City of Pasco end authorizing tha expert
lure thereof, was given its third reading. Lotion made by Christensen, seconded b;;
Wirth and carried, that Ordinance No. 426 be declared to have had its third reading.
Notion made by Christensen and seconded by Burns, that Ordinance llo. 426 be adopted
as read was carried without dissent on roll call.
Communication from Fire Chief of Spokane inviting city's fire chief to meet
of Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs in Spokane August 11th to 14th, was read;
motion ^ede by Christensen, see)nded by Haylettaand carried that the fire chief be
outhorizei to +attend the meeting at Spokane and that his expenses be paid.
'WATER TA11K: City Attorney O'Brien advised the council that he had received
advice from State Administrator of the P. ;1. A. that the government would not accept
>ny new projects this year :and city could therefore not erect a new tank under the PVL.
A letter from the Pittsburgh lies i`oines Steel Co., Seattle, quoted a prime of 129,400.
for a 400,000 Gal. water tank, not inclnlinp foundation. I:IcGhse snggested a 300,000
tank be constructed at present for the East side site and that in 4 or 5 years, a 50G,
gel. tank be erected in the neighborhood of 4th and Columbia. Idotion finally made
by Christensen, seconded by Haylett and carried, that the city advertise for bids 2 -0 -
tanks of 300,000, 400,000 and 500,000 Gal. capacity, such bids to be opened at a
special meeting the night of August 12th, 1937.
Cit; Engineer Smith stated that Er. Youell of the Diesel Oil' Sales Co. was in
the city that day and he had contacted Messrs. Bruns and Haylett regarding the oiling
program. The contractor proposed to have some machinery at work [7ednesday, July 21st,
to mix oil with gravel on the ground, to avoid gravel getting mixed with dirt, but would
not start on real wor'* until n week or two later but the work would all. be completed
on August 74th in accoddance with the contract. Four additional blocks would be oiled,
one each on Henry, Frances, First and Bonneville Streets.
ADJOUR11HEIiT: 1lotion made by Christensen, seconded by Wirth ant carried that
meeting adjourn.
,ITTEST:
May or
City Clerk. lT
Passed and approved the �Gfi day of
ity Clerk.
CITY COUNCIL C;=.'d BLR5
Regular oession _ ,ugust 5th, 1937.
ROLL CALL: City council met in regular session with
Mayor Hicks presiding and fol_
owing council men present: Burns, Christensen, Haylett, Leroux and mirth; absentees were
'Herin rand Partch.
Minutes of regular meeting July 15th were read add approved.
STREET LIGHT CONTRACT -WITH P. P. & L. Co.: Rov Skill, Manager of the P. P. & L. Co.
ppeared before the council And called rttention to an ordin•nce which they had submitted
o the city in Spring 19?6, which provided for renewal of the contract covering overhead
ights in the residence district, which contract had expirel several years c� o. The
for these li-hts would be the same as in the old contract. By informal action
-hare-3s
h, proposed ordinnce was referred to the city attorn3y for study and report.
CLAIMS AGAINST CURRE14T EnTENSE FUND W1,2E READ as follows, and motion was mode by
hristensen, seconded by ,firth and carried, that the bills
be :allowed, roll call showing
11 voting for the motion.
ARRANT:
3444 _13450 N.vroll of va ri ous offices for July, _
_ 376 .6 7 x5 s2Lkx
3451-13452 Payroll of Librnry for Jul,- _ _
110.00
3453_13455 PAvroll of Police Dent. for July _
401.40
John P. Green, sal!3ry as park caretrker
95.00
13456
3457 S. Simons, 1 eb or , Sylvester Park _
10.00
3459 Elsie ',Datlz, salary, stenographer for Atty.
5.00
3459' 0. H. Butterfield, labor 3ivar Park' _
10.00
3460_13474 Fire Dept. ply roll for July _ _
125.00
3475 Standard Oil Co.. gasoline' _ _
50.05
3476 Shall Oil Co., gasoline _
25.90
3477 Shall Service #94?, lubricate police car _
4.20
3479 Pasco Auto Co., repairs and m to ri al
16.40
3479 Twin City Plbg. & Ht-. Co., matl. & labor _
19.74
3490 Pasco Hdwr. Co., material _
34.95
3491 Horri g m L Hor ri ga n, renew -:1 of insurance
16.27
3492 Citv 'fressiu•er, water, etc.
305.95
3493 Lathrop, L as & Shepard Co., books.library
5.40
3494 P-sco Herald, supplies, library _
6.29
3495 John W. GrElham 10o., books, library _
3.40
3496 Ore eo n News Co., do. _ _
19.74
3497 P. P. & L. Co., lights for library _ _
5.29
3499 State Treasr., Ind.Inrrur.3nce, etc.
19.14
3499 Snyder Crecelius Parer Co., paper for perks'
9.00
3490 PAc. T. & T. Co., toll calf, police _
.50
3491 Hogan Drug Co., note books, Police _
.90
3492 11. & hi. Cafe, meals for prisoners _
49.25
3493 Vestern Grein & Seed Co., lim for park
2.40
3494 Hughes m Co., material for nark _
15.54
3495 Whit? River Lbr. Co., mat aria] _ _
46.95
3496 Citv Treasurer, reimbursement _
6.10
3497 MnRae Bros., remove concrete sl•b over nb,ndon_
ad cesspool _ _ _
35:00
In connection with bill for feeding prisoners by the
I.I & 11 Cafe, item of 46.00
ecount holding and feeding witness for Benton County .,as discussed,
es to whether it
hornld be bi 11 ed against that county but matter .ias then permitted
to drop. Bill of
Ae eros. for j35.00 was also discusse(1, as city h s some
offsetting bills against
vhich it develope 1 were paid.
CLAIMS AGAI14ST ;DATER FUD AS FOLLO:VS WERE READ and ordered
paid upon motion made
y Wtrth, seconded by Christensen cnd carried on roll cell.
%4_3009 Payroll of Water Dept. for July
602.50
010 Walloce IcGhee, typing tank specifications
10.00
011 Citv Treasurer, reimbursement _
53.56
012 Garry Sales & Service, battery & cable _
9.64
013 McRae Bros., pipe and freight _ _
326.79
014 State Tax Commission, revenue tax _
1155?. 32
015 Penn. Salt Ilfg. Co., Chlorine
40.50
016 U. S. Rubber Products Co., asbestos p&cking
9.29
017 Columbia Hdwr. Co., maerial
2.01
019 Pasco Hdwr. Co., tools & sunplies _ _
31.94
019 Neptune la,e ter C o.. meter ports _ _
26.21
020 P-sco Herald, supplies
3.62
021 Shell Oil Co., g,soline _ _
9.10
022 St^ndard Oil Co., gasoline
12.95
023 Dhite river Lbr. Co., cedar flume
29.69
024 St to Treasurer, Ind. Ins., etc. _ _
16.95 1335.96
STREET FU14D CLAII:IS is follows were read ,nd motion was
made iy Haylett, secondei
y Mirth and carried on roll c-11 th t the bills be allowed.
There was considerable
iscnssion reg•irding claim of I. 14. Brickey, ,he showed on
payroll for one month at
25.00 regular salary, plus 109 hours, or 13_5/9 days overtime
and as to wh r rite to
y tho overtime at and :-ISO on whose pthority the overtime h,:d been worked. Fin,lly
otion was Tide by Haylett, secondad by Christensen and carried,
that the regular rate of
:25.00 be tjKxa divided by 26 days, to ast blish a daily rate,
/9
hourly rateto be *Oxefx
of the daily rata or 60 cents per hour. Mayor advised
the council that in future
uses of this kind, involving working a man 16 hours per day,
»nd large mount of overtime,
®would prefer to have the ratter handled by the committee
as a whole, the committee
c set rate for overtime as well as assumingresponsibility
giR_XWxo1kersterd
for the overtime work. E3axk
(Warrant No. 39 for -;"'65.40 covers) .
- 40 Payroll of :3treet Department for July
359.40
J. H. B. Smith, Salary as e;.gineer
230.00
Bill 'Williams, 4 hrs. flagging when center
stripes ,were painted _ _
2.00
Shell Oil Co., g,soline _
27.13
Columbi, Hardware Co., maternal & tools _
9.25
Gerry's Sales & Service, Tail light
.46
Halls_ Nelson hiotor Co. Timer and ;lire
1.55
Standard Oil Co. Gasoline
44.46
State Treasurer Ind. Ins, M. A. and 0.
D.15.05
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- .City Council-Chtaabere
August 5th, 3agular Sessin, Continued
49 City Treasurer ;Reimbursement _.37
50 Standard Oil Co. Gasoline Pasco Pro. Nol.11x$fix 2.16
51 Shaw & Borden & Co. Plot or vehicle vouchers -,nd
p .y roll forms _ _ _ 4.62
52_59 Brown _-nd & Gravel Co., 2516 cu.yds. grval 3019.20 3700.23
Mr. Wyckoff, representing the J&nes & Dillingham Co., of Snokane, appeared
before the council and urged th::t when awarding contract fir the proposed new water
t.nk, the council specify that biturene enamel be applied on inside of tank.
ORDINANCE No. 427, being "An ordinance in relation to sewers :end the lrai•
private premises and providing that the City Flater Superintendent sh 11 be Swwer
Inspector, rand discharge all the duties of the City .ingineer with respect to the
sewer system and making certain provisions with reference to sewer contractors jn •
license fees to be paid by such contractors and permits to be secured by persnsa
desiring to make connection with the city sewer system and regulating such connect
was read and motion was made by 'Nirth, seconded by Leroux e,nd carried, that ordi-
be deelar)l to have had its first reading. ISotion made by girth, seconded by n4^
and c-rried, that Ordiiwnce No. 427 be read by ti tle only, ,which was done and mot'
was then made by Haylett, seconded by •iirth and carried, that ordinance be declar
to have had its second reading.
Water Committee was not yet ready to make report on IL:rge commercial usc-
-nd proper rate to charge them nd Haylett was not yet ready with a new zoning
ordin•nee.
Following resolution in regard to emiction of route markers and directi_
signs on Highways 3 and 11, was read:
"WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Pasco, that the Director of Hi
ways purchase nd erect all necessary directional signs and route mc;rkers on the
routes of ]EN PSH #3 and PSH #11 within the corporate limits of Pasco, now therefor
"BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Pasco does hereby acknowledge that it
not satisfactorily accomplish and will delay and be unable to purchase and erect
direction signs and route m rkers on such city streets and waives notice of the di
of highways thereof:
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the director of highways is requested ;nd
mitted to purchase and erect such signs and markers to the amount of $65.00, an ar
not in excess of the amount of money now credited or reasonably anticipated to ace
to the City of Pasco in the motor vehicle fluid during the next fiscal year, such
signs and markers cost to be charged against the &mount so credited, or to be cre'
and
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upnlj statement of the cost of such directis
signs and route markers and journ d voucher therefor, approved by the City of Pas(.
for all labor, equipment, material, supplies and engineering, the Stite Auditor i,,
authorized and directed to reserve and credit to the department of highways in pa::_
ment for such directional signs and routs markers, any funds credited or to be Ere
to the Cit;, of Pasco in the motor vehicle fund not to exceed the above specified
all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 197, Session laws of 1937.
"Passed by the City Council, this 5th day of August, 1937."
Motion made by 3urns, seconded by ',firth and carried, that resolutiat be adopted �.
Mayor advised the council that he had taken steps to clear up the houo e
opposite the yard office and that if necessary another location, away from the ce,.'
of torn would be found for them.
1IC2a!SE6: Clerk re ortei license collections since lest meeting of
making total collect;ons to date X3335.27.
City Engineer reported that contractor expected to hr ve oiling equiprie .'
the city at the end of the week and expected to complete the work by the snecifica
date (August 14th).
AD JOURN'i-idT: Motion made by -girth, seconded by Christensen and carried,
that the meeting adj'ouxn until Thursday, August 12th at 9 P.II.
ATTEST: Ilay or
¢Y�!vLu..iGTv J�J�i➢�L
City Cloonc.
Passed end _reproved tl.e 41
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CITY COUNCIL CI ' MMS
.adjourned Session _ August 12th, 1"37.40
ROLL CALL: Pursuant to agreement, council met inxxogR r.n adjourned meeting at 7:30 PI.:
th 1.Iayor Hicks presiding nd _;ll coiuicilmen excepting Partch being present.
BIDS ON WATER TANK: Bids were opened from the following parties covering ere^osed
W steel water tanks, their bids being as shown below:
Haig t 70'9" Ore.& Shoshone Height 9510" So.5th & South Sts.
500 I'I 400 Id 300 K 500-11 400 11 300 11
Gallons Gallons Gallons Gallons Gallons Gallons
ittsburg Desli,oines
Steel Co.34,436. 29,370. 24,294. 36.969. 31,545. 26,123.
hicago Bridge &
Iron Vdorks: 32,695. 27,745. 22,195. 35,120. 29,610. 23,650.
oc:ao Bros. 7 46,047. 39,993. 29,950. 49,295. 41,391. 32,900.
Bid of Pittsburgh DesHoines Steel Co., of Seattle, was :accompanied by certified
heck for ;:2000.00; bid of Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, San Francisco, vias accompanied
V certified check for "9500100 and bid of P,iac_;aa Bros. of Seattle was accompanied
V certified check for .;2500.00.
Pair. L. A. Elsener, District 1.Iana.ger of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., with address
t San Francisco and H. D. Fowler of Se ttle, representing the Pittsburgh Desmoines Steel
D. addressed the council meeting. A 11r. Herding was present and asked the council to
onsider a wooden tank, built of ceder, stating that a 500 M. gal. tank could be built
f cedar for 16,200. to-:ccns:k±ar-a,wnnden:-
After some discussion by the council, the matter of awarding a k± contract
)r constructing a tank c;nd further considering the bids was laid over until the next
ssnlar meeting on August 19th.
Haylett called ,ttenti on to the service station at 1st °- Lewis St., stating
rant in view of the construction of the underpass, they will .ir;nt more driver%ay. This
ss referred to the Street 6ommissioner with instructions to report at the next meeting
n motion made by O'Herin, seconded by Haylett and carried.
ADJOU31,!LLiNT: ],Iotion r::ade by O'Herin, seconded by Leroux and carried that
eting adjourn.
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