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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-02-1939 Minutes656 65'7 `y 4 1 G ' i CITY COUNCII, UAIME23; PASCO ,JA"11TNOTON, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PASCO, 'WASHINGTON. , FEGUBAR MEETING MARCH t, 1939. gULAR MEETING MARCH 2, 1939. CALL TO ORDER; Honorable Mayor Hicks called the meeting to order at eight oclock. O,AIMS CONTINUED; ROLL CALL; 14531 City Yreasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16.93 By Clerk present were Burns, Downey, Linderman, Pangle and Westby absent 32 A. C. Tramel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21.54 were Mo Donnell and Partch. 33 Pasco Machine Co. _ .75 READING OF THE DdINUTES; Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. 34 Orpgon News Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31.49 35 Water Department _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.00 i 36 Pasco Herald _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 66.20 BILLS & COi.MUNICATIONS; 37 Pacific Power & Light _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30.49 Ray B Lee was given a hearing on his objections to ordinance number 439,Main_ 38 Kleeb Lumber Co. _ 16.00 Ily that according, to his figures, the pricer had been advanced one hundred 39 Gaylord Bros Inc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7.00 percent which he considers to much at one time; Also that ordinance 439 is not 40 Mrs. M. A. Morton _ 1.68 i. i epAie+bive for at least ninety days. Cemetery Committee to investigate and re_ 41 General Petroleum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3.03 eomend amendments ilA they are deemed necessary. 42 Standard Oil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22.10 yl 43 Pacific Telephone Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.40 Roy Hatch appealed to the Council for lower rate of license covering the sol_ 44 General Petroleum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 3.92 j icating and delivering Fuller Brush products; The request dould not be grantel 45 U. S. Laundry 3.19 and the ten dollar rate applies. _ _ _ 46 Pasco Auto Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .70 47 Hogan Drug Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .90� A letter Waamread from The Cascade Milk Products Company of Yakima, asking the 49 Duck Inn Cafe _ 9.00 Council to lower the rate of business license covering their delivery by truck 49 Pasco Hardware _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3.59 to three accounts in this city, This could not be granted, the present rate of 50 Churchman Inv, Co. 60.00 I twenty five dollars applies. Clerk instructed to so advise. 51 Pacific Power & Light Co. _ _ _ _ _ 332.94 1 52 A. C. Tramel _ _ _ _ _ 43.50 A letter to the Council from Mrs Chute asking for a $75.00 donation for the 53 Churchman Inv. Co. _ _ 40.9Q9 41lil, Daughters of Pioneers of Washington Jubilee, to be held here Yrs //YPi /;2 +/5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 54 Pasco Herald _ 49.99 This was given to the City Attorney to report oh how this could taken care 55 K. J. Grimm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.45 56 J. F. O'Herin _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 149.00 A letter to Water Manager P. W. McGhee from John Cunningham was read relative 57 Mary Mee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 125.00 to the Steel Construction Company's work in raising the old Water tank. 59 Earl Sample _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 100.00 59 K. J. Grimm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60.00 A letter from Walter, Moody & Heimerdinger, of Cincinnati, relative furnishing 60 Dr. H. B. O'Brien _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20.00 Municipal Bonds, for the Filtration Plant, whenapplication for Government Gran 61 R. Richardson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15.00 has been granted., was reviewed and ordered filed. 62 A. M. Haylett _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20.00 63 Adah Perry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50.00 REPORTS FROM COM34ITTEES; 64 Alf Buchanan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 145.00 Building Committee working on remodeling furnace at City Hall, submitted figur 65 M. Cooney _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 129.00 through Fred Scott, on an Automatic Bayboil burner and oil tanks. City Attorne 66 Paul Schlegel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 128.00 advises that the State Finame•e�Budget and Business Department at Olympia, re_ 67 R. Hinderson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9.00 quire the following date, size of Building , type of plant, janitor's salary 69 M. Cooney _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 and the amount paid for fuel in the last few years. 69 R. Richardson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 70 G. Ellison _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 71 • Clark Jenson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 72 Porter Schaffer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 UNFINISHED BUSINESS; 73 Harry Wellman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 Extending watermain to River View Park was discussed at length, subject brough 74 Jim Knowlton _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 up by Mayor Hicks, Sanstedt states there are two hundred out lets grouped fift 75 Paul Sheley _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 a citcuit and deems it advisable to lay six inch pipe. Pangle also in favor of 76 VOID inch pipe a sit could be used else where or resold in case the necessity ariae 77 J. W. Kauba _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35.00 Mayor Hicks spoke of one way to handle the expense was by the $800.00 budgeta 78 Edna Linbarger _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 95.00 lowance for pipe and fittings, the balance to be furnished bythe water departm then reemburse the water department by budget allowance this year. x.16 The city owns ten acres at this sight part of which is in the park. WARRENTS ISSUED FROM CURRENT EXPENSE FUND IN MARCH 1939 Motion made by Linderman to give Water Manager McGhee authority to prepare cel 14579 J. P. Green _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43.00 for bids on 1,e50 feet of cast iron four and six incg pipe, closing date fork 14590 U. S. Laundry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3.29 March 16th . motion secondei by Pangle and carried unanimously. 91 Alice Bird _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40.90 92 Sgell oil Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30.60 Motion made by Downey and seconded by Linderman that Committee handling Bicycl 93 Roy Krueger _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6.23 Licenses be given authority to make necessary purchases to make this ordinance 94 Texach Service Station _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _50 operative. carried witjxout dtesent on roll call vote. 95 0. K. Robinson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ :50 96 Duck Inn Cafe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11.00 87 G. Ellison _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5.00 Miscellaneoud; 99 Marion Peters _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5.00 Signal light at fourth and lewis intersection is out of order; Light Committee 99 A. C. Tramel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32.06 to order another unite, repair the one on hand for stand by equipment. 90 Pasco Electric Shop _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14.75 Renting block & tackle from Fred Scott mentioned by Downey./orsr.PSfr-e-f work, 91 Puget Sound News _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.92 Claims against the current expense fund waecread as follows and ordered paid 92 V. J. Languille Company _ _ _ _ _ _ 65.99 with the exception of one from the Columbia Hardware in the amount of $14.00 9$ Pacific Telephone Cc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .90 purchased by M. Cooney for the Police Depattment. Motion made by Pangle and 94 Pasco Plumbing Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17.99 seconded by Linderman carried unanimously by roll call vote . 95 Pasco Herald _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37.96 THE REAPPOINTMENT of Mrs Hill Williams to the Library Board, by the Mayor effec 96 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 154.70 Janiary 1st 1939 WARRENTS ISSUED FROM CURRENT EXPENSE FUND DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1939 97 Pacific Power & LIght Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 343.97 98 Pasco Hardware _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3.55 99 VOID 14511 Marion Peters _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $ 5.00 14600 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 12 R. E. Rasmusen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9.00 1 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ 5.90 13 Gene Brickey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 2 Churchman Inv. Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13.63 14 Elizabeth Noland_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 3 State Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7.84 15 W. R. Cox _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.00 4 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .60 16 J. J. Green _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39.50 ' 17 Gertrude Speier _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32.00 19 Art Burnside _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 732B9 WARRENTS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1939 19 Pacific Coast Building 0. Con. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.00 STREET FUNDS. 20 Pasco Herald _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9.25 029 Pasco Hardware _ $ 37.95 21 Water Department _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.50 380 White River Lumber Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .39 22 White River Lumber Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.66 31 Pasco Auto Co. _ _ _ - _ _ - - _ - - _ 1.50 23 VOID 32 Standard Oil Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 70.55 24 Pasco Hardware _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.90 33 VOID 25 Earl Sample _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6.00 34 Pacific Power & Light Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56.07 26 Pasco Machine Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ;52.54 35 Marvin Sholberg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.95 27 Water Department _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _151.70 36 Wm. Parkhurst _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60.00 29 Yakima Bindery & Printing Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33.29 37 I. N. Brickey _ _ - _ _ _ - _ - - _ _ 140.00 29 Shaw & Borden Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.09 39 Paul Savage _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50.00 30 VOID 39 Paul Savape _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ 1.00 40 James King _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5.00 424.30 658 REGULAR SESSION CONTINUED MARCH 2. 1939 WARRENTS ISSUED FROM WATER DEPT. FUNDS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUAHY 1939 3467 Pasco Hardware _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- $ 2.00 69 H. L. Blanton _ - - - - - 11.00 69 Northern Pacific Rail Road Company _ _ - - _ - - _ _ _ 25.00 70 Hnrbert Hales _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, 75 71 VOID - - - - 72 Pasco Herald _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 12.57 73 Penn. Salt Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13.50 74 Penn Salt Co _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - _13.50 75 Hughes & Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14.43 76 Pacific Power & Light Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 330.75 77 Vity Treasurer - _ - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ 53.30 78 D. W. McGhee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _190.00 79 H. V. Harris _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - 140.00 90 0. H. Butterfield - _ _ - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _92.50 91 August Klundt _ _ _ _ _ - - - - _ - - - - - - - 92.50 _ Total of all warrentsissued in Feb,'$94 3,649.24 WARRENTS ISSUED FROM WATER DEPT. DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 1939 3482 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $ 15.30 93 J. H. Engelke _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.95 94 Tom Mathews _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.95 95 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14.55 96 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W.J.Hausehild for water _ _ 12.00 97 VOID 99 State Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10.31 99 State Tax Commission _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 175.97 90 Barr & Cunningham _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 75.00 91 Mrs. Minni a McCulloch _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30.00 92 E1noHinman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41.25 93 Bill Gardner _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 63.50 94 Fred Huston _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.53 95 Pasco Plumbing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.53 96 Wallace Tiernan Sales Corp. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.15 97 Pacific Telephone Cc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1400 99 Penn Salt Co. _ 13.50 99 City Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4,28 3500 Current Expense Fund _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5.10 -T4-35--.62 Voucher favor the Churchman Investment Company for $20.97 was ordered withheld. WARRENTS ISSUED FROM STREET FUNDS DURING THE MDNTH OF MARCH 1939. 341 Columbia Hardware _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $ 15.23 42 Gamble Store _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.14 43 Roy Krueger _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36.91 44 Universal Car Service p_p_p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.75 45 Pasco Hardware _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47.91 46 Shell Oil Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51.00 47 Pacific Power & Light Co _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 53.04 49 Gerry's Sales & Service _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.65 49 Pasco Auto Co. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.66 50 State Treasurer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.97 WW -P-421 class 150 open bell $M-97� ADJOURNMENT: Balance for March issue $ 1503.75. Motion made by Linderman and seconded by Downey that the meeting adjourn motion carried. ATTEST: City� Passed and approved this 16 day of March 1939. CiC-�X -City Clerk F AR SESSION CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS MARCH 16, 1939. TO ORDER: City Council met in regular Session with Mayor Raymond Hicks presiding meeting called to order at eight thirty PM. CALL; Councilmen present were Burns, Downey, Linderman,Pangle.aAd Wes;tby. Absent were McDonnell and Pardhy NG OF THE MINUTES; Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. S AND COMMUNICATIONS; SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #43,7% BONDS: A letter from the Pennsylvania Company, P ilddelphiarelative to a trust account $2,000.00par value of Special Improvement District #43, 7,� Bonds due March 10th 1924 and asking for payment on interest or principal. City Treasurer advises there are no monies in this fund. City Clerk to so advise. FROM COMMITTEES: Cemetery Committee not ready to report on investigation of Ordinance #439 and ask for a little more time, which was granted. DONATION OF 11UNICIPAL FUNDS; City Attorney reports, on Mrs Chute's letter as ahairmanof the Daughters of the pioneers of Washington Joublee; That according to law a municipality can not donate funds to such bodies as, Chamber of Commerce, Contention Bureaus etc. Mayor Hicks to so advise Mrs Chute. ORT FROM OFFICERS; Monthly Budget report prepalred by City Clerk for Councilmen was delivered. MONTHLY WATER DEPARTMENT REPORT. Tle earnings o the Wa er DDepT from the middle of January to the Middle of Feb_ ruary amounted to $2975.54 The cost of operation for the Month of February amounted to $1317.30; Adding to this amount $1570.00 for the payment of interest and tetirement of bonds shows that the Water Dept operated at a gain of $98.24 for the month. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT CI y Treasurers monthly report was presented and reviewed by the council. INISHED BUSINESS: PUMPING PLANT EQUIPMENT: Owing to the fact that the filtration grant is likely to be granted in the near future, the Council group would rather not invest in equipment at this time; Water Man ger D. W. McGhee, does not think emergency purchase necessary, to handle present situation Linderman made a motion to lay pumping equipment question on the table motion seconded by Burns and carried. The heating dant at the City Hall is again disabled and the emergency arises fo the immediate purchase of new equippient; Figures presented by The Pasco PbartbiptgChmyaa _ ing Company in the amount of $447.20 to cover a new Ray Oil Burning Heating Unite and ()J 1000 gal. tank completely installed and guaranteed to give safe and satisfactory servi e. Motion made by Pangle to give the Building Committee, authority to purchase at once through the Pasco Plumbing and Heating Company Ray Oil Burner equiped with combustion chamber, and 1000 gal. tank in comfority with State Safty Requirements and specificati ns motion seconded by Westby. and carried. BIDS ON PIPE FOR RIVERVIE'W PROJECT Sealed bids on 1.2bO feet of 61nch cast iron pipe for the Riverview Park Projec were opened and read as follows American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Open Bell 4" 6" 9" Class 150 Mono Cast Enameline .545 .90 Hughes & Co.( Pactfic State Cast Iron Pipe Cc) Class 150 Open Bell .544 .835 Pre -calked .574 .995 Crane Co., Spokane, Universal Type "T" Class 150 6ft. igt. wt. 16# & 26.6# .53 .94 Marchman & Williams Seattle, Universal Type "T" wt.4" 16# 6" wt.26.6# .53 .94 Hugh G. Purcell Seattle, Wash WW -P-421 class 150 open bell .514 .75 40.000 car of pipe " " .49 .73 90,000 " " " " .475 .72 Pacific Water Works Supply Co. Class 150mFrench Pipe open bell .50 .76 buying 1,950' 6" & 350' of 9" " " .69 .1.05 The above quotations were discussed. C. J. Murray of the Pacific Water Works Supply Company Inc., spoke breifly on six and eight inch pipe by the car load. After due consideration the lowest bidder was awarded the contract and moti o made by Westby that the bid of the Hugh G. Purcell Co. Colman Bldg, Seattlebe accepts for 1.250 feet of 6 inch cast iron pipe at .75 per foot as per bid. motion seconded by linderman and carried unaminoully by roll call vote of give. ROOM FOR CITY OFFICIALS Westby made a motion o authorize building committee to remodels room upstairs north east corner City Hallfor business office of City officials; Down stairs north west corner room to be remodled for firemens quarters. motion seconded by Downe$.carri d.