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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955 City Council Minutes ~~ I-I ,"",of V~.. : \.) Seward, Alaska January 17, 19S'} I .__.. ___~__.______..__ __'_n..______.._._______________ ~_ .____.______________~_~___ .. ___._~ _.,_... _ .___.._..u ._~_,_._ ___.____, _____ -'----II-~u~ha-rd ~eported ~n a check of, the petitions with the tax roll and the registra- ,tion book, said i do not appear on the tax roll a"d only 17 were registered voters.' :!Clm. Anthony asked what is required to sign a petition and the City Attorney said :1 it is just a matter of policy. 31. of signers on petition considered too small a :Inumber of the registered voters but if it had been signed by more it would be 'necessary to act on it. Mr. Gene Lanier sPQke saying that 312300 a year is too ;much to pay the City Manager here and spoke further quoting from the various 'audits of the city regarding the personal and real property receipts and the expendituresduring the years 1951 to 1954 , also suggested that the discussion on 'the street be straightened out. Financial retiew was presented at this time for ... the month of December. Clm. Petrovich recomnended that anier llIil1::e reports for the Council as already prepared and table the matter until a'later date. Mr. Trevethan presented petitions as a vote of confidence in behalf of the Chamber of COIlllleiFOe if they would care to see them otherwise would continue obtaining si~atures and present at the next meeting, then spoke about hydro electric. !here followed a discussion on finances, powers of the Utility Board and amendment to the City 'Manager ordinance. Disney reported on complaint. about the new oog pound and Mr. West spoke abwt the coasing of dogs off private property and Clm. Petrovich recolllllended the use of extreme 'caution and to be in the clear in every case. There was considerable discussion !about the picking up of dogs in the city and the salary paid to the poundmaster. ;!Clm. West moved that another 3100 be appropriated for the poundmaster and he to have lithe pound cleared of dogs by the expiration of that time. Second by Clm. Blair. !'All in favor motion CIlrried. I ,Mr. Fortier of Civil Defense was present and showed movies on the hydrogen bomb and ,:fall out. He spoke about the moving of equir.ment to Seward to stock pile asking the :city to support warehousing and cost of moving the equipment. Mr. Kirkpatrick is i:the new director at Seward and Mayor Painter said the City will work with Mr. :~a~kpatrick on the project. 'Mr. O'H ara reported on the names to be strl cken from the tax roll that had been ;presented twice before, the names were read by the Clerk and discussed by the Council. Clm. Blair moved to strike the names presented. from the tax roll a SWI\ of 3939.60 'in personal taxes. Second by Clm. Hodson. Motion carried unanimously. ;,Ordinance No. 252 An Ordinance of the City of Seward, Ala ska regulating water dh- 1l:ribution and service and providing for the manner in which water rates be Estab- !;1ished, was read for t he second time and discussed. I iPrdinance No. 253, An Ordinance of the City of Seward, Alaska, calling a special ,~lection for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the city a :proposition of whether or not the city should issue its electric utility revenue bonds in the principal sum of not exceed $3,500,000 for the purpose of providing 'funds'to acquire, construct and install certain improvements to the electric utility system Of the city. Said ordinance was discussed and Clm. Ttlest stated that he did not want to accept the ordinance under- suspension of the rules and Clm. Petrovich said he wanted to go on record as needing an engineer for an opinion on these projects. 'There was discussion on the interest rate of 61. and the 5000 killowatts which con- flic:8d with the report by Mr. Harstad. There was considerable further discussion land Mayor Painter said if the project is not sold to the Council he would not let ',it go to the vote of the prople. The ordinance and further discussion was tabled. Clm~'AritHony'~yed6tQ tllblechbe ordinance until the special meeting to be held Wednesday January 19th. Second by Clm. West. Motion CIlrried unanimously. ~e bill. were read.ACS, $48.55, AutomotiTe Parts, $78.15, Andy's Oil DeliTery,$18l.64 from Capital ImproVlll8ent Fund, $665.76, Ala sn Telephone Corporation, $40. eo, Ballou & Wright, 39.97, Bay City Motors, $65.80, Commercial Stationers, $19.95, Durant's ~15.94, Win Ervin Mot.r., $32.54, N.C. Co., $9.12, Paulsteiner's, $16.00, Ray's Oil Service, $223.36, Seward, Hardware, $10.65, Seward Plbg. & Htg. $203.93, Beware ~aport Record, $22.61, Seward Machin~ Shop, $232.81, Seward Trading Co., 316.40, seward Water System, $425.00, Seward ~lectric System, $688.50, Seward, Builder's Supply, $175.27, Standard Oil Co., $349.47, Aron Ericson, $4.00, Craig Taylor Equip- ~nt & Supply, $250.41, Pat Williams, $270.00, Werner's Market, $128.20, Yukon tquipment, 3148.48, Petty Cash, 37J10, Dorothy Tyner Walters, $113.47, International City Manager'. A..~eiation, $40.00, Odom Co., 339.13. Clm. Hodson maTed that the ! bills, with the exception of Alaska Engineering Association, be paid. Second by Clm.Blair. Motion carried. The City "'anager recommended to the Council that the City Manager ordinan.e be broadened to include the utilities be operated my:1the City Manager under the direction land control of the Utility Board and rather than have all the City Manager'. salary . paid from general fund 8\DIII ClOuld be paid from the utilities from time to time. The matter was discussed and no action taken, other than to refer to the City attorney , for her consideration. r- h r) .jOh __~-~~~~-,-Ahska- _ _ ____,__~_~_~_~________~__________ ~a~l1Cl-X'y~ 17, 1955 .~ __ ...___ .._.__________..._.___~--.-----.-----.---.___..._____ ____.____......._. .__._.___._._____'--------~__"'~__=_==.~__=:.~_;::~-~. ---=--:_ __ - ___n_ _ ~~----=--::- ---,-------- - -- - - !Letter from WilliUl C. strand, Director, Wash. D. C. dated January 12th, regarding 111" trains was read and discussed. Letter. from ~ard Harstad regarding the policy of the city on the proposed Crescent Lake hydro projec:t and regarding an idea for a gUarantee fund for Alaska revenue bonds, were read and discussed. - Alaska Department of Health letter was read advising of a -Water Works Operators Sehool- to be held at Anchorage and refeTred to the Utility Board. r- i I Heal th Nurse report for the IIlonth of December was read.- Letter from American City Magazine regareling their article on Seward was read, by Mr. O'Hara. Mr. O'Hara reported on contacting the Fish & Wildlife agent regarding the uSllge of rat poison on the dump. He also reported on contacting Mr. Lambert regarding the job of sanitarian for Seward, and that he had talked to Dr. Staff regarding Public Health Offieer. Mr. O'Hara reported at this time that the city water is Teported 'unsatisfactory by the Depart.nt of Health and will be considered so until such time as chibilrination is used. Attest ~~ ity Clerk a<\journ at '~ Approv - k Mayor ;2" ~/ Motion was IIIllde and seconded to ~a!dl ~~s~_ - .. - i I , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J _ ~a~~r! }9: !~5~ joint A special/_eting ef the Council and Utility Board was called to order at 8:17 o'-c P.M., for the purpose of a general discussion on the proposed Crescent lAke hydro project and lIleetinq *ith Mr. Harstad. IWyor Pa nter in the Chair. Present C1m.- West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, Blair and stockton. Mellbers of the Utility Board p'resent were Durant, Trevethan, Myers, stearns and Schmoyer. Also present City ~nager O'Hara and Ha.tard Harstlld., engineer. " k Mr. Harstad reported and spoke about the loss of some assured revenue and the imp- ortance of tHs revenueto the sale of the bonds and the surest way .f llClCJUirinq fevenue is to sell to the fts1:omers. Mr. Harstad continued to speak l'ib9ut the po; e load, the necessity of having a 30 ,war contract to ..sure the loan, the obligatio to Co-op 17, and a great deal of discussion on the policies of Chuqaeh Electrio. " I Mr, O'Hara read the first contraClt with, Co-,op 17, said there was a second ~traet of I which he does not have a copy. The"was much discussion with stearns of the Uti1it Board speaking of the moral obligation to Co-.p 17, selling them. wholesale pCllfer and the ci ty to keep out of the di st ributi on. Mr. MeAnemy .poke about the sale of I ,wholesale pCllfer to the co-op and gave reasons for the city not participating in "i "direct distribution. 'nlere was a great deal of discussion by members of the Counc~ ; and Uti lity B...rd with Mr. Harstad answering guestions~ The selling of pcllfer to I ~~rfrom ~r diesel plant the next winter, if they would put in the transmission II l~ne was discussed and if Hoaer would Q'o along with, that it might be possible to continue with selling of wholesale paw.~ to the co-op. The question aro.e as to j whether the co-op 17 probleJU that have been1llresented to the city were on the ilCt~ n of one IIRn or if they represented the co-OPt . a whole and it was recODllllended to ,I ,meet with the Board of Directors as well a. to have a meeting with the co-.p peopl ~ . . ,. ~ i of Homer. _ - The question of the aJaOunt that had been paid t<;> Mr. Harstad for the work on. thl!l hydro was brouqht up_ and Mr~ Harstad advise<;l that he has been paid in. full on the . Coope;- Bessemer job, has receiYed S3,16~ on the hydro project w~th a balance due him of 11,840, that t1:te c;:ontra.ct for $5,000 had been appr/?ved and passed by the Council. This present trip is authorized by the Utility Board and the bill of $28 'for the printing of 50' reports is still to be paid and was authorized by the Coun "and utility bOard. He also advised that the Crescent Lake filing fee to FPC is I included in the bond money bit .tN,t tle, .pt.rmig.~ 4ke f~l1ng fee i.; not and to da he has invest.,d a good portion of his awn capital. stearns requested that the pay ments to Harstad be straightened out and Mr. Harstad !l!ltd he wou).d work,with the ;, bookkeeper on the bills, also asked that an audit of the utilities be prepared veri! soon as this is the request of Mr. Shepard of the bonding company. The lack of 1" . financial statement from the utilities for t he Utility Board was brought up a " would like to have one when asked for. i Ordinance No. 253 was discussed and Mr. lIarstad clariffed the questions on the c, - '\'1 V ~j :4 Seward, Alaska January 19, 1955 ~ .---- -~...._-- ..-...--- .--.---. - ..-. .-.. ......----. ------"--.- i interest rate and the 5000 kill..ts. After the discussion it was agreed thAt the i< interest rate be reduoed from 61. to S1. and Ordinanoe No. 253 W&8 read by the Clerk ., as a first reading. . I Motion _. _<Is .nd .ee<rods<! to s<ljourn .n2"O~" ,---~--::: APproved~~ Mayor Attest ~ ~ City Clerk Seward, Alaska January,20, 1955 A ~aial joint meeting of the Counoil and Utility Board was called to order at' 8:15 o'clook P.Me for the purpose of a further discussion of the hydro projeot and to meet with the Board of Directors of Co-op l7~ Mayor Painter in the chair. 'Present were Clm. West, PetroTich, Anthony and Hodsca. Absent Clm. Blair and Stockton. Utility Board Members present were Durant, Trevethan, Myers and stearns. ;Absent Schmoyer. Also present City Manager O'Hara and Howard Harstad, En<irineer. ,The Board of Directors of Co-op 17 were Mr. Schroeder, Liebelt, Tressler, Wesley : and Bolam. ,The Mayor said the point in question is the arrangement on distribution of pcwer with Co-op 17 and Mr. Harstad spoke about the distribution of power outside the city limits and the fringe area.,~the trouble in the City of Anchorage at the present tilllll over the power distrinut10n in the fringe areas that have been annexed, ,and again spoke of the loss of assured revenue for the assuranoe of the loan. I ,Mr. Schroeder spoke in behalf of Co-op 17 saying they could not give up their project to the benefit of the City of SeWard as they have 468 signed members and the engineers have not been fully paid. Does net understand why the City now questions their distribution of wholesale pawer and if a portion or the distribution were deleted from their construction it would not be feasible to continue with what is left. ,Mr. Harstad then spoke about dependable power at a reasonable rate. Mayor Painter 'asked about the minutes of the Co-op 17 and the request by Mr. Hamlin regarding their lean being in telegram or letter form. He was advised it was by direct eorrespond- enoe. ,Mx'. Liebelt spoke about the engineering studies saying that they were not their own 'but on sp eeifieations of the REA. stearns said there lihould be no c.eroion to . forae Co-ep 17 into giving up 80 Seward could have their loan and that a contract shoul d be honored. Mayor Painter advised that in the absence of their engineer the City had del!ted that portion of the distribuHon line. When asked if selling power wholesale to the Co-op was less assured than selling to customers, Mr. Harstad said nothing is more assured than 'selling direct to the consUJI.er because intervening outfits could put in diesel. or they could go other ways for power. Mr. Liebelt said the people out the road are in a turmoil 'and would probably blame the City of Seward if anything hAppened. Mr. Tressler said they would know in 21 days if their loan woul"d be approved by Washington and to wait and see if the loan would be approved. The distribution of Moose Pass was discussed and the Co-op has an option to buyout the present power system. Clm. Hodson asked if they would relinqubh the option to buy Moose Pass power so the City could buy and the matter was discussed. I ,It was decided that the City would proceed wl th the elec:tion and Co-op 17 would know about their loan before the eleotion. Ordinanae No. 253 was read for the second time and disau.tIed. Attest ~,.J.~ ~ Motion was made and second to adjourn at - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . ~.=; \.; _~ -~7~",Cl1'~~=~l!~~~'~~--7-=-=c::-~c~~c:--_~-:c-c=:=~"''''~",=,::-:~=,cc~:7c_c= -:-"?--=-~~o=::= -- -~~~ZY ..~ ~=~:.~5_~c'cc__~c= = _n - ---..-.------.-. ._---~---~.__._._~ --.-..--- .--.-.-- - A special joint meeting of the Council and Utility Board was called to order at 3:15 o'clock P.M. for the pUrpose of hearing a report of the Homer trip by Harstad Trevethan and Anthony. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Stockton. Utility Board ~embers present Durant, Mye s and Trevethan. Absent Clm. Blair and Utility mem bers Stearns and Schmoyer. Also present City Manager O'Hara and Mr. Harstad. i. memorandum of understanding was read which had been drawn up at Homer between REA and the City of f'->eward, regarding mnsmission line and the possible sale of I power to Homer by the City of Seward. A letter from Chugach Electric was read confirming Mr. Retherford's conversation at the meeting in Seward two daya previ- ously and a general discussL on followed concerning REA 2'1. money and that of the City's at 4 3/4'10. Mr. Harstad advised that it would be impoIlant that the bond. be callable so interest could :00 reduced to' perl'1aps-3"f". A letter was read from Mr. Sheppard of Grande & Co. advising the City not to give away the area outside the city limits as it would no doubt next to impossible to sell the hydro electric bonds on the Crescent Lake Project. There was discussion on the 4rea from m:l:le 32 to' 58 as to whether this portion woula be serviced by Homer or Seward, and if Homer would take it, that would be agreeable as they had indicated their wi1lingne s 'to do so. Clm. Petrovich asked whether a generato!' of 3500 or 5000 KW would be installed and Mr. Harstad said the 5000 kw generator would be installed if a sufficient load , would be available which could be possible if Homer took pCMer from Seward, othe1se the smaller generator would be installed as interest would not be so great and wo d not be paying on generation that could not be used. He also c(dvised that l'ie was ' I surprised that the 1954 load was down about $10,0~0 from 1953 and Carrol said the il Army Apple used 88,000 worth of energy in 1953. i, ,I 'I Mayor Painter said the Alaska Railroad requested three copues of the Harstad repo and after a discussion it was decided to send two. Mr. Harstad said that Mr. MOat , of the Army Engineer Corp in Anchorage has one of the reports and a count showed some 30 oddapies still on hand. I ! Clm~ Petrovich asked if the City is committed to Grande & Co. for the sale of the I , bonds, and Mr. Harstad replied that we would sell the bonds to anyone wishing to i purchase them on the 'open market, but intimated fhat we should be in line to get ai r -good deal from Grande & Co. He also said the water bonds are not callable but the II ~ hydro bonds should be so they could be recalled and re-financed on less interest. i , and that Mr. Thorgrimson should be authorized to prepare a rate schedule and il c"ntract with REA of Homer, at .. cost of about 8500. Clm. PetroTich moved that "Mr~ Ha,rstad contact Mr. 'l'horqrimson tega rding the contract and that be be allowed not i to exceed $500 for same, covering the rate schedule and sale of energy from Seward I to Homer REA. Second by .Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. . ! -I . The President d ; , .' ." ~ of Homer REA had agreed to go to Anchorage Sundav so bile:' could call Washington D.C. early Monday morning. There was discussion regarding sending someone from Seward along with the decision that Clm. Anthony would ! accompany Mr. Harstad to Ant:hoJ'!lge. The Utility Board, on motion by Myers, moved ' I to Pay Clm. Anthony's expenses to represent Seward and accom~y Mr; Harstad for the scheduled meeting with Mr. Tice in Anchorage. Second by tft.evethan. Motion carried. Discussion followed as to getting the bond issue before the public with the newi- paper mentioned and questions and answers on radio broadcast. as well as having the Chamber of Commerce and other local groups announcing that' they are whole- heartedly in support of the issue. Mr. Harstad said he would be available for a mass meeting the last two or three days before the elect on if the City felt it would be necessary for him to come to Seward in support of the forthcoming eleotio for bonds. Motion was made and second to adj ourn. Attest ~ ~ - - - - - -. i~y_C:e~k__ -_.- _ _ r- ~ ~-dfjV- - ~~ pfi~--= - --- -- --t , SeWard, Alaska JO-.(Jl. J . (71'1" - C'~ January 25, 1955 - - - ~ -;. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i I A special meeting of the Council and Utility Board was called to order at 1 :10 i o'cloek P.M. for the purpose of hearing a report from Clm. Anthony with infoI1l8tio~ regarding the Homer loan and reading of two letters on Alaska Telephone Hearing. I <<-, ' ~-j '., ~) Seward, AlE, ska January 25, 1955 'i Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. vIest, PetrOTich, Ant}'ony, Hodson , and Blair. Absent Clm. Stockton. Utility Board members present were Durant, 'freTethaa, ...... and stearns. Absent Sehmoyer. I Clm. Anthony stated that he has been appdlinted to yo with Mr. Harstad to Anchorage 'for the purpose of making Ii three way call on the telephone to Mr. Hamlin at Washing- 'ton D.C. that was to be placed by Mr. Tice of Hamer regarding their loa~with Mr. Harstad and Anthony to be on extension phones. Anthony reported that they were 'unable to contact Mr. Tice on Sunday night as he said he was ill but they called 'him early Mooday morning about the call and he said it was scheduled for 10 A.M. from Mr. Retherford. office. They met in Retherford's office and Tiel" and Rether- ford ~QOk the call in another offl".. After the call had men put through, they said Homer had been qiTen no encoura0ement at all. They gave figures on total peak load of the Anchorage Area and the Kenai Peninsula. Retherford asked if the City would sign a 30 year contract wi th G & T and Anthony said we would rather sign a 30 year contract with Homer which is in our own back year rather than pipe all the power up north. Anthony reported an evad vene.. on the pi rt of Retherford and Tice during the entire conversation with them. Therl" was further discussion a nd St:earns said if we have a good plan 1 ets go ahead with it. Frank Robert. who was present said he has spoken to his neighbors and they said in the face of the evidence presented they felt that the City of Seward'. proposition is to their advantage. Mr. Schroeder used feasibility figures of 20~ per KWH down to 7~ whereas the City offered power @ 101. above City rates which 'begin as h1vh as ~2~ and as l.w as 5<t; that the City woold be doing those people a favor by taking definite action to put their proposition through. Letters fran Alaska Telephone Corporation and frOlll John Hellentml were read in re- gards the reoent telephone rate hearing and the prooedure for a new rate hearing for telephone rates. I Attest .J A ~;J ~ '~--~ity Clerk 2:50 o'cl~~ A~r.ved ~ /_ Mayor 'Motion IIIldeand . eoond to adj ourn at - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - . Se\-Tard, Alaska January 24, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 1:10 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of having the third reading or Ordinance No. 253. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present wer~ Clm. West, Pettovich, Hodson, Blair and stockton. Absent ClmJ Anthony. Also present City Manager O'Hara. ~dinance No. 253 was read by the Clerk for the third time and discussed. Clm. West moved to adopt Ordinanoe No. 253, AN ORDINANCE of the City of Seward, Alaska, calling a special election for the purpose of sUbmitting to the qualified electors of the city a proposition of whether or not the city should issue its electrio utility revenue bonds in the principal sum of not to exceed $3,500,000 for the pur- pose of providing funds to acquire, construct and install certain improvements to the electric utility system of the city. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Blair second by Stockton to adjourn at C~. c ck P.,M;~------; // ,. ./ / Approved - ~~ Mayor I Attest A ~J ~ City Clerk Sewa rd, Ala ska E X' E CUT I V E January 24, 1955 A special meeting of the Council re-convened at 1:40 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of a discussion with the City Attorney and City Manager regarding facilities for the M. V. Expansion at the San Juan Dock. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Clm. We~t, Petrovich, Hodson, Blair and Stockton. Absent Clm. Anthony. City Manager O'Hara said a letter had been ..nt to Mr. Reilly rega.ding faulty maint~nance at the San Juan Dock. The Lease and Resolution were both read and there was considerClble discUSl!ion regarding the lease, the celll!lnt plant, cold storage facilities and other matters. The Council to make a personal inspection and take ~ ~! C, v... ' _~.::..._~_~B"'...t .~e~~ , ., ,- C='C'-". --:-C_-::-c: _-=,,,__ ,--._~C~O,=~=.,'=,=~" =,~~~._____o"'-':='-"c~::- :=::_,~l~..r.y_.~-1S1i~=,=:-="C.:~:-.: :=-' ~------- pictures as the property is in a deplQrable condition and not being used for wkat t e lease called for. They have not been' making improyement~ an~ the land ha~ been i diverted to other facilities than fo;- what a fish and <;:old storage should be used f r. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I Seward, Ala aka Februa ry 7, 1 ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,- A r.~ular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:05 o'clock P.M. Mayor Painter inthe Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, Blair sto.ck ton. Also present City Manaqer, O'Hara. tI.inutes ,of the last regular and special meetings were read and approved. ~ , ' Ordin.nce No. 252 was read.for the third tune and discussed.Clm. Btdcl:fm moved to adopt Ordinance Woo 252, an Ordinanoe of the City of Seward, Alaska requlating Water Distribution and SerT~ce and Proviqing for the Manner in which water rates be established. Second by Clm. Hodson. Clm. West, Anthony, Hodqon, Blair and stockton yes. Clm. Petrovich no. Motion carried. Clm. Petrovioh suggested that the City Manager's resignation belonged under old , business, but it was decided it was not. Clm. Petrovich passed two telegrams for the Council to r~ad and asked that the City Manager's reaignation be tabled, until after the election. Clm. Hodson moved that the City Manager's resignation tabled until the first meeting in March. Second by Clm. West. Clm. West, Petrovi Hodson, Blair and Stockton yes.Clm. Anthony no. Motion carried. Mr. Southard reported on the cost of the ~.E asses..,nt and said assessments cou d be reduced 50~ per foot for those paying in full amounting to a l6~ discount. Clm. Anthony moved to adopt the cash refund plan as set up by the assessor and mak, the date for final payment in full for discount, as March 10,1955. _ Second by Clm. i, Stockton. Motion carried. unanimously. I ii A number of the members of Co-op 17 were present and Art Schroeder said they had al communication from REA that \<1ashington D. C. had received information, just after '! the meeting between the Co-op Board of Directors and the Council, that was just tht OPPoltite of the decision at that neeting of letting the matter lie until after the il bond election. The communication w as read advising that the Co-op loan would he I' held up .until after -the --ci-t'l Bond -Issue election. He -sa-id he -had -two -questions -le-. would like answered, one, why was such information sent to Washington D. C. by the I City when- they had said they wou 1d do nothing. Two, Why is the distribution put - ! into the bond ordinance against what was told to Co-op 17. There was considerable I discussioR and Mr. O'Hara said no member of the Council or any employee has sent I any correspondence or telegram-although Mr. Harstad may have sent a copy of his I report to Wash. D.C. of which he is very,proud. Mr. Gillespie spoke about the I distribution and asked if the city -would put the lines right up to the house o:r if I they would go only to the road, and there was further discussion. Sherman Smith froIll Cooper Landing spoke about postponing the meeting for discussion .of the distribution system and Dyton Gilliland said the members have worked for several years on their project to have power and if the city took it over how soon would they be ahle to supply the people out the road and wouJ,d the city go beyond Moose j' Pass. The cost,of the distribution line by the city was discussed and Mr. Schroed r quoted costs of their proposed distribution line. Sherman Smith asked that the City of Seward send word to Washington, D. C. tb.at we will not put in a distribution system, and it was decided no action of any kind would be taken without first con-i. sulting the engineer for the project. The Mayor said the City has never done any- thing to jeopardize the co-op loan and suggested a meeting when Mr. Harstad is her so they can have their engineers here and other people from co-op 17 could be her for the discussion. Dick Beissner asked that a revision be made in the cab ordinance for payment of th cab ?one fee and recommended that the Mayor appoint two to meet with the cab owner to have ready for the next meeting. Clm. Stockton was appointed and Mr. O'Hara sa d he would have the ci ty a ttorney revise the ordinance. Mr. O'Hara r~ad the budget report that was for a six months period and gave explan tions. He als. read.the City Manager's annual report giving reports to various members of: the Council for study. Mr. O'Hara r.eported on the present run down condition of the San Juan facilities ~ saying the city has two alternatives. One, to dispossess Mr. Reilly, which the ..Counoil has never intended, the other to advise Mr. Reilly and have a meeting with him for discussion of the buildings that are not being used, all discussions to be: harmonious. It was recommendeathat the Aleutian Marine TranspOrt people neqotiat with Mr. Reilly and if they connot negotiate they may then refer to the Council. Letter from the company wa'IiJ read by Mr. O'Hara and Mr. O'Hara asked for establishm~nt of policy by the Council. Mr. Burns was present and spoke in behalf of Seward Fi8~ c~ ; _; to) t !. Seward, Alaska February 7, 1955 ; and Cold Storage and anwered questions. I Mr. O'Hara recommended that the Mayor take a trip to Juneay to represent the City on various city matters. Mayor Painter spoke about various bills that are at" present before the Legislature and" Hans Autor spoke. The Mayor read protions of . letter from Victor Fischer and there was discussion of sending telegrams to Legislators from the Third Division regarding legislation on Municipalities. . Clm. Hodson. !noved to appropriate $200 for the Mayor to go to JuneaU. Second by Clm. Blair. ,Motion CIilrried unanimously. The Mayor presented and read several petitions in/,favor of the City Manager. -Clm. West moved to have the petitions checked by the tax assessor and present at the first reqular meeting in March. Second by Clm. Anthony. Motion carried. Mr. O'Hara advised that there would be.a special meeting at 2:00 o'clock P.M. on Februarv8th on the telephone survey and the rate Oiil!le on Alaska Telephone Corpora- tion with Mr. Uellenthal and Mr. Bauler presl'!nt. Clm. stockton moved to instruct Mr. O'Hara to have the cab ordinance amended to pay by the month for oab zone. Second by Clm. Anthony. All in favor, motion carried. Motion was made and second to adjourn at 12,15 o~ k~ APprov' .d'~ ~ Mayor , AtteRt:hd ~ City Clerk Seward, Ilaska Febnlarv 8, 1955 I The meeting~heduled for 2P.M. was postponed until 7:00 o'clock P.M..as a joint meeting of the Council and Utility Board. No quorum be n eeting was 'handled by the members of the Utility.Board. Approved Attest ,l- ~ ~ 4- ~.i* t. .. 'thy Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Ala.ka February 18, 1955 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A special joint meeting of the Council and the utility Boerd was called to orderat 4:00 o'clock P.~ for a discussion of the hydro project and report by the Mayor of ~is trip to Juneau. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony and Stockton. Absent elm. Blair and Hodson. Utility Board members present were Trevethan, Myers and Stearns. Absent Durant and Schmoyer. .'1so prewent City Manager O'Hara. I Mr. O'Ifura advised those present that Mr. Harstad would put in a telephone call at 4:30 and requested to know what questions he should ask and if Mr. Harstad should make a special trip to Seward. He read a telegram that was received this date regarding rates etc. and also a letter from Mr. Harstad which was also received this date. A letter was then read from the Forest Service in regards permit for distri- bution lines. A letter to the BPi from Mr. Harstad for application 'was then read that had been written by Mr. Harstad. This correspondence was followed by a general discussion of the hydro project and th... questions to be asked Mr. Harstad by Mr. O'Hara. The telephone ca.ll Cdme through ahout 4:45 and Mr. O'Hara made a report to those present. Mayor Painter then ga~e a general report on his trip to Juneau. Motion was made and second to adjourn at 6:00 Att2St__~ ._~ ~i tv Cl erk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - ..-- ....,...t.... .,-~ t ...--) 'ij i .'-fIIt'. -- _~~"La!~~~l~ I:ll:~~-c ::~, -""=OC"'_~~cc:=:c::c~:c:C'~-CC"~:c_,,~c:-c_:--:~"""'~=~:~ _:~"'="~'7: _, ~n~~: - __0. : F~~_ru~~-=~~. _ ~~Ji~:,,_~,_::=:: =:~=-= ..---.----- --~-----_.- ---- .,.;---,---;-._'---_._--~"--_. ~----,.__._---_..._---_._~--~~- ..--- ..- --. ..- -- ~. ---_....__.__..._._-----,_.~-~-_..--_..-_._._-_....---._-..."_. -_..._._._,_.._-~-----_._.-----------_..._.__...~ -~--_._-- I A special joint meeting of the Council and Utility Board was called to order at ,I 4:00 o'clock P.lf. for the purpose of meeting with members of the Homer REA Co_oP_1 for discussion of the Hydro project. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present wer~ ' Clm. West Petrovich, Anthony and Hodson. Absent Clm. Bl1tt and Stockton. Uti litj Board members present were Durant, Trevethan and Myers. Absent stearns and Schmoyer. Mr. King and Mr. 13chultz were present from Homer and said they had not been info ad py Mr. 'rice of the canejtllation of the meeting that WdS to have been held on Sunday. They said they kneMn4f.~ no commitments to the. City Engineer for purchase of power nor of application to REA for loan until they read it in the paper. elm. l\nthony spoke about the trip to Homer with Mr. Harstad and Mr. Trevethan and the memo of understanding dated January 21, 1955 whioh was read by the Clerk and disc~ssed. There was, also discussion on the difference in the building of the distribution lines by the REA and the City of Seward and the costs involved; with,the City putting in u~r built lines.Mr. Schultz suggested that different proposals be presented to the Homer Co-op by thA ~ity that they could send to the REA in Washington, D. C. for their checking ot!f!qures as against building their own. I j Mr. Schultz spoke of tieing. in with Central Alaska Power Association and all working for the same good. He al so said the G & T of the Kenai Peninsula would concentrate the electrical load from one generating point to vRrious outlying pohts which would make cheaper power to all points. elm. Anthony said he underst od 2"/. money would be available to the City for Rural construction, and asked if ther would be any tax on the G & T and was advised that there would not be. Mr. Schul z said the thought industry would be looking for cheap power in Alaska and oil in the Homer area was discussed. 'I I Clm. Anthony asked how far the Homer Co-op would go off the road and they said th1y have gone i mile but that was with a cheaper lin.. There was further discussian 11 of rate costs per KWH for hydro power and discussion for another meeting wi thing 'i a few months.. - ,i Motion...de.nd ..cand to .djourn at 5'3~. (..-7~ APProTed~t~ Attest _~ ~ ~J--~~~ oL- _ Mayor . it;. Clerk ~ - ~ - - - - - . - - . - . - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ w _ _ _ _ _ . I February 21, 195511 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1! Seward, Al\iska ~ - - - ~ - - - - A regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:00 o'clock: r.M., Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm.t'lest, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and .' Stockton. Absent Clm. Blair.Also present City Manager O'Hara, attorney for the Ci~ 'John Helle~thal, en~ineer for the City, Mr. BaUl~r and city auditor, Mr. Van Seve:1 ere '., Minutes of the last regular and special meetings 1-1ere read and approved. II i This being the time set for the hearinq on. the proposed rate increase for the ,i! Alaska Telephone.Corporation telephone rates, Mr. O'H ara asked that John Hellenth~ be appointed Chairman for the hearing. The telephone . company was represented by :1 Mr. Elton Johes , Secretary, A. J. Proctor, President and George flull, auditor. ,I A tape recording was taken of the complete hearing, and minutes of said hearing ar~ heil'eto attached. Ord~nance No. 254, ,An Ordinance fi~ending Section 2(c) of Ordinance No. 240, To Provide for an Optional ~th0d for the Payment of Zone Fees, was read for the fir~~ time, followed by discussion. ann Mr. O'Hara to contact the cab operators. II The telephone hearing having taken approximately three and a half hours, it was decided to hold a special meeting to take care of the other business. Attest Awr~~4~ Mayor . VJOtion was nade and second to adj ourn at 11: 50 - .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - r.i: (",) t'~J t- <' J Seward, Alaska February 24, 1955 'i A special meeting of the Council was called to . purpose of taking care of the regular business 21, 1955 and forthe_purpose of canvassing the Febru/uy 23~ 1955, Mayor Painter in the> Chairp Anthony, Hodson and stockton. Absent Clm. Bair. order at 4:00 o'clock P.ll. for the of the r~qular meeting of February billot s of the special el! ct ion of Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, I Canvass of the ballots of the Election Board was read by the City Clerk. Clm. West ~oved to accept the canvass of the ballots of the Special Election of February 23, 1955, ~J the election board as follows: Total vote cast 505 Bonds, for 480 Bonds,~against 25 Second Ly Clm. stockton. Carried ,by unanimous vote. The bills for the month of January were read and discussed. elm. Hodson moved to pay the bills as follows:ACS, $57.56, Automotive Parts, $22.65, ATEC, $46.00, American City ~agazine, $4.00, Alaska Shop, $1.56, A & B Service, $25.00, Andy's Oil Delivery, $486.63, Ballou & Wright, $86.08, Ray City Motors, $42.13, Commissioner, $19.25, Central Garaae (Swoboda), $88.76, Geo. F. Cake, $59.90, Durant's Hardware, $32.08, Win Ervin ~btors, $48.55, The Lamplighter, $48.55, Miller Dalton, $139.00, N.C. Co., $19.51, Osbo's, $2.45, Pete's Electric Service, $5.00, Victor C. Rivers, ~6.60, Seward Plbq. & Htg. $3.55, Seward Builder's, $27.48, Seward Ilardware, $8.55, ~eward Machine Shop, $42.65, Seward Elec. System, $853.80, Seward Water Dept. $443.00, standard Oil Co., $252.45, Seward Seaport Recp rd, $21.52, Seward Trading Co., $14.16, Sid Urie(Plan. & Zone ,:Om.), $35.70, Werner's M.lrket, $73.56, Yukon Equipment, $22.14, borothy Tyner, $75.00, Petty Cash, $28.36; Cap. Imp. Fund: Alaska Entineering As~oc. $665.76; Sewer Fund: Pete's Print Shop, $130.00. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried. I Resolution 73 was read by the Clerk, a R solution expr~~[ing the intention of the ~ouncil to Proceed with Stre~t Improveme;t, Project FAA 50-A-182 of the Alaska r~blic Works, to create an improvement District therefor, and to aSf'eSS the Propertil'!l!l wHhin such district Specially benefited thereb'l, for the Total Expense of said ImprovPMent. elm. Hodson moved to adopt Resolution No. 73. Second by Clm.,West. Clm. W3St, Anthony, Hodson, yes. Clm. Petrovich and Stockton, no. Motion fpiled. A lett~r for Beyerage Dispensary license by Sally and Albert Lanier at the forner Moose Bar location was..rcad. CI\!,.. Stockton :r.oved to a!Jprove a bfO!vl'!rage dis')8nnlry lic:mse for Sal17 and Albert Lanier for the Tallyho, pending r.otnPliance with Ordinancct' 227 and 238. Second by Clm. Wept. ~tion carried. Ordinance No. 254 was read for the second rml'1ing. ~esolution No. 74 was r~~d. Clm. Anthony moved t~ adopt Resolution No. 74,authorizing City <'':lerk,City Hanaqer,City Treasurer to accept a!'r:li.cati')n. REmLUTION Re. 74 1i.!EERI~AS, The Common Council of the City of &n':ard has h33TI gn.nted a prelirGim,ry pernit 1',y the Federal. Power Cormr.ission for the purpose of ccndu,::ti:-,g em investigation of th<!; Eudroelect:-L<; pos.sihili': le,,, of Ftanni(;ran Lak<3, Ahska, and, lInJE2l:;~S, The COn1r.'lon ~oC1ncil has rE'!vie'Ned thi8 permit and find it in order, , Na.r, TFE1t;:;FORE, BE IT ;;>2:=DLVf;n, by the Common Council of the City of .3ewuJ'(l, ,l\.laske, I That the p- nnit he accepted and the Cif:-r 11a.nager, City Clerk, and City Tredsurer are authorized to execute said permit for the C:;i ty of SC\1ard, l~l~",ka. Dated this 21st dav of Februa~J" 1955. A'ITE.9T: , Sigrid Stearns Ci t;r Clerk Second by Clm. Hodscn. (City Seil!) Russell Painter Hayor, Ci t" of Se1vard All in fa~or, motinn carried. 'C(. -~ /i v l t Reward, Ala ska FE'!bruary 25, 1955 -7':-:-~_?~-:-:~:-:=':;;:--:-:=_'::~-~_--:-_---:?-'_~~ -'-:~...:;.=~,;.;;::.~~:::~----------::;:.:"~:::-~~=--:--:-~---::-:---~~:-:----::;:-::---:::::.::,-::;:~~--=:-:_~_~-=:-~-~.:,.:~;.;:::;-.;,;:=-~~:-_-::-____~ :c.,.--::;-~c::;-.:;:--:--:- -:-:-.~----------::----~~:=:::::-_,-::---::::::';:;-~--=---~'-:--::::----- ------- --------- _._~----- --~--------,,-- - --, .----------- ~-~~~--_. Letter dated January 25, 1955 from the Adjutant General to City Manager regarding ~ e Agreement on the Armory was read by O'Hara and discussed. Clm. Anthony moved to I authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign Agreement No. DA 95-5H-NG-. Second by Clm. i Hodson. All in f~vor, motion carried. 1 ! Letter frem the fire department regarding the salt water emergency system for the new dock was read and discussed. Letter from Mr. Seiser of the ELM regarding duplicate filing on the dump site for g~avel, by the City and Mr. Wood was read and discussed, and the que.tion of the Clty purchasing said grav~l site brought up and the matter left pending. The proposed sanitation program was presented by Mr. O'Hara with salary for Sani- I tarian at $100 per month and Health Officer the same. Clm. Stockton moved to i approve the sanitation program as presented by Mr. O'H<lrR. 'Second by Clm. }l,nthony.1 All in favor, motion carried. ; I Gene ra], O:rde:- for th~ Police Department from Chief Seyraour to the City Manager was i read b~ th~ ~~n~ger followed by a discussion by the Council and the Chief of Poli~ regardlng salar~es, policies and various problems of the City. ' ' -1 Motion w., ~"" ."" ,eo;nd to adJourn "at 7.15 "o'c~~"~~ "" ! AI1pro~~~_ I Attest '~I JJ) ,~Mayor I ' ity Clerk '-~;r~, -Al:'~ - - - - - - - - ,. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -F;~rY 2a; i955-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - " - - - - - - - - - - A special jnint meeting of the Council and Utility Board convened at 8:00 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of discussion the Hydro Project with Mr. Harstad. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. \fest, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and .'1 Stockton. Absent Clm., Blair. Utility,Board embers present were Durant, Trevetha , Myers and Stearns. Absent Schmoyer. Also present City Manager O'Hara. Y..r. Harstad spoke and said he has some recommendations en the procedure, one, the people out the road, two the access road and three, to, get the plans out for FPC cob8truction permit. In addition to these three items, on whioh he went into detail he said we should get a bid out on machinecy. These matters were. discussed at some length. Mr. Harstad prooeeded with the procedure of work to be done duri the coming summer which would be the installation of the distributinn line to Moose Pass at a net cost of $285,000 and to acquire the Moose Pass System. To start out with bonds in the amount of $500,000 to save interest, and to have furth r bonds as the work progresses. Members of the Council and Utility Board expressed the desire to definitely serve the people as far as Henton's. Proposal presented by Mr. Harstad was read by the Clerk followed by discussion on i the percentage of engineering fees, Mr. Harstad's to be 6i%with the salaries of r sident engineer and inspectors not included int that figure. Mr. Harstad was asked about:.1 referenoes and recommendations as well as other projects that the company has ; worked on. :: The access, road to cost approximately $25,000, and engineering services and contra ts to cost about $75,000. The cost of the access road was discussed as well as the construotion, whether to be done by the City or by contractor, the purchase and us of necessary equpment etc. " ~.I" Finane! as discussed and Mr. O'Hara to notify the investment brokers about the '1' Clm. Anthony moved to instruct the City Manager to call }I.r. Sheppard and see if he is interested in coming up here to give us a proposal on the bonds. Second by Clm. Hodson. Motion carried unanimously. Clm. Anthony moved that the City I~nager be authorized to contaot Mr. Sheppard by telephone, to come up if interested in our rpoject and give us a proposal, we will advertise elsewhere, the City Clerk to contact other bond houses. Second by Petrovich. Considerable discussion. The motion and seoond withdrawn. elm. Petrovich moved that the City Manager be instructed to instruot the City Cler, to write other bonding companies about our project. Second by Clm. stockton. I Motion carried. I Motion made and second to adjourn at 11:30 o'clook P.M. (/ 0' .[1 Attest~tI_~ Appro v~~.a.:....av il I I I "" ~ ~... ..,:;, ~ ~) Seward, 1,11'1 ska Much 3, 1955 11)1" special neeting of the Counoil was called to order at 8:30 o'clock P.M. for the ';purpose of a further discussion of the hydro project with the Utility Board present. ian&Mr. Harstad. ~nyor Painter in the chair. Present ~~re Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Stockton. Absent Clm. Blair, and Hodson. All members of the 'Utility Board wen' present. Mr. O'Hara reported on the trip to Moose Pass with Mr. H5Tstad for the discussion with Estes Brothers for the purchase of their plant. The purchase price is $25,200 plus the improvements of a little less than $3,000, hnving a It mile distribution, and the total usage given for 1954 taken from their records. There was further discussion on the condition of their plant whose engines had b,en purchased new. (At 9:10 ~.M. Clm. Hodson and Mr. Sheppard arrived, and Mr. Sheppard said if the ,Council will tell him what the plans are he might have a solution. Mr. Q'H ara briefly outlined the policy, of going to the outskirts of Moose Pass, distribution line down the Nas~' Road to Alaska Freight Lines Dock, acquiring the Noose Pass plant, the access road to the lake, test pits and pen stock with expenditure of about 1500,000 for the y~ar 1955. In 1956 th~ actual construction of the hydro plant, the distribution from Mile 32 to Imntons's Lodge. Mr. Sheppard said the load factor should be contractp.d for and the project would be more feasible if the city had only the fringe area, which was di Bcussed further and Mr. O'Hara said the city has obligated itse:f to put the distribution line to Henton's Lodge for the application for p"!rmit from the Forest C'l!!rvice. Mr. Sheppard talked further on the financing of t'l'! project and of tRking it in stages. Mr. Harstad spoke on whether the whole project was financible at this time dnd asked Mr. Sheppard if it "~uld be mor~ feasible if only the fringe are were served, and Mr. Sheppard said' "no" but Sc'N'ird is the only one that CQuld economically serve the area, that the distribution system could be put in all the Wiy to nenton's but to do it in teason&ble stages that will provide a r~asonablG return. There was further discussion on keeping the <iistribubon ir. relatively close .in this early stage then later on puttin<] it in up to the plant site. ~. Sheppard said if he can make a proposal he will if not he will leave, advising the Council that the $500,000 bonds issue nearly doubles the handed indebtedness for the Electrio Utility. He said it would be necessary to have assured power contracts from responsible parties for the duration of the bonds. l'~Yor Painter asked if he would be interested in the whole project and Mr. Sheppard said it would prohably have to ~e taken in sm,ller hites. Mr. Harstacl s?ici he would do a rate study- along with the Homer contract in the $500 fee. In a further discussion of the bond issue for the whole project Mr. Sheppard ~1iid the issue for $500,000 will show that the bonds are of an authorized issue of $3,500.000. March 4, A special meeting was scheduled for 4 o'clock p.l~./for further proj '!!ct. discussion of the Notion \<Ias made and seconded tc i'dj.,urn at 1l~:::~~-~~~ yor . .i"~J.- Attest -4-- ~ ity Cicrl:" - -' Seward, Alaska March 4, 1955 ... - - - - - - - A spedal meeting of the Council, with the members of the Utility Board present, was called tC) order at 5:00 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of discussing the financing for th'!! hydro project. i'lay)r ?n.inter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodso'-' n:i Stockton. Absent Clm. Dlair. Mr. Harstad, Hr. Sheppard and City Eanager 2';1.:1.:'.:1 "Jere also present. . Mr. Sheppard ha.d arrived at a proposal hut Nr. O'Hara said if the Council should reject this proposal, it having been the first one offered, it would ~ut Grande & Co. at a disadv?ntage and it was discussei. Clm. i1nthony said he did not under- stand that the proposa.l sh:>uld be accepted or F.ject<:,:, t:>li7 but that th87 would have a few days to think it over, and Mr. She,pard said he felt his proposal should '0.. k'!!pt confidentia 1 and if it ",rere not a ccepted by 10 P.N. Saturday he Vlould wi thdrnl it pencling th'J receipt of proposals from other bonding com;:enies. 3,' n I!> ! i t Seward, Alaska March 4, 1955 .-:-':::'-=7c:-::::..:cc.;;"'=---,'~ -::...:. -:=;,~=_.:::-~~-_~:.._....,....::::~:' ~-_-::,-'_.'=;::..:::;.=--===...::::...._--~..==--.::....-;::--=--~-=-=--~....:....==-- --- - _.__.__...._._________ ___ ___ ~ - _~ .___ - ..n ------ -~~ -- - -- --- ---- --_._----_._...~--- -- - ------- . .. -- ... -- -- - - -"":,:,~_.~-=~~..=::==-=-~~:--- -- -- - The proposal was read by t:e Ir,ember~ of t~e ~o-uncil an~u~he Utility -~~-;dand dis_-rl - ~ussed, with th~ decision of d~finitely having the distribution line to Mile 32 thi. year, and the E econd year to tie up fuz:ther revenue, tieing up to F"'!'It ('1" I'l Lc:.-:1ge an' putting the hydro in. " ' i I V~. Sheppard spoke on the feasibility of the project saying the whole project is sond although the revenue would be.very small heyond Moose Pass and the project would. have to be put in in stages, with the Council-'''cl Utility Board agRin going on reco that they definitelv want to go the I\enton's LodJp.. d I i Hr. .Hi1rstad said they would take a moderate course and thl'! program as outlined, '! with perhaps using some extra money from the electric revenues for additional poles' is a good one and it accomplishes~ll of the purposes int~nded. He then spoke of I his proposal saying he would like to have it decided so he could go back to Seattlel as he has some commitments. A special meeting to be held at aboutL' P.M. for tris i purpose. \;, ! I I ! Motion was made and recond to adj ')urn at Attest ~~ ity Cl erk 6,10 P.Ij/~ .~ ~ APprov~ /f, '/ hz cz:..~ yor 8ewa rd, Ala aka March 4, 1955 il II - -iI - -,-I I for the I I I i :1 :i !I . !I Vance Eitt spoke in b<!half of .the people present tonite and altho he is no longer ,I in the liquor business he has been iI)- ita number of years., and EO aid he feels the t' liquor dealers and the police could get tog~ther for better harmony, that he believd several perFons had been arrested by being led into a trap by the city police, and. there had been laxness by the former police. :1 . II Howard Smith sprJke ar,out an a rrest at the Flamingo Club and said it is unusual that: he could have five or six counts against him just since the new chief had ar:dved. II Mr. Corbin of the Surf Bar about the three ofences in one month o,f one person and Ii and incident at the police station. , II A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 7:15 o'clock P.M. , purpose of meeting for a discussion with several local n~3inessmen. Mayor Pdint~r in the Chair. Present were Glm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Stockton. ,~pent Clm. Blair. Also fresant City Manager O'HarQ, Chief Seymour and Officer Hunter. Chief Seymo~r asked if he could record all the instances asking that the nam~ be stated and address and stating the complaint. " Mayor Painter said he had broached, on t he street by someone who sa id they wanted I! to present some petitions to the Council regarding the police force and se sp.id theil Council does not look favorably on petitions and the place to settle thinqs of this! sort is at the Council. II i to try tol Doris Smith , II Mr. Bitt said they are very definitely not out to get anyone's job but get a better undertanding between the liquor dea~ers and police foroe. also spoke. also Chief Seymour answered some of the things that had been put by Mr. Hitt/saying an extra large amount of warnings have been issued if any would care to come dOWn and look',at the records, and that one person is as subJl'lct to laws and order as anyone else. Mr. Hitt again spoke about better cooperatio~ and said the police had never with them. Chief Seymour said he had not been asked to meet altho two meetings hadj been held but would be glad to meet at any time,. Sam Romack also spoke. Sol Urie 'I spoke about an association of the Third Divi sion beverage dea~ers to esta1,lish for '! thems,elves what is good. for th!!l town and th!" Territory. Gene Lanier former Mayor. II ",poke about fonner Chief Clark apd policies of the police force. Chief Seymour . spoke further and a few others with no further action heing taken. t Mrs. Bobbie Garrett spoke about pan same at the New Northern and again requested she be p'Clnnitted to operate pan games, but no action was taken. i il ., thrt I rittest ~-~ Cfty Clerk 8,45 o'clock P~ ~ APp'roveC CAJ ' j-~ Mayor Motion was made and second to adj ourn at_ ,;-, ,~, ~} _r. . Seward, Alaska March 4, 1955 i~ special meeting of the Council with members of th~ Utility Board present was 'icalled to order at 9:00 o'clock F.M. for the purpose of discussion of the hydro project with Hr. Harstad and Mr. Sheppard. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present 'were' Clm. Hest, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Stockton. ADs...nt Clm. :31air. All .members of the Utility Board ~ere pre6ent and City Manager, O'Hara. I Mr. Harstad recommended that the: go over his proposal on the project and see if it is satisfactory. Recommended letting contracts out in secti0nal pieces which was discussed. Discussion of the 6f% fee to be taken on actual cost or on estimated cost. Mr. Harstad siiid the same fee schedul'e has applied to all his jobs. After a full discussion on percentage of actual cost or estimiited cost it was decided that the proposal be on the actual cO,st. Mr. Sheppard suggested to make the accept~ ance of the proposal subject to the reply on referances. Mr. Harstad ~aid he would like to have instructi~n on the operation when he gets to that point, whether it will be from the Cou~cil or Utility Board. He also said one, that the agreement of the proposal by the Utility 30ard being continqent on satisfactory replies on l~tters of inquiry is agreeable with him; two, to get out a certificate of coverage based on the bond resolution the oniy thing to be done at this particular moment t'en they could have the money; three, TO complete the dealings on the Shep})<...l-c~ proposal and then have a general discussion on the procedure of work. The members of the Utility Board went into a session for their decision of the proposal by Harstad, which was presented and read by the Clerk. elm. Anthony moved to abide by the recomrrendation and accept the proposal of Howard Harstad & Associates for the engineering on our hydro project subject to siitisfactory replies from the four letters of inquiry sent out. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Carried by unanimous vote. Nr. Harstad said he would like authorization to proceed wi th application to the Forest Service, Bureau of Public Roads and for a Bond Coverage Certificate. Clm. Anthony moved to authorize Mr. P~rstad to proceed with applicstions to the Forest Service, Bureau of Public Roads and complete Bond Coverage Certificate. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. I The next in line for discussion was Mr. Sheppard's proposal wnich he said would be held open until 10 P.M. Maroh 5th. There was considerable discussion by the members ,of the Council and Utili ty Board with the decision of having another meeting for the final decision on the proposal, on March 5th, after having obtained information from Anchorage on the sale of any of their bOnds. ll1otion lJIdde and second to adjourn at 11:00 o'clock P.M. APPioved~.//~~ ~ Lc~~ vC!ty Clerk .. Attest, Seward, Alaska }t" rcll 5, 1955 I A special mPeting of the Council was called to order at 1:30 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of discussing the proposal by Grande & Co. with Mr. Sheppard present. 21ayor Fainter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Stockton. Absent Clm. Blair. Also present City ~anager O'Hara. The Grande & Co. proposal was read by the ~lerk, and discussed as to the amounts being su~ficient for our building needs. The vnri0Us st~ps in the project were described by the City Manager, who recommended that we accept th~ Grande & Co. proposal and re'luested to be ;rritten into the minutes that the City ~~nager of Anchorage had ~en contacted and figures obtained on the bond issues they have been paying, as foLlows: Fairhanks sold $~OO,OOO in revenue ronds in 1954 at 4 3/4~; Anchorage hopes to sell its first revanue bonds soon at .t7.; prior ',onds have J:y,en General Obligation bonds and have sold as follows: 1951 at 3 3/4~; 1953 at 4 3/4~. elm. Anthony said he felt the City should have answers from Blair & Co. at least before committing to G ande and Mr. Sheppard said it would be nece~sary to withdraw his proposal in that ev~nt. The prop osal was discussed further regarding the $285,000 for distribution, with the decision still heing to go to Henton's Lodge as soon a~ feasible. elm. Petrovich moved to accept the proposal by Grande & Co. for the hydro project. Second bv elm. Hodson. tbtion carried unanimously. ~'.H ~ Mayor ,- .f) 1 .. J p) ~ .~! Seward, Ala ska March 7,1955 ---.--- ---"----. ---,-'._-- -~_._--_._-~ - -- ~ -- --~_.. ...-- -_. -- .-." ----- _._-_. -- ---- -- -.. ..._--,.._--~--_._--~--- ._~-- ---- - -- ---..- ._,', ,_ . "'.u.__ .__ ___ _..._._.____.._.._..__________._______,_____,__,_...._ _.. _ -.--.-.-------.-.--." -----_._-_..~-_._--.-------..- -- '.-. --. - -- .__.."_._._----~..~-------- - ----_.._--~- ~----_._.._.__. - ..--- .-.....-- ._-.-.---_.._._-~- ',. --~ ----- ---- .-----.-- - ..----..----.---------.-.-------------.-.- . .... -..--..-.-.------ ----, -- .---- -----...--.----..-.---------------..--.--------.-..- I Resolution No. 75 was read by the Clerk. I Clm. Hod&>n moved to suspend the rule:::; for the adoption of Resolution No. 75. Seco lid by Clm. Petrovich. lI:heix:esoJ.lIltien was:"drl;scltSs.d and altered by E'trikinq the name ~~l of Stockton on page 2. - Mr. ~ravers, acting manager of the Alaska Telephone Corpora ~lo~ in Seward was present as well as sevoral of the other employees. The moti8n , Wi'! S carr ied unanimou sl y. 1.11 Clm. West moved to adopt Resolution No. 75 as altered. Second bv Clm. Stockton. Motion carried unanimously. Copy of Resolution No. 75 hereto attached. :i C~m. Stockton recollu":1end~ advisin<J the telephone co~pany O'f th.. action taken and thll Cl tY' ele ,1:: to send a reglstered letter to Mr. Proctor 0 f the Ale.ska Telephnne Co. 11 . I Resignation of Hr. O'Hara, City l1anager, dated ]r,nuary la, 1955 was read, folloHed :1 bv the reading of a letter from the Mayor.requesting the Council not to accept the resignation. Petitions in favor of Hr. O'Hara ",ere presented having already been 'reviewed bV the as'SeSE'or -I I ) Clm. Petrovich moved that Mr. C'Hara's resignation be acce~tcd, the effective date to be subject to the wishes of the Council. Second by Clrn. Hodson. Discussion. Letter from Cln. Blair regar,nng the accepta~ce of Mr. O'Hara's resignation was rea. Oliver Jlmend spote that as a t:O( payer he felt the resignation acceptance would be ! a big blow to Seward, that it .Ilould be taiked over with the City Manager, but by I all means keep him. Win Ervin said the City Manager rad demonstrated in his report I that he has done a fine job and i1hGWs+1lq), in the way the streets have been kept late y. I Mr. Schaeferrneyer asked why, and on w-.at grounde h~ve the coutlcll any objections to, the City Manager. I I Mayor Pilinter r;i'Y'~ explanations regarding the prompting of Hr. O'Hara's resi<;neticnl ?T10 s aid now they.. could be better .Hc,rmony. . II elm. Hodson asked why the Blair & Co. letter on bonding had not been am1',;ered, the: ';lar1:: said that could have been partly her fault. Clm. Anthony spoke on the ,I ~ffectiveness and the iq',roYN,nnts under the City Manager form of government and th good stre~ts could b~ a reflection on management, and also said the utilities indic some dissatisfaction in nanagement. StF'i'!rns, Utility Board Member said he was not speaking for the whole Utility Board but only himself as one of the members, th'lt h no ion~er 1ns the confidence that Mr. O'l1ara has the desi:ro to carry out the \'lishesi of the Utility Board and asked that the Council acoept his re.ignation. ~.en.asked! 1"r Mr. O'Hara-.to site . examples he" sdcJ he felt he was not called on to do so here. ' Mr. Nicholas said the people had elected the Council and should stand by what the members' decide. asked i I Mildred Kirrpatrick said ~G man is infallible and/if th~ Council had all~~ed thinqsl to go on on what they have disagreed without talking things over and not having taken any acti0n until this time. Asked again that the Council consl1cr co"8fully thcl~ decision and if the feelings are perRonal to set that aside, that no snap judgment be made. -I I In answer, Clm. Anthony sain no doubt personalities entered in, and MI. O'Hara's ability is respected but felt we could improve on our City Manager. MI. Gchaefermeyer a6ked~y the Council cannot J~t along, and Clm. Petrovich spoke of the interest to the community ..;.1 the move would not jeopardize th.... hydro projec , and is not a spo:re.di c move) is ushamed that the Council shOUld be on t rial here toni e themselves. He read copies of two telegrams regardin~ the hydro project not being' in jeopi'lrdy. Oliver Amend said 1:le llOuId like to know some of the reason,elrh~r the i acceptance of the resignation and why does the Council refuse to ~ns.er.l West said! he has lott confidence in the City Manager i'lnd elm. Anthony said as the Conncil ic ' "cting on his r~signation and ,;auld rather not have a trial of him ei there ~~yor Painter said differences have been clarified in subsequent meeti~gs and does feel there has )-;. en a change in the last few weeks or months. Dr. Deisher on the I I Clm. I 'C-C ' ( ,~ : ;) Sev'ard, i,la ska MArch 7, 1955 l'esign,'ltion of Mr. O'H,ira ::laid the COuncil seems to tJf" p13ced in the position of having something settled and there seems to be a los~ of confidence in the City l~nager. He felt that the mistakes made were far outweighed by the good that has been done in the a:> mmun it y <ind he' for one wO;Ild favor the Council turning do"m the resignation. elm. Hodson sp~ke a~cut a bid and purchase on tires made during the summer and that had been discussed at prior ~eeting in November. 3t~arns of the Utilitv 100rd said the water audit was 8 months late and spoke of the loss of the wat~r Utility quoting ~0me figures :r0~ tp~ audits. the resignat ion Clm. Stockton asked if Mr. O'Hara had not wanted to resign why had~: been put in an7\"tlY and if he had not wmted to resign what is the trial on tonHe. He also said Mr. O'HQTel could h?ve at any time asked that his resignation be returned. , ~~ :Mr. i)'Bara 'J"'ve his reAsons for t(~ndering his resignation/after the other petitions had b..en pres'!!nted and a lot of ere racter assdssini'lti 01). he thought there was a posslbilitv that they wanted a ch0nge in City l~nagers. Mn;. Delane', said Mr. O'Hara has had an injustice done to: him and the Council is te. repr~sent the people 0Ut the Council seem to want to do what they want. Mr. Hull fisted Hr. ('I'Hara if he would be willing to 00 ahead as City Manager with six men aCl1linst him. Hr. O'Hora sa.i0 he would like to be on the joh "hen a new man started, that ther~ are Eome v~::"'" good projects to work with. In speakin<;: to the Council pe said it is regrettable thRt th'o!Y find tnerr"q~lves in this pasi +ion thc"t h8 has had the best wishes of the comw~nity at heart at all times and would like to hav~ suffi- cient time to get something ~lse to do. elm. Stockton a sked to go on record as not wanting to accept the r"signatior' of Hr. O'Hara i~~ediately. Win Ervin spoke of the lack of co-operation and all the work to the City Manager. Rev. Malin said the biggest loss is bv the people thnt the Council should all hand ,in their resignati on and let the people vote on it. Dorothy Tyner, City Attorney, said tfu~t on the procedur~ of accepting a r~signation as of a certain date the City is discharcring th... Ga" !>hnager and is estal1lishing d policy of an employee in a professional position with nothing b~inq on record of being fired for cause. Dr. Deisher spoke &<JRin. Clm. Petrovich moved the effective stock~h~ be stricken, motion to read "r~signntion of Mr. O'Eera to be accepted. Second by Mr. Pfeiffer said the people should back the Council whom they elected and if they elect that the City Manager should go, he should go. elm. Anthony said as for himself, it is apparent that if the r~signation of Mr. O'HaYd il' not to be efff'!("'ive unt il June 1st the city man'lgement and the ITflnagement of th,~ utilities will deteriorate. The second motion by Clm. Petrovich and the second second, WdS withdrawn. elm. P~trovich asked that the first motion be read. Clm. Petrovich a~ain moved that the resignation of ~tr. O'Hara be accepted and the effective date to be subject to the wishes of the Gouncil. Second by Clm. Hodson. Further discussion. Mr. Larsen asked that the Council and City ~nnager get together and make am~nns for the good of the community. ~ 011 ver llmend asked Clm. Petrovich if the rumor that he intends to move all his property out of tPE city limits bv summer is true. elm. Petrovich said pis only property is neqli~ible. Gene Lanier asked if the City can afford $12,300 per year "lIId Mr. O'Hara said yes and spoke of the lower tFlX rate that he had mFlde possible. Roll call on the motion as follows: Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, y~s. elm. Stockton, no. Motion carried. Clm. 1rTest suggested proceeding with the rC'<]nlar order of wsiness. elm. HorLO'on moved that the City }funager's resignation be effective ~hrch 7th, with pay to l1arch 21st, including accrued leave, dUG to lack o~ confidence. Secondbv Clm. Anthony. Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, yes. Cl~. Stockton no. Motion .:carried. ' Mayor Painter said the vi~s and pp~nlons expressed by the Council are dnnqerous and they may handle the matter to the best of their aGility. He also said he is ashomen of the!! Ccmncil an1 this is a rirst step backwards. Glm. Hodson '1l.Y"ee that a night letter be .5cnt to the Internat ional City, l.funager's Association advising that Seward is on record for a new City Mana'Jer. vIm. l~est, <If.... ~-..' (-'l ~,;I ,-,.." Seward, Alask" H"rch 7, 1955 . ..m_.._______..___ __.__.____ __. - --........ ---.-------. - --.- _ _,-_.___n_ __ _ __ ,. ::o'-:::.,.,~_o__=~__::..;:::-:= _::~,,_,~:';:_--=-~~-=':-~~~~_-:::O::~-:"'';;;-=--7=-~- _-.::.:-:"",~::"---=-.:"","--="::";"",,~---:C'::"::=::::-;:::=--'--7------:::-~'---'~:"::':--=-- --: ...___.m....__ - ---- ~ - .....--- -_._._--~--~-- '" _, __::'.,"",'_"","7_--:'-~~'" -=~C:O-==-==-"':=---'--=-":':.""=-- '=--=-c::;:==-co...===-=-_____ Petrovich, 1',nthony, Hodson, yes. Clm. stockton no. Motion carried. Mr. O'H ara advised that 11e will also do the same. Clm. Petrovich asked that the City Clerk be appointed Acting City Manager ~nd the Clerk ;,dvised thcd she wOlllJ j:cefc~ not to have it. elm. Hodson asked, that Clm. Anthony be appointen an1 he declined, with a decision made that an Acting City , Manager be appointed at tJ1e end of the meetblg,: and Mayor Painter said the Counci~ will have to have a new Aoting City Manager on lllind at 9:00 A.M. I '-I Inxormution on a new dump site was presented by Mr. O'P~ra, that consists of 160 Acres at present under cr-'ntrol 'of Frank Wood. He read a letter fro.'To Hr. [;e:Eser on the purchase of the property at a total cost Of $1,19~ for the moving of the garbage dump. Clm. Stockton noved thAt an investignt i,on 1,e rri'de of the loc'3tion and the ma Her be ta:,led until t'1,~ next r"!gular meeting. Second by Clm. :f,:est. ~1;::Jti')n carried un,"ni'1lously. ' i II I I I , I Mrs. ~itmore spoke in behalf of the library saying they are very much in need of I funds for the support of the libn:ry and could use $::;3:J. Hr. O'Hara sBid the sum I is net ':JUdgeted but it waL-ants ar, .';';l'-lprii'ltinn. ~lm. stockton moved, to grant I' the Library Board $500. Secon<;i by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. I I I Hrs. James spoke in ~ehalf of the Garden Club asking if the improvement in t(m~3 ~ called for increased taxes ~nd asked for a definite stat~ent from the Council. Mr. Soutr:ard, City l'isseSEor, said this has never been done. Mr. O'Hara explained the new purchase order system, effective this date. Clm. Anthony ~u7ed to approve the Purchase Order,System just presented by 11r. O'Hara. Motion ci'lrried unanim~usly. Mr. O'rBra then presented inforraation on insurance for fire cal+s outside the Cit , saving Mr. Nelson of Gould & Gould was here and had re-valued some buildings. He g~ve some figures on the insurance premiums for outside fire calls, said it is a I' cold blooded proposition and unless a person r~s signed up with the ~nsurance ~he City just doesn't answer the call. Clm. Hodson moved totable the insurance ' m"tter until such time as an in~urance proposition is present"d to the Council. ! , Second by Clm. Petrovich. Notion carried unanimously. COpy of a letter from Mr. Tice of Homer to Mr. Harstad was presented ~ Mr. O'Hur advising that Homer is 8till.interested in wholesale power, the letter dated Marc the Telegram of March 3 from Mr. Thomsen was read a5king'Mhatf~velopments of the doc and .r"rehouse facilities have Reen. Mr. Burns who was present said 11r. ~en a Mr. Reilly have not met, and there was further diwcussion. The City Clerk/a~fe1 t send a telegram to Mr. Thomsen to contact Mr. Reilly in Seattle. Clm. Anthony moved that a telegram as dri'lfted by Mr. Hodson be sent to Capt. Thomsen. 8econd Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried. Mr. O'f!",ra asked to purchase some Dooks from the City. Clm. West moved that the books, referred to by Mr. O'Har~ (International City Mgr's ASBociation on Munici Recredtion, Tech of Municipa1iti~~ ~f Police Admin. and Law qf Revenue Bonds) be presBnt~d to him. Second byClm. Petrovich. Motion qarried. Permi t \.,as authorized fcr th3 Alaska 8tef:mship Co. for shipment of Anmonium Fertilizer. Th~ appointrrent of an acting City Hanager was discussed with the suggestion that "ither Mr. Southard or Hrs. Stearns be appointed as they are familiar with the wa . Hr. Autor was present, saying he would be ",,,ailable 'if the Cit.y could use his services even in a temporary ;:l~mner and his letter and references wert'! read. Clm An~hony suggested that he be employed on a,n interim'casis as actinq City 14anager't }I.t 11 :45 P.M. the audience was a sked to leave the c:>Offi, with the exception of tho who had been requested to stay, for an executive session. There was a discus~ion with Mr. Autor of salary, duties ~tc. Clm. Anthony moved ~ to hire Hans Autor as Acting City H:illager at $700 per month and assume du'ij!s at 9:00 o'cl-o'ck A. M. on Tuesday, ,March 8, 1955 and our ar:ranq",ment '>Tith Mr. .Autor t be r~viewed in sixty (60) days. Second by Clm. Hodson. Motion oa~ried unanimous . Motion., ~d. ~d ,oMnd to .djoom .t 12,,, o'clo~ ...--- ! Approved~~ t-'1ayor Attest. n .<_.~. -, ~j ,.:" ! Seward, fila ska March 12, 1955 iA special meeting of the Common Council was called to order at 12:10 o'clock P.M. ,. for the purpose of a general discussion of the iicting City Hanager in regard to the City. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Pr~sent were elm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hod^OD and Stockton. Absent Clm. ;]laiir. I Glm. Anthony moved on further investigation o~ Mr. Autor and consideration of his qualifications it is requested that his services as :icting City Manager be termina- ted irmnedi5tely in the best interest of the City. Second bv Clm. Hodson. 11otion carried unanimously. Clm. Petrovich moved thu:: all present and future employees for t he City \<Till be suhject to screening by the Police Department. Second by Glm. stockton. Motion carried. Glm. Stockton moved that Harry Southard be appointed as Acting City lanager until such tirr.e as a qualified City 1'1anager's services may be obtnined. Second by Clm. ,Hodson. llotion carried. I Motion was made and second to adjourn at l:~.H.~ -.LJ Approve 4L_~ Mayor Attest ~~ City Clerk Seward, Ala ska March 21, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A regular .eting of the Co11lllon Council was called to order at 8:00 o'clock P.M. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, PetroTich, Anthony, Hodson and stockton. Absent Clm. Blair. Also present City Attorney, DorGthy Walter s. I , Minutes of the last regular and special ...etings were read and approTed. Ordinance No. 25. was read by the Clerk for the third reading. "Cla. Hodson lIIOTed to adopt Ordinance No. 25{, AN <:RDlNANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 (c) , OF <:RDINANCE NO. 2.0, TO PR:lVIDE FOR AN OPTIONAL ME'mOD FOR THE PAYMf.NT OF 21JNE FEm. . Second by elm. PetroTich. Motion carried unanimously. A letter was read fr_ the School Board regarding the receipts fr_ the Tebacco Tax fund and expenditur.. at the Bay-dew and Seward Schools. Mr. CarlllOn adTised the Council that" the School Board will" be unable to furnish the funds needed for the Amory due to the 18l';'e down payment that is required upon colllpleUon of the new hiqhachool and the deorease in distribution of the Tobacco Tax aoney. The" size of court was discussed as beinq of ainilllUll size and not too desirable. The City's . participation and share in the armory was discussed and Mayor Painter to call Juneau to learn the exact share of payaent for the City and when it would be !lade, with further discussion of a probable joint meeting of the school board and the Council. I Mayor Painter presented letters on insurance cOTer.froll Gould & Gould, Inc., and explained the cOTerage. A lettor fr_ Mr. Nelson was read dated March 11th, and discussed, alao a letter frCIII Pat Wi11iaJIII regarding the renewal of two policies , duo to expire on March 196h and 25th and CllI. Stockton said he favored the renewal of tho.e policies about 'to be delinquent. It was re'commended that a special meeting be held for the further discussion of insurance. Clm. West lIoTed that the two polici.. <expirinq March 19th and 25th be put in force. Se'cOnd by Clm. Stockton. Motion ca'rried. The Araory was discussed and the City Attorney requ\tsted to send Certificate of Title to Lt. BruCk at Juneau. Louis Diok' Jr. was present abou1: the tax notice on his car whioh $IOunted to 312. This matter" was discussed with the decision that the tax remain a. assessed. Mr. O'Hara, who was present, read frem ..e nettes, rega dinq inquiries of personal ity check. by the police depart.nt, at Bakersfield and Delano, asked if 'the're had · been an inquiry and Chief SeYJMur adTised there had been. The letter was produced, and tho;:Iett-or,frca.'tlie':6hief of Polic\t at Delano was read. Mr. O'Hara spoke further" as this not beinq an actio. of the Council, and of questionaires regardinq two other persons referred to as disr~putable. Mr. SteTens asked if the AIIerican Legion Club could re!lain open one night each week for the teen agen, with all liquor out of the way and lockod up. He was advised (('"',A, 0 :\j~.,;!.4_ Seward, Alaska March 21, 1955 -.--- _..__.~-_._--_._---_._------ --.-.- _ _,c-:. .;o"___~~-.,.,~.~_----~-___==..,."""-_-,_:_;___;;.__~_--,:-.-=-~_~~__=_co~~__::.::~_=-;:';;::::-:':'-~-.=::=::-;::::':,;;;:-=__:;:;;-::c.:=--- -- --. - -.-- - - --- -- -'-"'--' ---... ----------..-------.------..---- ---'-' -.-----"..-.. .._, ---- ___ _ .-..."-c- _,__ ____. ._____u___ ...__~_..___._____._________________________.._ __. __ - --. .. - - - - - - --, _.._.- ~" 'th:~-~ t wou~~ - ~-:~-t~=:: -;i~;~~-;:li::=:~::~:h:-~--~:~~-C~ :~~-~:~ -;~:a~l- ~-------~= the Council condstinq of Clm. PetroTich and Anthony were appointed by the Mayor ! to w..k with the Chief on thh project. ! Mr. Callahan asked about 1 i.,e ausic for oabarets asking how I14ny night. it would be necessary to ha.,e this entert~inaent to stay open until 2:00 A.Me The I14tter was tabled h be discussed later. Deed to Lots 24 and 25 of Block 14 Twnsite was read. Clm. Stockton m..,ed that Quitolaim Deed be executed to Lots 24 and 25, Block 14 Original Townsite to the Zentmires. Second by O1m. Pet ro.,i ch. Meti~m carried unanimously. Ci ty Attorney Walters reported on the buildings in the street en Firat A.,enue said the people ha"e done nothing about Tacating and asked if she could take the necessary legal action. There was further discussion and the City Attorney was requested to bring the complete file to the next meetinq. - Cancellation of Army Lease No. DA-95-507-enq-584 was read." Clm. Anthony moved to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign the Cancellation of Lease No. DA-95-507-enqW5U. Second by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, II1Qtion oarried. Letter from Emma Lu Garrett of the Northern, requesting penaission to resu.. the Pan GaJIIOS at the Northern Bar. This was discussed with Chief Seymour who was present and to be tabled until later in the !Meting. Letter was read from the International Union of Operating Engineers to a aeeting to discuss a- wage scale and union agreement with the City. Mr. Southard's report on -the Street Depart!Mnt employees was read and di scussed, with the decision that Mr. Bray wwld !Met with the Council at so_ later date for further discussion. A report prepared by Mr. Southard was read about the stblated oost of repairs to the Ne. 10 qrader ef approximately $5000. Mr. Freellllln' s letter en the' condition of tnis grader was read and it was reCOlllllltnded not to repair thh IIBchine. Clm. ,1 Petr....ich Baid one new grader should be considered in the blldqet fer next year andi! Mr. Southard te write seTeral fi:nu reqarding another Ne. 12 Grader. 'I . ,I Standard plaa for curb8 and gutters was presented. Mr. McAnerney spoke en the cur~ and qutters saying that was one of the reoit_ndations ef the Planning & Zoningi Commiuion. The minutes of the Planning & Zoning Ceauaission wre read. O1m. Hodafn .."ed to adept the curbs and qutters prOflraa as presented" by the Planning & Zoninq!1 I Celaiss1on. Second by Clm. Anthony. All in fa"er, motion oarried. 'i Clm. ~ ckton a..,ed that the three present I18J1bers, Hitt, Clapp and McAnerney be :1 re-appointed te the Planning & Zening Commssion. Second by O1a. West. Metion ' carried unatltactusly. '!'he Mayor t. appoint aeabers for Tacancy at the next regular! ..eUnq. . , Tax Deed fer Fran DuBeau te Let 31, Block 21'10I~'AHl Tewnsite was brought up in ,I a report fra. Mr. Southard, adTising that the certificate of Sale had been lest "altl\GlIlqh the duplicate is in the records of the City and Mr. DuBeau is entitled tOil a Tax Deed. Cia. PttreTich aoved that a Tax Deed fer Let 31, Block 27, ToWnsite be giTen to Fran Du~u. SeODnd by Clm. Steckton. Motion oarried unanimQusly. Repairs to the City shop was discussed, a beaa havi nq boen ,meTed out of place by! the Quickway. After soae discussion en estimates fer repairs Cla. Anthony moTed ," that the Actinq City Manaqor be authorbed to spend up to 1250 in repair of the sh P after seliciting seTeru bids. &Oltnd b}r Clm. PetreTich. Motion carTied unanimous, y. 'I The Bills wore read. A & B Service, 1118.00, AT~ 126.50, ACS, 162.50, AnChorage:I' Daily News, $61.25, Automotive Parts, '.3.18, Alaska Shop, 14.85, Andy's Oil, Delivery, $48...77, Jim Cameron, $47.60, Craig Taylor, 11"08.00, Durant's Hardware, ,I 114.40, w. S. Darley & Co., 12.00, Win Ervin Motors 126.67, Henenthal & Cetti., "I' 1865.35, Inst. for Training of Municiapl Administration, 115.00, The Laaplighter, ! 112.30, N.C. Ce., $16.73, National Municipal League, 15.00, National rnstitut. at I Law Offices, 15.12, Pete's Electrical Service, 135.00, Record Shop, $35.00, Rehab i shopping Center, 11.02, Standard Oil Co., 1216.67, Seward Elec. System, 1855.85, Si Seward Water Dept., $435.00, Seward Plbg. & H tq. #-UO.88, Seward Builder's Supply $22.90, Seward Trading 16.41, N.W. Swoboda, 173.01, Seward Hardware, $6.69, Seward Mechine' Shop, 163.07, United Lock..iths, 114.50, Sid Urie, 1128.68, Pat Willla.., 113.98, ~' We.tern PeliticuQuarterly, 12.50, Werner's Market, 125.36, Yukon Equiplllltnt, 1115' 08, Water & Sewage Wo~s, 13;00, Petty Cash, $8.98. Clm. Anthony ..Ted that the bills:, with the Cral9 Tayler bill, be paid. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried.! , The complaint of the suit of O'Hara TS the City ef Seward was read by the Mayor Ii and discussed. Herll41\ Lelrer objected to the Council u8inq City funds to fight tht Buit er in the event of a judgaent. The City Attorney said the city has been suedi! ! q "!:' \' '~ C". ~j...,;I t' ~ Seward, Alaska March 21, 1955. , and action IlUst be taken or it would go by default. It was decided to table this i until an execut1Te session and check the a sp8cts of the defense<< the city in this lawwi t. Ma~r Painter read a letter from the Coast Guard regarding the restrictions on loads of explosives, specifying the aaount not to exceed l~OO pounds at the Army Dock, the efective date to be July 1, 1955. ,I The Mayor spoke about Youth Day, with the election of a Mayor as well as other officelll. Dick White also spoke about the caapaing and the trip to Anchorage as being an incentive for the proqraa. Chief SeyJllour read the :tanuary Police repute He also askod that a relief patrolJlan be hired with the savinq from the salary of the last officer, plus the janitor ..d:: , and an eXtra a propriation. He also recOlllTlended an amendment to the liquor ordinance on party permits, a change in the curfew to take in children up to .eventeen and to use the siren at 10PM as it could be hear further. A change in the parental ordinance was al.o reOOllllll8nded as well a the registration of all _11 anus in the local area. R-pairs to the polico car was discussed as well as the purchase of a 'new car, keeping the old one as a stand by. In discussing the pan ga__ at the Northern Bar Chief Seyaour said if they didn't 1lM ~ it would be alright to ,have the qaaes, otherwise it is qaJlbling. Cla. Pat:roytch~.-Yed to grant the Police H Depar~nt 8150.00 a _nth t_ard wages for a relief patrol_n. Second by Clm. Hodson. All in favor, motion carried. The Chief also recommended a correction' in the cabarot tax and the nUllber of night. required for havinq live ent.rtailUlent. Howard ~ith requested permission for the use of the American Levion Club for a , party for the Culinary Workers and Bartenders on March 25th, as the licens e will not be used and no ~iqu.r sold. Clm. stockton moved that the request of the Culinary Workers and Bartender's be granted for March 25th, previdinq it is a private party and no liquor will be sold. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried 'unanillOusl y . 1 After further di scussion the c-:uncil asked that an amendment be drawn to the ordinance setting the age limit to 17 on the curfew and that an ordinance be drafted on the registration of pistols etc. Mayor Painter said the aechanic had been hired , to take care of the city vehiclo. and save the city expense and it was decided that an insptction of the police car be _de by the City Mechanic, with an estillllte for repairs IRS to be reviewed by the Actinq City !''anaqer. Bingo galles at clubs was discussed7when a benefit bingo g~ is proposed the council should be so advised. The closinq of the Seward Recreation Center was brought with a letter to be written to the cOllllI1!lnding General asking that they continue to operate. Bobby Garrett is to be advised that the Council cannot legalize g~inq but they can play cards for pleasure only. Action on the lawsuit was discus.-d, the City Attorney te prepare an opinion and , notify the Clen:to have a special Meting to advise the Council on the action to be taken. Motion was IIlI.de and second to adjourn. at "10 0(2' ~2;{ Approve A L Mayor Attest& 7~ >"ddr! ~~ I Seward, Alaska March 23, 1955 -------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. .A special Meting of the Council was called to order at ~:_ o'clock P.Me for the .purpose of discussion with the 6ity Attorney en the decision __de this I1lOrninq on ,the invalidity of Ordinance No. 227 and 251. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and stockton. Absent Clm. Blair. AI.. present City Attorney Walters. The City Atto,rney advised that it is necessary, accerding t. our own ordinances, to have four vote. cast in the affi:nlati ve for the pas.aqe or adoption of any ordinance and five votes are necessary to suspend the rules. There was discussion by the ,Council on Ordinances No. 221 and 251 and the City Attorney's opinion on the same. She said it is necessary t. .how an emergency exists to suspend the rules for the adoption of an ordinance, and advised that the city is a present without a liquor ordinance in effect. ..~, '" '" ~J; ,-~.. t. Seward, Ahllka March 23, 1955 .~ . "--.--.. ..- ---~-_._---_.._--~--~_._.__._..- --"-'--'-" '-~-"'- ..-....- ..-......... -- -----.------. .--..--.-.-.. --~ - -~. -~_. --- -.----.. -- ._.._..--......_--------------~ - .._...._....~--------------- ~---_....-...--.__._--_..__.- --- --- - .. -- -.-....-..-------. ------..---- . ~ ~- -..---.- -- .--..--------.-..'" -.... .-- -.. -~_._------~-_.. ~--~-~--~ --.-- ---- _._----_._._-~ -.--------.---..-- -~-_..".__........_.__.~..- . ------------.---- .-------------- - -- ------ -.....- - -. ~ - ---... - - - -.--. -. _.. _. .__.________.___ ..___ ._._._~.____.__.__._n____ ______.____ 'Bel Ude spek. abeut the probability .f the ru.h of the Counoil t. ad.pt an erdinar that Iliqht net be flUitab1e and that he had Ede a canvass .f the liquqr dealers and all have aqreed that they will alose at euctly 1,4.M. until an ordinance is set uP11 passed and approved. He said he was appointed as ~.-an by the dealers and he , would assure the Council that there will be no violations .r servinq of drinks aftell. the closinq hour., ~ 'i Clm. st.ckhn reoo_nded foll_inq Bel Uri.'. advice and suqqestion and the llitterii was disClllssed. Clm. Stockt.n lIOVeC that the Council aacept the phdqe of the liquor Dealer's AsC'ociation t. abide by the closinq hour of 1 I.M. and in the ..an. I: tiM instnct .ur City Attorney to 1IIIIIl"k with the Council in drawinq up a new liquorl: ordinance. Second by Clla. We.t. All .in favor, ..tion carried. I 'I , " lOr, dinanae No. 251 was discu.sed and the City Atbrney quQted tho la,W, on Cities adopt~, ,irllJ a butJ,no.. lieen... Cla. stockton .-ed that all applicants who have purcha.edIl City Buaine.s lice..es under l~..lid Ordinance 10. 251 be re~ $5.00 on the, .urrender of their lioen.e. 'SlIoond by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried unaniJlOualy.:1 :' Mr. Van Senntor arrived and explained t.he procedure of all tranepertation "re-illbl1r,e. menh to be declared far inc_ tax purpose.. This.... discus.ed at S<a8 length with the City Clerk requested to 1IIlk~ up t.he proper fera for dealllri~ the travel I expe.n.. liatdll~. -'1- .- -w ' . on the transpoJlaUon ef -.Jtf6~'.n"d..eheld fleede etc. frOll Delano t. Seward. Motion _de and seconded to adjourn at 5'2' ::l:2.~~~ , yor Atte.t ~~ City erk. . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - -! Seward, Ala aka March 25, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · A special ..etinq cf the Council was called to .rder at 4:25 P.Me CIa. Anthony was appointed by the Council to .erve as acUnq Mayor due to the absenae << Mayor Painter. 11.0 present were C11I.. West, Petrovich, Hodson and 8tocktcm. Absent Cl.. Blair. Also present City Attorney Walters. This special ..eting oalled for the purpose of discu.sing what action should be taken in the lawwit of O'Hara vs. Ci ty of Seward. After discussion, Clm. Hodson ~ed to instruct the City Attorney to file an ~et or other pleadinq in the case of O'Hara VII. City of Seward, et ale Second by Clm. i West. Motion carried unanimously. , There was further discussion on the increased size of the armory and the diacharq.; I ing ef ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Motion made and seconded to adjourn at ~:~5 P.M. , (j f2 ' Appro"" fJ, ' .~ Actinq Mayor Attest ~~j ~~ '~c~~~~iefk Seward, Alaska March 31, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.- ~ - _n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A special joint ..etinq of the Council and Utility Board was called to order at 8:00 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of discussinq the hydro project and the result af!1 the ..etinq with the Bureau of ~lamation people. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Also p resent were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodsen and 8teckten. Absent C11I\',I' Blair. Also present mellbera of the Utility Board, Durant, Trevethan, My8r., stear~s and Campen. ' Chaizlllan Durant of the Utility Beard , said that for public infomation he had caqed the ..n with the Bureau of Reclamation t. come dewn to meet with th_. He said the Bureau is interested in denlopinq Cooper Lake and wanted te talk wi th us at Seward. He also said if they ha..e sGethinq concrete they can be asked to return. i Their pelicy is not te enter the picture unless asked. They advised that they ceuld qo in t_orr_ on Cooper Lake as their enqineerinq is so complete and their fiaancinq is en a fifty year basis at 2~ They .aid they would c... in if the City weuld, 1. Advise that we are no lonqer interested in Cresoent Lake. 2. Make q;-. ~':~,. t:'> ,"";) Seward, Alaska March 31, 1955 ~ request to the Bureau of Reclamation to do the work for the City. I Merl Trevethan read the minutes of the special meeting of the Utility Board, in which the Bureau of Reclamation said they would sell pclW'er to the city at 8 milb. The $28,000 Harstad figures fo r on the site expense was discussed. !he people ,present discussed the project pro and con, with the decision that if the City can get anether offer and not go into a 3t million dollar indebtedness we should at least listen. The'men from the Bureau ef Reclamation who were Mr. Roberts and Mr. Wiley said they would run the power to whereTer the city would want it. They had also statedl, at the special lEeting of the Utility Beard, that they had talked with the City '""s.nager in N.ve~r 195~, of their going ahead with a hydro project and the City Manaqer see_d t. be yery busy and was very ind.ifferent toward thea also saying the City is already going ahead with it. Mm project. Mr. Dllrant again said these people would not have Calle dMm if we hadn't called them. Cla. Anthony said we wlJuld all want t. listen to facts and figures and then a proponl and Clm. Hodson asked if they could be dawn by April 4th. Mayor Painter recommended contacting the City of Anchorage and gettinq their costs etc. on the Eklutna Proj.ct. This was discussed further. The aqreelD8nts of Grande & Co. and Hward T. Harstad & Associates were read and the hydro hinges en tho favorable report of the 195~ Electric Syst.. audit before lit,. funds will be received frem the bonding company. The Utility Board recommended that u ~ny audit te the bonding company be lllailed by the foraal direction of the tility oard. The intent being nlJt to cause any delay but to knw when it is binding. After a discussion it was decided that Mr. Harstad be notifiod of the outcome of ' the Jleeting with the Bureau of Reclaaation. I Clm. Anthony moved that the Mayor be requested to obtain pertinent infolll8tion on the Bureau of Reclamation dealings with the City of Anchorage regarding the contracts on the Eklutna Pawer project. Second l:7f Clm. Hodson. Motion carried unanilROusly. Clm. Hods:m lIlOVed that the ChaiIlliln of the Utility Beard call a meeting with the Bureau of RecllUllltion men as soon as. can be arranged. Second by Clm. Petr.vich. Motion carried unanimously. '1'here was discussion regarding the use perai t issued by the Forest Service. That .ffice had stated a permit would only be given to the project that would put tho power all the way to Henton's Lodge. Clm. Anthony moved that a formal protest be registered with the Federal PGWer Commission with regard to the Chuqach Electric project on Cooper Lake witlI'. copy to the local Forest Service and a copy t. Hward T. Harstad & Ass.ciates. Second by Clm. Hods.et. All in favor, motion carried. Motion won ..do ond _~Med t. ndjourn at lO"OA~::~';2L Attellt J -~~.; ~ 9- 0 ~ yor ~ ~erk Seward, Alaska April ~, 1955 .. - I A regular meeting of the Council wall called to order at 8:00 o'cloct P.M., Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and stockton. Absent Clm. Blair. Also prellent City Attorney Walters. Minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read and approved as corrected. Four bids were on hand for the purchase of a grader and Mayor Painter said, we may not be ready for a fira bid at this tilll!l. Mr. Southard advised that the City has only 1 grader and the streets cannot be kept in repair without equi]:llent. Clm. stockton said he would like to IS ee the bids go out forlllllly, that there IIlaY be .ther cOllr&ldnies who would bid, and that these bids should not be opened for their own protection. Trade in on various city equipment was discussed, also terms and the usual procedure in these purchases. Further discussion of these bids to be tabled until after the .ther wsinells of this meeting has been taken care of. Jim Kirkpatrick spoke of Civil Defense in the Seward area, and of the City partici- pating to the extent of paying the freight on twil carleads of supplies that are being sent to Seward at a total cost of $178. The warehoul!ling has been taken care .f , ~!-..,,"'"") ~. "'~ ~ ~ Seward, Alaska. dprll 4, 1955 -- _ -._- .~. . ..- - -- _.._~~~._-. - - - - ~ - ..- .......--- ..- ~- ..-.-- -. ~ ... ---..-- .....__.__ _u._.....____ _ __ _ _.__..__.... -.------------,..-...- -.. .. .-..... ".. .- - . .-.-- - . . ---. .. ...--------- -_._. -------- . -- --.- --.----- ._-~._--_.- --- __..._ __ "._ ___0_' ____._______u_____________ ____ --. ..__._-_.~--~-_._--- ~-------------- - --.---- -- ~~~~~:~~~c=:~~~:~~~~:~ ::~~>i:~i;::i~:- :~~:~~ea:~~;- C~;~-De;~ns: ------ Ii Jim K:irkpatrick then spoke ef the proqram ef blood typinq asking for an advance ffIf II $200 fer thb proqr8Dl until the contributions from the various orqanizationll _re ~n.. ClIW Petrovich IIIOved to guarantee expen.es up to $200 for the blood typing preqrlllll~ Second by Clm. We.t. Motion carried unanimously. II II ii Mr. Lalllbert said Mr. O'Hara had talked t. him about taking the position as part . time sanitarian and Mr. O'Hara had laid out what was wanted reqarding the inspecti1.n of eating and drinking establianments once a year, inspection of the water .,.tea,j and inspection of nuisance cOlllPlainh, at $100 per IIOnth, with $4 per hour extra I for inspection., averaqe of about 25 hours a Blenth. He said there was ne definite il cemmitJlent by the City fer the hiring of a sanitarian. After a disoussion the il Council said there could be an allowance in th. next budqet for a sanitarian but II not right now. Mr. Lallbert said he would want '350 per III()nth on a part time bash~ and a two year contract. Mr. Bray asked when he could meet with the Council on the propesed. union and he was told it would be taken up later on in the meeting. :1 agr~t~ II I! Gus Werner said he wanted a clarification on executive sessions and Ordinance 86, was read, on executive sessions and discussed, and to be taken under advisement. ~ev. Malin asked'ill\zy there was reason for executive session., said he couldn't see II the need and Clm. stockton said he has seen several occas! ons for the use << II . executive sessions. An lUIendaent t. this erdinance was referred to the Mayor and Ii attorney. Ii II . Mr. Hall speke on sanitation and rats fro. the dwIIp going inte the Hickel area as Ii well as all the sllOke frOll burning on the dwap. He recollllllended that the duap area II be filled in at the same time the dock is filled in. Mr. Southard advised that . rat pehon haa already been put on the dWlp by the Fish & Wildlife and action has . already been taken on the moving .f the d11l1P. I' :1 Clm. Petrovich a sked Mrs. Lindsey about her house in First Avenue and she said she, didn't feel she should be shoved eff and weuld like te knwo what the city plans an4 how_to settle. The City attorney asked if Mrs. Lindsey would call her .. they Ii could talk the _tter ever. !I Letter fr.m GojMlrich and Young regarding their l!Iewer assesSJlent and referred to Mr. Southard. Mr. Huston's letter .f AFW en Street Improvementl!l was read and the financing discussed, the City Clerk to acknowledqe receipt of the letter and advise that sOJaething will be done about the request as 800n as we can. I I I .. C'7, (-, ~c-,. ;;) "-ow J Seward, Alaska AprU 4, 1955 Carbon copy of letter from H. Harstad on the Seward Hydro pr....ct, to Faulkner, B8nfield & Beechever was read. Seward Fish & Cold Storage letter regarding the wExpansion- was read and discussed, and the City ,Attorney was asked what has been done on the lease. Pat Williams request by letter for extension of Vista street was read and referred to Mr. Southard. The Public Health Nurse report for the month of March~as read. Mayor Painter advised that Lt. Bruck would be here shortly reqarding the Amory, and al so spoke about April 29th and &'1' 2nd being Youth days. Art Milliken of Yukon Equipment sh..~ a movie on the operation of the Allis Chalmers grader. Tht'ee bids were on band fora grader, the N.C. Co., Yu}:en EquiplU!nt and Craig Taylor. These bids were not opened but the various graders were discussed. with a decision of settinq up a call for bids with minimlla specifications, with .ltrade in all.wance on three of the city used machines, or price with no trade in. Clm. Hodson moved to make a call for bids on four models of graders, tl3 be opened \April 11th, bids to include trade in all_ance on D4, SCCKlpmobile and HID grader, al.. ce.sh, proposal and terms proposal. Second by Clm. Petr....ich. Motion carried. Mr. Bray'spoke on unionizing the street department employees said they would like to better the wages a little. The Council said this could be included in the budget under the new' city manager. Mr. Southard advised that the men in the l'ltreet department are sometimes used on trucks, to clean out sewers etc., and Mr. Bray said this could be dene and should be written into the agreement. Mr. Bray was asked to see Mr. Southard further, and a break dawn to be made of the wages into a working scale a~d see if we can afford it. Motion was made and ..cORd to "'journ .t ,0035 0'(2',/~~ Approved d ~_ Mayor Att9st ~~ City Clerk - - - - - - . - - - ----- - - - - - - - - - - .". - - April 6, 1955 Seward, Alaska - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - A special meeting of the Council was calkd to order at 8:15 o'clock P.M. to ..et with the utility Beard and two men ~rOlll the Bureau of Reclamaticm for the purpose of baving a discussion on hydro developl8nt. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Clm. West, Petro...ich, Anthony, Hodson and stockton. Absent Clm. Blair. Also present Utility Board Members, Durant, Trevetban, Myers and stearns. Absent Clm. Campen. Alao present Mr. Roberts and Mr. Wiley of the J:lareau of Recl81lllltion. Mr. Durant spoke of the prior meeting with these men thought the interpretation of that me.;ting might not be made clear so thoughtanother _etinq with the Council present would make for a better understanding. He al.. said this _etinq is not to upset any plans but as an obligation to listen to anything that these men have. Mr. Ro})ertR said they have c.. d.wn here, not with the idea of mo...inq in on anybody, that they C8Jlle dCJlll'n last 8UIllIIler to investigate what they called the Lawing Project, and if there is any des ire of the people of the cemrauni ty, they would go ahead and aeek authorization for it. They have callPlete investigations on Cooper Lake and Clonsiderable on Crescent and Carter Lake., of test pits, dam site and one hole ~tween Crescent and Carter Lakes. If the City should decide they want the Bureau t. come back and canplete investigations on Crescent, then if it looked feasible, would seek authCDrization; he said he would hesitat e to p ass an op inion en Crescent Lake, there are too many -niqgers in the woodpilew, and it might take quite a bit .f JIlOney to complete. Mr. R.berta went on t. say they would seek authad.zatil)n for the lake that pr....es _st feasible, and that he is not here to hurt Mr. Harstad and hia position, but to appraise. Clm. Hodson asked what it would take from the City for the Bureau to go ahead with the in...estigation on Crescent Lake and Mr. Reberts said a letter stating the dedrability of the Bureau of Reclamation coming back in and pr.ceeding with their investigation, so_ united support for them to go ahead. Clm. Anthony asked if the City could use the report of the Bureau of Reclamation and Mr. Rebert. said they are against spending Government money that couldn't be applied directly on the job. Mr. Roberts said a pOwer lIuxet surTey had _en _de shewing enough ~er market to go ahead and develop one lake or another, and firm p.,er ia what can be depended on year in and year out. 3 :2 "~~; Seward. Alaska April 6. 1955 ---------------~-~.__.._- - ~- - --_. ---- ,--------...--...--- _ _ ..._...._ ..._.____ _..___.____.........,___ ...._,.u..___._. --------------~----_._------~._-~- ---~ -------,~ - -- -.. - - ---...--,.- --------.--------------...--.--.-.---------.-.-..-- -,. .- - ..,." . -- --..--.-------. --_. -----.-......---.-- ,," . .-..--. -. ." . - - - - -- -- - +- Mr. Reberb Baid the irtl:ial repert would be coapletod sometime during the wintor. II' thenn subllitted to various orqanizations for colllllenb, then revbed and passed to I, Washing-ton to seek project authorization, that it might be possible to work out " in the fbc:al year of 1956 at Congress or it could 1,70 into 1957. The biggest bottl.,. - neck on either one of those lakes is getting the pwer plant equipaent, and one ye~ or better is the miniJlUa\ ..ount of Hille and it could be two years. Mr. Wiley said a three year pregraa would be best. I - - I Mr. Roberts said justifioation for the Bureau to COIllt in would be if it would be! financially impossible for t he City to 1,70 ahead, they would want fim contracts as I the IIOney JlUst be paid back in 50 years @ 2t1.. In speakinq of the REA he said he had seen no one from the cooperatiTe working at the lake last s...r, al.o said he would like ;oAee all the lues develeped, and _ke pewer available to all who want it. Clm.ygSf:a who should contest the filing of Chugach Eleotric on Cooper Lako and Mr. Roberts said anyone 'IIlo wants to do so. :i ii' , . Mr. Robert. said he would like to know by the 1st of Ma~ust what the City wants t~ do because he wanh to start in the field lllld wants t. know if he is co.in., ~n b. ~ In.diacusshn of the ptN'er rate he said .008 b a pretty good figure but unoffici Clm. Anthony spoko of industry coming in and who would sell the pwer lllld Mr. Wile said the Bureau would contract the full a_unt lllld the City could resell. The Bureau would transmit pMfer to load centers aDd the transJllission line would be to the Seward City limits. There was further discussion on hydro development. Motion was !lade and seconded to adjourn at Attest ~~ City lerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Alaska April 9, l!li 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 6:05 o'clock P.M.for the purpose of discussing the financing of the possible amory. Mayor Painter in the ohair. Present wereClm. Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, stockton and Blair. Absent Clm. West. Also present Leon Lewis, member of the Seward School Board. !I :! Mr. Lewi!_s~ to Lt. Bruck and asked if they lC>uld bok over theplans and chanqe Ii the. to/rJ~lar oourt, IIOre seating capacity and a few other .inor changes, but II the pIau WHe acceptable to the School Board and it is possible the armory could ' II be finished in October. Mr. Lewis also wasted if anything had been done on the i l....,ering of tha down pe.yment of the new highschool and Mayor Painteradviaeci that :1 he had been unable to reaoh Mr. Hueten of Alaska Public Works. Mr. Lewis said if ~ the large dwn payJllent on the new school 18 still in effect although the bid..s 'i much lower than the original estimate, every oent from the Tobacco Tax will have t .. to the .-.n payment on the new school; they could pay on the armory later but 'n right now and he was asked if the school board would re-illlburse the City for the Armory loan and he said they could repay the loan Ifrobably in on. year. The Counci said .they would like a cOllllllitment from the School Board that they would pay the cit back and whew the manner in which they intend t. repay the city. . il ''llte use of funds from the' Sal.. Tax was d i'scussed and Mayor Painter said the IIIOne~1 could be used durinq the BUllmer for payllents on the Armory and the use of the Tobacfo Tax money for the Armory was also discussed. . Lt. Bruck has requested that' a letter. be writ.en IJtating that the IIIOney is availa1!e, a payment of 1/10 of the el\tire,~e pledge, being $3,000, and wants the pled;Je11 that the aoney 115 forthcominq when it is needed. 'I , 'i , .I elm. Anthony moyed that a. certified statelD!lnt be drawn up. and sent to Lt. Bruck at ~I National Guard Headquartets at Juneau indicating the City has pledged funds far th~r share of the Armory Project. Second by Clm. Steckton. Motion carried unanimously.' Clm. Stockton said there seemed to be an aggressive attituao towards the financing and suggested meeting wi th the melllbers of -the School Board. Motion was made and second 'ho . adjourn at 6:38 o'clock ~--</~ Approved d~ Mayor Attest~~l~qfu) "-~ ~->.~ { ~ llJ/h.wt._ Seward, Ala ska April 11, 1955 A specia11ll!eting of the Council was called to order at purpose of opening the bids for a grader and di scussinq the Cha ir. Present were Cl~ West, Petrovich, Anthony, 8: 00 0' clock P.M. for the insurance. Mayor Painter in Hodson, Blair and Steckton. Bids on equipment from N.C. c.., Craig Taylor, Yukon Equipment and Glenn Carrington were opened and read, "a. per bid 'specificat ions advertised. Trade in allowances, tenus and costs were discussed. I Clm. Hodson moved to accept bid for aAD40 at a cost of 815,462 with 8a,500 down, with 61. interest on the balance and keep our second hand equipment. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried unanimously. l1r. Southard brought up the repair of the police car at cost of 8200 without bedy wDrk, thew:>rk to be done at the shop, the body work to go out on bid, which was approved by the Counci 1. Letters of insurance from Gould & Gould were read and discussed and Clm. West said the 901. coverage is not recolllllended as a gamble with the property of the people. Mr. Neben' s letter on blanket insurance was read by the Mayor and Pat Willia1ll8 spoke about the aspects of a blanket coverage for the city and that Mr. Nelsen is a surveyor for Gould & Gould. The 901. coverage only affects-elt],y the total value, a partial loss would be fully covered. There was further discussion on insurance, and the calling of bids. elm. AnthonY'lllOved that the City Clerk and Acting City Manager advertise for bids on all city insurance that is e~ing in the month of April. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Clm. West, no vote. Clm. Petr~vich, Anthony, Hodson and Blair, yes. Motion carried. Moticn was made and seconded to I Attest ~~ City Clerk adjourn at 10:45 o'clock P.M. APrrov~(A~d/ Mayor __ _0- . _ _ _ _ - .. - - - .. -'- - Seward, Ala ska April 18~ 1955 '. .. - - - - - - A regular mepting of the Cpuncil was called to, order at 8:04 o'clock P.M., ~yor Painter in the,. ~ir. Present were Clm. Wl!lst, Petrovich, Anthony, Blair and Stockton. Absent Clm. H~son. Also present City Attorney Walters and Actinq. ,City ~nager H. E. Southard. Minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read and approved, a s corrected. Clm. West requested that the opening of the insurance bids be held until the last order of business so he could be absept. The bids for the body repair to the police car were opened and read and discussed. 91m. Anthony moved to accept the lcwest bid, that of Seward Machine Shop, for the poli~e car, and get the work dbne as soon as possible. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. .~l in favor, motion carried. I The proposed union agreement was read by Mayor Painter and Mr. Southard gave in- formation on the present pay rate and the hours worked as compared with the union agreement. He a1 so said it should be in black and whi te in the agree'!l!nt that the men on the street depart!ll!!lnt could work in any capacity. Clm. Stockton suggested that this be tabled until the meeting prior to the time of the budget approval and also sUJgested that at the time of decision a written agreement be presented from the union. Mr. Southard was to llIlet further with Mr. Bray. Herman Leirer said he had bean requested by a contractor to get infcrmation on moving fill over city streets, the route, speed and size of equi}:llll!nt that could be used. Mr. Southard spoke and Mayor Painter said he had a1 so been contacted by some contractors. It was decided that there would be no sj:ecified load limit but a request for r~ai rs of the street or any damage to water main* etc., wi th Clm. Anthony and Blair appointed to work with Mr. Southard and Chief Seymouron specifications and safety meas\r es. Earl Gregory was present and asked for a claim of 8300 salary he said was due to John Disney from the City for wages due. Chief C'oeymour said Mr. Disney had been paid according to his agreement. Gregory said the claim was on a basis of 3 weeks r'. ~', - " '." \ ,,) , } .~ ,~ Seward, Alaska April 18, 1955 ~ _ .. H .. - '----- --~-~~~- - _._~.,- .-., ~._-_.._-,-,--- -:-- "=,,"'~=~=~~C:----==-~=-=--=--=-::;--:;;;~~--- -=,====O::-~--=- --=---:::-=",--::=--=.__,_-''''_~~',==-:-,~.~,--::--'-'--==-::::o-:.o,~C~-."_ ~.~_-::--"'----=~-=-=...,= at full time, that he had been hired by the Chief and not pdd. The matter was il turned ove'r to th~ attention of the Acting City M:mager and City Attorney f cr disp~sal. " Proposed liquor Ordl. nance No. 255 was read for the fir"st time. Earl Gregory presen~ed an or dinanoe in behalf of the liquo r dealers, and pointed out the ebj ections andi changes desired in the ordinance read by the City. Mr. Gilfilen was present and i~ behalf of the liquor dea'lers said they were not trying draw up' an ordinance for th~ City. The city attcrney pointed out some changes necessary for the City after hearing the ,corrments by Earl Gregory. The proposed ordinance was turned over to I] the City Attorney and Clm. Petrovich and Stockton to werk with her for any changes II . I to be made. Ii The need of tires fer the International pickup was discussed by Mr. Southard, saidi! tires to be put up for bid to town dealers for four t ires and tubes, the ActiIW;1 Ci~y Manager to take the lowest bid. Mr. Southard also asked about the bids on the old equipnent and after a discu ssion it was decided the bids on old equiJDllnt would be presented and opened at the next regular meeting of the Council on May 2nf. He also said the 80uth breakwater light is rusted and falling dawn had gotten an estimate from Pet.~8 Eleotrical Service ef abOUt $300, wt he tho~ht the U.S. Engineers might reJ:8ir the light. Letter from R. stearns tor the berthinq of a boat in the slllall boat harbor was read. Harbormaster Walker spoke of more boats i coming in this 8UDIlIer and the people who live, here should have berths to come back I, to after being out in the bay. Mr. Southard reconunended turninq it allover to Ii the ::mall Boat Assooiation for the collection and handling. Mayor Painter asked . Mr. Walker to won: with Mr. Southard on the SIIIi!lll boat harbor probl..... II . !i The new garbage dump was discu...d and Mr. Southard to check on the site previousl:t filed for and if that is not available to find a next best site. The bills were read. A. . C. S. 92.90, Alaska SJ:top, $11.05, Anchorage Oxygen Co., $3.00, Alaska Sales & Service, $82.09, Automotive Parts, $2.72, ATEC, $26.50, A & B Service, $18.90, Andy's Oil Delivery, $367.87, Bay City Motors, $21.70, B & C Auto Electric, $19.20, Ballou & ""right, $502.07, Beaver and van S..venter, $375.00,1 Commercial Stationers, $15.20, CO2 Fire Equip, $15.25, Durant's rlardware, $6.15, Le... Bros., $5.90, National Auto Dealers, $7.00, Northern Cab $12.00, Pete's Electrical Service $22.50, Paulstiner's ,tn.oo, Public Adninistration Service'd Sl~OO, N. ::Woboda, $28.10, Seward Builder's $14.25, Seward Drug, $6.00, Frank Spadaro, $11.35, Seward Water System, lH35.00, Seward Trading Co., $84.~3, standard Oil Co.~ $226.53, Seward Elec. System. $80~.80, Seward Plbg. &'Htg., $2.36, Seward Hardware~ $28.80, Seward ~~chine Shop, $23.1', Craig Taylor, $108.00, Turnagain Secretarial i Service, $126.25, Pat. Willi~, $2,566.20, Yukon Equipnent, 113.59, Dorothy Tyner~ $275.00, Seward Rehab Center, $10.04, Petty Cash, $12.28. Clm. West moved that i the bills be paid as read. Second by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carri.d~ , The reconunendation of the Utility Board regardiIW;1 the Bureau of R c1amation surveyJng .. was read. Letters from Mr. Harstad were read by Mayor Painter and discusse~ and : the Clerk read two other letters from Mr. Harstad. Chairman Durant of the Utility:1 Board spoke of the Slrvey on Crescent Lake by the BtUilauyof Reclamation and Merl' Trevethan of the Utility Board spoke about the Bureau and read a telegram from Mr.i Harstad, also speaking further on the hydro project. Herman Leirer, Gene Lanier lllld Trevethan all spoke on the City prooeeding with the hydro proj eet as planned, .which was discussed by the Mayor and the various IIlI!lllbers of the Council. Clm. Stockton reoommended that the letter frem the Utility, Board rec~mmending that the Bureau ci R clamation do further survey won: on Crescent Lake be sent hack to the .. Utili ty Board for further consideration. Attest ~{~ ~ lerk the necessity of the absence of two councilmen, the regular: ",,-"'elmd "~"od ain,~ ' Approy ..e Mayor At 12:30 A.M. , due to meeting of the Council - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Alaska April 22, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At 3:20 o'clock: P.M., the regular _etinq of the Council of iIlpril 1.8th, re-convened for thl! purpose of continuing with the regular and unfinished busimss. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, and Blatr. Absent Clm. Stockton. Also present City Attorney and Acting City l1anager. The request from the Alaska Railroad for an expl..ive penuit was read and discusselli "'1 (-'\-' ~ ~ '< '.,,' (/ i; April 22, 1955 Seward, Als. ska n'WdS read, Letter- from the School Board/advising that they would participate in the Armory with funds from the TGlIlBceo Tax after the paym!nt on the new school building has been .de. Letter was also read from John Hellenthal regarding the hearirq of the Alasa. Telephone Corpor~tion. I There 1'1as a dis cussi on on the use of the streets by the cant ractors for the new dock, Mr. Southard to \'1rite to Ue Alaska Railroad reconmerrling the use .f Third Avenue and the Lagoon Road and advisirq that the city wants to ce-operate, as well I1S advising them of other requisites by the city for said aontractors use of the oi ty streets, including a bond directly to the c:i ty for any damage that might be done to the water system and sewer or other city property. The Planning and Zoning Conunission mi~ut.!s of a special Il\!etirq and their reconmenda- tion regarding the Alaska House was read and. discU'lsed and referred to the Chief of .Police, th~na~e Chief and Health Officer for their recoIlUtl!ndatinns. Clm. Petrovich re-..i/ to have the City Attorney check into the matter for an opinion, U ll( ~,n.,,,'IlDliJp ,d......w:A-l- ~ 14-~ The Planning and Zoning Notice of Hearirq was read and. .pj:lrwed andtreferred to Mr. Southard for posting and announcirq on the radio. Letter from the Se1'1ard Electric System requesting a five year lease on the ir present office building at $ 50 per month was read and. discussed. Clm. West moved to rent the buildinci on Lot 21, Block 16, Tc:wnsite to the Utility Board on a monthly basis IOf $150 per month. Second by enm. Anthony. Motion carried unanimnusly. Letter from H. Hars:t:ad to the Homer Electric Association dated April 8th was read, regarding proposed power service. Clm. Petrovich moved that the letter dated April 8th fram Howard Harstad to Homer Electric Association on tentati~e proposed rate schedule be signed by the Mayor and Clerk. Second by Clm. West. Motion parried unanimously. I The union wage agreement was again brought up, Mr. Southard saying he talked further with Mr. Bray and did not feel that the City should enter into a union agreement at this time. Clm. Blair moved to table the proposed union agreement for furhter consideration. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Motion. carried unanimously. Clm. West said he would investigate group insurance of city employees. Clm. 1t"Test left the Council Chambers and the insurance bids, by Smith, Williams and West we;:e opened and read and discussed. The city a ttorney was asked if it were in accord with Counoil methods that a councilman should submit a bid and she advised that she could see no reason t~e he can't submit a bid. The various bids were studied and aompared as to figures, coverage etc. Chief Seymour who was present, at this time, at the request of the Mayor, spoke on parallel parking. Said he had contaded 27 business persons or business affiliates and only three were in the negative., and p~ralel parking versus diagonal parking was discussed with the decision to give parallel parking a try, but the Ch~ef said he would get it set up before he gets it started. He then said he had talked with the ha rbormaster and with the Small Boat Assoc ia t ion regarding berthing fees and. other requests for the small boat harbor, that he has the Cordova ordinance and will draw up an ordinance and present it to the Council. The liquor ordinance was discussed briefly. Chief Seymour at this time asked for a raise from $600 to $650 and read parts of the budJet with di scussion on the police budget. Havor Painter appointed Clm. Hodson and Stockton to check on the police d~partment expenditures and report at the next meetinr;r. The Chief read a letter from Delegate Bartlett a;ivising that the moving of the recreation center from Seward was rumer. I Insurance bids were again discussed. Clm. Hodson moved to give West all the insurance on the Fire Hall and old City Hall; Smith, all the Hospital and Warehouse; Williams all the School, & Gym and Community Hall. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. ,Motion was made ard seconded to adj ourn at 6:35 o'clpck P.M. ApproS:-d~Z4 AtteBt~;/ ~.J~~ Ci Clerk ~i to)::-) 'i.!j. I~""" Seward, Alaska. May 2, 1955 --.-......-.--.------------,-.--..--.... .--.. - - -- ~ - - - -- -- .~-- ..._-,-~._---,-----_._------------"-._.- - --.--.---.--- -- .. -...-.. ,.-- .- - .-- . -..--.---.------.-, -.,. -_._--._.._.~.._,--_.~.._---- .. -... .... --.-.-.- ---~--- .-...- ____________ .___._._..... '0 -.---.--.-.......--- - -.-------..---"' .. . --------_.__.--._~------ -- - - .. ...., -----.-. .-,,--. -. -~--_..- . - - - _..~--~~ - ~-_._-_._---_._---- ------------.---...-- -- -~---_. ;A regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:00 o'clock P.M., Mayor iPainter in the Chair. Present were Clm. Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson, Blair and Stockton. Absent Clm. West. Also present City Attorney, Dorothy Tyner. I Minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read and approved as correcte~ Bids fer used city equir;ment, scehduled to be 9P!'Hd at this tillle were read and the II ten bids xeoeived were tabled until the continuation of this regular session II This second day of May having been set a side as Youth Day in the Ci ty of Sew~rd, th!1 regular members of the Council and the Mayer withdrew and all City offices were re- 1 , I placed by members of the Seward High School, previously elected and appo~nted to 'I said offices. The minutes are hereto attaahed. I I I I I Ii 'I il May 4, 1955 II - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - j . ~ This continuation of the regular meeting of the Council was called to order at + 7<<"'0 o'clock P.M., Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West., Petro'doh, ! Anthony, Hodson, HIiitr and stockton. Absent Clm. Blair. Also present City Attorn , :::O:::sT::e::ed equpment tabled at the last meeting were a gai~ read and discuss~1 in regards the r~pairing and re-using of the D4, bids again tahled until later in r the meeting., I! . II Revised liquor Ordinance No. 255 was read by the Clerk for the first time and !I various sections of the ordinanoe were discussed by the members of the- Council. MIll Gilf nen said unless there was a strenuous front putj llptfor Sunday closinq, why do j it, but continue as at present, and t} is was discussed further. . . I I Clm. West moved that Section 2, Article- 3, Ordinance No. 255 be sticken. Second byl Clm. stockton. Clm. Petrovich abstnined frail voting. Clm. West, Anthony, Hodson " and stockton voted in favor. Motion carried. ' Adjournment at .8:25 o'clock P.M. ....--------, A_-O~L, Mayor Attest ~~_ C ty Clerk Seward, Alaska Clm. Anthony moved that in view of the fact that the City of Seward has operated without a liquor ordinance for a considerable periM of time, that an emergency appears to e.ist, and therefore that we suspend the regular rules for the adoption :1 of ordinan ces. Second by Clm. stockton. Clm.- West, Petro'dch, Anthony, Hodson, and Stoclcton, voted yes. Motion carried unanimously. I Clm. Petrovich moved to adopt Ordinance two 255_under suspension of the rules. II Second by Clm. Stockton. Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Stockton, votedl yes. motion carried unanimously" ! i il I ,i i i I There was discussion of the Health Ordinance and coaiemnation proceedings and the City Attorney said the present ordinance does not fully cover this case; it was decided that this be turned over to the PlanniIVJ & Zoning Conmisa ion fer the pre- paration of.an or'inance and they could refer to the City Attorney for assistan~.. Clm. Blair entered the Council Chambers at this time. Chief ~eymour reported on activities of the small boat harbor, read the rpospesed , ordinance and rates,.the installation of liqhts and restrooms was discussed. The police report for the month of April was then mad. OrdiallDce No. 256, for &mall boat harbor, was read for the first time, and discuss~. The April report of the Public Health Nurse was read. Clm. Petrovich recommended that the property owners on Third Avenue be notified of the truck route for work on the new dock, to g~e them a 1 inti ted time to do any excavations necessary for sewer or water connections, Clm. Blair appointed to make up a statement for .aid announcement. The bids for the used eqtipment were again discussed at this time and Clm. Hodson moved to write Henry Wolffe that he has b ought the scoopll\obile for $475. Second by Clm. stockto~'t Motionhca.rried unaniIDPuelv. Clm'kPetrovich~d AnthonrwereiapP9i~.- ea as a COll1llUl: ee to c eel:: the advlsabl1I'ty of 1M Ing one p~e oruusab e equ pment .~ 1-' , '1 I I- I Seward, Al,].<;ka May 4, 1955 c. <1) (;~ f;,~.J' tj l' j Out of the D' cat and No. 10 grader. The bids are to be held in abeyance, due to the tie in bids, until the committee makes its report. Letters from the S.vernor to Phil Durant regarding the small boat harbor float, were presented and read. I Letter from the Forest Service regarding the hearing in Anchorage on May 16th was read and the Mayor to send a telegram of protest to the Governor and the Forest Service requesting the hearing for the Kenai Peninsula t~ be her~ Two telegrams from H. Harstad dated April 20th to t he Seward Electric i:iystem were read, a swell as a letter from J. Carroll r~questing that H. Harstad be present at the May 16th hearing. Clm. stockton moved to accept the recommendatio~~of the Utility Board r~garding Mr. Harstad being present at the Forest Service permit hearing. Second by Clm. PetroTich. All in favor, motion carried. Letter from Bureau of !.and ManagemeRt regarding School and Parks Reserves was read and discussed, the City Attorney to be advised about the property in behalf of the armo;ry. The City Manager applications were reviewed by the members of the Council, with three applications to be given further consideration, and checked by the police department, then turned over to the Utility BOard for their consideration. Delinquent taxes was discussed and Mr. Southard to make a list of those delinquent advertising on the radio that action will betaken. Mr. Southard also to request the city crew to contact the 4th of July Committee to put up a platfo~. I Clm. Stockton reported on the $50 raise requested by the Chief of Folice and it was discussed. Clm. Blair moved that the Chief be raised to $625 per month effective April 1'5th. Second bv Clm. Petrovich.. Motion carried. Clm. West reported on the Health and Welfare program for all city employees the Clerk to obtain a list of employes classifications and ages. Clm. Blair spoke in behalf of Mr. Lechner for the rental of the city grader use in the Masonic Lodge cemetery plot which was agreeable to the Council. was further discussion of the dis-repair of the cemetary and the location of plots, the cemetary to be turned over to the Planning & Zoning Commission. for There the N. SWoboda, city mechanic, reported on 17 pieces of equipment it is necessary for him to keep in repair and on the condition of the various pieces of equipment, and the need of additonalhelp. Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 11:35 o'cloakP.M. APProvet:2-J ,~-L) Mayor . Attest - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Alaska ~y 16, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:10 o'clock P.M., Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. Petrovich, Anthony, Blair and Hodson. Absent Clm. West and Stockton, and City Attorney. I Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. Clm. Anthony and Petrovich reported on their check up of the D4 Cat and the No. 10 Grader saying there was quite a bit of salvagabl~ matenal and parts and they would probably be worth more to us by keeping them than what we could get out of them from bids. Fred Kielcheski reported on his kn~ledge of the condition of the D~ and the date and amount of the purchase, and thi. used equipment was discussed furthe~ elm. Petrovich moved that all bids on the D4 Cat and No. 10 Grader be nj ected and n call,for new bids for June 6th be submitted, with proper notice by postinq. Second by Clm. Anthony. All in favor, motion carried. Letter to Mayor Painter from Alaska Chapter Associated General Contractors of America outlining the advantages of stre~t maintenance by contract was discussed. i~q,1 ~,,) x Seward Alaska YJaY 16, 1955 --_._.~------- ....-.. -.-.- ----.- -_. ... ----~------ -- . - " - - -- -- - ,- -. ,'-----. -- ._-~---- -----.---..--.- -- - ------- --- ----.----.---.--------..- -..-....-,.--- " -- -- --- -. ...- .. .. ..---.--- - --- -- --~- -- .- -...-.---..---..---.---..--------...---- ---- -_.._--.--- .---- --- ----------------.--,-.- --------~~.~----- "-- ._-~_.__._._------- -------.---------..".--.----.- --~--~--.-~--~ --~--- ~___'____n_ -,-~-~--,~~- ~~-- --. ~~____-C~= ==h-~OC~~==~=~- --' .C"-~=c="....ll~=~~== 'Ordinance 256 was read for the second time and'discussed, 'and letter from the F.arbonnaster was read regarding a float for the berthing of skiffs and the Mayor said he would contact Mr. Walker for further information on this and a letter to be written to Mr. Reed, Territorial Highway Engineer asking if funds would be available for Seward Saell Boat Harbor this season. . George Gallaway asked when the dump will be moved and where. Mr. Southard we have had nO'reply from the Land Office and advised Mr. Gallaway of the proposed location' of the new dump. . He}also said the City trucks will be available the last two Saturdays in May for cleanup month. Mr. Leirer spoke of old lumber piles etc. that:! had remained for years and harbQred rats, the BeaM:hlCouncil to 'be requested to ' write the Chief of :'o11ce on open violations so necessary actio~h~~n be taKen. Mr~r Wood who was present in behalf of the Health Council requested/act~on be taken fo~ 'the riddance of rats at the dump and the dock and that all persons work together at' 'one time for better control in all residences and business.. Mr. Southard advised' that rat poison has been used at the dump twice very recently. I- I I Fir~ Chief Kielcheski requested two weeks leave beginning t~y 20th, was told it was alright but to go through the Acting Ci ty ~nager. A petition was presented by Herman Leirer for the widening of a street in Cliff and Bayview .l\.ddition knows as Government Road and was disCQlUled. He was told it will be done when possible, to do so. Mr. Southard asked to set the dates for the Board of 'Equalization suggesting July 11th to 15th inclusive, a resolution to be prepared for the next regular meeting. Mr. Southard also reported on a m~nting with Mr. Alewine regarding further discussion of the unionizing of the street depart~ IMnt emplotees, and who will call again tomorrow for further discussion. This was discussed, with the Acting City Manager to be instructed to advise Mr. Alewine that we are considering the Association of General Contractor's proposition for further study and also want to wait for our new City Manager to take office. Mr. , Southard also asked permif'ston to hire clerical help for not to a ceed 15 days. Clll1~ Petro1'ich moved the request of the Acti ng City Manager be granted. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried. ., I-r I- I Letter from Danny Rose regarding Youth Day was wead. Letter f rom Yukon Equoipment dated May 4th regarding optional equipment fee the new grader was read and di scussed and p! rmission granted to order the parts. Motion w.. ",de and aee=ded to 8<\loum at 1\120 O'clo~ n, APpr~d~~~ Attest ~', M'i ')j!;(}/\jY\.aI Mayor citv~ I C ark c. '.', !-~ ".J" J Seward, 41aska May 17, 1955 A special joint meetiR;1 of the Council and Utility Board was called to order at 3:30 o'clock P.M., for"the purpose of acting on .J'18 liquor licen.. tll:a.aferi. c" 'and meeting with Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Harstad for the discussion of the financing and procedure of the Crescent Lake Hydro pItl!.ect. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, HDds:m>and Blair. Absent Clm. Anthony and. ' Stockton. Present from the Utility Board were Durant# Trevethan, Myers and stearns. . ~ Absent Campen. I Letter of application for transfer of the Flamingo Club from Howard fhith to O. B. Eitel and Rosie Eitel was read. Clm. West moved the transfer of the Flamingo Club be approved from bard and Doris anith to O. B. and Rosie Eitel. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried. Mr. Trevethan read a report of what was presented by the City of Seward to the Forest Service at the hearing held at Anchorage on May 16th and also a report of the action taken by various persons at the hearing. Clm. Anthony arrived at 4:30 P.~ stearns of the Utility Board asked Mr. Sheppard that if the hydro project should' blow up in our f aces and if the dam should cost say $2-; million could we borrow a sum of money for only enough to extend the distribution to Mile 8 and Mr. Sheppard said yes; then he was asked if someone should come along to buy t million dollars of bonds is the City of Seward obligated to "buy 1:onds in the amount of $500,900 and the reply was "no: with additional inforination given. Murl Trevethan asked that the report that was given at the Forest Service hearing in Anchorage be ratified by the Council. The sto.tement as presented was read by' the Clerk and discussed regarding the transmission line t. ~enai and Kenai Junction. with the decision made that the statement will agree with our bond ordinance and will read "'I:eani Junction". I stearns sp oke of the agreement reached at the last special Utility Board meeting of taking in the fringe area only instead of using the a:>mplete $500,900 and the construction of the access road, engineering plans etc. The present proposed plan was discussed and Mr. Sher-pard said he would stand by the $500,000 or will loan dcMn to $100,000. . J. Carron said the- present thfnking is to go to p<fssibly Mile 8 and do sub-surface at Crescent Lake to see if we have a sound project. Mr. Harstad agreed that such was the plan presented to him. Mr. Harstad gave clarification of the dam and pen stock and storage elimination of the dam entirely for the first stage of the project. dike would raise the lake 10 fat for 15 pounds pressure. There was seismic work, test pits and sub-surface work. Mr. Harstad said the will be done on the first phase of the project first. space and the A fifteen foot discussion o'f engineering Mr. McAnnerney said only the preliminary engineering had been doDO and he would like to offer his services to any member of the Utility Board for any information he could give them. Mr. Harstad said he had checked his figures on the project against those of the engineers on the GrariTLake project, quoting the figures, saying some of our estimates are twice as high but the power line estimate is almost ident::ica1. I Mr. Sheppard said that right now we need to decide how much money is needed to get this thing activated and he also said he will contact Mr. Greeley in Juneau. He said he would give any amount of money we want and the Council to instruct Mr. Harstad the policy to follow and Mr. Harstad will advise Mr. Sheppard. It was reconmended the legal counsel, Faulkner, Banfield and Bochever be retained for t he hydro project and that was discussed. It was requested that the project be in ~hree jumps; a. Distribution to Mile 8. b. Mile 8 to mile 32; c. Mile 32 to Henton's if required. Clm.Hodson moved to ratify the statement as presented by the City of Seward at the Forest Service right-of-way hearing at Anchorage on May 18. 1955, with a certified copy being sent to the Regional Forester at Juneau. Seoond'~ Clm. West. Motion carried una.nimously. Resolution No. 76 was read. RESOLUTION No. 76 BE IT REroLVED by the COlllnon Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, That the firm of attorneys, Faulkner, Banfield and Bochever, be retained for legal services in connection with the Crescent Lake Hydro Project and authorize and request that they pro.eed to obtain permits and/or easements where necessary for a distr~ <~ r;, ('~ ~; .~ j\ ~ .~-,-",,-.,;;;,,-:-~,,-,::;;~. --c=.:.=;;;;";";"""-";;_~:" '~'--.'-'-;;;__~;;; .;;=:c;c- . --.---".--- .-- -.- ..-.--.... "..--.-...- -..".- - -....-. .- ----- -..- "-- --~ - ---..-...-. -.-.----------- -..-----.-- . ~~~===:-,,'~-=====---=:=:::-==-----======---==--:=---::-:=---=:-==-~~-=-=:.:::::'=-:::=~.-=-.::-=-----::=...----=-~_-:-=--=--===-:_'::'~ A. From Seward to Mile 8, together with all other roads in Seward fringe area. B. From Mile 8 to Mile '32. :1 ii' " C. From Mile 32 to Henton' is Lodqe if necessary, an'd steps be taken in the order indicated. 'II ,t .' Passed and approved bv the Comm.on Council this 17th day of May, 1955. {City Seal) Russell Painter Mayor Attest: Sigrid stearns City Clerk II I' Moti~n :1 Clm. Anthony moved to adopt Resolution No. 76 as read. Second by Clm. West. carried unanimously. Mr. Harstad asked for authorization to proceed with sub-wrface work, seismic work I etc. Clm. Hodson moved to authorize Mr. Harstad to (a) Proceed with subsurface I exploration work including seismic exploration and to prepare engineeriI\g designs I! and plans as required for'an FPC construction permit and to assist and co-operate with the attorneys on pole line permits. (b) Prepare plans for transmission and distriartion as soon as permits are obtained. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. . Mr. Trevethan spoke about the contract with Co-op 17, that as yet it has not been approved in Washington. .' The fire siren blew and the _etinq ::r:;~~ Mayor Attest ~'/~ Ci y C erk , Seward, Alaska May 19, 1955 Resolution No. 77 was read 'and the Agreement for Sale of power to Co-op 17 was brought eot and discussed. RESOI1JTION No. 77 A RES<L1JTION OF THE OOM1ON OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SE.WARD, ALAEKA, RElATIVE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE IN A REAS WI'SIDE THE CITY LIMITS. WHEREAS on June 7, 1954, the Comm.on Council of the City of Seward authorized the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign a contract for the sale of electricity to the Xenai Lake Electric Association, rnc., AND WHEREAS said contraot is not binding on either party until approved or cou1ite~~ signinq ~ the ~. E. A~ in Wash~ngton, D. C. - - I AND WHEREAS said contract has not been executed and returned to the City of Sewardl lUlD WHEREAS a. JilerlOd Of 11 montha has passed since: this aQ-l:'iori was 'faua and the II circumstanoes have changed as well as the views of the Council AND WHEREAS no consideration or promise has been received by the City of Seward in return for signing said contract. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the offer of a contraot for the sale of electricity ""'} \,"' ,.) i Seward, Alaska May 19, 1955 ~\ to the Kenai Lake Electric Association is hereby declared to have exPired and ,does no longer exist. BE IT FURTHER REOOLVED that the City of Seward is unwilling to sell power.wholesale for resale within the fringe area of Seward extending to the National. Forest Lands near Mile post 8 on the Seward-Anchorage Highway~ I BE IT FURTHER REOOL VED that the City of Seward is ready, willirg, and able and declares its intention to extend electric service to said WfringeH area immediately upon receipt of a permit to construct a pole line along the public roads. BE IT FURTHER RESJLVED that Seward is willing to distribute electricity along the balance of the future 69 KV Transmission line to the Hydro plant site at Mile 32. BE IT FUTTHER REOOLVED that Seward is willing to distribute electricity as far as Henton's Lodge if no other service can be made available in that area. BE IT FURTHER Ri:s:lLVED that the rates to be charged for electric service outside the City limits will be City rates plus lO"/.. to cover the additional cost of providing electric service in rural areas. Passed and approved by the Common Council this 19th day or May, 1955. Approved Gilbert C. Anthony Acting Mayor Attest: (City Seal) Sigrid stearns City Clerk Clm. HodEOn mo.ved to adopt Resolution No. 77. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. I Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 4:25 o'clock ~-;.M. Approved ~},~ Acting Mayor Attest~~~.>'Jk-~ City erk Seward, Alaska May 31, 1955 A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 7:30 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of dislJUssing rat control with Mr. Clark,.oC:fty Manager applications and . street departrmnt. Clm. Anthony was appointed by the members of the Council to serve as acting Mayor due to the absence of Mayor Painter. Also present were Clm. West Petrovich, Hodson and Stockton. Absent Glm. Blair. I Street Superintend4nt Ross asked ahout the rate of pay for a new all round man. Clm. West moved that Mr. Walls be employed for the City on the Street Department at $525 per month at the recommendation of street Supt. Ross. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried. Ross then spoke about the necessity of purchasing cable which was discussed, and the amount of 60 feet due to the Bureau of Public Roads: Clm. Petrovich moved that Ross be allowed to purchase 1 spool (500 feet) of 5/8H cable at the lowest quote. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried. He then spoke about surplus part at the shop that could be sold and the bucket for the scoop was dis- cussed. The City }~nager applications and answers were passed around read and discussed and recommended that the City Clerk send a wire to find out if Mr. Harrison at Texas is available. Mr. Clark of the Alaska Pest and Rodent Control was present and spoke of the rat condition and that he had just destroyed the cockroaches. He said the rat condition is bad and there should be some control; this was discussed at some length and he said he would write a proposal and submit it to the Councill He also said Seward should have a continuous program all the time and the cost would be about $1500 as an initial investment for getting rid of rats, and t hat the Railroad and N S & H would probably go along with the program and co-operate. . Chief Seymour spoke about the article in the WNosy NewsH said he doesn't know what the ~eef. is and gave figures on arrests in previous years for drunk and the number Jl:1 ':~:; S91Ilard, Alaska May 19, 1955 --~ -_._.~_....._.- -. ~- -- ---..---..- -- -....---.. .... ..... ---...-. -...-.-.---..-....-. ...... ~ - _. __ ___ _._~_~.______._. _ _____m_ _. ___ . __.._n__.__._._ ';:-7~. .___ ,=""'-C"--;""':"=_~""':::::~-:'~"'::_::C~~':'::7":::;__ _=-_--"-=-:..:=-..:::::::'-" .:::=..::=. ".-...--. - __ ._n._ __________ - .".---- - ~ ~- - - -.- .~--_.-_.__._._---------_.. _________ _____~__ ______....._..___ .____..... _.___._._._ _..'m ~-_._--- -- .of arresting officers. I I i ,I I' II II 1 II Ii ~~a~d~ ~l~~a - - - - - -, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -J~n: ;, -1;5~ II II A special meting of the Council was called to order at 7 :35 0' clock P.M. for the Ii purpose of discussing a round trip ticket for Mr. Hardinge. Clm. Anthony was J,' appointed by the members of the Council to serve as Acting Mayor due to the absenc, of Mayor Painter. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Hodson,cBlair and Stockton. ~' The tentative atmiine schedule was presented and discussed. Clm. Stockton moved t expend funds for roundtrip ticket for Mr. Hardinge to come to Seward asC! possible I, candidate for City Manager and Clm. Anthony to take care of the reservations. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 9i20 o'cleck P.~ Appr~od ./J, e, ~ Act ng Mayor Attest ~ ~ Ci ty Cle rk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 8:08 o'clock P.M. ApPr..... (JIJ~ . Act ing Mayor Attest: ~~ City. er . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :1 I, 6, 195~ Seward, Ala ska June - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ! A regular meeting of the Council was called to erder at 8:05 o'clock P.M., It was,j moved by Clm. West, Seconded by elm. Petro...ich that Clm. stockton be appointed as ,I actling Mayor due to t he absence of Mayor Painter. Present were Clm. West, Petrovi~, Anthony, Hodson and Blair. Absent Acting City l~nager and City Attorney. ' Minutes of the previous regular and special meetings were read and approved. Four bids on the D4 Cat and No. 10 grader were opened, read and discussed. Clm. j' Anthony moved to award the D4 Cat to Ed Hollier of Kenai as hiqh bidder for the s of $1,369.69. Second by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried. Clm. Blair moved to .. award the No. 10 grader to A. Hennessy for $635. Secend by Clm. West. Motion carf1ed. Ordinance No. 256 was read for the third time and the effective date for the paymen~ of the fees was discussed. Clm. Petrovich moved that the effective date for the ~ payment of the fees be on or before June 15, 1955. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion Ii carried. Clm. Anthony moved to adopt Ordinance No. 256. Seconded by Clm. West., All in favor, motion carried. il II !, Sol Urie letter again requesting the refund of $600 was read and this matter had II been previously referred to the City Attorney fu her optnion and she was absent II from this meeting. Clm. Blair moved to table the refund of $600 until an opinion il is reoei ved fran the Ci ty Attorney. !I " J .H. Werner letter' on parallel parking was .Bad and Mr. Werner who was also presen~ spoke about the parking saying it is primarily wotjlen to very much disliked t!1e ~ parallel parking a~d also without adequate parking facilities it will work a hards, ip on the merchants. ! :, Mr. Durant said on May 24 he had been told there were only two objectors and every~ I body had been contacted. He then took a survey of 28 owners of blsiness and only 4 were in favor of the parallel parking and 10 owners had not beeh contacted. He II also said in 5 parallel parking places there could be 11 cars parked diagonally. Ii The Fire Chief said parallel parking is not as good as angle parking for fire 'Ii safety due to the difficulty in removing cars. Watsjold said he is in accord with I Durant and Werner. Pat Bogan said he is in accord with parallel parking. Mr. IL Bee said he is not in favor of it due to there not being enough parking before anljl now there is less. Chief Seymour gave a report on parallel parking and Gus Johnsonll spoke about the jurisdiction of the Mayor and the Chief and asked if the mayor had" questioned any of the people regarding the parallel parking and the answer was "nolr. I: ",,- I ~j(.Jv Seward, Alaska June 6, 1955 I . Clm. Hodson recolrJnended turning thi s problem over to the Planning and Zoning Commission where it had started and Mr. Durant to give them his list of figures but Mr. Durant said they could get their own figures as his would probahly be out- dated by that time. Mr. Schefermeyer said he likes the p:trallel p:I rking but said he doesn't like to think of the winter time with the ice. Jack Werner said the business seas-n is very late and rosiness this year is not as good as other years but parking for the stores down town is a viatl necessity. Gus Werner said "get rid of the parallel parking" and gave reasons. Leter from Vance Hitt objecting to the parallel parking was read. Pat Williams of the Planning & Zonin;r Commisdon said she aas a letter of resigna- tion in but that the Planning & Zoning Commission back in September had recornrended P9-rallel parking but there had been no discussion, no controversy and had been recommended by Mr. O'Hara. The Chief said surveys,have been made and parallel parking has bem found to be the safest and this was followed by a di scussion of the Council and pemns present with the suggestion to request the P & Z Board to have a special meeting so this problem can be settled. Clip. Petrovich :lIlftealrnended turning over to P & Z and Glm. Plair said he is personally opposed and would like to see p:I rallel parking done away wi tho The City Clerk was asked to call the Chai rman of the Board and request a j oi nt meting of the Planning & Zonning Com. and the Council as the earliest convenience. Ben Weal ter requested that the name of Virginia Kopcha be added to the Bever-age Dispensary license of the Nugget Bar along with James Bogan. Clm. West moved that the Name of Virginia Kopcha be added to the li cense of the Nugget Bar, pendi ng compliance with Ordinance No. 255. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. (3us Werner told the Council that his thaw wire had b'3en broken off by the street dept. when grading Third Avenue and a sked what would be done about it. This was discussed by tle mmbers of the Council and it was decided that the Utilities should be notified to repair the wire and bill the City. . I Ray Lee spoke about the removal of the survey stakes on his property when the AIW was installing the sewer and said it is necessary that he have these stakes re- placed in the very near future the matter to be taken up wi th Mr. Southard in re- gard to the letter from APW. Mr. Durant asked that the City Clerk be au~ori.z,~d h write to Capt. Hunter for material for use for the small boat harbor and said authorization was granted. Chief Seymour read the police report for the month of :May. The fire siren blew at 1.0:12 with adjournment until 10:25 P.M. Letter from C. M. Carson was read regarding his arrest outside the City limits and what authority the JlOlice has outside the city limi h. Chief Seymour gave his in- formation regarding the arrest ticket also advising that it was a courtesy, that he could have issued a Warrant of Arrest. The jurisdiction of the City Police was rJiscussed and the Chief said th.ey don't expect to be outside the City limits unless in fresh pursuit and "fresh pursuit" was discussed. The Council asked that Mr. Carson be advised that the Police have been instructed not to go outside the city limits and ask the City Attorney to write to Mr. Carson in answer to his letter w~th copies to the council. , Letter on explosives from the Ala ska Steamship, Alaska Ra ilroad and the Coast Guard were read, in which an indefinite extension has beengranted on the present limit for the discharging of eJlPlosives. Clm. Petrovich moved that a six months pemit for the unloading of explosives to the Alaska Steamship Company and the Alaska Railroad. Second by Clm. West. All in fayor, motion oarried. R~solution No. 78 was read. I RESOLUTION No. 78 BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, That the Board of Equalization will metin the Council Chambers on July 11th, 13th, and 15th, 1955, from 7:00 o'clock P.M. to 9:00 o'clock P.M., and on July 12th and 14th, 1955, from 2:00 o'clock P.~ until 4:00 o'clock P.M. Adopted and passed by the Common Council this 6th day of June, 1955. Attest; S~arid Stearns, Cl~ ..lerk Approved Perry R. Stockton Jr. Acting Mayor " --. .,1:,1 ) Seward, Ala ska June 6, 1955 -------- '--'---'- - --- -~----- --------- - ~--~ -.-- -.----.--- "- -.. ~.._.--_.._. .~ ._... _._'m.___ __..___._ _..___ .._ ....__. .__..._._____ _ __.. .._ n -- --. - ...- . ---- _..._---- - " -.- - ~ ... ..-.. . .. --_..... .... .--..-..--- .-------.-----------,--,-. ---~ -- - -" -. .-.. .- '''- ...;;-.;;.- .-. - .----.- '~~'. -.c'-...=~--'--=--::o-.;;.::::-.=--===:------ _ - .. . .. . _ _ _...._____._._____ ._..____..____...._.._-=---~c-:::--_~=____=c:;,=:___-_:__'_".."".::.~.-=.__ --- ------.. ---..-- ---.----- Clm. Blair moved to adopt Resolution No. 78. Second by Clm. Anthony. Moti o~- ~rri~~. I Letter from Davis, R nfr_ & Hughes was read regarding Appearanoe and Waiver- on ~ , Lots 21 to 25 inc. Blook 15, Townsite, and the Waiver and Di~claimer of Interest wa, also read. Clm. Anthony moved that the City Clerk be authorized to sign the Appear1 anoe and Waiver and Disolaimer of Interest. Second by Clm. West. All in favor" motion carried. I Letter from the Utilities Manager was read requesting rental of the present Utiliti~s building at $100 per month instead of $150 as previously stated bv the Council. 'I This was discussed and the Clerk instructed tDf'notdf,''lthe Utility Board that the : rental oould be ~bOO per month if all lMintenance inol uding snow removal, insuranoe'! and any other costs arti repairs to the bui lding would be met by the Utility Board, .1 otherwise the rent would be $150. 'I I Pat Williams resignation from the Planning and Zond.~]Board was read and accepted and Mrs. Hafemeister was reoOJllll8nded by the Actinq Mayor to fill the vacancy. >i Letter from Sarah May Garrett thanking the fire department for the effeotive servioe ,i 'I in her home during the f ire was read. C. Earl Albreoht letter advised that the Terri tory would be parti cipat inq in the amount of $150,roo towards the n_ Hospital for Seward. Letter from Territorial Highway Engineer regarding funds for small boat harbor re- pairs this sunmer was read. June report of the Public Health Nurse was rel!!d. Spare parts list prepared by Lyle Ross was read and discussed and all spare parts ti :be assembled togerher for sale including the parts for D4 oat, No. 10 grader and Ii :l the scoopmobile. 'I Clm. Petrovioh IDOVed that I Disposal of the two quonsets in the area was discussed,/the City clerk to send a I registered letter to the purohaser of the quonsets and notify that they have reve1ed to the City for failure to cpmply. Second b" Clm.'llest. Motion oarried. ., I Ii Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 11:20 0'01001': P.M. Ii Attest! '!~ ~ ty Clerk App~.p~~,l Acti yor P" - - - - - - - - - " - - . - - - - - .,1 Seward, Ala s1:::a June 9~~ 1955 - - ... - 'I A speoial meeting of the Council was oalled to order at 4:10 o'clock P.M. for the Ii purpose of having a discussion with Mr. Hardinge and the attorney's opinion on the:1 Urie request for refund. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrt- vich,' Anthony, Hodson, Blair and etocl::ton. Al:lsent Acting City Mililagert and City', Attorney. il Mr. Hardinge spoke spoke saying he is the executive and the Council the administra-II tive and any ordinance they pass he will enforce to the letter regardless of who , it might effect. Speaking of the utilities he said he does not want to interfere ,I with the utilities managers, one for the plant and one for the distribution but let!1 them take care of the runninq of their end. He also requested that when there is II any complaint fran anyone, or any city employees, he would like to have it brought II to his attention so he- could deal with it. The police department was disoussed. ! Working conditirms and other quarters for city offices was brought up. ~1r. Harding~. . said he would b", available here by July 15th and the question of salary was brought* up, with only one salary to be paid by the City, with no funds to be taken from thei utilities. He said he believed in looal labor and local purchasing as a policy. . The engineers office and survey work of paving, . curbs and gutters and other engineetinq problems was brought up. Mr. Hardinge then said he will come up with no contraot, but wants transportation for his family of five children as well as for himself, iL and his car, and a salary of $10,000 per year. He sugqested that the Counoil consi4!ter and discuss<this and meet again for a final deoision, the meeting to be set for I 13:30 o'look P.M. June 10th. " !i " Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 5:55 o'clocl:: p.r1. c-J 'I ~ Approved ~o~4 Ma or Attest r. "".' \ -, ~y er -. . ;_~ :-1 Seward, Alaska June 10, 1955 " A special meeting was called to order at 12:35 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of reading the City attorney's opinion on the Urie request for refund and further discussion with Mr. Hardinge for position as City l'~nager. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, Hodson and Blair. Absent Clm. Sto ckt on. I The opinion of the city attorney on the refund of $600 as requested by Sol Urie was read and discussed. Clm. Petrovich moved that Mr. Urie be advised that an opinion has beeh received from the city attorney wl1ere it will not authorirae our refunding the $600 fine. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. There was discussion on the hiring of Mr. Hardinge as City Manager, but Mr. Hardinge was not present. Clm. Anthony moved to hire Harry Hardinge at $10,000 per year and transportation to Seward for himself and family. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. Clm. Hodson moved to authorize $1,000 for expenditures for the City Manager expenses, as drawing account allowance. Second by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made and seconded to adj ourn at 1: 40 ~0Z' f2 Approve 'AI J ~ Mayor Attest ,LA'~/~~ C y lerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Alaska June 14, 1955 I A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 3:00 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of discussing and arproving the FPC pemit on Crescent Lake, and aut' or- izing terms and appointment of John McAnerney.,'Mayor Painter inthe Chair. Present were Clm. Hest, Petrovich, Anthony and Blair. Absent Clm. Hodson and stockton. The letters from the Forest Service dated June 8, 1955 were read regardling the permit through the forest service settinq forth some requirements. Clm. Petrovich recommended that Mayor Painter obtain the article in the paper on Chugach Federal '" power permit on Cooper Lake and mail it to Mr. Harstad, and this was discussed. Copies of the permit were given the the Council members present to read and have ready for the next regular meeting. Clm. Blair moved to appoint John MsAnerney as Acting City Ylanager, City Engineer and Assessor at $600 per month. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. Clm. West moved that the wale of City Driver's licenses and enforcement thereof be suspended as of this date. Second b'T Clm. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. ~.otion was made and carried to adjourn at 4 ~M. ~. '//: Approved --,,t7 "A~ Hayor Attest~..+> ~ Ci t Clerk . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Ala aka June 20, 1955 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I A regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:05 o'clock P.M. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, PetroYich, Anthony, Blair and Stockton. Absent Clm. Hodson. Also present Acting City Manager and City Attorney. Minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read and approved. Letter regarding application for a special use permit for electric power distribution line from Seward to Mile 57 on Kenai Highway, dated June 8th from the Forest Service was read, and the Council advised that a copy has been sent to Mr. Harstad, Hr. Sheppard and the att<:rneys at Juneau. It was recommended that the Council and. Utility Board have a joint meeting with Mr. Sword on this problem. Mr. Harstad's letter of June 8th about the Preliminary Permit for Crescent Lake was read along with Recolution 79, authorizing acceptance. Clm. Anthony moved to adopt R"solution No. 79 as read. Second by Clm. stockton. Motion carried. '. .-:{ /:1 C) ..,1... Seward, Alaska June 30. 1955 -......- -'-'-~ ---. - ~ .~- - -~.~ '-'--'-~-~~-----'-'-"--"'---'-' ---.. ._,-~ .-- -. ...'==~.':,,--'-'---'-' ..---------------.-.--:,---.-=,..-~.::=',==~.:c:::_,c,_:.__:O"'-,-.----.~--.----.-.:;" --. --. -_.. ... -- -.-. .__..- .-----.--.--.--- _._..._ .______ - _._._. __'-0 _ _..___ __ __ __. _.._... .......-.. -- ._- _.._._.. ---_. ---.. ...----------------- ---.. -.---- ------------- - -.--------------.- -----~--_.._--~ __ ._____.______,_........ .__ .._....... "_'0_'_ --::.-=-~-=--===--==--;:.-=-==---==----------~----------- - _.,..... -'-'.-0 . _ _' __________.._______________._._._ _..._.__.__. __.__..__._.=:=-~_~=~=_ RESOLUTION No. 79 BE IT RESJLVED by the Common Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, That the City of Seward, Alaska aoeepts all of the provisions, terms and conditionsiof Preliminary Permit for projeot No. 2171 (Cresoent Lake) as issued by the Federal : Power Commission on May 9, 1955. Adopted and passed by the Common Council this 20th day of J~ne, 1955. (City Seal) Russell !"'ainter Mayor Attest: Sigrid Stearns City Clerk Motion carried unanimously. Mildred Kirkpatrick was present in behalf of the Seward Community Library and spoke Ii of the increase in library usage since the polio outbreak and letter from the board 'I was read. Clm. stookton reoolllllltnded that $600 for the Sewa rd Comnuni ty Library be ,! included in the 1955-56 bu.ci;Jet. Seoond by elm. Blair, Motion carried unanimously. 'I Gus Johnson thanked the Council for the return of diagonal parking but also asked for the reoording in the minutes the petitions for diagonal parking by the b1siness men with 2 hour parking , and the opinion of various persons on parallel parking The pel tions were read by the Miyor with discussion of what consti tutes aut~entioi t of petitions, and the Mayor advised the petitions declared received,as'a matter a reoord and would be on file in the City Hall. ! , Mr. ~rant asked when the, 2 hour park:Cng limit signs would be poslBd and recolllllltndedll that the top of the sign be painted out and he said he would furnish the paint.: 'I' I, Ii :1 :1 il iLetter from Carl R. Carleen, Superintendent on the 19551056 School Budget was read and t he budget was read and breakdown of various expenditures explained by Mr. Carlson. He said the Armory had not been taken into the b1dqet for expenditures for this fi soal year and there was further disoussion and explanations. Clm. stockton moved to accept the School Budget for 1955-56 as presented and reviewed. Second by elm. West. Mot ion carri ed unanimousl V ~ Letter from the Sohool Board for the proposed ohange of plans in the soienoe room i new arid their recommendations was read. Clm. Petrovioh moved that the letter be endors d for ohange in plans for storage facilities in the scienoe room of the new highschoo '. Seoond by Clm. Stockton. Motion carried unanimously. school, BEls for the month of Hay were read. Andy's Oil Delivery, $322.81, Alaska Broad- casting Co., $18.20, ATEC, $34.00, Alaska Shop, $1.33, ACS., $43.16, Bearing Engineering Corp., $2.25, Ballou & Wright, $l02.81,Thomas Y. Crowell Co., $21.20, Win Ervin Motors, $41.50, Holbrook Printing Co., $44.70, Kenai Co-op, $71.68, LeSko Bros., $46.00, Pacific Coast stamp Wks., $16.08, Paulsteiner's $16.00, Mary Hunter $14.64, Ed Dolan, $51.12, Carter Seymour, $54.44, Seward Drug, $7.00, Seward Trading Co., $1.44, N. Swoboda, $161.00, Seward Plumbing & Heating, $30.65, Seward Elec. System, $795JQ, Sewa d Water System, $435.00, Std. Oil $314.40, Seward Hardware, $4.82, Seward Machine Shop, $92.60, Terr. of Alaska (Armory), $75 .00, Westward Motors, $18.69, Yukon Equipment $310.87, Petty Cash, $2528, Dorothy Tyner~ $225.00. Clm. Anthony moved to pay the lills as read for May. Seconded by Clm. I West. All in favor, motion carried. il Mr. MoAnerney spoke of the people complaining of the dust and two possibilities il to alleviate the dust problem that of using a water wagon or oil. The oi ty has th use of a water wagon that oan 2 arry approximately 2000 gallons and could be put , in order in about i day but will need to tractor to pull it. Oil would cost abwt i ; 9t or lOt per gallon at cost of $50 per plook or $5000 for the whole town by Ray's I Oil Servioe. He then quoted the cost of oiling all of the City of Fairbanks at $22,000. Mayor Painter said he knew of a tra~tor that could be used by repairing the brakes also spoke of a spot sale for,tle purchase of a traotor for use in towi the water wagon and s aid he would check on the one traotor. Clm. Petrovich spoke I of raising money for oiling of Fourth Avenue for t he 4th of July and of 1::e.'ping th~ trailer with the water tank. Mr. McAnerney then a sked that the sewer assessments II be extended to July~ to"avoid complaints for notices. This was discussed and the I! city a Horney said it wouid require a change by ordinance and it was suggested tha~ it be left at the present date and if any emergenoy should arise to take care of i~ then. ~-~, '1' '?, 'l) ;..1',ll Seward, Alaska June 20, 1955 I II He then asked that signs f or the 300 parking be put up and recomrrended that Aron Ericson paint the 8 signs at $5ll0 each. Mr. Schaefermeyer suggested making stencils and they could be cut by the standard Oil Co., Mr. McAnerney then read the report on the proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City which was dated June 20th and business zoning was discussed. The m~nutes of the Planning &- Zoning meeting of June 13th were then read and approved. The names of John Paulsteiner, Sr., Fo.ter Bros., Gordon Black, Chet steear and Mr. Sword were submitted for appointment to t~e Board to replace the three resigned. Codifying of the ordinances was then brought up by Mr. McAnerrleY. Clm. Petrovich moved that the City Attorney be authlDllized to revise ordinance on condemnation into a workable or-ii.nance. Second by Clm. Anthony. Motion carried. Letter from the harbormaster was read requesting a float for skiffs due to the in- crease in the number of boats this year, also asking that water and electricity be nade available, follGled by a discussion of $1000 for the supporting of the float but that had not been set aside. It was recommended that the signs for the small boat harbor be made the same a s the others, by making stencil s. Clm. Petrovich to' work with Mayor Painter and Mr. Walker on }:llans for the f1oa~. Mr. HcAnerney to draw up a bid form, tabulate and then make the funds avail9.ble. Letter from the Utilfries manager accepting t~e conditions of the $100 per month rental on the utilities building was read. Also the recommendation for an amendment 'to the City l-lanager ordinance and the City J\ttorney read 1953 Session Laws regarding the manager of the utilities. Seward Hospital Boa rd letter regarjing a sponsor fo r the new hospital was read as well as letters from Foss &- Malcolm, architects and George V. Green. Mayor_ Fainter said he would contact Mr. McAnerney ana they would write a letter to Mrs. Burris of the Women's Division of Christian Service regar-iing the financing. The letter to Mayor Painter from the Associated General Contractors regarding street maintenance was read. I Motion was made to adjourn at 11:58 o'clock P.M. Attest ~~ " ity Clerk Approv~ ~ /, / '/~ Mayor ,Seward, Ala ska June 30, 1955 ,- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,A spacial meeting of the Council was called to order at 10:12 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of considering the recommendation of the Seward Public Utility Board and to initiate the first bond issue. Due to the absence of Mayor Painter, C1m. Anthony was appointed by the members of the Council as Acting Mayor. Also present were Clm. West, Petrovich, Blair and Stockton. Absent C1m. Hodson. In the absence of the City Clerk, Acting 11ayor Anthony requested Mrs. Chaney to take the minutes. The recommendations were read and discussed. I Motion by Clm. West we accept the recommendation of the Utility Board, namely:: . "To have our Engineer do all engineering necessary to run our po~r to ,approximately the south en~ of Grouse Lake including adjacent side roads for the first stage of 'development. Seconded by C1m. Petrovich. Motion carried unanimously. The follo-wing recommendation of the Utility Board was considered: "'That Howard T. Harstad be authorized to engage the services of Dames & Moore to do the seismicgraphic ....d f91r ~ sun of $4,900.00, IAl-yable out of funds received from the sil1e of bonds." Discussion was held. ~lm. Stockton suggested Mr. Carroll, Utilities Manager, phone Harstad tomorrow to secure the approximate total cost, including caps and dynamite, and the length of time the laborers would be needed. This sug<:Iestio'n was approved l~ all members preeent. The recommendation was tabled until after Hr. Carroll's call, and special Council action would then be tar.en. ,.. Clm. Blair m()ved to accept the recornrnenc6tion of the Utility Board, narneil.::r:;,: "To exercise step by step control for Harstad & Associates for engineering work to be done on proposed Hydro project ih these three stages: 1. ApprozimatHly to Nile 8; 2. Mile 32; 3. Engineering to secure FPC pennit. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich., Motion carried unanimously. ';;-'1 f! \',2 tt'l". Seward, Ala ska June 30, 1955 - ~-~-~ - ~- - - - - - - - --- -- _- .~-=::;::"'='-:-:--~~--==:::::-~:::::-..=--------..,,-=- ==::---.::::::0==-..:.----==:.:: --------=:.::-~--;:-;--=:----.,::-'-""7....,_=:'-'~-_~:,'=____:::_:__=_~~_____:__ ;::::~,::::,....;:::::.~~~----==~:= -- . - - -,~-_.. - .--- _.._- --_._--~-- --.- .-... ---..-....--.....- " - - - -._--"~"-----'---_. --_.~,--'-------------- --.-"'------~----~----.r-~--~--- Motion by CLm. Anthony to accept the recormnendation of the Utility :-3oard, namely. 'I "To instruct the City Clerk to write to Grande & Company to sell the first $100,00 ~f Bonds neces~ary for intial steps of the Seward Hydro Project.H Seconded by Cl ',<Test. l"..otion carried unanimously. t The "City Clerk was unanimously requested to w rite letters informing the parties concerned in the motions approved by the City Council at this meeting. l-fotion was made and seconded to adjourn at 10:20 o'clock P.M. " ll.pproved ~, ~ Acting r~yor I- I Attest Acting City ~lerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Ala aka July 15, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . No quor um appearinq for this meeUnq, the held. regu~a~il was Appro " " ~ . Mayor not Attest: ~ ~ ity Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward, Al, ska July 15, 19&5 I - - - - - - - - ~ I ,I A special meetinqof the Council was called to order a, t ,1,0:,00 o'clook F.M. for the t:1 purpose of oorrectinq the minutes 0 f the meetinq of F bruary 24,1955, reading Mann petition, acting on the resignation of the City Clerk; d~..ion of explosiv.. an for purchase of parts for city equi~Dt. Mayor Painter ill the Chair. Present we : Clll. West, PetrOTich, Blair and stockton. Absent Clm. JWthony and Hodson. Also 1 i-present Actirv;r City Manager, Southard. ! T he petition presented by Msnnix-stoly Construction Company requesting a temporar~ right of way durirv the construction of the n_ dock was read and disCWlsed. Clm. 1 Stockton moved to appro..e the Mann1x-stoly Construction Company temporary rig~t of I . way as requested in petition together with the terll8 of agreement therein. Second by Clm. PstrOT1'oh. Motion carried unanimously. ' 1-\ T he letter of resignation 0 "f Siqrid stearns, City Clerk was read by the Mayor &ad Hr. Southard instructed ~to put an ad on" t}le radio, the Anchorage papers and at the employment burea.. It has come to the attention of the Council and Mayor that an e Hor was made in th~ minutes of the Special meeting of February 24th, by the omission 0 f the appoint of two1Habers of the Council for the canvassing of the ballots for said elect! on , February 23, 1955. Mayor Painter appointed Clm. PetroYich and stockton and the Ci Clerk to canvass the ballots. Clm. stockton moved to correct the minutes of the o ,. meeUnq of February 24, 1955 to show the appointmlnt of Clm. PetroTich and Clm. stockton and the City Clerk to canvass the ballots of the special elelrtion of February 23, 1955. Second by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. '] , I I ! ,'--', ' ,~ , ' ~. <oj Seward, Alaska July 15, 19:i 5 Ii Mayor read a teleqram from Mr. Huston of Ap..j' advising of the allotment of $725,000' for the Seward Hospital. He also said that while he was in Anchorage he had I18t with Victor Fischer and learned that the ARC would go through municipalities with paving without cost to said municipality, this was followed by a discussion of the paving in t he City of Seward. Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 10:35 o'clock P.M. ApprC1n~ 0AA1 / k Mayor rn!,l-:u I Attest ~ ci y Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seward. Alaska July 18, 1955 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'A regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:07 o'clock P.M., Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Anthony, Blair and stockton. Also present City Attorney Tyner and Acti~ City Manager, H. E. Southard. Absent, Clm. tetrovioh and Hodson. i Minutlas of the last regular and special meetings were read and 'approved. I The proposed zoninq ordinancie was discussed regarding the adoption of an ordinance bY one reading and then by reference to nUlllber and heading for the se'cond two readings. 'Th. City Attorney was asked to draw up proper amendments to Ordinance No;' 86 to : clarify the adoption of an'; ordinance by reference. Clm. stockton moved t'o table . the' pr-opos~dzoni.nq ,ordinance and instruct the City Attorney to draw up an amend- ';ll8nt to Ordinance 86 for proposed improvements. Second by Clm. mdr. Motion : carried unanimously. ' !:H e.lth Nurse report for the month of June was read and approved. i'Letter from H. Harstad dated June 24, 1955 reqarding the Dam.. & Moor e proposal 'was again discussed and Jay Carroll advised what would be necessary. Clm. Stockton ':moved to contact Dames & Moore and agree to approve the expenditure of 01\. box of ';dynqaite, one box of cap., two laborers, one qualified to handle dynamite, to be :used for a period of seven or eight days. Seconded by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimo.sly. ' "Gene Kirkpatrick was present in behalf of the Seward Volunteer Ambulance Corps and 'their letter was read requesting the use of Lots 13 or 14 in Block 22, Townsite 'for housing two ambulances and other equipment of the corps. Discussion during ,which Gene Kirkpatrick said the building could be put on skids and moved when re- quested. Clm. Blair moved to allow the use of Lots 13 and 14, Block 22, Townsite, for the use of the fNAC and the removal upon request by the City. Second by Clm. Anthony. All in favor, motion carried. I ,The proposed water rate ordinance was read and discussed. There is already an ,ordinance in effect with a charge of 101. above city rates for any utilities outside the city 11m! h, and a discussion of the 16 apartlllents at the Seward San not being in one buildinq. It was decided to table the proposed ordinance until the City A1torney draws up the amendment to Ordinance 86 and the rates to be passed bYw8rd ,resolution, the other portions to be adopted by erdinance. Discussion of the'''man- datory" to disconnect the utility if payment is not made, and the TesJXlnsibility of 'the emplo,.. in this matter. The ordinance to be referred back to the Utility Board and Mr. Carroll and to be advised of the l~ flaw that all utilities outside' the city limits should be billed at l~ above the city rates Resolution No. 80 was read and tabled for lack of a quorum for the adoption of resolutions. The police report for the month of June was read. Clm. Anthony recommended a one ,page condensation of the report for the police. Clm. Stockton spoke of the number ,of men' on the p ,olio. force and the short salade., also saying they should not be required to work nine hours per day. There was further disoussion by the lpembers and the Chief, and Clm. Blair saying not to expect the police budget to be increas- 'ed to any extent. The special payroll for the police department was read and Mr. ,Southard advised that he had approved help just ror the 4th, not the 3rd of July~ ,Clm. Stockton moved to pay the special police payroll as read. Second by Clm. -;-, ,'1,:. C~ 1:;..: _ \. Seward, Alaska ' July 18, 1955 .---: --;: --=:~~~~~-:::_=-=----=-:=:::_~~~-:::-~--:-:-:-~:-::-.:::-::-:---_=--=-_'===,,-'--::::::----:;:"---:::::":- --==:~~-=.-~:. - ----= =-==--_-=--.-::-----:...- -~ __~_::==-=c~~-_-=-_=_:_:::::c.::::"'.~==_==_=_"o:__=::~=::.._:~=.__==_=_:_::___::: ~ &lair. All in favor, motion carried. Proposal from the Alata Peet Control wae read. Clm. linthony moved to acknowledqe the pest menace and try to incorporate funds in the budqet to take care of the situation. Second by Clm. 5tockton. Motion carried. Mr. Southard said he ha<:i talked with the engineer from Mannix and that they would haul their material for the new docl: by truck taking the fill from Lowell Canyon, , cleaning out the canyon floor and the slides. Clm. Stockton moved to authorize Mr. Southard , Acting city Manager, to make an agreement wi th Mannix-stoly Construction Company for the removal of available fill material from Lowell Creek Canyon as directed by the Acting 'City Manager. Seconded by C~m. Blair. All in Tafor, ~ion carried. Mr. Southard also said he would have the total amount of real and personal property before the next regular meeting. The road to the army' dock and repairs was discussed, Mr. Southard having already taken. action in this i matter. 1--' . I I , I There was discussion of the bills and the funds available. Clm. Anthony moved to tap the "Capital Int>~o.,ement Fund for $10,000 to be repaid from General Fund and fncluded in th.. buliqet. Seconded by Clm. West. All in favor, motion carriell. The bills l(ere read. ATEC,126.50, Anchorage Oxygen Co., 13.00, A & B Service, S3 5, Andy!. Oil Delivery, 1361.78, Bay City Motors, 12.65, U.S. Commdssioner, 16.50, Wi Ervin Motors, $47.90, Holbrook Printing Co., 155.40, N.C. Co., $1.56, Pete's Paint and . Body Shop, 125.55, Seward Hardware, 14.65, SeWard Drug, .95, Seward Clinic, 125.00 . Seward Mac;hine Shop, 146.70, Seward Electric System, 1808.10, Seward Water Dept., $445.00, N. Swoboda, 136.00, Standard Oil Co., '156.57, Trick & M rray, i[58.04, United Janitor Supply, 8237.26,. The Lamplighter, $4.68, Werner'. Market, 163.12" I Yukon Equipment, 1345.85, Petty Ca.h, 127.0, Dorothy Tyner 125.00. Clm. We.t moved to pay "the bills as read. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion cartied. ~ .1 Letter from the School Board dated July 12th was read, regarding the reduction for'I' the down payment on the new Highschool buildinq. The City Clerk was instructed to write the Alliska Public Vorks makinq this request, sending a copy of the School I Board letter. -\ , Letter frolD the Federal Power COIIIIIIisston dated June 29th a~rSri&ff":,'~r tion were read and tabled for the attention of the City Managerl~e-Cler~ to ~r e 0 Grande & Co., adTlsing tllat the Council oan find nothing wronq with the bond matur1 ty schedule. . Letter from the Superintendent of the Seward Electric System dated June 27th was read regarding the city auditor. Clm. Anthony moved to contact the office of Rettig, Scott and Co., "edvising that we would iike their service. for the city aud t. Second by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried. There was a discussion of the 1350 check reqeived fram the Seward Electric ,System for their rent from May to December inc1ushe and the Clerk instructed to return the ohealc advising the Utility Board that the City ie doinq business with the Utility Board regarding tlie 1100 per month rental not the departments and would li e to have this straighte~i out now. Letter from the Pacific Fire Rating Bu.reau was read informinq the Council of th~ reduction in fire insurance rates, in Seward. I- I Application for a Retail liquor licen.. for Sam Romack .at hie store on the "'w corner of Fifth ATenue and 'N'allhinqton wa. read. Clm. West IIIOved to approve the request for R~tail Liquor License for Sam Ro.ack at the NW co~r of Fifth Avenue and Washington pending compliance with Ordinance No.255. Second by elm. stockton. Carbon copy of the letter sent to Mr. C. M. Carson by City Attorney Ty{ler was read It was recOllllll8nded that a letter Qf thanks be wri tten for the army band that was in Seward participating in the celebration of the 4th of July, a carbon copy to be sent to the ColIuiwtnding general and alM to thank t he Air Corp.. The Mayor was asked if the City would n_d to request the ARC to go ahead with paTine] into the City and the Mayor advieed that he has already put in such a re- requst through Victor Fischer. ,. , ,~ ,._~ ." J: . Seward, Alaska , July 18, 1955 I II jlMotion was made and - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - July 25, 1955 I Seward, Alaska ,- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. special llIItetinq of the Counoil was called to order at 8 :15 0' olock P.M. for the 'purpose of discussinq telephone probl~ with. Mr. Proctor and discussing the new ho spital project with Mr. Foss. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were Clm. West, Petrovieh, Anthony, and stockton. Absent Clm. Hodson and Blair. Also present City Manager, Hardinqe. Mr. Proctor spoke, sayinq the company had held its annual meetinq in Juneau and requeste Mr. Proctor to. meet with the Council in Seward and said he wished to bring ,'the Council up to date on the proceedings. He said the Council would all be familiar with the proeceedings of the rate hearing, the. injupotion etc. and gave a short review of the r ..sons tle rat. rai se was not granted, reading the Resolution ,of March 7th fO.r the purpose of refreshing these peoples minds, and saying probably 'the only recourse would be to go into court again. , I First of all he said he \o8.nted to touch quickly on the statement that was not certi. ':fied by the CPA but taken from their own books and nat allowed to be entered as :evidence" giving th& net loss for 1952 at $28,837; for 1953, net loss of $27,502.74; net loss for 1954 $23,12~.24; . he quoted ~ther figures for the local office, as well as the amount of the investeq capital as of Dec. 31, 1954. He further stated that they have put money into the plant instead of taking it out and have gone as I,far down into the barrel as the cOlllJ:\llny can possibly go and asked the Council to '.take ser-ious thought of what to do shoul d Alaska Telephone Corporation go ahead or i!would the City go on with their own system.,. which was followed by a discussion. " He was asked why there was such evident failure here and not in other places in ;the Territory and Mr. Proctor advised that they might not be. able to operate under the present conditions and asked that that be rr~de very clear. Mr. Fo.. was introduced to 'the members of the Counoil and informed them that the Alaska. Publio Works has approved f~nds in the aJOOunt of $725,000 for a nel! hospital for Seward. H e said the original plans were for a 40 bed hospital but after a meeting of the hospital board it WI18 decided to bJ.ild a 26 bed hospital, the reduc. tion in be<!s being for two reasons one, being that we will probably get a better bid, the second for publio health and department of health reasons and additional blt4la 'oan be added by putting on a wing. The Territory will put up $150,000 for their 'share of the hosp ital and it will be up to the City of Seward to raise th e bellanoe by "subscription or some other means. H e recommended that the City ask the AiW :;to assume the obligation for "the architects in amount of $59,000, their fee being '10"/.. of a round fiQUre, and this was discussed. He advised that AiW will furnish the City 1I{ith a set of the plans and read a letter by Mayor Painter dated February 8, 1955 regarding the necessity for a new hospital, and Mr. O'H ara's letter of May 21, 1954 regarding the financing of a new hospital quoting millage rates on 'real property as .017i and .029 for personal property. Clm. Stockton said we will b.ave a problem working out the finanoihg, and Mr. Foss said the planning will take . about 90 days. Mr. Hardinge read a letter from APtl reqardinq the New Hospital. I Clm. Petrovioh moved that the Alaska Public Works be notified that the City of Seward has accepted l'bs8'&,Olacin as architects and for Alaska Public Works to .assume the archtectural contract for the new hospital as set forth in your letter 'of July 20th. Seconded by Clm. Anthony. Motion carried. unanimously. ~The-M&yor informed the Coun~il that 'there-would be a special meeting on WedResday- to meet with representatives of the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service. Attest )~~ ' ty Clerk to ~ourn at ::~:uf;id~ Mayor lobti on was loa de and s eoonded - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4";: I~ ~ ., ~:;; ). Seward, Alaska C''='c~""=c,'._".~~=-:-" ::-c__~C:;C==-:-C.::-=.==C::=_=C"=c=:_===,"~-=C=:::C" =:c=:_::-~,:::":=,="=_-_=c::=-~~~~~~-----~-c==:== .-------.-.......-"'-- .- - - - - ~ - -. - - - - ... , ~ ' A special j oint meeting 'of the Council and Utility Board wu called to order at ! 8:15 o'clock for discussion of right-of-way with Mr. steear of the Bureau of Publi Roads and Mr. Sword of the Forest. Service. Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present I Were Clm. West, Petrovich, Anthony, and mllir. Absent Clm. Hodson and Stockton. ! Also present City Manager Hardinge, Mr. Sword, Mr. Steear, and Mr. Gilligan of Harstad & Associates. Members of the Utility Board present were TrevethanMyers, 'hrant and steams; absent Mr. Campen. Jay Carroll, Superintendent of- the Utilities about Item.. in the letter from the- i Regional Forester dated June 8, 1955 and s,i""they have been asked to hold the po line 20 feet from the road and Mr. Carroll saId there iiI no rea.on we cannot go i qo dong with IteJllll b. and c. Item. d. regarding the bond by the City, was discuss I- I I . . Mr. Stem ad!=! there will be no. objection fr.om Mile 5 to Grouse Lake; I that the li can follow the highway satisfactory to the BPi, three feet from the blaok top edge is not contingent on the continuation of the line, and this was discussed further. stearns asked if it has been decided to wild the pole line to 32 and Durant said I i he did not know if it has been agreed to build to 32 or not. Mayor Painter sdd · it has been agreed to build to the plant tdte and that the controversy is frOlll the plant site to Henton' II. Mr. Sword spoke further saying the bond by the City could , be released on anyone of four things and also said the pole line cannot go from I 'mile 5 to 8 without the consent of the serTice in spite of going tn.ough patented I ! land. . stea...said if the pole line is to go to Mile 32, no matter what, his resig - i tion will be effect lYe as he feels that the City cannot afford to saddle our prese t I light plant with another $350,000, and. requested a poll of the Utility Board to . ! dete~ne if they desire the pol. line to be built to Mile 32. The poll ,showed ; Trevethan And Myers in favor of 32 and Mr. Durant no. " MJ:. st,earns handed his resignation to the Chairman o~ the Utility Board. I Discussion continued on the letter of June 8th, with the follClWinq decisions: Item a. the City of Seward 18 in aqreement with the Bureau of PubJ.io ROIldll. Item b. . On the ground aqreemant between Mr. .Gilligan and Mr. Sword. .tem c. Regard- ing the disposal of debris, Mr. s"ord advised that it can be mrnid or dispo..d of : by the cheapest method. Item d. The bond by the City to be effective as of the , date of the permit by the Forest SerTiee, the type of bond to be a performanoe ; bond that could be from. an insurance company and Mr. Sword said in his own persona opinion the amount of the bond could be $10,000 or $15,000. H e again spoke of , the release of the bond on anyone of the four ways mentioned in the letter of ' . June 8th. He suggested APplying to mile 58 now, and pro rate the work as to : mile 8 this year, to mile 32 neat year and to Henton's by 1958. It was requested I that the letter be answered directly to Juneau advisinq that t he City is on cOIlllllO i ground with the BPR and the Forest SerTice dS the above agreements show. Clm. PetroTich moved that the reoonmendation of the Utility Board be accepted and ! the letter he answered as Ciscu8sed and approved June 8th by the Forest Service. Seconded by Clm. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. , The letter from Grande & Co. dated July 11th, on the maturity schedule was discuss d. l-btion was made and seconded to adjourn at 11:00 o'clock P.M. AU..t ~ ~ Ci y Clerk . . _Om~j?;Nb Mayor I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . ____u.. ._ .._._._. ... ....__ ..-.-.----.----.--- ---~-_.__._~- I T H I S I I P A G B N o T u S B D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ ...- ~~ ~:~' ~~.; ':) ------------- -~:- _.----~--- --- ~- --~_.- -~--.----- -~- - - -------- T H I S P A G E N o T u S E D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I 1- "". > ~ f t..,~ l..i .~ ~~~"A.l~s.~a . .. . ... ,e.\1g!1~t l,.L..l~~L.._ ._.... _.0' ... --..----. ---- _.- ._..__._.-..._.._-_._~- .------~ .~- ~~_.~ A regular Meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:03 PM, Mayor Painter in the Chair. Present were City Manager Hardinge, Councilmen West, Petrovich, Anthony, Blair and Stockton, Clm. Hodson being absent. Also present City Attny. Tyner. Minutes of the last regular and special meetinqs were re.d and approved. I :: With reqard to the ieading of Ordinances, City Attorney Tyner stated that she had checked with the City Attorney of Anchorage and he had told her that they I do not necessarily read each ordinance three times. It is read only twice, and . i. passed after the first readinq, and a notice posted as to date of final reading. City Attorney Tyner al so stated that Re.olution 80 had been tabled -at the last regular meeting since it was thought that a quorum was not present, however, 0( were present and that is a sufficient number to make a quorum. Ci ty Attorney Tyner presented Ordinance No. 257, iIIl\endinq Ordinance #86, and it was read, after which City Attorney Tyner explained that this Ordinance eliminate. - the necessity of reading any new Ordinance more than once. City Attorney Tyner feels that Ordinanee86 should be completely revamped. It was agreed that no further discussion was needed, and Anthony moved that this be considered the first reading of the Ordinance No. 257, seconded by West. I First item of new business, Mrs. Harold Jacobs stated that the Nobby Club is being sold to Mr. & Mrs. Carl Stoeckle, and they would like to transfer the Beverage Dispens;ary license from H. W. Jacobs, Cora M. Jacobs, and J. B. Stanton, -to Mr. & YU'.. Carl Stoeckle. Mrs. JacobI!! was advi sed by Mayor Painter that this will require written permission from the Council. Clm. Blair made motion thAt " this request be granted, pending compliance with Ordinance 255. Seconded by Clm. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. YU's. Stoeckle asked the Council about staying open an extra hour, and the fee involved for a half year. She was advised that the fee is $300.00 for a partial year after Ju~y 1st of any year, and that this permit goes thru the City Mgr. office, as a separate deal. A petition was presented by Mrs. Nicholas from the taxpayers in Block lot of the Original fownsite, requesting that this section be changed from Fire zone to Residential zone. Clm. Stockton <lsked if this mouldn't be referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Blair reCommended that this be done. Mrs. Pat Williams suggested that since this is an old ordinance that Fred be consulted about this. Mayor Painter advised that this petition is to be turned over to the Planning and Zoning Commission for their recommendations. Mr. Sam Romack questioned the Council concerninq the fee for the extra hour of opening jor bars, and stated that on July 1, 1955, he had obtained such a permit and had paid to Mrs. Stearns a fee of $500.00. Clm. Stockton requested that the ei ty Clerk check and if found to be correct, a refund be III&de for the over charge of $200.00 so as to be in accordance :wi th the Ordinance. Clm. Stockton then made a motion to this effect, statinq that the date of permit issuance be checked, ascertaining whether the actual date was July 1st or after, a.nd if so, the refund be m.ade in compliance with our Ordinance. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried unanimously. This concluded the first item of new business. I . Hospital report for the months of April, MaI3, and June, was read by ,City H;Jr. :Hardinge, and elm. Anthon; asked whether this is the beginning of a quarterly report fran the Hospital. Mr. Hardinge stated that altho he had discussed the ; Hospital wit:t Rev. l<I.alin, no request had been made for such. report and that this was a voluntary report; however, Mr. Harciinge stated that he had assumed that such a report was being submitted regularly. Mayor Painter stated that he believes this is required in accordance with Ordinance, and Clm. Stockton stated that he felt it was a very good idea and that it should be encouraged. A letter from Mr. H. B. Foss to Mayor Painter was read by City Mgr. Hardinge, regardinq notice of allotment which will be mailed.to vatious cities at the same time, in the near future. ,---- ;"} :~} ,!".,~ - ---- - ----- -.------ .- --------- ..-----..-------..----.-,--'"., .. ~---------------------~--_._._---------_._._~---_._---------' - - _0'" __ ____.._____.'. _ _ . _ ______ _____ "_.- - - -- - - [City Attorney presented three Resolutions, Nos. 81, 82 and 83, regarding Tax Deeds, I :which were read by City Clerk, and a discuasion waa held, with Mr. Harry Southard. [' Also, City Attorney Tyner explained that on property such aa mentioned in these resolutions, deeds are made up by City Clerk, and'reaolutions prepared by City Attorney and that the City ia charged far this only, not the search. Clm. Petro- vich made a motion that Resolution 81 be adopted and passed as read. Seconded by Stockton. 'Clm. Anthony moved that Resolution 82 be adopted and passed a. read. Seconded by West. Clm. Anthony moved for adoption of Resolution 83 aa read. Seconded by West. All three motions carrie<< unanimously. (c_ '-'- _ -c<'"t '::,51) , , I , l In regard to Water Ordinance #252, City Attorn.y Tyner rendered the follOWing opinions. She stated that the Water Ordinance provides that the Water rat,s be set by the Utility Board and approved by the Council. She hu advised Mr. Carroll. She 'also ~tated that she had discussed with the City Attorney of Anchorage, the legality of water shut-ofts for non payment of fee, and he had stated that it is done in Anchorage curl that it is quite leqal. City Attorney Tyner stated that she, had also learned that some states, partiCUlarly California, haee .. st..~ute that thel City may not turn off the water, and in the absence of such a statute, the City is quite right in turning off the water for non payment of bills. A discussion was held conoerninq the water shut-ofh, and Mr. Hardinge thouqht that this should be just good business and that no ordiI\llnce or resolution should be necessary. Clm. Petrovich advised that to shut orr the water may lead to quite an expense as it would require a complete revampinq of the water liIles. It was the opinion of City M;1r. Hardinqe and Clm. PetrOTich that this an operatinq problem al1d shut ofb should not.be .mandatory but should be at the .discretion of the water superintendent! Clm. Blair stated that he believes there muat be some way to collect for bill., and in thia respect, it WilS bro1ight out that the Water Company is in arrears with the Bonding Company. At this point Mr. Hardinge stated to the-Council that he wwld like to know how much authority he has with the Utility board, and whether'he hIlS any authority to go in and examine their books. Mayor Painter advised that he is sure -that the City M;1r. has that authority, and that J. Carroll would, he wu sure, honor such request. Resolution 80 was read, and Mayor Painter advi sed i. change in the date and the City Clerk name. Clm. West moved for the adoption of Resolution 80, seconded by Blair. Motion ,carried unanimously. ('...)Q.Q ~Ot') f"' 2;~>i' iThe Contract Agreement between Mannix-stolte, Inc. and City of Seward was read and 'discuned as follows;- Clm. Petrovich wondered if the footings of the tunnel would be effected, and Mr. H. f3()uthard advised that they 'would not. It was also stated that the tunnel would be watched reqularly to see ~it did not become plugqed, and this will be done by City M;1r. Hardinge, City SoU'ljhard, Mr. Ross of the' Street Dept. as well aa bJ the contractor inTolTed. Mannix are to uae only west ,from the intake of the tunnel, ....nd the west limit of the City owned property haa been staked out. Clm. West stated that he did not feel that $10,000.00 bond was sufficiem: to cover llIlY dalllilge that may oocur. Mr. Southard stated that he did ;not tl)ink that Mannix would object to an increase in the bond. Clm. Blair asked [whether eything W&S said &bout w&tchmen on strategic corners, and it ".a stated ithat the contractor hu ,agreed to furnish .any necessary signs. Clm. Anthony :suggested the following d1anqes be made in the Contract: (1) it be qualified i~ the contrilct WWest of the intake structurew, (2) rilise the surety bond to $25,000.0 (3) that the words "and flagmen" be added to the ~ragraph wherein it 18 set torth that such signa u JIIIlY be considered necessary by the City M;1r. will be provided by the Contractor. Oscar Watsjold asked if there would be a time limit on the use of the heilTY equip- ment on the City streets, and stated that he felt that they should not be allowed t work late hours. It was explained th4t at the present time, it is planned to be a round the clock job, dtho Mr. H. 'South4rd stated that right now they do not plan to work after the freeze up. Clm. Petrovich made a motion that the Mannix contract be agreed upon with the sugqested cb.ng.-. as noted above. Seconded by Blair,. Motion carried by unanimous i vote. Lease between Morrisen-Knudsen and the City of Seward was read, and Clm. Petrovich i desired to know where the price of $5.00 per year per lot came from, and atated thAI he feels that more could be obtained. Mr~ Jiardinge stated that this figure repre- i sent. the amount in taxes that these lot.~~ring in. Clm. Blair states that if thiS! ., ~.) J.t - ~- .. . - --..---.- -.-. .~~.~--_..~_._-. ::c~WM~ .IIJ ROlle!!,.. _. __ __ 0.__..-- _ ~ --. -.-----..-..---.----- ._..Auqutl, 19~A, ". =~~_"~1'_t ill" ,.. _ __ I I I " !! i' q itwill bring in more money to the City by bringinq meninchere:to work then that ~ill help the City as they will spend money in the City. Clm. Petrovich's opinion ;:18 that we should obtain a more equitable figure so as to include t he cost of Illaintaininq the streets used. It was explained that City streets would not be used except for the one corner of 7th street, and that the streets were taken into consideration. Most of the equipment will be rightoown near the dock at the 'iS1llllll bOil t harbor, and it was also stated that the Harbormaster ... well as Seward :Fish and Cold Storage had mutually agreed that there would be no haard to the :jSmall Bo..t Harbor. The land is leased to Seward Fish and Cold storage. Clm. West la180 voiced an opinion that the lease price is too low. Clm.Anthony stated that 'he believes the price could be a little more realistic without scaring off M-K, and that though the intent 'of the contract is fine, believes we could up the price a little. Clm~ stockton felt thl:t the le4l.8e should be referred back to City H;r. !'for a raise in the price of the lease of the lots. CityH;r. Hardinge s\J;Jgested lithat the Council put a price on the lease, and then the lease will be changed and ,submitted for M-K's approval. Clm. Blair stated that he would 'go 'alonq with the ;!others in that it is worth more money. It was generally felt that the lots were :iworth more to the City for snow etorage than to have them leased at such a low irate. Clm. Anthony suggested that the City ~.gr. try for $12.815.00 per lot per , ~ear. Clm. Petrovich moTed that a change to $15.00 per lot be made, seconded by ilClm. West. Carried by unanimous Tote. A letter was read from Mrs. Pat Williams requesting the council's desire as to '!whether the City vehicle fleet insurance pdiicy be renewed. Clm. West suggested ;'that this be put out for public bid, and questioned whether the rates had been checked. ~rr. Hardinge stated that he had not had .n opportunity to check the rates, although he had checked the premiums with Mrs. Williams and they seem to be in line, and we do not have much time 'to secure bids inasmuch as the expiration date l:on Us present policy is August 23, 1955. West stated that he believes that all ';City business should be put out on bids. Mayor Painter stated that the policy " :'of the Council has been that renewals go to the Agent already holding the business, ,land new business is put up for bid. Clm. Anthony made a motion that the bid for our 'Fleet Insurance be advert ised and a. bid solici ted since we have plenty of time to '~ct upon it. Seconded by Petrovich. Clm. Petrovich, Anthony, & Blair voted in ,the affirmative, Stockton negative, with West not voting. tiThe school deficit was discussed with regard to the Sales Tax income. It was I:stated by City ~r. Hardinge that $24,321.00 will have to come out of the General iiFund in order to keep up the school payments. Clm. Petrovich asked what recommend&.. 'tions the City H;r. could make and Mr. Hardinge asked whether we are getting all the ,Sales tax coming to us and stated that he thought that the sales tax ordinance should be re-worked. The retailers books should be checked to ascertain whether the City is actually getting the amount due. City H;r. Hardinqe felt that the Sales tax should be figured on a gross i.come on a quarterly basis. He stated 'that something will have to be done as we are just going behind,- we.}ire short funds already and the Superinterldent of Schools has stated that he/p~obablY be ,back for more money. Clm. Petrovich stated that he is in favor of the City H;r. <<txplorinq the sales tax ~m a gross income basis and making a preliminary copy of 'his recomnendations. Police Department report was read by Mr. Hardinqe and he explained that the City is losing money on that impounding of cars. The towage should be collected from 'ithe owner before the car is released. No other questions raised. The City H;r. stated that the Police report is broken down considerably, mostly for the informa- tion of the City ~r. and he does not propose to read any but the pertinent facts unless the Council so desires. The Council felt that is all right. The salary schedule for the city was read by Mr. Hardinqe in connection with a discussion on the 54-55 and 55-56 budget. The salaries, stated Mr. Hardinge, 'cannot be raised in the middle of the budget, such as January. Hearinqs will be heard in the month of May for salary increases. Mr. &rdinge stated that he ooes 'not believe that a man can live in this City on $400.00 per month, such as the iI-i;"" " t)~)'.t ~~-~---_.,----" _._-----~- .------ --_.~--_._-----_. .------.--- -----...---------- ----------~---_._-- Patrolmen have been paid in the past, and he has set up these salaries at $500.00 monthly. No objections raised. During discussion of the budget, it was brought out that any department which has a surplus should keep the surplus rather than haTe it transferred to another department. Mr. Hardinqe felt that a monthly balance sheet submitted by each department is desirable, and in this JIlilnner, a better check can be kept in order to see that no department exceeds the budget allowance for such dej:artment. A discussion of the firemen was held and Mr. stockton stated that the Alaska Railroad, the steamship companies and the 1- stevedorinq companies may desire to have an extra firelll&n for the dock, and in such an event they would contribute for this. Mr. Hardinge stated that we would accept any such deal., City .1'~'r. Hardinge brought out that the mechanic, Mr. Soi'oboda, is not satisfied with his sal<<ry, and he Willi under the impression that he would get a raise every January and every July. Clm. Petrovich made a motion that the salary schedule as sul:mitted be approved. Seconded by Clm. Blair. Carried by unanimous vote. . A letter from Mr. C. M. Carson addressed to City Attorney Tyner was read by the City Clerk ard a discu8Sion requested by Mayor Painter. Mr. Hardinge stated tffit e will look into the charge made by Mr. Carson -relative to the Chief of Police being out of his jurisdiction, and if he finds the Chief to be in the wronq, a letter - of apology will b. w~itten. City K;rr. Hardinge stated tffit he had checked in .the state of Washinqton, and had ..ec.hed a satisfactory recommendation from ,them . regarding Chief Seymour. At this point Chief Seymour stated that he had never been stationed in Tacoma, as set forth in Mr~ Carson's letter. City Attorney advised that she believes that her recollUllendation in tiUI connection with the Sol Urie case should apply to this. Mr. Hardinge and the City Attorney will discuss whether a 'reply should be made and when. AP~v0Z4~fi7il// . MAYOR' ATI$ST: ~A)dld~/1/ . / CITY a.ERK + J'OLLOWING ARE THE RBSOLU'l'IONS AS ADOPl'ED AND PASSBD AT THIS AUG. 1 RElRJLAR MBETIN : RBSOLUTION No. 60 A RiSOLUTION DIRECTING TAX DUD TO BE ISSUED TO THE CITY OF amwm, U..LCU{~, FOR CERl'ADl RKAL PROPERTY IN '1'Hi CITY OF SEIIARD. WHEREAS, at public auct10a hell. an the 15th ~ at F.bruar;y, 1935, 1. purauaao. ,at aa ar"r at ole ..... aM nter" 1. the Dlstrie:t hurt tar the Territal7 ~ .uuka, Thlri .TuUcla1 D1TlsiM aa the 10th ~ at Dec-'ter, 1944, the Clt7 at Sevar' be.. the purcha.er at Lets Eichtee. (18), N1aeteen (19) an' '!'ventI' (20) la Black Thirt7-s.nn (31) et the Or1&lna1 Tawnsit. at Sevari, .uuka, aocar.iaa to the aUlcial Plat thereat, haTlaa bld. theretar the ...unt 'u. .a AU Lets, 1nc1uUaa the tax, peDalt7, lnter.st and'oeate 'u. and "UDqu.at thenea tar the years 1932 ad 1933, aM ! WHERi.IS, a peri.. 1aaa 10 .xc..s ot tvo years haa .1apsed s1nc~ the date at aald sale an' DO redemptlon haa bee. ma.. theretro., and the Clty .t Sevari has 10aa been enUU.i to"a tax Deed to .ai' Lets, NOlf, THEREJ'OR&, BE IT mrsOLVED BY TBB COMMON,COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, .lu~n: That RUSSELL P4IN1'ER, ,u Mayor, and E~ WJ.I..XER, a. City Clerk, execute a '!'ax Dee. to saU Lots herelnbetore, in this re..lut1on. '..oribed, to ha.... and to hold the titl. to ni' Let. unto th~ 'City "at Sevanl. Alaska. aad tho.. hoUlaa by, thre h er under it, toreTer. DATED th1s1at day ot J.u&WIt, 1955. FUSSELL PAINTER MAYOR - C1ty .tBevar', Alaska ~ Walker Cl ty Clerk Cit)'.t Bevari, .uaska -:c-.,' ,'-"' t,.: (} t_J _n~~~'w-,~~~ uY~",-~. . ::::::,,~~;!1;t::~.:~-..~. RESOI,.UTION No. 81 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING WARRANTY DEEDS TO BE ISSUED FOR CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA. I WHEREAS, the city ot Sewara is the owner ot Lots One (1), Two (2). Three (3) and Four (4) in Bleck Five (5) ot the Federal Aidition to the City ot Sewara. by virtur ot patant t~ the U.ited Statea ot America to the City ot Sevard. I Ne. 1151962. rec.rded at Beok 2 ot Patenta. paie 14, ia the otfice ot the Precinct Recorder. Seward Procinqt. Terri tory ot Alaaka. and WHEREAS. in the judpent ot the City Council. aalli preperty 18 ..t hd shall ..t be required tor ainicipal purposea. and WHER&AS. :o.uilaa and MiJlnie Keatinj; desire te purchaae said Lets One (1) ani Two (2) ot Block Five (5) in the Federal Aidition to the City ot Sevard for ~od 8.JUl valuable consUeration. aDlil WHEREAS. W. L. anll Nellie Brattain desire to purchaae ..14 Lots Three (]) and Four (4) ot Bleck Five (5) in the Federal Addition to the City ot Sevara tor iPod and valuable consideration. NOV. THEREFORK, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ~ON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD. U LClJ(-': That RUSSEll. PAINl'ER. aa Mayor, and EFIU. l!'AI..EER. as City Clerk. execute a Warranty Deed to Leta One and Two ot Block Fiv. ot Fe.eral Aiditio. to the City ot Sewar4, t. Deuj;lae and Mianie KeatiDj;. tor the consideration ot One Dellar and other valuable consideration in hand paid. to have and to hold the title to ..i4 lot. forever. &Ad I That RUSSELL PAINTER, aa Mayor. and ERJIa. WAI..EER, aa City Clerk. execute a Warranty, Deed to Leta Three and Four i. Block Five ot the Federal Ad4itie. to the City of Sewara to W. L. And Nellie Brattain. for the ,consideration ot o.e Dollar ana other valuablo considerati.. in h&D4 paid. to have and to hold the title to said Leta torever. Oatei thia 1st day of Auj;Ust 1955. lal 1Ils-"un T PAINTER MAYOR - City of Seward. Alaalea lal H:- Wallrer City Clerk City ot Seward. Alaska RKSOLUTION No. 82 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING TAX DUD TO Bli: ISSUED FOR CERl'AIN REAl. PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SEWARD. ALASK.l. VHERBAS. at public BUctio. held on the 21st day of May, 1951, Fran aad BDely DuBeau beC8llle the purchasers ot Lot Thirty-o.. (31) in Block Twenty-soven (27) i. the orij;inal tevasite ot Sevara. Alaeka.. accordiDj; to the otticial Plat thereot, haviDj; bid theretor the amount due on eaid Let, inclu.iDj; the tax, panalty. intereat and oeste 'ue and bl1nquent thereo. for the years 1946 and 1947. au WHEREAS. the oriiinal c.rtificate. No. 2952. has no. been lost, an' I 'lIlHEREAS, a period lOIlj; in excoas ot two y.ara has elaps.d aince the ute ot e.id aale and no redemption haa been .... theretrom, and the ..i. Fraa an' Elmely DuBeau are DOW entitled to a tax deeel to said Lot. NOW, THEREFORE.' BE IT RESOLVED BY THE C<Mo10N COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA: That RUSSELL PAINl'ER. aa Mayor. and ER4A WALKER. aa City Clerk, execute a Tax Deed te sai. Let hereillbofere. ill thie re...luUon. deacribe'. to have and to holfl the ti~le .to aaia Lot unto the a.i. Fran and Emely DuBeau. forover. OATED thia 1st 'ay ot AIJGUST, 1955- 1.1 RW'I.C:UU T PAINTER MAYOR - City ot Se_rd, Alaaka la/x. VUK1lR Ci ty Clerk City ot Seward. Ala.ka ,-:} ,~~' (' t.....' ~. J . ) RmJOLU'l'lo.N No. 8.3 Au&uat 1. 1955 '''.'11:'.''__ II II I SewaN. Alaska ---_..,~------ ------------~~.- - - - - . RESOW'l'ION DIRECTING TAX DIED TO .BE ISSUED TO THE CITY OF SWARD. V"$4. JOR CERTAIN RIAL PR>PERTY IN THE CITY OF SEVARD. WHBRIAS. at publio auoU.. hell. .. tb. 12tb Uy .t NOY_Hr. 19.31, i. pur8UU~ .t a .ri.r .t ..10 .4. ad oaten. i. tbe District Ceurt t.r the Terri tory .t Alu Thir. 1udioial Dhia1.. .. the 1st .ay .r luly. 19.31. the oity .r Seward b.__ th purohaaer .t Let Twe.ty-t1n (25) fa Bl.ok Tw.nty-.a. (21) ot the Ori.l..1 Tevuit .t SewaN. Aluka. ao~rd1.. t. the otrlolal Plat tboreet. ....i... b14 theret.r the ! u.uat .u. .. ..i. Let. i.olu.inath. tax. p.II8Uy. iaterest ... ~at. .u. aM II ..UJlqu..t th.ree. ter tb. year 19.30. ... II WHERIAS. a p.ri.. 1011& i. exeeu .t two yoara haa elap.ed .inoe the data .t ..14 , ..le aU _ re4empU.. haa been ... theretrea. ad the City .t Sewari haa 1.11& bee. enti tl_ t. a tax n.. to .ai. Let. NOW. '1'1:i.lli~ORlC. BE IT RISOLVXD BY TD COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD. ULcnc,: That RUSBBLL PA.lN'1'EH. .. Ma;y.r. ... mRA. VALXBR. u City Clerk. .xocuto a Tax Deed t. ..id Let herel.botore. in tbia r...luU... ...oribo.. to haY. au to boll. tho title to ..14 Let uat. the City ot Sewari. AlaaJea. alld thoao holUna by. threuah .r un.er it. tenyer. ~ID tbi. ~at 4q .t AUGUST. 1955. i.i RJSSKLL PA.IN'l'IR ,MA.YOH - City .t Seward. Alaska ian. w'r~ City Clerk: City .f Seward. Ala.ka Abon He.olutioa. Nea. 80. 81. 62. ad '8.3 pas." aM appr.nd by tho ec..n , Oouao11 thia lat \Ia1.t Au&u.t. 1955. APPHOVED : aA~#~j~ ~ MAYOH ATTEST: ~!d~ ( CITY CLEE = = = = = = = = : = = = = = : : = = = = = = = = : = = = = : = = = = = : = = = . S.waN. Alaaka A.u&uat 10. 1955 - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - L. .peoial .eetina ot the o.uao11 was called to .rder at 3: 08 P.M. tor the purpo.. .t d1aouaaiqQ4 ..~tin& ~h. .ill... rat. t.r tax.s. aM tor U.cuas1D& ~ax ..... from the CU, J.ttoraey. Ma7.r Painter ia tho Chair. Pre..nt were eoqoi1aea W.st PetreYicb. Antbony, Blair and StockaD. Cla. ifecl... ab.eat. Alae pr....t CitY' ; Hardinge. aDd City As.ossor Seutbari. City Mar. Ha~4iD4le .u:baitt" tent.Un I ' , tiaun. oa the onrall buAaet tor 1955-1956. istt.at" Renau.. f1aure. a. pre...t are aa t.ll.w.: Capital Impren.ent luU - $20.000.00. Publio Hoaltb &JUt SanUat $80.000.00. Geaeral Fund . $192.210.00. Mar~.e Way. J'uDj - $6200.00. Sohe.l Ben" Fua" - $14.444.28. Snar Boael . $4810.00. E.tt.at.. bp.D4iture. a. t.llows: Capital Iaprey...t - $16.056.00. EducaUea. Publio Health" SanitaUoa $79.i89.0 . Geaeral Fund $213..364.00. Maria. Way. $3560.00. Sobool Bod :rua.. $15,2,56.00. Sner Bod I'uJI4 $1160.,00. Beluc..t tude at eM ot year ..t..t.d a b. u t.ll.wa: ! CapUal laprevement $10096.00. Bd\lcaUon. Public Health.,. SaaitaU.a $m .00. I Maria. W&y'. $14.000.00. Sewer Be.d $11.458.08. Aa a.Justment will han to b. _d. advise. Mr. HartiD&.. t.r the Genoral Fun. which laoka abeut $10.000.00 Laatyear' fiaur.. shewe" ost_t.. .xpe.eliturea t,. General J'ua" $225.,000':00 a. oeapar" ~ I with. f1auro this y~r .t $213.000.00. Last 78U'S', ~. coatain." o.t~ted . ren...o tiaure ,.t $225.~14.00. but ~. aotual royOIWo ... ..17 $164.076.00. Estt.ate. reyenue tor General Fund la.t Y'..r coataia'" Lie..... .... Pormit. eatb:lated to be r.c.in. trom Territory at. $22.078.00 whereas the actual receipts o. this __\lilted to oal;y approxt.at.ly $10.000.00. Mr. Hardiq. .tat.. that the incoaae tor la.t y.ar 1fU ov.r-,..U..t.. all tile w&y'dewa. Aa another eXUlple he atated that Reye.ue traa ~1a& d.Yic... etc. was s.tt.at.. to be $1050.00. but actual receipt. UlOunted to $541.oo. Sal.. tax rec.ipt. e.,tilllated la.t y.ar at $83.000.00. actually r.o.iY." $16.000.00. i "'J\... ,. Sewar4, Alaska 1955 I II Clm. P.tre...ich ask" at this tim. what pre...iaions are _d. in the bud".t tor tho , ArIIJDry and ,Mr. Ha.rdin&. .tat.. that ao pre...i.ions are ~d. tor thi., exc.pt that I'th. Capital Improv8IDent Fund fi~re is s.t at $20,000.00. Clm. Petro...ich stat.d i,that the City is d.tinit.ly c.mmitt.d to pay the dawn payment on the ~~7. aad it was broupt out tAat the id.a of the Capital llIlpro"'a:I8nt Fund. wh.n ..10 up. ,; was to keep addin" te it. 8010 to s.t it a.id. to borrow frcm. It was .tat.d that "w. Just don't ha...., the f~ds for the inclusion of the Arri>>ry ia the bui".t. allll : Mr, Har4in". also a.keli wh.r. w. w.r. pia" t. ".10 the moa.y t. pay for,th. ,. Ho.pital. Mayor Paint.r atat~d that h. ha4 r.c.i....d w.ri f1'8l the National Guar4 : that th.y ha.... hd d.lays. aDd bi.. will ..10 b. call" for until Fall. and con- I, .twc101oa will aot .tart until ..xt y.ar. , , At this p.i.t Mr. Hariin". ad...18.d that h. want. to ..e the ~ and a.e if w. , can ..10 sa uphalt 4istributor aU. .xperimellt with it with .ur ova crow and try t. ".10 oae or two bl.cke. clo.. thia year to a.. h.w it standa th.,wiat.~. Huan1a& the "rad.r aad wat.r waiOn all day lon& ani on Sundaya aa well l'WUI into mon.y. May.r Pa1ater aaked the Counc11 what th.ir ....riict i. oa the m111&&. rat. for the ,tax... and it was asltecl of the City MaJaa&er what h. consid~red a n.c....ry raise to co....r the bud.et. Mr. Hardin&. stated that the way w. ha.... it fi"ured ri&ht 'now, with.ut any aGditioael for tho Arwlory or P87in",t.r th.,h.spital. oa.lII111 on both real aDd per.onal property will do it. I A&ain the discu..ioa r....ert.d to the str..t 4.partment anel it was .tat.d that tho ; U10111 101' Company has .ur taak ,,0 dova te the .tr..t d.partment bld". to till up the taak with a 1/2" h... Dd.i. this way th.y .. ..10 char".. Hov.....r. we CO&.\ld till i the taak frcm a hydrant with a 2-1/2' h... wh.r. it would b. much futer. but the w. are payiaa a hydrant f... aDd a pr.tty stitf ~n. at that. the Utility ~ want. te char". the City tor this. Mayor Paint.r ad...is.d that h. b.lie...ed this could. be iron" out by .ea. disQus.ion and Clm. Petro...ich .UK.sted w. call a ...tiai and ".10 it s.tt1.d. , Clm. ~~9Qkto. requeated the City MaD8".r to s.t forth the UIOuat i. 'ollar. an~ c.ntsA ~u14 b. shown frcm a on. ,m111 increas. in the milla.. rate. Mr. Hariia.. ,.aid that reu&h1y $10.000.00 w,uld be roaliaed. Clm. Stockton wonder.d if a bueli.t f9r the iDdhiclua1 d.partmeats ha4 b.en pr.par.d. &ad Mr. Hariin". pr.s.ated th... ,.fiaur.s an4 pass.d them arouDd the table. Qu.stio.. w.r. rai..d. on the Marin. Way. ani Mayor Paint.r ad...is.d that any inCODe d.ri..... frem this is .trictly tor takiDj; car. of the boaG. paym.nts. City Maaa".r Hardi~&8 qu.stion.d why aay .xc.sa could .010 b. us.d for impr....ia" the Maria. Way. property'" stated that 80 1~n& as the bonds are paid the bond hold.r. eboul4 .010 care if w. w.r. to u.. ,anythin& o....r this for impro......nt.. Mr. Hardin&. stat.d that he felt that the Maria.-Ways Leas. .h.uld be brokea ina8mlch as .....rythiA& dClwn th.r. i. b.c~in" u..l.... Mayor Painter stat.. that h. ha4 l.arneci that the S.~ard Fiah ~d Cold Storaa. has l....d .ome shore lias at approxtm&t.ly $150.00 to Morrison-Knu4.en. &D4 atat.d that h. b.li...... th.y ahou14 not d~ this without firet obtaiaiaa peraiSSiOD froJll the City. City Mir. Hariin&. SUi&.sted that the ,Council ...010. on wheth.r er aot tU l..s. b. broken. and aaid that h. f.els thai; ,th. Seward Fiah and Cold aoraa. 18 Juat milkin& this and it ia rapidly becomin& 1;41 a peint wh.r. it will be ot 80 us. te ..,.n.. Th. Al.utian Traaapertat10a ~pany ~ill l.a.. this preperty ani ~.~Cemant Plant could still retai. that portion th.y ..ware uain& for this. It appeare that w. ar. l.asin" thia property to them for $5.000.00 a year and they are sub-leasill& it tor much mor.. Clm. "Petro...ich .tat.d thath. felt the City .hould b. III&kia" more concr.t. st.ps t. pre..rY. that natural spet dova th.re. I Mayor Paint.r a&&in r.f.rred to the matt.r before us, that of .stablishiD& a milla". r~t.. and aU&j;.at.d that the Council could re...~.w the bud"et at a lat.r date and make au&gest.d cut. after the City Manager ".ta it put into form shap.. H. aaid that he di4n't know of anythiD& irr.&ular i. .ettiD& the millage rat. b.for. the budaet has been appro....d .ince tho au"".sted increase is only o.e mill. Clm. Petro...ich SUK..t.d that . tUJ1cl b. s.t up to take care of the str.ets. and it w.. brou&ht eut by Mr. Hardin&. that the street pa...in& proJ.ct haa b..n Pllt Oll tho inacti.... liat with the APW as th.y stat.d th.y were uaable to ".t any information r.&&riiD" th.ir requests III&d. in 1953. Mr. Southari .tated that it it can b. 'definit.ly a.c.rtained that the dust preblem in Seward EUSt b. corr.ct.d a. a ...itation measure or h.alth ....ur.. it may be pe.sibl. te ".10 APW appro...al, &ad in this r.sp.ct Mr. HardiD&. stated that Dr. Hall t.lt that b.tt.r than 50% of his pati..t. are r..pirat.ry cases a. a dir.ct r.sult of the duat. At this peint the City Dump waa also iiscuss.d, and a m.ana to .radicat. thi. .y.-sor.. Mayor Painter stated that accordiD& to iaforma101on r.cehed by him. any Ala.ka pa...iD& proJ.cts are out 80 tar a. the API' is concern.. ua101l 1958. A discuasio. followed r.&&riin& the $2000.00 bill out.tandin" for radioa at the Polic. Dept 'and it wa. stat.d that so tar as anyone knew. the purchas. .f th.se radios ha4 r'-- - -- ~----.--- "~' ~" "',", I:.j;! "') - ._--_..._~~~---- ----. -------.----------,." ..-. CU)' ~f aevari, Aluka AuiUSt 10, 1955 - \lU1&" .&..LU.I... aever been authoriaed. Ma)'or Paint.r .tated that the authority,ha. never ~,t the o.uacil .1' trea htmaelt. Cit)' Mar. BarUap advi8" the Ceuac11 that thoqh the.. ...at. bat b..a .et up tor eaoh .epar..at oa the bUd,et, it doe. aot aeaa that it w11l all be .pent, a. each depart.eat will b. held d.wn te an .b.olut. .1nUawa .. h. want. to b. able to .how . lIala.oe 1a all of the tuat. .t Ue ent ot the )'ear. Cla. Petrevlch ..ked vhether Mr. BariiD&. t.lt that the bu.pt 18 ..-.quat. .. it i. preII.nte. ... .Mr. Hariiaae .tat.. tIl.t Ite th1aka he oaa ,.t by vith it. Mayer Paiater .tated that ve aast ..t the ..Ul rate ..d let the ....y oomiq 1a .. the CU)' i. broke. Cla. Petrev1ch telt tbat pav1a&. i. ot prille 1mpertaDce aad evea it w. have t. &0 up to tw .Ul., ve oaa t.ll tIl. tupqer. tbat w. are piaa to pave the .tr..t., and h. .t.t.. that h. felt v. nod. pt IOMthlq .... oa the .tre.t.. Cla. AathoD)' a.k.. that the iaorea.. In the Pellee Dopar...t bud,.t b. uplai.e. ud Mr. HarUD,. .u.ou..... tbi.. a. .1.. .uag..ted tbat it M7 be to the City'. advantaa. to have . cold .tora,. locker .. tbat v. could avail our.elv.. ot &D7 .onation. that .., come i., ud ia this va)' reduce tbe ...t .t the ..al. tor prison.r.. Cla. Bl.ir .t.t.d tbat h. wuld vant to ..e . lett.r fro. the Fi.h & Wlldllte .tatin, that the City could u.. ..at tr.. vll. ,... ill. t.ediaa the pri..aera. It was &1.. broupt out by o.uacilMa Swcltt.Il. that th. h.urs v.rke. by the patrolaea .re .xc...iT. ..41 the City .hould ut .xpect tb_ t. e..tinue to v.rk .uch hour.. Mayor Painter felt that this i8 a ..tter ot policy that oaa be .treicht.... out b.tv... Mr. BardiDi. and the Chi~t ot polie.. The di.eu.81o. a&aia revert_ to th. htte.t, u4 City Mar. Hariinp .tated that h. will eDdeavor to ,iv. the o.oc11 a .t.t....t ..eb ...th .0 tbat the Ooocl1 will knov vher. e.ch depart.e.t .t&Dd.. Eaoh ..partment will b. .llooat.. . oertai. ..at per ..ath and there i. 80 rea.on vhy ~ .t theil, other tbaa th. Stre.t Dept.. ...uld ..ed to iO over the aIIeWlt alllU1i.'... Bvemh1aa i. seiD, t. have to iO thru our Purch... Orcler.. J~ Clm. Blair ..k.. vhat w. have inth. 11ae .t inv,ntol'Jr .... a..1c. rr.. Mr. HarUqe wa. that th.re i. 11ttl. .1' ..tlt1q. ".Hlat...tate4 that h.... una.r tb. lIlpre..ion that v. set invent.ry 11at., aDel ClII. W..t .t.ted that b. hat b... UDable to .bt.ta an 1a.ent.r,y 1a coDAeotien with tb. v.hicl. fl..t iaauraac. bit. Mr. HIlreliJl.&. .tat.. that h. vill require from eaob 4epartaeat .uch innntory 11.t. .ii Mayor Paiat.r api. brou,ht up tbe qu..tioa .t th. .11la,. rat. aad aua..hd that the CoWle11 &0 back later.... revi.w th. bullaet. Cla. Petro.i_ .tat.. tbat b. t.l t the a11la&. rat. .bould be inere..... tv. .1118 rather than one. U4 Cla. Steckto. .tat.a that he vill &0 alon& vith tv. .illa. Clm. Weatat.tea that b. to. w.uld &0 alone .vith -thi. .0 lon, a. it can b. juet1ti... Cla. Petrovich felt that aDO ODe would .ay aaythiq about tit. iner.... .0 10Di .. v. can atat. tbat .tre.t improvement can b. tat.. car. .f with this incr..... Clm. Aathoay ..de 'a ..Uoa that v. .pprov. the tentaU.. bu4a.t a.pro..nt.. by Mr. Harcl1aae. Booea'" by Cla. Blair. MDtio. carrie4 waaa.u.l)'. Cla. Petrevich, atter a U8cWl81on .t v.rdiae, mon. that the .i11l1&. rate b. ia.r...... to 16 Mill.(Real) ant 26 Mill. (Per....l). vith tb. oae .111 i.cr.... to bo!,..rtllk. .~o coD4iti.a,'aa4 the .th.r .ill to b. us" f.r Capttal Improv...nt, .uch a. PAVING. HDspital, Anwry, City Dump era.loatt.a, etc. Cla. St.oltto. ..coa." this moUo.. MoU.Il. oarri.a 'WlMiMu.17. llet May.r Painter ...i.ea that the City Attora.y hat aa.ised that .ha wilt/b. i. tOVD tor the r.cular aeet1Jl.& on Monday Dite, 'aD4 it thero i. aDTthiJl.& that w. M.Y need her tor, v. should a..1.. her DOV. NothiD& further for di.cuaai... .... 'ho -"" ... a4J-m ...~ U MAYO.i ' I- I .A.ftBm:.~trL/~/1 ./ CITY CLI C) ....,.\ VVv __~~w~rd 1+1"S~ c ~stlS... ....12,55 -------, -.. -- ~-'--"----------"--- - _. .--<- -- - ------. ---_.. ---------- - "."- -..". - -. Present Mayor Painter. Clm. West. Anthony '" Hodson. and City Mar. Hardin&e. As at 8:17 P.M. there "ere, sUU DOt eDOup CoWlcilmen present to _ie a qarum. Mayor RusseU PaiDter sta.ted that he would set Tue.day Nita. Au&Ust 16th. .. for a COWlcil Meeting. at 8:00 P.M. I It was decided to bri11i the CoWlcil and people pre.ent up to date on a few items. and an informal discusaion .a. held. Mayor Painter road a letter writtan by City Mgr. Hardi11&e to Attornoy Hellenthal. reaar<<i11& the letter from X. L. Arnell wherein Mr. Arnell stat.& that unleas a rate increase vas aranted. telephone serTice Wlder thepresent franchise would be discontinued effective Sept. 1. 1955. A discusaioa was held reaaraing the steps which the City would have to take to insura continuance of service'. and the legal aspect. involved. Mr. john Paul- steiner va. .pre.nt and he .iated that he had bee. i. business on Second Avenue approx~tely 4-1/2 ..nths and has bee. Wlable to get a phone, "aDd he vould like to know what can be do.e tewarda getti11& a phone at his place of business. Mr. Harstad 8tated that he vould like to have the City consider his proposal to pther up the 1008e ends of this telephone business and to survey. e11&ineer. and desi&11 and inetall a brand new telephone syst... I i From this point. it was agreed that iaalllllUch a. Mr. Harstad was present. it Ilipt be well t. brief all present on tile progress of the Hydro project. To be&in with Mr. Harstad stated that he had tallted to Mr; aeppard of Grande Co. who lI\l&&ested that they coUld issue term warrants and Sheppard haa agreed to take ;i the.e warrants and then fWld ths into bonds at the .lUIle interest rate. Mr. Sheppard suuesteel that the City retain Mr. Thorar1JDaon to set up all tile necessary erdiaance. and the warrants. which Iae would do for $200.00. Mr. Phil Dllrant asked whether this' procedure would be too complicated for a local bank to get in on an4 Mr. Harstad advised that in the event that a local bank va. interested in lendin& tile llODey, there is no reaSOD why they cannet do it. 'He went on to say that he i. of the opinion that progre.s has arrived at a point where the City vill han to have some money to pick up the costs on this thi11&. and it should be acted UpOD one way or anetller. We mere:iy outline vhat ve want to do and it depeda on the City a.to how much gets done ana hov rapicUy. stated Mr. Har8tath and he believes there is .0000e urgency to carry these thiqs ~orwai-c1. ' The disC1188108 continued relative to prelimiaar,y permits, prosress reperts. orderiag of _terials and lettill& of bids, etc., and a further diacus810a vas blt reprdin& Mr. Harstad IS proposal for a municipal-operated telepaone systs. This info~l discussioa ended '~::~~a~f'ZfL MA.YOR A'l"I'li:ST: ~A)~~AJ / City Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sevard, Alaska August 16, 1955 I Since there vas not a quorum present for the regular Council,me~ting on August 15. a special meet ing ,;as set for AUl;1>Ust 16th for the purpose of conducting the business of the regular agenda. The meeting was called to order 'at 8:04 P.M., Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Councilmen West, Petrovich,Anthony, Blair .and S~ockton. also City Manager Harding.. Absent, Clm. Hodson. Minutes of the last regular and special ..e~iq were read and approved. Ordinance No. 251. which amends Ordinance #86. was read for the second time. Motion made by Anthony' that the Plannirig aDd Zoning OrdiD8J1ce be tabled until such time as OrdiD8J1ce No. 257 is passed and approved. ' Seconded by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. In the first line of new'buai,ness, Sgt. Maynard Hughes of ACS'talked, strictly Wlofficially. about the telephone situation, and he woDdered whether the telephone franchise vould be revoked or not. Mayor Painter advised that whatever the tele- phone oompany did. ,it vould require legal adv~c. ~ncerning the Cityl. mov... Mr. Harding. and the CoWlcilmen agreed that it would b. better for the AU to answer any que.Uona along th li orney the City could go ahead and do v:: ne., although it was generally agreed that , waa nece.aary to insure continued service for c~ ,.'-1_, 'l.::' '.~'~ ~ I Seward. Alaaka August 16. 1~5 (Cont'd.) .~_.,.~ '___'--0 --~._--- ---- -.--- - - - - ~ --_._--------_._~_..._----_. - -- -_._~~-------,_._- ---- ----- _.'.-.'. ----. 'th. c1 t1z.n.. CUr If6r. Harding. reCOlllllended that the' Cit7 go ahead. with the othe tel.phon. .yat~ reaardl.... inasmuch a. wa ara not g.tting satiafactor.y aervi... I ! Mr. Swoboda va. next caal1.ect upon. and he spoke a. follows: -1 would like to clar! and elaborate on a .tat_nt JIIBd. this eT.ning. - that i.. that Mr. Swoboda is the only IJmP.l07. of the str.at Dept. vho vea cli..atisfied with the aalarr h.18 getUn. 1 don't .ee how that .tatement caD be ma4e aiDce the other ..ploy..a .aren't appro ed on the aubJ.ct."and probab17 'dlaappointed' would b. bett.r than 'dissatlsfled'. 1 vas 8dTiaed of the starting flgure b7 Mr. Ro... 'C1d 1 aeked wbt th.' future of the Job .culd b., and 1 .....dTl.-d that lt would b. on a basla of slx month.. after whiCh, if .nrybody.. bappy. 1 vould get a rai.a. 1 waa .hown the atate- m.nt of policY dra1m up by 1Ir. O'lfara and it oonfii1lle4 what Mr. Roa. told me. and h. told me th8lt 1Ir. O'DEa. told h1m that atter the City Motor Pool. waa f01'lMd. the i salar.y wou.14 IN $650.00. Th. City ahop. .. 70U know. haa nothiua ln it oth.r than i a few hanl toob. ao 1 brought down the larga part of my &hap aqulll11l8nt and 1 didn~ charg. the Clty for that and 1 had It-:tl1ere until 1 va. informed that thia rain I didn't go thru and that there ...'t going to b. any for a y.ar, ao 1 had to tu. II my shop equlpment home. Th. C1t7 va. baing charged .ix dollars per hour tor I automotin r.palra and it is nr7'obT1oua that the Job. couldn't b. don. with the I .quipment aTal1able. The r.ason that 1 haTe be.n able to ke.p the work in the . shop and do 110 at low coat i. becau.. 1 suppli.d the .quipment. but 1 can no long. afford it. r asawaed all r.aponsibl1it7 for the shop .qulpment b.longing to me that the cr1ty w.. using. 1 would sure like- to atop thls story goiua around rlght now.- elm. Stockton aaked Mr. Swoboda. -A.t the time Mr. O'Hara ude upa r..ta sch.dule. did you not get 70ur raiae after 70u vorked 70ur first a1x IIiOnth., Mr. . ,Swoboda'- 'Mr. Swoboda .tated, -'rhat 18 right. 1 41. not g.t it.- -1fba.t I was trying to find out, i. why it waan't pUll atter It had bean authorize," stated Stockton. and SVolloda at.tad that ha had b.en una.bla to tlnd out tlhy. -'!'he an8v.r to that i. that Mr. 0 I H8ra did not operata accor4ing to the .ohedul. that vaa approTed br the Council.- atatad a.reUnga. - - he had some notice. typed aIId put on the bulletin board, but lt did not contain the flr.t part of hi. achedule,- II 110 " 66ntSined only the bottom part of hi. .chedule whlch is nry lIlisleading.- -Mr. i: o'H8ra'ja'-aalar.y .ch.dule atated .tarting .alar.y $525.00, top aalary $5.50.00 per II month, and what th.7 offered Mr. SWoboda wu the top salary .. 'approTil'd by the Council' CIlOntil1\le4 1Ir. aareUnge. elm. PetroTlch .tated that it 1. a pretty big Job down there for $.5.50.00 p.t-enth, &D~ Clm. Blati' .tat.d th.t it would be a qu.stion of chauaing all the .alary schedule if wa changed on.. Mr. BarcU.uae .tat.d that al tho the ColiDdl bad approTed hl. salary schedule. the Council can r.se:1nd their action and do it over. but this would mea dolng it all OTero Milyor Painter adTis.d that v. would go under the aaumption that.v. haTe the salary schedule worked up and apPl'OTed, and the budget tentatlTaly approTecl. and sinc. the budget figures come from the aalary 'achedule. that 1. the w&7 lt 1. golng to set th.n. Clm. Stockton at..ted t11&t he felt Swoboda d.serTed a rai... but how to : giva lt to h1m 18 the que.tion. Mr. Swoboda augs..tad that In light ot the equip- I' .ent .itwation. if th.re vere a V&7 of dolng this thlua, aay at $25.00 a month,- . 1 sura .ouldn' t b. maklua anything, - in fact, 1 would be taklng an awful ri.k. - bu~ 1 would be villing to moT. my shop equipment down ther., and if 70u want a 11.t, 1 II would turn that In, if you would b. at all inter.sted. ancf lt would .aTe the Clty Ii on. hundred to two hundred a month. Clm. Stockton adT1sed thait Mr. Hardlnge look ': into the feall1b111ty of such 8 augg.ation. and Mr. Harding. told the Clm. to add :, $1000.00 to the Street Dept. budg.t figurea for equipment r.ntal. I~i I j ~." ,. I-! Bid. wera th.n read on the fl..t insurance cov.r1ua the CUy Mob11. .quiPJDllnt. and bids were aa followa~ Pat Williama. $1949.,37. John P. Sulth_ $lI.98,3.97 _ and 'Barr.y w..t. $15'0.90. A. C~8" '!'wo Rid.r lIa. brought up anll ~. Weat's figure Ud not includ. thi., hoveTer. h. .tated tha.t "thi. Cla.. Two Rider would probably coat appZ'Ox:bu.taly flft.an dolliars. He also st..ted thaC in fairn... to the oth.r bid.. h. wi.hed to haTe hl. schedule ch.cked to .e. whether lie had inol~ enrythiua. Mr. Hardlnge 'ch.cked 'the ..e4ul. lind felt that it OOT.-ed .Teryth1Ac. Mr.... Pat '11111... st..ted that laat y.ar. premium was $2)00.00 and oonr!cI al.o the Seward EleC.'trlo S1at~ mob11e equlpment. Mr. Weat' .t..ted that hls bid alao inoluded that equipment. Clm. Stoc1tton uk.d vh.ther 81m. '1..10 ha4 had a chang. of heart .ince h. atllted that h. waa not inter.sted in obtainiua clty buaine... Welit stated that he waa int.rested in aaTiua the City IIIOn.7. Pat Wil1181118 stated that in r.prd to thls insuranc., that if Mr. W.st can saT. the City that lIlUch, there shOuld be no other. and all. would withdraw h.r bid. 8I1d lnaauch aa Canadi:an Insurance Co.. , whOlll Mr. W..t r.pr.sents, is a good company. ah. aav no r.a.on why the CUy ahould i not aceept this bid. and ahe ther.for.. withdrew h.r bid. The insuranc. .xp.rience rating credit was diacua.ed and explained, "aDd it was brought out that the Clt7 ha~ a good experi.no. r.ting with Mrs. Wl111l1J1l's CCIIlpany. elm.. AntboD7 lIIOTed that th.1 Clty accept the low bid tram Mr. W.at. with th.-addition of ~h. Cl..8 Two Rider, a~ r.colllll8nded. Seconded by PetroTich. Vot. carried unanimoualy. 1- r.~ " ,~ , , t,,; I t ,.~CO__ ~ewtl:cI' Alll8ka August 16, 1955 "~t,!pq~=_ c_'=. -. I I I for the' month of July were read. ACS $85.37, Ala.ka Te1.ephone $26.50, " Anch. Da11y Newa $20.00, Anch. Tim.. $30.00, Andy'. 011 $41.65, A:utOllloUve Part. "" i Equipment $67.Ii1, Craig Taylor $93.90, Dorothy Tyner $87 .00, Durant 'a $1.26, " Cus. R. (Kttfin 00.$136.58, r. L. Griftin $10.00, HolbDook Printing $2.00, I; PaulshiDer $16.00. N. C. Co., $2390.18, 08bo'a $41.57, Pat Wif1i81118 $1065.78, Pet.'. PBint "" Body Shop $56.35, Ray'. Oil $40.42, Seward Drug, $2.25, Seward i Electric $812.95, Sevard Helwe. $9.60, Seward Plumbing,," Heating $.75, Sevard Machine Shop $178.01, Seward Trading $132.94, Seward Vater $465.0Cl, Std. Oil $4'02.68, Norbert Svoboda $52.33, Turnagain Sec. Service $121.25, Werner"s MJct. $3.50. Win Ervin $12.65, Yukon Equipt. $76.15,Totem Truok $26.10, 'l'OTAL $6.507.89- , A discuasion was held on the N.C. bill tor repair parts for the Cat, andthe Craig Taylor bill, andMr. Hardinge read figure. as pre8ented him by the auditor, Mr. I, John80n, 8etting forth the tund balance8, unaudited, a8 of June ]0, 1955. Clm. , Anthony moved that we pay the bil18 as read. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich, vote carried unanimou81y. ' ' The Grande contract came up for di8cu88ion, and the Utility Board was called to the chamber.. Mr. Har8tad reported that the Seiamic crew i8 about fini8hed, and explained that the 8eismic work dete~ine8 the extent of bed rock and other materials in the channel. There i8 no particular problem doVll at the depth of 15 feet, he atated, and went on to say that he haa a 8\1I'Tey crew 8etting elevation8 and stakiDg the line. that are to be ahot at. Financing wa.. di.'cu8sed and though it was originally thougnt the Gity would have to obtain bond in &mOUnt of $100,000.00, an arrangement has now been worked out whereby term warrant a could be obtained trom Grande,," Co. to pick up only the money that i. needed and as t1ine and work progres8 the.e term warrant8 llOuld be picked up and turned into bonda. The interest rate would be the same. Sheppard has already agreed to take the.. warrants in the same manner aa the bonds,-- it just pe~its the City of doing this in smaller chunks to 88.Ve interest, stated Haratad. The City would have to authorize the bond attorney to draw up the necessary ordinances and paBa on the term warranta, and this could be done for $200.00, a figure set by'Mr. 'l'horgrima9n. Clm. Stockton aaked it that wasn't what we aaked Mr. Sheppard when he was here and Mr. Harstad stated that that is it exactly. but at the time, noone could atate or see just what could be done in this respect. ActUally this would be a short term bond. Clm. Petrovich asked when the intereat would atart' and Mr. Harstad advised that theCity would pay intereat at the time of the term warrant issuance and bonda. would be sold in blocka of $100,000.00. Grande,," Co. will carry the expenditures until they ~et up to $100,000.00 at the rate of t 4-3/4% on the actual amount used obly. Mayor Painter asked "How does the Utility Board feel about thi8?- Mr. Trevethan stated that it seemed like a goOd idea if it would'save the City money. Clm. Stockton. moved that we authori~e Attorney Thorgrimaon to proceed with d~ng an ordinance which would comply with the reque.t of Mr.. Sheppard in connection with 1sauance of term warrants for the Electric Sya.tem improvements. at the fee of $20Q.00 a. quoted. Seconded by Clm. Veat. Motion carried unanimoualy. Mr. Haratad atated that they are proceeding with the aurveya for the pole lin.a and have laid out a sub-atation which would be capable of expansion of the wbole 10,000 kilowatts which we would han at Creacent Lake. The 8\1rTey party haa more work to do on this thing, aDd I have not brought mora people up until auch tu.- aa I have the worl. from you .a to how rapidly you want this thing to go, continued Mr. Haratad. He al80 stated that noone 1a available in Anchorage for working out there, and he can, in fact, bring good men up trom Seattle cheaper than he can get men aUt of Anohorage. Mr. Harstad stated that he would like to have a cat trail mada this year, starting about Mile 34, vhich would take about two weeka' work. Mr. Hardinge aaked how much of this line can we get in operation this Fall, and Mr. Harstad heaitated to make a flat statement inaamucn as we do not haye a permit .a yet. He went on that it is in the bag 80 far aa the Foreat Service and the BFR are concerned, but now the Forest .erTice CBme up with a lette r requiring a $2.5,000.00 bond from the'City. Mr. Hardinge stated that we could get aD attorney in Juneau to get that bond reduced but since the bond vill coat only about $2.5.00. he didn't think it neceaaar,y. It appears, said Mr. Hardinge, that we cOuld put out cal18 for bids, even though the materials are not on hand and it would behoon the City to do thia! ~. Hardinge atated that he would like to see thia proceed 80 that we could get the firat five mUes and side roads in and have aome revenue coming in. It was brought GU~ th&t ,alll we are lac1i:ing now i8 a list of materials and Mr. Durant stated that the Utility Board felt a little more conoentration on thia end out to mile 5. and possibly Mile 8 is desired. Mr. Durant also stated that lie would like to see the City Manager become inYOlved in the whole thing to guide the Utility Board and the Utilitiea. Dlm. Petrovich atated that he believed Mr. Hardinge would fit in very well with thia and that Mr. Hardinge _s very willing to cooperate. Mr. Hardinge advia.d that he wauld go out with the Utility Board and go over everything with them. Mr. Harstad atated that he would like to get the field work done 80 that he could apply for the FEPC permit thia winter, otherwiae the whole 8eason w11l ::;:h b;en lost on it. He contil})bT that he thougnt there was 20,000 to $25,000.00 t work involved on tUs./including the cat trail, and if the City would '. ' t_~, . '\ T.) , \ '...... S.w.r.. Aluka- Au.suat 16. 1955 ~vu"".&uu.au.~' . .uthoriz. the $25.000.00 to proc.ed. h. would pl.n in t.r.ma ot $5.000.06'on the ,cat trail and '$20.000.00 on the oth.r ti.ld work; and h. would w.it unUl the Cit~ ~t the .on.~ on the t.ra warrant. b.tor. requiring ~nt. a. will bill the Cit~ but payaeJit would Dot b. exp.cted until .tt.~ tn. ordinanc.. .re p...... It w.a brought 'ouf that Mr. Har.td wanta t'he Council to alithdrlZe the abo.... .eation.d wo ia .xc.a. ot what the Colincrllia. alr..", autnoriz." at prev10u. uetinea.Th.1a i. n.c....ry tovar4. obt.ining an F.IPC 'lic.na.. andit w.. generall~ .sre." b.tw.en the Council and the t1tllit~ boarll that w. should go ahead DOW orel.. drOp the whole thing. Mr; Hardin8. stated that he would susg..t that w. .uthOri_ this $25.000.. aDd i"n retul"ll.. the 'CUy de.ired . .aterial li.t aotbait the pow.r line. could 'be pat in out to Mil'e 5 or Mil. 8. Th. Cit"y i. 'al.o int.reat.d in getting the p.ra1t b.tore the Coop.r Lake Project beat. us to' it. C1B; Antho~ .t.ted that on the .trength 'ot the r.CODI.nd.tion ot our C1t~ Maaager and our Utility Bard. I IIlOve t w. authorfze th. tirm ot Har.tad . Aaaociat.. to proc.ed with,th. additional work and .UrT.Y. .tc.. DOt' to exceed $25.00o'.00~ SecoDded b~ Clm. v..t. Carri.d unant.ou.l~. ' r I t Mr. Harstad brought up the telephone prOpo.al, andi Ma,yor Pa1Jl,hr aclvi.ed that iJaaamuch a. the agenda was pretty tull. with items yet tor di.cuadon; beli.....d i that the t.l.phc>n. proposal 8hould wait' ',' :To g.t back to the Grand. . Co. contract. the Council requ..ted that Mr. Hardinge get a l.tter orr to Mr. Shepparll requesting that lie revi.. the propo.... contract to includ. 't.riD. w.rrant. a. .xplaiaed b~ Mr. Barstad. The contract was tabled ' 'uatil this waa dODe. ."",'" Th. Public H.alth Nurse r.port tor J'uly 1955 wa. r..d by Mr. Harding.. and it was st.ted ther.ia that the Se\f8rd .r.a would extend only to Mll. 58 .nacti.... AugU.t 1. 1955. Th. bloodtyping t.e va. di.cussed aDd the check tor $200.00 trom. the Cit~ ot Seward wa. ..d. out .. an advanc.. and .hould' b. ..d. .. a grant a. the He.lth couacil d08. DOt ha.... tuD4a to r.pa~ it. The check .hould also b. _de out to the Alaska D.p.rtment' ot Health rather than the H.alth Couacll; The Council authorize. changiug the ch.ck to a grant. Cla. Stocktoa telt that the PIl1ilic Health aur.e report could b. stricken troaih. tuturlt ag.nda.. and h.r report .hould b. to the C1.t~ MaMg.r rather than the Couacil. .' Lyle Ro... Street Superint.nd.t. has two ~ear. l..ve .ccru.d and it wa. -.d. known that Mr. Ho.. would just as 8OO1l work aiDC. the Work 18 there to Clo. &nd Ii b. r.imburaed tot' the tour weeks l.a.. u.. e.rDed. - Clm. Stockton lIO....d that Mr. 'I; Ro.. be r.iabur..d tor hi. accrued annulieave. Secoded by V..t. Motion car1'1.1 unan1llouly. ,. ..' II i iA leUer trom. the Barbo1W&.~.r was r.ael. wh.r.in it wa. r.cClllllleDd.ed that the .11p rental. b. aci~u.tecl 1Da~~ .. the City had IlGt a. yet in.talled vater an4 electricity. or lid.. a new float tor altiU.. Th. Couacll at.hd that' the Utll1t~ Board .hould have tak.a care ot inatalliUC)n ot th... facilitie. betore thi.. in accordanoe with the Council'. d_sir... elm. StOCktOIl .tated that h. thought thi. 11 Ii 'I !I I, Ii Ii WAS a rea.onabl. r.qu.st. aDd ..keel it Mr. Hardiug. wou16make a call to the - Ii Utili Ue. Manas" in the moi'aing to .ee wh.n this can b. done. Th. Harbormaster I: r.cODllllende4 that the rUes be rilduc.dto the tt>llClViug~ Skitt... under ~O ft. $1.,5-0 III per IIlOnth. .kiU.'over 20 t~.. $3.00 per ll6i1th. altiU. with inboard motor. $3.00 perl, IIlOllth. boats 25' to 35' $3.00 p.r month. Boat. 35' to 50' $4.00 per month, boats II 50' to 65' $6.00 per IIlOnth, and boats over 65' $10.00 p.r month. Clm. ~thony il mov.d that w. acc.pt the r.comeDdatiollS' of the Harbormaat.r on the r.duced rates. I and it va. ..conded b~ elm. Stocltton~ Motion carried unanimously. A letter trom B. L. Arn.ll waa r.ad regarding the di.continuance of t.l.phone s.rTice uad.r the pre.ent tranchi... 'and Ma~or Paint.r p....d Mr. Hardinge's l.tt.r to Attorn.y Hellenthal over to Clm. Stockton and Blair who had DOt b.en pre.ent .t the ..eting held the previoua nit.. 1- Letter trom-A. W. Gr..l.y va. read r.gardiil6 .pecial u.e permit for a pGIJf.r diatribuUon and tran_ittion line trom. Seward to Mile 57. Ma~or J1IliDter .uag.sted II that Mr. Hardinge cont.r with Oity Attorn.y and lII8lte nece.sary repl~. l' Letter written to J'8III88 V. Hu.ton regarding S.vard High School was re.d. , , APPROVED: '~ - ---$R<T/i:i4#~ No turth.r bu.in.... the ..eUng was ad:jourD.d at M'rIm: ~~j1k / CITY , . ~~~:.~:. r:.~, :~,'.' ~-) PJ .JIJ".} Seward" Alaaka S~p~_ber 7. 1955 _. _ '~'~H_ '"" ---_._- -_._----~ --- -----. -,. .... -~--- r .. ......--. --- u' ------. ---- -.-. _._n_' -- II The rquliar JIleetiDg cd the City Council to have beaD held at this time vaa , C&Dcell-ed because fd an insufficient num)).. of members present to III&lee a quorum. '\ A, apecial meeting is cal:led for 7,00 P.M. Septelllbar 8th.. in the fire hall, since , the Council Chamb... are to be in un for a p~bl1c meeting.. . il / ----) , APPRJvmtj l~ J4~ ' ' , MAY'OR " - I ATTESt, ~/Ji/~ .' City Clerk - - - - - - ---g----8------ _ _ _ _e~t~e~ _,_125~ _ _ _ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pEWABD. ,r6~A_ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - . - ., - - I Thw regular meeting of the Council to have been held Sept amber 7th was postponed until this date because of lack ot a quorum.' Meetin~ called to order at 7:05 P.M.. Mayor Painter in the chair. Councilmen West, Hodson. Blair and Stockton present. 'Absent Clm. Anthony and Petrovich. Also preaent City. Mgr., Bardinge. ~e proposedOrdinancea as presented by Attorney Thorgrimson were numbered and read. Crdinance No. 258 creates an Electric Utility Construction Fund. providing for the pa,yment of certain moneys therein. authorizing the issuance ot warrants to be drawn -thereon, also creating an Electric utility'TClllporary Construction Fund, providing what, moneys will be paid therein. and authorizing payments to be made therefrom. O~1D.nce ~. 259 authorizes the issuance ot warrants dran on the Electric Utility Construction Fund of the city created by Ordinance No. 258. in theprincipal amount tJf not to exceed $300.000 to p1'9v1de funds for part of the purposes authorized by- prdinances No. 253 and No. 258 of the city. and c.onf'i1'llling the sale ot said warrants. ~lm. Hodson &skfC1 vho was to be the watchdog on these fundal the City Manager? Mr. '-rdinse atated. that the way this ordinance reads. the !DOney C8IUlOt be spent except ,or what is specifically stated. in this Ordinance No. 258. Mayor Painter stated ~hat the ,authorization for expenditures can come from the Utility Board, and it is ill de1;a11 which can be worked out with the Utility Board. Insofar as the varrants lare concerned aa provided in Ordinance No. 259. Mr. H(U'dinge ad...ised the Council ~hat they would have to approve the varranta just aa they approve the bills to be pai4 each month. elm. stockton won4-ered whether it would ba posaible for the Council to approve these things. as it may be that by the time it reaeb.ed the ~uncil. some of these things would already be in the ground. Mayor Painter stated that it would be up to the Utility Board to authorize these expenditures ~y lIlllaDS of purcha..ordera, and then the Council would just approve payment of the .arranta. Mr. Hardinge atated that he had been trying to get hold of Jay Carrolli. to find out how much of this he intends to put in with his own crew, and Clm. West felt that it should all be let out on Contrac.t. The C1tJ Manager suueated that he thought we should let the contract for the labor and let the City furnish the materiala. Clm. Blair felt that a contract is beat since he had heard how much they paid tor one weak's labor. One man.got $]00.00 for working one week as a ;JIIborer up at the seismic gang. No further diacuseion" and Mayor Painter stated ~hat ve would consider this as the first rea41ng of both Ordinance I/2S8 Be 259. .ttorney Hellenthal's clerk telephoned during the meeting to advise the Council !l;hat they had missed the 5 0 I clock flight of CordOTa Airlines and the Resolution aa 4rawn up by Hellenthal and covering the special bond election tor the telephone. .-ystem 1Iould be in the lII&il tomorrov. A. speCial meeting of the Council will- be held at noon tomorrow to discusa this resolution. I Regarding the QQntrae.t from Granda Be Company. Councilman Weat stated that he didn't .ea what there was for ua to do now but to accept the Contract and Adden4um. elm. '1.st moved that wa accept the Addendum dated Aug. ]0. 1955 to the Grande Contract .t July 28. 1955. Clm. Blair seconded the motion. lokltion carried unanimously. Mr. Hardinge advised that in regards to the Forest Service Permit, it vaa al1- straightened out and that he had returned the agreement .to Mr. Sword. and everyth1Ds laaa epne to the service headquarters and w111 come back for signatura. and at that ~1me ve will have to have the bond here to send back to the Forest Service vi th the 4igned Contract. Mayor Painter asked whether Mr. Sword had stated that Chugach had tJ.ready got lokl0se Pass. and went on that Chugach is going to get &lcked: out of . Anchorage, and with them buying Moo.e PaS8. thq have a legitimate 8qua~ for a ,erulit. Clm. Hodson asked; if we ou,ght to pro.test to the R.E.A. for Chugach encroaching on our field. and Clm. Blair felt that we should so as to have every- _hing on record. Mayor Painter also telt that it certainly wouldn't hurt to write and let them know about it. 1"~. .. ~ ...;, I,", '.:~ Sevard, Ala.aka -- - ._~-~-----_._--------_._-~-- Sept-.beZ' 8, l~ , :110 vas, brought out that Bat.a Broa. had phoned Mayor Paint.r ..king lf the 01101' vou d lb. lntereeted in purch.aing the Moo.. PIu. nectrlc ay.tem, and stating that if '!'h. 01ty could rat.. the .,ney betw.. that time and noon the n.xt day, ltvould b. sol' to tha City. Mayor :Palnt.r' .<<vlsed them thait the City llOuld probably not b. able raiaa the mon.y In sueb" a ahort time. Clty Mgr. Hard1nga stated that if h. had knovn about thia, he could haya got the DIOney from the Bank, and MayGr Paintar _ld that it waa not our. hslnur'a adTlce to buy it. It vaa de.eided to vrit. to Anchor Neleon, Adminlstrator, HU, Washlngton. D.C., prot..ting Chugach'.. use of REA funda for US& to compete vith a 1IIW11clpal project. Mr. Hardinge alllGl' advised the Council that Mr.. Sword had told him tod~ that the Moose Paaa plant carri.. a Forest S&"i_ p.rmit, and vent OD that our permit hila alread7 gone to Juneau I vhereupon Mayor Painter atated that there vere 80IDa chaDgu; on that pa1"lll1t that tha Council had na:t approgd ot yet. Mr. Hardlng. atated that the Council had approTedl 110 subject to the changea they deaired, and th. e:hangea vert made, hovM'er, Mayor Painter atat1t4 that there vare other chug_ made that the Council. hac! not appro_A although h. talt th.re... no danger In it. I took 110 right over to Dorothy 'l'yner 'I vho 18 suppoaed to be our 1..1 adTl80r, at.ted Mr. Hardinge, and she typed her approTal rlght on the top ot It. When it ccmea bau, it v111 still haTe to be approved by the Counc11 and signe4 and retU'rneclvlth the bond, 'Mqor Paintar and Clty Mgr. Hardlng. agreed." Mr. Hard1nge advl..d that he vould take care id the Bond In the mornlng. !~ 1'he 1955-.56 budget vu not dlsCWJIl84 lna~ch a. Mr. Harding. dldlft have the inec....ry tlgures trom the .Auditor a. y.t. At thla time Phil Durant pr...nted a letter to the Oity Councll. and 110 waa read. 'l'hla letter prote.t.d the us. c4 Mrs. Durant'. naJIIe ln on. arre.t ot a Mr. *naon, ..d requ..ted that the poUce r.port be ra-vrltt.n and any oth.r name than that ot Mr. Mun80a be d.l.tea. A dlscu..ioa vaa h.ld andRr. Harding.' told the Durant. tha .110 va. not the pollcy Gt the ottice to keep inter-otflce memos on tl1a-and that he had de.troyed hl. copy. He .tated that he vould check with Mr. Seymour, Chlef of Pcllice, and it ha had a copy Gt the mee, ltveuld al80 be destroyed, or returned 1;0: the Dura.t.. JIIr. Durant .tated. that that vas good eDough tor hbl. -I Mr. George r.arabull then raised a que.tioD conoerlllng the arre.t ot two .YOWlC men . who had been h.re from Anchorage, and had b..n pioked up tor di.orderly conduot. I '1'hey vere; held tor eight boura, d\lring vhleh 101M their plctsre. and tinger prlnts 1 "ere tau.. Mr. TurabuH_tl~t that 1na8llllleh .. theh 'lVaa DO OClIDplaint tiled on the boy., the plclur.. anctjprlBl. should be returaed, and he v.nt en that h. ha4 talked wlth Chiet Se1JllOur vho haa uvi.ed him that one sat of fingerprlDt. ar. kept on f11 here and the other .ent.into Waahiag1;on. He contlnued that he vaa not prote.tlng t e arrest ot the boy., but va. protesting the tiager prlnt. and pi"~. being .ent ill to Va.hlngtoR. Mr. Harding. advl8ed Mr. Turnbull that he had tried to e%plala to him earli.r today that tile.. do DOt go to the J'BI unles. there is a coaplaillt that go.. along.vlth th.. Ve.t atated that it ls a vaate laC clty mon.y to do all this uDle.. thert 18 a complalnt, and v.nt.on that he haa. been hert a long time and has I never heard .0 ~ OOIIlplalnts agalnst the Police D.pt. a. therela. been ln the ! la.t thr.. montha. Mayor Painter advls.d the people pre.ent that 1n' the event they II' haTe any complaint. against the Folia Dept. or any o"her department that the place to air th_ la at the Council ..etlnga, and that to date the oBly coaplaints brough betore. the Counoil vere the twO tonlght. We caanot go by rumor, and the Couo11 ie here to do 8S the people wish, but the complaints must be brought to the table and not on the .treat. Olm. Stockton stated that any bleme should not be Oil the Poli.e Dept., but rather on the Council a. the Council seta the Policle.. Th~ discusslon continued and 110 vas "aaked it 1 t va. a fact that Mr. Hardinge' a .on , vas a member ot the Police Department. Mr. Hardinge ansvered that it i. a fact, an' that 110 vas aot hl. vl.h and that he had nothing to do vlth, ln fact, he and hi. son had conflioted on this point and his 80a va. no long.. livlng vlth h1m or 1- speaking to him. Mr. SDyth's appointment to the Police Dept. was also dl80uaaed i ina8lllllch aa age is concerned. some.people feeling that h. is too young to ,be a Police offic.r. Mr. Smyth ls only a d.sk af'ficer it vas pointed out, andMr. Hardinge stated that he had talked to the pro.ecuting Attorney in Anohorll4!;e and he ~d advlsed that it i. .lesal. Mayor Palnter inquired whether the Counoil 1. satisfied that Mr. Durant'. and Mr. Turnbull's complaints have been answered, and 1s Mr. Durant and Mr. Turnbull satisfied. Mr. Turnbull a.ked vhat v111 be done about seeing whether the plcture. and flnger prints vere sent In and .it they were, Ii :that they are remand. This will be left to the dlsoretlon of the City Mgr. stated II Mayor Palnter, and if you are not satisfi~d, come back befor.. the Counoil and tell ~s. I! .~~ , .\ L_" ':~.j ,,_J Seward, Alaska September~,_ 19..5-5 .Ci)nt friil~{._.~,.- "_ .--.- ~ -" - I I Notice of Allotment on the' Hospital project was read and Mr. Hardinge stated that according to that the ,amount of $18,000.00 has to come out of the General Fund. City Attorney Tyn.r's opiDbn was read and M5.yor Painter asked Mr. Hardinge it it was his opinion that the $18,000. could come out of the Capital Improvement tund and Mr. Hardinge stated, that it would have to come out of that. A di&cussion was .. held on the point of where the money would come from for the balance, and the motion mad. by Clm. Petrovich at a,special meeting relative the millage rate was r.ad. It was brought aut that Mr. Hardinge had already corr.sponded with EIl:Iala Burris of the Methodist W~'s ~iltian Service and that they are going to make a 'donation. A letter/warwmrAc! fi~lrding the Seward Hospital plans which stated that the plans were cut to bring the cost down to the amount.alloted. AlIID, a letter from Mr. Fo.. to George Green was read by ~ar Painter, relative to the equipment for the hospital. It was agreed to lav the notic. at Allotment aside for action at the special meating to b. held at noon tomorrow. H. T. Haratad lie Assoc. proposal for a municipal operated telephone system was r.ad and it was decided th!!l.t this will be tak.n care of at the same time as the other t.lephon. proposal from Alaska Engineering Services at the special meeting ,tomorrow. At the r.camn.ndation of the City Manager, w. are taking the proposal a. ..t forth by the Alaska Engineering Services which had been already giv.n us at an earlier date. Special Election notice, and name. of J"udges andClIrks were read. Municipal Election, Oct. 4, 1955, and the r.solution can be included in the Special meeti,ng tomorrow, advised Mayor Painter. I Encroachment. on Firat Av.nue back of the school w.ra brought up, and the Council has advised the City Attorney to SO ahead and take car. of the legal action to 'haTe the hous.s moTed. Harry Southard stated that I/Qrothy Tyn.r had don. DOthing as yet and the next .tep would be to fil. suit to have these people evicted. 'Clm. Hodson mad. a motion that we proc.ed with tha removing of the encroachment. on First Av.nue b.tween J., lie B Stre..t.. Seconded by Clm. Blair. Motion carries unanimously . Application for beverage dispensary license for Lou Lalbrd's Dinner Club was read and Clm. West moved that the requeat be graJlted. Seconded by Stockton. Motion carried unanimou.ly. 'Police r.pQrt was read and Clm. Blair a.ked wh.ther all the arrests made and taken 'to the Colllllissioner'. Court were n....sary to SO ov.r th.r. and could not CaDe to the City Court. It was stated that all wera n.ceNary and that the Polic. Dept. ,has been advised that th.y must CaD. to tile Ciq Court unl.ss n.c....ry to SO over to the Commissioner's Court. Letters to and from J"ames W. Huston regarding Seward High School were read. and the plumbers stop-work was di.ClUS..d. The busineaa agent in Anchorage stat.d that it is all right to proceed with tha plumbing on the .chool if they could g..t the m.n to work, and Mr.. Hardinge atated that he had ..nt a nite letter to Mr. Hu.ton asking that they bring pressure to bear on Warrack Sub-contractor.. Letter from Linn A. Forrest was read regarding the Seward~. The only other alt.rnative to put if farther away from the high school is to put it on the south sid. and Mayor Painter requested tha-t Mr. Forrest be advised of this. With nothing further to discu88, the Council ....... 'dJ4~ ~ - :l MAYOR I A'M'ES'l' : c:;-- j ^ / d?~) k~- , City Ole rk SEWARD.. ALASKA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - -SPecial &wefii'i - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _Sep:tember_9.. 1~55_ _ _ _ _ _ A special meeting of the Council was called to order at l2:05 P.M. for the purpose of adopting Resolution for Special Election for Revenue Bond issuance on the telephone Resolution calling for General Municipal Election, acceptance or rejection of the Notice of Allotment on the hospital, and last reading of Ordinance No. 257. M~or ~inter fin ~he Chairi Clm. west, Blair, Anthony, Hodson & Stockton present. Clm' Ofdl:iX?ige ~o~e~~., wtsso present City Mgr. Hardingl!1. read, and Clm. Anthony moved for the adoption of Ordinance No. 257 as read, and seconded by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. "-,I ;-, ,[) t~:, ,"': \'_' !'lAWIll'lL . A ~R A ka -.-..---- Special Meeting ;A n"P:am 1"'1I.:11'" Y I ~ ~.- of Resolution No.1 84 Resolution No. 84 was Tead and Clm. Blair moved for the adoption as -read. Seconded by Clm. West, motion ca.rried unanimously. RESOLUTION No. B4 BE IT RESOLVED by the COIIlDIon Council of 'the City of Seward, Alaska, that the fonewing l18II\ed perl!Jons shall act as judges, Clerks and as Inspector of Election at the Regular Municipal Election on October 4, 1955, at Seward, Alaska. Said Municipal Election to be held for the purpose of voting for three Councilmen for two year1lerms, one Utility Board )[ember for 1'1ve year term, one Utility .Board Member for.a one year term, Ine Utility Board member for a three year term, one School Board Member for a .1'1ve year term, and Mayor, for a two year term. . 1\ I I JOD CES : L. Russell Clapp (Inspector) Mildred E. Kirkpatrick Eda Myers CIERKS: anore Robbins Wilma Lind The rules governing the passage and approval of resolutions are hereby suspended and this Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its introduction and passage this 7th day of September 1955. ,fsl RUSSELL PAINTER MAYOR A'TTEST : /8/ Erma ,Walker , Resolution No. 85 was read and Clm. stockton said that he had a quest.ion- he stact that the people are . going ,to .al!Jk what approximately, it is going to c.ost them for. the rates compared to what it is costing them .now. What can we give the people 0 I this, he asked. 'It looks ,to .me like it would Qefeasible, he continued, and if !~ this company had been interested enough, they could have made it and :!"f they had Ii I gone after it right, they could have got a raise in the rates. You gentlemen can :' turn this dawn if you want to,said Mr. Hardinge,- it is up to you, but if you do,!: the Court :!"S thruwi th us anci you .won't have a telephone system. Mr. a&rdj,nge :, read the proposed rates from the Alaska Engineering Service a~ compared with !i Alaska Telephone Corp. rates requested. Clm. Stockton moved that we adopt Resolu-tj tion 85. Seconded by Clm. Hodson. Motion carries .unanimously. !I if RESOLUTI ON No. S 5 Ii Ii II !: II " 'I Ii II II il ,. " I' I I, I: " , , I "'-1l {"-") (':1 V\'j i I;." . . c,.s~cill.l.M~:tiIlgo,.O 0 .. .. . "c~-!d+--F:'."se.-ptem'!ler c9,1~' RESOLUTION No. 85 (Cont'd.J TOIOl OF SIWARD, ALASKA RBSOUJTI<Ii NO. 85 I A QIOLUTIOlf CAI..LIIG A SPECIAL ELBCTICIi FOR 'tHI rt.JRPOSl OF D:tn'ERlmfDIG WHI'fHIR OR 101' THIll QUAJ.:r'IED VOTIRS OF 'I'D 'ltMf OF SlWARD, ALASL\, SIDJI.D, A~ !HI 1tI8UAJRa or WiJ~ ..... ,:ex J.It AMOUIT lOT TO ~ 8D ~.'f"'_1JOU.AII (tNO,ooG.OO) Joa1'.~~ OF ~ CJWSDIG, P-t1t:ILl'DnIG. IIft'II.I8l AJU) m~.,_ .4 fttItbl Sl.t-t>>( PURSUAIt TO T11'1& 48, IIC'llOI W, u.4.C.A..OR Al1r 01 ~& or MAi.CH '. 1946. I . It UlGtY8 ..,. tolle Cow$eU 01 t_ 'tOIal et ~ Uaebl . Ja.t.J.-.l. '111-1-1 11..'1.. That a special electi. be b.ld on October ...Lt!!l..., 19S5, at .....rd. Alallka, tor tb. p1J"pH. of det.tl1'IIiJlillC wlwtber ~,T_, 91' ........'.'.-u..... h'~_ burr., Jl'l4(tJ..t. to Act .1 ..... '. 19"'.. ... 60 ...... Ia-. ...... -' \0 __ S:ix ~.. 'llvnand. Dol.lare (t600,~OO) at. a ~...;~ 1nterat. rate ot tift (5) per c.n. per &NlUIrI, tor tM PVPO" ot plU'Cbaa1nc, reha'bUitat.1Dg, 'bett.er1Dg and tinancin@ a t.1.,.... tl)M w S~~ 2. Form 01 Pl'01IOeit1on. That at aaid election the tollowing proposit:f,llla 'brit' __1"lI!4 .. * ~ elec~n. .. ~ 4et1ned, ot to_ TotM of s-Nt .....p..it~, ..... ""aU t.ae~.c ....... Ail.I,lot, 1Nu.e 1_ ~ lIlT ....-w.. Nl.q.- t,. ..oyl..... rerl'..r... t~. qat_, under auther1t.y ot Act ot Karch 6, 1946, in an &/IlOUDt not '* ~..\i _.-.,.0... 'nllt.--~ ~l).,re (~.oo) at. a ,-,.._ iMw.-l wt..r- .ft., (J)'",,-, ,.. -lr,." ,t. ~ pvpilIH of ~1JIc. ) 1 U~1"'u.c. bettering and tiDaDcing a t.lephone aJSt._? I (a) '1'be7 _lit b. oUi... ot t.he tJaited Stat.., t1feDt7-ot'1e (21) ,....r. ot ap aM over. (b) They _lit be actual and itoaa. tUe ~dem.a or AJ.a.ka and thq IlU8t haft been such ra1d1.t. .~ clurinc the entire -,.r hR<<Uatel.y pnced1ltt \h. election, and DI.\l8t bave 'been nch raid.a OODtinl1OUe17 to!' ~(J8) ..,. __ precedilll the election in tb. Town of Seward, Alaska. (c) They _at be able to read and writ. the En&liah languap .. pneor1'oec! and provided in Title 38,.'yer I, Section 2, A.C.L.A. 1949, and not barred t1"Oll! 'JOting b7 &lfT other provteion of 1&". (4) '1'hq..t have recatered at the C1t7 Hall, Sftard, 'Uuka, within the time provided b7 ordinance prior to th. .lection. SKt.~ RarilJtra"ion a. Prfn!m1,ite. Reg1l1tn.t.ion shall be ;r~ ..s a icatloG ot the 'JOt..... ..t t 1a election ae pI'O'rlded b7 the law ot the 'MIl .'a..&r4. Th. reai,lItration book will 'be opel1 da11;r at the otfice ot the Mmdclpal, Clib'k and Res1atrar at the Cit7 HaU, Town ot s.arcl, Ala., tl'Olll 10100 a.m. 'lUlt.il 3100 p.m. daily exc.pt SatuNqa (trom 10.00 a.m. until 12100 aoon), SIIrld.t.p and )JeH~. and until )400 pea., t_ cia,. ktore the a14 eJ.wtia _1IiIt.U. 3aGO ....., 'OetoHr ----'5~c. 19J5. Copt.. 01 tJae LAW omCE. rea1l1trat.len Molta or tM "li......l_ '-b ~~ the jwIa.. and HELLENTHAL.HELLENTHAL 'AND COTTI_ ANCHdhAOE_JUNIAU ALASKA -1- -, .--. r>c ...h ,,) VI.':) ~ft_,.:a ..6.1I1e1Ja ~~:~~~_~e~~i~ff {~_.~'~ J Resolution No. 86 was read and Mr. Hardinge stated that it will be necessary to put aside $9000.00 from this years' Capital Improvement FUnd, and $9000.00 from next years. Mr. Hardinge read letter from Emma Burris who stated that she is asking the Women's Division of Christian Science for a substantial contribution to the hospital project. I don't think there would be any harm in passing this Resolution, stated Mr. Hardinge, as we aren't signing the contract yet. When they send the contract, if we can't make it, we can just send it back and tell them we just can't see our way clear to do it. Clm. Stockton asked, "do you believe George Clreen could be contacted so he would be fully aware and perhaps he could notify New York as to our circumstances and that may determine how much they would contribute?" It was decided to do this. Clm. West stated that in view of what Mr. Hardinge says, I make a move for the adoption of Resolution 86. Seconded by Clm. Blair. Motion carried unanimously. ;l RESOWTION No. 86 WHEREAS, the City of Seward, Alaska;'has hereto?ore 'EPplied to the Alaska Public Works, Office of Territories, Department of the Interior, for the construction of a two-story hospital building; and WHEREJS, the Office of Terri tories, Department of the Interior, has received an appropriation from the Congress for the construction of this project (.taa. 50-1,-97 and WHEREAS, the Office of Terri tories, Department of the Interior is prepared to make an allotment of these funds to the City of Seward for the construction of this project subject, however, to the conditions which have been listed in the notifi- cation of allotment dated August 3, 1955, from James W. Huston, Director, Alaska Public Works, Office of Territories, U. S. Department of the Interior: and WHEREAS, after due consideration of those conditions of allotment this Council assembled has agreed 'to accept said allotment subject to the said conditions. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council in meeting assembled: 1. The allotment of funds for the construction of a two-story hospital building be and is hereby accepted subject to the conditions set forth in the letter of kugust 3, 1955 from James W. Huston, Director: and r I i 2. Director, Interior, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to James W. Huston, Alaska Public Works, Office of Terri tories, U. S. Department of the at Juneau, Alaska. ADOPTED this 9th day of September 1955. / s / RUSSELL PAINTER MAYOR XTTEST: ~lod~ , City Clerk II ,I Ii II 'PPR~~~01 . M Y I, I' i I A'I'TEST: is 1 Erma Walker City Clerk Meeting adjourned at 12:54 P.M. , , , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I ~~~t ~t ~~A~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _5!p~._l~._l25~ _ _ _ _ A special meeting of the Council and utility Board was called to order at 8:03 p.M.!i The purpose of the meeting is for a 88neral discussion with Eates Bros. on the i. possibili ty of the purchase by the City of Seward. of the Moose Pass electric plant .Ii Mayor Paintar in the chair. Present Clm. West. Anthony. Hodson and Stockton, ! also City Mgr. Hardinge. Abse~ Clm. Blair and PetroTich. I' fl Bob Estes adTised those present that the Anchorage outfit (i.e. Marlin Stevar& &: , associates) has an option for the purchase of the Moose Pass plant. and this option I! expires September 22, 1955. Altho the owtion was originally intended to be only Ii , . until Sept. 11th. the date on the papers erroneously indieated the 12nd. il ~ ~ '! . .~ ; ': <;.) /..,.. --",-,~~A!l:!?~':_c~~~'L~=co::~=~_~=~~_~C'=-C_=~~~"~-' ~ Sept. 16, IJSS- _ ~,~= .==~~~~==~c:~=~=..=-~~-=~~~==. = =::=7';;:::'~-;;::'c:~~, _.' ~::,,~~:=cc~::= ,= '==~nnUA-,r-=-~~'._~=':::'.=~:= ~. Estes continued that when the option was gilTen, they were advised that they \.ould haV& their money in the next few days; hCllWever. indicationB now are that we have been given the run-around, and when we were in Anchorage, we learned that the men had been unable to raise the money for the puri~I&&oitii.Qfal:Il8 81iA~~ that if the City of Seward desired to purchsse the plant.lit-would bi'a.al18~le on the 23rd. if the Anchaorage men did not pick up their option and make ~ent. I Clm. Hodson asked if the p.ermit for the !obose Pass operation was transferable. and Estas stated "Yes. whoever bUyS the plant gets the permit with it.- At this- time Estes presented an Agreement form to the Council which they had had their attorney prepare. Clm. Anthony stated that it is our ultilllate plan to offer to purchase the Moose Pass system. but as I ase it. it is in the distant rut.re. Estes stated that as their option stands with the Anchorage men. the plant will be operated by Estes Bros. just as it is now, but any cost of breakdown or repairs on the pole line would be paid by the new owners, and they would get no revenue while we operate it. City Mgr.. Hardinge advised the Council and Utility Board that there is one thing it is going to do, it is going to coat you about $15.000.00 to relocate our ]ine if someone else has the Mocae Pass system. Wa will have to go back and come ovar the hill as we won't be able to come down the road. Mayor Painter inquired aa to the number of customers and Estes stated 50. When asked by Clm. Hodson as to the grosllt receipts, Estes Bros. stated that they did not knoW. Mr. Durant asked what the rate is, and was edvised that the first 50 is 12. next 50 is 10, and all over that is 8.. I Mayor Painter stated that he would like to know just exactly what adverse affects it would, have on our permit. Clm. Anthony said. "We all know from Harstad's report that it is the way to do busines8.-- it is customary to buy out the people along the way who era in' business, but it ae81ll8 to me that the w~ our program is going that it is something a year or IIIOre diatant'. We hava lots of hurdles to surDlO-Unt before that. I can't see th~t it is time." -That may be the way for us to proceed," .atated Murl Trevethan: but it might eventualJJy cost I1B IIIOre if we have to buy- it later. Might even coat U8 $50,000.00.- City Mgr. Hardinge mentioned that another thing to conBider is the telephone system if we are going into the telephon. operation. elm. Hodson stated that he felt more or less the 88IIle way as Clm. Anthony. and wondered about an option, at which time Estea Bros. emphatically stated there would b. DO mora options. Clm. Anthony wondered about the progress on the !'oreat Service permit, and Mr. ;Hardinge stated that he had notling official. but he understood that the Forest Service permit is waiting on the outcome of this. -The way I look at it is that I would like to think about it a little whila longer: stated Clm. West.-and I don't see any rush.." Clm. Hodson stated that he thought we ought to see that option or at least our Attorney shGuld sea it. however City A.ttorney Tyner stated that she didN8t know of any way that we could require them to show us that option. I Oi ty Mgr. sUeS. "I don't think we should sign allY agreement right how, but if it is Justa matter of making up your minda, and if you intend to buy it. tell them so, but if you go to sign this now, that gives them a lever on the people who have the option. to get them to pay up.- At this time Eat&S Bros. stated that they had told the Anchorage men that they would give them a little better price for raising the money in five days. wheraupon Mr. Harding. asked -How about a little better price for us'? We willl lay the money on the table whenever you say you want to sell it.- we don't have to raise thelllOney.- the IIIOney is already' there.- "No. that is our price." stated Estes. , ' It was generall.y agreed, that the purchase agreement as presented by Estes Bros. was not in the best interests of the City of Seward, and that in the event of a decision to negotiate. a new agreement would have to be prepared with both parties represented. The Forest Service pennit for the City of Seward was again brought up and it was asked by elm Hodson if it might be a good idea to telephone Mr. Banfield in Juneau and advise h1m of the picture and ask h1m to check with the Forest Sarvice in Juneau and then advise us what action has been ta~n on our permit, and whether or not it hinges on the purchase of the Estes plant. elm. Anthony stated that he would be very sorry to see the Estes. Bros. go to asv Illore expenee in having legal documents drawn up before the 23rd and as he saw it, it /Ile6med that our City Manager had perhaps encouraged them too much. and it was reiterated that it' and when any other legal papers were drawn up. it would be with both parties represented. . '"'"" .,. ,- ,) i ( ) SEWARD. _..~T..L<nc& I Sept. 16, 1955 I i Estes stated that they are prote~ted by Federal Power Commiesion, and as long as ; they h&ve the system, no other will run lines thru there.. At this point, Mr. Hardinge mentioned, that we have a telephone issue being yoted upon in October, and in the event this passe" we intend to run telephone lines any place we have power lines. ' Mayor Painter asked if there was any further discussion on this, and said that it is quite apj,1&rent that we can base IDOst everything on what happened to our Permit, and Mr. Banfield ~ill be telephoned or contacted by Mr. Hardinge in an attemp,t to find wherawe stand on our application for the pe~it. Estes Bros. were advised by Mr. Hardinge that if the City decieed to purchase their plant, in the event that the option was not picked up, we would pay cash and there would be no request for an option. It we ara advised that the system' has not been purchased by'the Anchorage men, we will.. let you know on the 23rd whether or not we are going to buy it. Meeting adjourned at 9 ~15 P.M. I i I I I .-..(d i4~h1i ~:, i';: ,I MAYO I I! II I' SoP'_." 19. 19551 I I I A'I."r'ESr: ~~~~ O'ity Clerk SEWARD, AT A!':T{ A The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:05 P.M. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present were Clm. West. Petrovich, Anthony, Blair and Hodson. Absent, Clm. Stockton. Also present City Mgr. Hardinge and City Attorney . Tyner. Minutes of the last regular and the special meeting of Sept. 9th were read City Mgr. Hardinge stated that the part in the minutes relative to the Alaska ' ~ . ( ., ! Engineering Services proposal for telephone system h8d not been Toted on and Mayor I I ?ainter agreed that it had not been and that we would haTe to do that toni~e. It 'I' was decided to start with this. and the Alaska Engineering Services proposal was I read. Clm. Petrovich thought th8.t from the wording of the proposal, we would have to purchase the whole telephone system and pay Alaska Engineering Services a commi ssion of 7%. Mayor Painter stated that that is a sood point to consider~ but sinc this ~sn't th~ actual contract. when we get to that point it will be necessary ~o I have this clarified. Mayor Painter aaked the pleasure of the Council on this ' proposal and suggested that it wouldn't take long to draw up a resolution right here. Clm. Antho~ wondered if it' was necesaary to haTe a Resolution, couldn't we accept the proposal by motion? Mayor Painter advised that it would be perfectly legal to accept this by motion and the only reason he had mentioned a resolution was because Mr. Bau1er had asked for one. It was decided that the City Attorney draft a Re.o1ution while the discussion continued. Clm. Anthony brought out that it saamed that Mr. Bau1er has in mindi one system, and Mr. Harstad another system comparable. but possibly cheaper than JIJr. Bauler's. He continued that he remember distinctly that Mr. Bauler had stated that we could not hang tha telephone lines on the transmission pole., and Mr.. Harstad had atated that he knew that we could. Apparently the equipment will be the same, but there are certain designs that may be different. ' Mr. H8.rdinge mentioned that Mr. Bauler is a telephone engineer all the way thru,- that is all he is, - a coUmunications engineer. And another think is that I like to keep things close to hame. As for the lines, they are going to haTe to be on the power pole., it can't be any ather way. Clm. Anthony then stated that by having a communications engineer do it, it should be better. ,I I, II I I I, Mayor Painter asked the City At torney, if, in accordance with Ordinance #257, 11,li' reading of the title only would constitute a reading of an ordinance, whereupon 1'1 City Attorney Tyner stated that it would. Ordinance #260 in title only was read, .Ordinance No. 260 - An Ordinance regulating and restricting the. heights, number Ii of stories. and size of buildinga and other structures; the percentage of lot that:! may be occupied; the sb.e of yards, courts, and other open space.; the density of II population; and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, !I industry, residence, or other purposes;; for said purpose dividing the city into I! diatricts; providing for administration and enforcement, and repealing ordinances :1 and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith.- :i The COuncil continued then with other matters while City Attorney worked on the Hesolution called for. Jl IJ ~l .~ 6)......) / ,,; II .1.. SI!.'Ii~!:l,~. . .. . Septembe1' 19, 195.5 = =-=~=~~_~c--'-:'~ 'c~=;:,---~:;----:_~~_::::~ ....:~~ ~~~.-::::':.- .-:... --=::::=~~'::';:=:c. ~~~=c~c ,=~_ ~=-: ~~;;:=--=:;:::~ .::: ~':r~tlllren- -~c~~~..-: Iii This constitutes the first reading o~ Ordinanc~. No. 260, stated Mayor Painter. . i It was decided that the extra copy of this Ordlnance would be passed around for reading and. initialing by each Councilman and it would be left at Mr. Hodson's place for pick-up. I The second reading of Ordinance #258, this by title, creating an Electric Utility Construction Fund, was given. Also Ordinance #259 was read for the second time, this Ordinance authorizing the issuance of warrants drawn on the Electric Utility Construction Fund. was At this point Clm. Anthony asked what/the final figure derived from Morrison- Knudsen on the rental of the lots for storage and Mr. Hardinge informed him that M-K are paying $15.00 per lot, just what the Council had asked. , Mr. Southard and Mr. Hardinge advised the Council that a letter had been received . from the Bureau of Land Management relative'the City's application for Special Land-Use Permit for the NWI of Section 28, for use as a sanitary land garbage dump., and the Land Office wanted to know why we hadn't complied with their request of . January. A check of our records had. re~ealed that we had complied and that we had also sent our check in the amount of ten dollars to cover. The Land Office desire. to change the permit from Land-use to Municipal purchase. Clm. 'Petro~ich wondered if the City could reach out of the incorporated limits and do that. and both Mr. Hardinge and the City Attorney stated that we could. Clm. Petrovich then asked if there would be any difference in cost to the City and Mr. Southard estimated it to be approximately $5.00 an acre. Clm. Petrovich inquired as to where the money will come from- out of the General Fund? 'Mr. Harding. stated that it would come out of the General Fund. At this time, Resolution No. 87 was presented by City Attorney Tyner whereupon it was read. Clm. Blair mo~ad that Resolution #87 b. accepted as read, seconded by Clm. West. Motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION No. 87 I A Resolution indicating- the intent of the Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, to accept the proposal of Alaska Engineering A8sociates, dated September 7, 1955, as ameBded. WHEREAS. an election tor a,proposed bond issue in the amount of $600,000. for the construction ot a Telephone System for the City of Seward, is now pending, and WHEREAS, a proposal.tor the telephone system'construction engineering servie.s . dated September 7, 1955. as amended. has been made by Alaska Engineering Associates to the City-Council of ' the City of Seward. Alaska. and iWHEREAS, the City Council has discussed and considered said proposal. NOW THEREFORB, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Seward, Alaska: ., ',THAT THE PROPOSAL of Alaska Engineering Associates for the Telephone System : Construction Engilleering Services, as 'amended, dated September 7, 1955, be and the S8me is hereby approved, subject however to the-res~lts of the Bond Election of' October 18. 1955. PASSED on this 19th day of September, 1955. I ATTEST: /s/ Erma Walker City Clerk /s/ RUSSELL PAINl'ER 'M A Y 0 R Item 4, New Business, (a) People Present - no one had anything to say. Item 4 (b) relative the refrigerator for the Police Dept., and bill for same, was discussed. The refrigerator had been purchased from Mrs. Chester Brown last Spring, with arrangements being made, since the funds at that time were low, .for payment out of this years' budget. This had all been discussed at length with then City Mgr. O'Hara" at the time of purchase. Clm. Anthony moved that we pay the $150.00 seconded-by Blair. It was then decided that since there were other bills for the Police Dept. which had not yet been paid, that it might be better to consider all of them and make one motion. 'All right, I'll retract my motiont'stated Clm. Anthony. and Blair stated that he would go along with him so that we have all of the bills and get it over with. ,')".. -' ~} l .... SEWARD. 4.1 A.cnn, September 19. 1955 -~~,",'IA~-- - Mr. ~rdinge presented an ~nnn~ory of the radio equipment purchased by the Police Dept. and stated that thia is a part of the $2000.00 that is in the budget for equipment. T~ere waa no provision in the old budget. Clm. Anthony aaked from whom the radio equipment had been purchased. Chief of Police, Seymour stated that the radios were up for repossession and Mr. Stanton was repossessing them from Northern Cab, so we went down to find what the cost would be and we found that we could get the equipment for $1,000. in the co~dition ~hey were in at the tUDe, and we made a survey as to what it would cost new and what it would cost to put it in shape. The Police Dept. felt that if the City couldn't afford i~ or didn't want to purchase it, we would purchase it ourselves, and we discussed it with Mayor Fainter and Clm. Stockton. 'We said then and we still say it, t~t if the City doesn't want to buy it, we will buy it" continued Chief Seymour. Clm. Petrovich wanted to know if w, had clear title to this equipment now, and. it was stated that we do by both Seymour and Mr., Hardinge. Clm. Petroviah then asked if we had to register that equipment with the insurance company, wondering ~f tho the cars a~e insured, is the equipnent also insured. Mayor Painter and Clm. West stated that ,this equipment would not be covered under our present insurance.. Clm. West stated that it can be insured under a fleet Varinl Policy. elm. Anthony aaked 'What is our obligation to this outfit and to Mr. Stanton?' He was advised that it. was , $1000.00 to Mr.. Stanton ~nd $889..99 to CoDmunications Equipment and Service Co. . for rehabilitating.. Mayor Painter stated that there had never been any official 'I au~horization for the purchase of those radios, and he didn't want any doubt i about that r8lll8.ining in $DYone! s mind. Clm. West stated that it seems like iUs ~ a fOnDer obligation an~ there ia nothing that can be done about it, and I am;go!ng to vote for approval of any past billa ~y more. If there ara anymora, they shoul be brought before the Council. .Mr.. Hardinge stated that these are old bills, incu red before his tUDe, and there will be none of this in th, future. !, II jl <<I move t!1&t both these bills ba paid: atated Clm. Petr9vich. Seconded by Weat. ,[ Mo" tion carried unanimously. 'The radio equipment should be included OIl the. insuranc~,' stated Clm. Petrovich. 'and I make that recoDllJlendation 80 that it anything, happeQ.s t it, the City has it recoverabla:.' One radio is in Captain Dolan's car and one in' Chief Seymour's car, and Seymour stated, that the one in his car is covered by II insurance carried by himself, and that the insurance and policy would be changed to , the City of Seward now th&t the City has authorized payment. Mayor Painter closed i th, discussion on the refrigerator and the radiClls with the statement 'The II recolllllendations have been made to the City MaJ1!lger that he insure the ra4ios.. i! I 'I Mr. Hardinge told the Council that at their suggestion he had been looking inta ! the possi~ility of renting the Jsme. Bldg. for a centralizatian .of some .of the City I aftices. We are paying aut $2700.00 a, year for the office. of th. Health NurSll and i Weliare Supervisor. and the James Bldg. can be leased far $2700.00 a year. It will i be big enaugh ta take care .of the Health Nurse and the Welfare office and bath .of i .the Utilities, but it will not tafe carll Qf this otfice here. The Bldg. can be I leased for a tenD at tive yeara. Attar a lengthy discussian and a general agre8lllen. ,that centralizatian at the City Ottices is desirable. it was decided that the James II Bldg. was not particularly feasible inasmuch as it would not house all City OffiCeat Mr. Hardinge was directed ta laak around and aea if another place could be located. I! The August bill. were read in the tatal 8IIlOunt .of ,$4,491.94.. as fallows: ACS $36'8611, Alaska stationers $27.79, Automotive Parts $2.54. Andy's OilL $290.33. Alaska Shelp ~ $15.44, Burraugh's Corp. $21.80, 00-2 Fira Equipnent $81.00, The Lamplighter $5.55. : Mac's Phota Service $77.50. Moore Business Forms. $7.50. Quick.way $324.45. Seward i Electric $782.55. Seward Hardware $2.20, seWard, Machine Shop $96.69. sewa,rd P1umbi~", Be Heating $7.92. Seward Trading $18.44. Seward Water System $465.00. Staffard II Sanitary Supply $89.83. Standard au Co. $352.63. Turnagain Secretarial Service , $34.50. WatsJald Gracery $83.08. Werner'. Furniture $21.95. Werner's Market $1l.49,li Harry West. Insurance $1629.90 and Win Ervin $5.00. Clm. West asked what the . ii Mac's Foto Service bill covered and was infonDed that it cavered Polaroid film and Ii bulbs far the Police Dept. He asked why this bill was DCllt mentioned along with the II I other Police Dept. bills outstanding, and Chief Seymour said that he had forgatten I' about this bill or he would have mentianed it earlier. Clm. West asked who owned :' the Camera and was advised by Seymour that the Palice Dept. awned it. Clm. West tel t that everything in th~ department shauld be owned by the Oi ty and no1; by any i one individual. When asked it there wera anymore bills like this requiring payment. i, Chief Seymour stated that there were no more that he ooulq think of. Seymour state~ that when he had taken O'9iar as Chief. thf! Poliqe Dept. had paid off bills which. . others befare him had obligated the Police Dept. tor in the snoun1; of $600.00. At this .point. Clm. Anthony stated that he would like tQ talk about the Q,uicltvay bill, and he asked .What is the condition of the ,~uick-way? 'Is it running now?' 'It is running,. stated Mr. Hardinge. Clm Petrovich .said that it is running. but it is not safe. Mr. Hardinge advised the Council that he intends to have a card system an each machine owned by the City. and this card will shaw cost of operation. and all expenses involved for each machine, o II o 'i.:' ~ ,.; SEWARD, ALASKA _' Sellt8lllbel~l9_L :1,9.55 __~______~~.,-,=.=,,~~.::~o-~~ ~__ "_ ~~"-,-"-.~=:-=__: _ ~~,;~~ ~ ___.;~~-~_~~~ .._- _~ -~._--=-_-=:-.::.._- ~-=~;.~-=----=--=-. =-~. ~~-_'"~--=:~:";~~n"t 1 ~u~") m.__~.-;o,-~:,-~~. ~~-=~~~ .~~-~ Clm. Anthony then stated that it is up to the City Mgr., but he didn't think that , we needed a years' supply of film on hand in the Police Dept. Chief Seymour Baid, : "There again, gentlemen, if you don't want to pay for it, we will buy it ourselves and pay for it.- we don't want to be running out of it all the t~e, and we know . we need it." Mayor Painter asked if there was any further discussion on the bills , for August. Clm. Hodson moved that we pay the $4,000 odd dollars due on the bills for the past month, seconded by Blair. Clm. West abstained from voting, all others voted affirmative. I : Police reports dated September 4th and September 14th were read, and Clm. Anthony , explained his part of the . deal and that he had heard frcm an individual that it was ,.a matter of two or three hours that the police car had been waiting for the repair tire, so he stopped in at A& B Service to find what was what, and was going to I bring the matter to Mr. Hardinge's attention and"! can prove that, he said, aa ! , spoke to Mr. Southard who advised that Mr.. Hardinge was out of town. and then! dropped.it right there.- A discussion was held on the reasons that the Police car 'had been idle in the vicinity of the Rec Center and Mel Dec said that he would like to state his position on the police business. He said that he thought Mr. Seymour might be very capable and efficient, but he thought Mr. Seymour to be too ambitious and he saw no need for so many officers, and he thought quite a few people in town felt the same way. Chief Seymour briefed the people ~resent and the Council on the Police procedure both in Seward and other places and want into some.detail concerning the fact that in other places outBide. the County officers do a great deal that our police here have to do. Chief Seymour stated that he wanted to clarify anything that was bothering anyone, - he was willing to answer questions and wanted to do so. The age of some of the policemen was again discussed. and it was also brought out 'that the Railroad is quite concerned about the traffic croBBing the Railroad at the San Juan-Army Dock crossing and that they had asked Chief Seymour to bring his ,recommendations to the Alaska Railroad. Chief Seymour had also been approached by townspeople as to why he did not put a couple of police officers down near the sellool morn~ngs, noons and evenings. It was also brought O\1t that $40,000. is a pretty big expenditure for police protection. It was suggested that perhaps it 'would be a good idea to get a breakdown for per ,capita costs, and if we are i spending more than other places then we can check it.. The juvenile problem was i' brought up and discussed lightly. ,:Dr. Hall asked why we aren't sUPP<lrting local industry, referring to the purChase i of the polaro ~d film and bulbs. as wall as other things. Mr. Hardinge referred to ithe difference in cost. however, he stated that we try to support local industry. ,; but that in some cases the pric. waS not right. I A let1;er from the Coast Guard relative to explosives handling at the Army Dock was read. Ray Lee asked who has the power to expedite the mov~ment of explosives out of the city and cited a case just recently when CLass "A" explosives set down there :by the dormitory for a week or more. Mayor Painter stated that the Railroad has been instructed by the City and we have correspondence relating to that, that the powder loaded will be switched to the Jesse Lee siding. They have been advised by the City that they are to see that explosives are moved immediately and handled according to the letter of the Ordinance. It is definitely against the City Ordinances and ,it is the City's responsibility to see that the Ordinances are enforced. In regards to the letter from the Coast Guard Clm. West suggested that ,the City Mgr. write the Coast Guard and ask them what their recommendations are. With nothing further to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 11:18 P.M. I =mr. ~d/ld_ City Clerk ~Z4<lf#{~,i!./ MAY R"'-.:./ SEWARD,. ALASKA ReAAlar Meetinp: OCTOBER 3, 1955 The regular meeting of the council was called to order at 8:10 P.M. Mayor Painter in the chair. Present Clm. Petrovich. Anthony. Hodson and Blair, also City Mgr. Hardinge. Absent, Clm. West and Stockton. Mr. Tom Stewart, executive secretary of the Statehood Committee was introduced by Mayor Painter and he briefed those present as to things being done toward the I preparation for the Constitutional Convention. The Statehood Committee was selected to do the job of making selected studies of the various constitutions, and a special research organization has been hired to make detailed studies of the constitutions of other ~tates, and these studies will be laid on the table of the delegate. ot the Constltutional Convention. Mr. StelllSrt attended a meeting at BouMer City, Colio. r; ," '; ~ -,i I! '.[, SEWARD." I\I,A,SlC6. OCTOBER 3. 1955 ~n~nll~ Iwhere he lined u~ twelve or,fifteen of the Political Scientists of the Country.who '~ come to tha Convention in the event the delegate. desire their presence. Information ia being campiled for presentation to the public and interested person . some of which is UDmediately available. and some of which will be mailed at a late date. and any information concerning this convention and iatormation being compile may be had by writing tel Mr. stewart a.t Box 153. Juneau. ALaska. ' I i 'The minutea of the last regular meetin~ and ~he special meeting of Sept. 16th were I read and approved. j' 'Ordinance No. 260 was read by title. for the second time. With no discussion, Mayor Painter advised that this is considered the second reading of Ordinance #260 Ii ,I I In the ~ine of new business. there was no one present who desired to say antthing I · to the Council. ' II 'The Special Use p,ermi t from the Forest Servi_ was up for discussion. and the I",', letter from Mr. A. W. Greeley. Regional Forester. was read. Mr. Hardinge stated 'that this permit and its terma had been revie..d by the Utilities Manager and it Ii is principally the same thing as read when Mr. Sword was heX'. in July. Mayor 1"1 Painter suggested that the pennit be passed around for reading by each council I member. Mr. Hardinge stated that he would like to get it signed. as he intends II to go to Anchorage on Wednesday and would like to take it with him and get the Ii bond while he is up there. Clm. Petrovich felt that this should be acted upon by ,1 the Utilities Board first and that the Council should receive their recommendation I first. Mr. Carroll. being present. was asked to try to get the Utility Board members ,to come to this meeting and act upon the Forest Service Permit. however. Ii upon telephoning two members. it was found that they ware not at home and it was I' therefore, impossible to act. Clm. Petrovich stated that we cQUldn't sign this 'I Forest Service permit without.the recommendations of the Utility Board, or without I the plats which were said to be part of the agreement. Mr. Hardinge and Mayor " Painter stated that we had seen the plats and Mr. Harstad had made them h1maelf; at also that the Utility 'Board had approved this agreement sometime ago. How:ever. I Clm. Petrovich remained firm in his stand that the ,permit should not be signed II until the Council had the Utility Board's appra:val. It was brought out that this Ii permit allows us to go right thru Moose Pass and pick up customers if desired. Ii There is nothing in the permit which states that we are prohibited frGllll this. il Jay Carroll pointed out that if our pole lines go across some one individual's land~ we will have to get a right of way from each individual. Clm. Petrovich again1! reiterated that he wanted recommendations from .the Utility Board before having the Ii permi t signed, and Mr. Hardinge stated that we would fool around and lose this Ii Permit. Mr. Carroll stated ,that if the Council could approve the Permit pending i' the Utili ties Board approval and recanmendations, he could call a meeting of the Ii 'Utili ties Board for tomorrow. Clm. Anthony said, "I will make the motion that we I: approve the Permit as tendered here, pending the approval by the Utility Board, l' and subject to a favorable recommendation from the Attorney and the Utili t-y Board~ i Sec-onded by .Petrovich. Motion carried unanimously. ' I I, "'r. Hardinge read a letter from the Housing and Home Finance Agency relative the 1'.'1' Community Project Aaa 5Q-P-25 for which they had advanced to the City a s~ of $2900.00. Clm. Petrovich stated that our participation in the Seward Armory and i: other community betterment projects should be reason enough for our j.nabili ty to II go ahead at the present time with this Community Building, and that the Agency should be advised of this as well as the fact that the City does intend to one day go ahead with this project. Mayor Painter suggested that Mr. Hardinge wri te such a letter in reply to their inquiry. 9rdinanaes No.. 258 And 2~9 were read for the final tUne. aDd with no further discussion. Mayor Painter stated that Ordinances Nos. 258 and 259. having been read for the third and final time. were pasaed a%ld1 approved .by the Council. Letter of resignation from Dr. Staff as Health Officer of the City was read, whereupon Mr. Hardinge stated that he was sending a letter to the Department of Ii Health Sanitation Officer for an interview with him, before another Health Officer ,I was appointed. Clm. Anthony wondered if we should accept Dr. Stafr's resignation .l' by motion and it was generally agreed that this should be done. Clm. Anthony mo~ed that we accept Dr. Starf's resignation'and extend. our thanks for his services! Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. Motion carried unanimously. ' ' I An Opinion from the City Attorney was read relative a member of the Utility Board! filing for Council without first resigning from the Utility Board. Mayor Painter stated that he did not know who had requested the opinion unless the City Clerk had understood from a conversation that it was desired, whereupon Mayor Painter was advised bv the City, C,lerk th~~ it.,.,. thOl1$t that Mr. Southard had requested thG~C:ttt~.tttof.ne1'tth'lttid&'t' l~f' l)~1'iilin;"".," ....,1'"\ J IJ r: 'J ( 3':;1G SEWARD ALASKA "~Cc"=="_~~_':c=~~-~_-"-"--,-c,~~= =-~=",~---~-- -------- ---- ------------, --- OCTOBER:3 1955 ~~.~=:,cOO+~'.~~;?;4~:u.".;~~. .~~-~----..'~~- -.. __ _:=, -=-;:'._.,.0-:0;:-- -;:--_--,-_:::-::,..-,,;:-,'=:-":"""C:';;-;cc-==="--:-.--~.-:::,,:-~-:-c- ---- '-,,-c-.---;--;;;:--'c. ,:::-:-=-------,::;cc'.--'-"'__",-.: .-:":-.--; -- ..'. -- The police Report was read by Mr. Hardinge and Cmm. Petrovich wondered if, on traffic violations, the overtime parking was included in that figure. Mr. Hardinge stated that they should come under traffic violations and Clm. Petrovich lIOndered if we could tell whether the traffic violations and overtime parking were on the decrease or increase as he would bring up a question later which would refer to this .' He was advised that it could be determined easily enough, and that as far as the overtime parking problem, records of receipts in the City Clerk's office indicated that this was again on the decline. I The application from the Elk's Club requesting that all licenses be transferred from their old location to their new location in the Moody Bldg. was read. Clm. Petrovich asked the Chief of Police how he intended to handle the parking problem down there. It was pointed out by M~or Painter that there was a vacant lot down there which they could use, and the Chief remarRed that the time the cars would be parked there would be after the parking hours regulations. If they are going to be using a vacant lot for parking, stated Clm. Petrovich, then there is no problem but in any other way, it could very well develop into quite a problem. MlJOr Painter asked the pleasure of the Council on the Application from the Elk's Club, ~nd Clm. "Blair made a motion that this application be approved. Seconded by Clm. Anthony, motion carried unanimously. Resolution No. 88, appointing Judges and Clerks for the Special Election on Oct. 18, was read. RESOWTION No. 88 I BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, that the following named persons shall act as Judges, Clerks and as Inspector of Ele cti on at the Special Election on October 18, 1955, at Seward, Alaska. Said Speci al Election to be held for the purpose of determining whether or not the qualified voters of the City of Seward, Alaska, should authorize the issuance of Revenue Bonds in an amount not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000.00) for the purpose of purchasing, rehabilitating, bettering and financing a telephone system pursuant to Title 48, Section 44F, U.S.C.A. or Act of Congress of March 6, 1946. JUDGES: L. RUSSELL CLAPP (InspectorY Mildred E. Kirkpatrick Eda Myers CLERKS : Lenore Robbins Wilma Lind The rules governing the passage and approval of resolutions are hereby suspended 'and this Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its introduction and passage this 3rd day of October, 1955. /s/ RUSSELL PAINTER MAYOR ATTEST: /s/ Erma Walker City Clerk \ Clm. Petrovich inquired as to who had prepared this Resoluti on and was ad~ sed that the City Clerk had done so, whereupon Petrovich asked if this was all right, was it legal. Mayor Painter stated that it is legal and it was pointed out that in the past such Resolutions had also been prepared by the City Clerk. Clm. Hodson made a motion that Resolution 88 be adopted, seconded by Clm. Blair, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. I A letter was read from the City Manager to the U. S. Coast GUard relative their recommendations that the City reduce the amount of tonnage in Class "A" e~osi ves allowed to mov,jiitis~he City of Seward docks. Mr. Hardinge's letter stated that he is recommending to the Council that Resolution No. 30 be amended; however, Mr. Hardinge stated to the Council that he was not making this recommendation at this time and would like to table this'unUl a later date. A discussion was held and Clm. Petrovich stated that he had word from a reliable source that the handling of explosives, in one way or another, meant approximately $175,000.00 to the City of Seward. However, he wonder if we could pay the insurance premium for total loss of the City of Seward for this $175,000.00. Rev. Malin asked if there was anything n which the individuals would lose in insurance if the City does not go along with the recommendations of the Coast GUard. Mr. Ousdale of the Alaska Steamship Co. was present and he stated that they have certain ships and certain compartments on these ships in which explosives are carried and they never exceed the carrying capacity of these compartments. He also pointed out that the table of Distances was made up as a basis for storage, and not for the transportation and handling. r'-~-- "? ~~.~ u~U "'~c~~ ~~'IP1l~~_ AT.A~_~A '-,,"~'-=.,~~'=C:. 0~rrf)"R~"R~_:h _,qt;t; -'~:;:;-~~nter stated that he th~ught the City Manager Sh:~~"--~:" a gre:~-:::~-:f T- research on this and see what would happen if we stay right where we are. Clm. !I Anthony suggested that we could offer a reduction in the amount downward from 100 11 tons to even 25 tons, and Mr. Hardinge stated that he did not want to suggest anything without further study and research. "Our concern is the welfare of the residents of Seward, stated Anthony, and if the Coast Chard recommends that we reduce the amount that can be handled, then we probably should in full regard for safety. It It was decided that the City Manager should make a thorough study of this situation before making any further suggestions. A letter from James W. Huston of A.P.W. to Mr. W. J. Tweet, Area Engineer of the A'PW was read regarding the drainage problem at the new high school. It was agreed, that this is a critical problem and that it certainly should be corrected at once. ,I A letter from Mr. Foss of Foss & Olsen to Mayor Painter was read by the Mayor. Mayor Painter said that he had received a call from Mr. LaFord of LaFord's Dinner Club, and it was asked whether or not the City would have any objections to his opening up the large room for the use of the junior classes of the school for dances one nite a week, that being on Mondays when the dinner club is closed. Either Mr. LaFord or his wife will be on hand, and they have requested that a chaperon also be on hand. Clm. Blair stated that he felt there should be a set hour for closing, and it was felt that the teenagers could set that thru the School Councilor Mr. Carlson. There did not seem to be any objections to this , suggestion from Mr. La Ford, and it was generally felt that it might be a good thin1' Rev. Malin asked, since there was no longer any Recreation Council, he wondered if II there was any of the $1500. left around and Mr. Southard stated that they had spen~ that money and had been back asking for more. No one seemed to know who was the ! custodian of the gym equipnent and it was suggested that upon Mr. Breitenbach 's Ii return from the States, Mr. Hardinge contact him for a report. ,i 11 Mr. Hardinge advised that he had been contacted by Mr. Werner and a request had :! , been made for the use of the Council room for a Democratic Committee meeting on II the nites of October 7-8-9. The opinion was that the Democratic Committee should I! endeavor to meet elsewhere and Mr. Hardinge was requested to so advise JAr. Werner. Ii 'I Ii " I I I , The meeting was adjourned at lO:40 P.M. -' ) 'N'R~~~~ //4&dJV(/O:"!" , MAY ~ 1 I AT'1'!lST: ~~ '-:7L,6A/' , ity Clerk Ii , I I i 1 " '- SEWARD, ALASKA,.. SPECIAL MEETING 10/5/55 A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 4:40 P.M. for the purpose of canvassing the ballots of the Regular Municipal Election held on October 4th. I Mayor Painter being absent, Glm Anthony was appointed to act as Mayor. Clm. West, ;1 Petrovich, Anthony, Blair and Stockton present, absent, Clm. Hodson. I ii ! Clm. Blair and Petrovich were appointed to canvas the ballots and the City Clerk !! read the tally. Clm. Blair made al}i motion that the votes and tally as tendered by,! the Election Board be accepted. Seconded by Clm. West, all in favor, motion carri~d unanimously. " .. di.scussion was held regarding the time for the special meeting for indoctrinatio~ of the new members. Clm. Stockton moved that on Monday, October lOth, a special i meeting be called for the purpose of swearing in the new Mayor and Council members, and for indoctrination as well as for any other business as may be desired. Seconded by Clm. West, all voted in affirmative, motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 4:50 P.M. ATTEST: APPROVED: 4tMl,,~ ity Clerk 'a~ ,,:16 ~. MAY 0 ,ACTING " . ,'. --. , $ - ~', i:,.'~;,='~'- ,~ .. :J ~ 'iI.: "" ~' t -il:'l :'1' i:,,' 'i.; ;,.'" <1\, ~, ~; i. .;t.- '." ,~. ~. 1~~ ) .\, ~' ,- -~ 1 U i~' t,~ "" I' .~: t .~. ~, ) ~' , t: -$ " .}>'-. i i . 6 \', ,k ,~ ':'" ~. " ~ ~l ;L 377 2~=_SE1'{,4c~ AL!~X~,~ "~,~~~~",==-..;",=~Pf~lp.l ~lt~~.'I;i~... '.. _~'0~~.~~_QQ'J'QJlEIL19",,~1:t~~..~ ._-_.__.._.~- ~ _.__.._-_.~~._-----_._----_..~._._----_.~--------~_.._-- ... ---~ .. --.--...-.-..----.--------..-..--......-..-.... . - .- ~-_....__.__._.._-_._--------_........._.._.._._.__.._-,..-- . -.- - ....--.......---..--.......... _...--.-- .. ~ special meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:05 P.M. for the purpose lof discussing receipt of,a wire from the Director of Aviation, also letter from Rettig, Scott & Co., currently auditing the City's books of account, also request ':for a QuitClaim deed from the City to Kenneth &, Katherine Baker, as well as for i.indoctrination and swearing in of new Mayor and Council members. Present were Clm. :West, Petrovich, Anthony, Blair and Stockton, also Phil Durant and Dr. Hall, newly i,elected to the Council. Mayor Painter in the chair. Also present City Manager 'Hardinge . I Mr. Hardinge read a wire from Mr. Herman Porter, Director of Aviation, Anchorage relative request for a meeting with the Council to d~scuss SIllOW removal at ~he 'Seward Airport. A wire fram the City Manager to Mr. Porter was also read advising Mr. Porter that a meeting was called for 8:00 P.M. October 11th. A discussion was held regarding past procedure for the maintenance and snow removal and it was an accepted fact that the City does not have fUnds available for this, however, it was :decided to wait until the meeting with Mr. Porter to see just what was to be asked of the City., ' A letter from Rettig, Scott &,Co. was, read wherein they requested Council approval for certain adjustments to the City's books of accounts. This was explained by Mr. Hardinge, and Clm. Stockton asked Mr. Hardinge if he recommended that the Council accept these adjustments as offered by the Auditor. Mr. Hardinge stated that he did. Clm. West stated, "In view of your recommendations, I will move that the recommenda~ tion of the'Auditor be accepted."' Seconded by Petrovich, all in favor, motion ~arried unanimously. Quit Claim Deed fram'the City of Seward to Yenneth E. & Katherine Baker was request$d. ~his property had been sold many years ago by the City and somewhere along the line ~n approximately 1941 a purchaser had not recorded his deed and the deed was burned ~n a fire. Now the Bakers want to sell and a Veterans Loan cannot be acquired ~thout this deed. Clm. Stockton moved that the City grant Kenneth E. & Katherine Raker a Quit Claim Deed on Lots 8 &, 9, Block 24, of Seward Original Townsite. 'Seconded by Blair, motion carried unanimously. I 'For indoctrination of the new members of the Council, Clm. Petrovich requested that :perhaps it would be well to have Mr. Hardinge give a brief run-down on the budget. ~ copy of the budget was handed to Mr. Durant and Dr. Hall~ and Mr. Hardinge went lover the figures for each department and advised that there are a few changes to be ,made before the final acceptance is requested. After going over the budget, Mayor :!Painter asked Mr. Hardinge if there was anything fUrther he would like to'say to '[the new members whereupon Mr. Hardinge stated, "There is just one thing, - I have been in this business since 1929 and I have been wi th some big places and same small places,- and incidentally, this is the smallest. We have a big job to do,- a great ~eal to do, but we can do it. However, If I am going to have to fight with the 'Council over this department or that department, then, Gentlemen, I won't be here! 1 have to have a free hand here to get you out of this hole, an~'I will not stay here if I have to fight the Council' over these Departments. That is the only thing- I can do the job- but not if I have' to keep fighting all the time. We are getting to the point where we are getting a fairly good start. Most of the whole trouble here is not anybody's fault, it is just'a matter of not knowing where to start, and we have places where the cart is before the horse and'I blame your Engineer for a :lot of that and I told him so. That is all, gentlemen." I ~ayor Painter stated that before swearing in of the new members, he would like to 'Say that it has been a real pleasure for me to assist in my small way in the problems of the City and though everything has not run as smoothly as it'might have, I think the Council have done an intelligent job, and thru the efforts of the new men and. the Council's cooperation with the City Manager, I am sure you will find yourself out of the financial doldrums. The new members were sworn in and Mayor Painter turned the gavel over to the new Mayor, Mr. Anthony. Mayor Anthony then stated that this actually finishes up the special meeting, however, he stated that he had encountered in the Western City magazine a statement by Harry Marks which very closely hits the nail on the head here in Seward, and he would like to take the time to read a few excerpts from this. The meeting was then adjourned at 8:58 P.M. APPROVED: /1 ( ~, () j j JI{}J-'UI..I M~ ~'~}dAA-- Ci ty Clerk ATTEST: 37J =---== ---rASPeCial meeting was called to order at 8:07 P.M. for the purpose of discussing I snow remoTal and maintenance of the Seward Airport with Mr. Herman Porter, Directo of Aviation, Anchorage.. Preaent were Clm. West, Petrovich, Hall. Blair, Stockton. also City Mgr. Hardinge. Absent, Clm. Durant. Mayor Anthony in the Chair. SEWARD. ALASKA Special Meetinp: . OCTOBER 11, 1955 Mr. Porter stated that the Bureau of Public Roads has been maintaining and doing the actual work of maintenance on the Airport out here, and according to the regulations of the BPR, they cannot do it for a Territorial Agency, and we. have managed to have the Alaska Raod Commission do it, bill the BPR, and the BPR bill the Department of Aviation. Mr. Porter explained that he had received a letter from Mr. Ghigl1one, Commissioner of Roada for Alaska, stating that they are UD8.ble to continue with this work, therefore, the Dept. of Aviation is faced with the problem of making arrangements immediately for the snow rsmoval at the Seward Airport. (SEE C.ItIti<C'TitJl( - /V'tJlI. ;;:: IfSt;' /lftf'ef/...~) Clm. Blair asked if there was any secret about how much money it costs for this work, and figures were quoted by Mr. Porter. $3,182.25 for 1954; $5300.00 for 1953; however, this latter figure included more than one year, so it has averaged around $3300.00 per year for snow removal. stated Mr. Porter. Mr. Porter pointed out that his department has set aside funds for this particular job, so that isn't the I primary reason that he is down here, but rather to ask for assistance in having II . the work done. Mr. Porter wondered if the City had the equipment to do it, or if there were contractors in the area with equipment. In this respect, Mr. Porter advised that it would be better for the Department of Aviation to deal direct with the City, and if the City had a contractor do the job, have the Contractor bill th City and the City in turn bill the Department of Aviation. Mr. Porter continued that it is quite possible that his department could obtain equipment thru the Surplus Property Act and in this event, he wondered if the City of Seward would be interested in accepting responsibility for that equipment. In other words, he stated, you could call the contractor and tell them the equipment would be availab e to them. At this point it was brought out that' the Seward Airport has no lights and Mr. Porter stated that the Board had discussed this and they felt that if the City ! couldn't afford to take over the main*enance of the Airport, how could they afford! to maintain the lighting. "We can maintain the lights,- there ia a lot of differe ce in that and in maintaining a couple of D-8' s~8tated Mr. Hardinga. Mayor Anthony stated that if wa could get the physical aspects of the lighting, we could provide the juice. V~. Porter stated that they are going to have a Board meeting in the I very near future, and asked if the Council wished to go on record that if lights , were made available, the power would be made available by the Oity of Seward. We don't like to put them in unless va have assuranca that aomeone will take care of them and assume responsibUity for the cost of lighting, and if you ara willing to to that, I will take that to the Board and I think that is something worthy of consideration. Mr. Porter continued that he was not aware that the City of ; Seware was willing to take care of the lighting. Clm. Stockton stated, -I would move then, in that event, that wa advisa thru Mr. Porter, the Dept. of Aviation that the City of Seward would. be willing to supply the electrical energy necessary to maintain ~ergency lighting at the field.- Clm. West seconded the motion. all in favor, carried unanimously. Mr. Porter pointed out that once we get those il1. the emergencies increasa to the point where they have to have them on almost every nite. That is the way it is at Palmer. Mayor Anthony advised that we are willing to accept that responsibility. Clm. Stockton aaked what keeps these lights from ! being covered with snow, and Mr. Porter stated that at Iliamna, they put the light , on five foot poles. Mayor Anthony asked whether the Dept. of Aviation would aid i~ the installation of the lights or just make the facility available. Mr.. Porter advised that he would take it to the Board and they will direct him as to how far to go. It is quite possible that we would make the eomplete instal1ation, he went on, so as to see that it is done in accordance with CAA, as that is one of the problema, clearing it thru them. Following the Board meeting, I will inform the Coun~il of the City of Seward of the action taken. I: i, To get back to our snow removal. problem, if I were to make funds available to you I: for snow rsmoval. then you could contract with private individuals for the actual 11 anow removal, stated Mr. Porter. I think that would be the best way to handle j' it as we have no personnel on the site here and it would be difficult to administe '. . May.;..A,nthov pointed out that in this event, we would just establish an Airport ! tmintenance fund, and it would just be additional bookkeaping~ whereupon Mr. Porte stated that we could handle it the same way as they do in Seldov.ia and that is that when they receive the bi11, they just send it on to the Dept. of Aviation, the . Dept. prepares a voucher in that amount and sends it to the City Clerk who endorse. it over to the Contractor and in that way, there is no bookkeeping. It takes approximately 10 days to get the voucher back to theCity. r..,); \' ~.. SEWARD, ALASKA Special Meeting October II, 1955 Continued I Mr. Porter wondered if his department made available the equipment. perhaps the City could handLe the job cheaper than by contract. He stated that in order to get the City started, the Dept. will have to make some concessions. If they could get a D-8 Cat, which he understands cost about $1500.00, and are valued at $15,000..00, then if that piece of equipment is used 100 hours on the Airport, it has paid for itself as far as his department is concerned. We would turn it over to the City of Seward with the stipulation that it be used on the Airport for Airport maintenance. and snow removal. Mr. Porter stated that the thing he is wortied about at the present time is the next ]0 days as he felt that he could investigate and find what equipment is available surplus within]O days and present a, little more clear picture on what his department can make available to the City. However, in case of an emergency in the next ]0 days , he wondered if the City would be willing to make an emergency contract with a contractor for a ]O-day period, so that if any work had to be done on the Airport, the air service wi11 not be interrupted. Mr. Hardinge asked if we could guarantee to Mr. Porter that we will take care of it the next ]0 days, and ~~. Southard felt that we could. ~~.. Porter stated that he would check on the surplus equipment available and attempt to obtain a D-8 Cat and a Motor Patrol" or perhliPS a Sno-go, and he would then write a letter to The City Manager stating that they are in the processing of acquiring this e~ipment which will be made available to the City, and advising what we believe we will be able to obtain. This would be done within a week, and then as soon as they have something definite, he would contact Mr. Hardinge by phone and let him know what it is and in the event that the BPR could again take it over, there would be no reason why they should not aa it would be far cheaper that way. I Clm. Petrovich wondered if perhaps the City would be better off to do the work rather than contract it, inasmuch as the Dept. of Aviation was planning to make the equipment available to the City, andit was generally felt that it ~ould be cheaper as well as better coordinated were the City to do it, and bill the Dept. of Aviation for the actual cost of snow removal and maintenance of the Airport. In this manner, the work would be done when the City felt it necessary and we would not have to wait for the Contractor. Mr. Porter felt that that was entirely agreeabLe and he also stated that he saw no reason that in off-seasons, the equip- ment could not be used for other purposes. ~~. Porter thought that this pretty well covered everything and he stated that he would send the City a letter of confirmation to the effect of what he had stated at this meeting. He was assur!a tfl~tn~~! g~tx ~iuld do the very best it could in event of a heavy snowfall,/and of cour~, {R~ City streets would have to come first in case of fire, but then the airport would be cleared. Mr. Porter agreed that he realized that when we said that we will take care of it, it is within the limits of our capabilities. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M. ATrEST:. .5 vba , '1c,jA-: ""--ki ty Clerk APPROV." fil ~ MAYOR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SENARD, ALASKA I (-- ~~-, (\ Of:- ~ ". f A spee1al .e'Una ot the City Council was held in the orrice ot the Seward Electrio Syet.., Friday, October 14th, 1955 at 10:35 p.a. Purpoae ot the .etine vas to act upoa the Utility. Board's nCOllllen4at1oa of the awarding ot the Mater1al Bid. Tbe Utility Board, the utility Manager, and City Manager rec~nded that Line Material be awarded Schedules 1, 3, and 5 and Graybar Electric C.plUl7, Schedules 2 and 4. Discuss10n was held regardi.ng whether the Engineer or the Utility Board would notify the CCII\pan1e. w1rm1n<< the ....rda. The C1ty Manager, Hr. Harry Hardinge, recOBlended that the Utility BoaN do the notifying of the awards. Motion by C1:&. Petrovich "that we accept the UtilitY' Boarcl' a reo~nclation ot the awarding or the Material Bid". Seconded by C1:&. Durant. Vote: C1:&. Petrovich, yes; C1:&. West, yes; C1:&. Stockton, ;yes; C1:&. Durant, yes J and C1:&. Hall yea. All in favor, !lOtion carried. The date ot the award1ng ot the Contractor's B1d vas discuased. It vas 8Uggested the Utility Manager notify Mr. Howard T. Harstad, Engia..r, to be present on this date. Cla. Durant !lOved to adjourn at 10 :45 p... Approved : /l(!~ Mayor GU AnthOll7 Attest: ~__--' d _, ActiDg~rk Genevieve Chan87 r,"~ (' <~ '} .~. ;~. SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meet ing October 17, 1955 The regular meeting of ~Hg ~H~ilplt~ ~!~~ed to order at 8:08 P.M. Mayor ' Anthony in the Chair.jA~re~ent-~lm. We~t,-nurant, Hall~ Blair and Stockton, also City ~~nager Hardinge'and City Attorney Tyner. Minutes of the last regular ~eeting, and special meetings of October 5th, 10th, and 14th were read and appro"led. I Reading of Ordinance /1260 was discussed and !5ince the majority of the Council members had not read this Ordinance, it was decided to delay the final reading until a later data. Clm. Durant made a motion that this be tabled until the next meeting, giving everyone a chance to read this. Seconded by West, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. Durant and Rev. Malin stated that they felt this Ordinance should be read all the way thru so that anyone who wants to hear it has that opportunity. !\fJ3yor Anthony felt that we would bring this up for further consideration at the next meeting. I Mrs. Blue read a letter regarding the project, "Safety and Sanitation for Seward" and stated that this was ~ade up from most of the organizations in Seward, she thought over 40 of them. She stated that their present interest is in the City Dump, it is a familiar problem to all and something must be done to relieve this problem. Our main requeat tonite, she continued, is that the City cease dumping garbagd within our City limits,- it is against our own City Ordinance. C~ Hall asked if the dump is in the City Limits and stated that it is outside the City Limits. One other request, to come from this group, stated !\f~s. Blue, and perh~ps we should handle it later, though. Mayor Anthony felt that we should continue with the Dump problem first. whereupon ~~. Hardinge read a letter which he had written to the Territorial Sanitation and Health Officer. He stated that he had been contacted by a representative from that office and had been advised that the person in charge was presently outside, however, upon his return, he would come to Seward to discuss the health and sanitation problems of Seward. Mr. Hardinge also advised that the City has been endeavoring to obtain an area out beyond Forest 'Acres from the Bureau of Land Management for use as a sanitary land fill. This will do away altogether with the preaent dump. 8lm. Stockton felt that we should take steps to eliminate the rats and to bring about a pest control program. It was pointed out by V~s. Blue that in a conversation with a Fish and Wildlife Agent in February a statement had been made by him that upon rdceipt of a request from a group or the City, the Fish and Wildlife Serviee would instigate a pragram for the pest control and it may be a good thing to look into this. She believed that a figure of $2000.00 had been quoted for this. Mrs~ Frank Woods stated that she had come up here one other time on thisproblem and had been informed that the Fish and Wildlife had put out rat poison; however, it was felt that there had never been a follow-up program., to see how it had turned out. Mr. Hardinge asked who this person was in the Fish and Wildlife Agency who had stated they would instigate a program, and elm. Durant stated that it was Virgil Crosby. Mayor Anthony asked if Mr. Hardinge would take care of that and Mr. Hard inge stated thart he would. I Clm. Durant directed a question to Miss Hirsch, Public Health Nurse, inq~iring as to whether or not her department had any control over persons taking old kitchen utensils from the dump to a store for resale. Miss Hirsch advised that she didn't know whether there~s a law governing such sales or not. but wouldn't it come under the Department of Health rather than the Public 'Health Service? Mrs., Erwin asked if there isn't a law against picking up anything at the dump and ~~. Hardinge stated there is an ordinance that covers that. Rev. Malin asked how much authority the City gives the Health Council and Mayor Anthony stated that we give them all the assistance and cooperation we can, and Rev. Malin asked if they couldn't be given authority for a certain project. It was felt they could. A question was raised regarding garbage cans without covers and Mr. Hardinge felt this should be worked out with the garbage collector. Mrs. Howell stated that she had encountered rata in the alley in back of the Spic & Span. Mayor Anthony felt that the City Manager should take up with the Police Dept. and decide on a more vigorous enforcement regarding garbage cans without lids. It was felt that cards printed or perhaps notices stating that the individuals are in violation of the City Ordinance might help some. It was asked whether it was a daily or a weekly procedure to have the garbage burned and then covered over at the dump, and Mr.. Hardinge stated that it is rI. periodical, - it is covered over whenever the fill is available, andit is planned to cover it over next Spring completely. Mrs. Blue stated .We are a restless people,- we don't want to wait, wa want it taken care of,- we don't want to wait until the ]agoon ia fil~ed in or until next Spring'. Clm. Blair stated that this is 'an old problem and that much had been done towards trying to get rid of the Dump, that a survey had ,even been made as to the City obtaining steel barges for removing the garbage out and dumping it in the Bay; however, the amount wanted for those was phenomenal. r-- SE.WARD. AT flSKA . ~e~lli.~ur.te!~iw< October 17. lQS."i "jta;..._+.c_..';;'.,t ~~s. Brosius.s~ated that the rats, she felt, had come and would came again and I agai~ if the same thing happens all the time.. 'The thing tl!at started rats coming 1. into town was not enforcing rat ~ards on the ships. Clm. Stockton felt that if i a letter was YI'itten to Alas~Steamship Co. and Coastwise Line, that the steam- 11 ship Companies would cooperate with us on that. JMr-. Anthony stated: that we are ii' all aware of the seriousness of the situation. and we will keep it as one of the I paramount things to be done. II I Mrs. Deisher spoke on the seriousness of children trav~lling ,to and from school II before and after daylite and asked if there was something that could be done I towards keeping paths f:r:ee of snow 80 t~at th~ children do not have to walk in II the street. Chief Seymour stated that there was a program on now whereby he1 hoped to help this problem by the use of scotch lite for wear on rainwear and ~' for nit. life. Mr. Hardinge also advised that the City has a little machine for I clearing the sidewalks and the path from the school downtown, and we will endeavo, along with Mr. Carlson, to see that the children use the path rather than the ': , I street. :! Mr. Galloway pointed out that the ~ayor had proclaimed Clean-up week and that in sending the City truck around to pick up the refuse, some of it had l?een 'I miss~, a~d he requested that the City send the .trucks around again. Mr. Gallowa, also spoke of an area of 120 yards in the alley back of the hospital which was in!1 darkness due to ~he fact that in putting in the new lights and poles, on~ had : been left out. It was requested that Mr. Galloway take this matter to the Utilitt Board, whereupon he stated that he haq talked to th~ City Engineer who had referrtd him to the City Electr~c System and that he had then talked to Jay Carroll about i: it and nothing has been done about it yet. Mr. Galloway also stated that in his Ii Contract for Garbage Disposal it states that the City will enforce all the ' prQvisio~s of Ordinance No. 192. ' The authorization for term warrants came up for discussion and Mr. F.ardinge stated that the Council cannQt intelligently state what denominations are required as we don't know what is needed. The Utility Board will have to Hlform what is needed on this. ~~. Hardin~e stated that he 'does not know how much engineering fees are due, or anything, and he didn't see how he could advise or recommend to the Council on any of this when he didn't know anything about it. Clm. Durant asked if the City ~anager Ordinance could not be loo~ed in to and a change made. This Ordinance states tl.at the City Mgr. shall manage 'the Utilities system. We have a good man down there, but it does not seem that he is as capable as the man we have here as City Manager. ~~yor Anthony felt, in this case, a meeting of the Utilities Board and the Council should be ~rran&ed and perhaps a discussion cQU~d be held on this. He asked the City Mgr. to try to arrane;e such a meeting. In regard to the Council's and the ~ayor's desires regarding the City Clerk, City Treasurer and the City Attorney, Clm. Stockton made a motion tr~t the. Council continue with the present personnel. Seconded by Blair. all in favor, motion carried unanimously~ A notice from Mrs. Pat Williams reminded that the City's general liability insurance expires October 19, 1955. It was felt that it should gp out for ~idB. however, since .the pQlicy expires in a couple of days. and no one could ent~ an , _ intelligent bid in suQh a short time, it w.as decided it wau1d be better to renew ; this. The ,Council made known that it felt that notices of expiration should i! be sent so as to give ,the City 30 days notice and in this respect it was asked Ii that the ins~rance agents be advised that the City desires this. The City Attorn,y advised that Mrs.. Wil,liiams .had cal~ed her and asked why the City's losses were ;: so heavy this year and she stated that she had been unable to answer Mrs. Williamt. City Attorney Tyner stated tha~ legislation should be gotten thru the Territory I: whereby the City could require a notif ication of any acc'ident wi thin 30 days ' after said accident or the party would be barred from collJecting insurance. If !i such legislation was passed, then if the Cit~ was not notified within 30 days after the accident, the individuals would be prevented from suing the City. Then the City is protected as they can then notify the insurance company that an accident has occurred and in this way comply with the insurance regulations. '; Clm.. West made 8: motion that th'is policy be nenewed for one year with the provisoil that bids be called for within 30 days on a 30 day period and to be checked by I the City Manager as to whether any money can be saved by the City taking into consideration the premium charged on a short term cancellation. Immediately Clm. West stated that he withdrew his motion. A discussion was held and Clm. Durant reintroduced the same motion. Seconded by Blair. Clm. West abstained from voting, all others in favor, motion carriod. - , , ~~j S' ;3 SEWARD, ALASKA. n_~~~2:~=~e~;~~~ October 17, 1955 -Q9~tfi:lif"~ I It was brought before the Council that an individual in remitting his sales tax, is deducting his rent expense from his gross receipts bsfore figuring the sales tax. A discussion was held on this and the City Attorney was asked for a decision on this. She felt that this was not in accordance with the Ordinance as the Ordinance states that the Sales Tax shall be figured on the gross receipts and it does not state that rent can be deducted. Sh~ felt that a letter shquld be written to the individual so informing him. Clm. Blair made a motion that the City Manager notify the City Attorney to write Mr. Smith that we cannot allow this, stating that this is against our inte,rpretation of the Sales Tax Ord~nance. Seconded by Stockton. All in favor, motion ,carried unanimously. ~JIiyor Anthony asked that a check be made on past remittances in this respect to see whether Mr. Smith might owe the City some money in Sales Tax. A bill from Rutledge, Johnston & Tryck was presented and Mr. Hardinge explained that according to the budget figures, this amount o~ $2387.75 was ,set up in last years budget; however it appears that this bill for curbs and gutters and specifications was evidently not paid and the money that was in the budget was diverted for cross sections and profiles. It was asked why the bill was just coming in, and was it possible that the firm of Rutledge-Johnston-Tryck would accept a token payment since the bill was so late. Mr. Southard felt that they would'go along with that as they knew they were late in presenting their bill. I A letter from the Department of Health was read regarding the City's share towards the salary of the P.ublic Health Nurse. The City is supposed to pay $lQO. per month towards the salary altho a sum of $1000.00 per year has been the amount paid of late. Also, the City is supposed to maintain office space and supplies for the Public Health Nurse, and in this respect an amount of $80~. annually has been granted for supplies. The Dept. of Health stated in their letter that it would be appreciated if Seward would increase its contribution to the usual amount, or $1200.00 per annum towards the salary, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1955, and they also pointed out ,that Seward's contribution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955 had not .been received. Clm. Stockton asked where did the money go if it wasn't spent for that, and shouldn't our annual audit bring this out if the money was spent on something else. Mayor, Anthony asked Mr. Hardinge waat his recommendation would be on this obligation and Mr. Hardinge stated that he didn't see anyother way but to pay it. Miss Hirsch asked if, when the budget is revamped, would the $800. amount for supplies be included.. She was advised that it would be taken care of, and ~~or Anthony stated that we have been made aware of another obligation, and we are turning it over to the City Manager to take care of. Harry Southard's bond as acting City Manager, Acting City Ckk, and -<is Assessor, in amount of $15,000.00 was discussed and Mr. Hardinge recommended that this bond be cut back to $5,000.00 and cancel out the balance. Clm. Blair moved that Mr.. Hardinge's recommendation be accepted. seconded by Durant, all in fa~r. motion carried unanimously. A ~etter from Seward Electric System regarding payments in lieu of taxes was ' read, also a bill for street lights in total of $6.328.10. Mr. Hardinge stated that it woul~ be a site Cheaper to operate under a private utility, there wouldn't be ~ills of this amount to pay. It was decided to table these two items until a joint meeting with the Utilities Board could be ar.ran~~d. I The September bills were read as follows: ACS $36.84, Alaska Telephone Corp.$88.50, Andy's Oil $243.48, Automotive Parts $551.22, Ballou & Wright $481.96. Bay City Construction $75.00, Craig Tajbr $42.43, Chas. R. Griffin $9.18, Hellenthal & Hollenthal $500.00, Holbrook Pringing $81.50, Kenai Co-op $1.35, N.C. Co. $206.39, Paulsteiner $33.00. Petticoat Gazette $5.00, Rutledge-Johnston-Tryck $7.50, Seward Lldrs. $1.8Q, Seward Drug $11.50, Seward Electric $837.40, Seward Hdwe. $22.50, Seward Machine Shop $65.14, Seward Trading $35.63, Seward Water System $487.50 and $475.00, Standard Oil $284.14, Stromberg-Allen $5.69, Suggs Tire $53.40, United J~itor Supply $194.68, Werners ~~rket $22.87, Win Ervin Motor Co. $69.20. Harry West, Insurance $102.07, Yukon ~qui~ment $106.08, Petty Cash $56.47, and Dorothy Tyner $50.00, TOTAL $5244.42. In regards to Dorothy Tyner's bill, she explained that in the past she bad been preparing resolutions and tax deeds in those cases where the City had neglected to do so and it was her thought that the City, since it had not done ~his and had not protected the title, should pay for these deeds; however, a discussion with Mr. Southard brought out that he felt this char~e should be passed on to the individual. Mr. Hardinge stated that he C"I~' " ,j :;':c SEWARD. .ALASKA. --... ---,- - Regular Mee.ting October 17. 19~5,,_ -- ~'n~'I"l11"~- fel t the City should pay far them since it was their negligence in t he first place Clln.,'I(We.t moved that Mr. Hardinge's recommendation in regard to these tax deeds be followed. seconded by Durant. all in favor. IIIOtion carried unanimously;' Back to the September bills, elm. Hall asked if it would be possible to see the bills before they came up before the council. and it was stateu that if he wanted 0 see them, they would be readied. Mr. Hardinge felt that the Co,uncil was acting on his recommendations when it came to the billa and since everything was handled on a purchase order system it wasn't really necessary for the Council to peruse the .bills. However. Clm. Hall stated that the Council is also responsible and ~or r-- that reason he felt they should see the bills. A letter was read from Hellenthal I ~ Hellenthal explaining their $500.00 bill, this covering the suit against the City by Thomas G. Swansby. Mayor Anthony asked for a motion covering the Sept. bills and Clm. Stockton moved that we pay the Sept. Bills in the amount of $5.194.42 plus $50.00. Seconded by Hall. We at not voting. all others in favor. motion carried. A letter from the Harbormaster was read wherein it was set forth that electricity and water had stilIL not been made available at the Small Boat Harbor, altho the Council had approved the installation of these facilities some tUne ago. A reques was also made that the second mercury vapor lamp be put up at the Small Beat Harbo and that fill material be brought in to fill eroded areas and to make available ' additional auto parking and boat storage space. It was also requested that the I City clarify the Ordinance as to regards boat storage rental on the beach, inasmuc as there was some question as to the legality of this. The Harbormaster requested the Council and the City Manager to asaist in accomplishing these improvements. I, Clm. Durant stated that it is a good letter and I ,agree with him 100%, and I loow II that the lights and water had come up before and they were to have been put in so time ago. Clm. Hall asked why.the HarboIlll8shr had been gatting the run-around al' this time as this was not the first letter or request coming from him. Mr. Hardi stated that he was skeptical of doing anything down thete until we see what the engineers. are going to do. Then we can put in the lights and water and everythi and clamp_ down on .these chargee. I want to get it all fixed up with lights and water by next swmner. elm. Durant asked if the City could not have the Street npt. cooperate with the Harbormaster and have that boat pushed back that ~~j is setting practically in the street. It was pointed out that Frank Woods had moved a motQa from a boat down there and since it was part of the deal to move the boat and ~ he had rlllDlOved the motor. the boat should be moved. llayor Anthony stated that it doesn't loo~ as though we can do much UDnediately. but do we~ave any othe answer for our Harbormaster, anything encouraging~ Mr. Hardinge stated that we ca tell him that we will try and make arrangementw when we meet with the Utility Boa for two more lights on the float. No other encouragement, stated Mayor Anthony, whereupon Mr. Hardinge stated that he had ileceived a lletter from the Governor regarding the Sma!]. Boat Harbor and .planned improvements by.the ,Territorial Highway Department. It. was requested that the Harbormaster be made aware of this letter also. - ,- II il !I ii II II Ii II !i !i I' ,I I! I: I I i -I ~ It was brought out that the City has a recorder belonging to Neville Hodson, and Mr. Hodson would like to know if the City wants it or if they want to rent it. Mr., Hardinge requuted ,that action on this be tabled until such time as he ~uld get in touch with Mr. Hodson and see what he wants for the recorder. Meeting adjourned at 11:45 P.M. ATI'EST : ~-k~ City Clerk; ~,21~ JJd;':, . MAY-OR smtARD, ~ - - - - - - - - ,-SPECIAL MEETING- - ,- -, - - - OCTOBER 19. 1955 A special meeting of the Council and Utility Boardcom'bined was called to order ! at 8:05 P.M. to~ the purpo:se of canvassing the ballO'ts of the Special Election I held on October 18th. a180 tor a discuaa101l ot oQBllOn problems of the Counoil an4 I the Utility Beard, and authorization ot term warrant. Mayor Antho~ and Chail'llBD I Murl Trentban l!1"esidlng. elm. prese~t included West, Petrodch. Durant, Hall. I Blair and Stockton. Utility Board a_era present were Steear. M,yers. Painter an~ Turner. ' . I , Mayor Anthony appointed Clm. Stockton and West to O8Jlvaa the ballots and the Tote~, cast were res,ll Total r4 'Z'(C1 TCll!tea cast, with 236 -Yes- TOtes. and 34 -No" Tote:1'" thus carrying the apecial Election. and authorizing the City to issue revenue be . ia an 8111QUDt not to exceed Six hundred thousand dollara at a lIlIlXiJIIum int81"8&t rat . ,) .~ .~Si!~~..~~~,,_~,,~______ SPECIAL m.t!8!'Iflli I1EE'TiiVG- O~ 19. 1955 .~~~~._~-:~~~~,( ~~=:r~-~~~n~,:~-:~-~-~,-~-----' -~=----===~":::"'~=:-'-,---~'-~-' '-::-.zr.-~"""'~- ."'.::::~.~ --'---=":;;-:-:::.'_-'---:-::::---=C--- i Ii of tiTa per cent per annum. tor the purpoae ot purchasing. rehabilitating. ii bettering lUId tinane.ing a telephone system. with such re-eenue bonds being payable ~lely t1'Olll unpledged 'i'evenue or a telephone system. , Cla. Stockton reCODlllended that we accept the election tally as sulmitted by the Election Berard. cia. Durant made motion that ve accept the tally as made by the COIDIIlittee. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All councilmen Toted in tavor. motion carried unan~usly. combined , Mayor Anthony stated that this/meeting is chietly tor a d18cussion and tor reconciliation ot the two ordinances. namely the City Manager Ordinance and the Utility Board Ordinance. The City Mgr.. the other day mentioned that he has to send down to Grande" 'Co. a list ot the number and the size ot the warrants and ; he has DO idea ot exactly vhat is going on with the Utility BeDard. It is my beliet, and several ot the Utility Board and Council members. all that I have talked to. that ve have a City Manager who is a qual1tied man. trained in municipal and general city administration. and we had that really in mind when we set up the City Manager plan. I think it would se1'9'e best it we could have our City Manager also serYe as Utility lieui manager. and have him be able to look: into the City books at all times. I I "I think that is. all right. ve have DO ..cret.". stated Murl Trevethan. 'We have pid Harsta~ aad 'FCdhr Bros. appronmattiy $15,000.00 the last time that the . bills were approved. and that 18 aU a matter ot record. and I t..l that all these . things should f!JJ hand: in hand~ Do va have to tigure _at v. are going to need in the next three IIOntb,s lUId get all that 'in ... block; or can we get vhat ve need DOV and then ask again, uked Mr. '!'revethan. ' Mr. Hardinge adviaed tliat atter the council has apPrGITe4'U.l this. it has to go to the. Attorney and the varrants have to De printed. He stated that he already had , taken it uJ!On himselt to have Mr. Sheppard have the warrants printed. ' Mr. Tre.vet* then aalted. "When ve say we vant $100.000.00.. hoW long viH it take to get that IIIOney in the, bank'- Mr. Harding. at.bel that it vill t8k:e appooxillately 30 -days, VihereuJ!On Mr. Trevethan stated that Just as a pu. he would say that ve vould need $JL50.000.00. Cla. Vest aaked how DIlch IIOney doe. thia contract owe the Utility Board naw. and shouldn't you be getting that ..n.y Itack in this tirat deal? Mr. Hardinge t.lt that this would include material.. plus vhat has been paid out. and he atat'ect that tha tirst $300.000.00 it tor the first eight milea. or we don't have any project. It ve 'ara going to .plUld it all for that project uR' at Cr_cent Lake. then you are Ilait going to have any project. he continuecl. , , _en' AnthGDT asked ot the Utility Bclard, · Are: you gentlemen content to let the · City Manager becc:me your Utility..... Manager.- it vill be a restriction tor Mr. Carroll and more: work for the City Manager. but it looks like that is the way it ought to be. He tried to stick hi. IlOse in on this a while ago lUId got the idea that it vaa IlOne Id his. business. and I don't think ve want that. do va?" . " Mr': )(yers then aaked vhera the City Mgr. glIlt this rd.. &no. Mr. Hardinge stated "that 'he had aeked tor same tigures on the Utilities about six v..k:a ago an4 neYer : got the ones trom the Electric S)"atem, altho the Water Dept. had raapoaded. He continued that your City Manager can be your Utilities Manager and you can have your present Utilitie.Manager as Assistant City Manager, and that vay they can . both vork together on both 'jobs 'and that way it vill vork b.tter all the vay 'arouD4. I talked to you gentleen about breaking 8ODl8One in on this job that I have so you vouldn't have to send Outside for a new one. I 1 believa in ClOOieration in averything to the fulle.t extent. sta1:ec1 Trevethan. and I don't believe there is anything 'about our bu.ine.. that is secretive.- everything is vid.oien. it ia public businesa. it isn't privata businesa. The last City Manager, ve IIlI1de him Ut1lity lfaDaser, 'aDd ha vas requested to resign. Same of the Board vouldn' t haie hUi and 80JIle ot us vould. and I would sugge.t. betore. ve go a little bit ott the beam. that ve think about this as ona time the CounciL haniled all the Utilities busine.s and I think: the Council would have a little too IllUCh to do it it took over vhat the Utility Board'1s JlllPIl doing. At one time the accounts got so tar behind that the RP'O vas about to take over the Utility syetem and va had to set' up the Utility Board in a h\U'ry. iB tact. the .ember. vera appointed. - it hacl to be done that 'tut. I believe that the Bonding . Company should be contacted as to vhat ve can do and vhav v8 canriot do. and get the,ir reaction to it 80 that ve don't die sOIIlething th.t ve haTe to back up on again. r---- ~~" c'.";:' \,.i '.~ \ ) SEWARD. l.U.CNl. SP1ZC'UJ. KD:1'Dm OCTOBRR g'19. 191)1) -------r!Au'IIA4.1 .. 0+4'''.,. -. -...--- C,...A....+".n-.A: \ Mr. Myers thu st.ted that h. w.. UDder the impression all the time that Mr. I Harding. would tak. up where O'BIIr. lett ott, - h. alw~s had aceess to enrythill& he vanted.- he 1m.. all about'vhat ... lOing Oil 40wn there. He thell .sfeed it Mr. B8r4ing8,'s 4uties lIOuld cou1st ot gettill& out a t1Daacial report tor the Council and the Utilit7 Bear4. by asauaill& duti.s ot Utilities IfIlIlager. Mr. Hardill&e' adTiaecl that it would not b.. that would be ottice procedure; wherlhlpoll Clm. Durant .sked. 'You lIOulda' t be in charge ot otUce pe1'sonnel,. Mr. Hardillge , statu that would b. UDder ;ray-. aceorting to your Ordinance, aa4 Cla. Durant I thell asked Just vhere would 70U diTide the ]dlle. ~. Trentho atated that opera-I tio. ot the Utilities is entire17 under tlle Utility Board. I A quesUon was raised relaU.... Unancial ..c.t....t.. and Mr. .&nthoDl' asku it 'the U1:1lit7 1loar4 had .,iJlU.o1&l .tataent. and tor how ...,. IIIonthe. Mr. Carrol:l state that a. had .....4lr It... aaked tor a tiJlU.cial st.t_nt traa any aem!:ler ot the Ii 'I Council or the Cit7 Mauger. and had he knova that this question woud Coa4i up. Ii or that &JI1'olle want.. OU. he would ha...e )rought oae with hm. MalOr AI1thoD7 Ii the. stated that lle thougbt the Cit7 Ifsl". .ou~d atate vhat he wanta aDd Mr. I' Bardill&. .t.ted that he i. &oill& to han to att.nd the Utilities ..et1nga. .~, ii' oal7 reasoll I am iaterasted ill it 18 that I BIll IIlppcded to reOCllllUM what is to be'I' done Oil this b,ydro project. anUt I doll't laIoV. the. I C&IIIlOt reco.aeDd.'contilluedl Bardillae. The warrant. 8hould be iSlllell in two batu.s. the tirst one should be II issued as 800. as po.aible tor $150.000.00 and aaother '$h50.0oo. on the tir.t ot II January. I would like to ge~ to6t.ther vith 70U telI_a because this bondill& d..l,~ you han a 8004 boDdill& odmpany. bu.t th.y are rough. Now thia Barstad is sCrelUlli-' tor 80Ile IIIOn.y on this up h.ra. - all right, I don' t '.1nd talldll& back to Harstad. Ii but the thing is this, we ara adt goill& to pa7 a1m. ve couldn't pay hm any sub- I' atantial &IIOWlt of this $300,000. on this'ds work t!illt he is doing because it 70U do 70U vollt ha.... aDTthing lett to do the tirst e1pt a11ea. and it 7GU don't do . the Urst eight JIl11.s, IOu von't get &JI1' IIOre. The Urst prelim1Dar;y 811Q\Ult he set at $500,000. but the boding 'CClIIIIPaD7 vould DOt go tor it, th.y cut U dova I to $300;000. 'stated Mr. Har4inge. You. have a colitract with the bonding COIIlp8Jl1' for 3-1/2 lI111ioll dollars. provided 'iou '40 80 aDd _, aDd so and 80. ' , Mr, . Tre....than stated that he had ..nUoned this betore. and Barstad lianted to ke.pil, the cats vork1D& it ve poasibly' could. IIIqbe tor an,other Wo or t11ree weeka and ae~ up a PUlllp aDd do ec.e puaping aDd get down the depth ot the ditChto pro.... as tar a -';iaibilit7 and d1ging went. 1ibat ldDd ot J1aterial the7 !lad dovn ther.. Ve agreed that wa wourd probab17 go aloll& for poae1bli andther $10,000. as actua1l7 it would be sa...ing time as part ot the conatructioll vork vould already be 'done tor when Spring ccmes. It lie are apoading too IllUch -n.7, ve can call that ott ript 'avay. It it is cut doVll to $300,000. and we ha...e to set this pole line ill tor the firat eight a11es, thea we haTe to watch it, Mr. Tr.....tho COIlt1nuecl. . -{ - --- Mr. Carroll asked it the Council had e....r reac1JJded the resolution that vas passedi! on about May 18th giT111& Baratad autho,1t7 to do the engineering work 'and all the Ii vork n.cesaary td get the :nPC pe1'lllit without menUoning aD7 IIUBl ot IIOn.7. There II' vaa DO SUlll aet, he stated. Mr. Painter stated that there waa a sua set at $25,000" ' $5,000 tor the cat ~rail aDd the balance of $20,000 tor the ogineerill& work. 'Mr.: Carroll stated that the resolution ga.... Baratad coapl.te unlimited .xpeu.. tor th ccmple~ion tor the eneineering D8c.saar7 to get the FEPC pe1'lllit and to draw up I " ell&ineering plane tor a pole line. Ve h.ld him up Oil that b7 tellill& him we WOUldil tab it back to the UtiHt;y Board and the Council. Mr. Hall asked hov IIllch the ' Utilit7 Board andthe Cit7 had alr.ad7 spent, and Mr. Paillter .tated that $5.000. ,: on the SUl'Te7 report, traTel expenses tor Harstad. $4500. tor, Dames &c Moora. and il $90,000. tor materials. 'end Mr. Carroll spoke u>>' and said, that they had all. the ,I expeues it_bed and the7 could get a cOlll>>J.ete atat_ent ot vhat ve: have alread7 sp$nt and hava it betore DOCID tOJlll)rrov. Mr. HarcUnge atated that you cy. go up there -elDd spend all ot the ~ne7 and th.1l ll'OC -7 say -No- to the para1t and than " I- it vill 'be lOocI1-bye to e....rything. 'whereupon Mr. Pa1Dter askeel Mr. Ha1'4ill&e it he 'I I anncipated BD.1 trouble on getUngth1e peJ."lll1t. Mr. Ha~ill&e t.lt that one n.....r II kDoWs vith the goverDlllent. Ii,. lengtbl' IM.cu..ion vaa held on Juat how auch Mr. :1 Harstedi hac! aIreac1y spant and wh7 he vas asking ttar authorization to go shead with!I' 8011I8 more cat work. He ha4 atatee that he ... within the $~.OOO.oo autborbed by the COuncil tor the engineering aad the cat trail and this aidit10nal ten thouaan41 that he vas ukill& tor ia withia the $25.00Cil. Dr. Hal], atated that Harstad'a 1, tra....l e'xpense. are DO small it_, aDd it vas felt that he 80t approx1lllately $7Q.O~ a day .hile hare. Mr. Paillter stated that Harstad' 8 last -tev trips up; here had J na't been au'thorized. lIr. Painter also atated ,that he waa uder the impression tha~ this additional $10.000. asked tor b7 Harstad vas within the $25.000.. and Cba. I PetroT1ch asked Mr. CarrolJt ot his impression in this regard, aDd Mr. earroil waa of the ..... opillicm. ~- ,'- , ~ ~\-) .; SEWARD. AT<l,sr<A .. .. .'. . . . . .SPEC~ MmTING ~~"-== ~_O~~_2-9tl~.,55 ~.~~~...::~c~'-~-=._ ."-,~-:;:;:~...:~ ~~-=:;:_"':~~::::~M~i=I II~H-'1i-~.al-<J - ~~-~---~~=--- Mayor Anthony then auggested that we try to bet back to our openingremarka on a meeting of the minds on how we change a few titles around here. If we make Mr. Hardinge Utility Manager. then we will have to change Mr. Carroll's title. Mr. Painter aaked it the <llouncil v.ould be diaagreeable to the City Manager being h Utili ties' Mallager and Jay being his asaiatent and he continued that he lad atated , at a preTioua meeting that he hated to see the Qi ty Manager saddled with all the Utilitiea P.1'ODlems 88 there 18 a great deal to do rignt here for the City. I Mr.. Trevethan asked what ia the matter with it the wey it 18 aDd the City Mgr. get &11 the financial information he wanta. Mr. Hardinge stated that all he 18 " interested in i8 keeping the finance. under control tor the City and Clm. Hall then atated that he didn't think we could afford to Ray what we are paying tor :. the City MaDager it he doeo't take care ot the Utilitiea 88 well. He felt that this is a small town and the City Mgr. shouldn't just have the handling ot the , Police Dept. and the Street Dept. as we ara paying a lot ot J*)ney.- it is IIlOre than we can attord. Mr. Carroll was aalted what his pey is and he advised that he is paid $4.78 per hour. ]lJ.ua $100.00 ..1IIOnth. and that he had mentioned this at a ueting betore with the Utilities Board. M,y check.8. he stated. &IIlOunt to about the SBDle as the 01 ty Manager' 8 I v.ould aey. I MByor Anthony asked if the Utility Board is agreeable to having the C1ty Manager being Utilities Manager. and Mr. Carroll vaa asked ho. he telt about al~ this. , He atated that he is primarily interested in the Electric System, but I don't think that one Manager should be both City Manager andUtilities Manager. Thera is too much contlict between the departments tor one Manager to ae head ot both. It 18 two different outfits. Clm. Petrovich atated that he felt that the City Mgr. was the tinancial administrator ot the O1ty and that he waa quite sure that as such, th1nga should run lIIIQ1'e amoothly. Mr. Trevethan said that he VaAl quite hap~ to se. the City Manager ait at the head ot the Council and the Utilities . Board.- the City Mgr. is educated to the extent that he IIDows IIlOra than e.Ily ot us o te1101<<.. "It the Utility Board will by motion or resolution accept Hardinge aa . Utilities Manager. that would clear up the thing. except that :ray doe8D't want it., . stated Mayor .Anthony. Mr. Hardinge stated that be lIOuld like to make a reCODllenda- tion that it he is to be appointed Utilities Maraagar, that the Council JUke :ray , his uaiatant tirst. &1lAWing :ray to resign as Utilities MaD8&ar to ao..pt the new . position. Mr. Trevethan asked member. ot the Ut11ity BcI1ard hmr they felt, and eaell at them decidled to go along with the change. Hr. Carroll aaid that as he had said betore. this haa gone along tor quite a while. and he didn't think: a day or wo would make any difference. and he Qggested that a definite change be delayed !, ghing everyo.e a chance to think about everything diBcue.ed tonite. It was . generally agreed that it would be all rignt to wait and act later. even at the next replar lIL8et ing. ' Clm. Durant _de a motion that the second item on the agenda be tabled until our next replar meeting. Seconded by elm. Stockton. all in favor. IIIOtion carried UllanilllOus17 . Meeting adjourned at 10~33 P.M. >WROvm,k~. ~ MAYOR ATTli:ST ; ~d )A(~~ City Clerk I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SEWARD, ALASKA- - SPECIAL MEETING- - - - - - - -NOVEMBER 3, 1955 A 8pecial meetinq of the Council was c:&l1ed to order at 7:13 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the chair. Present Clm. We8t, Petrovich, Durant, Hall, Blair and Stockton, also City Attorney 'l'yner and City ~r. Hardinqe. Purpose of the meetinq was for a discussion on Slum Clearance with Mr. Durkee and Mr. Iyes of the Housinq & Home Finance Aqenc:y, and Mr. Gaqnon of Alaaka Housing- Author! ty, a180 to adopt Resolution H89 authorizinq Mayor to Siqn Performance Bond in connection with Fore8t Service Permdt, to yote on acceptance of Ordinances N08. 258 and 259, inadTertently omitted at the final readinqa, and to authorize issuanoe of Term Warrant No. 1 in the amount of 350,000.00. 3 ':~ '~; I I I I, I Mr. Iyes stated that he and Mr. Durkee, from,the Federal Aqenoy, are here at tlw :inyitation of the Aluka Housinq Authority. We ~ye fiIUlnoial usistal}08 which we I can offer and make anilable to any collllllUnities which de8ix:e it.. he continued, and I the undertak:inq of any proqram thru o~r all8htanqe is done ~hru the AHA ,and entirel with authority of the Territorial law and only on consent of tlw City Counoil which we are workinq with. It is not the kinq 'where we come in and do the work, tlw ' ini Uati ve is all based on the Council's aotions. We haye a number of proqralll8 thA ,communities lD&yavail themselves of, they are primarily for the purpose of helpir19 'collllllUJlities improve its hausinq and lhinq conditions and suoh thinqs as planninq for vuious types of Publio Works. There abo aid'; in the 'form of loans where a cOllllllUJlity oannot find direct allll18tance from prhate lendinq interests, and tlwn ;there are the assistants and the proqrams for whioh I am directl~ responsible in this area. You would first want to tabt steps to determine just what the oondition are in terms of obtaining assistance either thru'the HOusinq Authority or from the Federal qoverlllll8nt, and there are autun thinqs that haye to be put dClwn in biaok and white,- faots that are determined by ftTYeys. Tha,t would probably be one of th' first steps that would be desirable for the City of Seward to .embark,UopOn. -Another I phase which is necesAry is that a coJIIQUnity hue what the law speakS of as a "workable program". In effeot that 18 an innntory thAt the COIIIIluni ty take. of i t~lf reqardinq certain aspects of its aCtivities in connection with .housinq and sets a I' progrlJll for i helf for the future in order to pre..nt bad housing fran oocurring i the future, and seoond of reJlllidying existinq housing which is not of a standard ,I code. By standard code, I speck of buildinq codes, electrifi~tion code., Anita- 1'1 tion codes and housing code.Frequlations thAt effect the quality of n~usiriq. I Construction in the, Territory has been 'mainly to meet a yery specific need and I: people were concerned primarily with just shelter, but now that the Territory 18 II well established, tlw conmuniUes are settin;J, a better .tandard than what was il oriqinally in the mind. of people when they first built here. Such buildings as those oreate a prOblem concerninq fire, sanitation, etc. This '"workable program" II is deyeloped with the idea of hAying codes and ordinances to preyent these things ' from happeninq in the future,- where there are dwellings that do not comply with the oodes as to Afety and thinqs of that nature, the property OlIner would be ' called upon to remedy those situations, and 'the City should ha-'e a '"workable program" so that you know where you want things so that your water syst'_, street system, sewer, etc. can be laid out wi th the least expenditure of money, otherwise you hAve no way of knowing haw anything .bould be dni'gned.' There are other elements of this workable program but they are basically concerned with this Ii problem of attempting to prevent and controllinq the constru<rl:ion of sub-standard !' housing in the future. As for improl-.inq the conditions as they exist today, there~: are two ways of approachinq thAt problem, - (1) an area where it is so far gon,e acco, d- ing to the codes of the City that it is just uneconomical to rehabilitate accordin to the codes, then you use the Territorial law which permits you, thru the AHA, to i acquire those properties by paying the owners the fair market yalues as determined II by independent appraises, and help those people to find other housing, and then : you demolish those sub-standard houses and then sell that land to individU&h for ,I single family home, to builders if it is for apartment houses, or industry if it is!1 for industrial purposes, and so re-create that old worn-out section. (2) Where an 1i area h.. homes that still hAve a lot of economic lif. left and can be modernized, - Ii this could be carried out under Territorial Law and the Federal government will il ,..sist in carryinq out the proJe<rl: (1) by makinq loans ..uilable to acquire those lands where necessary clearance is qoinq, to take place, and the Federal Goverl\lll8nt will actually make a grant up to 2/3 and the City would have to provide the otlwr ,1/3, and (2) there are certain types of FHA insurance that hi uailab1.e to the indi vidual property owner which will make it more f.asible for him to either ,improve his property or to build a new homa. SEW~. At.A~A I !Hr. Durkee, Mr. Iyes and Mr. Gagnon were introduced and Mr. G.gnon began the dis- cUllllion. He stated, that they were down here mainly for a discullllion concerninq the feasibility and possibilities of the City.of Seward enterinq into an Urken Renewal program of some type. He advised that Mr. lyes represents the Urban Renewal Busine s of the Housinq and Home Financinq .!Iqenoy, and Mr. Durkee is tlw busin... repr...nt& the of the HHFA, and that he is from the Al..ka Housinq Authority which is the Contracting Agent, and in other words, tlw AHA must aot as the Aqent. He .tated that the City of Seward no cbubt has blighted areas that we would like to have remo"ed and other areas that need renewing, and in this respect he felt that the best way to explain the aid that 18 avanab].e would be to have Mr. lyes qeneraUy explain wbat the Urban Renewal proqram consists of and what the City of s.ward can do concerning adyanoe planning, etc. SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 3 1955 t~^I\+" ft\lllllA \ -- I I I ,. ,-' c ~ ';. SEWARD ALASKA ..:~=:.:....- ,;-,~~.:.::::.;:~.;,--~~~ spEt:I~ Mt:glfr;i9. .. ,. , NO'lr;~gg~_~L-L~5S " lCon...-:r;.n_~ } ----------------_.~_. _________.___.,...____~._._,._ .._..____.___ - ......_. ._~. ___ '0' _._ , ij II Mr. lves stated that t11&t basically is the desoription of the program that is il:alled the Urblln Renewal program, - it is ,a renewal of di fferent p&rts of the : community to bring it up to date and up to standards of the City. There is the ',Urban Planning Progr&lll which is the fore-runner when the ccmnunity has not done master planning as it is called, and I will stop my discus,sion here and ask Mr. Durkee to explain what is available here. Mr. Durkee introduced a fourth member of the p&rty, Mr. James who is also from the Seattle office of the Housing & Home E'inancing Aqe,ncy, then went on and stated that he, too, is from the Seattle office and Mr. Ives is from the San Francisco office. The Urban PlaMing, Mr. Durkee stated, would help you to find out what you have now as to determination of your needs. One of the first steps would be to find out what you 11&ve now and then go on and determine your needs. We have a couple of community facilities programs that are quite simple and might be quite helpful one on advance planning Which involves the planning for a ~cific project,- if you have something special, anything that is municipally operated, we can provide funds for that project to bring it up to where you are ready to advertise for bids. "We can advance the money for all that until you start construction and you don't we the money until the construction has started, and there is no interest. We , have another program called Public Facilities Loan Program that involves the ,loan of Federal .funds to construct a project. If you cannot borrow money, the government stands ready to loan the money with bonds, general obligation bonds at 3-3/4'10 interest and revenue bonds at 4-1/4'10 interest, with assurance that the money will lpe repaid usually on 3D-year maturity. We can, with the proper security, make thilt loan from federal funds if you cannot borrow the money otherwise. Clm. Durant asked, assuming that ~he planning is already in effect and we 11&ve a pro)ect such as our power project already in the making, and we are paying a rate ,of interest which is considerably higher than this, anq you say we can't borrow the money at a comparable rate of interest, and the interest on this would make it more to our advantage, how long would it talce to get the funds after we apply? ';Mr. Durkee stated that it would depend on how long it would take to get the infortlllll- .tion that they needed, and that after the application is submitted and all this information is stated, he hoped they could giYe an answer inside of two or three months. He continued that first the City would su:bmit the application which would be considered thoroughly and reviewed and approved, then a loan agreement would be signed and then the bonds are authorized and they are put up for sale and the government, if they are revenue bonds, will bid 4"1/4'10 and if you have no other bids, the government will ooy those bonds. He stated that he couldn't give an answer tonite as to how lonq it would take. elm. PetroYich stilted that we have facing us a program of 3-1/2 million, and then if you lump all our other projects toqether, we have another 3-1/2 million involved in these programs such as the hospital, armory, telephone, dump, and paving. Mayor Anthony stated he thought these gentlemen wanted to handle each project separately and Mr. Durkee agreed that they would like separate applications ilS well as il stat.d priority. It may be that you want advanced planning for certain projects, but ,would not need it for others. I think someone from my office should be up here to help you with the advanced planning when you go into this, stated Mr. Durkee. Mayor Anthony Aid that he got the impression that the fint thing we need is a survey for the planning first. Yes, Stated Mr. Durkee, you need to develop some sort of a schedule and then put in for an Urban Planning and Assistance grant, stilted Mr. Gagnon. The planning loans and advances are in connection with specific projects, stated Mr. Ives, however, the planning assistance that I mentioned is in terms of over- all planning in the City to determine general needs in the City as a whole. You can get federal assistance on the planning up to 50'10 and the Ci tv 18Hld have to provide the other 50'10. When that work is done or partly done and/flave identified certain areas where you want to do Urban Renewal, you can start and plan for one of those projects. You should inventory the City's needs and its present situation before you get into the details of the Urban Renewal. Mayor Anthony asked members of the Planning & Zoning Commission whether they had any questions whereupon Father L. Russell Clapp stated that they had reviewed some of this about a year ago and realized that this program of planning for the Citj16s . future was necesSilry before any of this renewal program could come in, and as one 'of the main \!Iteps, was the Planning & Zoning Ordinance which is still before the Council. We realized that much more was necessary as to determinq grade levels of our streets, etc., and we have not been meet ing much lately, - we need the Couj.cil to Ililme more members. Mayor Anthony stilted that probably the Zoning Ordinance would be adopted at the next meeting of the Council. fi". (~; .- .; ,i :,) ~HA1 .II RD .II T .JlJ'lr A SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 3. 1955 ~"'o&ft,,_~l Clm. Stockton inquired u to whether the removal of our dump and the caverinq up and the methods of financing would fall in thb program and also if it would 41'18 include adYiae as to a new location. Mr. Durkee .tated that it would COlllllt withi this program and as for aclYice, it ..y be that the City would want aclYioe; ho r, if the City decid.. where they want it, it would be all right 80 long a.'it was within Territorial law. Mr. Gaqnon stated that he thouqht the City, in order to develop a workable program, should schedule and inventory what it now has and see if it could, withi its budqet, afford to pay $1000.00 to 11500.00 for a IIIIlster plan. If you do that ' he continued, that means that the plan would cost '3000.00. Get a professional planner in here who knaws ",hat he is doinq, and probably within that ..ster plan you would haye a du1Up, site as his teaching ,in planninq will assist him in deyelo* ing that kind of an anewer for you and the NJII8 for other things .. your telepho . ! would suggest you"select 8Omebody within the Territory who knaws the problems of the Terri tory and who will g1 ve you somethinq that the City can afford. If "II you work up a progrllm like that, an inventory of what you haye, and we will help 1 you set up a schedule, then you will hllve put yourself 1n a position to make 'I' application for thes. programe. , I Clm. stockton asked whether the work which has already been done for suney work I' on things such as the telephone and paving would be duplicated and Mr. Gagnon . aclYised that it would not be. The more work and inforBllltion you have aTaUable il so that he can put it together, the less expensiye your Master Plan will be. I City Manaqer Hardinge stated that the City has a biq job ahead of it, but there i is no startinq place, but if we have a Master Plan to start with, we will know I' where thinqs are and we can dayelop frCllll there. II I' Mayor Anthony asked if Mr. Gagnon could gin us a list of the qualified Planners ,I; in the area and Mr. Gagnon stated that he would be happy to qbe us such a list J' and then it would be up to the Ci ty tose1ect one, possibly t hru an inteniew. I He mentioned that he had suggested a Territorial IIIIln first, because it is cheape for travel expenses, second, the men up .ere are willinq to do thinqs as they ar , trying to get a foot on the ground, and third, you han a man who is familiar witlii the Terri tory and haw things are in the Terri tory and he understands the si tuaticrs. Last, but not least, he will be available, - he won't be in Seattle so that when il you want him you can get him here and won't have to do thinqs by letter. 'i again ii It was/pointed out that the City has to have a workable progrUl, this would just il take time to set up a schedule, so that w~n the City makes application for the ;1 funds, the HHFA and Urban Ren_a! Agency will have Iln idea of what the plans are; and what the City desires to do. The City would have to make an official request I I before anyone could come dawn to discuss these problems, if it is to be on an il official basis. . I Mr. JUles advised that in remembering two things, it might be a little e..ier toj' remember just what the difference is,between the Agencies and the projects to be done. One, we are discuss1nq Urban Ren_d which is Civic planninq, the over-al type of planninq and the carrying of that out thru Urban Renewal. On the other , hand, we are thinking of the shelf plans or engineering plans that would be I: needed to go ahead and do those jobs. If you use these word8, you will see that II they have a specific application to the different jobs you have to do, he stated~ Also, one other thing, there will be certain phases of this program where, thru il! supervisory, we can be of assistance to you without cost. We have experts who ! can work with you in reviewing codes and seeinq how they fit into the general picture, this can be done by mail or someone can come down directly. Mr. D11rkee asked, "It is not necessary is it to have a workable program before -, an application is made for Urban Planning?" and Mr. Gagnon stated that this is I correct, you do not need this before you file application. :i Clm. Petrovioh wondered if we could 98 t funds for bringing up. the codification II of our law. and ordinances and Mr. Ives st.ted he was not too sure that it would I come under this. He continued that as he understood it, this is a rather l lengthy task which requires usually someone experienced in Municipal law and a il City Planner is not equipped to do that type of ' work. Mr. Durk_ stated that II this would not come under this program; hawever, the City Attorney could go 'I thru all the ordiaanoes and laws and then send them down to Seattle &ad they II would have a City individual experienced in Municipal law who could go oyer it. 1 Pather Clapp stated that he had been led to believe that at one time during one i, of the former administrations, a lawyer or lawyers got together and drew up 'i standard codes and he wondered if it would be possible to get a copy of this ,J and we could use what we have which is correct and throw out the rest and start anew. ?,')~ ft...,J.z)i !'. SEWARD ALASKA __~"=":':__ ....,-"..c=-",--.=~-==-...:.o...--=-'-~ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ ~PECIPJ,. ~~.'J:';I;~~. __ _ __ _. ~~NO:'ili~R 3.._J.,~S - ___ .-----.-:.-~ .::- =.-:.=--::-=-=~----=-=---:-- -jClllltbuc:lJ .-- There are standard codes for most everything, such as building, electric, plumbing, ,anitation, etc., and Cities often adopt those codes and make minor changes to fit their conditions, stated Mr. Ives. These standard codes are revised or amended every two or three years, and the City has to amend their Ordinances to take in the revised code if they want to keep 1lit up with it, stated Mr. Gagnon. I City Attorney Tyner stated that in connection with these model codes, she had lIfritten to the Secretary of the League for model ordinances, not codes, but ~rdinancesof various types, and I wrote to see if they had any of those a~ Mr. tischer advised that he didn't know if there was any of ,these. She inquired if they knew of any model ordinances for small ci ties that would cover and Mr. Ives tdvised that the Public Administration Service in Chicago have a group of organ!- ~tions that are part of that, such as the American Water Works, the International City Managers' Association and a series of other orgalinutions and they have let Yarious types of ordinances that may be used as models. Their address is 1313 ~st 60th Street, Chicago 37, and you would have to tell them what type of ordinance tou are interested in. They also put out . list of their publications, and if you had that you would be able to see what they have available. After a few questions this wound up the discussion and Mayor Anthony thanked the ,entlemen for coming down to Seward to present their proqrams and stated that he "'as quite sure we would want to avail ourselves of what there is. Mr.' Durkee gave ~is address, 450 Federal Office Bldg., Seattle, and he advised that if we had any clJUestions to just write him and he would be happy to answer. The Councilmen and Mr. Hardinge felt that the next regular meeting would be time .nough to decide on any specific aQtion. Clm. stockton felt that it should be done soon and,we should inquire concerning the hydro project. Resolution No. 89 was read: RESOLUTION No. 89 I IWHEREAS, on the third day of October, 1955, the Common Council of the City of ,Seward at its regular meeting, considered the proposed Special Use Permit for :transmission and distribution line in the Chugach Natiohal Forest and approved the lS&me, pending the approval by the Utility Board, and subject to the favorable recommendation by the City Attorney and the Utility Board, and ,WHEREAS, a favorable recommendation was received by the City from the City Attorney ,!and theUtility Board on October 4, 1955, and :WBEREAS, the said Special Use Permit provides that the City shall furnish a bond 'in the amount of TWenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to tuarantee the con- struction of .aid transmission and distribution line, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT REOOLVED by the COlllll1on Council of the City of Seward that the Mayor of said city, Gilbert C. Anthony, is hereby authorized to obtain and sign a surety bond on behalf of the city in the amount of TWenty-five Thousand Dollars ,:($25,000.00) from the LaBow-Haynes Comp&ny of Aluka, Inc. Passed this 3rd day of November, 1955. /s/ GILBERT C. ANTIDNY MAYOR I ATTEsr: /s/ Erma Walker City Cl erk elm. Durant inquired as to the cost of this bond and Mr. Hardinge stated that it bost $150.00. Mayor Anthony asked if it had to be a specific resolution for a ~pecific instance as this merely authorized him to sign this bond. The City Attorney .tated that it is not advisable to hay. a blanket resohtion. City Mgr. Hardinge concurred in this thought. elm. West made a motion that Resolution No. 89 be adopted. Seconded by Clm. StocktOll .11 in favor, motion carried unanimously. Ordinances Nos. 258 and 259 came up for a vote as at the final reading of these a vote had not been taken. Clm. Hall asked if the new members of the Council could vote on these, and the City Attorney stated she lS&W no reason why the new member. could not vote, a8 even if it were wrong, it would still be passed by the number of four who had been members of the old Counci 1. ::; ~~ ~":~ SEWARD. ALASKA SPECI.AL MEF;TlNG 'R~~.~\ 1955 I i i Clm. West moved for the adoption of Ordinance 1258. Seconded by Clm. Blair, Clm. West, Petrovich, Durant, Hall, Blair and stockton voted in favor, motion carried unanimously. , Clm. Petrovich made, a motion that Ordinance'1259 be adopted. Durant. Upoh roll call. Clm. West, Petrovich, Durant, Hall, voted in favor, mot.ion carried llNlnimou.ly~ Seconded by Clm. Blair and stockton Letter from J. J. Carroll, Utilities SUperintendent, was read wherein it was stated that Term, Warr,nt No.1 to Grande & Co. in the amount of $50.000.00 wu sul::mittec;i for approval. This amount was based on the following: DaDS & Moore , in amount of $6,000.00 estimated, H. T. Harstad & AsBOc. in amount of $33,000.00 estimated, and Foster Bros. in amount of $7.000.00 estimated. The Dames & Moore bill was disCJlssed and it was generally felt that an amount of i 14900.00 had been specifically'authorized. not $6000'.00.' A check of the minute. , of a previous meeting revealed that &4900.00 had been authorized, but it was not definitely known whether this had been a firm bid or otherwise. Mr., Hardinge was asked to check on this bill and with the Utilities Board to establish the reason : for this bill now in the amount of $6000.00. Mr. Hardinge stated that he would : get an itemized .tatement from the Utility Board as to just what this $6000.00 covered. Mr.,Trev,than stated that he could assure the Council that he would not sign this check until the ~cil and everyone concerned was satisfied that it should ~ signed. , Clm. West stated that in view of the fact that the City Mdr. statement, I will _ire that authorization be given to !..ue the 10. 1 Warrant in the amount of 150.000. Seconded by Clm. Blair. GW Welt, Petrovich, Durllnt, Hall. Blair and Stockton voted in favor, motion carried unanimously. , Meeting adjourned at 9:11 P.M. APP~VED: ~l~~ ATTE5T:~ City Clerk ----- -------- ----- --- ---- ------------ ---- Seward, Alaska - - - - - - - - - Regular Meeting - - - - - - - - -November 7. 1955 The regular meeting of the Council wu called to order at 8:37 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the Chair. Present Clm. 'Petrovich, Hall, Blair and Stockton. a180 City Mdr. Hardinge and City Attorney Tyner. Clm. West arrived during the readinq of the minutes. II Minutes from the last regular and special meeti ngs were read and Mayor Anthony ,Ii pointed out an error in the minutes of the Special Meeting of October 11th, whereit it was stated that the ARC doe. the work on the Airport. These minutes should I " read that the BPR does the work for the ARC. Also, in the joint meeting of the Council and Utility Board on October 19, Mayor Anthony stated that he had mentione Mr. Hardinge be Utilities Manager. not Utility Board Manager. Clm. Petrovich bro ht out that the minutes of October 17th did not indicate whether or not the letter : from Governor Heintzlelll&n relative the Small Boat Harbor had been read. The lette was read at that meeting. With these changes in mind. the minutes wer. approved. , Clm. Stockton moved that we accept the minutes a8 corrected. Seconded by Clm. il ,Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimou8ly. ' , ' i Regardinq the Planning and ZOning, Ordinance. Clm. Stockton inquired as to whether ~: or not the Council had received an endorsement from the Plahning& Zoning CODDllis81 n when they turned it in. Their letter of June 20th. in part. was r..d by "Mr. Hardi e. and it was their 'recommendation that the City of Seward adopt this orclld!nanoe and i caU8. it to became law. Clm. West felt that the fee of $10.00 to get an appeal. 'I a8 required under Section E, 1 e, Paqes 43-44. was. little stiff. Clm. Petrovich stated 'that he thought this was was just to ,eliminate petty complaint8, and Clm. I Blair stated that normally any chanqes would no doubt run into considerably more :i th&n ten dollan. MJyor Anthony &nd Clm. We8t also wondered about the $25.00 fee II quoted in the Section 12 '"Distriot Chanqe8 and .Arilentiments", and Clm. West aho Ii questioned that section 12, Paragraph E. wherein it- stat.. that a I...or.bie vote of 3/4 0'1 all members of the Council is required to affect a change in a zoning: i di8trict. Clm. West believed that this was copied wronq as there is no way we _ I,i can get 3/4 of 7 or 6. Clm. Hall asked if this ordinance had been read before t~i old members of the Council for the first and 8econd readinq8, and a check of the I -, l'":':.') ("~, ~)' if ,.) _ !?~ktRDL1l~.- J~f:Jlt&IW k1EE_TI~~ - ....--- .-_.. -~~ .---..---- - - _"_ . ~." ._"~!o~j~f~K1~ 195_~__ .-._----_.__.~ - .-- -_.~--_... .....- - ..- -------~ _--: ==-:::-------:-= .~---. ~nutes reveAled that both readings had been done before the old Council members. tam. Hdl stAted that he felt thAt there is much in that ordinance which is more for A City like New York, not like SewArd. It covers too much,- really more thAn ~e need, stated Hall. tlm. DurAnt arrived at approximAtely 10 P.M. elm. Stockton stated thAt he felt A combined meeting with the Planning & Zoning Commission should be arranged for a further discussion and understanding. I t1ayor Anthony Asked if the Council felt that this would be the proper time to call for a change in Section 12, ParAgraph E. After further discussion, Clm. Dunnt stated, "I will IIII.ke a motion to the effect that the words "3/4" in Section 12, Paragraph E under Protests, be chAnged to read "at least 2/3 majority..... Seconded by Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. It was decided thAt the final reading of the Planning & Zoning Ordinance should be delayed until after a combined meeting. City Mgr. Hardinge pointed out that a new motion for authorization of Term Warrant No. 1 was needed as the original motion had not stAted the purpose. He recommended that' it state the purposes as for seismic survey, access road, and partial engi- neering fees p&yments. Clm.; ;131atzo' JUde . liot~o.tthat we authorize issuance of Term Warrant No.1 in the amount of $50,000.00 for the purpose of _iamic survey, access roa.d, and partial engine.ring fees p&yrnent. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. Clm. Stockton, Blair, Hall, Durant, Petrovich and West voted in favor, motion carried ~nanimously. - elm. Hall wondered if it wouldn't be possible to have the announCElllent on the radio ",hen the Utility 8o&rd is going to meet, and ~yor Anthony asked the City Mgr. to phone the ndio and have it announced. I elm. Durant made a motion th.t the City Manager be authorized to direct a letter to the Alaska Housing Authority securing their assistance in the over-all planning of the City of Seward. Seconded by Clm. West, all in favor, motion carried unani- ilously. The telephone contnct came up next, and Mr. Hardinge requested that this be tabled until tg,.:,Bauler could be present, and he asked that each Councilmember take . copy of the agreement home. Clm. West moved that the Telephone contract be tabled until the next meeting. Seconded by Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Vac.wcies on the Planning and Zoning Commission were discussed and City M;rr. Hardinge stated that the Mayor should make the appointments with the Council's approval, and he went on that in other places he hAs been, the City Engineer has always been a ~mber of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mayor Anthony requested the Council to consider bringing some names to him to assist him. The explosives permit requuted by Northern Stevedoring & Handling Corp. was dis- ~ssed, un Clm. Stockton stated thAt he would like to know who had made a request for this permit. It wu stated that TOIm\Y Bie had made the request by telephone that day. Clm. Stod::ton stated that on other occasions when explosi ves were to be transported by truck thru town, a police escort had been needed. Clm. West made a motion that the permit be granted with proper compliance with the Ordinance. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favar, motion carried unanimously. I The firemen's payroll in connection with watchmen's duties and cleaning of the equipnent was discussed and City M;rr. Hardinge stated that the reason he had brought this up was that there seemed to be no precedent and he wondered what the rate of pay should be on this. Clm. Stockton uked if we didn't pay extra help on any of Qur departments around $3.00 per hour. Clm. Blair stated that if they were watchmen this should be assessed against the owner of the building, not the City. Clm. Stockton moved that these men be paid at the rate of $3.00 per hour for the services performed. Seconded by West. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. A ChAmber of Commerce membership was discussed and City Mgr. Hardinge recommended that we get an Assocate Membership on the C/C. It wu brought out that the City Manager would be out of pocket for each 1 unch he attended. Clm. Durant made a motion that we tilke on iln Associate Membership wi th the Chamber of Commerce and that Mr. Hardinge be reimbursed for the expense's of his meals. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. , I A street light at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Railroad was needed, stated City M;rr. Hardinge,- it is dark down there, and a .afe hall been stolen. Clm. Durant moved that the City Mgr. instruct the Utility Dept. to put an adequate light on the !~. ,...-., .., " ., "j ~ ' ;':~ ~~A'Rn ATJl~A ~'P.~n.l1~ ~MTVa Nnv'P.~ '7 ~ lQ~ (9_1L ul) Seoondltd by Petrovich. All in favor, motion I Icorner of Fourth and Railroad Avenue. I 'carried unanimously. A bill from Beaver and VanSeventer was read by Mr. Hardirge and &yor Anthony .ake whAt the City M;Jr. recolD1ll9nded on this ~ill. Mr. Hardinqe stated that he questione the charge for the adjusting journal entries, but he didn't know whether to just go ahead and poly it or to argue about it. Clm. Petrovich stated that he belined we should ask VanSeventer for more information on thi. O'Hara part of the bill. Mi. Hardinge recoIlllllended that we approve the $162.50 and $2.95, and request at the sallllt time more information on the mi.cell~eous conferences wi th O'Hara, ilnd diApprove the $32.50 for the adju.tinq journal entries as it is considered part of the 1954 audit. Clm. West III&de a motion that we adopt the City Manager's recoIlUllendationa with regard to the Beaver aId Van8eventer stiltement. Seconded by Durant. All in filvor, motion cilrried unanimou.ly. -, 1 City M;Jr. Hardinge stated that he would like to have the Council approve and accept the plans and profile. on 3rd, 4th and 5th Avenues. A lengthy discussion was held I with Clm. Petrovich raising numerous questions. Mr. Hardinge explained that these! grades should be accepted as they are .urveyed so as to keep from future arguments. I Clm. Durant moved that this matter be tabled and then withdrew that motion and moved that thia be tabled until the fint meeting in December. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimou.ly. , ' City M9r. Ha!dinQe read from the Police Report, and Clm. Durant inquired as to whether the City M;Jr. set up the policy tor checking the overtime parking, whereupo Mr. Hardinge stated -No-. Clm. Durant pointed out that it seemed the w~ather had a Qreat deal to do with the issuance of overUIlIlt parking ticket., and that on wet rainy clays, no tickets were i.sued, no one ever came around. Clml Hallinquireq whether there were any juv.nile delinquent. on thia report and wa. advised there was not. Clm. West asked about the stop sign ~t the railroad crossing to the Army Dock and stated that it is most impractical for 100 cars to stop at the sign and still Qet to and from work. City M;Jr. Hardirge stated that the railroad had requested checks on this and when they called again he would tell them they would have to take care of it as it is railroad pr,operty. Clm. Stockton stated that he had been informed that if a person didn't stop and an accident happened, the rail- road could sue the pIlnon involved for running into their property. Clm. Blair stated that the City has an ea.ement acr,o.s that railroad and in that case he believed the railroad is bluffing whey they state they can sue anyo~e who 18 in- volved in an accident there. . . II Resolution No. 90 directirg Tax Deed to be issued to the City of Seward for Certai~i ,Real Property, namely Lota 23 and 25 in Block 40 of the Original TOIInsi te of Sewar~1 Iwas reaq. Clm. Blair moved for adoption of Resolution No. 90, Seconded by stockto~~ All in Favor, motion carried unanimously. , I I I II !: RESOLUTION NO. 90 A REOOLTUION DIREcrION TAX DEED TO BE ISSUED TO THE CITY OF SE.WARD, ALAEKA, FOR CERTAIN REAL PIDPERTY IN THE CI TY OF SEWARD. " Ii i,WHEREAS, at public auction held on the 7th day of August 1929, in the pursuance of I Ian order of sale made and entered in the District Court for the Territory of Alaslcaj 'Third Judicial Division on the 22nd day of June, 1929, the City of Seward becallllt I !the purchaser 'of Lots Twenty~three (23) and Twenty-five (25) in Block Forty (40) of tK ithe Original TOIInBite of Seward, Alub, according to the official Plat thereof, I : having bid therefor the amount due on said Lob, inc1 uding the tax, penal ty, interej t and cOl!h due and delinquent thereon for the year 1928, and Ij I the date of said I I Seward has long WHEREAS, a period long in exc..s of two years has elap.ed &inca ,sale and no redemption has been made therefrom, and the City o.f ibeen entitled to a tax deed to said Lot, NOW, THEREFORE, 1 ,BE IT RES:>LVED BY THE CX)l-M)N COONCIL .oF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA: That GILBERT C. ANTHJNY, as Mayor, and ERMA WALKER, as City Clerk, execute a Tax Deed to said Lots hereinbefore, in this resollltiol\, described, to have and to hOld+ the title to said Lots unto the City of Seward, Alaska, and tho.e holding by, thro h or under it, forever,. " , il. DATED thi. ftj day of NoveDber, 1955. il signed G. C. Anthony, Mayor Attest: City Clerk, Erma Walker .-:-:,,=-: ':,~ U'H'l.." ______!ml~RI)~..~ ...~~-_~~~~~.-~~!~J~ ..- _=. '~.-~~-"__~~=::--~:'::~-:~-~~~==- I I I I l!Resolution No. 91 was read and Clm. iNo. 91, seconded by Clm. West. All Durant moved for the adoption of Resolution in favor, motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION No. 91 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING TAX DEED TO BE ISSJED TO THE CIT'f OF SEWARD, ALAEKA, FOR CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN 'lHE CITY OF SEWARD. WHEREAS, at public auction held on the 12th day of November, 1931, in pursuance 'of an order of sale made and entered in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division on the 1st day of July, 1931, the City of Seward became the purchaser of Lot 24 of Block Forty (40) of the Original Townsite of Seward, Alaska, according to the official Plat thereof, having bid therefor the a.m::lunt due on said Lot, including the tax, peMlty, interest and costs due and delinquent thereon for the year 1930, and WHEREAS, a period long in excess of two years has elapsed since the date of said sale and no redemption has been made therefrom, and the Ci ty of Seward has long been entitled to a tax deed to said Lot, NaN, THEREFORE BE IT REOOLVED f!{ THE COMM:lN COUNCIL OF THE CIT'f OF SEWARD, ALASICA: That GILBERT C. ANTHJNY, as Mayor, and ERMA WALKER, as City Clerk, execute a Tax Deed to said Lot hereinbefore, in this resolution, described, to have and to hold the title to said Lot .unto the City of Seward, Alaska, and those holding by, through, or under it, forever. Dated this 7th day of November, 1955. / s/ G~ C. Anthony Mayoi' /s/ Erma Walker City Clerk elm.. Petrovich then spoke about the unconcern of school boys ard girls during a fire call ard wondered who we would go to to have the children get out of the street and make them aware of fires. He felt they certainly should be made fire conscious before someone got hurt. City M;rr. Hardinge stated that the fellows driving to the fire with the blinking lights on their cars are in violation as they .have no right to proceed as though they have the right of way. The only one who. has that prhilege is the fire truck. Clm. Stockton stated that he beli.ved that the firemen are under the iropeession that they are clear since they purchased those blue blinking lights and they should be told if they are violating the laws. Mr. Hardinge stated that if any of the firemen hit anyone, they would be liable. It was felt that the Chief of Police and perhaps Mr. Carlson could be contacted to instigate a fire-conscious program for the children. elm. Petrovich then spoke about the rat situation and mentioned that he had been told of an incident where the driver of a car had to stop his car on the lagoon road while a steady stream of rats crossed over towards the dairy. A discussion was held on this with no answer forthcoming. elm. Durant asked if J.J. Carroll was in Seattle on City bu.iness and if the expense. were being paid by the Utilities Dept. Mr. Hardinge .tated that he did not know,- he thought he was on City business but it was something that had been decided on before he started down there and the Board had authorized it. Meeting adjourned at 12:22 A.M. AW_ED,.It,({k~(J ATTEST: City Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I'r-'~ (~, ....1 ~)~) ; t r A .peci.l jeiDt .ot111& or th. elt., Cftacll aM th. ftilit, BeaN was oallN t. .rier .t 8 p.a. ia th. Ceuacll CbalNr., .....-"1' lS, 19S5. ""'1' !attieIV' pl'88UiRc. Pre...tt llqel' Aatb.l'JI', Cnacilae. Blair, Vost, Hall aM PotNncb. Utili t, INN Cha1rMD Tr.....tUn aM .-Mr. r.rJMl', st...n, Painter. SuperiBt....t. Carr.ll, Clt., Jfauc.r Hal'llince aM x.p..OI' HwaN T. Harst... HI'. Kar.tu pre.ont" the tipr.. r.o.i..... .n tbe _&tRct.rs c.n.tNcU" bill.. Tbq were: Pi....r El.otrio with the l..st bii .r $122,618~ot 1dlieh, Mr. Rantu "n.", en r....ch.old.ne, cue to &Hut $12~,OOO.OO. Ceaual., Ce..tn.Uen Ce. $1;2, m.- Cha.. A. Lanclaill Ce. $173,373.00 eu, n.ctri. $244,S73.oo F..ter BNthers (clear1ac enq) t9,992.>> 1Ir. Rantu revi.... th. bU. ani lei . &o.ral tiscu.81en NCaNine th_. ao peintecl ..t that Ill.... .n th. 1_ bill or Pi.n..r Electric th. tl'an8ll1.d_ li.. Wftlll l'U $JJ,900 per II1le with th. .i.tri_ti.. liDo rania, $10,300 per 1111., 1dlicb 1a Cltl\lll.oralllq hiPOI' tUn the .nei...rs ..tiut.. Ho cit.. a. . ~ri.en .Wlar ..rt en tbe H_r liDe at a c..t .r $6,000 te *,,700. pel' 11110. He pre.ent.., i. d.tail, ......ral break....... b. ball werk" out .D t.h. bid. c.tb tho l'O.ult..t tiPI'" all ratII1iq in exc... .r . 1'........1. ..ti..te. On the N818 .r this aDd in nev ot tb. ce.ta .r .Wliar werk _D. in this area Mr. Karstu st.t.. h. cnlAl net jutity the bids, with tb. exc.ption .r Fe.tor Bretbers reI' th. cl..riac al.ne. The ut.rial c.st., Mr. BaNtu _n"', are areuM 188~.oo ($2(>,000.01) ot which 18 tl"an.rOl'ller., and on tho 1ll&81s .t the ~. I'Ocoi...ecl, tho construction wnl1i ra.n alae.t twice .s ueb as _terial ...te, which is net. conaill.red r.......bq practical. His experi8ll.ce bein& that utU1al and. construction costs ra.n pr.tt, _ch the .... in &.oral pr.ctic.. Mr. Hanlinc. coneure<< .. this peint. t'--, i_ , .' ~ ;,.; '.--/ It. , , - ._ .. .._.... d.. ~__ __ ,_... ....__ .. ~- .-. .- - . ..-. --......- ". '"" - - . ~.. . . . ---_._-----~._~--- . --. ......-."-- . -. - ___n _____ ~_ ___._... ._. ._...__._____._... _... _ . ... . ........ __. ___."_ .. __. .. -~-~--------------_._-----------~- ---~ ---...-...-------.---. -.-..-- .._ .. .,_._ .___... ..n....___.._____. ... Pas_ 2. Mr. Harat... tben ..tlinM s.....I'.l cours.s the Cwncil coul4. DO" tate, I the ...t t..an.1. ot which h. telt to be te ba.... the Sewri Electric 878tea pre... with th. construction .r tbe Pele Line. He atlvis. the counl:il to be.r iD ai_ that experience. h.lp is on baDll, u ...U aa the ..j.rit7 .t the equipaent ne..tI and. that it 1INtUl. in DO 11'&7 b. a n... ....ntur. but .ere11' a continuation on a larIer .cal. ot what tb. local or... is d..inc anti experi.nc... in d.eine. He tb.n Ian a d..tail_ outline ot what equipllent would. be neceual'7 ter the prej.ct en tbi. ..ais. I General d.iscus.ion ot this r.u..... It ..&s ceneraliT &lree. it 1I'ftltl be INd busin.as practice to tiM O\1t ..r~ iD the construction p.ri.. jut what c..t. would run, which coul. bo _asi~ anti r....ilJ' coaplt. on tbis basis under a terce account. With tb. 5nari Eloctric 57st_ prec._inc u.Hiat.q .a the pel. lin., startinc at the penr heu.., conatnctio. tipres ...1llA .oo pre.,e h... IlUch . saTines could. be . ..... P.~ic ch.cks en coats &DlI precr.u by the Cauncil &nil Utilit7 BeaN could. .,.l'7 sh.rtlJ' &1.... a reasonable ..tt.te .t the per aile cut et the .atir. project. CouncilJl&n Durant uri.,.. at 9:45 pea. Mr. Baret&ll vaa uk. his r.c......tion. and. lave th. as t.llen: 1. Acc.pt rest.r bid. I 2. Rej.ct .th.r bid8. J. Autberiae the Sewari nectric S78t., threUlh tb. ....c.r, to pre c.. with the cenetnction .r the Pel. line Abj.ct t. perMic re'de.. ~ the Council and Utilit7 Beard. .tion by 'l'umer te rec_end. all b;'s be reject.. with tbe excepU.. .t F.st.r Bro.. &nil th.ir preposal .t I.nab.r 14, 1955 in the ... .t ",992.20 be acc.pt.... Soco.. by Ste.ars. 'ot.: Trentb&n, 7.s; Turn.r, 7"; st.oars, :res; Painter, :res. X.tion carr1.... " c:- f'l, ;-, t..:i t}' .> ,. Pag' 3. M.tie.. Dr Paint.r NC-._ ~he Seward Electric Sf.tea b. autboris.. t. c.nat!'llct th. pe18 liD. .tartiDc at the pow.r h...., c..t .... proere.. t. De rod.... p.rod.ical1T lr1' th. Util1t)" IH1'li &Ild COUlCU. ---.. S.C.... b;r furn.r. v.t.: 'l'reyet.baal" ,....; TlIIm.r, 1'..; st...r., ,....; Paibt.r, ey-.. ..tion caZ"riN. Ge.oral 4iacuaaloD M tb... N4*ae.ti... t.ll...... CeundluD PotreTicb -.a..t.. the ~...ti.n. H tu1" tor 24 h..... Moti.n lr1' c.ucU.... We.t acti.n o. th... l".c....DlIaU.n. .. tab1_ Ufttil kf_be_ 16th. at 8 .... S.e.... b;rPfl.!'O'f1ca. v.t.: W..t, ,...; Potr.Tich, )"e.; Du.l'&Ilt, ,....; 11&11, ,....J Ila1r, )"0.. M.ti.n carri... Dish.aion c.neemine raci1. ann.une.ent re,areline this ...tine be ..... . ...ti"l ...,,""'" 10:45 p'" Att.st: Apprey": - . ! - Onuloo O'lri.. t.JO.. IIinat.. r c c)_ i'..; "_ L/ - - ~--_._--~--~-- -----~--~-------------_.,___ __ ..__.______ .... .n...__.. .___~._____.. ----.-:....---,::-,i - -. ----.-- -_._,-_._._---~--- -_.~. -~._-- --_.__._----~._---~._-,- -,..-.,---.,- --- . ..-...-..--- --._~- -...---- .--- --~-- -- '-..---.--- ----~ .. . _ ----... . ,'- .---- "-' . ---. .....----. ..._---. -. . ... '-" ... ~ . ......- ----- . .' ......-. -- -. . - --.. . -" . A .pecial joint ..eUng et the Cit:r C4Junc11 and the ut.l11t:r BcJari lIa. called te .rier at 7:07 p... in the Ceuno1l Chubers, Mev_er 16, 1955. KaT'll' AathoD7 pres1dil1l. I Pre.ent: Ha:r.r Aath.n.r, Councilaen Weat, St.ekten, Bl.air, Durant anti Petrovioh. ut.llit;y Beari Cba11'11&R Trevethan and .".1". St..ar, ff7er., Painter. Superintenti.nt Carrell, CU:r Manac.r Hanlin&e and. En&ineer a.....ri '1'. Rarat... Hinute. .t the pred.us ...ting were read. and approv". Cit:r llana&er Hartinc. acld..ti the Council and utilit:r Bean the insuranoe c.yerag. en Cit:r equ1p11cmt is .thcti.... within a tilt,. aile ra4ius ot the Cit:r, theretore aclequate tor the preposeti prej.ct. C.unoilman Blair .tat.. he hacl discu..ed. an4 talk" wi\h several I p..pl. re,ariinc the propesecl prolr.. aDd. ha4 met De a4vers. criticism. Counc1laan St.ckt.n concureti on this peint. Gen.ral di-.uaa1on on tho pnjoct fou.weti/with Cennltant EnJineer Karatall. answeri1\& qu..timls and addsing on various upecta .f the pre'l'aa. In rop~ te quer:r .Mr. Bantu uTi... he had a Bedd.nt Encin..r on the jeb who.e tin;y ia first to l.oa.t. and aecond t. insp.ct a.ncl 8.e that all _rk compli.. with tho contract. Councllaan Hall am.,,,, at 7:25 p.lI. C.unc1lman Po\re"fich ask.ti "who'. responsibilit:r is it ,.inc to be te aeo that the C1t:r cete the boat li.al1- I -Mino-, a...verat.. C1t:r Maaa,er Hariingo. Ceunc1lman P.tredoh reque.t.. the aboTe be incorporate4 into the ainuto.. Councilaan W..t .veti the r.ster Bnthers bill be accept.. aM tho .th.r bU. r.j.eteti. S.COM" D:r Ceuncllaan Blair. Vete: W..t, ,:res; Petredch, ;Y..; Durant, ;yes; Hall, :r..; Blair, ;ye.; St.eJd;on, ,.... K.tion earrin. -~ ,~ / --- ~_/-- 1.:- (, (-,' ) '-'.."='C'__=_''"''==.-=~c.--==-=-''-_'.=-=,_~,,-~..-, ''''._''''C=~',''':;''-::;'':'':'- _ ___--.._ __u____ .....- -_.~._._.- ---;--., ----'-'7- -' ~_._--___-= ..- .'. - ..- -."."-..,. '-'- . - -. -==-'---'. ="-",-=-~,=,, .... ...- '.- Pace 2. Mov_her 16th. aeetine ., . Ma:r-r AatboDT ac1mewledp( the F..ter Brothers knew1Hge .r this decision b.1 their presence but recomaended that foraal notirication or this aotion &1so be &inn th_ bT tae Cit:r Haaager. It vas lIloYell b.1 Cwncilaan Durant the Sewartl Electrie S;rst_ be authorisM t. initiate constl"V.ctlon or the pole line, startinc at the power house, c..t and pre,ress reports to be pre.ented at the regular council aeetil\ls b:r the ut111t:r Manacer. Second" b.1 Cwncilun St.clrt.en. Vote: West, :r.sJ Petrench, ;re.) Iharant, ;res; Hall, :ree; Blair, ;resJ st.ckton, :res. Motion carriell. M.eting alljournM at 8:1$ p... Appre.,.": /:LI!.Ik~o Attest: Orme1.e O'lrien takin<< ainut.. tor Cit:r Clerk. I~ it. .JIl ~~... I .-,~'" C:J I I , ~ SEWARD, ALASKA REGULAR MEETI NG NOVEMBER 21, 1955 ,r The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:04 P.M., Mayor Anthony in the Chair. Present Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich and West. Minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read and approved. Clm. Durant again expressed concern regarding the Dames & Moore Bill and asked that back where we authorized payment of seismic work, does that mean we are going to pay that $4900.00 bill from Dames & Moore. It was pointed out that the bill was to be checked into thoroughly by City Mgr. Hardinge and Utility Board Chairman Trevethan before payment. Clm. Durant also stated that the deal where Clm. Petro- vich had brought before the Council an instance where an individual had had to stop his car for rats on the lagoon road, was purely a leg-pulling deal,- there never had been such an army of rats. Clm. Petrovich stated that it had been his Boss who had given him this story, and it was agreed that since this was not fact the minutes should now so state. Mr. Winey and Mr. McNeese of the Alaska Dept. of Health and Sanitation were intro- duced and Mr. Winey was asked to discuss the health and sanitation problems of Seward. Mr. Winey first expressed his regret that he had been unable to be in Seward at the last regular Council meeting as originally planned and stated that because of illness the plans had to be changed. He stated that two reasons had prompted his visit, (1) a request DY your present City Manager to visit Seward and discuss some things with him and (2) a request from one of the organizations in this Community to visit the community and do some sanitation work. He asked if there are any questions in general that anyone has concerning sanitation in general or particular problems that are facing Seward. Mrs. Keturah King stated that at the last meeting of the City Health Council there was a discussion about the value of chloridation of water and as she re- called, Dr. Deisher's opinion was that first we should investigate the purity of the water supply. Mr. Winey stated that there is obviously some doubt or we wouldn't have all the objections to chloridation. He stated that as far as he is concerned personally and those of the Alaska Dept. of Health, chloridation is an additive to make the supply better. You should have a good supply of water to start on, and though you have gone a long way, you still have an untreated water supply. If you are in a position to better your water supply, it would be of much more benefit to increase your supply and better your supply than to put the money into chlorida- tion. There are two reasons for chlorinating, (1) any time that you have a sur- face supply, you have the possibility of surface contamination and (2) one of the most important reasons for chlorination is cross sections. Clm. Petrovich stated that some time ago there was a representative from the Alaska Dept. of Health by the name of Deering and he practically held a pistol at the head of the owner before they sold to the City, telling them they had to chlorinate. Why go to the expense of chlorinating when we have so many other things that need improving, continued Clm. Petrovich. The way they sounded before, it sounded like we had to do it or else. Clm. Blair asked if Mr. Winey could make an estimate of what the normal cost would be for chlorinating. Mr. Winey stated that tte initial cost of equipment for trouble free operation, the best bet would be a higher initial cost by using gas instead of hypo-chloride. From the maintainence standpoint, the gas would be much better. He stated that he didn't think he was qualified to say just ttis evening that it would cost just so much to set up the system for Seward. He went on that one of the big objections to chlorination is that people object to the actual taste of chlorine. If this system was chlorinated properly, after it was in operation a month, the people of this community would not notice it. Clm. Blair asked if the Anchorage system is considered satisfactory, and Mr. Winey stated "No, it is not." asked what constitutes tkK elm. Petrovichfrte figure of keeping your residual to a minimum and Mr. Winey stated that they have found from actual practice that the water source would take one part per M..., and 2 to 3/10 ,gives you that factor of safety. Clm. Petrovich asked if it was mandatory that we chlorinate immediately. Mr. Winey advised that the Territorial laws state that it could be made mandatory, but I am not here to carry a big club. We are here to point out the reasons why and try to sell, since we think it is a good thing. ., ~ SEWARD, ALASKA REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 21, 1955 (Continued) What other aspects of our every day living is your department concerned with, asked Mayor Anthony. Mr. Winey stated the question has came up as to just what can we expect from our Department of Health. We have in the past tried to visit every major community once a year, and now we are going to try to make it twice a year. We try to contact the Health Nurse, Health Officer, City Manager or Mayor. Our first major interests are in water supply, sewage disposal, dairy plants, etc. We also try to help in garbage disposal problems. ""~ Mayor Anthony asked whether any of the other smaller communities had shown any interest in helping to finance these programs. Mr. Winey stated that there is a possibility we could work up some system of matching funds so that we could have one full time man in communities like this. Our plans here are to take care of some request that we have had, stated Winey, go to the Dairy, the stores and restaurants, etc. Clm. Durant asked if the Territory is in a position right ngr to help in a pest control program and Mr. Winey advised that it is. We are/~R a position to lend financial assistance, but we can give tests assistance. We will be glad to help you with a program, stated Mr. Winey. If there was really an interest on the part of Seward, we might be able to get someone right fram our own department, someone who has a lot of talent in that field. This rodent control has to be a continuous program, doesn't it, asked Dr. Deisher, whereupon Mr~ Winey stated "Yes". First you find your problem location, second have an all out effort to control and eliminate the rats and third, it has to be a continual program. Clm. Durant asked if the Territory is in a position to get wharfarin on whole- sale prices and sell it to the City or would the City have to buy it on the open market. Mr. Winey said that he did not know but he would be glad to check on it. Upon a question fram Dr. Deisher regarding recommendations for garbage or refuse disposal, Mr. Winey stated that a sanitary land fill is the best; however, he said, "I dont think the City of Seward can afford a sanitary land fill". He stated that if we could get that land out past the San and could get it filled at least once a week, we would be in a better position than we are in now. Dr. Deisher asked if they sent a sanitarian down here every six months, could we be assured that on those visits the eating establishments would be checked into so that we could be sure at least twice a year that our eating establish- ments are clean? Mr. Winey explained that even if they di4, it would be diffi- cult for them to shut down a place as the Attorney General has set up a procedure whereby the Dept. has to inspect a place several times &.' build up a case in the event that an individual wanted to go to court. If you have a person here to handle such things, you could take care of it better by taking it to City ~~gistrate Court. A discussion was held on the possibility of a field man visiting several communities and Mr. Winey stated that a sanitarian's salary runs roughly around $520.00 a month, and he has 20 working days a month, roughly, and if he is in the field, he gets a per dien of $12.00 per day. Dr. Deisher stated that if we could five or six communities to go in together, it would cost the City about $200.00 a month to have a man down here on a fairly frequent basis and Mr. Winey felt that $200.00 a month would bring pretty good service. Dr. Deisher asked that if we worked out this set up would it be Mr. Winey's recoITJnend- ation that we also have a Health Officer in town who is a medical man, whereupon Mr. Winey stated "Yes, you should have both". He stated that this is a personal opinion, not an opinion of the Bepartment of Health. lviayor Anthony asked if Mr. Winey was going to meet with the Health Council and Mr. ',viney answered they would if they so desired. Mayor Anthony stated that perhaps they could meet with that group and talk over the whole situation and he asked if there would be some report from Mr. Winey's office on this and }tr. Winey advised there would be and that he planned to meet with Mr. Hardinge sometime at a time convenient to him to go over these problems. Mayor Anthony thanked Mr. Winey and Mr. McNeese for their time and discussion of Seward's problems. Next to came up was a canvas of the people present, and Mr. Beissner stated that he had heard rumors in the last day or two that a short time ago it was proven that some of the ordinances were illegal or not in effect, and he asked if they could tell him if they have been put back into effect. He stated that he referred specifically to the taxicab ordinance. Is it in effect? I believe it is in effect, stated Mayor Anthony, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be. I -r;":;" 1:"':..) I I S ElrlARD , PJ.J'.SKA REGl7LA:{ l-'JEETING NOVEMBER 21, 1955 (Continued) The application for taxicab company license from Wayne D. Abbott was then read. Mr. Ben Walters stated that he was representative for Mr. Mortensen a while back when he applied for a taxicabt company license which was not granted, and that application had never been withdrawn, and in view of that, he stated, I believe no other application should be accepted stated Mr. Walters. I move that this application be tabled until VJ. Hardinge's return or until the next regular meeting, stated Clm. ltJest. a disC\lssion was held wi th Pat Friede stating that last January the Cab operators were protected by Ordinance in that no other cab companies ~ould be authorized with the present population and he wondered when the ordinance had been changed. The Beissners stated that they had two other licenses which they were not using as there just wasn't enough business to warr~nt it and it was not financially feasible to operate them. It was brought out that they had not paid any fee for these two licenses for the past two years and it was questionable whether these licenses are transferable. Clm. Hall felt it should be a special meeting. The motion made by Clm. West was seconded by Clm. Durant. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. Blair stated that ~J. Mortensen should be notified of the special meeting and Mr. Walters stated that he was not at liberty to discuss the address, but he would see that Mr. Mort4nsen is advised of the meeting. We will notify all others who are concerned here stated Mayor Anthony, and it will be announced over the radio. The Beissners, Friede, Walters and Attorney Gregory will be notified. The renewal and applications for liquor licenses came before the Council, as listed on the agenda, and with the inclusion of Tony's Bar, the Palace Bar, and the Flandngo. Mr. Walters stated that he had been adtised by Mr. Hilton, Clerk of the Court, that all applications should be in his office at least thirty days before the end of the year for processing. After a discussion, it was decided that one motion could be made for all of the applications, and Clm. West made a motion that the applications for liquor license, renewals be granted, subject to compliance with the ordinance, to the folloWing: Solly's Beverage Dispensary and Solly's Retail Store, Seward Elk's Club, LaFord's Dinner Club, Werner's V~rket, Yukon Liquor Store, Northern Bar, Nobby Club, Tally-Ho, Gil's Lounge, Seward Trading Co., Yukon Bar, Gil's Liquor Store, Surf Bar, Nugget Bar, Tony's Bar,&Palace Bar, illIX.ixtUxRl~ kaKK~. Seconded by Clm. Blair, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. Petrovich asked who was going to be responsible for seeing that each of these have complied with the ordinance and ~~yor Anthony stated our Chief of Police and our City Manager. The City Clerk brought out that the Flamingo request for renewal had been verbal rather than by letter and Mayor Anthony asked what is the pleasure on the verbal application for the Flamingo. It was asked that the Clerk contact Mr. Eitel and request a letter of application for the renewal and Mrs. Hull of the Palace who was present was also asked to submit here application in letter form. Clm. Petrovich made a motion that the Flamingo oral request be granted, pending compliance with the ordinance and follow up with a letter. Seconded by Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Chief Seymour stated that there is just one that he could not approve and that is not included, that is the Brown Bear Liquor Store,- the building is in poor condi- tion and we have also had some violations, he stated. When the remodeling of the building is completed we would probably approve it, but currently we could not stated Seymour. The bids for insurance were next on the agenda, with a request by the City Mgr. that these be tabled. Clm. West stated that he would like to make a request at this time that any time this insurance comes up, he would like to have that ordi- nance covering sidewalks, for special study. Mayor Anthony stated that a special meeting with all agents has been contemplated also. It was generally felt that the City should look into the secondary liability and in regards to cleaning sidewalks that have not been cleaned by the owners, as the ordinance states that the City will clean them in this event. Clm. West made a motion that we table the insurance bids until Mr. Hardinge'sreturn. Seconded by Clm. Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. In connection with Pat Friede's Bay City Motors, it was pointed out that his Sales Tax as submitted by him for the month of October amounted to about $25.00, whereas the previous owners had been paying anywhere from $150.00 to $250.00 per month, and the City Mgr. wanted this brought before the Council for their action. Glm. Hall felt that we should wait until next month and see what happens. I make a motion that consideration im of Friede's sales tax be tabled, stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. Blair, all in favor. motion carried unanimously. SEWARD, ALASKA REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 21, 1955 (Continued) The October bills were read and the Lamplighter's bill was discussed and it was asked why there was no purchase order on this. The City Clerk advised that the quote on this work was made to Mr. Hardinge and at the time she had asked for a purchase order, it had not been prepared. The City Attorney's bill was also discussed Clm. Hall inquired why we had to pay these extra charges when we pay her $200.00 per month. It was generally felt that this should be checked into in an endeavor to find a better arrangement for payment of the Ci ty Attorney, Clm. Hall then brought up the bills from the Seward Electric System and Seward Water System, and it was asked why they should not make a payment in lieu of taxes inasmuch as they charge the City such large amounts every month. Clm. Durant felt that we should not pay the utilities, just give them a credit memo or something. Clm. West stated that we are subsidizing the Utilities and that something should be done about it. I will make a motion that we table these bills, except for ACS and Standard Oil, until we have a special meeting when the City Manager returns, stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. A letter from Hellenthal & Hellenthal was read regarding the Alaska Telephone Corp., and it was asked by Clm. Hall just what we are doing on this telephone contract. Clm. Durant mention",d that he had talked with Mr. Harris, receiver appointed by the Court, on the Alaska Telephone Corp. and he stated various facts as obtained from Mr. Harris. Clm. Durant then advi sed the Council and Mayor that it had been stated that the Council has a chip on their shoulder regarding the Utility Board, and Mayor Anthony stated that he would be glad to talk to them some more and felt that perhaps another special joint meeting should be arranged. Meeting adjourned at 11:48 P.M. APrnOVED,!!j/m o.~ o MAYOR ATTEST:~t:Y~_ Ci ty Cle rk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SEWARD, ALASKA - - - _ _ _ -SPECIAL MEETING- - - - - - -- DECEMBER 1, 1955 A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 7:37 P.M. for the purpose of taking up the application for taxicab company permit from Wayne D. Abbott (Reliable Cab Co.), applications for renewals of liquor licenses from the American Legion Club and Sam Romack for Tony's Liquor Store, and the October bills. Mayor Anthony in the chair. Present were Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich, Stockton, and West, also City Mgr. Hardinge. Regarding the taxicab company Ilppldtll.for license, Mr. Hardinge stated that there are two taxicab companies in town, and they are operating jointly, however, since I dont' get around town very much and have not been here very long, I think the proper procedure for this would be to give it to you gentlemen without a recommend- ation. A lengthy discussion was held with Mr. Dick Beissner, operator of Legion Cab Co., ~~. Wayne Wbbott, Mr. Hal Gilfillen, Mr. Russell Painter and a driver of Legion Cab. Co. participating. Mr. Beissner felt that it was not financially feasible for the operation of anymore cabs or cab companies and the discussion centered around the feasibility and whether or not there is now a monopoly or will possibly be one. It was brought out that there had been no requests from the populace for another cab company nor had there been any complaints regarding the present cab companies. After considerable discussion along the lines already stated, Clm. Petrovich made a motion that this matter be tabled until the next regular meeting of the Council, which is next Monday nite. Seconded by Clm. West. Clm. Hall asked just what that would accomplish, whereupon Clm. Petrovich stated that on the basis of the contention, he would withdraw his motion. Clm. West then moved that the Cab License be granted. With no second, this motion died. Clm. Stockton then moved that this matter be tabled unti~ the next regular meeting on Monday nite. Seconded by Clm. Durant. Upon a vote, Clm. Blair, Durant, ;{all and stockton voted in the affirmative, with Clm. \'1est and Petrovich voting in the negative. Motion carried. I ~- ,,"' _r,. . I f: SE'IlARD, ALASKA - - - SPECIAL ~ffiETING _ _ - - - - -- DECEMBER 1, 1955 (Continued) ------- The applications for renewal of liquor licenses came up ne~t and Clm. West moved that the requeB~ for liquor license renewals from the Amerlcan Legion Club and Tony' 6 Liquor Store be granted pending compliance with t.he Ordinance. Seconded by Clm. Hall, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Regarding the October bills, the Council wished clarification ~n certain bills, including the bill from the Lamplighter in the amount of $266.00, the Seward Electric System, the Seward Water System, Yukon Equipment, Dorothy T~n~r, as well as the bills from the Seward General Hospital and the Seward Cllnlc. It was asked whether the work done by the Lamplighter had been offered for bid, and Y.r. Hardinge stdted that he had phoned the Lamplighter and Osbo's and had accepted the bid from the Lamplighter for the installation of a three- phase uni.t for the new compressor at the Shop. Mayor Anthony wondered if we had to have such a fancy job on such a marginal building, inasmuch as we are entertaining an idea of moving into a better building and Mr. Hardinge stated that though it is fireproof, it is not a dressed up job and it is not in Romex. elm. Durant stated that since this seems to be a legitimate bill against the City, there is nothing to do but pay it. The bills from Seward Electric and Seward Water System were discussed and Clm. Petrovich stated that he didn't think we should pay these bills, but rather issu~ credit on the payment due from them in lieu of taxes. Clm. Hall concurred with this unless there is something legally preventing this handling. City , . Mgr. Hardinge stated he felt the Council should arrange to have another jOlnt meeting with the Utility Board as they are using the revenue from the City in their applications for bonds. It was felt that these two bills should be tabled until a joint meeting could be arranged. The Yukon Equipt. Co. bill was explained by Mr. Hardinge and he advised that the materiala on two of the invoices included in this bill were replacement parts for the grader which was purchased this last Spring, and since this was covered by warranty, the Yukon Equipment Co. is to take the matter up with the factory and upon a factory OK, they will credit us with the amounts involved. C1ml Hall wondered just where the amounts for the Seward General Hospi titl and Seward Clinic Wffilld come from the bunget, these bills being for services performed for prisoners while in the City Jail. Mr. Hardinge stated that these would come out of special services account. Clm. Hall felt that there should be special rates from the Hospital and he wondered about whether the Welfare could not be called in for such cases when a prisoner becomes ill as the City is not in a pos! Hem to pay many such bills. The bill from Dorothy Tyner was read and elm. Durant asked what was done for the $200.00. Clm Petrovich stated that he moved for the table's consideration t}~t on the first opportunity, we go into the feasibilitv of hiring a City Attorney for $200.00 a month. . Clm. Hall made a moti':>n that we pay all the bills for October, wi th tl,,~ eXC"l,tio;, of,the Seward Electric Bill and the Seward Water Department. Seconded by Clm. Blair. ~lm. Hest notv~ting, all others in favor, motion carried. October bills: ACS $40.~3, AlasK6 StatIoners $22.10, Alaska Telephone $41.75, Alaska Broadcasting Co. $17.50, Andy's Oil $150.51, Bea.ring Engineering Co. $5.98, CO-2 Fire Equipt. Co. $37.70, Durants Hardware $7.00, Glenn Carrington Co. $16.04, Chas. R. Griffin Co. $57.01, Holbrook Printing Co. $34.50, Lesko Bros. $6.85, Lamplighter $266.60, l10rUm Salt Co. $64.50, N. C. Co. $89.33, Oabo's Elec. $12.85, Bay City Motors $5.00, Seward Bldrs. $9.90, Seward Drug Co. $3.40, Seward Clinic $50.00, Peward Genera,l Hospita~ $124.10, Seward Electric $889.70, Seward Hdwe. $21.67, Seward ~lUmbln? & HeatIng $13.70, Seward Machine Shop $52.70, Seward Trading Co. $18.46 veward Water System $475.00, Standard Oil Co. $412.61, Dorothy Tyner $40.00, U. S. Commissioner $4.50, Werner's Mkt. $62.62, Harry West $118.94, Western Standard Supply Co. $40.07, Win Ervin Motor Co. $28.13, Pat Willia~~ $1124.25, Yukon Equipment $35.12. Meeting adjourned at 9:29 P.M. ~PROVED; fiJJut a, ~ t/ MAYOR ATTEST: S::A--a..,~ --tit';Clerk -- ------- ------... - - - - - - - - - - - - - SE\<lARD, ALASKA fl SEWARD, ALASKA -------- REGUlAR MEETING - - - DECEMBER 5, 1955 The regular meeting of the Council was called t Anthony in the chair. Present Clm B 0 order at 8:05 P.M. Mayor Manager Harginge. Clm. Petrovich ~rr~air. Hall, Stockton and West, also City p.m. Minutes of the last regular mee~~~d la~et:nd Clm~ Durant,arrived at 8:25 were read and approved. 1 q an e speClal meet1ng of December I ~i i; ~~f~;~e;ol~~ ~:;;p~~~e c~~;;:~~tt ~JT h Hardi~ge stated that he had had the di scussion and "f an e now urns it over to Hr. Bauler for that there'were ~mea~::t~~n~a:ss;~'w~;t~S perfectly in order. Mr. ~uler stated fees were over and abo er or not some of the specif1c services is h' 't ti ve or to be included, and he assured the Council thatit R' Is,ln en on t~t these fees would be included in the over-all percenta e ,egard1ng the questIon of acquisition and whether it would be included in t? . otvetr-all contract, Mr. Bauler stated that it is his belief as well a h' ne a orney's th t 't '11 ' s ,1S not be involv:d ~ ,~I , bear Wt11~ not ~,- if there is no acquisition, it would , 1 can s rleken If the Council desires. Clm. West asked if a change should not be made on Page 8, Article 3 in regards ~~tMoose Pass, and,Mr. Bauler stated that that would be in the event that the y,should authorIze construction of the Moose Pass exchange. it would be u to hIm to produce the staking within the 45 days. P Clm. Petrovich as~ed what leeway would be allowed the City in regards to payment and, Mr~ Bauler pOlnted out that the City wouldn't incur any obligations wo him untll,lt actually had the agreement for the bonds, and that he wouldn't submit any ~1~1 along that line unless the City had some ~ecific request,- something Sl~ClflC you would ask me to do. Clm. Petrovich stated that according to your letter, your fee would be seven per cent and included in this would be the cost of the old system if we purchased it. If there was no acqui~ition involved, naturally, there would be no cost to the City, stated JoIr. Bauler. But if we ~o b~y it, we will have to pay you the 7%, asked Clm. Petrovich, whereupon ~tr. I~rdlnge stated that there would be a great deal of work involved in sorting out the materials which could be used or could not be used. Mr. Bauler stated thet he rray have to go before the Court in the event tpe City should desire to purchaBe, and there rray be work involved in this, and I have to protect myself he continued. Clm. Durant asked what leveraqe the City would have over the Alaska Telephone Corp. to force them to continue until such time as our system is completed, and Mr. r~rding~ replied th~t we relV0 none. Mayor Anthony asked ~r. Bauler about the Alaska Te 1,('1'1\, ,n'" :':;orp., and stated that he had valued the system at approximate} y $40,000. and 7% of this would be '2800.00, and he asked whetl~r there was another ."!tern,iHv,,,. Nr. Bauler state::! thai: I:h "" part co,"ld be stricken Ollt dnd in the event tl\l~ City F,urc}"sed it, that wCluld have to be ad::led as an addendum to the contract. :ay ~fJr. F..ardinge stcib:d thi'lt if we do take that over, there will be a great de;;.l 'Of 'Nork involved, vmerellpCln }',ayor flnthony statEd t1woit the Engineer ill1Wt IVjV'~ d pretty Jood idea of whetner '"," could use c;nythinc;r in the system. Further discussioC1 N'lS c:)ntin\."!J along these lines and Clm. Fetrovich felt that this !3hould remain a part of the contract. A discussion was then carried on regarding the telephone lines going on the same poles as the electric dnd Hr. Bauler felt that the work could 1:e done jointly on the work that he has seen on the Nash Road; however he felt th<'lt he would have to study the area from Nash Road on up to Bear Lake. ~1r. Hardinge st"ted that we would probably have to use the same poles aa the Forest E'.ervice would not gill'e anv pennit for separate poles. Hr. Bauler shlted that you could use the same poles up to about 12-1/2 kilo-,qatts tind he went on that there is a chance th;.;t ACS may want to put in new pole lines as thei;r present system is aot in very gOud condition, and this is one reason why it may be desirable to put in a s~parate pole line. My figures were based on a new pole line and anything that can be done to bring th,t figure down, will be done, stated Mr. Bauler. elm. E'tockton asked Hr. Hardin;re whare are we if the Forest Service refuses anotrer permit to run a pole line out to Moose Pass, dnd Mr. Hardinge replied that he felt it could be ''lorked out, but tl1at our permit is for both lines on the same poles. Clm. Stockton continned that since we didn't anticipdte the acquisi,tion of the present system when we went to the poles to vote, perhaps it may be a good thing if the acquisitiol1 was left out. He went on tret when he had inquired about the way it was worded on the ballot, he was told that ."e may want to purchase some of the materials which the present system now has tha t we could use,. not that we would pay a certain amount for the 57S tern. ~'tr. Bauler stat<'!d that he was not telling the City what to pay for the system, he had merely given his appraisdl. I ".,...~ , , ;J .~ ...::,: r'lfl Il'.a.,.... . I '"' i SE'wARD, ALASKA REGuLAR MEETING DECEMBER 5, 1955 (Continued) Mayor Anthony advised if there was no further discussion, we are ready for a motion. I make a motion, stated Clm. Durant, that we approve the Telephone Engineering Contract with Joseph W. Bauler, d.b.a. Alaska Enginep.ring Associates as submitted here tonite. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor with the exception of Clm. Petrovich who voted No. Motion carried. The application for taxicab I=E'rmit which was tabled firsLat; the regular meeting on Nov. 21st and again at the special rr~eting on Dec. 1, came up again, and it was opened for discussion. Mayor Anthony asked if the Ci ty Manager had anything further to say on this and Mr. Hardinge said "No". Attorney Gregory stated that he felt the City was off on the interpretation of the Ordinance and he advised that as soon a.s Mr. Abbott can show the City that he has his Alaska Business License and has the certification of the chief of Police, then the license shall be iss11ed. The City Manager can say we will have five companies or four companies, but he can't Bay that this company can't have a permit, continued Attorney Gregory. If the City P~nager and the City Council haven't used their own ordinance and determined the number of cab companies there should be, then all Mr. Abbott has to do is come up and get his license. Clm. Stockton asked Mr. P~rdinge how he interpreted that, and Mr. Hardinse said tInt he would hate to tell you. Mayor Anthony advised that we have to have some opinion and since our City Attorney is not here,- whereupon Mr. Hardinge stated that he agreed with Mr. Gregory. 101r. Gregory asked that the City Council grant the permit, subject to the opinion of the City Attorney. I move that consideration of this request for taxi permit be tabled pending receipt of an attorney's opinion on the interpretation of the Cab Ordinance, stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. Blair. Clm. Blair, Petrovi~~ and West voted in the affirmative, with Durant, Hall and Stockton voting in the negative. In such a case, I suppose the }~yor is required to vote, stated Anthony,- thdt is right, stated Clm. Durant. "I will vote Yes", stated P~yor Anthony. Motion carried. Mr. Hardinge read the letter of Sept. 8, 1955 from the Coast Guard wherein they Bad requested a reply be made wit~in thirty days relative to tr~ir study of the movement of explosives at Seward and their request that the City reduce the limit from 100 tons to 1400 pounds. Mr. Hardinge also read his reply to the Coatt Guard under date of Sept. 23, 1955 wherein he had stated that he was recommending to the Council that they reduce the allowable limit to 20 tons. Mr. liardinge advi sed that he had since heard from the Coast Guard by telephone that they are not satisfied with a reduction to 20 tons,- they want it reduced to the 1400 pounds. Clm. Petrovich asked what effect this has on the economy of the town to have that business go across the Bay. City *Jr. Hardinge advised that it is just like the sea trains,- if you drive all the business out of town, you will end up with nothing. Rev. Malin suggested that someone writp. to the Coast Guard and ask the Commander to come up here. Hr. Ray Lee fel t that the people of 2eward would derive as much or more if the explosives were handled at the dock across the Bay. They would use the dock over there and truck from the dock over here to the railroad and then be loaded to the railroad cars. I think the town would benefit from it this way, and the railroad would not lose their revenue, continuec! Nr. Lee. That doci:: ever there is designed for handling explosives. P~yor Anthony stated that he believed that the City of Seward is the only City in the Northwest that allows explosives to be unloaded at the dock, - most of them have to be unloaded to a barge. Have we I:l distinct recommendation from you, Mr. flardinge, inquired P~yor l\.nthony. "I recommended 20 tons, but they didn't agree with that", stated Hr. Hardil"qe. Russell Painter wondered what kind of a study had been made with the railroad and the steamship companies regarding this, as when this came up originally it was stated that this matter be continued until such time as a thorough study had been made b'! the City P.anager. Mr. Hardinge was then asked to write to the Coast Guard and invite the Commander up here for a meeting, ana interested parties, such as the Chamber of Commerce, Alaska steamship Co., Coastwise Line, Northwest Freight Lines, Alaska Freight Lines, and the Union locals, being advised of the meeting when arranged. The Planning and Zonil"q Ordinance No. 260 came up and Mayor Anthony stated that they still wanted to have a joint rreeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission. Clm. Durant moved that we table Ordinance No. 260 until we have a meeting with them. Seconded by Stockton. All in favor, motion ci'l.rried unanimously. ~ SEWARD, ALA3:A REGULAR MEETING DECEHBER 5, 1955 (Continued) Mayor Anthony inquired if any of the Clm. had any names they wished to place on the table for consideration for appointment to the Planning & Zoning Conunission. I make a motion for the tables consideration that Jack Werner and Stan Neigeman be appointed to the Commission, stated Clm. Petrovich. ~~JxKBkK~ ~~-""tXXUD[DlXJIlXIDl-xxkbXlt:iaDutxllDlX.llBk~~jq;D[ks:~xJi~1CRK r1r.rlomJrlXxw:~rl:rPt~ilm:KaJ_rl:i:llDOlIII:iUXadcswqDiccbx)dxxx1JlIU:KIlX xU:xvamxu-XJDXU:elrlpolJlIlixU~txllOl!XII(and<i:xtaOOlxaxu:.UxatXrlb:. Both of these men being present, were asked by Mayor Anthony, whether they could serve on the Planning & Zoning Commission and MI. WerBer and MI. Neigeman accepted the appointment. MI. Arnold Anderson was asked also, and he declined in view of the fact that his position requires that he be away from town a great deal of the time. 1k. Fred Kielcheski, fire chief, was present and a group of the firemen, and Vu. Kielcheski asked the Council's desires on whether or not the ftremen should go out fighting a fire or answering a fire call outside of the City Limits. He continued that there seems to be quite a difference of opinion and he would like to have the Council's and the City Manager's advice on this matter ratl~r than just take it upon himself. He stated that he doesn't allow over one truck to go out to a point where we cant't be reached by telephone. Clm. Petrovich stated that it seemed to him it should be left up to the discretion of the fire chief and V~. P4rdinge concurred in this. Clm. Petrovich inquired as to the possibility of installing the extra radio-phone in one of the fire trucks which would go on all the calls. MI. Hardinge stated that this could be done and he agreed completely. Mr. Kielcheski also inquired as to the possibility of having two men on hand in the fire hall on windy nites and stated that in the past he had been told by the Council to use his own judgment in hiring someone to be on hand on those nites when the wind may get up to 70 miles an hour. He felt that if he had two men so that he could get a quick getaway, perhaps the fire could be better checked. Fire travels fast and a quick move on a windy nite means we have a chance to have the advantage over the fire. Mr. Kielcheski stated that he could get men for $10.00 a nite and that $700 -$750.00 in the budget would cover this item. Mr. Kielcheski then inquired as to the insurance coverage for the firemen, and wondered h~ far out they could go and st~ll be covered. It was brought out that the firemen are insured under a separate policy, but not under workmen's Compo and Mr. Dimock, representative from LaBow-Haynes Co. of Alaska, stated that it would be better if the firemen were covered under Workmen's Compensation. Mr. Kielcheski asked for a written agreement from the City as to haw far out of town they should go, etc. It was asked that Mr. Kielcheski appoint a committee of firemen to work on a list of items they desire changed or clarified, and them get together again with the Council. Clm. Durant made a motion that it be left up to the Fire Chief's discretion as to going outside the City limits until such time as we get this Fire Dept. committee meeting worked out and an opinion from the fire insurance underwriters, but only on condition that adequate pro- tection is left for the City. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion darried unanimously. It was reco~~ended that the City Manager take care of the radio-phone installation on the fire truck as soon as possible. Oliver Amend asked if it wasn't felt that it would be a good idea fo~ the Council to have a policy on the stop signs in the streets. As it is, no one knows who has the right of way, and some signs are changed from day to day, thereby adding to the confusion. Mayor Anthony asked that the City Manager EIiat take this up with the Police Dept. Mr. LaFord spoke as a representative from the bars in town and asked that the Council allow the bars to remain open until 2 AM rather than 1 AM and stated that the one a.m. closing just chases the business out of town. He stated that he didn't feel that they should have to pay any addi tional for this extra hour, and he continued that he had talked to the Chief of Police who had stated that he would have nothing against it. Mr. Hardinge stated that there is one thing he would like cleared up- it is all right to say that the City Manager and the Chief of Police approve anything,-- it is not up to the City Manager and the Chief of Police,-- we are not the policy-making body,- we are here to abide by what you set up and we are not here to set the policy. I move that we table Mr. LaFord's request for further study, stated Clm. Blair. Seconded by Clm. West. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Johnson of Rettig, Scott & Co., Auditors gave a run-down on the Audit Report and stated that since Mr. Rettig had not received the message in time, he would be down at a later date to go over the report more fully. He answered questions and explained various items and Mayor Anthony thanked Mr. Johnson and stated that they would look forward to a special meeting with our Auditing firm at some future date. I ~.'''''J '\..... " > ,.,.- ~':::-," t::..J I I n l SEWARD, ALASKA REGULAR MEETING December 5, 1955 (Continued) Mr. Dimock of laBaN-Haynes Co. of Alaska then came to the table, and he stated that Resolution #89, thru his error, is going to need a slight correction. The bonding Company wants the wording changed to 'read Hauthority to sign the bond application under United states Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyH in the last paragraph. Clm. Petrovich moved that ReSOLution No. 89 be adopted as read tonite. Seconded b1 Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION NO. R9 AMENDED , ') WHEREAS, on the third day of October, 1955, the Common Council of the City of Seward at its regular meeting, considered the proposed special Use Permit for transmission and distribution line in the Chugach National Forest and approved the same, pending the approval by the Utility Board, and subject to the favorable recommendation by the City Attorney and the Utility Board, and . WHEREAS, a favorable recommendation was received b1 the City from the City Attorney and the Utility Board on October 4, 1955, and, WHEREAS, the Special Use Permit provides that the City shall furnish a bond in the amount of TWenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to guarantee the construction of said transmission and distribution line, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESJLVED by the Corrmon Council of the City of Seward that the Mayor of said city, Gilbert C. Anthony, is hereby authorized to sign the bond application under United States Fidelitv & Guaranty Company. Passed this 3rd day of November, 1955. /s/ G. C. Anthony Mayor Attest: E. Walker, City Clerk Mr. Dimock then went on to say that the policy carried with Maryland Casualty for general liability excludes the Seward Electric System and any Construction work. He suggested that the City look into this in connection with the electric pole line construction. He stated that the City's entire program of insurance is costing more money than it should. You carry insurance on your streets, play fields, picnic grounds, your municipal employees, but no place does the City have any coverage which is going to protect them either for work they are doing or work they are going to sub-let. The bonding Company is very anxious for me to report back on your insurance program, stated Mr. Dimock, and this policy you have excludes all electrical operations. What you need is one liability policy only covering all of your departments and you would save money,- bodily injury, property damage,- that could all be in one comprehensive policy. I feel that the City could use a service that we offer,- that is the engineering services, stated Mr. Dimock. We can offer a service than none of your agencies here can. Our Engineering Dept. costs us in excess of $30,000. a year and we have in the past on 3 occasions, sent an engineer from Seattle to the University of Alaska as a service to the University and we still don't write any of their business and we have been very successful in getting the insurance rates down. By putting thru a blanket rate, with a 90~ average clause7in other words, you can take all of your City properties and insure them 90~ to value,- that means that you will get the value on your statement of values that you turn in and the only place the City can lose is if everything the City has burns down at one tiem. There is a means of saving money and still haveng full protection. It was brou~ht out that Aa-Bow Haynes Co. will trade the engineering services for the opportunity to bid, and Mr. Dimock stated that that is correct. Mayor Anthony asked Mr. Hardin'1e to look into the insurance tomorrow for the Electric construction . Mr. Dimock stated that the bonding company's interest in this is this,- that they ~sked for but did not receive a financial statement yet, and naturally they have this $25,000.00 bond and if something happens they have lost the $25,000.00. You have primary liability on construction of the power line itself, and we would like to have the name of the company and the limits of liability. It was decided to have a joint meeting with the Utility Board on Dec. 6th at 7:30 P.M. to go into the insurance. 01 c Mr. Hardinge read from the Police Report, and a letter to and one from Beaver & VanSeventer was read, concerning clarification of charges in their bill and on which the Council had requested further information. Clm. Durant stated it is a very small amount, and the O'Hara part was ok'd last meeting,- I make a motion SEWARD, ALASKA REGUALR MEETING DECEMBER 5, 1955 (Continued) we pay VanSeventer's account up to date. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 1:17 a.m. ATrEST:~~j' City Clerk APPRWED;YJiJkt ~ ' ~ MAY 0 .R Page 3 - 22/6/2955 the Hydro project. Mr. Hardinge stated that John Smith was covering the materials with adequate insurance. Clm. Hall que15t.loned why the insurance had not been put up for bid. Mr. Hardinge stated that bids take 30 days, and the insurance was needed immediately. Ice breaking insurance was brought up and Clm. West believed it would be pro- hibitive, but suggested that all agent's submit a bid and then the matter .ould be decided upon. Clm. Durant arrived at 9:l3 p.m. The possible acquisition of the Moose Pass system was discussed and views of Mr. Greely were IJ.Elntioned. Mr. Hardinge said that Mr. "reely told him that Marlin Steward would sell the Moose Pass system to the City of "'eward for just what he had in it. Mayor Anthony stated that Mr. Greely seemed to be on the spot for duplicate permits to the lJity of Seward and the Moose Pass system, and understood that Mr. Greely suggested the City of Seward purchase the Moose Pass system to jet him off the"hook." Mr. ~eears said that the Bureau of Land Management have Moose Pass and that Estes and Stewart have an application for expansion. Mr. Carroll mentioned that he had contacted the lawyer Mr. Banfield on easements and maps on the Moose Pass area. Mr. Durant stated he had recently talked witp Alex Bolam and had the impression that the Kenai Lake gro~p had bought or leased the Estes plant from Stewart. It was suggested that the City should find out the actual status of the Moose Pass system. Motion by Board member Painter that the utilities Manager be authorized to make a trip to Anchorage and talk to Stewart regarding the Moose Pass system at the Electric System's expense. Seconded by Dick Myers. Vote: Trevethan, yes; Myers, yes; Steears, yes; Painter, yes; Turner, yes; All in favor, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:25 p.m. Attest: ~;i~v~ '6h~.for. City Clerk) ~IA~prov~: /l if ILl ;W:{jfl (f (/t...,1'{d1-U{ _.--'l!!ftvor 'Anthonv ".--. , ""'." -:_: '/, ~r",_~';.. .... The question of how the ~7,500.00 was derived was asked by Clm. Petrovich. The answer remained unanswered, though Board member Painter stated that the former City Manager, Mr. O'Hara, had told the Council to go ahead and bill the Board, and if they received payment that would be fine if not, then they might try something else. The question of why the water pressure was low recently was answered that the Dock contractor had Alex Petrovich turn on the fire hydrant. The Water Depart- ment had not been notified. It was suggested that the Contractor be informed they cannot turn on hydrants as it critically decreases the water pressure and a fire hazard. Mr. Carroll said they had been informed. However, Mr. Petrovic~ , !Said he would continue to turn on the hydrant whe''1ever the contractor told him to do so. Board member Painter asked if anyone knew the policy of other cities in in lieu of taxes. Anchorage was pointed out as B. city whose contributed to the City general fund. Mr. Painter asked the Council to find 0 if the Anchorage Utilities contributed while the;r had outstanding Bond Issues. Board Chairman Trevethan authorized the Utility Manager to write to Mr. and the auditor to get their opinion on in lieu of taxes. He asked the to inform them of the City's financial position. This was Board members. The Street light delinquent bill was then discUflsed. After a good deal of discussion it was decided to table action until the opinion of the bonding Company regarding taxes was received. Mr. Carroll was asked by the Mayor as to how many more street lights take to finish the town. Carroll stated that 25 should do and would 3 on the lagoon road. Contractor liability policy was discussed. ThE! ""lectric System presented present liability policy and it was decided to have an endorsement included this policy. Discussion was held regarding insurance on the materials being received for I"",.;.: .,....:.~ ':'., "1". ":;J..s... >~~_~;.-... . . ...... '. ,..",:lo"l",,; .;,;'~:.;!t1J'T~}-:'_::::' . "i' jo1nt meeting of the City Council and the Utility Board was held in the "l"" C~cil Chambers, December 6th, 1955. ~,.aeeting was called to order by Mayor Anthony at 7:40 p.m. for the purpose '.lilt,~scussing common problems. .'~.nt: Mayor Anthony, Clm. Hall, Petrovich, Stockton, and ~iest. .AlJeent: Clm. Blair and Durant ", ' tJ.t.illty Board members present: Murl Trevetha.n, Chairman, Board members, 'l'urner, Painter, steears, and Myers. ,O$ty Manager Hardinge, and Superintendent Carroll were also present. Tbe first item for discussion was the in-lieu-of-t~ statement that had been 'i f ::,,~t to the Utility Board. Mayor Anthony opened the discussion by a brief . ~i.w of the City budget. He stated that City revenue and the Sales Tax had 'dec:reased considerably and that the City was in a financial crisis. The .:,'1,500.00 ,in .11ell of taxes had been set up in their budget and the Council wanted to know '. .:.wi;1ether the Utility Board was in agreement to make this payment. It was pointed . .~.t that t.he Sewa.rd Electric System had paid the 1953 in lieu of taxes but that '.~ further payment had been received. 'lb. letter Mr. Carroll wrote to the Council under the direction of the Board jia. read by Mayor Anthony. Lengthy discussion was held. Mr. Trevethan, chairman ot the Utility Board said we were not against paying the taxes, when the do so. The Electric System has had to P'!ty some Hydro 'c~.ts out. of the genera.l fund which didn I t leave any surplus on hand. Mr. ~roll informed the members that he talked over the in lieu of taxes with Mr. Sheppard. while in Seattle and the opinion was that it would jeopardize our financial standing for the Hydro Bond Issue. The Bonding Company designates the . .' '. ,'policy to be carried out, by Bond Ordinance which states the Bond requirement, .expenses, capital improvement and that no provision had been set up for in lieu or taxes. Mr. Carroll reminded the members that Mr. Sheppard should be contacted before any action of payment ~s decided upon. I "t"",,, ~ ,ro.. ...,;... ....-:....~' ;;:':0 I I 1 , SEV1ARD, ALASKA SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBER 16, 1955 A special meeting of the Council aoo the Utility Board combined was called to order at 7:45 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the Chair. Present were elm. Blair, Hall, Petrovich and Stockton, also Utility Board members Steear, Turner and Trevethan. Clm. Durant arrived at 7:49 P.M. Utility Board member Myers arrived later, at 8:05 plm. l1ayor Anthony stated that there are several items of interest to both the Council and the Utility Board, and one is local employment. We are of the opinion that local men should be used wherever possible, but with the way our present Union contract is set up, everything has to clear thru that local, and Jay Carrol has got certain concession from them. He has gotten some men that he has asked for and some men have not been cleared by the Union. HIf we try to go ahead and do .our own employing, then we are likely to get into trouble wnd the Union may tell their men not to go to work: stated Mr. Trevethan. There wasn't anybody on the Board who wished to join the Union; it was eI'gineered by Mr. Jordan; however after quite a bit of discussion on it, we went along on it, and one of our biggest complaints about it was the possibility of not being able to hire locally. It would fake at least three months to get it changed if we can get it changed at all, and I think the first thing to do would be to call the Union officials down here and discuss it with them, continued Mr. Trevethan. Mr. Don Lowell spoke concerning the handling of Mr. Simon's case and he stated that he felt that the Union was wunninga discriminatory labor practice up there and it is unfair. There was a lengthy discussion and it was decided that the Utility Office should write a letter to Mr. Niemi of the Electrical Union and invite him down here for a discussion. Clm. Hall inquired as to the status of the City Manager as Utilities Manager, and also as to the reason our Utilities Mgr. had not been present at the last regular meeting of the Utility Board. Mr. Hardinge stated that he had been busy preparing for his trip to Anchorage in connection with the Moose Pass plant, and he expressed his apologies. It was stated that when Mr. Hardi'llge had been appointed as Utilities Manager it was expressly for the purpose of controlling the finances, and that Mr. Carroll was to remain in charge of the physical aspects of the operation of the Utilities. A discussion was held on the payment bi lieu of taxes from the Utility Board, and letters were read from Attorney ThorgrLmson which stated that the bonds and interest come first and it was gathered that after those items had been taken care of, any surplus could be used for other items. Discussion continued with no answer forthcoming regarding if or when the Utili ties could pay the payment in lieu of taxes. Mr. Hardinge was requested to report on his trip to Anchorage and he stated that he went up and talked to Mr. stewart on the Moose Pass plant, and he made the offer this way,- he said they had never at any time had any option on that plant at Moose Pass. He said they gave $25,000.00 for it and they spent some money on the over-haul of the engines and doing a little work around thete. Mr. Stewart told me that they paid $25,000.00 for it, they would sell it to us for just that $25,000.00 plus just what they put in it. and we would still get it cheaper than the $28,000.00 we offered Estes for it. I told him we would be glad to talk to him and he said that they had an agreement with Kenai and he would get those boys together and they would come down here and talk~ to us. He will let us know when they would be here and they would be glad to sit down with the Utility Board and the Council and see if something can't be worked out. I got the impression that Stewart & Assoc. are the kingpins and Kenai are operating with their indulgence. They would be pleased to sell the outfit and get out from under it. I told him we didn't need it for feasibility but we didn't like it as it was in our area. I also talked to George Shannon trying to find out about their power loads up there- they have no reserve power up their,- they told me if the power goes out at Eklutna, they will be out of juice. They will be glad to see Seward go ahead with their Hydro and they will try to get a line down to Mile 57 and they will buy all the dump power we have continued Mr. Hardinge. It was agreed that Mr. Harstad should be advised of the proposed meeting and that we should get his ideas on whether or not the City should purchase the Moose Pass plant. Meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m. APPR~ED,JiJMfl / MAYOR ATI'Esn>~~___ I City Clerk: " ("" 1 L SEWARD, ALASKA REGULAR HE1'TING DECEMBER 19, 1955 The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:15 P.M. In the absence of Mayor Anthony, Clm. Petrovich was appointed as Acting Mayor. Present were Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Stockton and West. First item of business was the Audit Report; however, because of weather condi- tions, Mr. Rettig was unable to be present to go over the audit. ur will move that the Audit Report be tabled until Mr. Rettig can be here, and it taken up at a special meeting on December 27, 28 or 29,u stated Clm. Ball. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. Stockton inquired of Mr. Hardinge if he thought it would hurt to table the budget until we have the audit as he thought there might be something come out perhaps in t he Audit that might effect the budget. City l-k;Jr. Hardinge stated that he didn't think it would hurt at all. Clm. Stockton then moved that we table the budget until the next regular c~lncil meeting which should be after this meeting with the Auditor. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Regarding the streett lighting bill in the amount of $6,328.10 and the Seward Utilities bills for the month of October, Clm. Hall advised that unless there is something illegal about it, he dOllS not intend to vote for paying them any- thing when they owe us money and they don't pay us any taxes. Clm. Stockton asked Jay Carrol if we didn't pay these bills, would this cause a hardship on the utilities system. Jay stated that it would be better to just notpay the bills rather than issue any credit memo, and he believed that it would not work a p~rticular hardship on them. Clm. Stockton then asked Mr. Hardinge if the City didn't pay the utility bills or the street lighting, do you have any idea what it would amount to, whereupon Mr. Hardinge replied that it would be about $30,000.00. Clm. Hall then advised that he did not realize that the street lighting bill was for new lights and that in view of this his statement Was not against putting in new street lights, but he was not in favor of paying for the juice. Mr. Hardinge then stated that the Utility Board is asking for approval to install the other 25 lights, 'and we would put that under Capital Improvement. Mr. Carroll stated that this street lighting bill goes back to 1953 and that he had gone back and picked up all the invoices that had not been billed to the City and this bill is the result ef all the loose ends. Clm. Hall advi$ed that that type of billing is very hard on our City Manager in trying to make up the budget and make it work and Mr. Carroll went on that they realized they should be kept and billed currently and we will try to do so in the future. A lengthy discussion was held as to whether to pay the street lighting bill and allow the monthly utility bills to become delinquent, or the other way around, and Mr. Carroll felt that for accounting purposes, it would be best to let the street lighting bill slide but keep the monthly utility bills current. Acting Mayor Petrovich stated that since y~. Rettig is to meet with us and this appears to be a question of bookkeeping procedure and to a certain extent a legal question, why don't we table this antil after the special meeting with Mr. Rettig and we can ask him. ur will move that we instruct our City Clerk not to pay the present bills she is holding until the special meeting with the auditor, and that this be put on the agenda at that time", stated elm. Stockton. "I will add," stated Stockton, Hat which time a decision will be made as to how these bills should be handled." I second the motion, stated Clm. Durant. Mr. Carroll advised that if that includes the water Department bills, it would work a hardship on the Water Dept. It is in such bad shape that we are just about breaking even from month to month. However, the special meeting would still be in time, continued Mr. Carroll. All councilmen voted in favor of the motion made by Clm. Stockton, motion carried unanimously. The general liability insurance bids which had been tabled at a past meeting, were opened by Ci ty l-k;Jr. Hardinge. Mrs. Pat Williams bid in the total amount of $2356.46, based on the bid notice as presented her, and Mr. John P. Smith bid which had been prepared from information contained in the expiring policy was in the total amount of $1354.95. Mrs. Williams bid would have a slight change due to the fact that the property damage had been changed from $1000 to $10000 after the bid notices went out. Both bids were based on payroll subject to audit. Acting Mayor Petrovich wondered if we couldn't appoint a conunittee to work with Mr. Hardinge on this and see what the difference is in these bids. I will make a motion that we table both bids for general liability insurance for further study, stated Clm. Durant. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. 1 1t";..... 1f:' ,". . L~J" ...,' f.u I I ~, '..i' 1 .J SEWARD, ALAE'KA REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 19, 1955 Continued A canvas of the people present started out with Mr. Clarence Lee who stated that he would like to see two alleys in this town made one-way. A person starts down one end of the alley and then someone like an oil truck comes up the other end and someone comes in behind and then a person is stuck for a couple of hours. Clm. stockton advised that if this request came before the City Mare.ger and he made a recommendation to the Chief of Police, he could look into the traffic congestion and perhaps it could be arranged. The general feeling was that Mr. Lee's suggestion has merit and that there should be regulations on parking in those alleys. The City l1;rr. stated that he would check into this with the Chief of Police. v~. T essendorf of the Alaska Railroad spoke concerning the change in the yards at Seward and their request that City abandon the east 100 feet of ~adison and Monroe Streets in favor of the Alaska Railroad. Clm. Durant inquired about the area near the small boat harbor and wondered whether the curve of the railroad corssing could be changed somewhat; however, Mr. Tessendorf explained that the switch down there prevented any change in the curve. Mr. Kielcheski was called to the council chambers and it was asked of him whether there would be any fire hazard :tixJnlJCkx<<x~xmarH in the railroad crossing being changed from "A" street to "C" Street. Fire-wise, there would be no hazard, Mr. Kielcheski stated; however, he felt that the City has always had a drainage problem down there and Mr. Tessendorf advised that this would be taken care of. Clm. Blair asked whether the area north of the small boat harbor could be filled in for part- ing space as a certain amount of parking space would be taken out of use with the change in the railroad crossing. Clm. Durant emphasized that this is direly needed inasmuch as it is always a congested area anyway during the summer season, and this next season would see even more activity down there. Acting Mayor Petrovich felt that the Railroad should take care of carrying the water line down and arrange for a fire plug, extend the existing sewage thru to tideland, fill in at the small boat harbor, and install three storm culverts to carry additional run off. Mr. Tessen. dorf stated that they would like to have a commitment as soon as possible so that they can call for bids not later than February. Clm. stockton made a motion that we instruct our City Attorney to proceed with the proceedings necessary for the al:endonrnentof the east 100 feet of Monroe and Madison Streets as requested by the Alaska Railroad. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unani. mously. renewal of The Alaska Railroad letter requesting/a blanket permit for handling of explosives was read, and Mr. Hardinge stated that until such time as the Coast Guard request is handled, he felt this permit should be renewed.h_ Clm. Hall stated that ~e thinks as Mr. Hardinge, and he felt that perhaps it would.\changed when the Coast Guard deal is completed. I move that we renew the present permit with the Alaska Rail- road regarding the handling of explosives, for a period of six months, beginning January I, 1956 to June 30, 1956, stated Clm. Durant. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. City Mgr. Hardinge presented each councilman with a list of proposed regulations regarding the licensing of taxicab companies, and a discussion on this was held. Clm. West stated that he was against any limiting of the number of cab companies allowed, and Clm. Hall felt that there should not necessarily be a limit to the number of cab companies. elm. West advised that there is presently a cab going around town, and has been for a couple of mont.'ls, which is not in compliance with the ordinance in that it has not printing on the door indicating that it is a cab. Clm. Hall stated that he thought we should make the limit of cab companies allowed at four rather than three. Clm. stockton felt that something should be donw to make it a little less attractive for another company and stated that there should be no parking spaces alloted on Fourth Avenue for cabs. Clm. Stockton asked if it was neceasary to bharge $1.00 per vehicle for inspection as proposed in the City 11gr. regulations, and it was decided that this should be deleted. Clm. West made a motion that: this proposition be tabled for our City Attorney and City Manager to get together and put this out in an enforceable regulation, and with paragraph 5 deleted. Seconded by Clm. Stockton, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. The bills for the month of November were read in the total amount of $7112.95, as follows: Airport Machinery $76.44, Alaska Telephone Corp. $43.75, Alaska Stationers $37.89, Anchorage Oxygen Co. $12.50, Andy's Oil $172.20, Ballou & Wright $385.44, Bay City Motors $12.50, Craig Taylor Equipt. $76.15, Geo. F. Cake Co. $36.59, Bob Freeman $60.00, H. T. Harstad Assoc. $627.00, Kenai Co-op $91.12, Leski Bros. $7.98, Miro-Flex Co. $54.00, Northern Commercial Co. $97.79, Paulsteiner $17.00, Pettibone Corp. $47.58, Petty Cash $32.34, Rays Oil $357.25, Rutledge-Johnston-Tryck $800.00 on account, Seward Builders $11.20, Seward Clinic $16.00, Seward Drug $1.25, Seward Electric $914.30, Seward Hardware $8.90, Seward Machine Shop $86.70, Seward Plumb- ing & Heating $21.00, Seward Trading $10.33, Seward Water Dept. $475.00, Frank Spadaro $45.15, Standard Oil $293.18, Norbert W. Swoboda $78.19, U. S. Commissioner 14 SEWARD, ALABKA REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 19, 1955 (Continued) $13.50, Werner's Market $8.00, Pat Williams $1967.89, Win Ervin Motors $2.15, and Yukon Equipt. $53.55. The bill from H. T. Harstad Assoc. was questioned and it was asked if the City now had a permanent topog record on the school and armory one area and Mr. Southatd advised that only/copy had been made and it was not in the City's possession. The Geo. F. Cake bill for photo flash bulbs and film was questioned and Mr. Hardinge explained that that was the one that Chief Seymour had stated was yet to come. Acting Mayor Petrovich asked if Seymour wasn't carrying this a lettl$ too far in this taking of pictures and finger printing and Clm. Durant stated that Roscoe Harrell had been printed and photo taken and also the Police Dept. had had some difficulty with the F.B.I. when they(Bapi~e had requested copies for their files. I would like to make a motion that the bills be paid as read, with the exception of the Seward Electric bill in the amount of $914.30, the Seward Vater Dept. bill in the amount of $475.00 and the H. T. Harstad bill in the amount of $627.00, stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. West. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Letter from the Alaska Telephone Corp. was read wherein it was stated that they would be unable to meet the Seward payroll and they requested aid in some manner from the City. Letter from Mr. Cottis of Hellenthal & Hellenthal was also read. It was felt that Mr. Hardinge should contact Hellenthal and he was instructed to do so and find whether Mr. Hellenthal felt it would be all right to grant the Alaska Telephone Company a raise in rates. It was felt, if Hellenthal ok'd it, that it would be best to let the present company raise their rates just enough to cover the Seward Payroll only, not any other City, rather than to have the City take it over. "I think as soon as the City Manager knows something, the Mayor should be notified so that we can go ahead and have a special meeting,.stated Clm. Hall. Letter from City Mgr. to Virgil Crosby of the Fish & Wildlife Service was read relative a rat control program for Seward. Letter was read from James W. Huston regarding the Seward Hospital project and changes in plans. Letter was read from Alaska Pest Control in regard to a rat control pr~Jram for ct total co>'! I: "f $819.00. No action taken. Clm. Petrovich stated that as f, n,minder, they will want to know whether word has been received from Hr. Crosby or from Gateway Drug relative the pest control and procurement of wharfarin. Meeting adjourned at 12:19 P.M. APPROVED: -~.--.- Acting Mayor Ii/ex Pefrol;''-;' ATI'Esr: ~kd- i ty Cl;;rk --- ---.-- -----..._-- ----------. ---. --. ------ SEWARD, ALAS::A Regular Meeting .January 3, 1956 The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:05 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the chai r. Present were Clm. Blai r, Hall, Petrovich, Stockton and West. Clm. Durant arrived at 9:30 P.M. elm. stockton de~rted at approximately 8:20 P.M. tild returned at 9:10 P.M. Also present City Mgr. Hardinge and City Attorney Tyner. In regard to old buainess and the general lia.bility insurotnce bida, Cim. West in- quired where the payroll audit report enters into thia and he stated that Mr. Smith. also had asked him about this. It was stated that both Mr. Smith and Pat Williams had stated in their bids that the premium was in part based on payroll audit reports and for this reason subject to change. A discussion was held on Whether or not the City was insured as far as Foster Bros. were concerned and no one seemed to be sure about this; however it was repQrted that Pat Williams is checking on this and will advise the Utility office as soon as she finds out. Mr. Smith will report at a later date ooncerning his bid on the general liability inaurance. It was repQrted that Mr. Rettig had phoned and stated that he had been unable to make it on the plane today tild he plans to be in Seward on Thursday, Jtiluary 5th, at which time a meeting would be called unless further word is received from him. I .l"'..... )~ ~~,'~ ~~ I I \, " J: ~} SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meeting January 3, 1956 (Continued) George Gallway reported that he hlid oome tonih to see libout the grader plowing the lilleys at Clear View, and that Mr. Southard had expldned why this was not being done. Mr. Southard explained thlit there are lic::tuillly no alleys in the Clelir View addition. When this plat was filed, there was li 20 foot easment for utilities and until the people out there peti Hon the City to use the grader out there, the City should not go out there as this is not a right-of-way. The lots extend to the middle of that 20 foot utilities easment and no one wants the snow put on his lot. Clm. West stated that he felt the City should make an effort to get this straightened out rather thiln leave it up to the people. The City Attorney advised th..t a right of way or ea8lD!!nt could be obtliined if every indivifiual signed a petition, however, if one person refused to sign, that would stop everything un- less the oity oondemned. She continued thAt the Ci ty should start te try to get a right-of-way out there by going first to the lien holden. Clm. Hall asked Mr. Galloway if it would be elisier for him to collect the garbage in the lilleys, and Mr. GallCDwilY advised that it would, that to go in eaoh indiv iduill 's driveway would take more time ard besides the little car ports is not a good place to store gilrbage. Clm. Petrovich moved that the oity Manager be instructed to correspord with Hickle -and Commonwealth with regards to a permanent lilley for utilities for health and sanitation purposes. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried uIUmimou sl y . Sam Romack reported to the Council thilt he hild been SUllllloned to appelir in Magistrate's Court, along with three or four others, in regard to moving the oil drums frOlll some lIfxlti:JI property to a point ten feet away from the house. He stabed that the others had been granted time to mOTe theirs, however he had been informed that his oil drums had to be moved by January 15th. He conti'nued that he was not looking for special consideration,- only that he be treated as the other people were, and that it was very difficult to move the drums at this time of year and it had already cost him the price of an hot water heater which had broken in an attempt to move the drums. Mayor Anthony stated that the Council is not an appeal board for the Magi strata's Court and he i nqu ired whether Mr. Romack had been advhed on other ocoasions to move the drums. Mr. ROlIliick stated that he had, but that the ordinance had never been enforced. Mr. Kielcheski stated that he felt thiit Mr. Romack was finiilnoially lible to mO'f'e the drums and that the reason he had been rushed WiilS thAt his oil drums set right on the poroh ilnd every time they are filled there is some overfl<J.o1 which gets into the wood and oreates a definite fire hazard. Mr. Kieldheski advised thi. t he had informed t he Council a long ti me ago libout the numerous Tio1ations of the fire ordinance concerning oil drums too close to houses and the Council had ohose to put it off and it finally was forgotten entirely. City MIr. Hardinge suggested that we set a date of June 1st tel have all U"se tanks in to.rn moTed back and then set down on those who have not moved ~ glJnAnthony Hall stated that we oan't overrule the IIIlI.gistn.te though, and it was stiltitd7t~t Mr. Romd::oase would have to lair go back for repeal to the Magistrate. Clm. West asked if it wasn't time that a time limit was set on hooking up to the sewer. Mr. Southard stilted that at the time the planning and zoning Ordinance is adopted, a time could be inserted in that. Th. request from Alaska Steamship Company that their explosives permit be renewed for a six months' period came uP. and Mayor Anthony felt that it should be made a matter of record that a wire had been sent to the Coast Guard and we extend or renew this permit. A lenqhhy discussion was held on this and it was explained that it had been necessary to oall the Councilmen and tlike their votes in order to wire the Coast Guard in time for the ship to be loaded in Seattle. Mr. Petrovich was not reached by phone as there was no linswer, and Mr. Wewtwas out of tcwn, however, the other councilmen had been contaoted lind each had stated they would T~te ye* for the renewal. Mr. M&erney stated that the Chlilllber of CoImtlerc~ had gone into quite deh.n in obtaining data regarding the mOTement of explodves, ilnd that this in- formation would be aTanahle should any of the Counoilmen or City administrators desire to look it over. "1 will make the motion that this permit be issued to the Alaslc. Stemnship COlllpliny for six months for up to 100 tons and then if we change, we oan notify them," stlitad Clm. Blair. I will vote for it if you put in there that if any changes be made, they will be gi yen 30 days' notice, stated Clm. West, where- upon Mayor Anthony inquired if that wouldn't be .nother piece of business. Clm. West stated that it oould be. Clm. Blair's motion WliS seconded by C1m. Stockton. Vote, Clm. Blair, Yes; Durant, Yes; &11, Yes; Petrovich, No, Stockton, Yes; West, Yes. Motion carried. The Eleotric Utility Bond Ordinance #261 was carried over to the end of the agen<H for reading. It was brought out that Attorney Thorgrimson and Mr. Sheppard of Grande Co., Inc. hoped to hilTe the bond i ..sue ready by February 1st; and on ohecking the Ordinanoe concerning rules of passing Ordinanoes, the City Attorney it) SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meet in;j' January 3. 1956 (Continued) pointed out that the Ordinance could enly be read at regular meetings unless the rules be suspended, and on this basis, the earliest this Ordina.nce could be pe;ssed and a.pproved would be February 6. 1956. Clm. StQckton suggested that perhaps the City Clerk could be instructed to write the Attorney and advise him that the earliest di.te the ordinance could be passed would be the first Mondi.y in February. Clm. Petrovich II\llde a motion that Ordin~nce #261 be read at the end of the meetinq. See>>nded by Clm. stockton. All in fa.vor. motion carried unanimously. Next item of business was the Term Warrant No.2 in the amount .f $60.000.00 t. cover the following bills: H. T. Harstad & Asso~. $12.208.34. Line Material Co. $40.275.79. Graybar Electric Co. $4.059.00 and misc. bills $813.95. Clm. stockton inquired whether it was possible to get a breakdown on the Harstad bill and Mr. Hardin;j'e stated that he could get it. but it would have to come from the Utilities office. Clm. Stockton continued that he wu hopin;1 that the Utility Board does get a breakdown before recommendixq to the Council and it was pointed out that the bills are right there for them to look at. Clm. West suggested that a copy of each bill be sent up here so that if there is any question. we have a copy right here te show what it is for. Clm. Durant aho IIUWested that we arrive at a stand&rd wording far the motions necessary in connection ~th the authorization (If term warrc:mts. A lengthy discussion was held on the progress of the pole line construction and Mr. Jay Carroll and Murl Trevethan gave pertinent facts on this. The Council again reiterated that they desired progress reports. which had been promised every two weeks, and Mr. Carroll stated that with the s:nall amount of work thit had been done, he didn't think there WilS any prGgress report necessary; however, he would have them far the Council hereafter. It was also stated that the Council wanted 1llOre information on the bill. in connection with the issuance of term warrants. and if copies could be sent that weuld take Cilre of any questions. It was pointed out thit the Council desired t. have the breakdown on the Harstad bill in the amount of $12,208.34 .swell as the misc. bills in the amount of $813.95, aOO it Was thought to ta.ble action on the term warrant until this information was sul:::mitted. However, since the term warrant sheuld have been brought before the last regular meeting of the Council aOO was already delayed, it was suggested that the warrant be approved and the breakdaorn be qi ven at a later date on the bills. Clm. Durant stated, -I make a motion that Term Warrant No. 2 dated January 5. 1956, in the amount of $60,000.00 be approved by the City Council for progreaa payments on the Electric Utility Construction.- Seconded by Clm. West. Vote - Clm. Blair, Yes; Durant. Yes; Hall, Yes; Petrovich. Yes; Stockton, Yes; West. Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Clm. Petrovich moved for discussion that we be given il balance statement of what is in the warrant or construction fund so that we know what the remaining billance is. Clm. Petrovich then moved that the H. T. Harstad bill in the amount of $12,208.24 and the misc. bills in the amount of $813.95 be withheld until full explanation. Seconded ~ Clm. West, all in favor. motion carried unanimously. Mr. CarrCllll inquired whose responsibility is it for colleoting all the information the Council wants. and it was pointed out that the City Manager should see that this is done. A lengthy discussion was held on just what the Council dem res in connection with approval of the term warrants, and it was pointed out that they wanted a progress report periodically and it was stated earlier that they would have such every two weeks. The progress report should include the man hours, it was felt. They also wanted complete breakdowns on the bills for payment out of the term warrant money. Mr. Carroll inquired if he was to undersh.nd that the Counoil could overrule on payment of the bills, when the Utility Board had already approved them, and it was shted that they could not; however, it was up to them to authorize issuance of the Term Warrants and thcrewould be trouble on that if they did not get the breakdowns on the bills. Letter dated December 23, 1955 fram James W. Huston, Director of APW. was read relative to re-activating the Seward Street Paving Project No. Ada 50-A-182. Also. to refresh the CounCilmen's minds on this, City Mgr. Hardinge read letters from 8PW dated February 24, 1953 and March 18, 1955. This project would include curbs, gutters and storm guards and paving in downtown Third, Fourth and Fifth Avenue and paving for two blocks on Railroad Avenue and Adams Street. Mayor Anthony asked what is the recOIIlIIIendation of our City Manager, whereupon Mr. Hardinge stated that lis recommendation naor is to turn it over to the City Attorney-- you have to decide whether you want to make this 2/3 assesallent or 100"/. assessment. Clm. stockton stated that whatever the right channel is, let's get on that right channel and stick with it. Clm. Petrovich stated that we have to get on the grades and"as I remember7 he continued,-We tabled the hori~ontal and vertical qrades until such time al5 we got a Master Plan for the City. I think we should get started on the Master Plan just as faat as possible,- I am for paving completely. but I don't want something that will have to be dug up in a month or a year.- "Our instructions to the City Manager is to go ahead with all speed on the appli. cation for a Master Plan, stated Mayor Anthony. " and I think we should go ahead and activate the paving project. What instructions does the City Attorney require?- i ,",' ~ ~ SEWARD, ALA3:A Regular Meeti ng January 3, 1956 Continued I The City Attorney advised that the Council coold pass an ordinance for this paving and can assess up to 100%, and in this respect, she read from the Territorial Statu.es Book which stated that if objections were made by fifty per cent of the benefi ted residents, the City could then revise the plans and suanit again to the people. Another way, would be by petition of the people to be benefited, in which case 2/3 assessment would be applicable. Clm. West asked what the City Manager would recommend and Mr. Hardinge stated that any place he had been, it had been done by ordinance, and in this way it did not have to be 100'7. assessment. Clm. Stockton stated, "1 am presuming that Mr. Hardinge has had previous experience, and perhlJPS he knows this better than any of us." Mr.. Brosius spoke and advised that as she recalled. the reason the petition failed the last time was that the indivi- duals did not know the cost and the terms of payment were pretty stiff. City l<k;Jr. Hardinge stated that this was submitted on a ten-year basis. but he thought we could get this changed to a twenty-year term. He continued that he was in favor of 2/3 assessment and lett ing the Capital Improvement fund finance the other 1/3. Everyone will use it. but the individuals whose property fronts on the street will be paying the 2/3 and the rest of the people will be paying their share for the use of it. I move that an ordinance be drafted and consider paving on a 2/3 - 1/3 basis. stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. t'he Cit y Attorney advised that she beleived that the statutes are more clear and better by Ordinance than by petition. On a vote. Clm. Blair. yes; Durant, yes; Hall, yes; Petrovich, yes; Stockton, yes; and West, yes. Motion carried unanimously. I A petition from the Cooper Landin;r-Quartz Creek area, with 53 signatures. was read, wherein it was requested that the City of Sewllrd request the U. S. Forest Service to amend their permit to eliminate from Mile 32 to Henton's Lodge area from the permit so that REA will process and approve the application of Kenai Co-op 17. Mr. Hal Gilfillen stated that Art Schroeder is representing the Kenai Lake Co-op and is a member of the C.A.P.A. also. and the people on this petition are trying to get C.A.P.A. to take over from Mile 32 to Henton's Lodge. They are trying to get you to give away what you have attained and let C.A.P.A. get in, continued Mr. Gilfillen. City Mgr. stated that if they can get this pepition thru. they will never sell us the Moose Pass plant. If we go ahead with what I recommended on the Moose Pass plant, that line can be extended. Mayor Anthony asked, "Why don't we acknowledge receipt of this petition and table any consideration until the special meeting with the Kenai Lake men?" "1 will make that motion that we ack- nowledge receipt of the pet! tion of the Cooper Landing-Quartz Creek residents and that this will betaken up at the j oint meeting of Kenai Lake Co-op and others concerned." Stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. West. All in favor. motion carried unanimously. City Mgr. Hardinge reported that a telephone call had been received from ~ttorney Hellenthal and he had recommended that the Ci ty approach the Seward Alaska Telephone Corp. and offer to buy the system for approximately $15.000 - $20.000., arrl to let him know and he would go into it further with Mr. Bauler. A letter was on the way to futther explain Hellenthal's recommendation. and it was agreed to table any action on this until receipt of that letter. possibly in time for action at the special meeting on Thursday. January 6th. Bill from ACS received too late for reading with the other NoveIliber bills was read in the amount of $31.95. "I move that the ACS bill for MoveIliber in amount of $31.95 be paid-, stated Clm. Durant. Seconded by Clm. West. All in favor. motion carri<!d unanimously. Bill from the Health Council in the amount of $2.54 was read. "1 move the bill from the Health Council be paid". stated Clm. stockton. Seconded by Clm. Durant. all in favor. motion carried unanimously. I The Police report was read from by City l<k;Jr. Hardinge and Clm. Hall and Stockton felt that if the policemen are working 78 hours average per week, this should be looked into. It was stated that perhaps this included time when men just put in time when they had nothing else to do, and the Clm. felt that if this was the case. it should bE not be included in a report, only actual working time. If they want to do that, it is all right, but they should not make it look: like they are required to work that number of hours. A letter from Virgil Crosby. Fish & Wildlife Agent , &dated December 20.1955. was read wherein he replied to the December 13th letter from Mr. Hardinge, relative to the rat control program. Mr. Crosby reported that he had been out to the dump arrl had not observed the number of rats that are supposed to exist out there, however, he was referring our letter to the Mammal Control Division in Anchorage. Letter dated December 27. 1955 from H. T. Harstad was read regarding the Moose Pass 1 p SEWARD, ALA::KA Regular Meeting January 3, 1956 Continued System. Mayor Anthony asked if it was thought that we should authorize Harstad to be up here for that meeting with Kenai Co-op and Marlin stewart, and Clm. Petrovich felt he should be up here and Clm. Hall stated that if it is to be charged to the project, he thought we should have him. Clm. stockton stated that he would prefer a little meeting with Mr. Harstad before the special meetib; with Kenai, and City Mgr. Hardinge stated that he would recoll1ItEnd that Mr. Harstad by here. "I move that we ask Mr. Harstad to be here for the meeting with the Kenai Co-op and we would like to have him here the day before, stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion oarried unanimously. Ordinance #261 was introduced and read in its entirety for the first time by the City Clerk,"an~ ORDINANCE of the City of Seward, Alaska, confirming the result of a special election held therein on February 23, 1955 for the adoption of a plan authorizing the city to construct aId install certain addi tions and improvements to and extensions of its electric utility system and to issue its electric utility revenue bonds in the principal sum of not to exoeed $3,500,000 to pay the cost thereof, authorizing the issuance of $300,000 of such bonds to provide funds to carry out part of said plan of improvements and to pay costs incidental thereto, fixing the date, form, terms and maturities of said bonds to be issued, creating a fund for the paynent of the principal thereof and interest thereon and a Reserve Account, adopting certain covenants and protective features safe<juarding the pay- ment of such principal and interest, and confirming the sale of said bonds." Mayor Anthony stated '"!his is the first reading of Ordinance #261." Meeting adjourned at 12:40 A.M. A TrEST : ~~l~ 91 ty Cle rk 4!J~ /1~ APPROVED: i ' L. --nAIi GILBERT C. ANTIDNY, ~YOR SEWARD, ALASKA - - - - - - - - - Special Meeting - -January 5, 1956 A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:04 P.M. for the purpose of the Audit report with Mr. Rettig, discussion of the Utilities bills, the Side walk Ordinance No. 80, and the Budget Report of 1955-56. Mayor Anthony in the ohair. Present were Clm. Hall, Petrovich, Stockton and West. Also present were Utility Board members Steear, Turner, Trevethan and Painter. Mr. Rettig asked if everyone had read the report and were they familiar with it, or would anyone like to have him go thru it and then ask questions as they arose. It was decided to start at the beqinning and Mr. Rettig began by reading the letter and in regard to the Special Assessnent Fund, Mr. Rettig stated that fran information that has come to them in other localities, they had been advi sed that interest charged for local improvement assessments is not legal in the territory. "We are not attempt- ing to give you a legal opinion on it at all,- we are merely calling it to your attention so that you can take it up with your attornies," continued Mr. Rettig. In regard to the next paragraph of the letter, Mr. Rettig stated that the $12,087. amount paid for the grader should be set up in this years' budget. In regard to the last paragraph wherein it stated that it was not practicable to confirm the amount shown as unimproved real estate, Mr. Rettig stated that that is a carry-over figure from prior years and the records at least that they were able to find were not clear as to acquisition, title dates, etc. Clm. Hall asked if that last paragraph in the letter did not deteriorate from the audit~, whereupon Mr. Rettig replied that he was merely saying that we have not confirmed those items and he believed it would be in order to investigate the real estate holdings that are available for resale. Clm. Durant arrived at 8:35 P.M. Mr. Rettig stated that his main reconunendation would be that periodic reports be given co.cerning the status of the accounts. Also, in regard to the Sewer Fund, the City is going to have to start making appropriations to that fund in the amount of approximately $5,000.00 each year in order to build that fund up for the City's share so that it won't all fall in a lump at sorne later date. Mayor Anthony asked if the City was collecting interest from the bank on the money in the bank on the special assessment fund, and it was pointed out that it is not; however, Mr. Rettig stated that he thought sure that especially if the City would I ",..-.< ", L:;J I I 119 SEWARD, ALASKA Special Meeting January 5, 1956 Continued start paying their share into it, that ten to fi fteen thousand could be put into a time deposit and collect interest. Mayor Anthony then asked Mr. Rettig if we were overlooking any possible source of income that some other cities have, and wondered about a payroll tax. Mr. Rettig stated that he had never heard of a munici~al income tax or payroll tax and questioned that it was legally possible. In regards to the payment in lieu of taxes from the Utili ties system, Mayor Anthony asked if the auditor would recognize that as an obligation of the Utilities, and Mr. Rettig stated that he thought they would have to refer to it as a contingency. '~f the Utility Board shows a favorable balance at the end of the year, isn't it customary to transfer that to the City's general fUnd," asked Clm. Petrovich. Mr. ~ettig stated that he could refer you to the City of Anchorage and they do make contributions to the general fUnd out of the utility revenues. However, the last audit report, which we dbd not make, continued Mr. Rettig, took exception to it, in this manner, in that they were unable to obtain a legal opinion as to the legality of the contribution of the Utilities to the City's general fUnd.I feel there is nothing illegal about it,- the operations of the utilities are geared with the anticipation of contributing to the general fUnd, stated Mr. Rettig. I believe in this City, however, the utilities are not geared to making a contribution to the City. The utilities operations are geared to not anticipating a tax load or a payment in lieu of taxes and for that reason, the utility rates can be as they now are, but if they were moving back to a private utility, if everything else were equal, I am sure the private utility would be paying taxes. It was brought out then that our rates are already high and we are already paying the second highest rate in the Territory. Mayor Anthony then pointed out that we had decided on some of the utility bills to acknowledge the bills, but not pay them and we would be delinquent and get back our payment in lieu of taxes that way, whereupon Mr. Rettig stated that in 1953 he thought that the utility, before interest and depreciation produces approximately 61 or 68 thousand dollars net income, and in 1954 about $"18,000. the bonding ordinance requires that figure to be 1-1/2 times the annual average bond service requirements and at the present time, with the current $300,000. the bond requirements would be about ~P6, 000. per year, w!"1i.ch exceeds the 1953 income and is just barely under the 1954 income, so take that into considera- tion in your figuring this, insofar as your bonding ordinance is concerned. He continued that it looked as though the City is faced with the possibility of a reduction in service to the public as the fUnds are not available unless you increase the taxes or increase the utiiliity rates. A di scussion was held on the possi1:ilityof a school distri ct bringing in more money, and it was pointed out that it would be necessary to have a vote of the people outside the City limits to see whether they wanted an independent school district. The budget for 1955-56 was then taken up and elm. Hall asked how much it would save us if we operated with one policeman less. It was answered that we could save approximately $5,000 a year, or $2500 now since half of the year is already gone. Clm. stockton was then asked what he thought on this, since he was more familiar with the fUnctions of the Police Dept., and he stated that the only recommendation he could say would be to check the police log and see whether they are busy or not. Clm. Durant made a motion that we reduce the police budget by $5,000, and after further discussion, elm. Durant withdrew his motion and it was felt that one motion for the budget in its entirety, could be made. A cut of three to five thousand dollars was suggestedxxt%X for the police department. The Street Dept. figures were then considered and a cut of approximately $3,000 was suggested for that department. In regards to the amount set up for a City Attorney, Mayor Anthony suggested that we leave that money in, but do away with retaining a City Attorney and just retain one as we need one. Clm. Hall asked why not have the City Mgr. talk to her and wee what can be worked out, and Clm. Blair thought if we go to her and tell her that something has to be done, we could see how she felt about it. Mayor Anthony then asked if the $10,000. for the insurance would be enough to cover everything, and City Mgr. Hardinge stated that he was a little optimistic about that. Mayor Anthony stated he believed we should have a special meeting on insurance. elm. Stockton then stated that he suggested a cut of $500.00 from the hospital maintenance, and appropriate that same amount to the Library Board. Clm. Stockton then stated that we have $2500.00 that went into a tennis court here and he wondered if Mr. Hardinge knew anything about that and continued if they don't want to do anything, they should give '2 ~! SEWARD, ALASKA Speci_al Meeting January 5, 1956 Continued it back. It was pointed out that that amount had been appropriated, but had never been paid. On continuing thru the revenue anticipated, it was thought that there was approximately $5400 over estimated for rental of property, and with the $7500.00 in lieu of taxes shown, this made apprOXimately $12,000.00 over- estimated revenue. With regard to the Sales Tax City Mgr. Hardinge pointed out that this fUnd would be deficient $20,000. this year and in addition to the $11,000. deficiency of last year, this would make $31,000. It was agreed that something must me done about this and it was felt that an educational program should be started and then if the payments did not start coming in, the enforcement should then start. Mr. Hardinge stated that he would start with an announcement over the radio. It was then brought out that Mrs. stoeckle of the Ntbbby Club had inquired as to the possibility of paying the cabaret license quarterly rather than have to payout the $500.00 all at once. No definite action taken, although it was felt that that would be all right. The Utility bills were then taken up, and Clm. Stockton moved that we pay our water bills now on hand. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, with the exception of Clm. Hall who voted no. Motion carried. Clm. Blair moved that we table consideration of Ordinance No. 80. Seconded ~I Clm. Petrovich, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. City Mgr. Hardinge was asked to look into this in the meantime and perhaps he and the City Attorney could see how this ordinance could be changed. Meeting Adjourned at 1:18 A.M. ATrEST: d:hZL ~~ ,- ~-_.- --.. . ./ City Clerk APPROVED:#iJiulvd, /ll il''''<1 J/ · GILBERT f.':-i.'ifMjrtifMKiOR SEWARD, ALACKA - - - Special Meeting - - - -January 13, 1956 A special meeting of the Council and the Utility Board was called to order at 8:25 P.M. for the purpose of a discussion with Kenai Lake Electric Assoc. and Marlin Stewart relative the sale of the Moose Pass Plant to Seward. Mayor Anthony in the Cahir. Present were Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich, stockton and West, also Utility Board members Myers, Painter, Steear, Trevethan and Turner, and City Manager Hardinge and City Attorney Tyner. Mr. Stewart was presented and started out ~ saying that about all he knew about it 'Ices hack sometime ago when they began to talk about development of the Lakes on the Kenai, - that was about in 1949 or 1950. Then the City of Seward got interested in some of the projects down there and I guess they filed and then we filed,- that is how we got interested in the electrical business down this way continued Mr. stewart. Anyway, Estes BrolS. came or called me at Anchorage and they had had a couple propositions from the Kenai Lake Co-op to purchase their plant and they had talked to the Ci ty of Seward about purchasing their plant wi th no results so he wanted to know if we would be interested in purchasing it. Of course, CEA is not and they will certainly never cross the Arm and serve anything, continued Mr. Stewart, and I told him that CEA is not and he came back to me at a later date and told me that Seward was still not interested in it and possibly would not have the money to do it, 80 I talked to three or four others in our office and we talked about buying it and letting the Kenai Lake Assoc. operate it. We did that and in the meantime we talked to the Kenai Lake boys and agreed to turn it over to them, if we were able to purchase i t,on a five year lease or option to purchase and in that way we hoped to get them in business. So we have turned it over to them ard they have five years, or they can caneel it at any time. My only interest in this is to see that the people out there are served,- I don't personally care if Seward serves them or Kenai serves them, - all we want back out of it is what we have in it. That would go as far as I am concerned, I would sell to the City of Seward if the Kenai Lake Co-op does not want ti: to go ahead with it or if they are not able to go ahead with it. We figure we were doing the Estes Bros. a favor and the people in the area a favor, and that is about all I know about anything, and I will answer any questions, and I 1...."'1' ~ {"". "-.~ " '.1 ~' ~-:: ,~ LrJ I I "I e(; , SEWARD, ALAfj(A Special Meeting January 13, 1956 Continued we have Mr. Riggs and Mr. Vance Clinton here and they are part owners in this, ended Mr. Stewart. Mr. Hardinge then spoke and said, "There is one tbing, anyone from Moose Pass who happens to be here, and who were at the meeting wi t h Estes Bros., and we offered Estes cash for that plant and he said that he could not sell it as Stewart Assoc. had an option on it. That plant was bought after our Forest Service permit was issued to Mile 57.'" ..It wasn't exactly an option, rot we had to have tiIre to raise the money as well as to look into the legal part," stated Mr. stewart, "and it took us the fifteen days to do that. We were told at least two days liefore that that he carne back down here to Seward and tried to get you people to buy it and he said you people weren't interested. I think it is up to the City Council and the people of the area and the Kenai Lake Co-op Board as to what to do with it, "continued Mr. Stewart. Clm. Durant then asked, "The Co-op has a five-year lease with an option to buy and you still exercise the right to sell over them?" Mr. Stewart replied that it would be up to the Co-op, the Board,- as far as we are concerned, we will let them sell to anybody, at least I would.'" Mayor Anthony then said, -We have a Forest Service Permit and are starting in good faith and we will get out to Moose Pass and as our Engineer told us, it is customary to buyout the installations along the way. Now the Plant I[ has been bought and now we heard you wanted to sell the plant and that is the purpose of this meeting, but now it appears that that is all wrong. Mr. Harstad then stated," I believe, Mr. Stewart, the City of Seward made a commi tment connected with the Forest Service Permit, that the work would be done in three steps, the first being to Mile 8, the second to Moose Pass which I think is in 1956, and the third I believe would fall in the following year. There is no particular point in going behind in this thing, but the purchase of the Moose Pass System is included in the plan of Seward and if you have a plan, I am sure that they would entertain this proposal. It is completely in line with the City of Seward's program and when I was called to come up to this meeting, it was supposedly for the purpose of discussing the purchase of the Moose Pass plant, now if tbat isn't what this meeting is for and you have a plan to offer, I think we should take it up. If you want to sell the~.j.ct,I think they are interested in examining the program." -We got the impression, stated Mayor Anthony, that when Mr. Hardinge was up in Anchorage, that you would be willing to sell the plant,- it isn't something that we would normally do right now, but if you have something to offer, I am sure we will want to consider it.'" WWe can't sell it, stated Mr. Stewart, "as long as they have an option, unless they want to sell." wrou didn't say any- thing about an option when I was up there, stated City M;rr. Hardinge, "you said they were running it, but you didn't say anything about an option", where- upon Mr. Stewart replied,'" I told you they were running it, and you have to have some sort of an agreement." "The agreement with Estes Bros. was on about the 5th of September'" and someone f rom the people present called out that the agreement made wi th Kenai Lake Co-op was about the 20th of September. Mr. Harstad then said, '"Whatever you did was in full knowledge of circumetances at the time'", and Mr. Stewart replied, "I don't believe we did." Mr. Rutherford then mentioned that regarding the proposal for Moose Pass, if it was intended at all, he had seen no reference to it in the preliminary report and it was pointed out to Mr. Rutherford that it was in there, on page 22. Utili ty Board Member Painter then stated that he would like to state that at the time Estes Bros. were here, they told us that when st_arl's option was up, they would not offer any more options, it would be for cash. It was impossible for the City of Seward to tie it up. Clm. Durant asked Mr. stewart if he had checlced with the Forest Service on the permit issued to Seward aDd Mr. Stewart stated they had talked with Mr. Swo!:d who had absolutely refused to say anything about it. "Would you infer that there has been one permit issued on top of another one," asked Clm. Durant, and Mr. stewart replied, "In that area, yes." {) i) ...' 1...-' SEWARD, ALASKA Special Meeting January 13, 1956 Continued Mr. Schroeder then spoke and stated, "The intent of Kenai Lake Co-op, myself and other people here, and Mr. Marlin Stewart whoIinvited,Mr. Rutherford, Mr. 'Block,- we came down here with the understanding that we would get a consideration of the petition we sent to the Council. That was the intent and purpose of this meeting that I was led to 'believe. I didn't know anything about the sale of the Moose Pass Plant, continued Mr. Schroeder, and we are ill prepared to discuss that since it was unbeknownst to us. The subject at hand which we are all interested in is the distribution,- I think that is tr.e subject at hand to be considered. "Our service is set out in the Forest Service Permit" stated Mayor Anthony, and Mr. Schroeder stated, "It is also sta~~a 1BuY8ubePr~~~~ ~aat by petition the City of Seward may be petitioned and/H' tnere is more t~an 50% of the people who wish to have distribution fram some e1se,- we elected to do this, so that another Agency can build that portion out there rather than wait until 1958 or 1959~" UtilityBoard Member Painter then asked Mr. Schroeder "What exactly are the plans of the Co-op now if Seward relinquishes its plan for that Section? How far have your plans gone and your loan progress if you do get this section?" Mr. Schroeder replied, "If the right of way is released to us, we will be i,n a position to apply for a loan and tie in with Moose Pass Plant." Mayor Anthony stated, "It is too bad we had this misunderstanding about the intent and purpose of this meeting, but we certainly have a disagreement as to why we are here and why we invited our Engineer up here at such a cost. We understood it written into the agreement as a release of our bond agreement if 50% of the residents out there do not want our service. I don't believe there x is any ~ lDJn'X~ plan with any of our body to give up any of our permi t. " "There is one fact which you must face~ stated Clm. Durant,~hich Mr. Sheppard stated that unless we had a firm commitment of sale of power, he could not give us any more money. I don't think we can look aWBlf from it,- it is our moral obligation. " Mr. Harstad stated, "As far as I am concerned, we have a project which we are proceeding on and I have made certain recommendations which have been adopted and it is progressing in good faith and on time alloted and in keeping wi th Forest Service permits, and in time it wEl progress to Cooper Landing. At same time, if you have a source of poweraat Cooper Landing and you want to come down here or if you are about to have a source of power, let's put it that way, and you want to come down here and say that contracts have been let and you would like to see it, I am sure that my client would be charitable to the case. You will get a forthright acceptance, but there is nothing except ideas so far. tlr. Schroeder then asked, "How could we get any financing or anyone to finance it so long as Seward has the permit. It is just as much impossible for anyone in Cooper Landing to'finance or build a plan before we have a program or a con- sideration from Seward that you don't intend or probably never will servie the Kenai Lake area. Mr. Stewart stated that when this had started sever people got together and they all agreed on this transmission line and Cooper Lake project and they also agreed the Kenai Lake Co-op would be in on the project,- the loan was ready to be signed by the REA Administrator and it was jerked right out when the City started their bond issue. I think this goes away back,- I think the Kenai Lake Co-op started this even before the City of Seward thought of it. I think you better review the whole history of it, continued Mr. Stewart. Mr. Riggs then stated that"he happened to have attended a meeting last May and acted for CAPA and the thing I am a little bit disturbed about is there is li ttle honor among thievest' -- ''1 ob!j.ect to that, called out Clm. Hall and other Clm. also took exception to this,-. ~t seems that it has been brought out, continued Mr. Riggs, that we went out and bought that Moose Pass Plant to deter Seward." At the same time this meeting was held we introduced into the record a map which we felt would do the greatest amount of good in that area and the City was invited to Join hands and make the over-all feasibility of that area. T think that whatever is good for Seward is good for Anchorage, Moose Pass, Homer and anyplace else. Not community against community and neighbor against neighbor and as one of the owners of Moose Pass I would not lend my signature to any chicanery of that sort." Mr. Harstad asked why don't you proceed with your program and let Seward proceed with theirs. If you and those involved in Moose Pass do not wish to sell Moose Pass, then we will proceed with what we have. It hasn't altered anything I ~'~".) ';l.'" /,... ~ "('::-..J., \_1.J I I ') ", ;'~I ~ SEWAR.D, ALASKA SPEC!AL MEETING January 13, 1956 Continued yet and at the same time, Seward has reiterated its position of following their program, with going ahead and buying Moose Pass Plant. Block the logical consequence of this thing, I am sure that it is not ~going to deter Seward. The logical development of this thing is for Seward to serve Moose Pass. Whether or not Seward Purchases Moose Pass as such is not going to materially change what they do on the Crescent Lake line. Mr. Painter again asked Mr. Schroeder how far their plans have gone and Mr. Schroeder advised that the Kenai Lake Co-op is operatIng on a five dollar membership and there were no funds available to print volumes of books and the consumers were satisfied that we had worked up a feasibility that the REA re- quired and there was no report printed and we are not capable of making a report buy you will very well remember from then and since, Kenai Lake Board looked forward to obtainins some power source. With the operatiDn of Moose Pass we have a foothold for the Kenai Lake pDwer source. We made an application in the Forestry on September 13 for that right of way; hDwever, it was nDt recog- nized and the right of way was granted tD the City of Seward all the way to Mile 32. We are out there, we want power, we need it, we are in a position,- our plan is just as firm, just as sound as Mr. Harstads. Mayor AnthDny stated, "This was a special meeting to discuss the purchase of the Moose Pass Plant with Mr. Stewart, and we can qUDte you from Mr. Greeley~s state- ment"that t.he Moose Pass Plant is fDr sale. It We asked Mr. Greeley if we could quote him and he stated we could. I am going to adjourn the special joint meeting and then if there is anything else which anyone wants to present, we will talk about it. Jack Werner asked if it wouldn1t be possible that some of the stages could be staggered and bring forth part of the plan now that would put the pole line from MDose Pass into Cooper Landing now. Mr. Hardinge advised that he had recommended such a plan bef~~e for the Council's consideration, and he continued that when he went into thisjnad stated that if it was possible for the City of Seward to buy the Moose Pass system that it be done now and our line be extended from Moose Pass until such time as we get our power to Moose Pass. Mr. Harstad stated that the City Df Seward is committed to a program and there is the area between here and Moose Pass that is equally important as the Cooper Landing area, and I believe that you are committed to first go to Moose Pass and from there on. Mr. Harstad reiterated that when the Kenai Lake Co-op CDmes to Seward with a logical program, a workable program, then Seward would be very cooperative and there would be no argMment, but until such time, there could be no change in Seward's plan for merely an idea. ~s. Ray James asked that Clm. Durant re-state what he had said concerning a letter from Mr. Sheppard some time agD and Clm. Durant did so. Mr. Rutherford stated that one of the things Mr. Harstad had mentioned is that the City of Seward is offering rates somewhat below what REA offered,- all REA had to go on power costs was the 5~ which is what the City of Seward quoted. Combining a transmission and distribution line,- sometimes that is done; however I am of the believe that there are some very definite problems involved and you may find it that in some places you will have to build two lines. Economic-rise you"lQ! very often make savings by separating the two lines. More discussion was carfied dn with no answers forthcoming and Seward reiterating its plan to continue with its prihject. Mayor Anthony adjourned the meeting at 10:35 and invited interested ones to stay for any fUrther discussion. ATTEST:~ k ~ .~ ~/. . y Clerk IP, /~ ," . SEWARD, ALAI:KA Regular Meeting January 17, 1956 The regular meeting of the Council to have been held on the 15th was postponed until this night because of lack of a quorum. Meeting called to order at 7:45 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the chair. Present, Clm. Blair, Hall, Petrovich and West. Also City Manager Hardinge and City Attorney Tyner. Minutes of the last regular meeting and special meetings were read and approved as read. Ordinance #261 authorizing the issuance of $300,000 of bonds for electric utility construction came up for diso.lSsion and the second reading. Mayor Anthony asked if the councilmen would like to reter to this by title or read it in its entirety and it was felt that the second reading should be by title only. Ordinance #261 was read for the second time. Clm. West state~, "I will make a motion that this be considered the second reading of Ordinanc~" Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carries unanimously. Vote: Clm. Blair, yes; Hall, yes; Petrovich yes; and West, yes. Ordinance #262 was read for the first time in its entirety. Ordinance #262, "AN ORDINANCE CREATING STREET IMFIDVEMENT DISl'RICT NO. 1 WITHIN 'lHE CITY OF SEWARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAVING STREETS THEREIN, AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY, APPORTION- MENT AND ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF THE CJ:lST THEREOF AGAINST AND FROM THE PROPERTY WITHIN EllCH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: DETERMINING GENERALLY WPAT WORK SHALL BE DONE AT THE EXPENSE OF TEE OWNERS OF 'lHE ADJOINING, CONTIGUOUS OR PROXIMATE PROPER'IY, OR NON-CONTIGUOUS AND OTHER PROPERTIES WInUN SUCH IMPROVEMENT DISl'RICT SPECIALLY BENEFI'ITED TBEREBf, AND PROVIDING GENERALLY FOR THE MANNER OF MAKING, APPORTIONING AND COLLECTING ASSESSMENTS THEREFOR.- It was stated that it would cost the City out of its general fund al:out three to four thousand dollars per year, however, City Mgr. Hardinge stated that it would save the city that much in maintenance costs. Mayor Anthony stated that the City l1Jr. had indicated to him that he felt this ordinance should be passed under emergen~1 rules. City Attorney Tyner stated that it takes five votes to suspend the rules, and there are only four present. It was asked of the City Attorney by Clm. Hall if the ordinance had to be published and would the Petticoat Gazette be considered a legal paper. The City Attorney stated that some statutes state that the ordinance can be published or posted; however, this statute did not state that, both must be done. City Mqr. Hardinge staten that the Petticoat Gazette is not considered a newspaper by the Post Office. Clm. Hall stated ,~ that he thought three or four streets should have sidewalds on one side of the ,- p<~street all the way. City Attorney Tyner stated that it may be well to hold this ~~~ ~ ordinance for a second reading in the event that a change has to be made as she '/: had sent a copy to the APWand there should be an answer from them before the next meeting and you can still suspend the rules at the second reading. It was requested that a copy of this ordinance be posted at once so that the people could see it and in this way we would find if there are any disagreements. "I move that this be considered the first reading of Ordinance #262 and that it be publicly posted and advertised in the Petticoat Gazette as posted," stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded br elm. Hall. All in favor, motion carried uhanimously. A letter from Mr. R. D. Harris of the Alaska Telephone Corp. dated January 13th was read and Mr. Hardinge stated that he had called Mr. Cottis of Hellenthal & Hellenthal and that he was going to talk to Mr. Harrill regarding the increase. After considerable discussion on the wording of the motion, Clm. Hall stated, "I would like to make a motion that we apologize for not answering their letter and that we grant trem a 20"/. increase in rates effective February 1, 1956, pending termination of litigation now pending in the courts." Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. The City Mgr. was instructed to take the necessary steps to implement the increase in the telephone rates. The Seward Electric utility bills were brought up again and it was felt that there was no desire to take further action and the City Clerk was instructed to hold them. Ordinance No. 80 was then brought 111' for discussion and City MJr. Hardinge advised that iliCl1ewalk: clear-riee' 1st ttiqcluded in the Pol! ce Ordinance #212, 80 the only thing necessary to do is to repeal that Ordinance #80 and go back to the police ordinance. ~~",r-~;~ .r~t;:)f: ):~.::,:i..:;S.":i...;,:",. "'::':"'. 'i' ~t'~,;?_;:, ~~~,:;~~;,';":i,:;'f:\'; ",,~r;'l;;,i",r'i':': ]f,;'f7;.~," 'S '" '" ~.. ",JJ'",'~-'"~ "Or:' - $iIt., ~f.>, ,!~'ll. I .::ipecial joint meetin(', of the City Council and the Uti1it,y Board \r8.S held January 30th, 1956 in the Seward Llectric 3ystem office. ~ Present: Absent: Present: Absent: Mayor Anthony, Clm. "est, Petrovich, Hall; Blair; Stockton. elm. Durant Chairman, Trevethan,; Board Members, Turner and Painter Board !"embers Myers and Steear Attending the meeting was Harry H,ardinge, City Hanager, Jay Carroll, Utilities .3u;>crintendent, Ray r[~dley and TOT1 Mabee, Engineers; the J;;lectric System c:\'plo.~rees: Sanders, Thomas, Colclasure, Gillies, Dossett, Dipple, 'vlheeler, Hansen, and Smith. The purpose of the meeting was t.., air the situation on Hydro regarding tbe reason for Mr. Harstad recalling Lc.n["ineer 'rom Habee. }l1iyor Anthor.y stated he realized the utility Board is in charge of the Utilities hut l~he Council was definitely interested. The Mayor asked ~;!r. Carroll to explain why Hr. Harstad had taken Tom JfJabee off the Hydro project. ~~. Carroll stated that there had been five engineering errors made and these were costs against the project. However the Electric System is not responsible for the cost. Carroll stated he had called Harstad and informed him of the errors and Hr. Harstad said his office would assume the additional charges. Also that he would send someone to investigate the pole line and to take Mabee place. Five poles needed relocating and a railroad permit had not been secured which resulted in having to move one of these poles. The most costly errors would be pole #25 and ~126. elm. Hall asked Mr. Carroll if these poles needed to be changed. Carroll stated yes. ~Ayor Anthony asked ~!r. Hardinge if he thought the pole that needed eight inches relocation was necessary. Mr. Hardinge said he wouldn't know unless he went to check it, and believed it was Mr. Harstad's affair not ours. Mayor Anthony asked Mr. Mabee what he felt his reasons for the errors were. Mabee said in one instance me measured in 75 ft instead of 125 ft. Said the snow was making it difficult to find the stakes. Mabee said he was given instructions to secure the necessary easements. Clm. Petro~rich asked the pole line forerdan, Sanders, if they set poles by the stake or hub. Sanders said by the hub. ~.~ Mr. Hadley said he had called Harstad dat.urday morning and gave him his report, which Harstad had requested. Reference is needed every four poles at lel\st. Carrol explained that. the Engineer precedes the digging crew and is supposed to see it is in line. f,~ Sanders stated that the poles that were out of line, were causing them to jump from spot to spot \o{aiting for the Engineer. By jumping around it means moving men and equipment which wouldn't be necessary if they could follol" a continuous line of construction. elm. Hall asked about how much time had been spent in jumping around. Sail.ders said approxiamtely l~ weeks. .>"'~ ,,::Jfi,~$"'" u;l:..r;.x~~~1i.-::':R'~~7,.";:,~;:$~~:;:"':~~c:~Jl~>.~::itl.,~y.;1";:~:..Jll!i1'1""":':",:",,--'t,~di\'l.~_~' , -.- ~li,6tJ.~.,...i,.~::',>;,;.'""",~'~~U\"''m!;--..~'' '~: ,'i.\l;.. ,"', ,l. .,,-, .' '" ~ " .. - i , Clm. West asked if the Engineer had co~pleted costs per pole. r4abee said no, he had just been workine on them. The Council requested the progress I' eports to include workmen I s compensation and all expenses involved. !I,r. Carroll suggested that the monthly comparison report be given to the Utility Board and then presented at the following Council meetin.g. Hall asked Hadley if he had checked these various pole line errors. Hadley said he had gORe over them with Mabee and they definitely were out of line. Crew member Smith who had worked ..lith Mabee mentioned the fact that some of these poles had been "eye-balled" in. Mabee admitted he had done so. No effort had been made to locate the original stake and the pole #25 was out of line 12 inches. Mayor Anthony adked if occasionally an error ol~cured wouldn't they ever bend tops to line them up? Carroll said it was not good pole line procedure. Anthony agre(~d. Number 26 pole must be moved 2~ feet as it is a.'1 intersecting pole. Carroll stated they had proved to their satisfaction that here are no errors in the original engineering, the errors all occured in the reloacting. \. ~ iii~ ~ I' Ben Halters who came with Mabee as advisor asked whether the crew sent for Mabee if the line looked off. It was stated that thEI .t;ngineer was to precede the crew and lf referenced in at a certain point that is where they are supposed to dig the hole and set the pole. Vlalters asked Had1EiY if he had checked the line. HadlE~ stated Harstad told him he was to investigate any error and was not to cover up for Mabee. He said he had done this Bmd had talked it over with Mabee and ~ Carroll, before he called Harstad. Dipple asked Mabee if he had run an instrument on 26 before they dug the hole. Mabee Baid he had just "eye-balled" it in. It was explained that this procedure could not be used successfully expecially when the new line is following a line already in use. Mabee said he thought it would be alright and the quickest way. Asked if part of his job was to relocate poles, l~bee stated yes. Carroll was asked about how much of the pole line was in. He said about 10,200 ft 24 poles, approximately 2 miles. Painter asked if anyone '-Tas dis8tisfied '.lit.:1 t.lle :Iork the pole line crew was doing. Petrovich saiJ he liked the way they were working. It was suggested that when :3 miles of pole lin'e was completed that Harstad be sent :ror to see if the project still feasible. Walters and Mabee left the meeting with Mr. WaUers thanking the Council and Board for their consideration. Meeting adjourned, at 9:15 p.m. Appr()Ved: Attest: Genevieve (.ihaney I ,....".! 1'~ ~l j~ I I ') ~~\ ,"~ . SBvARD, ALASKA Regular Meet ing January 17, 1956 (Continued) City Attorney advised that if you repeal Ordinance No. 80, you are taking away the City's right to clear the sidewalks and as~ess the property owners. She continued that she felt that no matter what ordinance you have, it isn't going to change the 2i:i::b. City's liability. Clm. West stated that he had a letter from the insurance company relative the City's liability of cleaning the side- walks and the City Attorney asked if she could see this letter. It was decided to table any action on Ordinance #80 until Clm. West could bring that letter. In the line of further old business, Clm. Petro~ich asked if they could hear the letter written to A. W. Greeley regarding the Kenai Lake Electric and Council meeting. The letter dated January 16, 1956 was read. Clm. Petrovich then requested a report on the sales tax and this was given, and Mr. Hardinge stated that he had sent outside for a copy of the payroll tax ordinance, and he would like to wait until receipt of that before making any changes in the sales tax ordinance. Jack Werner then gave his ideas on ways to increase collections. He stated that the tax should be paid on all sales in the city, and the people taught that that is the way it has to be, and under no condition should the sales tax be assumed. It should all be set up on one basis. Even people from the country should pay the sales tax. Mr. WerBer continued that these people from the country come into his store and tell him that they don't live in the City and they don't have to pay it at another store. In regard to adding the sales tax to the sale of automobiles, it was felt that perhaps this should be looked into to see if it is driving the trade elsewhere. Clm. Petrovich stated that the dealers felt that a flat rate of perhaps ten or twenty-five dollars would be better than the full 2%. Mayor Anthony then asked what tre body thought about instructing Doroth, to take on this Sales Tax ordinance and clarify some of these sections and improve this ordinance. It was felt that immediate action and revision was necessary. The bills for the month of December were read as follows: Airport l'IJachinery $90.01, Alaska Telephone Corp. $41.75, Alaska Welding Supplies $2.90, American City Magazine ~4.00, Andy's Oil $442.08, Automotive Parts & Equipt. $1032.76, Bay City Motors $46.90, Northern Commercial, Fairbanks $4.47, Northern Commercial Anchorage $4.20, National Insti tute of Municipal Clerks $10.00, John Paulsteiner $17.00, Petty Cash $21.41, Reliable Cab Co. $19.75, Legion Cab Co. $5.50, Rutledge-Johnston-Tryck on account $800.00, Seward Electric System $972.60, Seward Hdwe. $24.71, Seward Machine Shop $85.05, Seward Plumbing & Heating $49.3~ 3eward Trading $95.63, Snyder Office Supply $15.75, Standard Oil $317.70, N. W. SWoboda $25.00, Albert Tofflemire $31.50, U. S. Corrmissioner $16.75, ~ffi. O. Mcr~y Co. $67.20, l'1ierne.r's Mkt. $36.00, 'din Ervin $58.49, plus League of Alaskan Cities membership. It was asked what were the bills from all these garages, for instanCE! the one from Automotive Parts 8. Squipt. in the amount of o"er $1000.00. It was stated tlat t~is was mostly fer tires and it was asked why this was not let out on bid. Clm. ',-Test felt that anything like $900. should be let out on bid. Clm. Hall asked to have the cab company bills explaiMd and City Mgr. Earclinge explained that they were for the neceSSd!'J ocassioJ1H when the Police car was bei.ng worked on at the City shop. The maintenance of the police car was then discussed in that it is costing a considerable amount and Mayor Anthony asked if Mr. Hardinge had ever seen any staff cars in Anchorage on surplus that we could get and Mr. Hardinge advised that those cars are dvail"ble. "I move that t he bills fo r Decemn..r be Electric bill," stated Clm. Petrovich. motion carried unanimously. paid with the exception of the Seward Seconded by Clm. Hall. All in favor, The request from Chief Carter Seymour that he be paid for vacation time, in lieu of time off, was t hen considered. A general di scussion was carried on and it was felt that leave should be taken as the individuals need their vacation. Mayor Anthony asked if the City H:rr. would prepare a sheet for posting in each department, indicating the rates and hours and vacation time. Hr. Harding.! stated he wonld work up a schedule and bring it to the next meeting for the Council's approval. !} ~} ("1-.' SE'NARD, JI.LM1KA Regular Meeting Januarv 17, 1956 Continued I think we should pay Chief Seymour but in the future we should follow Mr. Blair! idea that leave must be taken as the individuals need the vacation, stated Clm. Hall. The Council desired to have the minutes reflect that only one years' leave will be allowed to be accumulated. In the line of new business, Mr. Carl Stoeckle of the Nobby Club was present and asked if in paying the cabaret license for staying open an extra hour, it would be all right to pay that fee quarterly rather than all at once. It was a bad time of year and r,e stated that he was not objecting to the licensei however, it would 00 easier for him to pay it quarterly. City M;rr. Hardinge stated that he didn't think it needed any council action, that it is administrative. The Council agreed that on a quarterly basis would be agreeable. A letter from the Coast Guard was read wherein it was stated that a representa- tive would be in Seward for the regular Council meeting on February 6th. Letter from Delegate E. L. Bartlett was read relative hearings on appropriations, letter being dated January 11, 1956. Clm. Petrovich asked if Mr. Southard thougbt it would be possible to get some work done on the tunnel thru these appropriation hearings. ~~. Southard stated that he did not know what work was necessary, but he hoped to make a tour of the tunnel and _ see what is needed, and City M;rr. Hardinge asked if that could be done by April. Mr. Southard thought it could. He was asked to see about this so that we could get it in in time for the hearings. The population of the City of Seward in connection with the annual membership in the League of Alaskan Cities was set at 2500. Clm. Petrovich suggested that the census be made a part of the school program and let them take the census. He felt that they would be very happy to do that. The City M;rr. was authorized to pay the ann~al membership in the League of Alaskan Cities, based on a population of 2500 at ten cents per capita. Discussion was held on the APW letter relative to turning t~e school over to the City and Clm. Petrovich stated that we should have a recommendation from the school Board stating that they have inspected it and approve of it. Mr. Hardinge stated that he would make the inspection with the others when the inspection is made. He asked if there were any objections or revisions they wished in the documents sent from the APW relative the transfer of the school and Clrr.. Petrovich stated that he thought the School Board should review it. City Mgr. Hardinge pointed out that there was no signing yet,- this would all come back with the contract for signing. It was generally agreed that if the school Board approved iD: of it, that Mr. Hardinge could send it in to the APW. ~~yor Anthony asked about a meeting on the budget for further discussion; however, no date for this special meeting was set. Meeting adjourned at 11:40 P.M. - ) J ATTEST: ~~.a-&aJ!.L Ci ty Clerk - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- SEWARD, ALAEKA Special Meeting February 1, 1956 A special meeting of the ConTIcil was called to order at 8:04 P.M., ~~yor Anthony in the chair, for the purpose of discussing the 1955-56 budget, the electric utility construction bonds for delivery to Seattle, the Sales Tax and enforce- ment, and consideration of revisions to ordinance #212, with action on expiring insurance policies to be added to the agenda. Present were Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich and West, also City Mgr. r~rding. Absent Clm. Stockton. elm. Hall questioned why the figures on the budget as shown for actual expendi- tures did not concur with the figures in the Audit Report for 1955. City Mgr. Hardinge stated that he took the figures from the books before the adjustments were made. Clm. West asked what Ue street dept. damage cIa iInS would be when the insurance should take care of that. The general feeling was that the budget should contain the figures as actually shown in the Audit. Clm. Hall pointed out 5everal mistakes which he felt had been made on the preparation of the budget and Mayor Anthony requested the Ci ty Manager to have a new budget ready for next week and it was decided to have a special meeting on February 9th to consider this new budget and compare the actual expenditures for the first 6 mos. I 1,..""...1 1'" ., .. ...."::.. e'f' '.-"-.. ;:'rJ I I :/ ';' SE'v'lARD, ALASKA Special Heet ing February 1, 1956 Continued This bu:iget and expenditures to date to be presented at the regular meeting on the 6th with the special meet! ng to follOlN after giving the councilmen time to look over the figures. Chief Seymour stated that he could guarantee that the Police Dept. would be $3200 in the black and he went down the police dept. budget indicating where he expected to save this amount. He continued that the 201.01 account had already been over-expended as the figure given him as already expendedincludes over $400.00 for shop labor on the police car. He felt that the car could have been completely over-hauled and in good shape for the amount of $650.00 which he had extimated for the budget. It was decided to table the budget until the regular meeting. Mayor Anthony then stated that we have $300,000 in bonds which have to be processed by the signature of the City Clerk and the lV'.ayor and the Ci ty Seal impressed, and a check is being made by the Railway Express to see what the cost would be to ship them to Seattle by Express. He continued that he had checked at the post office and the rate is $1.75 per thousand and it seems to have been checked on before and was found to be cheaper for sOIleone to carry the bonds down rather than mail them or send them express. City Mgr. stated that another thing that could be done while outside would be to contact some of the bonding houses regarding bonds for the telephone issue. Clm. West stated, "I will move that our Mayor be authorized to take.the'bonds to Seattle and that he be reimbursed for expenses." Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. It was generally agreed that the expenditures for this trip would be reimbursable from the money received for the Hydro project. The Sales Tax enforcement was then brought up and City Mgr. Hardinge stated that he would like to know how the Council felt about enforcing this as far as the Lamplighter is concerned and who has never paid any Sales Tax. He continued that this Sales Tax Ordinance had been passed under suspension of the rules and he wondered about making an issue of it at this time. Consider- able discussion was held on the enforcement of the Bales Tax ordinance and Chief Seymour stated that in one place that he had been, they had checked the deposits made by each business at the bank. Clm. Durant made a motion that the City Clerk ar the City ~qr. be authorized to write to the Territorial Tax Commissioner and get the gross volume of business done in Seward as shown on the applications for business licenses. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. West suggested that someone in authority contact lV'.r. Woods and ask him what he intends to do. notices of !~~~t~^t_ Three/insurance policies about to expire, one on the Firemen as of Feb. 16, Corranunity Hall February 26 and the School on Februarv 28 were read by Mr. Hardinge. He asked whether the Council wished to renew or advertise for bids. Mrs. Pat Williams, agent, was present and she stated that there had been some discussion previously as to insuring the Volunteer Firemen under WorjcrTlen'l'l Compensation. She continued that Mr. Benson, Commissioner of Labor, has ruled tr~t Volunteer Firemen are employees of the City and that they should be insured as such under Workmen's Compensation. She read a letter which she had received from Sitka which stated that ~fter much correspondence and detail work in this matter, they had decided to leave the firemen insured under a separate policy inasmuch as to insure them under Workmen's Compo would bear a premium of approximately $4,000. It was felt that these expiring policies should be put out for bid and the Fi remen' s coverage ShOllld be raised up to $5000.00 accidental death and $40.00 weekly indemnity and $5000.00 medical, which would be double the coverage which is now carried. Revisions to Ordinance #212 came up next and l~yor Anthony stated that this Ordinance has its weaknesses and that Chief Seymour has done a great deal of work on the Bi whole ordinance and where there are weaknesses, he has suggested that the words by added "and as prescribed by Territorial Statute". In all instances this would strengthen our own ordinance. The juvenile law is weak and the gambling law is weak. Chief Seymour stated that we don't have a thing on this ordinance regarding bad checks and according to this it is legal for a man to go down and write a bum check. Cases such as this have to go to the Comnissioner's Court where normally they would come here. It was decided to instruct the Police Chief to make an early contact with the City Attorney and see if the work can be done on this ordinance and see whether she has done any work on it herself, and let us know this at the regular meeting on Monday, and Mayor Anthony issued these instructions to Chief Seymour. Meeting Adjounned at 10:58 P.M. t,,~ ,:';". SEWARD, ALASKA Special Meeting February I, 1956 Continued APPROVED: A TrEST: ~~, --City Clerk -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~;;I"t,.. /I1;e1/>(} - - - - - - - - The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:23 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the Chair. Present Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich, Absent Clm. stockton and West. Also Present City Attorney Tyner, and City Mqr. Hardinge arrived late after a business trip to Anchorage. The minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read, and Clm. Hall stated that he wished to correct the minutes of the regular meeting of lanuary 17. He had said one or two sid~alkB on probably Third or Fourth Avenue, instead of three or four sidewalks. Also, in the last special meeting of the Council and Utility Board on January 30th, .e would like to get on record where he had asked if Mr. Mabee could not be trusted to set poles, and he had worked on the survey work at the hydro site, how do we knOW' we can trust that work to be done right. Minutes of t~e regular meeting of January 17th indicated a motion made th4t a letter be written to Mr. Harri s, Trustee of the Alaska Telephone Corp. and Clm. Hall asked to hear the letter written and it was stated that the letter was not sent. Clm. Hall stated that he felt that the City Mqr. should be censored for this as it was made in the form of a motion and it should bave been followed. Clm. Petrovich agreed. Clm. Durant made a motion that we accept the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Mayor Anthony explained to those present concerning' our issuance of explosives permits, and that we had requested a representative from the Coast Guard to come to Seward for a discussion on the limitations of handling. He then introduced Captain Steinmetz of the Coast Guard who introduced Lieut. Clough who is directly in charge of Port Security in the 17th Coast Guard District. Capt. steinmetz stated that the District Comnander has sent us up here with one thought in mind that being the safety of Seward from the Coast Guard's view- point when it comes to handling explosives, and second to answer any questions that you may desi re to ask. He continued that he would like to point out that numerous towns in Seward have passed ordinances for handling explosives and some of them you Day think are too conservative, and yet if any of you have any experience at all with explosives, there is a chance that you might have an explosion as you knOW'. Ketchikan and Juneau allow no explosives loading in the City, Skagway allows 40 tons, Si tka a minor amount, as does Kodiak. Briefly, we think that your amount of 100 tons to be allowed over the Army Dock is excessive. Should an explosion occur, that would probably mean the end of Seward. We think that 20 tons as suggested by you, is also too much, and he traced on the map the area which he felt would fe.l the effech of an explosion of 20 tons. Last year we recommended to you that you limit the amount for handlingd!2al~Op~und. and that is still our recommendation and he stated that/an explosron of this wmount would be limited to 1200 feet. Questioned about ammonium nitrate, the'Captain stated that there is practi- cally no danger of nitrate exploding, and the Lieut. stated that they now do a different type of Pdckaging and if properly handled, the only danger is frOIl1 fire. We do have rather stringent rule., he continued and if handled in accordance, there is little danger. Clm. Hall a8l::ed how much darqer would there be if the explosives were loaded ac~oss the Bay and it was stated that the limit over there is 1500 tons and the City did not handle that amount, and in view of the amount handled, the damage would be negligible. Lt. Clough stated that the Coast Guard could not allow any more tons to come into Seward than what is set forth in the Ordinance but if we set it at 100 tons, the Coast Guard may cut it down. Gerry Martin and Ray Lee both spoke and indicated that they were more in favor of explosives being limited for handling in Seward and both felt that it would be in the interest of safety if the explosives were to be handled across the Bay. Mr. Ralph Sanders of the Alaska Railroad stated that the Railroad does not I ":"",,,., '1 .~'" ott''"t' ;.::J I I ')0. " SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meeting February 6, 1956 (Continued ) want to argue if everyone is convinced that it will be against the public safety feature. We are concerned about getting dynamite to our people who are served only by Railroad, continued Mr. Sanders. Mr. Jeffrey of Alaska Steamship Co. asked if it were loaded across the Bay and brought by truck over here to load into rail cars, where would this loading be done where it would be safe? That would be entirely out of our jurisdiction, stated the Lt. and the Captain, and it would come under the TerrEabor Commission. Clm. Petrovich asked what effect would it have upon the insurance policy of the City of Seward if we made no changes in the requirements of the handling of explosives, and Pat Williams stated that she did not know, but she felt that it would be very bad for the insurance coppanies to know about it and that Seward is allowing amounts of explosives to move in Seward which could level the town. Ray Lee asked if there was a limit which could be taken off the ship in one lift and the Lt. stated that the limit on that is 2400 pounds. Mr. Sanders of the ARR stated that in revising our permits, it may be well to put in the 1400 pound revised figun, but it will not be possible to handle any at all if such a limit is set. Clm. Durant asked how much dynamite comes on an average load, and Mr. Jeffrey stated that the average per ship runs about 40 tons. When questioned concern- ing the amount of explosives a ship can carry and still come into the dock, Lt. Clough stated that it doesn't seem to be how much remains on the ship, it is mainly the handling which they are concerned about. The City Attorney was instructed to frame up an ordinance including the figure recommended by the Coast Guard of 1400 pounds on the Army Dock, and this was to be put on the agenda for a special meeting later this week. Mayor Anthony thanked Capt. Steinmetz and Lt. Clough for coming to Seward for this discussion and stated that we intend to abide by the Coast Guard's recOllllllenda t ion. elm. Durant questioned the Coast Guard men concerning the navigation light at the Small Boat Harbor and Capt. Steinmetz stated that it did not come under his jurisdiction; however, he would check on this when he returned to Juneau and see what arrargements have been made for the maintenance of this light. Concerning Or nance #261, the City Attorney stated it is legal if the Council prefers to rea it by title. "I move that the final reading of Ordinance #261 be approved a s read after readi ng of by number and ti tie... stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. Hall, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Ordinance #261 was read by number and title. Considered the third and final reading, stated Mayor Anthony. .This Ordinance #261 should be adopted by motion", stated the City Attorney. .1 move that Ordinance #261 be approved as read third and final reading,. stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Vote: Clm. Blair, yes; Durant, yes; Hall, yes and Petrovich, yes. Ordinance #262 was read for the second time by number and title. Clm. Petrovich luoved that this reading be approved as the second reading of Ordinance #262. Seconded by Clm. Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Regarding Ordinance #80, the City Attorney stated that the letter which Clm. West had indicated he would bring to her for reading he had now said is a confidential letter and he could not let her read it. She had prepared Ordinance #263 which would repeal Ordinance #80, and she recommended that Ordinance #80 be repealed as it increases the City's liability. First reading of Ordinance #263, read in its entirety. In regard to Ordinance #212, the City Attorney advised that she was not ready with suggested changes on this and it was decided to table this until a later date. .~I"; ,l!\' SEWARD, AlA3::A Regular Meeting February 6, 1956 Continued Mr. Carlos Carson was pre.ent and he ad-tised th e Council and thl Ci tv Manager of the ecteasion when the Police had come out to his place at Forest Acres and presented him with an arrest ticket for the lack of a building perIni t for we rk being done on a place owned by him in town. He gave a complete review of the case and asked that inasmuch as it was an illegal arrest that it be stricken from the record and also a letter of apology from the Chief of Police. The City ~r. advised Mr. faxiBIIIItXt Carson that he would take care of this and he asbld Mr. Carson to check back with him in the next day or two. Mayor Anthony advised Mr. Carson that we would do our best to straighten everything out to Mr. Carson's satisfaction. Mr. Ray Lee stated that he would like to know if there are any fringe benefits attached to the City Manager's salary and asked how his mileage and trans- portation is paid. It was answered that the City ~r. gets $30.00 a month car allowance and eight cents a mile for trips out of town. Mr. Lee re- ported seeing the City ~r,'s car in tow on the lagoon road by one of the City vehicles and stated that this leaves the wrong impression on the tax- payers to see things of this nature. Mr. Hardinge explained the situation and the Clm. and tht Mayor felt that Mr. Hardinge should not have his car to\1lJed in by city vehicles nor whould he have any work done on his automobile at the City Shop, regardles8 of how he plans to pay for it. Mr. Hardinqe advised that it would not be done again. Clm. Durant stated, WI would like to make a motion that no employee of the City whether on hourly or monthly rate, nor any elected City official, nor any other person shall have any type of tOrk performed by any city mechanics at the City garage, nor shall any person whomsoever use facilities of the City garage to do any type of workw. This should be a resolution both Clm. Hall and the Mayor and the City Attorney concurred. It was decided to see this typed out as a resolution and then passed at the next special meeting later in the week. The hearing on the vacation of the East 100' of Madison and Monroe Streets was held and no person present had any objections on this. Resolution #92 was then read:' A RESJLUTION OF THE OOMMON OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, VACATING A PORTION OF MADIs)N AND MJNROE STREETS FOR THE PURPOSES OF TEE ALASKA RAILROADw. I mare Resolution #92 be adopted as read, stated Clm. Hall, seconded by Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. The hearing on the telephone rate increase was continued from February 3r~ and no person present desired to ..y anything, Resolution #93 was then introduced and read, "RESJLUTION DIRECTING TAX DEEDS TO BE ISSUED TO THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, FOR CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SEWARD." I move that Resolution 93 be adopted, stated Clm. Blair, seconded by Clm. Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. ~ Ordinance #264, relative increase in telephone rates, will have to be tabled and make it a matter of the agenda for the special meeting Thursday or Friday nite, stated Mayor Anthony. Mayor Anthony then advised Mr. Hardinge who had arrived lat. that the Council was concerned about the letter of apology which they had requested be written to Mr. Harris, and Mr. Hardin'e stated that he would send the letter in the morning. Clm. Petrovich protested that after the Council issued a directive they should not have to follow it up, and Mayor Anthony agreed that it is supposed to be the function of t~ City Manager to .ee that everything is carried out. -. ' <l:'-, It was sU]gested that a special meeting be arranged for tomorrow nite and after a discU5Bion it was felt best to not adjourn this meeting, but rather to recess until next evening and then discuss Ordinance #264 and take care of the budget and the other items at a meeting later in the week. w.~ A request from the Sacred Heart Church for the use of the Civic Center on st. Patrick's nite was then considered and Clm. Durant moved that the request be granted. It was point.ed out that they pay a rent of $35.00 and a discus.ion was also held concerning the back doors of the Civic Center. It was brought out that these doors are nearly always locked and in the event of a fire, only exit would be from the front. Mr. Hardinqe was instructed to advise the Police Chief to see that these back doors are unlocked for exit. when the Civic Center i. in use. Clm. Durant's motion was seconded by Clm. Blair, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. The audit bill from Rettig, Scott & Co. was read and discussed and it was decided to hold this until after the meeting concerning the budget and then make arrangements for the payment of thi S bill. I ~ ,."" .... '.e~ i:':.:J I I 'i, 'I "\ ; SEWARD, AI..A3:A Regula r Meet ing February 6, 1956 Continued The December bill from the Seward Water System in the amount of $475.00 was read. Clm. Petrovich asked Clm. Hall What is reasons were for not paying the water bill along with the electric bill.. Clm. Hall stated that he is not in favor of paying any utility bill when they don't pay us anything in lieu of taxes. Clm. Petrovich stated that s:>mething Slould be done now to check that water dapartment, either reduce the overhead or increase the rates. Clm. Petrovich made a motion that the Water Bill for December not be paid. Seconded by Hall, All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Letter from Fred Kielcheski, Fire Chief, was read relative the fire inspection of the new high school and wherein he sited 14 fire hazards. It was decided that a copy of this letter should be sent to the School Board. Letter from the Chamber of COllllll8rce was read relative an enclosure and letter from the Alaska Road Commhsion concerning the paving of Third Avenue. No action t&l:::en. Meeting recessed at 11:45 P.M. APPROVED: 6 ATTEST: ~~/ J.~ TY CLERK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SEWARD, ALA~A ~ Meeting Regular (Reconvened) February 10, 1956 The recessed meeting of the 6th was reconvened at 8:14 p.M. Mayor Anthony in the chair. Dresent Clm. Blair, Hall, Petrovich, Stockton and West. Also City Mgr. Hardinge. A brief discussion was again held on the feasibility of retaining a City Attorney and Mayor Anthony stated that he would have a talk with City Attorney Tyner. Mr. 0. R. Hardt of Local 1-82 was present and he stated he was delegated by the two local unions to come up here and they voted almost unanimously to have him attend and to inform the Council that they want to go by the Coast Guard recommendations regarding the handling of explosives in Seward, and they they felt this to be just common sense. We felt the Council should be advised that _,,' it is our opinion that the explosives should be ;jwl,-ll~d .,i the l' acre,,:; i..r,e Bay ~ ' 01- elsewhere. There is too much involved to take a chance on it this close. A letter from Larry Moore, of Alaska General Contractors, was read relative the Council's decision to restrict the movement of explosives in accordance with Coast Guard recommendations and they asked the City of Seward to fore- stall these restrictions and also to advise them of the City's action. Mayor Anthony decided that he would go in to see Mr. Moore on his next trip to Anchorage. Clm. Stockton felt that they should be advised that it was certainly recommended by the Coast Guard and we don't like to be put in the position of voting for something that will put the people's lives and families in danger. Clm. Durant arrived at 8:26 P.M. City Mgr. Hardinge stated that the best way would be to send a copy of the Resolution to AOC and tell them that it was passed with the approval of the town and on the recommendation bf the Coast Guard. Resolution No. 95 limiting the handling of explosives in Seward to 1400 pounds was read. "I move that Resolution No. 95 be adopted", stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. West, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. It was decided that the words "to be effectjve thirty days from this date" be added to Resolution 95. I move that Resolution 95 be rescinded for further con- sideration, stated Clm. West. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. ~ All in favor, motion carried unanimously. "I will make a motion that we adopt Resolution 95 as qualified," stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by elm. West, all jn favor, motion carried unanimously. <.1 " ;, SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meeting (Reconvened} February 10, 1956 Continued Ordinance #26] was discussed as to whether or not to pass it under suspension of the rules, and Clm. West stated he would rather not have it passed under suspension of the rules. IJiflnnUufIXniJDIIXIJWfHUDXIJ[IXfDIXIInDIXDDX IIR. Having been introduced and read for the first time at the regular meeting on the 6th, it was laid aside for the second reading to be at the next regular meeting. !1rdi nance #264 was introduced and read for the first time. Gene lH1 ier was present and he wondered about the granting of the increase and the franchise and whether this would give Alaska Telephone Corp. a lever in later months. A discussion was held on this and the City Attorney felt that the increase would not harm anything. I move that an emergency be considered to exist and that the rules be suspended in the consideration of Ordinance 264, stated Clm. Pet~ovich. Seconded by Clm. Blair, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. Durant suggested that the above increase be qualifi~~_a~g beror~.ado~}i~nnof Ordig~~9~#~64, he would like to make a motion/~ ~Hea~8~r~~~ w~FatR~nii 5~~~a-t8 Ordinance 264: "that the above rate increase is to be made with no inference as to existence or non- existence of a bona-fide franchise wi th Alaska Telephone Engineering Corp., but is granted solay to meet the emergency at the request of the duly appointed Court Receiver of Alaska Telephone Engrg. Corp. as a temporary measure". Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. The budget for 1955-56 then came up for consideration and Clm. Hall questioned whether we could expect to take in the total amount of the personal property taxes and stated that he felt we were budgeting more than we were going to take in. He also questioned the $7500.00 in lieu of taxes inasmuch as the Auditor questioned whether the Utility Board would have to pay that. He felt that the revenue was over-estimated approximately 19 to 12 thousand dollars and possibly $15,000.00. In regards to the Police Dept., Clm. Petrovich asked whether we could get along with one less man. It was recommended that a cut in the personnel of the Police Dept. by one man be made so as to save approximately $1600.00. In regard to the Street Dept. it was felt that Mr. Hardinge had already made all the cuts possibl~ there, and Clm. Blair suggested that the City Mgr. commend the Street Superintendent for the fine work which he has been doing and advise him at the same ~ time that it is absolutely Xk necessary that he continue to do any necessary work with as much a efficiency and the least possiblW number of men. In regards to the car allowance, the City Mgr. suggested that they could save a little there if they did away with the car allowance for the City Mgr. and just fUrnished the gas and oil. It was decided to dispense with the car allowance and give ~as and oil to the City Mgr. and the Tax assessor. A discussion was held on the City Engineer and City Assessor and on the possibility of getting a really qualified engineer. Clm. Stockton stated that when Mr. Hardingets application for City Mgr. was under consideration he was of the opinion that the engineering qualifications were considered to be a prime requisite. That is right, stated Petrovich, however, Mr. Hardinge stated when he came here that he could not be expected to go out and do the survey and also be City Mgr. stockton continued that it should be taken into consideration right now that the next time we consider applications for th~ C~Ji~ Mgr. we should look for an administration indi- vidual and not/~~t~ ~~'l!R the engineering qualifications so much. In the General City Administration, it was decided to delete the $300.00 shown for the Recreation Commission, also delete the $200.00 shown for the Planning Commission. It was also decided to delete the 904.01 account in the amount of $487.50. I move that the budget be approved as amended, stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Clm. Hall had already left and therefore, did not vote on the acceptance of the budget. Letter from John D. Argetsinger, APW, was read relative materials being available for the hospital project. Meeting adjourned at 1:15 A.M. A ?PROVED: ATTEST: ~)JM.I~ / City Clerk- I Q;'"""".-1 ,~ J.:., ~""......... ",,-,) ,~..:' oI:~"'r ':J I I {~~ ;~ $PlUT/J/ /1JI,4$ftM SEWARD, ALASKA JNci'/lUt /1(;;;11-14 Special Meeting ,;~t..tt/~~J/t~$~ February 17, 1956 A special meeting of the Council was called to order at 5:15 P.M. Mayor Anthony in the Chair. Present Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich and West. Absent Glm. Stockton. The purpose of the meeting was for a discussion on Civilian Defense and Surplus materials, appointment of a new City Clerk, and Resolution No. 94. Mayor Anthony read a letter he had received from Mr. Ed Fortier of the Territorial Surplus Property Administration relative the recent purchases of surplus federal property by Hr. Hardinge for the City of Seward. This letter went into quite detail regarding the two laws, Public Law No. 659 and P.L. 152, which make it possible for municipalities, public schools and hospitals to obtain surplus federal property. The letter also stated that prompt and quick decisions are essential to the operation of these laws, and the only reason Seward was able to acquire certain equipment which it had in the last few months, could be attributed to Mr. Hardinge's fast action in making decisions. Mayor Anthony stated that he guessed as far as he was concerned and a few of the councilmen, there was some question on the four cars of surplus property which had arrived in Seward a week ago; however, he thought that they could have made a telephone call to Mr. Hardinge for an explanation. He asked how the councilmen felt about any future shipments or acquisitions of surplus property, and Clm. Durant stated that he felt there should be something set as a figure as we are trying to balance the budget. Clm. Hall asked how these things are paid for as he did not know of any bills of this sort coming before the Council for payment. It was explained that they have to be paid for before they are released and it calls for prompt action. Mr. Hardinge stated that he felt that we had spent all we can spend on this for this fiscal year and that he could not give a breakdown yet on the four carloads as some of it is for the school and some for the hospital, etc. and will have to f~ured out first. Clm. Petrovich asked where the plaster would be stored and Mr. Hardinge explained that it would be stored at no cost to the City out at the San warehouse. Clm. Durant asked whether the gypsum could be used in the new hospital and Mr. Hardinge stated that when he talked to Mr. Webb Trimble in Juneau as to whether the copper pipe, roofing and gypsum was useable, he said it sure is and we will give you credi t for that on the new hospital job. When questioned by Clm. Petrovich as to the possibility of The Alaska Railroad reducing the freight rate on the movement of the surplus materials, Clm. Blair stated that the $.50 per hundred rate is a very good rate; however, he stated that actually if a request was made to the General Manager of The Alaska Railroad, sometimes they would do s:>mething about the freight charges. Clm. Durant fel t that there seems to be no limit on these purchases and he thought we should draw the line somewhere. elm. Hall asked how about insurance on this material while it is stored and Mr. Hardinge aevised that the cost had been so little, that the insurance would be considerably more than the actual ocst. Clm. Petrovich stated it is his opinion that it is a poor time to make a capi tal ga in, but it is a darn good time to maybe make savings for t he next fiscal year. To save us on next year is a good reason for continuing the purchases. Mayor Anthony stated that he felt that our Manager is aware that we don't want any litore of this surplus material unless there is an absolute need for it. He asked the City *Jr. to address a letter to the General Manager of The Alaska Railroad soliciting a chari table rate on freight. It was generally agreed that we had obtai ned about $50,000 worth of surplus equipment and supplies for approximately $1,000.00 with the only condition being that we could not sell or rent out any of the equipment. Mayor Anthony stated that he did not think they had anything to quibble about, but he thought the Council would just like to be better informed about any of this so that they will have the answers when approached. Mayor Anthony advised that the chair will entertain a motion as to whether we want to process these forms sent by Mr. Fortier and avail ourselves of this surplus material or to discontinue o.r participation. HI will make a motion that the Mayor be authorized to sign the forms tendered by Mr. Fortier to the City of Seward to continue to take part in the Alaska Surplus Property program," stated Clm. West. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. In connection with the forms, the primary representative to be the City Manager, with the first alternate being the Mayor and the second alternate being Mr. Southard. ~1 J; SEWARD, ALASKA Special Meeting February 17, 1956 Continued In regard to the applications for the position of City Clerk, Mayor Anthony stated that we have some applications here from last year and also one which came in in the middle from a Chinese fellow in Anchorage, and that Mr. Hardinge had stated that the Council should make a choice since we are no doubt better acquainted with the applicants and their qualifications. Mr. Hardinge stated that he did not give any actual consideration to the out of tClifn applicant s as he fel t that it had been taken up here before and it was felt that we should use a local person if at all possible. elm. West stated that he would like to see the bookke.ping come fi rst and that it should be kept separate. He would like to see the fore- most qualification of this office to be the bookkeeping. After a discussion and the process of elimination, it was deemed that of the applicants, perhaps Minnie Keating and Margit Edwards were the best qualified. It was felt that moie thought should be given to the matter and this wal!l put over until the regular meetin;1 to be held on Monday nih. Resolution #94 relative the use of the City garage was read and Clm. West stated that he did not feel he was prepared to 'VOte on this as it iI!l now written, and elm. Hall felt that there really should be no need for such a resolution. Clm. Durant stated that after thinking it over, there are a couple of mechanics who have their own tools down there and they should probably be allowed to ao their own work on off hours. Clm. Hall felt it should be left up to the City Manager and that anyone desi ring to use the City Shop at any time should make a special request to the City Manager. In view of the fact that this had come to the point of a resolution, it is now known that the Council takes a dim view towards this. Clm. Durant made a motion that we table Resolution 94 for a period of at least one month. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 6:35 P.M. ATl'EST: e3~~ 'Ci ty Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - . - Seward, Alaska - - - - - _ _ Regular Meeting February 20, 1956 The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:18 P.M. Clm. Stockton was chosen to act as Mayor in the absence of Mayor Anthony who was on a trip to Seattle to deliver the Electric bonds to Grande & Co. Present Clm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich and Stockton. Also City ~r. fiardinge. Clm. Hall made a motion that Clm. stockton be appointed Acting Mayor, seconded by Petrovich, all in fa'VOr. ' recessed Minutes of the last regular and the ;-M;:Ul meeting on February lOth were read. City Mgr. Hardinge pointed out that in the minutes of the regular meeting it appeared that the City Attorney had been in Anchorage with the City Ngr. and they had arrived late at the meeting. He felt the minutes should clearly indicate that he was the only person who had arrived late after a trip to Anchorage. I will move the minutes be approved as read wi th the corrections noted, stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Ordinance #262, the paving Ordinance, came up for the final reading and Acting Mayor Stockton asked if it is the wish of the Council to pass this by number and title, or do you wish to throw it open for discussion. HI will move that we adopt Ordinance #262 by reading by ti tle and number," stated Clm. Hall, seconded by Clm. Blair, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Ordinance #262 was read for the third and final time, by number and title. HI will move for adoption of Ordinance 262 as read by number and ti tIe," stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. Blair. Clm. Petrovich asked of Mr. Southard if the way we passed this ordinance would have any bearing on the way the people of the town voted for paving. At the time this was put up for a vote wasn't it the general idea that it would be 100'1. assessment . I ~ "; ","." '" ,{ .....< ...,,,.. 1~'f_J I I "} .' ,) ~,~.~ SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meetirg February 20, 1956 Continued against the people benefitted. Mr. Southard stated that although the ballot did not appear with that on it, it had been stated at the time as he had been told to carry that information to Hellenthal in Anchorage. Mr. Hardinge stated it was set forth in a Resolution and the Council had rejected the Resolution. The general feeling seemed to be that this Ordinance was all right and Clm. Hall's motion for adoption of Ordinance #262 was carried unanimously upon the vote. Ordinance No. 263, an Ordinance repealing Ordinance #80, was read for the second time. Chief Seymour asked,nIs the idea behind this particular Ordinance to legislate yourself out of this liability?" It was stated that it is not the City's idea to get out of the liability as we are still liable under Ordinance #212, however, it is to get the City out of having to clean the sidewalks in the event that the owner does not clean them. The City does not have the equipment to go around cleaning sidewalks. A discussion was held on the policy to be set for handling violaters of this, and the feeling of Clm. Durant and Petrovich was that a light fine should be applied rather than a stiff one. Acting Mayor stockton asked about the owners living outside and what would be done thereand it was stated that the City would clear these sidewalks as we could not get in touch with outside owners. Clm. Stockton wondered if this would be quite fair. Chief Seymour asked that someone give them a policy for enforcing this sidewalk clearing and Clml Hall felt that the Chief of Police should be able to do this and use his discretion on it as to when a sidewalk is dangerous and then give the owner a warning. After the warning, then action would be taken to bring the person into Court if the sidewalk is not then cleared. Clm. Durant asked how we could get this down in black and white and it was felt that the City Manager could take care of this inasmuch as it now becomes an administrative problem. In regards to the applications for City Clerk a discussion was held concern- ing the applicants' capabilities and whether d:t would be a good idea to break the job down to a bookkeeper and another person to handle all the other details. City Mgr. Hardinge stated, "I think the best thing to do would be to make up your minds whether you are going to get one or two people and if you are going to get just one, you are going to have to go out of~. If you are to hire two persons, figure what you are going to pay them and put your notices out accordingly." It was asked if the present City Clerk would consider continuing in the capacity of bookkeeper on a part time basis, and whether she could have a decision on this for a meeting next Monday, and it was felt that this could be decided on by that time. It was generally felt that the City Mgr. should contact the applicants and advise them that a change in the job set-up is being enntemplated and the salary may be reduced to find if they would still be interested. Clm. Petrovich stated that he thought the City Attorney should be here and advise whether the ordinance would have to be changed. Clm. Hall moved that we table the applications for the City Clerk until the next meeting of the Council. Seconded by Clm. Durant. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. The Planning & Zoning Ordinance #260 came up for consideration and final reading. Clm. Hall stated that he had noticed on this ordinance that a person cannot have anything closer than 20 feet to a street and if he were to build a 12 foot garage for his place, he would be only 18 feet from the street, and he inquired what recourse a person would have for this. Mr. Southatd felt that the building ende should take care of this. Clm. Petrovich asked why this Ordinance should not be tabled and plan on having a meeting with the Planning & Zoning Commission as was originally planned after the second reading. HI will make a motion that we table Ordinance #260 and have the Mayor arrange for a joint meeting between the Zoning Commission and the Council," stated Clm. Durant. Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. Clm. Stockton advised Mr. Southard that he had been appointed to the Planning & Zoning Commission. All in favor of Clm. Durant's motion, motion carried unanimously. Clm. West arrived at 9:43 P.M. He stated that if he was not out of order, he wondered if Pete's Pai nt & Body Shop and Frank Woods were paying sales Tax as he had just received bids from them and neither had added sales tax to their bids. Chief Seymour stated that Frank Woods is a new business sine. December and the City Clerk advised that he is not paying sales tax; however, Pete's Paint & Body Shop turns in a small amount. '-J &~. . !I ~) SEWARD, ALASKA Regular Meeting February 20, 1956 Continued The bills for the month of January were read in the total amount of $5,257.16, exclusive of the Rettig, Scott & Co. bill for the audit. Clm. Hall stated that the bill he was concerned with is the bill from Dorothy Tyner in the amount of $310.50 and he stated that he was not going to vote for payment of that bill. Clm. Stockton stated that it is actually the Council's fault that we pay $200.00 per month for nothing other than a retainer fee, that it was past practice and had been continued right up to the present date. Clm. Petrovich stated that she was to first work out the $200.00 and then bill for the excess over that. Clm. Hall stated, "I move that the City Attorney's bill be tabled until the Mayor's return." Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. I move that the utility bills for the Seward Electric and Seward Water Systems be not paid, stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. West. Clm. stockton stated that he frankly felt we should pay the water bill. Clm. Hall stated that he understood that the Water Dept. had reduced their force by one man. Vote taken on Clm. Petrovich's motion indicated all in favor except Clm. Stockton who Vl:>ted no. "I will move that we pay the January bills, with the exception of those we have already noted, namely Dorothy Tyner, Seward Electric, and Seward Water," stated Clm. Hall. Seconded by Clm. West. City M;Jr. Hardinge asked what is the alternative for not paying the water bill. By Ordinance they could shut off the water in the various departments. Clm. Petrovich stated that he felt so long as they are continuing to make installations like that one up on the hill and the one over at Stantons. and make mistakes on them and the City is paying for these mistakes. he felt we should not pay the bills. He asked the City M;Jr. for his recommendations, and continued that in the last 30 days he had heard more complaints concerning the Water Depl:. than any other time since the City took it over. Clm. Stockton stated that he felt we should take that water ordinance and revamp it, he would admit he had made a mi stake. A vote was taken on Clm. Hall's mot ion concerning the bi lls for January, as follows: Clm. Blair, yes; Durant, no, Hall, yes; Petrovich, yes; Stockton, no, and West, yes. Motion carried. In regards to the Police Report, Clm. stockton asked that since we have monthly reports from them, 8houldn't we also get them from the other departments. He stated that as a former police conunissioner he had wanted them then, however; after goirq into the City M;Jr. form of govt. he felt that it was more for the City Mgr. rather than the Council. The Police Report for January was read in brief by City Mgr. Hardinge and a brief discussion held regardirq contacts or assistance to other departments, and juvenile contacts, a.s _11 as the curfew. Clm. Blair again mentioned the Civic Center and the unloeking of the back doors when the kUdq. is in use and the Chief sta.ted that he would see that this is done. The hospital lease was discussed inasmuch as the APW desired to have a copy of the agreement for the operation of the new hospital. Clm. West stated that he felt the lease form should be prepared by the City Mgr. and brought before the Council at a later meeting and then it would be easier to decide on. He also felt that the term should be more like 20 years than 10 years. Mr. Hardinge read rec:onunendations which Mr. Southard had concerning a new lease and discussion was held on these, also Mr. Hardinge read a letter he had reeei ved from the APW regarding the financing on the new hospital and their requiremenh that a copy of the lease be furnished them. It was the general feeling of the Council that there should be no doctor's offices in the new hospital building and Mr. Hardinge stated that he had already advised them there would be none in the new hospital. "I will make a motion that we takUe the hospital lease subject until a date in the future for a joint meeting to be set by conferences between the City Mgr. and the Presi dent of the Hospital Board." stated Clm. Durant. Seconded by Clm. Blair. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Two Resolutions from the Seward Health Council were read, one regarding chlorination of the City water, and the other regardirq physical check- ups on handlers of produce and meat products. After a discussion, the City Mgr. was asked to Check into the various phases of chlorination as it is certainly deemed necessary; however. the Health Council should be advi sed that this would mean one more person at least on the City Payroll and the City could stand to have some help on the research involved in their many requests. City Mgr. F.ardinge stated that when the Health Council was set up it was with the understanding it was to be an assist to the Council rather than strictly for the purpose of finding more things , ,. ...J ,....... ..,..-!' , I I ,~ 0(,-;, 'I -:~ : SDrmrm, }IL l\EKA Regular Meeting February 20, 1966 Continl1sd for tre Council to do. Acting Mayor Stockton asked the City M;Jr. to contact the Health Council and advise them of this as well as of the sentiments of the Council and ask them to do some rssearch on this and present th.ir findings to the City Council. HI will move that this be tabled until a joint meeting with the Utility Board and the Council,H stated Clm. Petrovich. Seconded by Clm. Durant, all in favor, motion carried unanimously. Letter from Delegate E. L. Bartlett was read, also his letter to Col. Farrell of the District Engineers in Anchorage. V~. Hardinge stated that he had had a telephone call from Col. Parrell asking if the City wanted a Small Boat Harror and that there was funds available for that or if the City wanted to use it for Lowell Creek tunnel. He had advised that when those flood control projects were built they were then turned over to the City and it de., '-' is the City's concern from there on. It was decided to again~Delegate Bartlett to see if a Congressional Appropriation could not be made to take ",.Rl<; care of the necessary~on the Lowell ~r.ek flood control tunnel. Letter from the Board of Juvenile Institutions was read wherein it was urged that each City Council in Alaska refuse to renew applications for liquor licenses where an individual has been found guilty of selling liquor to minors. No action taken. Letter from John F. Smith regarding his bid on general liability insurance for the City was read, and Mr. Hardinge advised that he still had some checking to do on this. Clm. Hall moved that we table this until a later meeting when the City M;Jr. has an opportunity to check on this. Seconded by Clm. West. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 11:28 P.M. ATTEST: C;1~CL' j/ad~/ / Ci ty Clerk: APPROVED: c;1i;J Q. AJinJ ~.... PE R. S'IOCKTON, ACTlNG MAYOR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SE'IlARD, J!.LAfXP, - - - - - - - Special Heet ing - _ - _ February 29, 1956 1'. special meeting of the Council .....as called to order at 8:12 P.M. for the purposes as follows: Mayor's Report on trip to Seattle and informal resignation, 2. discussion of proposed Hospital Lease, 3. Explosives, 4. Reading of letter from Seward Health Council, 5. Reading of letterl5 from James W. Huston, Director A~n relative hospital specifications, and transfer of high school, and 6. City Clerk applications. and 7. Insurance bids on school and furnishings and the Cormnuni ty ha.ll. Hayor Anthony in the chair. Present, elm. Blair, Durant, Hall, Petrovich and West, also City l~r. Hardirqe. Mayor AnthonY:S~B report on his trip to Seattle was nade second on the Agenda and tre Hospital Lease first inasmuch as members of the Hospital Board were already present, those being Mr. George Green, Murl Trevethan, and Mel Deck. The Hospital lease was read and it was opened for di scussion. Clm. Durant asked, regarding Page 2, if the City is to take care of all the out- side matmtenance inasmuch as the lease only specified that the lessee would take care of the inside. Clm. Hall questioned, regarding Item C on page 3, that in the case of the Lessor, it was not very clear, and the words "members appointed byH were added. Clm. }211 also stated that he did not think that the board members should also be employees of the San or members of the Women's Christian Division, and he was sorry to bring it up, and that he had nothing against ~tr. Green, but inthis particular case he had talked to Dr. Phillips and asked how such a member would vote and he had said there would be only one way to vote, otherwise the person would be fired. elm. Blair asked Mr. F.ardinge if he saw any great advantage in having nine members rather thin five, and Mr. Hardinge explained that when some of the members were working, the others could carry on, and Murl Trevethan stated that the board was increased to get more representation of the people. Clm. Hall felt that this lease should be tabled until the next regular meeting which would give them time to look it over and think about it. 'LS" , , '~ "1 'i \} SE'I'lARD, ALASKA Special Meeting February 29, 1956 Cont inued Further discussion continued with Mr. Green explaining that whoever is the chairman of the HOlSpital Board would have a job and would need to have the time to devote to it, and both Mr. Trevethan and Mr. Deck concurred in thilS. It was brought out that to date, the Hospital Board does not have any by-laws, but work was being done along these lines and it was expected to have them in the next three months or so, and in the meantiJIe, they had a trustee book which assi sted them in many ways. Clm. Sto~ton arrived at 8:43 P.M. Getting back to the members of the Board, Clm. Hall stated that perhaps he had not gone far enough, but what he really meant was that no member should belong to the Women's Christian Division. Mr. Hardinge stated that they should have their own members, and decide who they should be, it can't be all one-sided, and we have the right to choose our four JIembers. Clm. Petrovich wondered if the lease should say anything about audits or financial reports and City Mgr. Hardinge said, "No", and he presented a financial report at the table and stated that he gets them regularly now. Mayor Anthony asked if it was t he pleasure of the body that we table this and think: about it a few days. Clm. Durant moved that we table the Hospital Lease until the next regular meeting. Seconded by Glm. West. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Mayor Anthony reported on his trip to Seattle and began that he had tried to get out a week ago Sunday and did not get out until Monday an:i did not arrive in Seattle until ten that night and the next day he took the bonds to Mr. Sheppard's offi ce. He stated tha t Mr. Sheppard and Hr. Harstad had been very generous and would not all~ him to eRen buy his meals, and that his total expenses on this trip were $212.00. V~. Harstad was very apol~etic about the difficulty we have had with the resident engineer and had advised that there should not be too much concern about the engineering that had been done as if there has been any carelessness along the way, it would be caught as everything will be tied in. As far as engineering costs, Mr. Harstad thought that we were doing pretty well and he gave me a clipping regarding the costs by the Bureau of Reclamation in the Columbia Rever Basin. Hay or Anthony continued that he had seen the Lang report and that did everything the same, except that they would lay a concrete pipe between the lakes and their cost was well over six million dollars. He alBo stated that he had talked to Grande & Co. about the payment in lie\1 of taxes from the uti lit ies and they stated that there carta! nly would be no oppol!l1tion from their organization provided we went abol1t it the right way, and that we Whould pay our delinquent bills and assess both the water system and the electric system and get them to pay on a quarterly bads or otherwise and even though the Water Dept. was not able to pay, they should be assessed along wi th the e Ie ct ri c system. On the telephone issue, Mr. Sheppard pointed out to me, continued Mayor Anthony, that those are revenue bonds and we have a very different situation as we have no physical going concern to speak of, it is a construction project but there will be no revenue coming from that and it may take 18 months to two years. It is not like our electric system which is a going concern and has the ability to pay, 50 we may have difficulty getting a good rate of interest on this. No one is interested in stating any interest rate until such time as they can see a feasibility report from Mr. Bauler. V..r. Hardinge was inlStructed to wri te Mr. Bauler for more copies of the feasibility report. Mayor Anthony also stated that he had talked to Mr. Durkee regarding government financing of this, and he had advised that if we were in a rush, it looses some of its appeal as it will take them at the very least 90 days to process the application. Grande, in championing its cause against the government, pointed out that we have to pay for all the Washington operation costs in a government deal, and that a government engineer would be looking out for the government's interest and there would be a charge for that. Mayor Anthony stated that he had then gone over to General Services Administ.ation offices and saw a Mr. Myer who was very up to date on our Seward deal and he stated that this Federal Building is the only Federal bldg. in Alaska actually administered by the GSA and they had started a campaign to get a new Federal Building but that the Post office in going ahead on their own for a new Post Office, had not helped them at all in that it will now be difficult to get a new Federal Bldg. along with n new Post Office. Mr. Myer admitted that quite frankly, the new Federal I 1'-" ~.< 7,~ 4, !..:,.) I I .f) {y, ~ >' SEWARD, i\1A-"KA Spec ial Meet ing February 29, 1956 Continued Bldg. was not an active issue right now but that he is going back to Washington soon and he will bring it up again, but as far as the old bldg. going up for bid, don't count on it for the next few years. Mayor Anthony then stated that he had gone out to Boeing Aircraft to see if they were doing as much hiring as t hey claim to be, and I ran into a very good deal, a very attractive offer in the sales and service Dept., and I am sellirg out and going outside, so I am going to have to resign. I don't know whether I should do it tonite or wait until the next regular meeting. It was felt that the resignation should be submitted at the next regular meeting and Mayor Anthony stated that he would have a letter of resignation at that time. Clm. stockton asked Mayor Anthony how Mr. Sheppard felt, was he being kept up to date on our project. Mayor Anthony replied he is pretty well up to date, not so much on the construction, as on the financial end of it. He stated there is over $28,000. in our local bank which could be earning interest and Mr. Sheppard was concerned that that money is setting there and not earning any interest for the City. Vmrl Trevethan stated that Jack Roth, Manager of the Seward Branch, had attended a meeting of the Utility Board and had discussed this with them and he had stated that his Bank might possibly pay one per cent on this money. The Utility Board is presently considering this and the possibility of investing some of the money in Government Bonds and a decision will be made shortly. '. Also, stated Mayor Anthony, Mr. Harstad gave me a couple of forms and the Utility Board already has the fOrms as to how the utility could cut down thetr costs. If he could get his clients to keep these forms filled out, he would be in a position to show where cuts could be made. According to both Mr. Harstad and Mr. Sheppard, our utilities have the highest salaries of anywhere they know of in North America. Mayor Anthony continued that he had seen the drawi ngs for the Federal Power permit, and they are not yet complete, but expect to be 5tortly. The discussion on explosives came up next and Mr. Hardinge read a telegram from Atlas Powder Company relative extension of the embargo, and he stated that he had wired tIE Coast Guard and the C.G. had stated that they had not received any request for a permit for explosives shipments. Mayor Anthony stated that when in Anchorage he had phoned Hr. Moore of the Alaska General Contractors and he spoke saying that it was nothing new to him, that he had had to knock down several admirals in the past, but if we were thru with it, that was that. I told him it was not an economic issue with us, it was a matter of safety. When I got back from Seattle, I had a letter from DuPont and they were chagrined that we were jeopardiaing the economy of Seward by putting such a stiff embargo on it. He also read a letter he had received from Atlas Powder Company asking that they have a copy of our resolution. In regard to the request from Atlas Powder Company for an extension of the embargo on explosives, Clm. Petrovich moved that the request be denied. Seconded by Clm. West. Vote: Clm. Blair, yes; Durant, No; Hall, yes; Petrovich, yes; Stockton, No; West, yes. Motion carried. }lr. HardinJe was instructed to notify Atlas Powder Co. and the Coast Guard. A letter received from the Seward Health Council was read, wherein it was stated that there would be a committee present on March 5th for the regular Council meeting. Letter from the Bureau of Land Management regarding the sanitary land fill was read by Mr. Hardinge. Letter from Alaska Public Works regarding Seward Hospital specifications and plans was read. After a brief discussion, Clm. Stockton stated, "I move that we table this until Monday our next regular meeting, pending a recommendation from our City Manager." Seconded by Clm. Petrovich. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. Letter from Alaska Public Works wat. read relative the transfer of the Seward High School and Mr. Madison's pending trip to Seward for this purpose on March 5th. Mr. Hardinge pointed out that the school board did not have the down payment money available and would not have until they received the check from the territory for the tobacco tax refund and it might be necessary to have Mr. Madison postpone his trip. LL t,.~ SEWARD, ALASKA Special Meeting February 29, 1956 Continued The City Clerk applications came up next and Mr. Hardinqe reported that he had talked to Joanne DuBeau and she will take the City Clerk position with the exception of the books, for $350.00 a month. Clm. Hall stated the only thing that he had wondered about is that she is only 19 and would that be too young-- would it be legal for her to sign bonds, etc. Also, she lives outside of town which is a minor thing, but I think she should live in the City. Mr. Hardinge stated that they have a year in which to move into the City according to the statutes, also, 18 is the legal age for a woman. A discussion was held on the possibility of bringing all the city bookkeeping under one person, and Clm. West stated that he felt the fundamental job here is bookkeeping and he still had hopes that maybe this bookkeeping could eventually all be done in one place. Mr. Hardinge was instructed to draw up a re-organization plan to present at the next regular meeting. Clm. West and Clml Hall were excused at 11:15 P.M. The insurance bids were read by Mr. Hardinge and on the basis of a three-year term, non average, covering the school building for $50,000 and the furnishings for $15,000, bids were as follows: Barry West, $1040.00, Pat Williams, $1040.00; and John P. Smith $1038.70. For $13205. coverage on the Community Hall, Harry West bid $237.69 and John P. Smith bid $264.10. -1 move that we accept the low bid submitted by Harry West in the amount of $237.69 for the community Hall,H stated Clm. Stockton. Seconded by Clm. Blair. Vote: Clm. Blair, yes, Durant, yes; Petrovich, yes; Stockton, yes. Motion carried unanimously. Clm. Petrovich stated that if the bids on the school are all the same, he bel ieved it .;ought to go to Harry West inasmuch as it had been divided up at one time and given the bulk of it to Pat Williams and the rest to Smith. A brief discussion was held and Clm. Blair stated HI will make a motion that the bids on the school and furnishings be rejected and the policy renewed.- Seconded by Clm. Stockton. Vote: Blair, yes; Durant, yes; Petrovich, No; Stockton, yes. The motion was not carried for lack of four votes as required by ordinance. "I move that we table this until the next regular meeting on Monday nite," stated Durant. Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried , 1 c unanImous y. Meeting adjourned at 12:14 A.M. ATrEST:~~ CITY CLERK .1 II APPROVED: ' , ,/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _. - - - - - - - - - - SEWARD, ALASKA - - - - - - - Regular Meeting Harch 5, 1956 The regular meeting of the Council was called to order at 8:13 P.M. }fJdyor Anthony in the chair. Present Clm. Durant, Hall, Petrovich and stockton, also City Mgr. Hardinge. Absent Clm. Blair and West. Minutes of tl~ special meeting of Feb. 17th and the regular meeting of the 20th and the special meeting of the 29th were read. Clm. Hall stated that in the minutes of the 20th, it was probably meant to say Health Council instead of Utility Board, in regards to a special joint meeting. Clm. Petrovich stated that the intent was that the special joint meeting should be with the Utility Board as indicated inasmuch as it was for a discussion on the chlorination of the water. Clm. Hall felt that this should be clarified that the resolution pertaining to chlorinatio~ of water should be taken up with the Utility Board. }fJdyor Anthony stated that where he had referred to forms brought back from Seattle, in the special meeting of the 29th, these forms being for the listing of utility costs but that they wererlt necessarily to cut the costs; they were simply a form that Harstad would like to have filled in to make cost compari- sons. "I move that the minutes be accepted as read and corrected," stated Clm. Hall Seconded by Clm. Stockton. All in favor, motion carried unanimously. In regards to the hospital specifications, Mr. Hardinge stated that they are purely standard specifications and there is nothing that I can find in them that is contrary to good practice. The only thing is for someone to check that building and see that everything in the specifications is lived up to. A discussion was held on the application of our building code and City Mgr. Hardinge stated that government specifications were usually more strict than local specifications.