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FEBRUARY 25, 1957
The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Alderson, Commissioners Schutt and
Mathews and Assistant Attorney Carl Loy present on roll call.
The minutes of the regular meeting of February 1$, 1957 were approved as read.
This being the time for the receiving and considering bids for the $400,000 issue of
library bonds, the following bids were received:
The National Bank of Commerce, Seattle, the effective rate of interest 3.246%
Pacific Northwest Company�Exchange Building, Seattle, net interest 3.11$%
Seattle First National Bank of Seattle, a total interest bid of 3.116%
It was Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that the City Commission meet with the City
and County Library Boards to consider said bids -and meet again at 2 p.m. this same day
and make the award: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call..
This being the time for receiving bids on Turbine pump for the Irrigation Department,
the following bids were received:
DeCoto Bros. Yakima $ 1,66$.32
Hall - Harmon Equipment Company 1,650.$1
Pomona Serv. & Supply Company 12792.83
Food Machinery & Chemical 1,95$.02
It was moved by Mathews and seconded by Schutt that the bids be referred to the
Engineers and Irrigation Department for recommendation: carried, Alderson, Schutt
and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
This being the date for receiving bids for the 1957 supply of chlorine for the Water
Department, the following were received:
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Tacoma
Van Waters and Rogers, Inc. of Seattle
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that said bids be referred to the Superintendent
of the Water Department for recommendation: 'carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews
voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized
to advertise for bids for the sale and removal of municipally owned property at the
Yakima Municipal Airport, namely one complete dwelling unit, to be sold "as is" and
"where is" and to be paid for at the time of acceptance of bid, sale of said property
being to further improve the,Airport, said bids to be received on March 11, 1957, at
the hour of 10 o1clock a.m.: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll
call.
It, being Hetbss�ar-y,,tonlrdbuild albr dge span.n ngothe ,irr gat oh,.d tch.,at�'16th-` .Avenue and
Cherry Avenub,,, iF- said:: bridge : -..beingrone-,halfutin�.3theiG tynand_one =halfc in,, the County :..and:-
ax:rangements' having been�3made with - the rGounty t.oashare - th'e'' c.os.t Mathews,
se.conded;by'1Alderson that Resolution No. C -1458 authorizing the Street Department to
purchase corrugated metal pipe in the amount of $2,500.00 without calling for bids, be
Passed_:as.:_read:'.: 64:rr ed�' Alderson ' Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
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RESOLUTION NO. C -145$, A RESOLUTION authorizing the Street Dept. to purchase corrugated
metal pipe without calling for bids; and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to rebuild the bridge spanning the.
irrigation ditch at 16th Avenue and Cherry Street, said bridge being one -half in the
City and one -half in the County, and
WHEREAS, an arrangement has been entered into with Yakima County
to share the costs of re- building said bridge and
WHEREAS, approximately 400•lineal feet of corrugated metal pipe
is required to reconstruct said bridge, and
WHEREAS, the total cost of said corrugated metal pipe will be
approximately $2500.00, and
WHEREAS, insufficient time remains before water will be flowing
in said irrigation ditch to call for bids for said pipe and complete the necessary
repairs, and
WHEREAS,•the only local suppliers of said corrugated pipe is
Rankin Equipment Company, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. This resolution is necessary for the immediate
.preservation of the public peace, health, welfare and safety, and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist.
Section 2. The City— Engineer is hereby authorized and directed
to purchase from Rankin Equipment, without calling for bids, approximately 400 lineal
feet of 3611 x 2211 standard Armco corrugated metal pipe, 14 gauge, said pipe to be used
to construct the bridge spanning the irrigation ditch at 16th Avenue and Cherry Street,
the total cost of said pipe to be in the approximate sum of ?2500.00.
Section 3. 'The payment for said corrugated metal pipe shall be
made from the Rehabilitation of Bridges.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 25th
day of February, 1957•
ATTEST: J.A.SMITH, City Clerk (S E A L) JOE K: ALDERSON, Mayor
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Moved by Mathews and seconded by Alderson that Ordinance No. B -2003 fixing time of
delinquency and prescribing form of bond on 5th Avenue South Curb and Gutter District,
being L.I.D. 844, be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye
on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2003, AN ORDINANCE fixing the time of delinquency of installments of
assessments levied for the payment of the cost of the improvement in Local Improvement
District No. 844, and providing for the issuance of bonds with coupons attached for the
payment of the unpaid portion thereof.
Moved by Mathews and seconded by Schutt that Ordinance No. B -2004 fixing the time of
delinquency and prescribing the form of bonds for L.I.D. No. 845, being the Westover
Terrace Sewer District, be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting
aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2004, AN ORDINANCE fixing the time of delinquency of installments of
assessments levied for the payment of the cost of the improvement in Local Impro vement
District No. 845, and providing for the issuance of bonds with coupons attached for the
payment of the unpaid portion thereof.
Moved by Mathews and seconded by Schutt that Resolution No. C -1459 being a Resolution
authorizing settlement and payment of $200.00 in the case of Steve Pavlick vs. City of
Yakima, and designating the fund out of which payment is to be made, be passed as read:
carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C -1459, A RESOLUTION authorizing settlement and payment in the case of
Pavlick vs. City of Yakima, and designating the fund out of which payment is to be made.
WHEREAS, on January 23, 1957, a complaint was filed in the
Superior Court of Yakima County by Steve Pavlick, alleging painful injuries sustaine
as the result of a fall upon a sidewalk within the city, and alleging that said fat wa.s
caused by the negligence of the City of Yakima, all occurring on January 24, 1954;
and
WHEREAS, that a notice of claim was timely filed against the City
by said plaintiff as more particularly provided for in Article X of the City Charter;
and
WHEREAS, the.amount of said claim was in the sum of $9,002.95;
and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the City
to compromise this law suit for the sum of $200.00, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. The City Commission hereby confirms the compromise
settlement in the case Pavlick vs. City of Yakima, being cause No. 41451, in the sum of
8200.00, the payment of said amount to be in full and complete satisfaction of all claims
against the City arising out of this litigation, including interest and court costs.
Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized and
directed to take whatever steps are necessary to conclude this settlement.
Section 3. That the City Treasurer is hereby authorized
to pay the sum of `200.00 to Steve Pavlick, c/o Brown, Hovis & Cockrill, Attorneys at
Law, Miller Building, Yakima, Washington, in full satisfaction of all claims against
the city arising out of this litigation.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, this 25th day of February, 1957
( S E A L )
JOE K. AL DE RSON
Mayor
Moved by Mathews and seconded by Alderson that Resolution No. C -1460 authorizing the
Mayor to execute'an agreement in connection with condemnation action entitled City vs.
McCutcheon, et al., be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye
on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. 1460, A RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement on
behalf of the City of Yakima in connection with the compromise of a condemnation action
entitled City vs. McCutcheon, et al.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has instituted a condemnation action
in Superior Court against the owners of certain real property located within the City
for the purpose of widening and otherwise improving Buwalda Lane, said improvement being
within Local Improvement District No. $47, and
WHEREAS, representatives of the City and the owners have been
negotiating for a compromise settlement of this case, the terms of said settlement being
incorporated in a formal written agreement, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the City of
Yakima to accept the terms of said agreement, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to
execute on behalf of the City that certain agreement with M. C. McCutcheon and Zetta
B. McCutcheon, husband and wife, and James D. Bouyear and Frances M. Bouyear, husband
and wife, the owners of the real property in question, said agreement containing the
terms of settlement and wherein the city will acquire a 15 foot strip for the purpose
of improving Buwalda Lane, a street within the City of Yakima.
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FEBRUARY 25, 1957
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 25th day of February 1957.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH ( S E A L ) JOE K. ALDERSON
City Clerk Mayor
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Alderson that the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized
to call for bids on automotive equipment insurance written on a comprehensive (blanket)
automobile bodily injury and property damage policy with a sealed endorsement attached
to include coverage for the unlicensed equipment owned and operated by the City and
the Park District for a term of one year, limits to be 100,000.001300,000.00 bodily
injury and $10,000.00 property damage and include a non ownership and hired car
endorsement also blanket coverage for fire, transportation and theft on the. same
equipment; �sa:id' bids ' t6_,be -,rec6Eved _ and: + +c6ns'jide red ^ -bh -Monday;,-•Marbh 11- 7.1957, at
10 o'clock A.M.; carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Mathews and seconded by Schutt that the City Clerk be authorized to call
for bids on traffic paint for the Street Department, said bids being called for
Monday, March 11, 1957, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews
voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that we do now adjourn to meet at 2 o'clock
p. m. on this same day, February 25, 1957: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews
voting aye on roll call.
ADJOURNED MEETING, MONDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1957, 200tCLOCK -P.M.
The City Commission met pursuant to adjournment, Mayor Alderson, Commissioners Schutt
and Mathews and Assistant City Attorney Carl Loy present on roll call.
The City Commission having met with the City and County Library Boards and Al.l being
in' acco:"d ..that the•:. bid-.. -of Seattle', First. National Bank''in the amount :of - 3...116% is the
lowest and. best bid' for..the-.purchase of' $400 ,000.,00. -..of _g.e,neral -obligation .library bonds
of -the City.of Yakimd;...it was moved' _-by Mathews; seconded ,by..- Schutt-that..,Resoluti.on.
No 461aanceggjngajs�id, bid be passed "as, read: 1 eatried,.,Alderson,. Schutt- and" Mathews
RESOLUTION NO. C -14611 A RESOLUTION accepting the bid of Seattle First National
Bank for the purchase of $400,000.00 of general obligation library bonds of the City
of Yakima.'
WHEREAS, pursuant to notice of bond sale for the issuance
of $400,000.00 of general obligation bonds, the city duly received three bids, said
bids being submitted by Seattle First National Bank, Pacific Northwe -st Company, and
National Bank of Commerce, and
WHEREAS, each of said bids was in compliance with all statutory
requirements pertaining to the sale of general obligation bonds, and
WHEREAS, the effective rates of interest contained in said
bids by Seattle First National Bank, Pacific Northwest Company, and National Bank of c
Commerce were 3.116 %, 3.118%, and 3.246% respectively, and
WHEREAS, after an examination of-all bids and after arithmetic
computations therein, it has been determined that Seattle First National Bank was the
low bidder on said library bonds, NOW,.THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the City Commission hereby accepts the bid
of Seattle First National Bank for the purchase of,$400,000.00 of general obligation
library bonds of the City and the proper city officers are hereby authorized and
directed to proceed with.the printing and issuance of said bonds as provided for by
law.
Section 2. That the City Treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to return the deposits submitted by the-two-remaining unsuccessful bidders.
25th day of February,
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED
1957.
BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this
(SEAL)
JOE K. ALDERSON
Mayor
Moved by Mathews and seconded by Alderson that Reverend Owen J. Beadles be
appointed on the Library Board to replace William Yeaman who resigned: carried,
Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on�roll call.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that we do now adjourn, to meet again in regular
session at the hour of 10 o'clock A.M. on Monday, March 4, 1957: carried, Alderson
Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
:% MAYOR
ATTEST:
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