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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0083 11" COMMISSIONER'S PROCEEDINGS VOL. 0 JEFFERSON COUNTY WASHINGTON fllellt . .unA' .CI ,........ . Tuesday, April 18, 1961. . This be;1.ng the date advertised for hearing on the petition for the fonnation of a Public Hospital District filed with this Board on April 3~ 1961, the meeting was opened by Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, Bertil Kruse. ~... , 1Il..II+......lUIlma.:klliuxuRJdutXJllll..xiIlxSUxuzlux8fXXkmcflll1ml~tr'iIll1lXllfxaxiuplb.ixiti:Un.lxaK ux*kiaxaimB. The affidavit of sufficiency was filed by the County Auditor showing a proper amount of signatures on said petition, being 14l3, with more than lO% being registered voters. Chairman Bertil Kruse called on Kenneth Wilson, Chairman of the Hospital Advisory Committee for an outline of the plan for a District. Mr. Glenn Abraham explained further the plane that could be followed; either the formation of a District, or assist- ance by the people to St. John's Hospital to help them conform to State requirements. Mayor Marilou Green spoke on the problems confronting the Port Townsend City Council. Commissioner Lyall Arey read the laws affecting the formation of a District. Mrs. Goerge Steele, John Schomocker, Pat McCrait, Rev. John Burleson, Mrs. Harry Johnson, Robert Hansen, George HU}.ltingford, Lucy Chrisopher, Lyall Arey, Mrs. Koschnick" Mrs. Julius Pedersen, Assessor Ja es Sofie, Albert Gall ear , Dr. C. lv1. Schaill, Rev. : Paul Hackett, Glenn Abraham, Rev. Howard Plummer, Dr. Shirley Benham, Lyle Johnson, Harry Cot~bn, Dave Bengtson, Mrs. E. G. Lindquist, Mrs. Floyd Imislund, all gave opinions with the majori ty in favor of a Hospi tal District. .: Suggestions were made that the School District #50, and the City of Port Townsend ' each yield 2 mills of their taxation, as the City of Port Townsend is now taxed up to the limit of 40 mills and cannot be included in the Hospital District unless their millage is reduced. Lyall Arey made a motion, seconded by George Huntingford to continue this hearing until May lst to have a report from the City and school authorities on what can be done by them. A special meeting of the Board was called for Monday, April 24th for the hearing on the 1% realestate sales tax. I I . April 24, 1961. This meeting was called with all members present, for the purpose of hearing the request for the 1% real estate sales tax for schools. ( A request was presented for an easement 'by K. L. Rathbun, Secy. of Basalt Beach Water Association and L. K. Raymer for the east margin of Olympus Boulevard. A motion was made by George Huntingford, seconded by Bertil Kurse that the easement be granted. The eaS$ment was signed as follows: EASEMENT FOR WATER LINE I KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, in consideration of the premises, the County of Jefferson, a municipal subdivi$ion of the State of Washington, acting through and by its Board of County Commissioners, and :: pursuant to a motion heretofore adopted by said board, does hereby give and grant to Basalt Beach Water Association, a nonprofit association. K. L. Rathbun, Secretary-Treasurer, an easement with right to construct and maintain a water line along and across Olympus . Boulevard, County Road No. 10-3.48 all in tl1epla1'. of Basalt Beach, Jefferson County, State of Washington, according to the following center line description: Beginning at a point on the south line of the plat of Basalt Beach three (3) feet westerly of the easterly line of said Olympus Boulevard, thence northerly parallel to the easterly line of Olympus Boulevard and three (3) feet westerly of the easterly line thereof to the north- erly terminus of said Olympus Boulevard. PROVIDED. HOWEVER, that the grantee agrees to furnlsh and install the pipes and keep it in repair at all times, and further agree that at any time it shall be necessary to remove the pipe for road maintenance o~ construction, the grantee will remove and replace said pipe at their own expense as per county construction procedures. In witness whereof, the County of Jefferson has caused these presents to be executed by the chairman of. the Board of County Commissioners and attested by the Clerk uner seal of said Board this 24 day of April, 1961. .. BERTIL KRUSE Bertil Kruse, Chairman Board of Jefferson County Commissioners. . SEAL I ATTEST: HELEN J. EADS Helen J. Eads,County Auditor and Ex- officio Clerk of the Board. This being the time fixed for hearing on the 1% Real Estate Sales Tay Ordinance, and requests having been filed by the School Districts of the County, and no one having appeared contrary to the matter, Ordinance No. XVII was signed as follows: . ORDINANOE NO. XVII ORDINANCE RELATING TO SALES OF REAL ESTATE AND LEVYING AN EXCISE TAX THEREON I . BE IT ORDAIN~D by the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Stateof Washington, t~at Ordinanoe Number XVII is hereby adopted as follows: SECTION I "Sale" shall have its ordinary m6aning and shall in addition include any conveyance~ grant t asfJignment, qui t-olaim, or transfer of ownership of or tit le to real property, I: inclUding 8tandingtimber, or any eutate or interest therein, for a valuable oonsideratio~ and any contract for such grant, assignment quit-claim or transfer, and any lease with II an option to purchase real property, including standing timber, or any estate or interes therein or other oontract under which possession of the property is given to the purchas r or any other person by his direction while title is retained by tho seller as seourity a d the payment of the purchase price, but shall not include transfera bY1~irt~ dey.iRe, or I inheritance, nor a sale by or to ~he United Statos, the Stato 01' wasn ng~Ollt 0 an . ,