11/12/91 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 1991 amount of $5,373.00. Mr. Littrell informed the Board that there were arithmetic errors in several of the bids accounting for the discrepancies between the bid tabulation and the amounts read at the bid opening. However, there were no discrepancies in the amount read for the low bidder. Mrs. DeClercq made a motion that this recommendation be accepted and the bid be awarded. Ms. Humphreys seconded the motion which carried. APPROVE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS In a letter to the Board, Ms. Megan Wright, Pretreatment Coordinator, Division of Environmental Services, requested that industrial discharge permits for Kokoku Wire Industries Corporation, 1217 South Walnut Street, South Bend, Indiana and Allied-Signal Aerospace Company, Inc., Bendix Wheels and Brakes Division, 3520 Westmoor Street, South Bend, Indiana, be approved. Ms. Wright noted that these permits are existing permits which are being renewed. Mr. Leszczynski made a motion that the permits be approved as recommended. Mrs. DeClercq seconded the motion which carried. FLEXLINC SERVICE FEE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED ADMINISTRATORS AGREEMENT FOR FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT - LINCOLN NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORPORATION Ms. Katherine Humphreys, Director, Administration and Finance, advised that the Agreements submitted to the Board today for approval are with Lincoln National Administrative Services Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ms. Humphreys noted that these Agreements are for the same services as provided this year with a slight reduction in the contract amount. Ms. Humphreys made a motion that the Limited Administrators Agreement for Flexible Spending Account and the Flexlinc Service Fee Agreement be approved and executed. Mrs. DeClercq seconded the motion which carried. REQUESTS REFERRED: - REQUEST OF SAINT JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER FOR EASEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND TUNNEL UNDER CEDAR STREET - REQUEST OF SAINT JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE CEDAR STREET IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND TUNNEL Mr. Leszczynski advised that the Board is in receipt of two (2) separate letters from Mr. John B. Ford, Attorney at Law, Jones, Obenchain, Ford, Pankow & Lewis, 1800 Valley American Bank Building, P.O. Box 4577, South Bend, Indiana, on behalf of Saint Joseph's Medical Center, Inc. Mr. Ford indicated that the Medical Center has requested that the Board grant to them an Easement so as to permit the construction, operation, use and maintenance of a tunnel under Cedar Street for the purpose of connecting the existing main hospital facility and Medical Pavilion I on the south side of Cedar Street with the proposed new Medical Pavilion III to be located on the north side of Cedar Street. Additionally, the Medical Center has requested permission to close Cedar Street, between St. Louis Boulevard and Notre Dame Avenue, for the purpose of constructing said underground tunnel. Mr. Ford noted that the street would be closed for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. In two (2) separate motions Ms. Humphreys moved that the requests be referred to the appropriate City departments and bureaus for review and recommendation. Mrs. DeClercq seconded the motions which carried.