12/28/1981 Board of Public Works Minutes

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167 C REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 28, 1981 The regular meeting of the Board of PublicWorkswas convened at 9:35 a.m., on Monday, December 28, 1981, by President John E. Leszczynski, with Mr. Leszczynski, Mr. Richard L. Hill and Mr. Joseph E. Kernan present. Also present was Assistant City Attorney Carolyn pfotenhauer. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING APPROVED Upon a motion made by Mr. Kernan, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the minutes of the December 21, 1981, regular meeting of the Board were approved as submitted. AGENDA ITEM ADDED Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, a lease for a new police substation on South Michigan Street was added to the agenda following approval of the contracts with Hurwich Iron Company for towing and storage of abandoned vehicles. APPROVE CONTRACTS FOR TOWING AND STORAGE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES (HURWICH IRON COMPANY) In accordance with the low bids awarded on December 21, 1981, to Hurwich Iron Company for the towing of abandoned vehicles at the rate of $15.00 per vehicle for regular towing and $20.00 per - vehicle for piggyback towing, and for the storage of said abandoned vehicles at a cost of $1.00 per day per vehicle, contracts for performance of the above services at the above rate of compensation were submitted to the Board for execution. Mr. Hill noted that, under the terms of the contract, the city would be able to have any vehicles valued at under $100 immediately disposed of. Upon a motion made by Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Leszczynski and carried, the above contracts were approved, subject to the filing of a 100% Performance Bond for said services. APPROVE LEASE FOR POLICE SUBSTATION (1716 SOUTH MICHIGAN) Mr. Hill explained that a standard form of commercial lease was being submitted for Board approval, involving the lease of a 2,100 square foot building and adjacent parking lot at 1716 South Michigan, from Mr. Glen Sealy, at a monthly cost of $400.00. Police Chief Dan Thompson stated that the need for new quarters for the south police station was evident. He explained that the present facility on South Main Street was not large enough to accommodate the police function. In addition, security was a major problem. He advised that the new facility on South Michigan Street was more centrally located within that particular district and there was adequate room. Mr. Hill stated that the new substation would be located in the South Michigan Street business area, and'the merchants and residents in the area would witness a visible presence of their police department at work. He advised that approval of the lease should be made subject to the availability of funding. Upon a motion made by Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the lease was approved subject to review by the Legal Department. UNCOLLECTIBLE AMBULANCE ACCOUNTS REMOVED FROM ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Chief Deputy Controller Sherrie L. Petz requested Board of Works approval to write off the amount of $18,765.49 from the city's accounts receivable ledgers for ambulance billings never collected from the year 1978, 1979 and 1980. It was noted that every effort had been made to collect the account after the initial billing. During the latter part of 1981, under a contract with American United Systems Collection Agency, additional attempts by that agency were made in an effort to collect the accounts. An amount of $1,642.49, which amount was included in the total figure of