02/05/73 Board of Public Works Minutes

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A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works convened at 9:30 a.m, on Monday, February 5, 1973 with all members present. Mrs. Barbara Byers, Deputy City Clerk, administered the oath.of office to Mr. James Seitz, new member of the Board. Minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and approved. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF BOARD Mr. James Barcome, Temporary Chairman, announced that the first order of business would be to elect a President. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, Mr. William J. Richardson was elected President of the Board of Public Works. BIDS - STREET SWEEPERS Bids for Street Sweepers were opened and publicly read, the Clerk having tendered proofs of publication of notice in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News, which were found to be sufficient. RIES EQUIPMENT COMPANY Non -collusion affidavit was found Bid $90,000.00 to be in order and a 10% bid bond Less Trade In 10,240.00 accompanied the bid. Net B i d $79.960.00 O Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the bid was referred to the Bureau of Engineering for study and recommendation. AWARDING OF BIDS - MAIN STREET STORM SEWER PROJECT Mr. David Wells, Assistant City Engineer, recommended to the Board that the low bid of $27,725 from the Howell Construction Company be accepted for the Main Street Storm Sewer Project. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board awarded the bid to the Howell Construction Company. AWARDING OF BIDS - GROUP III VEHICLES Mr. William J. Richardson, Director of Public Works, reported that it was the recommendation of the Police Department that the bid for Group III vehicles be awarded to American Motors on their low bid of $28,240 for 14 Matador 4-door sedans. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board awarded the bid to American Motors. CLEVELAND ROAD SEWER PROJECT COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved a Projection Completion Affidavit for the Cleveland Road Sewer Project CS1-1972 with a maintenance agreement to extend until December 31, 1975. MAINTENANCE BOND - PAVEMENT OF CLAYTON DRIVE AND ECHO DRIVE Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved a Maintenance Bond covering the new pavement construction on Clayton Drive and Echo Drive for a period of three years. REQUEST FROM EAST SIDE LITTLE _LEAGUE RE: POPCORN SALE AND CLOSING OF 26TH STREET FOR ONE DAY FOR A FUN FAIR The Board received a request from Mr. Charles Lennon, Jr., President of the East Side Little League, for permission to sell popcorn from April 28 through May 12. They also asked permission to close-27th Street on Saturday, May 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The area to be closed would be between McKinley and Colfax, The Board, upon motion made, seconded and carried, approved the sale of.popcorn and referred the matter of closing 27th Street to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting for their investigation. REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF CONTRACTOR*S BOND - HERSCHEL WILLIS A request for the release of a Contractor's Bond for Herschel Willis was referred to the Bureau of Administration and Design for their investigation and report, upon motion made, seconded and carried.