08/14/72 Board of Public Works Minutes

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q 0 � August 14, 1972 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety convened on Monday, August 14, 1972 at 9:30 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and approved. FIRE DEPARTMENT A letter was received from Michigna Mack, Inc., wherein they stated they had been able to negotiate a more favorable interest rate for the lease purchase of three (3) fire Trucks. The new rate will be 4.10% instead of the 4.7% in their original proposal. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board awarded the bid for three fire trucks to Michigna Mack, Inc., on their bid of This bid was considered, in the Board's opinion to be in the best interest of the City of South Bend. POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Seals was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. CHARGES AGAINST PATROLMAN JOHN EVANS FARR The Chief presented the following charges: CITY OF SOUTH BEND TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, STATE OF INDIANA INDIANA CHARGES AGAINST PATROLMAN: JOHN E. PARR The undersi§gedy Robert W. Seals, Chief of the Police Force of the City of South Bend, does khereby prefer charges against Patrol- man John E. Farr, said charges biing in the following particulars, to -wit: That on the 3rd day df August, 1972, in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County,.lndiana, Patrolman John E. Farr did violate sections 3.7, 3.9, 4.1$, and 4.50 (a) (e) of the Duty Manual of the South Bend Police Department of the City of South Bend, Indiana in the following: (a) That on the 3rd day of August, 1972, at or about 5:30 A.M. at the intersection of Hoover Avenue and East Jefferson Street in the City of Mishawaka, St. Joseph'County, Indiana, John E. Farr did then and there interfere with and obstruct the efforts of officers of the Mishawaka Police Department who were in the process of apprehending and arresting a suspect who they had probably cause to believe had committed a crime. (b) That on the 3rd day of August, 1972, at or about 4:10 A.M. in the Mishawaka Police Station, City of Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, said John E. Farr did fail to cooperate with officers of the Mishawaka Police Department and did interfere with the said officers of the Mishawaka Police Department and did interfere with the said officers of the Mishawaka Police Department in the performance of their designated duties; that further, said Patrolman John E. Farr did act in a rude and insolent manner and made threatening gestures to the said police officers of the City of Mishawaka.