08/21/72 Board of Public Works Minutes

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1 8/21/72 i wish to signify our sincere appreciation of the consistently fine work accomplished by Sergeant Schindler during his long and faithful service to this department and further, to indicate our sincere concern for his future health and welfare. Your cooperation in this metter will be most deeply appreciated.. RWS:mm Respectfully yours, s/ Robert W. Seals Chief of Po i i ce Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board accepted the Chief's recommendation and approved the request for retirement, as of'August 16, 1972. The Clerk was instructed to write Mr. Schindler expressing appreciation for his long years of service to ,the department, and a wish for his well being. POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMENDATION Miss Virginia Guthrie appeared before the Board to bring to their attention a paragraph in the weekly bulletin of St. Patrick's Church in South Bend wherein they state,"Thaks to very efficient work on the part of our City policemen the three keys which were taken from the sacristy last Saturday were recovered on Monday. Needless to say we were happy to get them back, especially so quickly. We wish to publicly express our gratitude to the Police Force." The Board thanked Miss Guthrie for calling the matter to their attention and directed that the Chief be notified. BUILDING DEPARTMENT - SUB STANDARD DIVISION Mr. Kenneth Hadley, Inspector, appeared before the Board in the place of Isaiah Steed, Sub -Standard Director, who is out of town at a meeting, and matters pertaining to that department were discussed as follows: 513 North Hill Street Arthur Hurd, Jr., Clarence Hurd and Brenda Hurd were requested to come to the meeting to show cause why the structure at 513 North Hill Street should not be demolished. Mrs. Margaret Hurd appeared and stated she is their mother, and they are away at school, and she would represent them. A letter was presented from Patrick Brennan, Attorney for the estate of Clarence Pierce, wherein he stated he wished the house demolished and the bill sent to the estate. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, Mr. Hadley was authorized to seek bids for the demolition of the structure. 515 North Hill Street Upon the recommendation of Mr. Sweeney this matter was continued for one week. 535 S. Taylor Street Esther Frank Litow having been requested to appear before the Board to show cause why the structure at 535 South Tailor Street should not be demolished, and not having appeared, the Board now, upon motion made, seconded and carried, authorized Mr. Hadley to seek bids for the demolition of the said structure. 1207 West JeffersonMr. Harold Slutsky, member of the J. & G. Insurance and Realty Company, appeared before the Board to state his firm had contracted with Jerry Davis to demolish the building prior to the awarding of a contract by the Board to Bryant Demolition Company. It was the Board's opinion that in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the awarding of the bid to Mr. Bryant should stand. However, because both M:r. Steed of the Sub -Standards Division and Mr. Slutsky are out of town, and they were the ones involved in the transactions, upon motion made, seconded and carried, the matter was oon tinued for two weeks.