05/24/71 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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y. SPECIAL MEETING - May 24, 1971 The Board of Public Works and Safety met in special session at 4:00 P.M. on May 24, 1971, with all members present. AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY - SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS Harold R. Riley, Operations Manager of the American District Telegraph Company, 224 W. Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, met with the Board at the Board's request. The President of the Board explained the meeting was requested in order to clarify the wearing of uniforms by special police officers, it being the contention of the Board that uniforms worn must be those prescribed for special police officers and the wearing of a different type uniform is a violation of the State statute. There followed a discussion concern - the wearing of uniforms not prescribed for special police officers, Mr. Riley taking the position that the wearing of ADT uniforms is not in violation of the State statute. DIVISION A - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ADDITIONS - RESOLUTION ADOPTED L~ Bids having been considered for the construction of Division A - Waste- water treatment Plant Additions and the low bid being in the amount of $6,540,000.00 upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted: "RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY "WHEREAS, the Stream Pollution Control Board of the State of Indiana, acting pursuant to Chapter 214 of the Acts of the General Assembly for the year 1943 on October 2,3, 1964, issued a final order to the City of South Bend ordering said City to cease and desist from causing and contributing to the pollution of the St. Joseph River downstream from the point of entry of sewage treatment plant effluent into said water; and said Board has ordered the City to construct facilities for adequate disinfection of the City's sewage treatment plant effluent; and "WHEREAS, the City of South Bend owns and operates a sewage works and the Board has heretofore determined that said sewage works is in need of additions and improvements in order to comply with said final order; and "WHEREAS, The Board has heretofore employed Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc., consulting engineers of South Bend, Indiana, to prepare plans, specifications and estimates for said project, and said engineers have prepared said plans and speci- fications and the same have been approved by the Board and by all governmental authorities having jurisdiction, particularly the Stream Pollution Board of the State of Indiana, and the State Board of Health; and "WHEREAS, the Board has heretofore advertised for and received bids for the construction of said additions and improvements to the sewage works, and on the basis of said bids, and estimates as to incidental expenses, the cost of said works, as defined by law, has been determined to be $7,641,275, more particularly itemized as follows: Construction $6,540,000 Techn ta:l: Services 626,000 Legal and Fiscal 51,000 Contingency 424,275 Total Project Cost 7,641,275