12/08/69 Board of Public Works Minutes

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335 12/8/69 It will be necessary, however, to have some emergency number which can be called during the evening and night hours, as well as to have the Street Department radio manned during these periods. It is the feeling of the Board of Public Works and Safety that the personnel in the Alarm Station have sufficient time to do this work. You are therefore directed to notify your personnel to train themselves on this equipment, as they will be responsible for its operation, some time between now and January 1, 1970. Very truly yours, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY s/ Lloyd S. Taylor, President" The Board also orders that the Fire Department Rules and Regulations be amended to read as follows: Article VII, Section 3. Dispatchers shall have the responsibility and authority for the proper reception and transmission of all alarms, signals and messages by both the Fire Department and any other Departrpents of the City as required." "Article VII, Section 8. Dispatchers shall familiarize themselves with all calls and signals of the Fire Department and other Departments of the City of South Bend to the extent that they are applicable." "Article VII, Section 13.(new) The dispatchers on duty shall be responsible for manning the Street Department telephone and radio during the hours when Street De- partment personnel are not assigned to this duty, and shall receive and relay all calls pertaining to Street Department matters during such hours." REQUEST PERMISSION TO ATTEND FUNERAL - POLICE DEPARTMENT The approval of the Board on December 3, 1969 for Police officer Richard Hazinski to use Police Vehicle #54 to attend the funeral of an officer in Valparaiso, Indiana, on December 3, 1969, is confirmed this date and made a part of these minutes. IN -KIND RENT VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER, 1969 - A.0 T I 0 N , INC. In -kind rent vouchers .for Fire Station #5 in the amount of $169.62 and for Fire Station #7 in the amount of $200.00 for December 1969, were, ordered filed. COMMUNICATION - ST. JOSEPH COUNTY COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE A communication from L. L. Taylor, Chairman of the St. Joseph County Committee to Support your Local Police (S.Y.L.P.), P. 0. Box 2071, South Bend, Indiana, addressed to Forrest R. West, Building Commissioner, was reviewed and ordered filed. ASSESSMENT ROLL FILED - IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3274 - ALLEY BETWEEN SOUTH MICHIGAN AND MAIN STREETS Clyde E. Williams and Associates, Inc., consulting engineers, file with the Board certificate of completion of the paving of the alley between South Michigan Avenue and Main Street in accordance with the plans and specifications for the project. And the City Engineer files with the Board an assessment roll, with the names of the owners and a description of the property subject to be assessed, with the amount of the prima facie assessment in the total sum of $5,998.80. And the Board adopts a resolution accepting said assessment roll and sets 9:30 A.M. on December 29, 1969, as the time for hearing remonstrances. And the Clerk is directed to gove notice of such hearing by publication in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri County News on December 12 and December 19, 1969.