05/22/67 Board of Public Works Minutes

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6 May 22, 1967 The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety was called to order at 10:00 A. M. will all members present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. REQUEST: TRANSFER OF FURDS -.POLICE DEPARTMENT Mr. Thomas H. McNaughton, Acting police chief requested a transfer of funds in the amount of $389.00 from P-11 Services personal to P-265 Contractual Services. The Board approved the transfer but a copy was given to Mr. Bickel to prepare the ordinance. REQUEST -_LARKING METER REMOVAL In order to expedite the flow of traffic, relieve congestion and eliminate certain hazards, it is recommended that parking meters be removed at the following locations: 1. the west side of the 100 block South Lafayette, meters No. 1 through 29. 2. The east side of the 100 block South Lafayette, meters 13 and 11 3. The south side of the 200 block of West jefferson, meter 12 and 14. It is further recommended that these locations be posted with signs " No Parking or Stopping anytime. Mr. DuComb dictated a letter to the Chief of Police in regard to the parking in the vicinity of -the new City County Bldg, and dictated the following minutes in regard to the request: The Traffic Engineers Department having this date submitted to the Board of Public Works and Safety thdir recp4pendation for the removal of several parking meters and it being recommended that the parking meters on the west side of the 100.block of South Lafayette Street, numbers being one through 29 being removed and it having been called to the attention of the Board that the Social Security office is located in that block, said request is granted as presented subject to the following modification: The removal of #1 through #29 is denied by the West Bide of the 100 block of Lafayette Street and shall be posted with signs designating it as a Mo. Parking Zone from 6 A. M. to 9 A. M. and from 3 P. M. to 6 P. M. , daily except Sundays., In all other details, said recommendation is approved, and all is unanimously approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety. APPLICATION: POLICE DEPARTMENT The application of Theodore C. Najdek, Jr. of 1127 No. Meade Street was s bordered filed by the Board. REQUUST: SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT PLACING OF POP MACHINE AND CIGARET CUPBOARD Mire Chief Cecil McHenry asked the Boardts permission to place a pop machine and a cigaret cupboard in the municipal services Building in Room 105. Any monies made on the concessions would be put in a house fund which is used for the purchase of newspapers, shoe polish, dishes and cooking ware. The request will be taken under advisement and a decision made at a later date. POLICE DEPARTMENT The monthly report for April 1967 for the police Department was filed by the Board. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS• REMOVAL AND ADDITION A letter was received from E. 0. Prange, Director of Health, Safety and Security at Bendix, and asked that the names of Perry L. Elkins and Arthur W. Ferm be removed from the Special Police Officer lists as they are deceased.