09/23/68 Board of Public Works Minutes

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1 September 23, 1968. The regular meeting of the Board of Safety met at 10:00 A.M. on September 23, 1968. Present were James A. Bickel and Lloyd S. Taylor. Mr.'Bickel acted as Chairman of the Board. APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT -F.rRE DEPARTMENT The following applications for appointment to the Fire Department were filed and referred to the Personnel Director for further processing Patrick O'Connor Richard Paul Wawrzyniak APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT - POLICE DEPARTMENT The application of Darneil Lewis for appointment to the Police Department was filed and referred to the Personnel Director .for further processing. RETIREMENT - FIRE CHIEF CECIL McHENRY 00 The Board received the application and declaration for retirement of Fire Chief Cecil McHenry effective November 1, 1968, Chief McHenry having become U 65 years of age on September 9, 1968, the age of mandatory retirement. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board appoved the retire- ment of Chief McHenry. I.Q. TESTS FOR FIREMENIAND POLICEMEN All applications for appointment to Fire Department and Police Department will be reviewed by the Board. REQUEST OF RIETH RILEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. TO BURN TREES AND BRUSH The request of Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc., dated September 12, 1968, for permissi-on to burn trees and brush which will be cleared in conjunction with the construction of the new Cleveland Road Bridge over the St. Joseph River, in the vicinity of Riverside Drive, was, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, approved by the Board, upons Qa on the recommendation of the Fire Department that the following conditions be complied with: 1. That a bulldozer and operator be available on the site during the burning operation. 2. That full water tanker be kept on the site with hose lines to reach fire in case of emergency. 3. That the fire is put out at the end of each working day. STREET LIGHT REQUESTS 1. Request of Crest Manor Development Corp, 60124 Miami Road, South Bend, Indiana, for the installation of street lights in Crest Manor, Sections 4, 8 and 9; for the instalation of street lighting in Fairfax Estates, Sections 1 and Ireland Heights. 2. The request of Joseph Chrzan and 28 others for the installation of street lights on Phillipa Street from Ford -,'to Dunham. 3. Petition of Julius Horvath and 21 others for the installation of a street light on Illinois Street, between Ford and Huron. 4. Petition of Frank Rozmann and six others for a street light at Hillside and Phillipa Streets. The above petitions and requests were ordered file and referred to the Traffic Engineering Department for investigation and recommendation.