12/09/68 Board of Public Works Minutes

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386 December 9, 1968 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety met at 10:00 A.M. on December 9, 1968, with Arthur W. Frisk and Lloyd S. Taylor present. The minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. APPLICATIONS - POLICE DEPARTMENT The following applications for appointment to the South Bend Police Department were filed with the Board and referred to the Personnel Director for further processing -.,Richard Edwin Griffin, Wm. Stanley Nowostawski, Donn Michael Singleton, and Ronald William Spencer. REQUEST TO ATTEND "RE -SCHOOLING" AT SNORKEL FACTORY - FIRE DEPARTMENT Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the request for Fire Chief Zurat and Master Mechanic Carl Martz to attend a "re -schooling" at the snorkel factory, Kansas City, Missouri; December 10 to 12, 1968 in connection with the two snorkel units currently in service, the expenses of which trip will be paid by the Midwest Fire and Safety Equipment Company. REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS - INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the re- quest of the Traffic Engineering Department to advertise for bids for the installation of traffic signals at the following intersections: 1. Ireland and York (semi -actuated) 2. Ewing and Main (fixed time) 3. Ironwood and Pleasant (fixed time) 4. Olive and Washington (fixed time) 5. Portage, Angela and Diamond (modernized, fixed time) And the Clerk was directed to advertise in the South B end Tribune and the Tri-County News on December 13 and December 20, 1968, for bids to be received on December 23, 1968. - REQUEST FOR STREET LIGHTS - OLIVE AND SAMPLE A letter of request for street lights along Sample Street, from Olive and Sample Street crossings to the Lombardy and Sample Street intersections, from Summit Tooling Company, Division of Ace Tool Engineering Company, Inc., 2816 W. Sample Street, was read. City Engineer Lloyd S. Taylor stated that a study is already under way in this connection and his Department hopes to.accomplish some street light installations in this area in the near future. Walter E. Milovich, President and General Manager of Summit Tooling Company, in his letter, also complains of trains blocking the Sample -Olive Street crossing for excessive periods of time. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the above matters were referred to the Engineering Department for study and recommendation. PETITION FOR STREET LIGHT - LIBERTY BETWEEN HURON AND FORD STREETS The petition of Leo Mrozinski, 513 S. Liberty Street, and 13 others for a street light on Liberty Street, between Huron and Ford Streets, was filed with the Board and referred to the Traffic Engineer for investigation and recommendation. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER'S BOND APPROVED - LEO A. VANDER HEYDEN Continuation certificate continuing Bond No. 324 2375 on behalf of Special Police Officer Leo A. Vander Heyder, Mishawaka, Indiana, employed by Associates Investment Company, to 12/11/69 was approved byythe Board. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORTS Street light outage reports for the period 11/24/68 to 12/6/68 were filed.