04/09/62 Board of Public Works Minutes

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M April 91, 1962 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, April 9, 1962 at 10:00 A.M. CST. All members were present. Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. 4ouchers were approved and ordered paid to the various suppliers. TRAFFIC ENGINEER TRAFFIC SIGNALS Following th-e recommendation of the Traffic Engineer, ':he following installations were approved: Stop Signs installed on each of the 4 corners of intersection of Byron and York streets, making this a 4-way stop. Stop Signs installed on parallel Street, both sides, at Jackson. Stop Sign installed on Campeau Street, northeast corner, at Twyckenham Drive. FIRE DEPARTMENT APPLICATION An application for the Fire Department from Eugene Joseph Stachowiak was accepted and ordered placed on file. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT PETITION - STREET LIGHT A Petition from Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stachowiak and others for a street light on Bendix Drive between Ford and Dunham Streets was referred to the Electrical Department for investigation and recommendation. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORTS Street Light Outage Reports were accepted and ordered placed on file. BUILDING DEPARTMENT PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE - SEDAN ) Comes now:'Verner_.Lane, Building Commissioner, and requests permission to have advertisements placed for the purchase of a new Four Door Sedan for use of his Department. Permission granted, upon assurance from Mr. Lane that there is sufficient money in the budget for such a purchase. Advertisements will appear in The South Bend Tribune and The Record on April 27 and May 4, 1962 and bids will be opened on May 7, 1962. BUILDING DEPARTMENT (,MONTHLY REPORT A Report from the Building Department for the month of March, 1962 was accepted and ordered placed on file. BUILDING DEPARTMENT ( ATTEND CONFERENCE - COL UyiBUS ) Comes now Verner Lane and requests permission to attend a conference in Columbus, Ohio from May 19 through May 249 1962. The Conference is for the Annual Conference of Building Cfficials of America. Mr. Lane requests further that Mr. Grabarz be permitted to attend this conference. ' t9t*: The Board, being assured that there is sufficient money in the budget for this meetingranted g permission as stipulated above. �> BUILDING DEPARTMENT - SUB -STANDARD DIVISION HEARINGS '� Comes now Mr. Dan C. Cole, 506 29th Street, with a Petition from residents on and near 29th Street and requests the immddiate removal of a building located at 502 S. 29th Street. The Petition states that the building has been condemned by the Sub -Standard Division of the Building Department as of September, 1961. It has also been set afire in October; 1961 and is polluted in the basement with trash and debris left by former occupants.