07/30/62 Board of Public Works Minutes

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a LEAVE OF ABSENCE - ACTIVE DUTY ( INSP. HUNT ) - POLICE DEPARTMENT Permission was granted to Inspector R. Hunt of the Police Department, to attend Annual Active Duty as Commanding Officer of domppny B. 12th Special Force Group, 1st Special Forces from August 5 to August 18, 1962 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. ELIMINATION OF POLICE PHONES Comes now Chief of Police Harman and submits a list fo the Board for elimination of certain emergency police phones as an economy measure. At present there are 75 boxes in service. The new list eliminates 34 of the present 75, thus leaving 41 boxes in service. The list was examined by the Board, accepted and ordered placed on file. CITY OF SOUTH BEND AWARD ( NATIONAL VEHICLE SAFETY CHECK ) Chief of Police Harman submitted s telegram addressed to Officer S. Re' McGee of the Police Department stating that the City of South Bend is-:. the recipient of a national award of excellence for cities of 100-300,000 population in the nation. This award was given by the National Vehicle Safety Check. POLICE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT A report for the month of June, 1962 from the Police Department was accepted and ordered placed on file. APPLICATION: POLICE DEPARTMENT An application from Donald John Wlodarek for the Police Department was accepted and ordered placed on file. GERMAN TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT A Contract for Fire Protection for German Township was submitted to the Board for signatures. The Contract covers fire protection for the year 1962 . This Agreement was submitted to German Township in January, 1962 for ratification by the Advisory Board of German Township. It has now been ratified by the Advisory Board, approved by the Board of Public Works & Safety and ordered placed on file. APPROVAL OF PENSION ( FIRE DEPARTMENT - L. M. HEDL ) Following the recommendation of the Firemen's Pension Fund President and upon the advice of Dr. R. W. Spenner, medical examiner, the Board approved a disability pension for Fireman Louis Michael Hedl, effective August 1, 1962. PETITION: STREET LIGHT A petition for a Street Light at 1715 Sterling Drive was referred to the Electrical Department for investigation and report. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORTS Street Light Outage Reports were accepted and ordered placed on file. BUILDING DEPARTMENT - SUB -STANDARD DIVISION ( BID TO DEMOLISH ) Comes now John Grabarz, Director of the Sub -Standard Division of the Building Department, and advises the Board that he had placed advertisement for bids to demolish structure located at 502 29th Street. Mr. Grabarz reported that he had received one bid only and that, in his opinion, this bid was too high. He requested permission to re- . advertise and permission was granted.