02/25/63 Board of Public Works Minutes

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FIRE DEPARTMENT PERMISSION TOADADVERTISE) - AERIAL PLATFORM_ At ,the request of Fire Chief Andrzejewski,.permission was granted to advertise.for a motorized hydraulic 65' aerial platform for the Fire Department. The Fire Chief informed the Board that funds are available for this purchase. Advertisements will be placed in.The South Bend Tribune and The Record on March 81 March 15, 1963. Bids will be opened at 10:00 A.M. on March 25, 1963. FIRE DEPARTMENT - APPOINTMENT ,RENCE J. KAMINSKI ) Upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief and the Firemen's Pension Fund, the Board now appoints Mr. Clarence J. Kaminski to the South Bend Fire Department, effective March 1, 1963. Following the recommendation of Nicholas Horvath, Superintendent of the Electrical Department, a Petition from residents on Ironwood Drive for the installation of 3 street lights in this area is denied. Mr. Horvath, in a report to the Board, explains his unfavorable recommendation as follows: I do not believe this request should be granted at this time because these locations requested are not street intersections. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT ( PETITION - STREET LIGHT-PQLAND STR A Petition from residents on Poland and Meade Streets for the installation of a street light on Pola d Street between Meade and Staley Streets was referred to the Electrical Department for investigation and recommendation. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORTS Street Light Outage Reports were approved and ordered placed on file. APPLICATION: TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE ( BARINGER Following the reoeftvAndation of the City Controller, the Board approved a conditional taxicab driver's license for Mr. Robert P. Barringer, 414 Walsh Street, South Bend, Indiana. This license is approved, subject to the applicant's personal behavior and driving record for one year. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 A.M. rk