07/13/64 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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3 Department of Weights & Measures and as a portion of that bid, Gates Corporation made an allowance to the City the sum of $1,199.35 for trade-in and Federal Excise Tax; and now., coming to the attention of the Board that prior to the trade of the new car, an accident occurred in which the trade-in vehicle was demolished and is a total lose except for salvage value; it is now ordered by the Board of Public Safety that Gates Corporation having delivered the new vehicle, be paid the amount of money set forth in the bid and that Gates Corporation be instructed to file a claim with the City for the lose and destruction of the trade-in vehicle. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:35 A.M. Att st: Richard Dusk, Cler July 13, 1964 A special meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, July 13, 1964 at 9:30 A.M. Messrs.Robert J. DuComb and James A. Bickel were present. Also present were Fire Chief McHenry and Assistant Chief Busfield and Fireman Thomas John Quire, Jr. The Board of Public Safety, having taken under advisement the evidence given to the Board on the 6th day of July, 1964 pursuant to the charges made against Fireman Thomas John Quirk, Jr., of the South Bend Fire Depart- ment by the Chief of the Fire Department, now finds that the charges con- tained in the specifications are true and that they constitute a violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Fire Department. Therefore, the Board now finds that Fireman Thomas John Quirk, Jr. shall be suspended from the South Bend Fire Department as a disciplinary measure without pay for a period of an additional thirty days, effective this date, and that upon the expiration of said thirty days he shall be restored to full duty. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 A.M. Attest: Richar . Duck, Clerk