03/23/59 Board of Public Works Minutes

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March 23, 1959 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, March 23, 1959 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved.. Claims in the total amount of $9,238.24 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: Associated Research, Inc. 11.53 Business Systems, Inc. 58.25 Continental Oil Company 888.16 Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co. 19.20 Englewood Elec. Supply Co. 144.64 Englewood Elec. Supply 23.35 Englewood Elec. Supply Co. 36.54 Executone Systems, Inc. 994.51 Freeman Spicer Company 10.24 Freeman Spicer Co. 9.64 Freeman Spicer Company 4.27 Freeman Spicer Co. 4,947.72 Indiana Bell Telephone 60.47 Indiana Bell Telephone 9.19 Indiana Bell Telephone 27.79 Indiana Bell Telephone 196.50 Indiana Bell Telephone 27.07 Indiana Bell Telephone 13.94 Indiana Bell Telephone 12.04 Indiana & Michigan Elec. 36.16 Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. 10.32 Indiana & Michigan Elec. 7.04 Industrial Towel Service 39.75 McCaffery Company 77.26 Midwest Fire & Safety 11.46 Mito-Craft Printers 54.00 O'Brien Corporation 4.31 J. C. Penney Company 11.83 Portage Oil Corp. 29.83 Portage Oil Corp. 30.32 Portage Oil Corp. 98.78 Portage Oil Corp. 1,137.99 Radio Dist. Corp. 77.21 Radio Dist. Company 11.40 The Ridge Company 25.90 Smith's NuArt Shop 37.44 Stroup's Welding Shop 11.40 J. E. Walz, Inc. 18.00 MCCaffery Company 12.79 Special police bonds approved and placed on file for Albert E. Vascil, and Special Police application approved for Michael Graney. Applications for the Police Auxiliary School Patrol were accepted and placed on file for Gladys Manuszak. The monthly report of the Police Department is hereby accepted and placed on file for the month of February, 1959. The Board hereby approves the following By -Law which was adopted by the Firemen's Pension Fund Board and effective on the 17th day of March, 1959; By -Law: "It shall be the duty of the Pension Fund Medical Examiner to instruct future appli- cants to the Firemen's Pension Fund to undergo further psychiatric examination whenever abnormal mental reaction is found in the examination of the applicant." A petition is hereby submitted to the Board by Mr. John E. Trytko, Jr., 4920 Bloomfield Place and several others asking for the improvement of Sample Street from Wellington Street to Illinois Street by the construction of street lighting. Petition referred to the City Electrical Department for recommendation and investi- gation. The bids for the Fire Department were awarded to Newman Altman Company as follows: Newman Altman Company One(1) 6 cyl. 2-door 1959 Lark Station Wagon --- $2,312.84 Hewman AltmanL Company One (1) Regal Deluxe 59V-D6 2 door Station Wagon==$2,598.91 The time now being after 10:00 A.M. it was so announced and the bids for the Police Department were opened and read aloud. Proofs of publication in the South Bend Tribune with.an affidavit signed by Robert DeLong and in the Ht cord with an affidavit signed by W. DeCanio were submitted to the Board and found sufficient. The bids received. read as follows: Freeman Spicer Company A non -collusion affidavit and a 520 S. Lafayette Blvd. certified check in the amount of South Bend, Indiana $970.00 accompanied the bid. Three (3) 1959 VW4 Studebaker Lark 4-door sedans V-8 engines Two (2) 1959 VW4 Studebaker Lark 4-door sedans V-8 engines One (1) 1959 VW6 Studebaker Regal Deluxe 4-door sedan V-8 Total for six (6) units ---------$9,368.82