08/08/60 Board of Public Works Minutes

Home Browse Search

August 8, 1960 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, August 8, 1960 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Vouchers were approved and ordered paid to the various suppliers. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT - PUBLIC STREET LIGHTING - INDIANA & MICHIGAN ELECTRIC CO. A supplemental agreement between the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company and the City of South Bend stipulating that "it shall continue to be the policy of the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company, not to discriminate in the hiring of - employees by reason of race, color, creed or national origin" was approved by the Board and ordered attached to the Contract. BIDS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT Comes now Police Chief Dutrieux with a request that the Board of Works advertise for the purchase of one 1960 2 door sedan for use of the Department. He further states that there is sufficient funds in the budget to warrant this Pyt3chase. The Board directed that specifications be prepared and the Clerk to advertise in The Record and The South Bend Tribune, advertisements to appear on August 12 and August 19, 1960. Bids will be received by the Board on August 22, at 10:00 A.M. SETTLEMENT OF ACCIDENT TO FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE Mr. Irving J. Smith, City Attorney, reports that a case by the City of South Bend against Casimer Sobieski and Frances Prentkowski as the result of damages to a < fire department vehicle which occurred on July 13, 1960 had been satisfactorily 'e!r settled. Settlement was made by virtue of taking a vehicle instead of cash. `- Also submitted was a bill of sale from Newman & Altman, Inc. which has been paid and shows that the vehicle has been delivered to the Fire Department. A release has been executed. The documents concerning this were approved and ordered placed on file. A report from Clem Hazinski, Traffic Engineer, on the condition of bushes located at the corner of St. Peter and St. Vincent Street and also a busy at 1120 St. Peter Street, advised the Board that these bushes are located in such a way as to not obstruct view of vehicular traffic. Mr. Retek, foreman of the Department, did not recommend the cutting of these bushes as traffic hazards. The recommendation was upheld by the Board and the report ordered placed on file. An application from Littie Julia Borowski for Police Auxiliary School Patrol was examined by the Board, accepted and ordered placed on file. A request from Elnora P. Stickley, Policewoman, that she be placed on retirement, effective September 16, 1960, with terminal leave from September 1, 1960 through Seprember. 15, 1960, was examined and approved. Nicholas Horfath, Superintendent of the Electrical Department, recommends the installation of street lights. Following the recommendation, the Board orders the following installations: 4000 lumen street lights at the following locations in the Twyckenham Hills Section "L". 1. Brookmede and Ironwood 2. " and Cooper Court 3. " and Wexham Court - 4. " and Evesham Court 5. Cooper Court Circle. (Lot 457) 6. Midway between Wexham Court and Evesham Court 4000 lumen street lights in the.Scottsdale Addition, Section "A". 1. At Orkney Court (Lot 9 S 10) 2. At '" " and York Road 3. Argyle Drive and York Road 4. Argyle Drive and Inverness Lane 5. Sutherland Lane and Inverness Lane 6• " to and York Road 7. 2 - 6000 lumen lights at Ireland and York Road (Mounted on stone entrance)