08/29/60 Board of Public Works Minutes

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A:iijudt 20, 1960 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, August 29, 1960 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Vouchers were approved and ordered paid to the various suppliers. A report from the Civil Defense Department of the activities for June and July,.1960, was presented to the Board reviewed and -ordered placed on file. EAST SAMPLE STREET LIGHTING The Electrical Department was directed to take steps to install the follow- ing street lights: Inst 1 : Between Michigan Street and Lincolnway East 4 - 15000 Lumen, Steel Pole Overhead Remove: 2 - MO Lumen street lights (underground) 2 - 2500 Lumen street lights (underground) 0 - 4000 Lumen street lights (overhead) '2 - 6000 Lumen street lights (overhead) A print (no. D-5-5532) of the Proposed Street Lighting of Sample Street was olso referred to the Electrical Department. Nicholas Horvath, Superintendent of the Electrical Department, submitted the following recommendation for the installation of 4000 Lumen street lights: 617 S. Columbia 2501 Westmoor 1707 Riverside Drive 1 314 California Ave. (2500 lumen) The recommendation was approved. HOUSE MOVE Comes now Vernon Lane and submits to the Boa kV a petition from John Gooch to obtain a permit to move a dwelling from 12 W. Monroe Street to 520 S. 26th Street. Mr. Lane reported to the Board that all property owners had been notified of the move and the dwelling to be moved, while in good condition, was a three unit dwelling and that the S. 26th Street address was in an area restricted for one family dwellings. Property owners from the 26th Street area appeared before the Board to remonstrate said move. In view of the above, the petition of Mr. Gooch was denied by the Board. Comes now Fire Chief Alex M. Andrzejewski with a recommendation that Elmer A Van DeWielle, 221 N. Gladstone Avenue be appointed as a member of the Fire Department. The Board, having examined the application on a prior date and having reviewed'-the.application as of this date and having found that the applicant has successfully passed all required tests, the recommenda- tion of the Fire Chief was approved to become effective on September 19 1960. A letter from the Penshn Fund, signed by Chief Alex M. Andrzdjewski as Pension Fund President, accepting the application of Elmer Van De Wielle, was presented to the Board. Said membership is to coincide with the departmental assignment of the appointee. The Board approved the member- ship and ordered the letter placed on file. The Pension Fund also approved the payment of $200 death payment to Frieda Pfaf€enbach, widow of Otto Pfaffenbach, a retired fireman who expired August 20, 1960; Also that Frieda Pfaffenbach shall be granted a widow's pension of $132.20 per month or 30% of a fully paid first class fireman's salary. Payments of said pension'shal-l--become effective as of August 219