01/23/61 Board of Public Works Minutes

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M w` The Chief, having advised the Board that there is sufficient money in the budget for such purchases and having been assured by the Controller that said budget has been examined and found ample, such Permission is granted. The Clerk is directed to advertise for sealed bids in The South Bend Tribune and The Record on January 27 and February 3, 1961. Bids will be opened at 10:00 A.M. on February 6, 1961. RE: POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCIDENT REPORT_ A report of ,an accident on January 13, 1961 involving a squad car was reported by Officer L;B. Pastrick. The Clerk was directed to follow through on this accident to ascertain that damages were paid.by insurance company. FIRE DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS Applications for thef-ollewing'candidates for the Fire Department were accepted and ordered placed on file: William John Gish, Joseph Bognar. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (STOP SIGNS The Board approved the installation of Stop Signs on High Street, both sides, at Fairview Street. REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN LEHMAN (TRAFFIC SIGNS r�l A letter from Councilman T. W. Lehman, 5th District, to the Board, requested a traffic count at the following locations to determine the need for stop signs: Haney and Rush Sts. Haney and Carroll Sts. Haney and St. Joseph St. Councilman Lehman also forwarded a copy of a letter from Mrs. Dale Schoner concerning the intersection of Broadway and Michigan Street. Mrs. Schoner alleges that traffic light at that corner is so short-tthat it is impossible to cross street on the green light. These requests were referred to the Traffic Engineer for investigation and report. T_R_AFFIC ENGINEER REQUEST (INDIANAPOLIS MEETINGS) Comes now Clem Hazinski, Traffic Engineer and requests permission to attend a meeting in Indianapolis on January 26 of the Institute of Traffic Engineers and to confer with the State Highway Department in Indianapolis on January 27. The Board, having been assured that there is sufficient funds in the Department's budget to cover this trip, permission granted. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Following the recommendation of Nicholas Horvath of the Lectrical Department, the Board approved the installation of a 2500 lumen light in alley of the 1600 Block South Magnolia St. BUILDING DEPARTMENT REQUEST (ATTEND MEETING Comes now Verner Lane, Building Department Commissioner, and requests permission to attend a meeting of the National'_Association of Home Builders in Chicago on January 30 and January 31, 1961. The Board, being assured that the cost of said trip will be the responsibility of the Home Builders Association, permission was granted. AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION (PORTAGE TOWNSHIP) An agreement made and entered into on the 3rd day of January, 1961 between the City of South Bend and Portage Township for fire protection was approved by the Board and ordered placed on file. POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMENDATION (PHOTOGRAPHERS) The Mayor, through the Board of Public Works & Safety, and the Board,wished to commend the photographers in the Police Department for the splendid work done in connection with the location and re -location of the Armory in South Bend.