03/06/61 Board of Public Works Minutes

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March 6, 1961 - A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety.was"held.on Mohday, March 61 1961 at 10:45 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. Vouchers were ordered paid to the various suppliers. POLICE DEPARTMENT VIOLATION RULE 5 Comes now Officer Edmond A. Hageniers and states to the Board that he received copy of a charge that on the 26th day of February 1961 he left his assigned post of duty in violation of Rule No. 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department of the City of South Bend, adopted January, 1952. Said Edmond Hageniers has no mitigation for said violation. The Board, having heard the evidence and said Officer Hageniers having admitted to the charge, the Board finds he is guilty of violating Rule No. 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department of the City of South Bend and therefore rules that from the lst day of March to and including the 31st day of March (or two pay periods) said officer shall receive no compensation but shall serve his tour of duty wherever the Police Chief shall so designate. The. Board further directs that a copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department be given to Officer Hageniers with instructions that he shall memorize said Rules and Regulations and, in 30 days, he shall cite said Rules and Regulations from memory to the Police Chief or an officer he shall designate and report 3nade to the Board. Comes now Officer Joseph L. Szalay and states to the Board that he received a copy of charges that on the 26th day of February, 1961 said Joseph L.- Szalay left his assigned post of duty in violation of Rule No. 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department of the City of South Bend, adopted in January, 1952. Said Officer Szalay has no mitigation for such violation. The Board, having heard evidence and said Officer having admitted to the charge, the Board finds he is guilty of violating Rule No. 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department and rules as follows: A copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department will be sub- mitted to Officer Szalay to be read and memorized in its entirety. Said Officer Szalay shall be given 30 days to accomplish this. At the end of this period he shall report to the.Chief or an officer he may designate, to cite the Rules aM Regulations from memory and a report shall be made to the Board. The Board further finds that from the 2nd day of March to the 7th day of March, 1961, said Officer Szalay shall receive no compensation but shall continue to serve his, tour of duty. _DIRECTIVE - COMMON COUNCIL RE: SOUTH BEND CLEANERS ASS'N. A Directive from the Common Council with attached copy of letter addressed to Fire Chief Andrzejewski from the South Bend Cleaners Association concerning proposed coin -operated drycleaning machines was examined by the Board and ordered placed on file. This matter is under investigation. DIRECTIVE - COMMON COUNCIL RE: INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHT A Directive from the Common Council with attached petition for installation of a street light in the 400 block of W. Madison Street was referred to the Electrical Department for investigation and report. SPECIAL POLICE BONDS APPROVED Bonds for Special Police Officers, Louis F. Tomshook and Frank Sochocki, Jr. employed by Torrington Company were approved and ordered placed on file. POLICE DEPARTMENT APPLICATION Application from Bud Norman Goddard for the Police Department was accepted and ordered placed on file.