09/18/61 Board of Public Works Minutes

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September 189 1961 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, September 189 1961 at 10:00 A.M. DST. Messrs. R: S. Andrysiak and Edwin L. Davies were present. Minutes of the special meeting and the last regular meeting were read and approved. Vouchers were approved and ordered paid to the various suppliers. RATIFICATION OF RESOLUTION REs TIME LIMIy PARKING SIGN LOCATIONS The Board of Public Works & Safety ratified a Resolution empowering the City Traffic Engineer to make comprehensive study to ascertain appropriate time limits for permissible parking in all areas not presently controlled__ by parking meter devices. The Resolution was ordered placed on file. APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDERS - RE: FIRE STATION NO. 13 The Board approved the following Change Orders for Fire Station No. 13 as presented by Callix Miller, Architect, and the following additional amounts -are now approved and are to be added to the original contracts as formerly approved by the Board: Harry H. Verkler, Contractor, Inc. $10,369.00 Brehmer Electric Company 900.00 Edward J. White, Inc. 2,400.00 These sums are approved because of the appropriation of additional funds approved for said project in the sum of $15,500.00. BUILDING DEPARTMENT (SUB -STANDARD DIVISION) HEARINGS Comes now John Grabarz of the Sub -Standard Division of the Building Depart- ment and reports that Messrs. Gustala and Sailer, owners of property located at 917 E. Wayne Street had been ordered to appear to show cause why a repair order for the above -mentioned property had not been complied with. Mr. Grabarz reported that this property was open and that vandale are damaging the property. To the instructions of the Board to have property boarded up, the owner, Mr. Gustala, replied that the property had been boarded up but, at the instructions of the insurance company the boards had been removed bedause the insurance company refused to insure property for fire if said property was boarded isp. The owner asked additional time in which to finish repairs for this property. After hearing this case, the Board instructed the owner to show proof of the insurance company concerning the instuctions on boarding up property and this hearing was continued for one week. With reference to property located at 122 E. Paris St., Mr. Grabarz reported that he had made a title search and had no additional information as a result of this; that he had send letter to owner and said letter had been returned "unclaimed" so that, at this time, he has not been able to contact the owner. The Board continued this hearing for two weeks. A progress report concerning the property loeatad at 603 E. Keasey Street shows that there are 30 pepple living at this address and that, up to this time, efforts to have them moved out have failed. Since this is contrary to the Minimum Building Code, the Director of the Sub -Standard Division of the Building Department was directed to have affidavits filed and to report back on progress that has been made. ` ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT (STREET LIGHTS) Following the recommendation of Nicholas Horvath, Electrical Department Superintendent, the following installations.were approved: