02/24/1947 Board of Public Works Minutes

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• 0 r � U LJ TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, -Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining o. 2s, epartment were discussed:, Mr. _Miller presented a ,copy of a report he made to the common council on park- ing rates at commercial. parking lots in down town South Bend, TAXI CABS : The Board drafted a letter to Mr. Vernon L. RM s, 1002 Miner Street in i�c`i5li g that they had reviewed his past record, and after a full consideration of the facts concluded that they could not recommend the issuance of a taxi -cab drivers license. ENG11TEERING DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ray S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assess- ment roll showing 7e.awards of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of the alley South of Ewing Avenue from Michigan Street West to the first alley t^hest of Michigan Street under vacation resolution No. 2554. In:the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in the City Hall at 11:00 A.M. on the 17th day of,March, 1947, for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the pro- perty owners by publishing same on the,28th day of February and on the 7th day of March' 1947 in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Mirror. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Casimer Balka, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining o his department were discussed. After tabulating the bids received at the last meeting, the award for,road oil was made to the Standard Oil Company it being, in the Boardts opinion, the lowest and best bid received. The bid for crushed stone from the France Stone Company was rejected because it contained an escalator clause and the Clerk of the Board was authorized to exe- cute a contract for crused stone to be used in the street department, on the open.:.. market. The Street Commissioner informed the Board that he was in need of a distribu- tors a grader and a one-half ton pickup truck. The Board instructed him to draw up specifications, and directed the Clerk of the.Board to advertise for bids to be returnable on the 17th day of March, 1947. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters per- taining. s apartment were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board$ journed -at 10:00 A.M.` Arl,11"ES'f'• March 3, 1947 the meeting was ad - A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, March 3, 1947 at`8:30 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $167.15 were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems 4.72 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. .80 Business Systems 1.15 Ind.& Mich. Elect Co. 6.08 Business Systems 4.32 Mirror Press 7.34 Business Systems 4.32 South Bend Tribune 7.52 City Water olorks 22.52 Schillingts Inc. 17.30 Englewood Elect Supply Co. 26.13 Schi.11ingis Inc. 4.37 I. We Lower Co. 10.45 West Side -Hardware Co. 14.52 Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 35.60 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining Eo is epartment were discussed. I; TAXI-CABSMr. Vernon L. Rans, Taxi -cab driver, came before the Board to appeal ion of the Board not to recommend the issuance of a taxi -cab drivers license to him. The Board discussed the case further but found no reason to reverse their decision. I The Board reviewed the cases of Joseph L. Binder and Charles Benedict and recommended the issuance of tax -cab drivers licenses to them. I