08/13/1947 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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August 11, 1947 319 A regular meeting of the Board of Public (forks was held on It11onday, August 11, ,1947 at 8:30 A,Y. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in_the amount of 1.5,444..97 were approved and ordered paid. There were no claims of suppliers to be approved. TRAFFIC DEPARTI1NT: The Traffic Department being in need of a paint marking, mach- ine, the Clerk was directed to write to Dealers for bids for same.. ENGII�'ERING DEPARTIJENT: Contractorts Bonds were approved and ordered filed for • JCarl J. Reinke and Son and the Reed.Construction Company. An Excavation bond,was approved and ordered filed for the Reed Construction C oripany, The Leslie Colvin Construction Company was granted permission to occupy a part of Lain and Wayne Streets for the construction of the Indiana Bell Telephone 'Company building from August 15, 1947 to October 15, 1947. I� The City Plan Commission.indicated by letter that they approve the vacation 'Nest of the first alley of Ironwood Road running South from Ewing Avenue to the Alley South of Ewing Avenue and the City Engineer was directed to prepare a vacation resolution. I A petition to vacate Dill Street from the North Line of Napoleon Street to the South line of Peashway Street and from the North line of Peashvay Street to the South line of Angela Avenue, which_had been presented to the City Plan Com- mission at their meeting of August 7, and on which no action was taken, was<dis- cussed by the Board but no action was taken pending further investigation. STREET DEPARTIZJNT: Tdr. Casimer Balka, Street Commissioner, was present and matters ;pertaining to his department were discussed. Irene Kolman, RoseHarringer and Lottie Borkowski, representing Pose 3194, �Veterans Foreign came before the Board to ask to close Grant of ;Mars, permission Street from Huron to Ford Street on August 23, 1947 from 6:30 to 12:00 midnight for an open house. Permission was granted. � t The Board approved a payment to be made to Andrew Toth of 6,018.80 as r the balance due Mr. Toth on his contract for drawing the plans and specifications for the Street Department Building. I,11r. Howell came before the Board to ask permission to barricade Monroe and Edgewater Drive, Arch Avenue and .Edgewater Drive and Bronson and River Avenues, for a boat race and show. The Dca rd took the matter under advisement. i� • CEI�E]TERY DEPARTUTEI T: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters (pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A.11,.„ AT7a44,� V = lU C1 40AIRD • i OF PUBLINORKS August 12, 1947 An appeal having been filed by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for granting -.a building Permit, notices were issued to members of the Board to call a special meeting of the Board of �`7orks 'aednesday, August 13, 1947 at 9:00 A.M. j� August 13, 1947 A special meeting of the Board of Public ' orks was held on Wednesday, August • i! 13, 1947 at 9:00 A.Ii. pursuant to notice. Mr. Cummings was absent. • The meeting was called for the purpose of hearing an appeal of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, as follows: BEFORE TIC BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA IN THE MATTER OF TIL APPEAL OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FOR THE GRANTING OF A BUILDING PERMIT APPEAL OF THE NORTHERN INDIA,3A PUBLIC ;SERVICE COMPANY FOR THE GRANTING OF A BUILDING PERIJIT