09/22/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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• 0 • • • • September 220 1952 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, September 22, 1952 1 at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the Special Meeting and also the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $29,946.88 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $22,836.99, were approved and ordered paid: Knapp Seed & Hardware $226.15 STREET & TRAFFIC: Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.99 Indiana Lumber Co. $76.80l Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 249.13 South Bend Supply Co. 2.25; Arrow Towel & Linen Service 13.45 South Bend Electric Co. 198.00 Arrow Towel & Linen Service 2.00 South Bend Electric Co. 31.68' Office Engineers, Inc. .59 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.34; Office Engineers, Inc. 1.34 Healy Sign Co. 46.0011 Artcraf t Printers 25.00 South Bend Electric Co. 166.651 Gafill Oil Co. 12.05 The OtBrien Corporation 1950001: Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 1.90 Axelberg Bros. 11.60�' L. W. Graham 64.00 Axelberg Bros. 26.40I Michigan Calvert Hardware 11.91 Schilling's 5.00' Koontz Engineering Co. 82.00 Fabricated Steel Products 17.47, Kaley Motor Service 1.50' PARKING METER FUND: H. M. Tomlinson (Petty Cash) 18.851'. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 OtBrien Corporation 15.651. SEWAGE DISPOSAL : Thos. D. Nolan Contractor $5745.51 Consoer Townsend & Associates $225.00 Thos. D. Nolan Contractor 9883.78 Consoer Townsend & Associates 225.00 Barna Massa Construction Co. 4981.04 Consoer Townsend & Associates 225.00 South Bend Tribune 7.77 The Board noting that the claim of the Barna Massa Construction Company, in the amount of $18,616.66, is in final settlement of Contract No. 4-A, called upon the Clerk for the file in this connection, and finding certain damage claims pending, held payment of this final claim in abeyance, and directed the Clerk to notify the construction company to have a representative in attendance at the next regular meeting of the Board, Monday, September 29, 1952. Mr. W. A. Banfi appeared before the Board and presented a drawing of the store building he has constructed at 1520 Portage Avenue, and calling particular attention to the canopy and its method of construction, asking the Board permission to retain this feature and complete the structure in accordance with the approved plans. The Board examined the drawing and finding no objections to the construction indicated, granted permission for the including of the canopy, subject to compliance with all requirements of the Building Department. Mr. Calhoun Cartwright, an executive of the United Fund, next appeared before the Board with a request for permission to post United Fund appeal signs on the street lighting poles of principal downtown streets throughout the period of October llth to October 16th inclusive. There being no objection from any member of the Board, permissi was granted. Mr. Marvin R. Wallace, 1910 E. Calvert Street, representing St. Joseph County Veterans Graves Registration Association, appeared before the Board asking that October loth and llth be granted their association exclusively for their Tag Day effort in raising funds for graves registration. There being no conflicting street solicitations, the Board granted permission for the dates desired by the association. STREET DEPARTMENT: H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, brought to the attention of the Board the offer of Publix Advertising Company to provide the City with waste -paper and general litter cans and the regular servicing of these cans, at all of the locations where such trash collection cans are now in use by the City, and further agree to pay $135.00 per month to the City for this privilege, which permits them to sell advertising space on these containers, other than liquor advertising, which under the agreement being considered is expressly excluded. The Board took the matter under advisement, asking Mr. Tomlinson to obtain a sample container to be examined by the Board and also additional data concerning the experience of other cities with the service rendered by this advertising firm. Mr. Tomlinson next called attention to the need for supplying heat to the Street Department building presently occupied by the office of Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor. It was indicated the building would need four or possibly five radiators, and hot water heat could be extended to this building from the lines supplying the Street Department offices It was also pointed out that this building is a permanent Street Department structure and will be immediately occupied by the -Street Department when the building is no longer required by Nolan.