03/02/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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--a' 573 SCHERPIIAN SCHAUS FREEMAN COMPANY LAFAYETTE AT SOUTH STREET SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. A Non -Collusion affidavit and Certified Check in the amount of $103.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - 1953 Studebaker Champion Custom 4 Door Sedan j equipped as per specifications in proposal --- $1911.28 LessDiscount--------------------------------- 258.90 $77 2 . 3 d LessTax Exemption ----------------------------- 123.97 i Less Allowance on 1948 Champion Sedan --------- 500.00 � ,102 1 The above bids were taken under advisement. RESOLUTION No. 2.738 - 1952 ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL jAfter hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of • jPublic Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, "Indiana, that the Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the 19th day of February, 1953, for the improvement of TUXEDO DRIVE LOCAL SEWER be and the ■ same is in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler Board of Public Works & Safety • Ward H. Crothers, I Clerk of the Board. A petition for the improvement of Kentucky Street from Western Avenue to Washington ,Street by the construction of concrete pavement, was next examined by the Board and i referred to the City Engineer for investigation. A petition for the improvement of South Chicago Street from Western Avenue to Washington Street by the construction of concrete pavement was examined and referred to the City Engineer for investigation. • The Board, together with Bert Cichowicz, inspector of Weights and Measures, � re-examined the bids to supply one 4-door Sedan for the Department of Weights and Measurels, arid --upon deciding the bid of Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Company to be the lowest and best bid, � .,contract was so awarded. • • • STREET DEPARTi,"_17NT: Harry M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, brought to the Board's attention the Street Department's need for a heavy-duty Studebaker truck with a box of three cubic yards capacity, stating in this connection that the three Studebaker trucks with which the department is at present equipped have been de -commissioned as be- ing no longer fit for service. After some discussion of the situation, it was agreed that the best one of these three should be given an overhaul and put back in regular service for a period of sixty to ninety days, at which time the Board will consider purchase of a new truck. The Street Commissioner next brought up the need for new street.siCD gns in certain areas, and Mr. Wayne Hall, a representative of the Lyle Sign Company of Minneapolis, being present, was given the privilege of showing and demonstrating to the Board the Street signs his firm is prepared to supply, at no increase in price over quotations made two years previously. Liss Virginia Guthrie, Executive Secretary of the Civic Planning Association, suggested that South Bend adopt the street marking sign which indicates also the block number, and which is a decided convenience, and in her opinion should be put into effect on all arterial streets. The Board directed that quotations be obtained from three or more competing sign firms, and the needed street signs purchased from the manufacturer offering the product considered to be the best for our requirements. The Board approved plans,submitted by Hartman Builders, for sewer in Chicago Street in the Chicago Plaza Addition. There being no further business to comae before the Board the meeting adjourned ai: i p - nn nnnn _ Attest:/W.,.X. � Clerk