02/23/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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135 • 0 0 • February 23, 1954 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Tuesday, February 23, 1954,; at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the special meeting and also regular meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the total amount of $27,444.71, were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $8421.21, were approved and ordered paid Ernest J. DeGraff $47.04 John W. Gorney 5.00 C. E. Lee Company 4.00 Meyerts Hardware 4.65 Elmer-E. Murray 16.32 South Bend Electric Co. 34.59 G. E. Weaver Co. 51.52 J. W. Werntz & Son 5.25 SANITATION: South Bend Truck & Equipment Co.322.00 SEWER DEPARTMENT: Champion Corporation 49.62 Trojan Tool Equipment Co. 320.00 DOG POUND: Brulin & Company 31.93 CONTRACTOR'S IMPROVEMENT.: Wilbur H. Gartner & Assoc. 243.00 STREET & TRAFFIC: American Auto Parts, Inc. 16.50 Bearings Service Co. .86 Belleville Lumber Co. 25.65 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 20.02 The "Gibson Company 52.32 The Gibson Company 166.43 Hamilton Body Shop 20.00 Wm. Happ & Sons, Inc. 95.08 Hurwich Iron Co. 10.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.69 Indiana & Michigan Co. 147.60 Institute of Traffic Engineers 3.50 Koontz -Wager Electric Co. 33.70 Kuert Concrete, Inc. _ 234.90 J. C. Lauber Co. 10.75 Ben Medow, Inc. 198.75 Ben Medow, Inc. 9.90 Meyerts Hardware 3.32 G. E.-Meyer & Son 96.60 Michiana Machine Co. 11.50 Millerts Marathon Service 63.40 Office. -Supply & Equipment Co. 3.83 Premier Autoware Co. 117.63 The Ridge Co. 161.80 Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 9.87 C. A. Schrader 19.67 Phillips Petroleum Co. 68.04 Singer General Tire, Inc. 123.90 Singer General Tire, Inc. 258.25 South Bend Supply Co. 147.13 Verd-A-Ray Corporation 130.43 G. E. Weaver Co. 134.50 J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc. 36.55 STREET DEPARTMENT: Gaf ill Oil Co. $33.00 Indiana Carbon Co. 3.58 Meyer's Hardware Co. 2.80 H. W. Moore Tree Expert 147.00 National Fire Prot. Assoc. 10.00 Tri-County News 6.26 Weisberger Bros. 117.00 J.. W. Werntz & Son 41.68 South Bend Truck & Equipment Co. 402.50 Champion Corporation 45.63 Ford Fence Co. 372.54 Young Excavating Co. 1963.00 Barry Custom Seat Cover Co. 39.00 Belleville Lbr. Co. 93.60 Belleville Lbr. &Supply Co. 12.30 Elkhart Paint Company 204.78 The Gibson Company 17.63 The Gibson Company 27.84 Hamilton Body Shop 20.00 The Hibberd Printing Co. 24.75 Hurwich Iron Co. 3.25 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 38.67 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 7.36 International Harvester Co. 34.90 Korte Bros., Inc. 260.94 J. C. Lauber Co. 38.00 Ben Medow, Inc. 50.59 Ben Medow, Inc. 103.73 G. E. Meyer &Son 32.06 G. E. Meyer & Son 49.77 Michiana Machine Co. 11.00 Michigan Calvert Hardware 21.95 National Brake Service 24.86 Office Engineers, Inc. 34.09 Redmer Distributing Co. 85.14 Romy Hammes Corporation .20 Schillingts 3.46 Singer General Tire, Inc. 61.05 Singer General Tire, Inc. 3.75 Singer General Tire, Inc. 260.40 South Bend Electric Co. 6.96 Tri-County Council Boy Scouts 28.76 Verd-A-Ray Corporation 95.76 J. W. Werntz & Son 2.18 H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, took up with the Board, the situation which has recently developed of an excessive number of scavengers at the land -fill. Two of these were brought before the Board and on being questioned, one admitted he has lived in South Bend only one month. The Board considered the matter, and in view .of the property belonging to the Boy Scouts of America, and the increased danger of linjury, the Board ordered that only the two recognized scavengers be permitted at the (land -fill. All others are to be ordered out and kept out. The Commissioner next took up the matter of a salary increase for the Poundmaster. The Commissioner recommended the Poundmaster be paid a salary of $3700.00. The Board approved the increased salary to be effective as of February 15, 1954, inasmuch as such increase is available out of the budgetary item for an assistant poundmaster. The Commissioner pointed out that the poundmaster is operating without an assistant, and upon this basis the Board considered this employee entitled to the increase. The Board next reviewed the bids received to supply No. 12 Rice Gravel, crushed ,gravel, and ready -mixed concrete. Contract was awarded to C. D. Smelser to supply the (crushed gravel. Contract to supply the No. 12 Rice Gravel and washed asphalt sand was • awarded C. D. Smelser Co., Inc. Contract was awarded Kuert Concrete, Inc., to supply ready -mixed concrete. Contracts were signed and ordered placed on file. Bids pertain- ing to supplying the City with asphalt and bituminous materials were again deferred for (further consideration.