09/14/1953 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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4 y 1�J I September 14, 1953 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, September 14, 1953, at 10:00 A. M. Mr. I. A. Hurwich was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $9699.73, were approved and ordered paid; Artcraft Printers $20.00 Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co. $11056 Joe Budd Book Bindery 7450 City Water Works 44.58 Ward H. Crothers 8.88 Crouse -Hinds Co. 204.52 Gafill Oil Company 1163.39 Gafill Oil Company 46.50 Gerber Mfg. Co. 48.95 Gerber Mfg. Co. 2000 Gerber Mfg. Co. 18.00 V. Graves Auto Glass 8:15 Hargrave Paint & Varnish Co. 5.20 Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric 6.73 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co110.40 Northern Indiana Pub. Service 71.90 Janesville Apparel Co. 29.91 Koontz - Wagner Electric Co. 35.70 A. G. Meier & C6. 17.10 Memorial Hospital 5.00 Meyerts Hardware 3.45 Office Engineers, Inc. 9.63 Office Engineers, Inc. 1.08 Radio Distributing Co. 71;94 Scherman- Schaus- Freeman Co. $7500.80 0. J. Shoemaker, Inc. 13.40 Sinton Supply Co. 5.50 Sirchie Finger Print Lab. 4.28 South Bend Electric Co., Inc. 5.78 South Bend Electric Co., Inc. 63.00 South Bend Supply Co. 6.28 The Studebaker Corporation 14.83 Vaughan's Seed Co. 72.50 Western Union Telegraph Co. 16 45 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 17.07 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 8.78 First appeared before-the Board Captain Alec M. Andrzejewski, rep- resenting the Fireman's Association and Arthur A. May, representing the City Attorney in the absence of Mr. I. A. Hurwich. A letter from the. Fire Chief,'addressed to the Board, under date of September 11, 1953, recommending a penalty of loss of four days pay for Firemen Richard Klimczewski and Stephen Danielowicz, Jr. was then examined, and these men were called before the Board singly to give their version of the altercation in which they were involved while on duty at Fire Station #4$ on the night of September 10th. Following these hearings, both men were called before the Board, reprimanded and warned that involvement in another disturbance of this nature would have serious consequences for them, and ordered back to duty. POLICE DEPARTMENT: In the absence of the Chief of Police, Captain M. J. Voelkel appeared before the Board and presented a request that the Police Pistol Team be granted permission to attend the State Matches at the Putnamville State Police Post, September 16th and 18th. The Board granted its permission with the stipulation that it is subject to cancellation in the event of an emergency. The Board then took up the matter of the enforcement of City Ordinance No. 3921 and directed Captain Voelkel,in the absence of Chief of Police Gillen, to proceed with rigid enforcement of this ordinance. Captain Voelkel then brought to the attention of the Board, the urgent . need for a 37" power lawnmower for use at the Pistol Range and presented quotations from a South Bend firm and an Elkhart firm, quoting on-the identical make of mower, equipped with sulky. The Board accepted the lowest and best proposal and directed the Clerk to issue the required purchase order. The Board examined the Police Department Application of Clifford La Verne Markham and ordered application to be placed on file. The Board re- considered the Police Department Applications of Billy. J. Hoover and Wayne E. Marshall and ordered these applications returned to files pending further consideration in the event of vacancies. Petition for a street light on the northeast corner of Belmont Avenue and Greenlawn Avenue, under date of September 9, 1953, was examined and referred.to Supt. Ira Hunsberger for investigation and report. Petition, dated September 9, 1953, for a street light on the east side of Greenlawn Avenue, opposite the south curb line of Hoover Avenue, was examined and referred to Supt. Ira Hunsberger for investigation and report. A letter from former Mayor Fred W. Keller, calling attention to the need of improved lighting at the northwest corner of Greenlawn Avenue and