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November 2, 1953
<br />A regular meeting of the Board of.Public Safety was held Monday,
<br />November 2, 1953, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of
<br />the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following
<br />suppliers, in the amount of $2637.49, were approved and ordered paid:
<br />American Auto Parts, Inc. $2.41 American Auto Parts, Inc. $12.74
<br />Associated Research, Inc. 139.45 Ward H. Crothers, Petty Ca. 3.85
<br />Crouse Hinds Co. 398.86 Englewood Electrical Supply 45-7
<br />International Bus.Mach.Corp. 19.86 Feaser Coal Co. 160.58
<br />J. B. Fleck & Sons 5.00 The Gamewell Co. 58.78
<br />The Gamewell Co. 3.58 The Gamewell Co. 139.80
<br />Gerber Mfg. Co. 7.50 Gerber Mfg. Co. 28.65
<br />Gerber Mfg. Co. 11.55 The Gibson Co. .60
<br />The Gibson Co. 1.92 Ind. & Mich. Electric Co. 7.76
<br />Ind. & Michigan Electric Co. 5.96 Joslyn Mfg. & Supply Co. 23.85
<br />The McCaffery Co. 2.86 Memorial Hospital 3.75
<br />A. G. Meier "Co. 4.25 A. G. Meier Co. 4.25
<br />A. G. Meier Co. 6.50' Meyer's Hdwe. Co. 4.45
<br />Meyer's Hdwe. Co. 1.64 Walter C. Miller Coal Co. 323.09
<br />The Modern Decorating Co. 480.00 C. A. More & Son 40.90
<br />Motorola Comm. & Elect. Co. 122.42 Office Engineers, Inc. 3.15
<br />Radio Equipment Co. 32.06 Redmer Distributing Co. 5.54
<br />Redmer Distributing Co. 2.60 Rex Battery Co. 22.89
<br />The Ridge Co. 63.14 The Ridge Co. 7.05
<br />Sinclair Refining Co. 8.55 Sinclair Refining Co. 28.08
<br />Singer General Tire, Inc. 5.50 Singer General Tire Co. 2.00
<br />Singer General Tire, Inc. 7.00 Singer General Tire, Inc. 6.50
<br />W. J. Stogdill, M.D. 28.00 It. J. Stogdill, M.D. 37.00
<br />W. J. Stogdill, M. D. 35.00
<br />FIRE DEPARTMENT:
<br />Fire Chief, Richard J. Duck, being present, placed before the
<br />Board a letter from the Firements Pension Fund concerning the membership
<br />in the Fund of Fire Department appointees Robert L. Mitchell, John J.
<br />Bukowski, Louis F. Schleiger, Charles J. "Kalil and James E. Sanders;
<br />and the agreement of the Pension Fund Board of Trustees to the pensioning
<br />of Julius J. Bukowski, found to be physically incapacitated by medical
<br />examiner, Dr. J. C. English, pension to become effective November 16,1953.
<br />The Board accordingly, released from duty Fireman Julius Bukowski, as
<br />of November 1, 1953 and directed than his retirement from the Fire Depart-
<br />ment become effective November 16, 1953•
<br />The above letter also contained action taken by the Firements Pension
<br />Fund Board of Trustees to bring the Fundst by -laws concerning age limit of
<br />applicants in conformance with See. 15 of the 1937 Acts of the General
<br />Assembly of the State of Indiana.
<br />Fire Chief Duck then brought to the Boardis attention the urgent
<br />need for complete overhaul of Engine No. 81 estimating the,cost of new
<br />parts would be approximately X450.00. Funds being available, and the
<br />urgency apparent, the Board approved the repair of this piece of equipment.
<br />Attention was then called to the need for a transfer of funds for the
<br />Fire Department to increase the appropriation for further emergency repair
<br />of equipment and to meet gas bills, for which the appropriation is found
<br />to be insufficient. The City Controller, being present, agreed to present
<br />the request,to the Common Council, and the Board authorized this action.
<br />POLICE DEPARTMENT;
<br />Chief of Police, R. J. Gillen, being present, re- examined the bids
<br />opened at ^the regular meeting of the Board, Monday, October 13th, and
<br />recommended the acceptance of both bids.- The Board accepted the bids
<br />accordingly, signed the contract, and directed.the Clerk to issue the
<br />required purchase orders.
<br />Applications for the Police Auxiliary School Patrol, submitted by
<br />Viola Clemons and Jeanette V. Johnson, were examined and ordered placed
<br />on file.
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