03/29/1954 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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• March 29, 1954 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, March 29, 1954, at 10 :00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $2459.89, were approved and ordered paid: Arteraf t Printers $42.00 Car Parts, Inc. $11.96 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.29 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 27.79 Joseph P. Fokey 11.17 Gamewell Co. 80.85 Gerber Mfg. Co. 445.10 Gerber Mfg. Co. 660.60 Gerber Mfg. Co. 49.70 The Gibson Co. 24.00 The Gibson Co. 5.19` W. H. Glazebrook 14.70 W. H. Glazebrook 120.62 B. F. Goodrich Co.- 94.76 Hamilton Body Shop 46.00" Harley Davidson Sales 15.75 Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric Co. 46.92 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 - Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 21.65 D. Logan Dunlap,M.D. .5.00 Carl B. Martz, Jr. 6.00 Meyer Is Hardware 2.19 Meyer's Hardware 1.70 Memorial Hospital 3.00 Midwest Fire & Safety Equip. 5.86 Modern Decorating Co. 35.50 Motor Service & Parts, Inc. 8.26 The O?Brien Corporation 155.71 Office Engineers, Inc. .72' Office Engineers, Inc. 13.86 Radio & TV Distributing Co. 3.28 Radio & Television Dist. 2.47 Radio & TV Distributing Co. 16.20 Redmer Distributing Co. 29.04 St. Joseph's Hospital 68.70 Seagrave Corporation 11.15 Singer General Tire, Inc. 6.00 Singer General Tire, Inc. 108.10 Singer General Tire, Inc. 2.25 Singer General Tire, Inc. 87.51 R. M. Smith- 5.75° South Bend Drug Co., Inc. 3.05 Standard Oil Co. 10.77 Studebaker Corporation 26.51 Studebaker Corporation 10.27 Vogue Wright'Studios 68.50 Wire &Disc Wheel Sales 24.30 POLICE DEPARTMENT.* First appeared before the Board, Chief of Police, Richard J. Gillen, with the required form and his recommendation for the appointment of L. C. Barnes, employee of Collection Service, Inc., as a special police officer in and for the City of South Bend. The Board approved the appointment, which was, thereupon, signed and sealed. The recommendation of Chief of Police, Richard J. Gillen, for the increase of the deposit required for the supplying of an official Special Police Badge, from the nominal amount of one dollar to that of five dollars, for the purpose of satisfactory coverage of the actual value of the badge and the added incentive for the return of these badges upon cancellation of special police appointments, was next considered and approved by the Board, effective this date. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT: Upon the recommendation of Supt. Ira Hunsberger, 4000 lumen lights are to be installed, with the approval of the Board, at the following locations: Northeast corner of the intersection of Parkway Lane and Meadow Lane At 2633 Gertrude Street-, 300 feet south of Light No.J304 -110 Opening of bids was then announced in accordance with 10941 advertising, and the Board proceeded in this matter, as follows: SCHERMAN- SCHAUS- FREEMAN COMPANY SOUTH BEND, INDIANA For Police Department: A non - collusion affidavit and certified check in the amount of $889.00 accompanied the bid. 6 - 1954 Studebaker Champion Custom 4 -Door Sedans equipped as per proposal ... .......................09253.92 Less allowance for trade - ins....... 2370.00 For Fire Department: 3.`�2 1 - 1954 Studebaker Commander Deluxe Station Wagon, as per proposal.... $1996.48