04/18/1955 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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J�! ' April 18, 1955 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, April 18, 1955, 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 $5667.64, were approved and ordered paid: Bailey Office Supply Co. $13.35 Barry Seat Cover Co. $25.00 Barry Seat Cover Co. 31.00 Braham Laboratories,Inc. .41.35 Davies Superior Launderers 5.28 Gafill Oil Co. 635.72 Gerber Mfg. Co. 618.80 Gerber Mfg. Co. 96.00 Gerber Mfg. Co. 611.25 Hargrave Paint & Varnish 16.08 Indiana Paint & Wallpaper 18.00 Indiana Lbr. & Mfg. Co. 93.28 Indiana & Michigan Electric 6.56 Indiana & Michigan Electric 6.20 Indiana & Michigan Electric 16.48 Indiana & Michigan Electric 13.28 Inlander- Steindler Paper Co. 35.00 International Assoc. of Fire 2.00 Michigan Calvert Hdwe. 4.22 McComb Battery Co. 19.75 McComb Battery Co. 3.70 McCombts Service Co. 2.00 Memorial Hos ltal 3.75 G. E. Meyer & Son 16.38 G. E. Meyer •Son 4.85 Walter C. Miller Coal Co. 20.21 Overhead Door Co. 7.16 South Bend Glass Works 2.58 Shell American Petroleum Co.1141.32 Scherman Schaus Freeman 1.95 Studebaker Packard Corp. 57.61 Studebaker Packard Corp. 40.53 Edward J. White, Inc. 1870.00 J. E. Walz, Inc. 67.50 Western Union Telegraph 14.49 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 73.03 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 10.00 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 3.10 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 7.57 Wire &Disc Wheel Sales 2.82 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 6.50 Ziker Cleaners 1.99 ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. The request of Supt. Ira Hunsberger for permission to attend the Midwestern Section meeting of the International Municipal Signal Associ- ation to be held in Moline, Illinois, April 20th to 23rd inclusive, was granted by the Board. A letter addressed to the Electrical Department from the Hoffmann Hotels Company, pertaining to the damage to the Hotel Hoffman sign, caused by the breaking of a cable from which traffic directional signs were suspended, was next given attention by the Board. The Board approved payment of the indicated damage and directed claim be obtained from the Hoffmam Hotels Company in proper form to be passed for payment at the next regular meeting of the Board. Supt. Hunsbergerts recommendation for the installation of a 4000 lumen light at the intersection of Weist Lane and Springbrook Drive nd at the intersection of Ridgedale Road and Caroline Street was approved y the Board. OLICE DEPARTMENT: The time now being 10:00 A. M. C.S.T., as advertised for the opening f bids to provide the Police Department with a 1955 Model Ambulet, it as so announced and the single bid received, was found to be as follows; SCHERMAN SCHAUS FREEMAN CO. A non - collusion affidavit LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH STREET and certified check for SOUTH BEND, INDIANA $130.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - 1955 Studebaker Ambulet ...........$2043.00 Less trade -in on 1953 Ford Del..... 7 3.00 13 O Capt. M. J. Voelkel, being present, and advising the Board that bid iecif ications cover in exact. detail the Police Departmentts requirements r this vehicle, the Board awarded the contract and directed the Clerk issue formal purchase order. The Police Department application of Daniel A. Jaworski was examined d ordered placed on file.