11/14/1978 Board of Public Works Minutes

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3a_ REGULAR MEETING A regular meeting of the Board 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November McMahon, with Mr. McMahon, Mr. Deputy City Attorney Terry A. NOVEMBER 14, 1978 of Public Works was convened at 14, 1978 by President Patrick Brunner and Mr. Mullen present. Crone was also present. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING APPROVED Mr. Mullen reported that the minutes of the November 6 meeting of the Board had been reviewed and he made a motion that the minutes be approved as submitted. Mr. McMahon seconded the motion and it carried. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3464 TABLED Mr. McMahon noted that one of the property owners involved in the proposed sewer construction on Riverside Drive and Riverside Place, under Improvement Resolution No. 3464, has requested some additional time to discuss this matter further with affected property owners. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the matter was tabled until November 20, 1978. FIRE DEPARTMENT UNIT APPROVED FOR HOLIDAY PARADE Chief Oscar Van Wiele submitted to the Board the request of the South Bend Downtown Council to use a Fire Truck in the Annual Holiday Parade on Saturday, November 18. Chief Van Wiele recommended that the request be approved. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the request was approved. REQUEST TO DISPOSE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES APPROVED Chief Oscar Van Wiele requested permission from the Board to dispose of seventy -nine sets of springs and mattresses which have been replaced and are no longer needed. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the request was approved and the Department was authorized to proceed with disposition of the items. POLICE RADIO BID RECOMMENDATION 'TABLED Chief Borkowski submitted to the Board a report on the discussion with R.C.A. representatives regarding the portable radio bids submitted and his recommendation to accept the R.C.A..bid with some modifications. Division Chief Glenn Terry was present and discussed the recommendation with the Board. Mr. Brunner noted there have been objections raised by some of the bidders and said he was not clear as to how the bids had been reviewed. He indicated that a bid tabulation would be helpful to the Board. Samuel Edson, of Motorola, was present and said he had a letter from corporate officers of his company stating their position regarding the bid. Mr. Edson said his company's bid was the only one responsive to the specifications and was the high bid because it did meet the specifications, which neither of the other bids did. Mr. Brunner suggested that a meeting be scheduled in his office with representatives of the bidders and the Police Department. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the recommendation was tabled for two weeks and a meeting with all concerned parties is to be scheduled for this week. DISPOSAL OF VEHICLE APPROVED Chief Michael Borkowski requested that the Board approve the scrapping of Police Mechanical No. 730, which is obsolete and would be too costly to repair. The Vehicle is a 1962 Ford Van, ID #Fl21H295184. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the Board approved the request and authorized disposition of the vehicle and removal from the City vehicle list.