03/05/1979 Board of Public Works Minutes

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t� REGULAR 14EETING MARCH 5, 1979 PUBLIC HEARING ON DENIAL OF POOL HALL CONTINUED A public hearing was scheduled on this date on the denial of a pool hall license to John Brinson at 1240 W. Washington. Assistant City Attorney James A. Masters advised the Board that Timothy McLaughlin, Attorney for Mr, Brinson, was present earlier but had to leave for another meeting. Mr McLaughlin and Mr. Masters are requesting a continuance of one week to allow time to review the files and prepare for the hearing. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the hearing was continued until Monday, March 12, 1979. REQUEST TO RENT OLD FIRE STATION EIGHT DENIED The Board received a request from Mid States Insulators, Inc. to rent old Fire Station Eight at 135 S. Olive Street. Chief Oscar Van Wiele advised the Board by letter that the Fire Department is currently looking into the possibility of using the building as a storage area for the Department and he requested that the property not be rented or sold at this time. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the request to rent the station was denied and the Fire Department was requested to notify the Board when a determination has been made as to their use of the building. BID AWARDED - SELF - CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS Fire Chief Oscar Van Wiele submitted to the Board his report on the review of bids received for sixteen units of self- contained breathing apparatus and a recommendation to accept the low bid of Halterman's General Fire and Safety Company of $513.60 per unit for a total bid of $8,217.60. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board accepted the recommendation and awarded the bid. APPROVAL OF FUND ALLOCATION FOR RAPE CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGP.AM John Cimino, Director, Criminal Justice Planning Bureau, submitted to the Board a letter advising that funds have been received from the Indiana Criminal Justice Planning Agency for the Rape Crisis Intervention Program. Funding is as follows: Federal - $4,175.00, State - $231.94, Local - $927.78. Mr. Cimino and Marcia Silverman, Coordinator for the program, were present. Mr. Cimino requested that the Board allocate the funds to. the Mental Health Center which houses the program. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board approved the awarding of funds to the Mental Health Center. APPROVAL OF FUND ALLOCATION FOR CRIME VICTIM COUNSELING PROGRAM John Cimino, Director, Criminal Justice Planning Bureau, submitted to the Board a letter advising that funds have been received from the Indiana Criminal Justice Planning Agency for the Crime Victim Counseling Program. Funding is as follows: Federal - $3,055.00, State - $169.72. Mr. Cimino requested that the Board allocate the funds to R.E.A.L. Services, Inc., which houses the program. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board approved the awarding of funds to R.E.A.L. Services, Inc TAXI LICENSE DENIED - BRAYLEON JENNINGS Peter H. Mullen, City Controller, submitted to the Board the recommendation.of the Police Department to deny the taxi license application of Brayleon Jennings and his concurrence with that recommendation. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the license was denied and the Clerk was directed to advise Mr. Jennings he may request a hearing before the Board on the denial if he wishes.