03/08/1926 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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oi' 20 MARCH 8, 1.926 Regular meeting held., in the Offices of the Bsar d . safety - Mr. Reeder..being absent, dills were presented for the fire . department and ordered paid, O motion of Mr. Nicely it was ordered ` that Fire Captains in all departments shift with Lieutenants evepy thirty days• The first shift to become effective liandailtarch 8. .111otion prevailed to accept the . repprt dot the Electrical department and place same bn file, Motion prevail -ed to table a proposal of the Sup. of the Electrical Depte to become a member of the national organization of E1ee trical_En er gineers and t attend the national convention. later proposed to d1scus's the matter further, -and take the same _up at .a. later date. Bills f the department were ordered paid, Potion prevailed to accept the. report of the weights and measures department. Requisitions and Bills were ordered.signed and paid, Motion prevailed to pay all.bills for-'the police department, Applications for this department were accepted and ordered placed on file, on motion of Nicely Chief Hatt was instructed to excuse Captain Bunker from drill and also Sergt, Zgodinski. He was further instructed to see that all night men attended drill. Motion prevailed to adjourn _ G Attest. • •"�:`� • • • • • • Pres_ of the Board...___ March 15,1926. Meeting held in.the offices of the Board of Safety at 4 p.m. all members present. A petition was presented by Charles Speth and Frank Mayer signed by 100 business firms. The petition proper says "The undersigned respectfully petition for the ,enforcement of the City Ordinance No,1954, known as the Moving Ordinance, and ask that this enforcament be effective continually from an early date. On motion of I -Jr. Reeder and 2nd by 1dr. Nicely the petition was ordered placed on file and the clerk instructed to call �o the attention of all transfer men the ordinance and also to confer with the Chief of Police. . Motion prevailed to accept the report of the fire dept, Bills were ordered paid. Motion prevailed to accept the report of the Electrical Dept, Requisitions No §0757 and 00758 were approved. The resignition of Reed I. Hawthorne , City Sealer of I leagts and Irieasures was presented and accepted to become effective y March 15. The Clerk was instructed to communicate with the sta department ,of Weights and Measures and notify .them of the resigntion. On motion of Mr. Reeder and a negative vote'by I&* Nicely the following changes in the police dept. were ordered by Pres. Engeldrum: "Effective March 15 Horace M* Hamilton,aset,chief, � becomes -Capt. of Detectives replacing Captain Guy L. Bunker who will become acting Asst. Chief. captain Cordier is hereby reduced to the ask of patrolman and will replace Nieholas'Laskowski« Patrolman—Laskowski is promoted.to the rank of Sergt. and will replace Sergt. .,William McMann. Sergt. Mc.Mann .is, .promoted ,to the rank of Captain and will take the shift left vacant by the removal of captain Cordi6r. -�— Bills for—the Police dept. were ordered paid. Requisitions from Nos. 2562 ta2.575 were approved. On motion of Mr. Reeder and a second b$ Mr. Nicely the meeting adjourned at 5:`45 p.m. Attest. • •.i.... «. Pre. of the Board. March 22,1926. Meeting held in the officer of the Voard of Safety. at 4p.m. all members being present. Bills for the fire department were ordered paid. Fire Chief Roy Snoblockwas ordered to attend the state convention for Fire Chief's at Lafayette, Ind. March 25, and 26. 3. Requisitions for the Electric Dept. Nos. 9372) to ') were approved.Potion prevailed that the dues of the Supt. of the Electrical Department to the national organization of .Electricians .be paid. Motion prevailed that Bills from 141 to 146 be paid by the Police Department. A petition signed by approximately 1,)3� residents of River Park was presented to''the board by Mr. Witwer and a committee asking that a new fire station be Erected in River Park. Mh$ion prevailed that the board accept the petition and petition the Board of Public Saftety for the erection of a new building Q house said fire -equipment in