07/19/1927 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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}-ar weekly. 'meeting of the Bomrc� ,of .I'tablic Safety tasr held - ueeday July 19th; ' 1927 drib to tha 1'adt ' that `two of the Board 1Aembers were -riot able to'- e,ttend Monday June 18th.,. on,aceount of. being out of the City `on buisness, eetig was "celled to order at 10.30 A.M. b y president Engeldrum Mte Nicely wa's not' p:eeeent� Minutes of the last regular meeting were -read and approved. Bills -.. _ � . FIRE, DEPT. to were approved and.ordered paid. Chief nob.lock reported that the June Fire loss for the current year were 10,13k as'against $26,871. for June 1956. ELECTRICAL-DEPT. The weekly report of Supt. Quallik for the week ending July 17th.,wsee accepted and ordered p laced on file.' DEPT OF WEIGHTS & TAE.ASURES . The weekly report of City Sealer Burns for the week ending July,l6th, was accepted and.ordered placed on-file., POLICE DEPT. Bills # to were approved and.ordered paid. --Pik Press en , Board Public a e y The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Public i5afety was_held in the Board roams at 4s30•P.M. July 27, a postponed meeting due to the fact that the American Legion Convention was held in the city on Monday and Tuesday. Mr Engeldrum and Mr. Reeder were present. Bills for the fire department were allowed and ordered paid. Requisitions for the fire dept' were approved.. The application of John, Wolowicz and Sylvester Riffel was approved and ordered placed on file. Bills for khe:Electrical Dept. were approved and ordered paid., On - motion of Mr ; eecter Mr. 1[ualls was% instructed to erect a traffic signal at LaFayVete and Wayne Sts. at once. On motion. of Mr. Engeldrum and passage by a second of Mr. Reeder a police box located in an isolated alley off Mishawaka Ave was ordered moved to Misiawaka'Ave and a.pedestal installed , for same, at once Bills for the weight and measures dept-. were approved and ordered paid.. Motion prevailed to file the weekly report-of this dept. The reinstatement.of'Officer Lucius LaFortune was acted upon. 116tion prevailed. to reinstate 1aFortune 'as 'of August lst:- providing a physical examination of the police surgeon shows his ability to qualify. Said examination to be submitted: by the Clerk of the Board to the Seeretary of the Pension Fund for aetion, before assignment. Assignment to be made by Chief dames 1. Ha.tt._ Ruling of the Board that a mart who reinstates before six months expires will retain his lsto class pay rate, Motion prevailed,to instruct the clerk to compliment the police and Firemen on their a.pp®arnaoe in the Legion parade--and the way in which they handled traffic * - Letter to be_sent to Capt. Bunker through Chief -Hatt and letters to ea ©h Captain of the Fire Dept. Motion prevailed to instruct Chief Hatt to have his 'men to use special diligence in the prevention-of one headlight drivers. The motor patrols and motorcycle men to be equipped with testing bulbs so that malingerers may be sent to eourt at once. ; Motion prevailed instructing the Chief to look into the matter. ` of another brake test and the possibilities of vigorously . enforcing this matter. ,.,On motion of -Mr. ftgeldrum and a second. by Mr. Reeder the meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m. ,A t:*- Ole-7k of rd s . of a Board.