06/10/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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c ,* MEETING June 10, 1935 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, e -.10, 1935 at 8:30 A. M'. Mr., 1. was absent. The minutes of regular meeting of May 3rd were read and approved. Requisitions bearin numbers 08502 to 08512 inclusive were approved. laims in the amount of J1,554.26, also pay roll for the first half of the onth of June amounting to $16,726.50 were approved. The claims are epresented as follows: o. Ind. Public Service Co. $41.04 Recreation Equip. Co Inc. 8.00 nd. & Mich.. Electric Co. 47.75 R. L. Polk & Co. 15.00 nd. & Mich. Electric Co. 18.80 Ind. Paint & Wallpaper Co. 170.00 he Gibson Co. 9.46 Peterson Printing..Co. 17.00 Kerman- Schaus- Freeman Co. 2.68 Gafill Oil .Co. 6.66 eterson Battery & Ign.. Co. 2.29 Business Systems Inc. 12.10 afill Oil Co. 82.32 So. Bend Electric Co., Inc. .63 afill Oil Co. 363.81 Hibberd Printing Co. 9.10 afill Oil Co. 14.80 So. Bend Clean Towel Service 1.00 afill Oil Co. 2.45 Western Union Telegraph Co. 3.10 has. Armstrong .35 Gottlob Fritz 11.00 has. Armstrong 1.75 So. Bend X -Ray Laboratory 10.00 o. Bend Electric Co.,'Ine.- 21.97 Thos. B. Pauszek, M. D. 50.00 chuyler Rose 31.26 Thos. B. Pauszek, M. D. 75.00 . E. Meyer & Son, Inc. .35 City Water Works 22.48 ational Safety Council, Inc. 10.00 City Water Works 492.11 'IRE EEPARTMEXT- - Chief Freeh present. In view'of the fact that the N.R.A. Act has been repealed, it was thought ;hat there might be a possibility of securing a lower bid on the fire pumper. ;t was, therefore, on regular motion seconded and carried, decided to reject my and all bids on fire pumper and equipment -that had been previously sub- fitted, and that the Board re- advertise for bids including non - collusion lause by the suppliers. The Chief reported that at No. 4 fire station it is desired to have four Lockers for the firemen. This matter was referred to Mr. Anderson of the Engineering Department to ascertain if. lumber can be found for this purpose, the firemen themselves to construct the lockers. The Chief reported the condition at No. 10 hose house where the wooden blocks are still.on the floor that were used at the time of horse -drawn vehicles and requested that these blocks be torn out and that sufficient gravel be secured to correct this situation. The matter was referred to the Engineering Department. The Chief requested that a drinking fountain be installed in the Central Fire Station. After discussion, it was decided that the Chief shall further investigate the matter and ascertain if an extension of some sort could be installed to make the cost as low as possible. The Chief again brought up the question of operation of the Police Boat, and requested the Board to turn this back to -the Police Department where it had been previous to.the World's Fair a few years ago. The matter was post- poned until the next regular meeting when it was decided to invite the Mayor to give his opinion of.this matter. The Secretary brought up the matter of insufficient appropriation for edical and surgical .in the Fire Department and.was directed to confer with he Chief to ascertain approximately what further appropriation would be eeded for the balance of the year. Applications for the Fire- Department were received and placed on file N John Straka and James William Scholes. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Qualls present: Matters pertaining to the operation of the Electrical Department were presented by Mr. Qualls. Mr. Qualls reported that he had obtained from the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company revised invoices covering the consumption of electricity for the first five months based on contract recently entered into and operative January 1, 19350 The Secretary reported that medical and surgical treatment for George ers amounted to $135.25 and that there was no appropriation for this expend ure. The Secretary was instructed to confer with Mr. Qualls to ascertain at sum would probably be necessary to cover such items for the balance of e year.