12/16/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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1 FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Freeh present: .The.Fire Chief requested the privilege of making purchase of several items of equipment for use in the Fire Department and the Board approved such purchase if material can be received and bill allowed and paid before the close of the books on January 1st. The Board, upon recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Depart - ment, accepted the.pumper purchased from the Peter Pirsch & Sons Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, delivered within the last ten days and payment of the first installment amounting to 43,750.00 was approved and ordered paid, balance of payment to be made at the rate of $3,750.00 each December first with interest at six percent. As requested by the Board, Edward Niesgodski, City Fireman, and Harry Hinkle, City Fireman, appeared before the Board to discuss their personal obligations to merchants in the City. After admonishing these firemen to pay their legitimate debts, they were excused. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Qualls present: Matters pertaining to the operation of the Electrical Department were. discussed. It was reported that the traffic signal controlling traffic coming from the south on Carroll Street at Lincoln Way East had been removed and that traff ic stop lights had been properly placed. Mr. Qualls submitted,to the Board a,.map of the City, showing the location of every street light and pointing out that under the present contract some of the lights would need to be turned out during the ' coming year to keep within the limits of the contract. POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief Lane present: Matters pertaining to the Police Department were discussed and the Chief particularly called the attention of the Board to the situation in regard to the present coal strike and that he felt the time had come when some action should be taken to begin negotiations andtreularly for arbitration between the contending oodward g carrimed oved that the W ,Mr. Anderson, seconded by Mr. representative of Board ask the Mayor to call in a both sides to see if some arbitration program cannot be effected. MEETING December 16, 1935 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, December 16, 1935 at 8:45 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. Claims in the amount of $4,920.39 were approved and ordered paid, also payrolls for the month of December for all departments amounting to $39,030.22. Requisitions numbers 08759 to 08773 were approved Postal Telegraph Cable Co. $1.97 Jack Taylor's $44.*75 Western Union Telegraph Co. 1.17 Jack Taylor's 7.20 McCaffery Company 1.50 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 2.64 Frank S. Andrews .12.50 G. E. Meyer.& Son, Inc. 39.138 Frank S. Andrews 2.00 G E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 48.70 `Firestone Auto Supply 090 Peter-Pirsch & Sons Co. 31750-00 Slick-Ideal Laundries .70 No. Ind. Pub. Service Co. 1.00 Ault Camera Shops .6.24 Amer. Automatic Elec. Co. 69.66 Business Sys'tems Inc. 10.55 Wm. Ransberger &'Son 5.00 Business Systems Inc. 11.56 Wm. Ransberger & Son 3.35 W* & L. E. Gurley 28.41 Frank Curran 9.00 The Office Engineers Inc. Firestone Auto Supply ..50 Recreation Equipment Co. 27.60 Hibberd Printing Co. 26.00 Scherman"Schaus-Freeman Co. 2.81 Hibberd Printing Co. 12.50 Schuyler Rose 39.00 Central Electric Co. .25 p. �Gafill Oil Co. 25.66 South Bend Electric Co. 19.70 Oil Co. 91.85 South Bend Electric Co. 1.40 Simon,, Brothers, Inc. 6.00, So. Bend Current Cont. Co. 2.92 The Gibson Co. 17.08,1 Gen. Sheet Metal Works 280.00 Bend Clean Towel Service 1.00 Gen. Sheet Metal Works 305.20 ..,,Jones Autoparts 1:49 FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Freeh present: .The.Fire Chief requested the privilege of making purchase of several items of equipment for use in the Fire Department and the Board approved such purchase if material can be received and bill allowed and paid before the close of the books on January 1st. The Board, upon recommendation of the Chief of the Fire Depart - ment, accepted the.pumper purchased from the Peter Pirsch & Sons Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, delivered within the last ten days and payment of the first installment amounting to 43,750.00 was approved and ordered paid, balance of payment to be made at the rate of $3,750.00 each December first with interest at six percent. As requested by the Board, Edward Niesgodski, City Fireman, and Harry Hinkle, City Fireman, appeared before the Board to discuss their personal obligations to merchants in the City. After admonishing these firemen to pay their legitimate debts, they were excused. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Qualls present: Matters pertaining to the operation of the Electrical Department were. discussed. It was reported that the traffic signal controlling traffic coming from the south on Carroll Street at Lincoln Way East had been removed and that traff ic stop lights had been properly placed. Mr. Qualls submitted,to the Board a,.map of the City, showing the location of every street light and pointing out that under the present contract some of the lights would need to be turned out during the ' coming year to keep within the limits of the contract. POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief Lane present: Matters pertaining to the Police Department were discussed and the Chief particularly called the attention of the Board to the situation in regard to the present coal strike and that he felt the time had come when some action should be taken to begin negotiations andtreularly for arbitration between the contending oodward g carrimed oved that the W ,Mr. Anderson, seconded by Mr. representative of Board ask the Mayor to call in a both sides to see if some arbitration program cannot be effected.