08/10/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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`�� ' P�'��TING August 10, 1936 Regular meetin� of the Board of Public Safety ti�as held on iionday, August 10, 1936, at 9:15 A. P�T. All Members vaere present. T:�iinutes of previous meeting vrere read and approved. Requisitions in the PoZice Department nurnbers I.00 to 116 and in the rire Departinent numbers 03464 to 03468, inclusive, i�rere approved. Claims in the amount of �l,565.66, from the follo��ine suppliers, izere approved and ordered paid, also payroll of the various departments ar,lounting to �17 ,065.35. Slick-Ideal Laundries � . �6.75 Tndiana:& I��Iich. Llectric Co. �46.22 Office �ngineers 9.95 Indiana 8cP,7ich. Electric Co. 14. 52 Office �ingineers 12.03 Fredericic achafer & Son 6.00 uJestern Union Tele�raph Co. 1.06 General �ire Hose Co. 465.50 Gafill Oil Co. 21.06 T��1ieh. I�ve. Lumber Yd. .72 Gafill Oil Co. 4.85 F1ibberd Printing Co. 17 .75 Gafill Oil Co. 18.72 So. Bend Clean To�rel Service 1.00 Gafill Oil Co. 118.80 G. E. Ivleyer sc Son 2.26 Gafill O�il Co. 20.89 �-�m. Ransberger & Son 59 .50 Gafill t3i1 Co. 400.76 Gen. Sheet ��letal �'rorks 12.20 Harry s�. �"Tillette 19.20 Levy-iTard Grocer Co. 1.70 South Bend Supply Co. 72.97 Gen. Sheet I.ietal o'�orks 9.90 �ult Camera Shop 42.04 Indiana �cT�rlich. Llectric Co. 13.11 General Sheet T,Ietal �7ks. 9.20 C & D lvifg. Co. 7.00 Arbus T:if'�. Co. 150.00 ELECTRIC yL D�PARTTv�NT - T��1r. �ualls pres ent: T;iatters pertainin� to the operation of the Llectrical Departrnent tilere discussed. In re�ard to traffic control at ��Jestern Avenue and 'y�`alnut Street, rir. �,ualls submitted reeom..mendation for re-arrange�ent of traffic lights in ti�hich a si�n for left-hana turns ti�ould be installed beneath si�nal and another signal placed for through traffic , and stated these changes could be riade at a cost of u�52.00 using si�nals on hand. It rras re�ularly r,ioved, seconded and carried that this re-arran�ement of traffic li�;hts be made. �IRE D�PkRTT��tT - Chie� Freeh present: The Board received resignation of hlfred Lentz as a member of the rire De ,artment as of t�ugust 15, 1936r and by regular rnotion it i=aas acc ted. �i�v� eks vacation alloti�aed, he �rill remain on payroll until �ep��ber �, �9��. _ , epor ti•ras maue by Dr. Tho�nas B. �ausze�c that Louis Szabo tivas not qualified for appointment as a mei:�ber o� the Fire Department because of hi�h blood pressure ar.d enlar�ed right in�uinal rin�. The follo��in� applicants for positions as firemen �rere examined by the Board, the Chief beino present: Kenneth a�'aterson Cecil i:icfienry hndret-r Vargyas Larl i1u11 The Board, upon regular motion seconded and carried, appointed Yenneth �raterson and nndrer� Varoyas as �enbers of tiie r ire Departr;�ent eifective ��ueust loth and Cecil i:;cHenry and �arl Ivull , ��hose apnoint- ments become eifective September lst, all subject to physical ` exaraination by tne Police and Fire Pnysician and the Pension �'hysician, to assignment of duties by the Chief and on probation for six month period. Upon motion made by I:ir. nnderson, seconded by I:ir. �'ioodcrard and re�ularly carried, the follo:�rin�; pro�otions r•rere made to become effective nu�ust 16, 1936: Leo Hunt to Captain fror,2 Lieutenant. fiarvey Kletka to Captain f'rott Lieutenant. yrnest Decker to Lieutenant from Private. . � Lottie Jurek to Lieutenant fro:n Private. ° �orLmunieation from �heldon B. En�le, recomnlendin� '�+allace �ay Limmerman for posi�ion as fire�an, vras received and ordered placed on file.