03/01/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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CJ V _ MEETING--Mareh 1, 1937 - Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, March I, 1937, at 9:Od A. M. AII members u;ere present. Minutes o�' the previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Department numbers 03645 to 03649 and in the Police Department numbers 439 to 454, inclusive, were approved. Claims in the. amourrt of �94?.17, frnm the follo�ving suppliers, were approved and ordered paid. G. 0. Thurn for Seherman-Schaus-Free�an Co. � .13 B. S. McCaffery �21.00 St. Joseph�s Hospital 3.00 Berman�s Sport Goods Store 55.20 Sh-Il� Polish Co. 10.50 South Bend Bait Co. 5.E38 General Fire Hose Co. 372.40 Mich. Ave. Lumber Co. 1.28 Amer. LaFrance & Foamite 372.40 Argus Mfg. Co. 36.00 So. Bend Whole. Drug Co. 5.10 No. Ind. Public Serv. Co. 34.48 So. Bend Electric Co. 13.4.4 Main Electric Co. 4.45 Co-ordin�ted Transport,Inc. .77 Hale Fire Pump Co. , Inc. 11.14 POLICE DEPARTT�E�T� - Chief Lane present: TYie Chief reported that the establishment of an unloading zone for The Pie Shop at 202 East Washington Street had been accomplished, they to furnish the signs, and to be�placed �only when unloading coal. The Chief reported regarding the situation in the 100 block on West Monroe Street, stating that one unloading zone had been re- established �nd one eliminated , in accordance with previous Minutes and l�r. Seeberger wauld furnish the signs. The Chief reported regarding the petition o� residents in the 700 block on East �Wen�ger Street and in the 1200 block on High Street, stating in consultation with� lVlr. Hening it was learned that as soon as they complete the ne� building now being erected, whieh will be some time in �Iareh, they vrill provide parking spaee for all of their � cars. This matter was postponed until April lst for further investigation. Officers.. Hansen, Rudynski� and Schuttrow were present at the meeting and rEquested the privilege of holding a danee for the Fraternal Order of Police on the 8th of TJIay and of er�ploying Lewis M. Let�ris to handle the affairs of� a Policenen's l�dovie Ball. The Board found no objection�. if the affair vras advertised and operated under the name of the Fraternal Order of Police and referred it to the Chief of Police for further inve�tigation. The Chief reported that all ofPicers on the police force with the exception of Officer Steve Paczesny and police v�oman PJlinnie Evans had been accepted for the Pension �.i.nd and that W. L. Vt'elch and Floyd Zellers, nevr officers, would be voted upon at the next meeting. The Chief reported that O�ficer Peter Rudynski had decided to continue as instructor of police in the target practice. The Chief reported that the removal of signs in. the parking area at filling stations was being accomplished. Two bids for the v�Tecked police ambulance ti�ere received - that of the Ben Medow Salvage Company being �21.00 and the ti`dashington Salvage Company �25.�0. No action was taken. � Specia3. police commiss�ian tivas issued in favor of Lyle Essex while v,Torking for the Bendix Products Corporation. Continuatian certificate in favor of Earl C. Hollis as special police officer was approved. � Continuation certificates in favor of the following police o�ficers were approved and placed with the original bond: Vdilliam J. Mcl�2ahon, Waclaw E. Chrobot, Beu�amin H. Roberts, Clyde N. Wilson, Harold C. �Vilson, Lucius LaFortune, Joseph Gembarzewski, I,eo r�Iakowski, Jo�eph Wroblewski, Thomas Notvak, Arthur M. Campbell, William Million, J'oseph Laskowski and Levi Nulf.