05/24/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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10� MEETNI G To�ay 24, 19 37 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety v�ras held on ivZonday, I14ay 24, 1937, at 8: 45 p. P�I. Al.l members �ti�ere present. � I��Zinutes of the previous �neeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Department numbers 03724 to 03729, inclusive, and in the Police Department numbers 601 to 6I5, inclusive, ��aere a�proved. Claims in the amount of �585.2Q, from the folloivin� suppliers, v�-ere approved and ordered paid, also pzyr�ll of the various departments amounting to �1s,128.66. City VJater V�orks �359.52 Ind. Lumber cc TIIfg. Co. :�10.62 City ti"�ater �tior'_�s 2.90 .�ilex Vargo 12.80 City Yuater 1"�or�s 49.54 General Tire Co. 124.44 Business Systems, Ine. 12.45 So. Bend Vrholesale Drug Co. 5.10 ti��algreen Drug Store 1. 38 T�cCaf'fery Comp�ny 1. 70 Studebaker Cor�o. 4.00 Radio Dis�ributing Co. . 75 �IRE D�PARTPdEVT - Chief Freeh present: The Chief discussed with the Board matters pertaining to the operation o�' the rire Depart�ent, and vras authorized to purchase a nev,� clocr at a reasonable �rice for Station No. 5. ELECTRIC��L DEP1�RTivI�tT - Mr. �ualls �resent: . P�atters nertaining to the operation of the Electrical DepGrt�ent �ti�ere discussed zvith P:Zr. �,ualls and he re��orted that he was �akin� �ood pro�ress in the installation of the traffic signals at 'v"�'illiams Street and Lincoln Vvay Vdest and th�t they would soon be installed. POLICE DEPkRTPJIIlVT - Chief Lane �resent: Tne Chief called a.ttention of the Board to a Tra�'fic 0�'iicers' Short Course at Purdue University fror.l June 7th to llth and recomm ended th�.t one or t�vo officers be enrolled in this course. The Board, after considerin� the matter, decided to send Ofiicer Ernest H, n.2iller and if another could be sent t^:ith a cor:ibined exnense oi' not over fifty dollars tne Chief should reconmend another of�'icer. Special police coramission in f�vor of George E. Fa�'ord, wnzle er.mnloyed at tne Edt�;ards Iron ;";orks, ivas u:�proved by the Board. Report of accident to Police Car No. 13 occupi.ed by Officers Barcza and Rozanski on TQay 22nd was made and, a�'ter a discussi�n of the m�tter ��,�ith the Chief, the Bo�rd issued instructions th�t all �olice of�icers entering cars shall do so from tne right-hsnd side and further that any d�a�e that is dor_e to police cars amounting to more than �5.00 the occupants of the car at tne time shall appear before the Board a� i�s next meeting. The Board issued instructions to the Chief of Police that he reauest ��'ficers Rzenka and Luczny to �pvly ior nension. They to discontinue on the Police Force on July lst but to re�nain on the �ay- roll until July 15th, the last tv:o v:�eeks bei�g considered their vacation f'or the year 1937. If this is not agree�ble to them, they are to t�Ke a pnysic�l exa�ination to justify the Board in retainin� them on the Force. Officer ;"�7iitner submitted �: list of reloading eQUiprment and supplies offered to the City for use in reloading cartridges used in target nractice, as f'rom one-hali to three-fourths of a cent can be saved on each target used by emnloying this eq_ui�ment, the reloading ar_d refillin� to be done by police of�'icers during their spare time. The entire cost to be �90.46 , ti��nich includes sufficient ingredients to load four thousand cartridges and prime twenty five hundred more. Tne Board, after carefully considering this proposal, �uthorized the nurchase to be deducted from the Police Instruction Account. Officer Ernest ?-i. n�iller sub�nitted a re�ort concerning the vGZue of e�tendin� the time of operation of tra�'fic signals af'ter midni�ht in the dotitintown district. After carefully considerin� this �a.tter, the Board ref'erred it for final dispflsition to the Chief of Police,