02/07/1938 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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171� MEETING FebruarY 7,� 19!38 Regular mseting c�f the Board of Public Safety was held on T�4onday, February 7, at g:QO A. �l. All members were present. Minutes of the previaus meeting were read and approved. Claims from the following suppliers in the amount of �'I265.6� �rere a�proved and ordered paid. Also payroll of the various De- ��.rtments for the first half of February in the amount of 21,744.17. Indiana Bell Tele. Co. � 8.�5 South Bend 5upply Co. � 23.34 Taube Printing Co. 11. 75 Bloo�t Bros. �dachine Co. 9. 25 Office Engineers, Inc. 4.35 Mine Sa.fety Appliances 40.66 Office Engineers, Inc. 17.�J0 Mine Safety Appliances � 25. 79 Office Engineers, I:�c. 3.?C? G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 12.92 Krauss's Jewelry �tbre 1.50 The Gibson Company ._5.69 Ohio Che�ical & PJIfg. Co. 7.96 E. R. Newland Co. 329.56 Gill-Vorn Chev. Co. 22.28 Gafili �il. Company 429.85 VdiLlette Serv. Station 30.a0 Gafill �il Company 79. 33 Business Systelns, Inc. 20.95 Gaf ilI �il Co�npany 8.82 Ce:�tral �lect�iic Co. 1.71 Gafiil �il Conpany I3. 22 Central Electrie Co. .41 . South Bend Clean Towel - � - 1.00 AuZt Ca��era Shop 28.46 Ind._ 3c PdIich. Electric �o. 38.85 ti�algreen Co. . 39 Ind. & T�ich. Electric Co. 47.39 Northern Indiana Pub. 23. 74 South Bend �lectric Co. 14.82 FIRE DEP.ARZTIl�VT - Chi ef Freeh present : Matters pertaining to the operation a� the Fire Detiartment were discussed tivith the Chi�f. Applicati�n �'or a position on the Fire Denar�nent was presented by Burt Christovrski and ordered placed on file. A communication _..t^�as received fro� Dr, H. H. Botts of the Vet- er�ns Hos�i�;al in i�7arion, Indiana, with reference to the physical condition of Schuyle r Lonzo, inwhich it was stated that the med- ical staff finds his condition to be such that he is t'permanently and totally disabled and inco�petent" of performing the duties of z fire�nan. It was decided by the Board that due to this condition Lonzo shall be relieved from duty on the Fire Department as of Feb. l, 1938, and the Baard recon�raends that he be placed on pension t�s of the same date. A copy of Dr. H. H. Botts' letter is on �ile in the office oP the Bo�rd of Public Safety. It was regularly moved, secon ded and carried that Robert Smit�i, _ an applicant for a position on the Fire Dep�rtm.ent be appointed to the Department as o�' PJlarch l, subject to physical examination by the Fire Departlnent physici�n, Dr. Pauszek, a.�d also sub ject to ac- ceptance by t�ie Fire:man's Pension Board, after examination by Dr. Sensenich. Sub�ect also to a si�-�onth probation period and assign- ment to duty by the Cni�f of the. Fire Departulent. ELECTRICAL D�'ARTj.2l�.�1T - Adr. �,ualis present: Mr. �ualls srrbm-itted a report of tne Polics Radio, shov:ing the operations durino the month of January, copy o�' t��ich was f�rnished each an ember of the Board and copy placed on file in the office of Board of Public Safety. Mr. Qualls submitted a report of the various � cities in Uni�ed States having palice Radiotelegraph TransMitters on the air and are n�iv handlin� traffic. A copy of this re�ort was fur- ni�hed each member of the Board and one copy placed on �'ile in the Of- , fice o� �he Board of Publi-c- Safety. ' PULI C� DEPARTIdF1`dT - C�i ef Lane p re s ent : 9 Officers No�1�ak �3nd P�Rako�r:s�i �ere called before the Board to dis- cuss an accident �vherein Police Car iJo. 3 u�as involved in a collision tivith a car driven by C. L. Penrod, 522 Y�. Colfax Avenue. Atty. Nor- r�an Hartzer represented T�frs.Penrod and v�as present at the meeting.The re�ort of the Officer drivin, the car, to�ether ivith the general re- port of the accident is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety for further reference.