04/04/1938 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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�� � i�2E�TI1��G hpril 4, 1g38 � � � Regular raeetin� of the Board af Public. �afety ��as heldonn �d�ond- ay, kpril 4, at 5:00 �'i. Tv1. All members vrere x�resent. Tviinutes of i;he �revious meeti_Z� were read and approved. Claims f'rom the f'ollovv�ng sunpliers in t;he amount oi' �;;:10�w. 64 �,vere a��roved and ordered �aid: Indiana BeII Tele�hone Co. �: 14.80 Gafill �i1 Comnany 105.49 C. J. T�iorrison �. 25 Gaf'ill �il �o��lpany I1.50 Asteraft Printers, Inc. 12..95 �+ez:berber Bros. 2.2. 2Q Gafill. �il Compcny 481.63 Ge_fill �il Comp�ny B.Sw Busin�:s ;�ystems, Inc. 17. 25 So. Berd Clean Tov�rel Ser. 1.00 The. Of fice r'�Y�.�i�eers, Ine. 6. 75 Inc.i�na i�lic�igan �lec. Co.46. 7� Indiana-T��;icni�an Electric co. 32.16 Gafill �il� Co�_Ztiany L<�.41 i�ortherrl Indiana Public �erv. 29.82 i"uilhelmt s ��holesale Radio 7. 23 '�he Gibson Conpany 16?.82, �i�i�al �ervice �orp. 48.02 Schermari-Schaus-F'reeman Co. 2.Q1 'v"dilhelin's G�hse. Radio 6.44 �� South Berd Electric Co, �. �0 FIRE DEP�T��iEIuT - ChieF Frzeh prese�t: Chief ��reeh re�orted that Richard Ihzck ha�ain� comnleted his �robu- t=io»�r,y period as a CitT� Fir�:~nan and havi�i� proven him�elf capable in every respect, it zs recommended that he oe placed on the Fire Dep�rt- ment pa,yroll as a permanent mem�er, ef'f'ecti�re �ipril l, .1938. It ;r��s . regularl,y moved, seconc�ed, and carried b,y the Board that the Ci112�tS recom.mendation be concurr•ed in. :- . • The Chief reported th�t FirEman: Gust Giede na-r��g had conducted himsel� in a manr_er unbecoming to a member of the Fire UepGrtraent of the City, and after a lon� discussion dnd an exa?nination of I��r. Giede, it ��as re�;ul�rly r,�oved, seconded and carried that he be suspended from pay 1'or a period of thirty days from A�ril lst to kpril 3�th and that he be automatically reinstated at t'�ie end of that period if his con- ciuct has been satisfactory to the chief. l�ppl3.cation for a poSl�l0T1 OZ1 the �'ire Le�artnlent wGs. presented by Lee L. Goniga.�n, also �snil �uysse and Lonza .h. Yellett and ordered plac- ed on file. E�ECTRICAL DEPtiRTi'v�1�"i�LVT - T�iir. �,ualls present : Pi�r. �;ualls re�orted on the activities o�' tne Electrical Department f'or t he past week. POLTC� DEP1jRTi�iE�uT - Chief Lane present: � The Chie�' submitted a report of' the 'I'raffic �ureau f'or the month o�' P12arch, a co�,y of which �.vas furnished eac� member of the Bo�:rd and one cop,y ��laced on fiZe. The �liver �'Grm Ec;uipment Comn�ny re�uested 5�ec�al Police C�mmis- �ions for tne folloTf,2ng �raho have been appoin+ed Officers to protect tneir x�roperty, which were a?��ro�,red upon ?�ostin� of Surety Bonc7 in each case: John I. Northrup, John A. riopper, anci I''rd�k Szynlecki. The Cnie�' submitted a monthly reY�ort for 1'•�larch of the activities of the Police De�artment, a cony of wYiich is furnisn�d each member of the Board anc� a copy pl�iced on fi.le. Surety Bond in �avor of'�`�illi�m J. McP,'Iahon as S�ecial P�lice 0�'ficer for the Oliver Hotel �rr�s ap��roved. A Special Of.f_icer' s Comr.nission was a?��roved in favor of Paul ivelson as a Tv�erc]lant Policeman to take the nlace of l�iton Tsciiida, resigned. The �c,uestion of' harboring unfortun�tes in the basement of Cit.y Hal1 o�rer nighi., vaas brought up and the Cnisf was recuested to di�co�tir_ue tier- mittin_� them to sleep in the rooms at the v��est end of tne basement and to endeavor to make some otner arran�;er�ents v�hereby ti�ey can be taken care o�.