10/29/1945 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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�� Gcto'per 29, 1945 A regular meetin� of the ?o�_rd of Pu'alic Safety �^1as held on i�rionday, Qctober 29 � 1945 at 10 :00 A.i�,I. All members �rere present. i�,�inutes of the last meetin� tivere read and approved. Salar�r claims in the amount of �28,585.34 :�Jere approved and ordered paid. Claims of the folloyring suppliers ir.the amount of y�324.77 zvere approved and ordered paid: Sam Berman y� 89.62 Hur�vi ch Iron Co. � 2 .10 V. E. Harmon 41.00 0. J. Shoemaker 192.05 FIRE DEPARTI.LETdT: Chief DeVleescho�ver ��vas present and matters pertaining to his department vrere discussed. Three men Cle:nent ?�i. i�.Iarosz, George J. Tezich and �u�ust G. I•1ae�sens, havin�; �assed the physical examinations �iven b;� the City Doctar and the � Doctor appointed b y the Board of Pension Fund Trustees , and h�.vin� been accep�ed b; the .Pension r^und Trustees are n,o�v placed on probation for a period of a ix months at a salary of �;�186.20 per month. Urban Patnaude , hn.vin� been temporarily rejected 'pJ the Pension �Loard becau�se of bein� overweight , is to continue as a temporary fireman and is �iven. tyro :nonth� in tiv':iich to reduce his �,rei:�h� . l,ielvin Hic��e;�,, havin.�* �een tempora-rily re jected by the Pension Board is �iven 90 days in �rhich to meet the requirements oi vreight and blood pressure 1~ienry Backgren, havin� �een released frori the Armed Forces of the United Sta�es reported for active dut�. He �ras directed to have a �eneral physical e�_amination b5r the City Doctor and to report for dut 1 on ITovember 1, 1945. • - ,An anplication for the Fire dePartm�ent �;ras received from Clem Thomas BorkovJSl�i and, ��Gs ordere� f�led. . FOLICE DEPAR'I'IviENT: Chief Everett �^ras present and matters pertaining to his department ��ere discussed. Bonds for special policeraen zvere approved for Robert �,'lyborn rienry and George �.verett yrp. These vrere ordered i iled. ' Applications for the Police Department ��rer� received from Joseph J. Iiorva�h� Alex Leo Clzodzinski, Daniel L. -;Jis'_-�oi�oni, Donald E. Bro�vn, Thor,mus C�rl Concion, and rtichard 1'_rtnur Grant. Tnese -�rere ordered filed except one for, �'�lex Chodzinski :�:�ich ;�;as rejected aecuuse of lack of educational reauirernent s. • ELLCTRIC��L D:��.�'ZTi'.!�.TuT : Lir. ','Jillia�-n �ualls , Suberintendent, .v�.s present and �natters pertainin� to his departl:�ent ��rere discussed. A petition �:rith 44 na:nes ��as received asl>in� for tne installation of a street li�ht at the intersection of Rocl�ne i�rive and C�~ri��eau Stre.,t . Tnis �.°�as referred t;o T:.r. �,ualls for investi;;ation and repori� . A betition �rith 20 names v�as receivecz asl:in� for tYie installation of a street li�ht a� the dead end oi Ctto��a Cour� and rrintz Court. This was re�erred to i�.ir. �'�ualls for investi7ation and report . ;�:r. �,ualls sub�itted a. report of the d�nages to a traffic si�nal at the intersection of Coliax and T,�ain Streats �•�hicn vras hit by a truck o�med by '�Vood Brothsrs of i�rlington, i:iassachusetts . '�he Clerk of the �oard tivas directed to �rrite to the ;'Jood Brothers informing tnem oz tne amount of dama�o. POLICE DEPARl.,iETvT: The Chief presented the follo��ing letter addressec� to him: Gctober 23, 1945 Dear Chief: , � Re : Carl S:�affer, S�t . on �olice �rorce I have exar:tined �.:r. Sizaifer and iind tha� he had a cl�.ronic osteomyelitis (de«d �one ) of the left tibia. I have vie��ed the x-ray at St. Joseph i7ospit�:1 also, and I believe that tne �1ire si�0uld '�e rer�oved from the bone ana also dead bone ��l�ich is present, and that the man then be �iven an extended treatment �.rith �enicillin. This mi�ht require hospitalization from tti•ao to three ��reel�s . Yours very truly, ( s ) Robert �. kcker, T�i.D.