09/23/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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} Board met in regular session at 9*30 A.M; Mr. John F. De Haven absent. The following res ignat ion was received by the Board • end. accepted. - q September 2391919. To the. Honarab-le Board of Public Works, Gilbert A. Elliott, President. Harvey F. °Rost iser, V6ce President John F. De Haven Gentlemen: I hereby tender my resignation as City Electrician to tkke effect September 25. Thanking the Honorable Mayor and Board of Public Works for my appointment, I remain, Yours very truly,, CHAS. E. STARR ' City ELectr is ian. The Board ordered the 100 C. P. lights on. Roque Grounds changed to 200 Co P. Lights. The Board ordered increase in the inspectors salary in the Eng ins ,-er ing Department of from 03.50 to Four Dollars ($4.00) Dollars from September 15th. 1919. The following letter received by Hardy Josephson Clerk of the Board of Public Safety and referred to this department was read srd placed on file, and the Board granted parmiss.ion to the Fire Chief to make the necessary repairs on fire stations. September 19,1919. Mr. Harry Josephson, ,Clerk of Board of Public Safety. ' South Bend, Indiana Dear Sir : - Replying to your inquiry of the 19t1i, inst. in regard to the question of repairs on fire dtations I beg to state that the law pretides that the Board of Public Works shall have charge of all property real and personal belonging to the City and shall care_ for the same exeelit where the custody of such property is placed under different control. And further Ithat the Board of Public Works shall have the power to design, order, contract for and execute the improvements or repair of any property real and personal belnging to or used by the City and the erection of 411 buildings for public pu iposea including all fire stations pounds and all other structures of any. nature naledad for any public purpose It is my ,opinion that this statute is; broad enough to give to the Board of Public Yorks full power to repair all' fire stations or buildings. The lww further prov id yes that the Board of Public Safety shall have the care, management, supery is ion and excius ive ontrol of all property re 1st ing to_ or connected with the fire and police. forces, ! t o the fire alarm, telegraph fire escapes, Inspection of buildings etc., It is therefore my -opinion that the' building and repair of the fire stations come within the powers of this Board of Public Forks and the management and supervision of these buildings come within the powers .of the Board of Public Safety. - - .TWS-AEH - - - _ _ __ _ _ Yours very truly, • THOS W. SLICK