07/14/1947 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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� 16� July 14� 1947 , A regular r.ieeting of the �oard of Public Safety «as held on P,Tonday, July 14, 1947 at 10:00 A.S:i. All �ner.:bers r�ere present. T:inutes of the last neeting rrere read and Approved. Salas^,� claims in the anount o£ :�33,325.40 tirere approved and ordored paid: Claims oY the follov�in� suppliers in the amount of ;2507.85 irere approved and ordered paid: Charles DeVleeschoz�rer �'�` 6.00 Sheehan lire Service :�a 83.55 Clement Iiazinski 195.50 H, H. Slominski 100.00 G. :, i:ieyer & Son 1.25 South Bend Lumber Co. 1.05 ' ida� onal Fire Protection 10.00 South �end Supply Co. 3.60 St. Joseph� s Hospital 106.00 FIRL D�P�RTI�IdT: The resignation of Charle s DeVleesciiorrer as Chief of the Fire Department effective ;quC� 16, 1947, ti�ras made knorm to the i:oard and the appointment of �rthur Iiocrard as Chief� effective July 16� 1947 rras recognized. 3oth inen rrere present at the neetin�. Chief rioc�Jard t•ras �ranted »ernission to attend a I:unicipal Leagu.o I:?eetin� at Terre Haute on July 30 and nu�ust l� and Also an Interr.ational Fire Chiefs convent'3on in Idee� Yorl: Au�ust 19 to 21 inclusive. � The Board, upon the Chief� s reco::unendation, promoted Lieutenant John Odusch and Lieutenant George '�+itucl:i to Captains of the Fire Departr.ient ef£ective July 16� 1947. _ ��lpplications� for the rire Departr.�ent �•rere approved for Jacob Rex Harr.ion and Rorzan Roznanaki and r�ere ordered filed. I�enneth�Tubbs havir.� been pronounced_physically fit for active duty by both the City Doctor and the Doctor appointod by the Trustees of the Firemen' s Pension rund, and 'naving.been accepted by the Pension Fund, is hereby reinstated as a raember o£ the rire Departnent effective July 12, 1947 and is to report to the Chief for assign�ent to duty, 'Bmery Huszar havin� passed the physical exar:�inations given by ��e , City Doctor and tlie Doctor appointed by the Trustees of the Firei7en�s Pension Fund and having been accepted for ::iembership by the Firmen� s Pension Pund is no•�r anpointed to the Fire �Department for a six r.ionths probationary period beginnin� July 16, 1947. His salary is ,to oe that of tYie raen on a probationary Uasis. POLIC3 D�PI�RT::.�'I;T: Chief Lverett r�as prosent and r:atters pertainin� to his departtnent ti�ere discussed. This being the date set for receivin� bids for one �ullet Type Co�parison i::icroscope and one bid having been received said bid tiaas opened and read as follo�:sC r^aurot, Inc., 1 Bullet Co:aparison I.;icroscope, Bausch ;:e�v Yorl:, 7, A;.Y. and Lor�U, Conpl�te ti7ith ca^�era ;?799.00 suUject to standard .price at ti.no of delivery The board reJected the above bid because of tne esculator clause, and the Clerk of the Bo;r d rras directed �o purc:-iase a nicroscope on tho open rsarket. 4 bond for a speciAl police cor�.�ission ��ras approved and ordered £iled for Alonzo Poinde;:ter. c�o2321:,,. A petition v�AS approsred and handed to Chief �verett�Q;��tY�O g�,��e- or �ent o� parking restrictions in the follotiTin� describc"'ad��y,23a�vnt 702 Co:n.-iencing at the intersection of i;:ichi�an and 'i,:onroe S�'reets thence '.7est to tne intersection of Lar^ayette and i.ionroe pt��c�.,u�;tYy��glOe4,azth to__ the intersoction of LaFayette and S�aple Streets,��t;1e��t �p��j+��e�,i.r��pr- section oS Sar.iole and r^ra:�'clin �treets, thence South to ti�qlfirg�;r��i.� of rranklin and Broade�ay Streets, thence �ast to the intersection of Broadtray and I,:ichigan Streots� thonce Ilorth to tne place �£j�le�}��r��r ;, :021�o�7�3nI ori� 9� �LrCTRICAL D�PGRTI?�'riT: i.'.r. �dillia� C�ualls, Sup��n�gr�dg,gto„ 1��.,present and raatters pertainin� to his depArt�ent trere discussed; Upon the recor.�mendation of T1r. Oualls� the Bozrd approved the install- ation of a 1000 lu+:�en li�ht ttt tho intersection of Hor�ard and Talbot Streets and also the in�tallation of a 1000 lumen li�ht at i.Iilton and Columbia Streets and directed I.?r. �,ualls to order then in.