HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/06/61 Board of Public Works MinutesMarch 6, 1961 -
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety.was"held.on Mohday,
March 61 1961 at 10:45 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last
regular meeting were read and approved. Vouchers were ordered paid to the
various suppliers.
POLICE DEPARTMENT VIOLATION RULE 5
Comes now Officer Edmond A. Hageniers and states to the Board that he received
copy of a charge that on the 26th day of February 1961 he left his assigned
post of duty in violation of Rule No. 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the
Police Department of the City of South Bend, adopted January, 1952.
Said Edmond Hageniers has no mitigation for said violation. The Board,
having heard the evidence and said Officer Hageniers having admitted to the
charge, the Board finds he is guilty of violating Rule No. 5 of the Rules
and Regulations of the Police Department of the City of South Bend and
therefore rules that from the lst day of March to and including the 31st
day of March (or two pay periods) said officer shall receive no compensation
but shall serve his tour of duty wherever the Police Chief shall so designate.
The. Board further directs that a copy of the Rules and Regulations of the
Police Department be given to Officer Hageniers with instructions that he
shall memorize said Rules and Regulations and, in 30 days, he shall cite
said Rules and Regulations from memory to the Police Chief or an officer
he shall designate and report 3nade to the Board.
Comes now Officer Joseph L. Szalay and states to the Board that he received
a copy of charges that on the 26th day of February, 1961 said Joseph L.-
Szalay left his assigned post of duty in violation of Rule No. 5 of the
Rules and Regulations of the Police Department of the City of South Bend,
adopted in January, 1952. Said Officer Szalay has no mitigation for such
violation.
The Board, having heard evidence and said Officer having admitted to the
charge, the Board finds he is guilty of violating Rule No. 5 of the Rules
and Regulations of the Police Department and rules as follows:
A copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department will be sub-
mitted to Officer Szalay to be read and memorized in its entirety. Said
Officer Szalay shall be given 30 days to accomplish this. At the end of this
period he shall report to the.Chief or an officer he may designate, to
cite the Rules aM Regulations from memory and a report shall be made to
the Board.
The Board further finds that from the 2nd day of March to the 7th day of March,
1961, said Officer Szalay shall receive no compensation but shall continue
to serve his, tour of duty.
_DIRECTIVE - COMMON COUNCIL RE: SOUTH BEND CLEANERS ASS'N.
A Directive from the Common Council with attached copy of letter addressed
to Fire Chief Andrzejewski from the South Bend Cleaners Association concerning
proposed coin -operated drycleaning machines was examined by the Board and
ordered placed on file. This matter is under investigation.
DIRECTIVE - COMMON COUNCIL RE: INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHT
A Directive from the Common Council with attached petition for installation
of a street light in the 400 block of W. Madison Street was referred to the
Electrical Department for investigation and report.
SPECIAL POLICE BONDS APPROVED
Bonds for Special Police Officers, Louis F. Tomshook and Frank Sochocki, Jr.
employed by Torrington Company were approved and ordered placed on file.
POLICE DEPARTMENT APPLICATION
Application from Bud Norman Goddard for the Police Department was accepted
and ordered placed on file.
TRAFFIC ENGINEER TRAFFIC SIGNS
Installation of the following traffic signs was approved in accoridance with
recommendation'from the Traffic Engineer:
Yield Right of Way sign installed on Beutter St., Southeast corner
at Edison Road
Yield Right of Way sign installed on Ebling St., southeast corner
at Edison Road
Yield Right of Way sign installed on Helmen St., southeast corner
at Edison Road
Yield Right of way sign installed on Browne St., southeast corner
at Edison Road
Yield Right of Way sign installed on Brummit Lane, southeast corner
at Edison Road
BUILDING DEPARTMENT REPORT
Monthly report for February, 1961 from the Building Department was accepted
and ordered placed on file.
_WEIGHTS & MEASURES REPORT
The monthly `report for February, 1961 from the Department of Weights &
Measures was examined by the Board, accepted and ordered placedcon file.
STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORT
Street Light Outage Report was examined, accepted and ordered placed on file.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was
adjourned at 11:45 A.M.
Chairma/OF
Attest: AnthohU Sabo, Clerk