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Home My WebLink About01/05/1942 Board of Public Works Minutes4 6-- A T,'IEETING -- DECE Ir'IBER 29, 1941 A regular meeting of the Board. of Public 'r141orks was held on 'lond!ay, December 29, 194 at 9:00 A. 'TI..' Two members were present, I;ir. Cl de E. "�illiarns being absent. ia2inutes of the last meetin. were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount" of e)38:4.92 were approved and ordered" raid. Business Systems, Inc. !t,120.45 tr 2.50 It 2.93 It 41.16 rt 153.00 It 27.15 City 'Water "Norks 12.00 Cole Hot Blast I,If?;. Co. 2.60 Hamilton Body Shop 2.00 rF � n r7n t'tateSl..at & Paint . • c. • c. Koontz 7valgner Elec. Co. 6.25 The McCaffery Co. 7.20 It 7.66 Proposals to insure city automotive equipment for the following board, Board of Public ',PVorks, Park. Board, Health Board and City ;''dater 7,"orh-s, covering � 10,000.00 and e 20,000.00 public liability and y�5000.00 property damage, were received from D. Sherman Ellison -'.and the Lloyd Insurance Co. The bids were as follows: D. Sherman Ellison Lloyd Insurance Co. �1027.06 936.12 I The Lloyd Insurance Co., proposal also included a non-o,vnership clause, at an additi'n- al cost of $91.75. The Ellison proposal did not cover this point. II EZ?GIN.EERING DEPtLRT:;IENT: Excavation bonds for United Plumbing, and Heating Co., and Sluts Plumbing & Heating Co. were received. Thess bonds were approved and ordered filed. C- P,IETU{' RY DEPARMrTENT: It was the decision of the Board,- that Lisle IuTeNabb should charge 715.00 per burial, and that the City Cemetery Department would not sell burial taults in the future, leaving that tb.be taken care of by either the undertaker or the vault company. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 A. T,I. A C70 30 11"'D GIP r U2LI CS. r ETIIdG -- JAIdU A'Y 5, 1942 A regular meeting of the Board of Public '��orks ,':as held on �,.onday, Janua:ry_° 5, 1942, at 9:00°A. TJI. All members were present. T,.inutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the follow.,nS suppliers, in the mount of 6,;�34.90 were approved and ordered 'paid. I _ Indiana ,Bell Tole. Co. 1.05 Indiana &-ITichigan Elec. Co. 18,30 it 10.70 Interstate Glass &c Paint Co. 4.85 There were no W.P.A. bills. STREET DEPART,.ENT: Mr. ZmudzL nski, Commissioner, was advised to repair the railing along the river on Hydraulic Ave., with lumber now on nand at the street department, until such a time as new posts and cable could be purchased. ENGINEERING DEPARTD=T: The Board approved the grade established by the Engineering Dep';- artment °for the alley north of Par!�_ovash Avenue, frorm'Ostemo Street to Iroquois Street, as per drawings submitted. The Board approved the plans submitted by the South Bend Tool 6c Die Norks, for a driveway on Calvert Street, east of Tlain Street. Said driveway is to b e 14 t wide and set back 17t-from the property line to enable tractor -trucks to clear the public side- walk. Excavation bonds were received from the following: William H. Burke Adolph Dutrieux Joseph N. Hiznay Victor Trippel John G. Kestler Harry Nicodemus Sibley Heating w Plb. Co. Norman Collmer Thomas J. i,.cGrath Thecae bonds were approved and ordered filed. ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT: A letter asking that street lightsbe installed in the area bounded by 71estmore Avenue, Bendix Drive and Crumstown Avenue, was received from 1t1r. Shipley of • • • • • 0 47 • • • • Bendix Local #9. This letter was referred to Ivlr. Qualls for investigation and report. A petition was received asking for a street light at the intersection of Farnemar_ Street and Carroll Street. This petition was ` turned over to Tir. Qualls for investiga tion and report. A letter was received from. the OtBrien Varnish Co., asking that the street lighting situation at the intersection of Colfax Avenue and Johnson Street, and 1,11ashington Street and Johnson Street be looked into. This letter ;vas turned over to K'r. Qualls for investi gation and report. 1VIr. Qualls was authorized to proceed with the work of hoofing up the new transmitte atop the :rater works to,,rer on E. Donmoyer St. , -Tjr. Qualls turned over $4.80 to the Board for work done on house moving. 'There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 A. I,% S1' : «y IriEETIi?G -- JANTJ.-LRY 12, 1942 n A regular meeting of the Board of Public was held on itiiondav, January 12, 194-2 at 9 :00 A. I.I. All members -!,ere present. ; inutes of the last meeting; were read and approved. Salary claims, in the mount of $6451.68 were approved and ordered ,:aid. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $889.31 were approved and ordered paid. Hoffr.iaan Bros. 10.65 Studebaker Corp. 68.38 Lloyd Insurance Agency 648.81 Vorrell 11JIFg. Co. 90.02 South Bend Tribune 8.95 C. E. 15filllaris (staymps) 10.00 Building Department Transpo_': 52.50 The following claims to be paid out of the Special W.P.A. fund, or the Interceptor Td.P.A. fund, in the a~nount of $140786 were approved and ordered paid. Sara Berman 7.18 Standard Oil Co. 22.95 Trioretrench Corp. 500.00 Sullivan M--achinery Co. 2.15 Northern Indiana Transit Co. 25.00 W.P. A. Salary Account 668.40 _ N.P.A. Truck Rental 182.18 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: The Board accepted the reports submitted by the Engineering Department on the pavement laid on Northwood Drive from Bader Ave., to Logan Street inCoquillard 'Woods Section trCr► Addition, on Country Club Lane from Ironwood Drive to Ironwood Drive in Morris Country Club Addition, Evergreen Lane from Sample Street south in Belleville Gardens Addition. Approval on the pavement laid on Vercliff Drive from E. McKinley Avenue to Loan Street in Bercliff Addition was held up, until the pavement has been allowed to freeze and thaw, as the base was not of the required thickness. ELECTRIC DEPART;IETyT:. I7Ir. `dm. qualls, Superintendent was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. CEMIETERY DEPARTTrIENT: T,Zr. Lisle T,,IcTlabb presented his financial report for the mmonth of December, 1941. I The Board directed the Clerk to arrange for a meeting between the Board of Public • 'rrorks and Safety and the Northern Indiana Transit Co., Inc., to discuss the bus trans- !Iportation situation in South Bend. This meeting is to�be held on Hednesday, January 14, 1942, at 10:00 A. T;I. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 A. 1,1. U Clem. • �� AROF PUBLIC