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Home My WebLink About07/10/1944 Board of Public Works Minutes162 MEETING - JULY 10, 1944 The regular meeting of the. Board of Public Works was held on Monday, July 1.0, 1944 at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Salary claims in the amount of $9,179.29 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $5,580.08 were approved and ordered paid: S. T. Berner Ins. Agency 5.00 Indiana Bell Telephone $111.11 A. J. Brasseur. Agency 4.31 Indiana Bell Telephone 44.60 W. H. Bruner Agency 5.00 Instrument ;tales Co. 29.50 Business Systems 3.09 Ray Kennady 5.00 Champion Corporation 21154.50 Ray Kenady 5.00 Englewood Elec. Supply Co. 5,54 Korte Bros. 54,00 Expanding Sewer Machine Co. 76.40 McClave Printing Co. 55.00 Garnitz Furniture Co. 15.00 McGomb Battery Co. 2.63 Garnitz Furniture Co. 75,00 Municipal Supply Co. 3.60 Garnitz Furniture Co. 93.85 Stanley J. Muszynski 5.00 Goodyear Service 1.25 National Mill Supply 2.50 Hoffman Bros. 9.90 Pacets Service Station 46.25 Hoffman Bros. 10.30 Retco Alloy Co. 78.00 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 137.83 South Bend Sanitary Wipers 19.84 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 2.28 Western Union Tel. 'Co. 4,05 C. F. Balka:(Trans.) 12.50 E. Miller 6.50 C. F. Balka 3.24 McClave Printing Co. 50.00 Continental Oil Co. 549.55 G. E. Meyer & Son 2.19 The France Stone Co. 413:38 National Mill Supply 2.26 The Gibson Company 137.66 National Mill Supply 2.22 Gibson Company 18.23 The Office Engineers 2.84 Goodyear Service 95.31 The Ghio Oil Co. 102.74 Goodyear Service 52.00 Retco Alloy Co. 54.24 Grummell & Son 618.59 Romy-Hammes Co. 3.63 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 1.00 Go J. Shoemaker 6.70 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 1.92 Simplex Time Recorder Co. 57.91 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 23.58 South Bend Sand & Gravel 5,40 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Coo' 23.58 The Studebaker Corp. 10.17 Indiana Paint & Wallpaper Co. 4,60 The Studebaker Corp. 18.79 Inland .Asphalt Co. 57.88 The Studebaker Corp. 29.34 Korte Bros. 48,05 West Side Hardware 48,70 Korte Bros. 50,40 J. C. Lauber 13,80 Lien Chemical Co. 13.80 STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Anthony 7mudzinski, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to hid' -department were discussed.. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractors bonds in the amount of $1,000,00 were approved for Cyril C. Pickavet.and the H. G. Christman Construction Company. These were ordered filed. This being the date set hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public works for the vacation of the alley between Jennings ,Avenue and Dean Street from South Michigan Street Westward to the North -South alley between Mich- igan and Main Streets, under vacation resolution No. 2528. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proof of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessments of benefits and the awards of damages to the surrounding properties. This being the date set for receiving bids for the lighting by electricity of the Streets, Alleys, Boulevards and Public Places in the City of South Bend, Indiana, and it now being 10:00 A.M. of the date set, and only one bid having been received, said bid was opened and read by Mr. Williams, Chairman of the Board of Public Works, and was submitted by the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company. It was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the City Attorney be directed to prepare a contract Por execu- tion and an ordinance for approval by the Common Council. This being the date set for receiving bids on the collection of garbage in the j City of South Bend, and it now being 10:10 A.K. of the said day bids were opened and read by Mr. Williams, Chairman of the Board of Public Works and read as follows: Blue Lines, Inc. Per your spetifieations for Garbage removal South Bend, Indiana for period of one year from January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945 $47,626.00 Certified check for $500,00 enclosed. Elmer A. Hummer, In accordance with your specifications Hummer Equipment Co. for collection and disposal of Garbage in Lakeville, Indiana the City of South Bend, �51,250.00 Cashierts check for $500,00 enclosed. The above bids were filed and the Board withheld its decision until a Special Meeting to be held Wednesday, the 12th day of July, which meeting may be adjourned from day to day thereafter until a decision is.reached. f • • • 0 • • 163 • • • • 17J • • Mr. Carlo Deahl, Attorney was present at the opening of the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company proposal, and Mr. Frank Palmer and Mr. Claude Nicley were present at the opening of the bids for the garbage contract. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: MPr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertai ing.to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARMIENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynsk3, Sexton, was present and matters pertainin to hits department were discussed. There being no further business to come -before the Board the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 A.M. „ , AT ZEISTI V- Clerk SPECIAL MEETING - July 12, 1944 A .Special Meeting of the Board of Public'Works was held on Wednesday, July 12, 1944 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present as were Mayor Pavey, Mr. Frank Palmer and Mr. Claude Nicly. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the bids on the garbage contract. The Board discussed the proposals at some length, but withheld action on the decision until another special meeting which will be held within a few days. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M. --7 ti SPECIAL MEETING - JULY 13, 1944 A Special Meeting of the Board of Public 1*orks was held on Thursday, July 13, 1944 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. The meeting was called for the purpose of further consideration of the bids on the garbage contract. After a full and complete discussion it was determined that all bids would be rejected and the Board then ordered the City Attorney to prepare new specifications identical with the previous specifications except that bids would be asked for one collection per week during the year 1945, and as an alternate for two collections a week during the months of July,August and September of the said year. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 A.M. L--C� 6�-, CLERK EPA ROF 111111111 :a �11 : •;�: