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Home My WebLink About04/08/1946 Board of Public Works MinutesME ENGINEERIND D EPARTTT'1E111TT : There was filed with the Board a certificate of insurance cov- ering any and all personal or property damage which might arise from the operation across! I a public way or alley, of an unloading device by the Fabricated Steel Products Company. �( Arrangement w1l ereb y such certificate was filed, eras approved, but the certificate itself �f was returned to the Insurance Company and its correction requested before filing. j Excavation bonds were approved for Robert L. Thorpe, Milton F. Shisler, The Pre- cision Piece Parts Company and :Dewey . illiford. These were ordered filed. Mr. Farris Ackil appeared before the Board to ask permission to attach a private sever to a main sewer. The Board the permission provided that a plan is first submitted' • to Mr. Lineback, the Plumbing Inspector, and approved by him. 1! The S-L-A-B Construction Company asked for permission to remove a street light ! post at the intersection of "EUder and I'Tichigan Streets. The Board granted.the per- mission provided ii1r. Qualls makes an investigation and recora,iendati.on of same and informs the Llectric Company. STREET DEPAR TrIETTT: iir. Casiraer Balka, Street Cornraissioner, was present and matters per- Il tanning to his apartment were discussed. I _. The Board accepted a surety Bond covering contract for supply ing the city isith . asphalt for the period ending :December 31, 1946, by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana,! and directed the Clerk of the Board to return to the Standard Oil Company, the certified l check which accompanied their bid. CEi11ETERY DEPARTI:iENT: IIr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned i � at 10 : 00 A. T,tl . j CLERK i BOARD OF PUBLIC 7,71ORTKS April 8, 1946 A regular meeting of the Board of Public ".7orks was held on 171onday, April 8, 1946 at 8:30 , A.it'i. All members were present. 1,1inutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of 9,682.08 were approved ij and ordered paid: • S. T. Berner Ins. Agency 5?121.20 Business Syster.2s 5.56 Business Systems 8.59 Englewood Elec. Supply 3.10 j Leo Chelminiak -rater "docks 152.64 L. 0. Gates Chev. Co. 72.57 1' City 60.15 L. 0. Gates Chev. Co. 2.29 i The Columbia Carbon Co. 10.80 Dick Hoyt 25.00 j Hugh P. Dunnahoo Agency 121.20 Ind. L iich. Elec. Co. 2.08 Englewood 1'�lec. Supply 23.94 Ind. b T:Ti eh. Alec. Co. 19.56 j L. 0. Gates Chev. Co. 23.51 Kuert Conc-•ete Inc. 4.17 Carl s`d. Ginz, Inc. 290.28 Lincoln Steel Co. 313.68 I Ind. & i,Tich. Elec. Co. 114.96 G. E. i:"eyer & Son 13.63 Otto Gratzol 5.25 �. R. Ne,,-tland Co. 1.70 1 Ind. & 1;ich. Elec. Co. 7,-16.93 South Bend Supply Co. 13.62 Stanley Leszczynski 2.86 Standard Automotive Supply 77.40 Ij 11cClave Printing Co. 12.50 Standard Automotive Supply 56.59 G. E. Meyer & Son .63 Standard Automotive Supply 4.40 ! The 1.1irror Press 7.13 Royal Typewriter Co. 93.56 i! ENGINEERING D EPAR7111E TIT: An excavation bond was approved and ordered filed for Theodore i S. Cenceletivs i. j! A Contrael-or's bond was approved ,and ordered filed for Stanley J. 'Jacho�riak. �I The Bond for the Fabricated Steel Products, Inc., which was returned to the Ins - !I • urance Company for correction ,.-ias approved by the board in its corrected form. A letter was received from Aaron Huguenhard indicating that the Electric Company and the Chicago, South Shore and South ;end Railroad had come to an agreerlent concern- I ing the easement for the power lines on that portion of Sycamore Street which w as vac- I . ated under Vacation Resolution No. 2546. !i A letter was received from the City Plan Cor.nission indicating that they do not recommend the vacation of Sibley Avenue from. Brookfield Street to Johnson Street because of the presence of a 6 inch :Dater main doom the center of Sibley Avenue,. The Clerk of j the Board was directed to write to the petitioners informing, them that"'the'Board cannot j vacate Sibley Avenue from Brookfield Street to Johnson Street, i� z14g The Board appointed the follo vine co"t_Zmittee, Thomas Rickey, Joseph 'Eluia, Andrew Toth and Vincent ,Pagan, the first t,. o being builders, and the "Latter two being Arch- itects, who together the Cit - Engineer should serve as a committee of examination to examine Fred Christman , applicant for the position of Building Commissioner. �i D E D I C xi T I O E i� �'`l'� ! -i fi `� Sub -EREAS, with N—EREAS, a plat �rith dedication of sire"to and alleys indicate. thereon, i s I nowpresented to the Board, to be known as Ellwood Avenue Addition to the City of • I South Bend, Indiana; � {' This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public ';'forks . and Safety in Row =`421, Drawer A-, File ;`- and recorded in Book :Pages in the Recordert s Office of St.. Joseph County. ITQY,J, 7H M-PORN, be it resolved by the Board of Public :Yorks and Safety of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets, alleys and public places dedicated to the public use in said plat, are hereby accepted and approved b;7 said Board for and on be half of the City of South Bend, Indiana. D E D I C A T I O N 'XITEREAS, a Flat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated thereon, is now presented to the Board, to be lmoz-m as the ';Iuessel Park Addition to the City of South Bend., Indiana; � This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public '"forks '21, >ravier =4, File and recorded in Rook and Safety in Row pages in the Recorderts Office of St. Joseph County. i 1 0'l, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public ':'forks and Saf ety of South Bend, Indiana, that all pu'olic streets, alleys and public places dedicated to the public use in said plat, are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and on • behalf of the City of :youth Bend, Indiana. i� Vacation Resolution No. 2544 This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of the vacation_ of a parcel of land bounded by a line running as follows: Beginning at the Southvrest corner of Lot ;;7 in Louis Tlickel t s Subdivision., in the City of South �' ✓end, Indiana; thence ;lest along the ?North line of Sample Street a distance of 5 feet; thence north along~ a line that is t + T �, parallel rith �l�.e '.";rest line of Lot ,�7 �o the point of " intersection :with the I orth erly line o.- Lot L7 produced Southvesterl,r; thence North- pence �Io� to - easterly to the Northwest corner of Lot z-7; thence Sout'_n, along the ':`lest line of Lot r'-7 to the point of beginning, under Vacation _L"esolution Tvo. 2544. In the above named assessment roll, no r emonstrators appeared and no written ,.l I remonstrances ;:ere filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of notices and same were found suf f icient, and the 2-oard, therefore, finds that the several lots and parcels of land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said roll. The 5oard, therefore, decides to take final action on said assessment roll and declares same in all thingq ratified, confirmed and approved without codification and the ?proceedings closed, and the alley vacated upon receipt of the amount of benefits assessments f-rm the various nropertr o��mers so benefitted ' and all proceedings had .with reference to said alley vacation are hereby sustained. STREET :C EP 1?-_LTENT: Mr. Casir.,.er Balka, Street CorT,, ssioner, was present and -matters • I pertaining to his departnent were discussed. This being the date set for receiving bids for 1 Bulldozer Attaclrient and 1 twin unit po:�rer server cleaner, the followin- bias ,were opened and read: I i Indiana Equipment CoYipany, One Brosdozer, hydraulic for Catapillar I Indianapolis, 4, -Indiana 22 tractor, 40 inch f, au-e, price I.F. D.B. i I South end, Indiana 900 jl Champion Corporation, One Twin Power Champion Sewer Cleaner I' j Hammond, Indiana toMether viith all accessories 2,250.00 Their being only one bid for each pice of equipment the Board decided to accept the above bids and the Clerkof the Board was directed to notify said Companies. A CL'I'.?ETERY DEPIR17" 17`7 : T;Ir. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and :;tatters per- taining to his d.epartTier_t were discussed. i There being no further business to come before the Boa rd, the meeting tivas ad �I 'j.ourned at 11:10 9.I:I. LIP`L T ,Y C er . �"- j BOARD OF PUBLIC OII,S