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Home My WebLink About01/08/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes223 0 • STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per taining to his Department were discussed. j( Mr. Brannan informed the Board that he was in need of 4 - 12 Ton Dump Trucks; one (1) Travel or Speed Loader; and two (2)-one ton trucks. The Clerk of the Board was di- rected to advertise for bids for same, bids to be returnable on January 22, 1951. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week,: ending December, 30719 0. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his Department were discussed. I! 11 There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. ATTEST: h LVI-9, January 8, 1951 r i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, January 8, 1951, at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and • j approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $8,548.48 were approved and; order paid: Arrow Towel & Linen Service 2.00 Gadbury Implements 14.80 j Hoffman Brothers Auto Electric 22.00 General Equipment & Machine 61.50 Hoffman Brothers Auto Electric 180.00 Gibson Company 1.27 Hoffman Brothers Auto Electric 23.99 'Hoffman Brothers Auto Electric 89.41 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 7.92 Indiana Equipment Co. 54.64 Schuyler liose, Inc., 195.00 Korte Brothers, Inc. 98.93 Singer General Tire Co. 11.00 Medow, Ben, Inc., 31.10 South Bend Foundry Company 120.00 Northern Indiana Iffholesale Grocers 4.25 South Bend Foundry Company 5?.60 Redmer Distributing Co. 11.751. • South Bend Foundry Company 187.50 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 47.57 'test Side Hardware 7.50 Singer General Tire Inc. {; 27.60 , STREET & TRAFFIC: Toth, George, j Allied Distributing, Inc. 75.69 Lincoln T:'ay West Gravel Co. 199.00 Andresen Corporation 760.00 Toth, George, Badur Brothers Coal Co. 74.00 Lincoln !",`ay t"dewt Gravel Co. 199.00,' Business Systems, Inc. 1.80 ,`test Side Hardware 51.61 Continental Oil Co. 89.85 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: I Eisele, E. 199.00 Nolan, Thomas D., Contractor 5,641.20 TRAFFIC DEPARTtiIENT. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining • to his Department were discussed. 4 Mr. Miller presented specifications on traffic signal equipment which were approved by the Board and the Clerk was directed to advertise for same, bids to be returned on f January 29, 1951. C7 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A Bond of Contractor was approved and ordered filed for William H. Meyer. Excavation Bonds were approved arid ordered filed for Norman. W. Collmer; Anthony Kujawski & Son; C. S. Randolph; Victor Trippel; and Edmund L. Zimmerman. SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Following are changes to be made in Sewage Disposal Contracts: CONTRACT '13 -B " Original Alignment: 107�31 to 121�90 - 1459 ft. � -P79.66 11 New Alignment: 107/31 to 118/75 - 1144 ft @ �79.66 Revised Alignment due to throttle line: 106/60 to 118/75 - 1215 ft @ $79.66 $ 116,223.94 91,131.04 96,786.90 Fr_224 CONTRACT "4-A" Original Alignment: i 91/06 to 107�31 - 1625 ft. @ $87.81 jRevised( Alignment; j91/06 to 106/60 - 1554 ft. @ $-87.81 SMMMARY Original 3-B Original 4-A Revised 3-B Revised 4-A 116,223.94 142, 691.25 56,915 9 96,786,90 136,456.74 7�3, 2 3. Total Savings 142, 691.25 136.456.74 258,915.19. 6 233.243.64 The following letter was drafted by the Board: Barney Massa Construction Company 4925 Avondale Street Fort Wayne, Indiana Gentlemen: This is your authorization to start construction of the revised intercepting chamber for Outlet No. 3, Contract 3A at Station 110/89. The breakdown will be as follows: 88 Cu. Yds. of sub -surface formed concrete @ �"60.00 per Cu. Yd. 20 Cu. Yds. of fillet concrete $40.00 Per Cu. Yd. 13,200 Lbs. of steel reinforcing .20 per lb. 4 ft. manhole wall , $40.00 per ft. 2 - Cast Iron Back `grater_ gates installed �:2, 000 each Cast Iron Frar:ne and Cover Cast Iron Steps in Place Special Concrete Cover Slabs for Gate Inlet Chamber` 1000 Cu. Yds. Excavation and Refill �4�.2.00 per Cu. Yd. 2000 Sq. Ft. Sheeting for Deep ;,=et Construction .60 Per So. Ft. Installation of 2 temporary 15" flumes for dry weather (1201) flow ^ $8.00 Ditching and cutting in for storm water diversion during construction Pumping of lower ten feet of excavation during construction 20 days � Y80.00 5,280.00 800.00 2,640.00 160.00 4,000.00 40.00 50.00 400.00 2,000.00 1,200.00 960.00 750.00 1,600.00 For the Total Sum of w 19,880.00 The proposed revised chamber takes the place of two chambers in the original design which design change was necessitated by the moving of the sewer line through the Loekjoint Tube Company property. The total net effect of the change results in a saving to the City because of reduced length of 84 inch sewer pipe now required. Very truly yours, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS& SAFETY cc: Consoer, Townsend & Associates By: Freda G. Noble, Clerk STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per- taining to his Department were discussed. Mr. Pr•annan presented his requirements on street maintenance supplies and the Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for same. The bids to be returned January 29, 1951. 0 40 • • 0 225 • 9 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his Department were discussed. Mr. Leszczynski presented his Annual Report for the year of 1950. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week ending January 6, 1951. 11 There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at ,11:00 a.m. ATTEST: January 15, 1951 IC 0ORKS & SAFETY A regular meeting of the Board of Public Vorks was held on Monday, January 15, 1951, at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary Claims in the amount of $26,114.55 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of 746.53 were approved and ordered paid Arrow Towel.& Linen Service Indiana Bell Telephone Co. • Indiana Bell Telephone Cc. Meyer, G. E. & Son STREET & TRAFFIC: ;Indiana Bell Telephone Co. L 13.45 Perley, Arthur P. 15.54 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 7.69 U. S. Government Printing Office 11.07 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Consoer, Townsend & Associates 7.69 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 118.85 16.24 1.00 375.00 180.00 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining to his Department were discussed. Mr. Miller informed the Board that Leo Benson an employee of the Traffic Engineering Department fell from a ladder,while at 4ork,fracturing his right heel and ankle. 1ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation Bonds were approved and ordered filed for John R'. �Rensberger;and, Slutzky Plumbing I- Heating Company, Inc.. The S-L-A-B Ccnstruction Company filed a Performance Bond for the Door Remodeling at No. 4 Fire Station. DEDICATION WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated thereon is now pre- sented to the Board, to be known as Tveyckenham dills Section "E" ;_an.additiQi)� to South Bend, Indiana, and This plat and dedication is filed in the records cf the Board of Public VVcrks and Safety in Row # , Drawer # , and recorded in Book '18, PageT , in the Recorder's ;Office of St. Joseph County. NOT, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Beard of Public Works and Safety of the City Hof South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets, alley 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 South Bend, Indiana. STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per- taining to his Department were discussed. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week ;ending January 13, 1951. A Report was received from J. G. Dickinson an employee of the Parking Meter Departmen ;indicating that he had slipped while on duty and injured his back. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Lesczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. ATTRST: