HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/01/1952 Board of Public Works Speciial Meeting MinutesSPECIAL MEETING
April 11 1952 i
A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held at 2:30 P,M, Tuesday, April 1;
1952. All members were present. Also present at this meeting was Harry IVI. Tomlinson, {
Street Commissioner.
The matter -of the bids, for Street Department trucks and sewer -cleaning equipment,
opened at the regular meeting of the Board, Monday, March 31, 1952, was immediately
taken up. Mr. Tomlinson presented a work -sheet showing the comparative ratings of
horsepower, vehicle gross weight, cubic inch displacement, foot-pound torque, capacities,, •
and various features and merits of the trucks in question. After thorough consideration
bids were accepted for Street Department trucks as follows:
Teeter Sales & Service, Inc.
744 S. Main St.,
South Bend, Indiana 3
1 Model HC-451 gross wt. 19,500 lbs. Cab and
Chassis., -and Gar Wood Model C-12 Dump Body with q
trade-in allowance for 1939 Studebaker Truck
No.30 @ $38o6.27
Less Tax 22 .17 •
Net Bid T37d2.10
1 Model HC-451 gross wt. 19,500 lbs. Cab and
Chassis, and Gar Wood Model C-12 Dump Body with
trade-in allowance for 1941 Studebaker Truck
No.13 @ $3781.27
Less Tax 1 22 .17
Your: net Bid $73757=0
International Harvester Co.,i i
1319 S. Lafayette Blvd.,
South Bend, Indiana
1 International Model L-112 1/2-ton Pick -Up
Truck (Item #3 of bid)
List Price complete $1572.85
Fleet Discount 1 0.18
Less allowance for trade-in on
truck #33 (1949 Dodge Pick-up) 775.00
Net Bid 647.37
Ben Medow, Inc.
222 N. Lafayette Blvd.,
South Bend, Indiana
1 Dodge 1952 Model B3G 128 12 ton truck with V '
Dump Body as specified @ $2280.38 I
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Less trade-in No. 37 Studebaker 12 ton truck
Serial #K-15-2550, T-252687 250.00
Net Bid w •
1 Dodge 1952 Model B3G 128 12 ton
truck less dump body, i.e. 2280.38
Less 0.00 li
§1730-301
Less trade-in No. 30 Studebaker
12 ton truck, Ser.#k-15-2543 2 0.00
Net Bid $1480.38
The two bids received on sewer -cleaning equipment were next considered and the
bid of Terpstra Bros., Munster, Indiana, was in the Board's consensus of opinion
the best bid, this bid was accepted as follows: -
1 Set OK Champion Power Sewer Cleaner,
Model AHH $1970.19
2'OK Champion Heavy Duty 3-Speed Auto-
motive Transmissions @ $111.00 234.00
1 Special Galvanized Cable 411x 500t 60.00
2 Large Manhole Jacks w/12"-Guide - - i
$70.00 140.00
2 Four -Foot Steel Hooks $1.61 3.22 I
1 Ten -Foot Pike Pole 1
NET F.O.B. So.Bend $2413.12 jj
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There being no other business to come before this meeting of the Board, the
meeting adjourned at 3:30 P.M.
ATTEST: ;41
Clerk
April 7, 1952
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, April 7, 1952
at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting (regular)
and also Special Meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the total amount
of $25,207.28 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, totaling $21,752.03,
were approved and ordered paid:
Joe Budd Book Bindery
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Ind. & Michigan Electric Co.
Tri County News
South Bend Tribune
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Artcraf t Printers
Indiana & Michigan Electric
PARKING METER DEPARTMENT:
C. W. Dzikowski
$65.00
Co. 341.30
Co. 188.38
$11,004.43
18.,36
20.02
11.36
11.67
9.60
5.75
Co. .84
40.00
STREET & TRAFFIC:
The OtBrien Corporation
$179.16
STREET IMPROVEMENT :
Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates
$2096.00
South Bend Tribune
7.30
Tri County News
7.56
CONTRACTORtS IMPROVEMENT:
Reed Construction Co.
$1039.83
SEWAGE DISPOSAL:
Consoer Townsend & Assoc.
$152.50
Barna Massa
$6552.97
Rev. R. F. Porte of the Ardmore Brethren Church appeared before the Board and
obtained the Board's permission for a sextette of musicians from Moody Bible Institute
to sing in the business district one evening of their choice the week of April 14, 1952.
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Street Commissioner, Harry M. Tomlinson was present and asked the Board's per-
mission to close his department, with the exception of a skeleton emergency crews for
the purpose of a general vacation from July 3rd to July 14th. It was pointed out
this is the period adopted for this purpose by major local industrial plants. Mr.
Tomlinsonts recommendation and request was approved by the Board and the Board authorize
a general -vacation for the Street Department, commencing with the evening of July 3rd
and extending to July 14, 1952.
Mr. Irving A. Hurwich presented to the Board an Ordinance authorizing the sale of
the dwelling units, owned by the City, located on the Plaza Site of the South Bend
Veter.anst Housing Project, also the appointment in the St. Joseph County Circuit Court
of appraisers to appraise this property, signed by Judge Dan Pyle under date of
March 24,.1952. Mr. Hurwich then presented the Appraisement, showing the appraisals
were fixed at $850.00 each for 3-bedroom units, and $650.00 each for 2-bedroom units.
The Board then agreed upon the sale of the twenty-three (23) units involved to be made
by public auction for not less than the appraised value, at a date to be decided upon
and announced in another meeting.
Mr. Hurwich then took up the matter of the trial re-routing of certain bus routes,
• which was given discussion in the previous regular meeting of the Board. The Board
was in agreement and granted the request for the re-routing in question.
DEDICATION:
The next matter taken up by the Board was the dedication of a portion of FORD
i Street extended, as certified by Garden Homes, Inc. -
Beginnirg at a point 850t South of the Northwest corner
of the Southwest One-fourth (1/4) of Section Nine (9)
Township 37 North, Range 2 East) corresponding to the
• intersection of the West line of said Section and Noihth
line of Ford Street; thence in a Westerly direction
along the North line of Ford Street, a distance of 1277.1
feet to North boundary line of Belleville Unit t'D" Addition