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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/10/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes536 December 10, 1952 The deferred regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held December 10, 1952 at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $23,911.16 were approved. Clair of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $12,172.47, were approved and ordere paid: Charles Armstrong & Son $2.10 Midwest Lite Co. 47.54 f Charles Armstrong & Son 2.10 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 8,00 Charles Armstrong & Son 1.45 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 8.95 Arrow Towel & Linen Service 12.75 Office Engineers, Inc. 8.44 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 5.25 Office Engineers 62.19 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 4.68 Peltz Kaufer Paper Co. 54.84 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son .$ 3 5 fl. J. Shoemaker, Inc. 28.6 3 Ward H. Crothers (Petty Cash) 12.41 South Bend Tribune 7.54' Englewood Electrical Supply Co. 7.38 South Bend Tribune 6.59 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 South Bend Tribune `Bend 10.13 Indinn.a Bell Telephone Co. 14.25 South Tribune 27.08 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 Tri County News 7.13 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.36 Tri County News 8.42 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 4.56 Tri County News 10.15 • Indiana & Michigan Electric Co$11,101.00 Tri County News 26.78 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 363.25 South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. .32 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Frank C. Kettring, Postmaster 9.94 C. W. Dzikowski 35.00 Frank C. Kettring, Postmaster 20.00 Wesnerts 8.80 Herb Leary 5.00 STREET -DEPARTMENT: Meyerts Hardware Co. 3.47 V. Graves Auto Glass 77.63 Meyerts Hardware Co. 48.30 H. M. Tomlinson (Petty Cash) 22.70 The Board first considered sewer plans for Huron Street from Lombardy. Drive to alley west of Gladstone Avenue and for Huron Circle, and approved.the plans as sub- 40 mitted. George Bernath, representing the St. Joseph County Food Dealers Association, and attorney Joseph Ettl appeared before the Board, calling attention to the Transient Merchants Ordinance, the license fee of $25.00 and penalties involved for violation, and asked that the ordinance be rigidly enforced against transient christmas tree vendors. The Board instructed the Chief of Police to proceed to enforce the ordinance. STREET DEPARTMENT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, the Board called his atten- tion to dangerous small holes at the entrance to and in the alley between the First Federal Savings and Loan Building and the Fidelity Investment Building on Main Street, and requested that sand and asphalt repairs be effected immediately. The Street Commissioner brought to the attention of the Board his departments need for new street sweepers and one new truck,and pointed out the probable slow - delivery on the street sweepers and consequent urgency of obtaining bids, and pur- chasing this equipment at an early date. Some discussion was given to the possibility of leasing this type of equipment,with option to buy at depreciated value at a later date. Mr. Tomlinson mentioned that this method is used by the city of Joliet in connection with garbage trucks. Mr. Tomlinson submitted specifications for the type of sweepers the department requires. Specifications were examined and the Board directs the Clerk to proceed with the legal advertising, bids to be opened at regular meeting . of the Board, January 5, 1953, at the hour of 11:00 A. M. Daniel Radmanovich, next appeared making inquiry concerning the Board's decision in the matter of bus patrons benches supplied as an advertising device. Mr. Radmanovi was advised by the Board that this plan had been rejected inasmuch as it would add a constant secondary responsibility the Board.does not want to assume. The Plat of Part 1 of Section 7 Belleville Unit "B", bearing the approval of the City Plan Commission was next examined by the Board and approved. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2743 - 1952 This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by • the Board of Public Works and Safety for the vacation of the alley north of Oakwood Boulevard from Berkley Place to the west line of the north and south alley and from the east line of the north and south alley east to Inglewood Place, under Vacation . Resolution No. 2743• The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, 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 assessment of benefits and the award of damage's to the surrounding properties. • 53 The revised Agreement for the leasing of waste containers,to the City of South Bend 1= by Publix Advertising Company of Indianapolis, was next examined, found to `be in order and was, accordingly approved by the Board and signed. Claims of the Barney Massa Construction Company, Inc., in final settlement of Contract 3-B, South Bend, Indiana Intercepting Sewer, bearing recommendation of acceptant( from the engineering firm of Consoer, Townsend and Associates, was next examined by the I • Board and final action in the matter deferred until the next regular meeting of the Board,; The Board next examined the Agreement .between the City of South Bend and the New York Central Railroad Company, pertaining to the 66-foot strip of Railroad right-of-way to be used for street purposes at the intersection of Olive and Sample Streets. Agree- ent was found to be in order in all details and the Board ordered that it be recorded at the office of the County Recorder. I ENGINEERIS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT NO. 12 I' Certificate of Completion was furnished by civil engineer, Wilbur H. Gartner, '3 accompanied by Contractor's Completion Affidavit of the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, and -the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the Re -surface Pavement.improvement on WEST SAMPLE STREET from the east line of Walnut Street.to the west line of Kosciuszko Street under Improvement Contract No. 12 has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications i or this project. RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 2707 - 1952 After hearingall interested who persons appeared and the Clerk of the Board of Public Works & Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, ndiaana, that the Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the 24th ay of November 1952, for the improvement of GERTRUDE STREET by constructing a local ewer be and the same is in all things confirmed. Ward H. Crothers Clerk of the Boar R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich G. P. Ziegler Board of Public Works and Safety RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 2724 1952 After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of ie Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners the same having been found sufficient, therefore, • _ BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the 1 4th day of November, 1952, for the improvement of CHALFANT STREET PAVEMENT be and the same is in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich G. P. Ziegler Board of Public Works & Safety Ward H. Crothers Clerk of trie Board A letter,addressed to the Board, under date of December 5, 1952, in which the ndiana Cab Company re -petitions for a two -cab stand at the Oliver Hotel, was next read nd considered by the Board. The Board, thereupon, granted the Indiana Cab Company a wo-car taxi -stand in the 100 block North Main Street, on the west side of the Street, mmediately north of Washington Street and adjacent to the Oliver Hotel, subject to he approval of the Traffic Engineer, and subject also to the payment of annual fee in ieu of parking meter. A request from Rev. Crowe of hr i s tma s chimes for one-half hour • the Christmas holiday season, was Wesleyan Methodist Church for permission to play period in the evening, before church services, during granted by the Board. C'Teorge W. Jac.obs,, Branch Manager of Armour & Company, next appeared before the the Board and presented plans drawn up by their engineering department to improve loading and unloading facilities at.their Chapin Street cold storage and distributing plant. These remodeling plans were examined by the Board and did not appear feasible, because of failure to provide facilities to eliminate the packing of trucks over sidewalk. Mr. Jacobs was informed regarding the city ordinance applying in the matter, and requested to submit revised plans for the required remodeling at an early date. Mr. Jacobs was also advised relative to repeated protests made to Councilman Korpal of the sidewalk blockage caused by their loading and unloading operations. The need of an electric calculating machine for the City Treasurer, to be used ed for Barrett Law calculations and other municipal accounting procedure, was present/to to the Board by the City Controller. The Board directed the Clerk to proceed with the required legal advertising; bids to be opened January 5, 1953, at the hour of 11:00 A.M. in the office of the Board. Some discussion ensued relative to more expeditious handling of the issuance of Barrett Law Bonds. Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, binding Ben Dahnke and Sons, Inc., and Clemeth E. Powell, were examined and approved by the Board. The following Excavator's Bonds each in the sum of $1,000.00, were approved by the Board: Earl C. DeVon Hawblitzel Plumbing & Appliances Mitchel Kahn Plumbing and Heating Co. Emmet Shaul Albert W. Smith Company, Inc. Emil C. Spromberg Louis Stoll Company, Inc. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad- journed at 11:45 A.M. ll�NAFIi I Attest: �- Clerk Addendum: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ziegler called the attention of the Board to the two-day Conference of Traffic Engineers, to be held at the University of Illinois Thursday and Friday, December llth and 12th, and asked that the Board grant permission for attendance at this conference of E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer. Permission was so granted. The request of the Traffic Engineer for 100 - 10-foot U-Posts of the specified weight of 24 lbs. per foot, to be obtained from the Lyle Sign Co. at a total cost of $255.00 was next considered. The price being satis- factory for this weight of post, approval was granted by the Board and the Clerk directed to proceed with the purchase. A letter Was received from the City Plan Commission recommending the vacation of a portion of West Garst Street together with a section of alley and this was referred to the Engineering Department for further investigati,n. • 0 • 0 0