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Next appeared before the Board, representatives of the Good Samaritan Army. These
people were advised by the Board to confine their solicitations and religious activities
to their own premises, inasmuch as the Board is not authorizing any additional soliciting
on the downtown streets nor in places of business in the downtown district at this time.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 11:30 A. M.
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Attest:ZVA't<+ Cvz
Clerk
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December 7,
1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public
was held Monday, December 1953� !:
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gat 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read
;and approved. Salary claims, in the amount of $25,505.83, were approved.
Claims of
!the following suppliers, in the
amount of $62,597•63, were approved and ordered paid:
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Arteraft Printers12.25
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son25.t{.0
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
28.36
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
. 33.14
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
15.60
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
144.50
Braham Laboratories, Inc.
111.76
Business Systems, Inc.
1.17
Ward H. Crothers, Petty Cash 25.59
Englewood Electrical Supply
Co. 14.28
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
11.76
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
10.35
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co. 373.Ob
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co. 37.40
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co.11,473.20
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co. 201.00 ,
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co. 6.96
Meyerts Hdwe. Co.
83.00 j
Office Engineers, Inc.
27.55
PARKING METER:
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C. Eugene Burkett
17.03
Casimir A. Szynski
17.00
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John Przyboda
25.00
SANITATION DEPARTMENT:
Leach Company
15,592.00
Leach Company
7796.00
Leach Company
3,898.00
Leach Company
3898.00
Leach Company
7,796.00
Dependable Disposal
8795.00
Harry M. Tomlinson(Petty Cash) 12.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
General Equipment & Machine
Co. 11.16
The Gibson Co.
186.21 I'
Municipal Supply Co.
16.99
Singer General Tire Co.
14.75
Verd=ARay Corporation
36.60
J. W. Werntz & Son
7.47
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Verd-A-Ray Corporation
83.45
W. J. Stogdill, M.D.
9.00
Standard Oil Co.
923.53
Singer General Tire Co.
16.00
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St. Josephts Hospital
17.00
Singer General Tire Co.
15.44
Singer General Tire Co.
84.20
Singer General Tire Co.
24.75
Singer General Tire Co.
142.85
Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co.
192.83
Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co.
19.62
Schuyler Rose, Inc.
148.00
Romy-Hammes Corporation
36.51
Office Engineers, Inc.
6.89
North Side Feed Store
26.75
Meyerts Hardware Co.
35.22
Konntz-Wagner Electric Co.
19.20
Koontz -Wagner Electric Co.
5.00
Inlander Steindler Paper Co.
35.84
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The Board first took up the
matter of the
one -hundred sixty shares of
capital stock
of the South Bend Manufacturing
Company issued
in the name of the Municipal City of I
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South Bend, and adopted the following
resolutions pertaining thereto:
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3914, as enacted on March 23,
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1953, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, and approved on March 24, 1953, authorized
the sale of 160 shares of capital stock of South Bend
Manufacturing Company, an Indiana corporation, which
stock is issued in the name of the Municipal City of
South Bend, Indiana; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 3914 provides that the
Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South i
Bend, Indiana should sell and deliver said stock to
any purchaser or purchasers thereof upon the payment
of not less than the full appraised value thereof as
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determined by three disinterested freeholders of the
City of South Bend, Indiana, appointed by the Judge
of the St. Joseph Circuit Court of St. Joseph County,
Indiana, to appraise such stock; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Ordinance No.3914, the Judge
of the St. Joseph Circuit Court of St. Joseph County,
Indiana, on April 8, 1953, appointed Robert G. Happ,
Percy H. Walsh, and William S. Moore, three disinter-
ested freeholders of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
to appraise said stock] and
WHEREAS, said Robert G. Happ, Percy H. Walsh and
William S. Moore subsequent thereto duly appraised
said 160 shares of stock to be of a true cash value
of $4,100.00; and
HWEREAS, Indiana Franklin Realty, Inc., an Indiana
corporation, has offered to purchase such stock by
paying and causing to be transferred and delivered to
the Municipal City of South Bend, Indiana, as con-
sideration therefor, the following:
1. Approximately 30.16 acres of realty located
in the Northwest Quarter of Section No. 26,
Township 38 North, Range 2 East, St. Joseph
County, Indiana, as more particularly described
in the form of Warranty Deed submitted at this
meeting, incorporated herein by reference, and
ordered filed with the minutes of this meeting,
which realty has been heretofore appraised by
said Robert G. Happ, Percy H. Walsh and William
S. Moore at the fair cash market value of $1800.00.
2. An easement over 30 feet of realty adjacent to
Hydraulic Avenue in the City of South Bend, Indiana,
as more particularl.y described in the form of
Grant of Easement submitted at this meeting, in-
corporated herein by reference and ordered filed
with the minutes of this meeting, which easement,
has been heretofore appraised by said Robert G.
Happ, Percy H. Walsh, and William S. Moore at the
fair cash market value of $2400.00.
3. A release and discharge of all obligation and
liability of the Municipal City of South Bend,
Indiana, to Indiana Franklin Realty, Inc. for
amounts heretofore advanced and paid by said
Indiana Franklin Realty, Inc., and its pre-
decessors in interest in connection with the
salary of the Water Commissioner and the taxes
referred to in the Indenture submitted at this
meeting, incorporated herein by reference and
ordered filed with the minutes of this meeting
together with certain supplemental agreements
as more particularly referred to in said
Indenture.
4. Approximately one acre of land in the Southeast
Quarter of Section No. 12, Township 37, North,
Range 2 East, lying East of the St. Joseph River
and West of St. Louis Street in the City of
South Bend, Indiana, as more particularly de-
scribed in the form of Quit Claim Deed submitted
at this meeting, incorporated herein by reference
and ordered filed with the minutes of this meeting,
which land has been heretofore appraised by said
Robert G. Happ, Percy H. Walsh, and William S.
Moore at the fair cash market value of $500.00.
5. A declaration of boundary lines and grant of certain
easements in connection with the West Race in the
City of South Bend, Indiana, and realty adjacent
thereto as more particularly set forth in the
Declaration of Boundary Lines and Easements sub-
mitted at this meeting, incorporated herein by
reference and ordered filed with the minutes
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of this meeting; and
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j WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Board of Public'
" Works and Safety of the Municipal City of South �
Bend, Indiana, it is in the best interests of the I
Municipal City of South.Bend, Indiana, that the
offer of said Indiana Franklin Realty, Inc. be
accepted and that such transaction be consummated II
forthwith.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the offer of
Indiana Franklin Realty, Inc. to purchase all the i
right, title and interest of the Iviunicipal City of
South Bend, Indiana, in and to said 160 shares of
j capital stock of South Bend Manufacturing Company I
for the considerations aforementioned, be and the
same hereby is accepted and approved; and I�
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney for the
Municipal City of South Bend, Indiana, be and he hereby
is authorized and directed to cause all instruments to l
j be executed and delivered and to cause all acts to be
performed and completed for and on behalf of the �I
Municipal City of South Bend, Indiana, which may be
necessary for the consummation of the sale of said
stock as aforementioned.
Contractor K. Carbiener then appeared before the Board, exhibiting plans for store
front construction at 626 Portage Avenue, involving a steel canopy extending over the
public sidewalk a distance of thirty inches. The Board examined the plans and approved
the steel canopy tentatively and subject to its complying with the Building Code and
regulations imposed by the Building Department.
The Board then called upon the Clerk for the copy of Assessment Roll No. 2744,
under Improvement Resolution No. 2757, for voiding and replacement by corrected Assess-
ment Roll No. 2744 now on file together with the voided copy, in the records of the
Board of Public Works pertaining to the Improvement Resolution No. 2757 known as the
Ford Street - Scenic Drive - Lombardy Drive Pavement Improvement, adopted by the Board
on June 8, 1953.
Consideration was next given to the financing of the sewage treatment plant con-
struction, and the following resolution was, thereupon,adopted:
WHEREAS, the Stream Pollution Control Board of the State:of
Indiana, acting pursuant to Chapter 214 of the Acts of the General
Assembly for the year 1943 on December 14, 1945, issued a final
order to the City of South Bend ordering said City to cease and
desist polluting streams and water courses in and about said City,
and said Board is demanding that a sewage treatment works be con-
structed by the City without delay; and
WHEREAS, the Board has heretofore employed Consoer, Townsend &
Associates, Consulting Engineers of Chicago, Illinois, to prepare
plans, specifications and estimates for said project, and said
Engineers have prepared said plans, specifications and estimates
for said project and have estimated the cost thereof, including
all of the items required by statute, to be in the approximate
amount of Nine Million Three Hundred Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars,
($9,3259000.00), more particularly itemized as follows:
Cost of construction, including engineering
and contingencies $8,867,000.00
Real estate, easements, etc. 25,000.00
Legal, administrative and other expense,
including expenses incidental to
issuance of bonds 433,000.00
Total
$9,325,000.00
and
WHEREAS, The Board finds that on the basis of the estimated cost
of the project and the recommendations of the Engineers, the estimated
schedule of rates and basis of charges for sewage treatment service
should be as follows:
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ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES
A. Based on use of water
(1) Quantity of water used per month Rate per 100 cu. f t. per month
First 50.0 cu.rt. .19 per 100 cu. ft.
i From 501 2,000 cu.ft. .13 per 100 cu. f t.
• ; From 2,001 41500 cu-ft. .11 per 100 cu. f t.
From 4,501 12,000 cu.ft. .09 per 100 cu. f t.
_From 12,001 30,000 cu-ft. .08 per 100 cu. f t.
From 30,001 50,000 cu.ft. .07 per 100 cu. f t.
From 50,001 100,000 cu.ft. .06 per 100 cu. f t.
From 1000001 500,OOO cu. f t. .05 per 100 cu. f t.
From 500,001 to 1,000,000 cu. ft. .04 per 100 cu. f t.
I Over 11000,000 .03 per 100 cu. f t.
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Minimum charge per month - $0.95
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j Above rages and charges are in addition to water rates and
charges.
ji (2) Sewage treatment service charges are to be billed at the above
rates on the basis of the quantity of water used from the water
supply furnished by the municipal waterworks of the City of
�j South Bend, as indicated by the metered water consumption
records, or in cases where there is no water meter or con-
sumption record, then the quantity of water used may be de-
terrained in such manner as the Board of Public Works and
!� Safety may elect.
(3) The quantity of water obtained from sources other than the
• municipal waterworks and discharged into the public sanitary
sewer system, may be determined by the City in such manner
as the Board of Public Works and Safety shall elect., and the
sewage treatment service may be billed at the above rates.
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(4) Water which is used in the process of manufacture, or for
other pruposes, not discharged into the public sanitary
;j sewers, shall be exempt.
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B. The City shall have the right to base its charges not only on
!{ volume but also on strength and character of the sewage and
wastes which it is required to treat and dispose of, and the
right to determine the strength and character of sewage in such
manner and by such method as it may find practicable.
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WHEREAS, the City is authorized by Chapter 61 of the Acts
I of the Indiana General Assembly for the year 1932, as amended,
to issue revenue bonds to obtain funds to pay the cost of a
sewage treatment works, which bonds under said Act are payable
solely from the revenues of said sewage treatment works; and
the Board of Public Works and Safety now finds that the cost of
said sewage treatment works should be financed by the issuance
of revenue bonds issued pursuant to said Act; and
•WHEREAS, the Board deems it expedient to take construction
bids prior to the adoption of a bond ordinance by the Council,
in order to determine with greater certainty the amount of
bonds required to be issued to finance said project and the
rates and charges for sewage treatment service; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the
City of South Bend that the plans, specifications and estimates
heretofore prepared and filed by Consoer, Townsend & Associates
be and the same are hereby approved.
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of
South Bend be requested to authorize the Board of Public Works
and Safety of said City to advertise for and receive bids on the
construction of a sewage treatment works for said City in
accordance with said plans and specifications; that a copy
i of this resolution be filed with the City Clerk for presentation
to the Common Council for such purpose.
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FURTHER RESOLVED that the form of ordinance drawn for such purpose
by Russell C. Kuehl, the Special Counsel employed by the City, which
form of ordinance is hereby approved, be submitted to the Common
Council with the request that the same be adopted.
Adopted this 7th day of December, 1953.
R. S. Andrysiak
G. P. Ziegler
I. A. Hurwich
Board of Public Wor s & Safety
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2765 - 1953
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 the ALLEY
between Caroline street and Eldora Court, from the north line of Delbert Court to the
south line of the alley north of Delbert Court, under Vacation Resolution No. 2765•
In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written
remonstrances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of
notices and same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several
lots and parcels of land have been benefited 7and damaged in the amounts shown on said
roll. The Board, therefore, decided to take final action on said assessment roll and
declares same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification and
the proceedings closed, and the portion of the alley vacated upon receipt of the amount
of benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited and all proceed-
ings had with reference to said alley vacation are hereby sustained.
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2766 - 1953
This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by
the Board of Public Works for the vacation of A PART OF SHERMAN AVENUE under Vacation
Resolution No. 2766. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publica.'
Lion 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 j
be finally adopted and the said street be vacated. The Engineering Department is
directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award"{
of damages to the s9ourrounding properties.
A letter addressed to the Board of Public Works and Safety, from the law firm of
DuComb, Nimtz and DuComb, under date of December 7, 1953, was found to pertain to
matters under the jurisdiction of the Board of Water Commissioners and was, accordingly,
referred to the City Water Works.
A letter from the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad, under date of
November 30, 1953� pertaining to the "dip" in Orange Street, was noted by the Board
and Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, and ordered filed.
Excatation Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined by the Board and
approved for the following:
J. B. Fleck & Sons & Company
Hawblitzel House Plumbing & Appliances
Mitchel Kahn Plumbing & Heating Company
Emmet Shaul
Albert W. Smith Company, lnc.
Emil C. Spromberg
Louis Stoll Company, Inc.
Howard H. White & Son
Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined by the Board and
approved for the following contractors:
Glen R. Davis
C. Powell and Eddie Larren, d/b/a C. Powell & Company
L. J. Shoemaker
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned
at 1.1:4A. M.
AttestZeyr
Clerk
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