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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/02/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes122 February 2, 1954 I A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held �uos'day „' F'ebrua:ry2, i 1954, at 10:00 A. M. Mr. I. A. Hurwich was absent. Minutes of the previous regular meeting ;and special meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the !amount of $10,444.69, were approved and ordered paid: I' Burroughs Corporation $123.50 Business Systems, Inc. I $21.90 John W. Gorney 5.00 Healy Sign Co. 20.00 j Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 267.15 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.80 ; • Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.35 Inlander-Steindler Paper Co. 53.76 r Office Supply & Equipment Co. 4.55 South Bend Tribune 5.89 11 South Bend Tribune 14.37 Super Sales Company 21.50 j G. E. Weaver Co. 64.80 I' SEWER DEPARTMENT: PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: a 11 Champion Corporation 90.62 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.89 Consolidated Steel & Supply Co. 85.95 CONTRACTOR'S IMPROVEMENT: E! National Auto Service 26.26 Peterson Printing Co. 112.00 Trojan Tool & Equipment Co. 320.00 Peterson Printing Co. 126.00 1 i Viscosity oil Co. 87.00 STREET & TRAFFIC* Bearing Service Company 1.29 Bearing Service Co. li 23.80 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 14.76 Earl R. Cottrell 9.50 Fabricated Steel Products Co. 16.85 Fabricated Steel Products Co. 282.76 Gafill Oil Co. 802._58 The Gibson Company 5.02' The Gibson Company .75 The Gibson Company 3.84 j Hamilton Body Shop 43.00 E. R. Holderman 17.75 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.79 Indiana Bell Telephone Co._ 42.82 i { Indiana Lumber Co. 162.86 International Business Machines 12.47 International Harvester Co. 36.44 International Business Machines , .93 11 Industrial Towel Service 15. O Kuert Concrete, Inc. 32.40 Ben Medow, Inc. 44.6 Meyerts Hardware Co. 2.08 j Meyerts Hardware Co. 4.95 Motor -Service & Parts 150.60 '! Dr. C. A. Mott 2 .00 5 Dr. C. A. Mott 12.00 • National Auto Service, Inc. 30.31 National Brake Service, Inc. 32-55 i Norwalk Truck Line 2*1�4 The Ohio Oil Co. 128.00 �{ Retco Alloy Co. 442.13 Schuyler Rose, Inc. 171.70 I Schuyler Rose, Inc. 148.00 St. Joseph Hospital 2.00 I The S. S. Saunders Co. 288.76 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 5300.00 C. A. Schrader 11.35 Standard Automotive Supply Co. 90.00 Standard Automotive Supply Co. 22.68 Standard Automotive Supply Co. 141.25 George H. Stroup 10.07 Swenson Spreader & Mfg. Co. 11.26 Swenson Spreader & Mfg. Co. 13.24 Whitcomb & Keller Service 61.44 i Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 86.69 Standard Sutomotive Supply Co. 194.03 ! The request of Mrs. q Elmer Coil, representing the F. 0. P. Auxiliary, for the use • lof the Council Chambers for the evening of Thursday, February llth was first considered, I� and•the Clerk was directed to inform this organization that request is granted, after first chec in with the Civil Defense and the Planning Commission to ascertain civic ' I'bodies hav^°Manned using the Council Chambers on that date. The request of Robert Berning for a prompt hearing relative to the denial of a 'll ;taxi driver's license by the City Controllerts office, was considered and hearing was !i 11set for 3:30 P. M. on this date. Mr. Berning is to be notified accordingly. Then appeared before the Board, Mr. Wm. A. Hahn, representing the Northern Indiana , Company Transit (, and presenting an agreement for the approval of the Board to permit a '30-day trial operation of bus service to the Edison Park and McKinley Terrace area • ,Mondays through Saturdays. It was pointed out that such service is fundamentally an ;extension of the Corby Street bus service as now in operation. The Board approved the thir`_ty-day trial, as requested, and signed the agreement accordingly. A petition, bearing signatures of many property owners and residents of South j Meade Street, under date of December 11, 1953, for restricting the use of this street fby heavy semi -trailer trucks, was examined by the Board and referred to Traffic Engineer,! JE. H. Miller for study and report.. I In the matter of the claim of Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor, in the total sum of '' $53,045.35, the Board reviewed this claim and directed that provided no outstanding billsjl against Contract No. 2-A and 2-B are revealed upon a search of the Board's files, claim • is to be presented for payment at the next regular meeting. 11 A petition bearing the signatures of two members of the Board of Public Works and Safety, under date of January 29, 1954, was next placed before the Board, concerning the annexing of a tract of land to the City of South Bend and this was referred to the City Engineer's office for the preparation of an ordinance to be presented to the Common Council at the next regular meeting of that body, Monday, February 8, 1954- In the matter of a petition, dated October 2, 1953, bearing the signatures of Jean C. and Joseph O'Meara, 1222 So. 25th Street, South Bend, a search of the records has shown that the alley referred to in this petition was officially vacated by the County • Commissioners in the year 1892, in accordance with Deed Record 92, Page 195, and there- fore, is non-existent. Petitioners are to be so notified. 123 A petition, dated January 15, 1954, bearing the signatures of the officials of Edison Park Addition, and the signatures of Robert H. and Marjorie Mulderink, was next examined. The purpose of this petition was found to be to open up Rockne Drive to Edison Road and provide the City Water Works with right-of-way for its feeder main from Coquillard Well No. 2. The Board approved the petition, and accordingly affixed their signatures thereto, and was referred to the Engineering Department for resolution. A protest, dated January 29, 1954, directed to Mayor John Scott and to the Board, • concerning concrete pipe contract of the Sewage Disposal Plant, and submitted by the Independent Concrete Pipe Company, over the signature of Paul Johnson, was examined 1by the Board and ordered filed. IiSTREET DEPARTMENT: 0 0 • 0 Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, recommended to the Board the elimination of the position of Expediter, and called the attention of the Board to the need for an Assistant Street Commissioner. The matter was given considerable discussion, and it being the consensus of opinion these changes would result in im- proved service at little or no additional operating cost, the Board approved the Commissioneris recommendation. An Excavation Bond in the sum of $1,000.00, binding John Franklin Lineback, d/b/a John Franklin Lineback and Son Plumbing & Heating Company, as principal, and the Travelers Indemnity Company, as sureties, was examined and approved. Contractorts Bond in the sum of $1,000.00, binding the B. & G. Construction Company, as principal and the St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company, as sureties, was examined and approved. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 A.M. Attest: Clerk: SPECIAL MEETING - February 2, 1954 A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held in the office of the Board, Tuesday, February 2, 1954, at_3:30 P.M. C.S.T. for the purpose of a hearing in the case of Robert Berning, 853 Forest Avenue, South Bend, whose application for taxi-driverts license renewal was denied by the City Controller. Board member I. A. Hurwich was absent. The Board first reviewed the report of the Chief of Police, attached to which was the report of Detective Sergeant John Porte, dated January 30, 1954, covering the questioning and tests made in the Polygraph Room January 29th, relative to the incident in which cab driver Berning was involved during the night of January 23, 1954- Robert Berning and his attorney, Donald Patrick, were then presented to the Board and ordinance pertaining to the licensing of taxi -cabs was read. Chairman of the Board, R. S. Andrysiak, called attention to the fact that the absent member of the Board is our City Attorney and that , accordingly, the Board was endeavoring to conduct this hearing without a legal advisor. It was pointed out that the Controller had taken the necessary steps complying with the ordinance before denying the license. The fact that the applicant for renewal license had furnished the required two character references in his original application for license was considered as having a bearing in the matter. Considerable further discussion ensued, and Chief Gillen of the Police Department, being present, offered the suggestion that the hearing should proceed no further without an attorney representing the Board in the matter. Board member, J. A. Bickel called attention to the fact that denial of renewal does not preclude, nor deny the right of the applicant to reapply. Chief Gillen then made the recommendation that the hearing be adjourned to reconvene with Assistant City Attorney, Arthur A. May,present. The Board then attempted to locate Attorney May and found that he was out of the city. The Board agreed to continue this hearing Wednesday, at an agreeable hour between the attorneys May and Patrick, and thereupon adjourned the meeting, time being 4:30 P.M.