HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/03/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes16
May 3, 1954
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, May 3, 1954, at
is 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the special meeting and previous
j' regular meeting were read and approved. Salary claims, in the total amount of $17,414.30,
, were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $25,895.36, were
approved and ordered paid:
Chas. Armstrong & Son $1.70 Chas. Armstrong & Son $2.00
Chas. Armstrong & Son 7.45 Chas. Armstrong & Son .70 •
Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 2.10 Business Systems, Inc. .50
Ward H. Crothers 3.64 Ernest DeGraff 35.76 I;
John W. Gorney 5.00 Healy Sign Co. 8.50
Hibberd Printing Co. 27.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 304.79
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.76 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. .24
Meyerts Hardware Co. 6.05 Elmer E. Murray 32.56
National Cash Register Co. 2.59 Of_f_ee Supply & Equipment Co. 8.01
Schuyler Rose, Inc. 8.40 South Bend Sand & Gravel Corp. 5.72
W. J. Stogdill, M.D. 3.00 Granville P. Ziegler, PM 15.00
PARKING ME TER :
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 St. Joseph County Commissioners14000.00
Russell C. Kuehl 9350.00 i
Consoer, Townsend & Associates 1070.65
STREET `& TRAFFIC:
Ault Camer Shop 3.40 Ault Camera Shop 3.95
Deeds Equipment Co. 303.65 Deeds Equipment Co. 352.00
The Gibson Co. 11.78 C. E. Lee Paint Co. 4.80
Ernest H. Miller 18.00 Sargent & Sowell, Inc. 69.02
Schillingts 4.25 SchillingIs 2.73
Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 2.89 Streeter-Amet Co. 163.60
Frank S. Vukovits 32.50
The Board first examined and approved a drawing for Place and Company, Inc.,
showing the relocation of Sorin Street grade, curb, walk and pavement plan, McKinley
;'Terrace Addition.
The Hon. Walter Glass appeared before the Board in the matter of complaints
;'received by the Councilman, concerning garbage collection in Sunnymede. A period of
!;'discussion and argument ensued. City Engineer, R. S. Andrysiak, pointing out that in
','fairness to all the citizens, special carrying service could not be furnished to any
;None section or area. It was the decision of the Board that the complainants represented
'an extreme minority, in view of the statement of the Superintendent of the Sanitation
;Department, H. M. Tomlinson, that this department had made a survey of all areas of
The City, where garbage must be placed at the curb, and this survey had indicated almost';
100% cooperation on the part of the householders at this time. Superintendent Tomlinson
further stated that in these areas where garbage is set out at the curb, if the garbage •
is at the curb by 7 otclock in the morning, it will be emptied within a matter of three
hours at the maximum.
The Board then established the following regulation for garbage removal, effective'
this date:
In areas where there are no alleys, the garbage
will be picked up at the curb on designated pick-up
days, and in those areas where there are alleys,
garbage will be pinked up within five feet of
i the alley line on the designated pick-up days.
'f Garbage shall be in containers of not less than
ten gallons, nor more than twenty-five gallons,
of metal, with matching cover, and with handles
sufficiently strong for workmen to empty conven-
G iently. No container with contents is to weigh
more than sixty pounds.
'i Garbage shall be wrapped to prevent exposure to
air and flies.
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A petition, dated April 9, 1954, to improve by paving alley west of Gladstone
Avenue from Huron Street to Ford Street, was examined and referred to the City Engineer •
for investigation and report.
A petition, dated April 17, 1954, to improve by permanent type pavement, according,!
to Barrett Law, alley at the rear of lots enumerated in the petition, all in Cushing and:;
.Lindsey's Addition, was next examined and referred to the City Engineer for investigatiorzf
and report. j
The Board then took up for consideration the need for services 6f an attorney I
to negotiate the acquiring of certain rights of easement and the securing of additional
land area and the location and construction of sewage river crossing terminals, in
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connection with the present construction and planning for future growth of the Sewage
iiTreatment Plant. The following Resolution was, accordingly, passed by the Board, this
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WHEREAS it is necessary for the City of South Bend to acquire certain
rights of easement for the location and construction of its sewage river
crossing termination sites, and
• , ! WHEREAS it is essential for the City of South Bend to acquire additional
,land lying to the North of the present site of its proposed sewage disposal
plant in order to provide space for future growth and enlargement of the
plant to accomplish 100% treatment, said additional lands being necessary
by reason of the Indiana Toll Road Commission crossing the present plant
site, and
WHEREAS it is necessary that negotiations be conducted with the.
Indiana Toll Road Commission with regard to their crossing the sewage
disposal plant site, and
WHEREAS it is necessary that negotiations be conducted and contracts be
comsummated with the University of Notre Dame, St. Marys College and the
Commissioners of St. Joseph County ( with regard to Healthwin, the Highway
Garage, and the County Farm) for treatment of their sewage and wastes, and
WHEREAS it is deemed desirable that the City of South Bend employ
special counsel to handle all legal matters pertaining to the above and
it is the desire of said City of South Bend to retain the services of
Russell C. Kuehl, attorney at law, as special counsel by reason of his
knowledge and acquaintance with the matters pertaining to the sewage
disposal plant,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City does hereby employ the said Russell C.
Kuehl, as special counsel, as hereinabove provided, said. 6_mployment
to be on a per diem basis plus actual and necessary expenses incurred
by said special counsel, his statement covering said services and
expenses to be submitted on the lst day of each month.
The first billing received from Sollitt Construction Company, Inc., in connection
.with construction operations, Sewage Treatment Plant, Contract No. 11, was examined
by the Board and referred to the City Engineer for recheck and recommendation for
payment.
The Board examined and approved the payment of the Consoer, Townsend and Associates
billing of April 30, 1954, covering contract drawings and specifications used by the
,Board for the purpose of securing bids on the Sewage Works Improvement project.
TRAFFIC DEPARTI111ENT:
The Board examined and approved quotation on one -hundred aluminum traffic signs
submitted by Aluminum Company of America-_, under date of April 7, 1954, and directed
the Clerk to proceed with the purchase. fhe Board approved the installation of STOP signs'
on Elliott Street at Humboldt.
Certificate of the Industrial Board of Indiana (Workmen's Compensation) Form
No. 19, for Paschen Contractors, Inc., and Paschen Bros. Construction Company of
Chicago, Illinois, was examined, found to be in order, and was ordered placed on file.
• Contractor's Bond, in the sum of $1,000.00, binding Hubert H. Woodcox, as
principal and Century Indemnity Company of Hartford, Connecticut, as sureties, was
examined and approved.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned !.
at 11:25 A. M.
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Attest:
Clerk
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