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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/28/1955 Board of Public Woriks Minutes314 March 28, 1955 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Workswasheld Monday, March 28, 1955, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $1573.39, were approved and ordered paid: Charles Armstrong & Son1.35 Charles Armstrong & Son $2.25 Business Systems, Inc. 4.50 Business Systems, Inc. 1.35 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.70 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.80 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 278.15 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 243.20 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 2.40 South Bend Tribune 9.23 South Bend Tribune 6.98 Tri-County News 8.86 Louis Zoss 5.00 Office Engineers, Inc. 3.18 SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION.* City Plan Commission 23.05 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.88 PARKING METER FUNDS: M. H. Rhodes, Inc. 917.70 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 S TREE T & TRAFFIC: office Supply & Equipment Co. 9.45 Standard Oil Co. 14.17 First appeared before the Board, Councilman W. A. Hahn in regard to inconvenience and disregard for traffic sign caused by the placing of sign indicating NO LEFT TURN at Lincoln Way East and Sample Street. The councilman was assured that the repair underway at this intersection will proceed at an early date, April 5th being indicated. STREET DEPARTMENT: H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, recommended to the Board the acceptance of the bid of Teeter Sales & Service, Inc. The Board reviewed the bids and signed the contract for the G. M. C. truck accordingly, directing the Clerk to proceed to issue the required purchase order. The Commissioner then called attention to the Street Department's need for two tractor and cutter units combined. Funds having been appropriated to meet this need, the Board authorized the Clerk to proceed with the required advertising. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2801 - AWARDING CONTRACT :.Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been received.; and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of JEFFERSON BOULE= VARD - 34th STREET WASHINGTON STREET - 35th STREET FROM APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET EAST OF 26th STREET TO LOGAN ON JEFFERSON BOULEVARD: FROM JEFFERSON BOULEVARD TO WASHINGTON ::STREET ON 34th STREET: FROM 34th STREET TO 35th STREET ON WASHINGTON STREET AND FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO OAKCREST DRIVE ON 35th STREET by constructing a trunk sewer exten- sion in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2801, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on January 24, 1955, and confirmed by said Board on February 21, 1955. the bid was awarded to Niles Excavating Company as they submitted the lowest and best bid. The Board next examined and approved Contract Supplement No. 9, Contract No. 11, Sollitt Construction Company, Contractor. The Board examined and ordered referred to the City Engineer an inquiry received from Attorney Robert K. Rodibaugh, under date of March 25th, concerning city -owned real estate described as a triangular shaped piece of land on west side of Michigan Street, lying between Samuel Leeper's 2nd Addition and the Michigan Central Railroad tracks. Eugene Ham, failing to appear before the Board in compliance with the Board's re- quest, made contact through the City Attorney, and informed the Board his firm will comply with the.City Ordinance and their premises will, within thirty days, be in accord with the ordinance governing the operation and maintaining of junk yards and scrap piles within the city limits. The Board next examined and approved plans for sewer improvement on Chimes Boulevard from MacArthur Avenue to Edison Road, as submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, bearing date of March 11, 1955• The Board then examined and approved the following dedication: WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated thereon is now presented to the Board, to be known as SWANSON PARK 6TH ADDITION, an addition to the city of South Bend, Indiana. This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and Safety and recorded in Book No. , Page No. , in the Recorder's Office of St. Joseph County. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets and alleys and public easements dedicated to the public use in said plat are hereby, accepted and approved by said Board for and on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana. • • • • a • • • • • • Decision was reached in the matter of awnings and the clerk was directeH to proceed - with the purchase. The Board next examined the application of Donald A. Heilman for taxicab driverts license, at which time both Mr. Heilman and Andrew Ligos appeared before the Board and declared their intention of forming a cab company, in partnership. The Board advised Mr. Ligos to file application for taxicab driverts license immediately with the!" City Controller, and set the date for hearing in this matter at 10:00 A. M. C.S.T., iMonday, April 11, 1955• The Clerk was directed to publish the required notice of hear- ing and mail special notice to those particularly concerned. TRAFFIC ENGINEER-: -The Board next considered the report of the Traffic Engineer in regard to the routing of gravel trucks from the Taylor Brothers Gravel Pit to the site of the Toll Road construction, and thereupon established the route, as follows: Douglas Road to Maple Road, south on Maple Road to Lincoln Way West (U.S.20), U. S. 20 to Michigan Street (U.S.31) thence North. The Clerk was directed to so inform the Orcale Midwest Corporation. The Board then approved the installation of the following S-T-O-P signs: Stop Sign installed on Lafayette Boulevard, northeast corner at North Shore Drive Stop Sign installed on Marine Street, both sides at Indiana Avenue Stop Sign installed on Kenwood Street, both sides, at Huey Street making this a four-way stop. The Board next approved Excavation Bond,in the sum of $10,000.00, for Colpaert Realty Corporation. Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for the following contractors: the meeting was adjourned;: Axel E. Anderson Dan C. Harmon Wm. J. Kline Andrew E. Molnar. There being no further business to come before the Board, at 11:4.5 A. M.