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Home My WebLink About11/14/1955 Board of Public Works Minutes408 I' November 14, 1955. A regular meeting of the Board'of Public Works was held November 14, 1955s at I! 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting wore read' anal approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount.of 014,056.03, were j approved and ordered paid: Arteraft Printers $177.50 Dean Armstead, $45 04 '! B. E. Edwards, M. D. 9.00 B. E. Edwards, M.D. 24.00 HibIndiana &erd Michigan�Electric Co. 469.32 Indiana Paper 22.50 • Printing ! Michigan Electr$11,899.45 i Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 Koontz -Engineering & Elect. 14.25 i Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 18077 Verner L Lane 13.36 McKinney Iron Welding Works 172075 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 1.71 ' Halsey LeRoy 42,24 Dale Shelley 95.20 Walter Stickley 37.12 f PARKING TETER: M. H. Rhodes, Inc. 917.70 SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION: Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 14.61 Indiana & Michigan Electric 7.50 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 7.95 STREET & TRAFFIC: • !. Healy Sign Co. ' 32.00 McComb Battery Co. 9.65 The Board first considered the request of the Little Colonial Seventh Day {;Adventist Church, Melvin G. Johnson, Pastor, 207 E. Ewing Avenue, for permission to conduct their annual carolling by P. A. method throughout the residential districts i'Iduringthe Christmas Holiday seadon to gather funds for their humanitarian activities. i;The Board granted this request. The Board next authorized the issuing and release of Purchase Order No.BW8960 covering paint job for the office of the Inspector of Weights & Measures. The Board next examined contractoris affidavit supplied by Jacob Paschen showing i °:all bills for labor and material in connection with sewer construction Contracts 5A and 5B, are paid in full and discharged without exception. Affidavit was ordered filed. The Board awarded the Rieth-Riley Construction Company contract for the improve- `'ment on FREMONT STREET, from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street, by construction of Class rrC" - Type 3 (1" Bituminous Surface, 2" Bituminous Binder, 3" Bituminous Base) Pavement, 'under Improvement Resolution No. 2816, with completion date of 225 days. STREET DEPARTMENT: j H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present,suggested that the Board ;'.accept the letter of James A. Kell, under date of November 13, 1955, in lieu of a ;;written report from the Street Commissioner, relative to the status of the area fenced i'in the 600 block north Scott Street. No report was made concerning a like situation !on Cushing Street. i! The Board examined and approved specifications for pavement improvement on Olive !Street, from Western Avenue to Washington Avenue, submitted by Wm. S. Moore, Engineer, by the construction of Portland Cement Base Widening and Hot Asphaltic Concrete Re - Surfacing, designated as Contract "B". ..The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids 'tobe open&d Monday, November 28, 1955• TRAPPIC ENQINEER : iThe Board then read copy of letter addressed to Traffic Signal Engineer, George • Young, Indiana State Highway Department, under date of November 7, 1955, over the Sig - ,nature of Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller. Engineer Miller, being present explained the purpose of the letter and stated that in the event a prompt reply is not forthcoming, he will make a trip to Indianapolis in an effort to expedite payment due the City for :traffic signal maintenance. n VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2818 — 1955 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 vacation of the ALLEY ;WEST OF KALEY STREET from the south line of Colfax Avenue to the north line of the alley . south of Colfax.Avenue, under Vacation Resolution No. 2818. i In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written i remonstrances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of 1 notices and same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several it lots and parcels of land have been benefited and 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 alley vacated upon receipt of the amount of ! I benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited and all proceedings had! -:,,with reference to said alley vacation are hereby sustained., i • 409 • ,0 11 I VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2819 - 1955 f I 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 vacation of the i FIRST ALLEY WEST OF SHERMAN AVENUE from the north line of Kinyon Street to the south line of the alley north of Kinyon Street, under Vacation Resolution No. 2819. In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publications of notices and same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several lots and parcels of land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said Roll. The Board, lle Rings'ratified 'confirmed and approvedi with ut modification aannd e c are s same in a g , the proceedings closed, and the portion of alley vacated upon receipt of the amount of benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited and all proceedings had with reference to said alley'vacation are hereby sustained. Next appeared before the Board, Mr. Ralph Haisley, applicant for Taxicab License, Robert Gawthorpe, President, Courtesy Cab Company and Mr. Otto Morehouse representing the Cab Driver's Union. The Board then proceeded with the hearing scheduled for this time and after lengthy discussion wherein it could not be proven to the Boardts satis- faction that a positive need existed for an additional taxi, spokesman for Mr. Haisley requested an extension of the hearing to a further meeting with a view to providing additional time in which to prepare to present data and evidence of the public's need for the increased taxi service, it is their intent to provide. The Board granted the request, setting the time and date for this hearing for 11:00 A. M. November 21, 1955. The Board next examined and approved Supplemental Agreement No. 1, pertaining to pavement improvement on Eisenhower and Crosby Avenues. Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of-$1,000.00, were examined.and approved by Max Dreibelbis and Kenneth F. Rose. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad- journed at 11:30 A. M. Attest: �r Clerk C