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Home My WebLink About04/30/1956 Board of Public Works Minutesneer for examination and tabulation and to report to this Board with recommendation. R.S.Andrysiak Irving J. Smith Frank J. Bruggner There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad- journed at 11:15 A.M. (DST). .f Attest: APRIL 30, 1956 o- A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works & Safety was held Monday, April 30, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. (DST). All members were present. Minutes of the previous regu- lar meeting were read and approved. Cliams in the total amount of .1723.90 were approved and ordered paid: Belleville Lumber Co. 1.08 Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 14.23 " India.na Bell Tele. Co. 17.78 Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 26-33 Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 11.76 Ind. & Mich. Elec . Co. 215.20 Moranz, H.L. 17.80 DIcComb's Service Co. 43.35 McCombts Batter Serv. 77.50 Haack Del 28.61 B. G. Reilly & Co. 10.50 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 Weisberger Bros. 13.98 West Side Hardware 19.86 Zeigler, Granville 15.00 SANITATION DEPT. South Bend Truck & Equip. 575.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 13.00 STREET & TRAFFIC DEPT. B & B Auto Glass Co. 31.80 Roy C. Eger 30. 00 00 Drs. Erickson & Olson 12.00 Indiana Hardware Co. Indiana Hardware Co. 5.53 Indiana Hardware Co. 11.10 '.Indiana State Industries 167.74 Indiana Textile Co. 47.51 Kagelts Director Service 17.00 MacAllister Machinery . Co 9.51 Filler Ernest H. i 12.00 )'Brien Corp. 69.44 Richey Radiator Service 18.00 Richardson, Daniel ��5.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 6.00 St. Josephs s Hospital j+. 70 Sheehan Tire Service 66.34 Vukovits, Frank S. 12.70 Sergeants Horan and Chapman of the U. S. Army appeared before the Board with ref- erence to request permission to operate a sound truck in the vicinity of the five high schools (John. Adams, Washington, Riley, Central, and St. Joseph) between the period of May 15 to May 30, 1956 starting at 3:15 P.IV. (DST). Permission granted in conformance with Chapter 18, Section 13 of the City Code. The time now being 10:00 A-M�. (DST) it was so announced and the bids for the Im. rovement Resolution No. 2831 for the Twenty-1,?inth Street Improvement were opened. Proofs :of publication in the South Bend Tribune on the 20th and 27th days of April, 1956 with a.n ;'.affidavit signed by G. G. Livengood and in the Record on the 20th and 27th days of April,'! 'with an affidavit signed by W. DeCanio was submitted to the Board. The Bids received read as follows: A. E. ANDERSON COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and a ':1131 Sunnymede Avenue bank money order in the surr, of South Bend, Indiana $758.42 accompanied the bid. Total bid price, Extension of Items 1-1 & 2-1 plus Items 3 to 12, inclusive.................................115,168.30 Rieth-Riley Const. Co., Inc. A non -collusion affidavit, Forma `P. 0. Box 775 96-A, and a certified check in ;South Bend, Indiana the amount of $1100.00 accom- ii panied the bid. Total bid price, Extension of Items 1-1 & 2-1 plus Items 3 to 12,.inclusive...................... ...........17,309.50 Total bid price, Extension of Items 1-3 & 2-3 plus Items 3 to 12 inclusive.................................$16,020.40 • 0 • • • • nV • • REED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and Form 96-A 202-2 N. Main St. and a certified check in the amount of Mishawaka, Indiana P850.00 accompanied the bid. Total bid price, Extension of Items 1-1 & 2-1 plus Items 3 to 12 inclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1 6 , 2 0 9.0 0 Total bid price, Extension of Items 1-3 & 2-3 plus Items 3 to 12 inclusive........ I ....................... $16,96o.50 McINTYRE & JONES CONST. CO. 1121 S. Main St. South Bend, Indiana A non -collusion affidavit, Form 96-A and a certified check in the amount of XXXX 875.00 accompanied the bid. Total bid price, Extension of Items -1-1 & 2-1 plus Items 3 to 12 inclusive ............................... $17,415.50 The above named bids were taken under advisement and the contract will be awarded next Monday, May 7, 1956. BIDS FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT D. D. KENNEDY COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and a certified P. 0. Box 177 check in the amount of $1,173.50 accom- Bellwood, Illinois panied the bid. i 1 New Tractomotive model TL-12 Diesel Tracto-Loader Total bid price ................................... $11,735.00 INDIANA EQUIPTIENT COMPANY, INC. 1244 West 16th Street Indianapolis, Indiana A non collusion affidavit and a bidders bond accompanied-the;_bid. 1 Hough Model HHD - (Diesel) -Payloader Total bid price .................................... $13,000.00 (DEEDS EQUIPi'v NT COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and a bidders s ;Rochester, Indiana bond accompanied the bid. it 1 Michigan Model 75A Rubber Tired Tractor Shovel Front -End Loader •Total bid price ...... ................ .............. $11,946.25 i ISEASTROM & COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and a bidderss 12351 Kentucky Avenue bond accompanied the bid. (Indianapolis, Indiana 1 Model 125 AD Speedall Tractor -Shovel Total bid price .................................. .$13,400.00 I • (The above named bids were taken under advisement and the contract will be awarded next ;Monday, May 7, 1956. Excavation -,bond in the sum of $1000 was approved for Robert L. Braunsdorf d/b/a Wal- ter J. Braunsdorf & Son. Contractorss bonds were approved for the following: Interstate Maintenance & Enginee - ing Company, Springfiedl, Ohio, Jesse De. Matthers, Inc.,,Desire Verslype, Peter Schu- j macher & Sons, Inc., Lafayette Macunber & Sons, Inc. I A complaint against the Hoffman Brothers Garage at Eddy and Madison Streets regarding +burning of trash and unsightly condition was submitted to the Board. A letter was direct led to said company to rectify the situation immediately. j At the regular meeting of the Countil on.April 23, 1956 a petition for a stop light o -to i other protection at the intersection of South Bend Avenue and St. Louis Boulevard was re - ceived and referred to the Board of Public Works& Safety for appropriate disposal or for. specific action. The Board now authorizes Ernest H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, to make an investigation of said request and report back to the Council at their next regular meeting on May 14. IMPROVEMrENT RESOLUTION NO. 2831 REFERRING BIDS TO ENGINEER The bids for the improvement of 29th Street from the North property line of North' side Blvd. to the South property line of Pleasant Street by constructing a class "=C'f pave;- ment and roll type Portland Cement concrete curbs received on April 30, 1956, in accordaA- ce with Improvement Resolution No. 2831, 1956, passed by this Board on March 12, 1956, and confirmed by this Board on April 16, 1956, are hereby referred to you for examination and tabulation and to report to this Board with recommendations. R. S. Andrysiak Irving J. Smith Frank J. Bruggner The Warranty deed f-om Romy Hammes and Dorothy Hammes from which the City of South Bend has purchased a loft. strip of land along Olive Street was submitted to the Board and found proper. The Controller is hereby directed to pay the sum of $10,000 for the land end the Clerk of the Board is directed to record the said purchase in the office of the St. Joseph County Recorder. The warranty deed reads as follows: This indenture wit- nesseth that Romy Hammes and Dorothy Hammes, husband & wife of Kankakee County in the State of Illinois conveys and warrants to the municipal City of South Bend, Indiana of St. Jo seph County in the State of Indiana for and in consideration of one ($1.00)Dollar and other valuable consideration the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the following real es- tate in St. Joseph County in the State of Indiana, to wit: A lot or parcel of land 10 feet in width Fast and West off of and from the entire West side of the following described real estate; beginning at the intersection of the North line of Western Avenue and the East line of Olive Street, thence North along said East line to its intersection with the Southwesterly right-of-way line of New York Central Railroad, thence Southeasterly along said Southwesterly right-ofway line to the intersection of the latter with the Westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, thence South alone said Westerly right-of-way line to the intersection of the latter with the North line of Western Avenue, thence West along the North line of Western Avenue to the place of beginning, all as is located in the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Said parcel of land being in the Northeast(NE1 Quarter of Section Number 10, Township Number 37 North, Range Number 2 East. A petition was received from Mr. and Mrs Charles Howell and others for the ment of Duey Street from South Bend Avenue to Napoleon Street by the construction ment according to the Barrett Law Plan. Referred to the City Engineer. improve - of pave The Junior Chamber of Commerce has requested permission from the Board to hold a parade on June 15, 1956 at 2:00 P.M on Michigan Street from Lee -per Park and south to L. W.E. to Playland Park. Permission granted. The request of the Ridge Company for a public self-service parking lot on the pro i.erty adjacent to the Ridge Company was approved b the Board h p y The Police Department will be notified of the establishment and check if all signs are proper in conformance with V Chapter 19, Section 10 of the City Code. The said company will be notified of approval and will be requested to purchase necessary license in the office of the City Controller.; A certificate of insurance for Thomas L. Katovsich was approve and accepted by the: Board. A report from Ernest H. Miller with reference to the request of the OtBrien Corp. ;for permission to establish* a Chicago South Shore & South Bend railroad spur track be- tween the property line and curb on the south side of Orange Street from the alley west of O'Brien Street east to Brookfield Street. Accepted and filed. j' The Engineer's report on Improvement Resoluuion #2829 was submitted to the Board by L. C. Emelity of Chas. W. (,nip. Rr .Cnn IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2829 IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT After due investigation of all bids and being dully advised on the premises, the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, decides that the bid of the Reed Construction Co., Inc., 2022 N.-Main St.., Yisha.waka, Indiana for the constru6- tion of the improvement Resolution No. 2829, 1956, is the lowest and best bid, and that the contract to do said work be awarded to the Reed Construction Company, Inc., 2022 N. Main I Street, Mishawaka, Indiana. A petition was received from Theda E. Lancaster, 303 Sylvan Glen Drive and others i of Bercliff Estates for the construction of a deep sewer according to the Barrett Law Pla.l. Referred to the City Engineer. I 0 C7 • U 471 The street improvement plans in the Broadmoor Addition of the City of South Bend, Ind' iana for Clayton Drive was submitted to the Board. Accepted and filed. i RESOLUTION NUMBER 2831 IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED - i ! For the improvement of 29th Street from the South property line of Pleasant Street to! the North property line of Northside Blvd. under Improvement Resolution No. 2831, 1956, a dopted March 12, 1956 by constructing a Class "C" pavement (type 1 to 4) and cement con- . crete curbs. I After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the pre-h mises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices to prop- erty owners and the same having been found sufficient, the Board decides that the benefit Ito the property liable to the assessed for said improvement are equal to the estimated colt !of the same as reported by the City Civil Engineer. therefore jI BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works -and Safety of the City of South Bend, Ind,,- h: Jana, that Improvement Resolution No. 2831, 1956, duly passed by this Board on March 12, I11956, for the above.improvem_ent, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed. First !;confirmation April 3, 1956 and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made. •R. S. Andrysiak Irving J. Smith Frank J. Bruggner There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned jat 11:15 A.M. (DST). { �I Attest: "c�I erk I � II U MAY7 , 1956 • ;' A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works & Safety was held Monday, May 7, I1956 at 10:00 A.M. (DST). All"members were present. Minutes of the previous regular i; �imeeting were read and approved. Salary claiwa in the total amount of $37,015.73 were ap- droved. Claims in the total amount of ?51,788.62 were approved and ordered paid for the !!following suppliers: i! i Armstead Dean 53.60 Armstrong, Charles 7.00 !Bud's Service 3.00 Business Systems, Inc. 45.63 DeGraff Ernest 7:52 Dictaphone Corp. 28.59 !! ,Ideal Press �5.00 Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 306.00 1 !Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 20-74 Lonetti Nick 10.76 ,Ind.. & Mich. Elec. Co. 10:04 Midwest Fire & Safety Co. 12.50 McCaffery Company 94.89 Moranz, H. L. 72.65 • �Moranz, H. L. 17.50 Sheehan Tire Service Co. 7.80 I IMurray, Elmer E. 44.24 Sidwell Studion 5.79 ;Shelly, Dale E. 97.84 South Bend Tribune 24.00 Slutsky Plbg. & Htg. Co. 312.3 Stickley Walter 5.40 South Bend Tribune 5.40 Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 33.20 j%West Side Hardware 80.00 GENERAL I MPVT . FUND !;Chas. W. Cole & Son 316.83 Rieth-Riley Const. Co. 18,127.73 'South Bend Tribune 12.60 Reed Const. Company 8,027.51 Reed Const. Company- 12,385.91 SEWER FUND South Bend Foundry Co. 49.50 Singer General Tire Inc. 6.75 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND American Auto Parts; Inc: 34•68 American Auto Parts, Inac. 63.38 !American Auto Parts, Inc. 40.90 Deeds Equip. Company 268.00 j Durox Dist. Company 87.95 EK. Loyd A. 2.50 Comp any Elgin Sweeper , , Jr. i�.D.32.00 g• P P .� 53.55 Hildebrand John 0. Ideal Press 16. 0 r•16.84 5 Ind: & i11ch. Elec. Co'Co. ;Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 191.20 Ind. & 1iich. Elec. Co. 24.80 !Industrial Towel & Uniform 17.95 Korte Bros: 15.01 IKorte Brothers 2.2 88 6 4 4 Korte Bros. 5 •5 .Liberty Gas & Service Co. 20.00 Lien Chemical Co. 24.95 I McClave Printing Co. 26.50 McClave Printing Co. 74.50� INational Medow Bend,Inc. 3,999.30 hlMich. Machinery & Equip. CdL98.30 Brake Service 19�.04 NationalJiill Supply Inc. 18.64 1 !Richardson, Dan W. �30.97 St. JosephIs Hospital H 0p , IScherman-Schaus-Freeman _;_l.9? Seneca Petroleum Co. 525.72