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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/25/1956 Board of Public Works MinutesW_ VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2828 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 the vacation of Johnson Street from THE NORTH LINE OF WASHING - TON AVENUE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF ORANGE STREET, under Vacation Resolution No. 2828. j In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrances were fil • IThe Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of notices and same were found sufficient, and the �Board therefore finds that the alley has 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 rati- fied, confirmed, and approved without modification and the proceedings closed, and the alley vacated upon ;receipt of the amount of benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited and all proceed- :ings had with reference to said vacation are hereby sustained. • U 1�1 • • There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 A.M. s I i i i !Attest: - ^r� Anthony J. a , lerk J UNE 25, 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, June 25, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. (DST) All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the total amount of $34,297.62 were approved. Claims in the total amount of $29639.02 were approved and ordered paid for the following suppliers: nglewood Electric Company erguson & Sons, Inc. . C. Lauber Company orthern Ind. Public Service mogor Lumber Company outh Bend Window Cleaning ranville P. Ziegler ARKING METER FUNDS ndiana Bell Telep. Co. TREET & TRAFFIC DEPTS. he O'Brien Corporation he O'Brien Corporation inclair RefiningCompany 1.56 Englewood Electric Company 23.59 34.67 Ind. Bell Telephone Company 16.40 475.00 McComb Battery Company 6.84 4.10 Remington Rand Division 400.00 14.85 Smogor Lumber Company 22.00 53.50 Weisberger Brothers 129.25 30.00 10.44 378.00 The O'Brien Corporation 378.00 378.00 Remington Rand Division 39.50 238.20 West Side Hardware 5.13 Contractor's bonds were approved for Millard T. Hartman, Carl H. McClellan, A. J. Blaski, Howard V. ack, Mike Becchelli, H. G. Christman Construction Company, Hartman Builders, and Edward Burton. Excavation bonds were approved for Hartman Builders, Inc., Rieth-Riley Construction Company, O.E. Er Son, and Millard T. Hartman. The request of Messrs. Cecil Walters and Earl Wright to operate a small automobile run by batteries nd driven by children on the park -way adjacent to the Electric Company on S. Michigan is hereby denied by he Board. Mr. Harding appeared before the Board with reference to request permission to install an awning on a uilding at 2221 South Michigan Street and informed the Board that he would follow specifications as stated n the Building Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The Board now authorizes be granted a permit by he Building Commissioner, Verner L. Lane. i The awarding of the contract for the bids of the Civil Defense Department for the purchase of 5 desk type base stations will be held up until Next Monday, July 2, 1956. Mr. Frank Adams i5 hereby given permission to make application for Building permits providing that onforms with all qualifications as set out in the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The uilding Commissioner, Verner L. Lane, is hereby ordered to issue said permit with the understanding that aid Adams follow all specifications. The decision on the Miami Street lighting plan will be held up until further notice. The Work Order for repair of the sewer on 29th Street was approved and placed on file. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2816, 1955 The Contractor's Completion affidavit and the Engineer's Certificate of Completion on the Pavement ovement on Fremont Street from the North property line of Elwood Avenue to the South property line of er Street, under Improvemebt Resolution No. 2816, 1955 was accepted and approved by the Board. 492 NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT Notice is hereby given that the following Pavement Improvement has been completed and the general character of the improvement, the street, alley or public place on which it has been made, and the termina points thereof, are as follows: Class "C" Type 3 Bituminous Pavement of Fremont Street from the North property line of Elwood Avenue to the South property line of Keller Street. There is on file in the Office of the City Controller of the City of South Bend, Indiana an assess- ment roll with the names of the owners and description of property subject to be assessed with the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the Office of said City Controller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the Office of the Board in said City, will on the 9th day of July, 1956, at 10:00 A.M. (DST) receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively, on said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is greater or less than that named on said roll or in any sum At which place and time all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that th final Estimate and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 25th day of June, 1956, on the improvement known as the Fremont Street Pavement (Elwood Avenue to Keller Street) as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2816, 1955, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on September 6, 1955, and confirmed by said Board on October 10, 1955 be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement, as required by Section N. 111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2836, 1956 IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED For the improvement of Sibley Avenue fro.n the .;est line of College Street to the East line of Brook'. field Street under Improvement Resolution No. 2836, 1956, adopted May 21, 1956 by constructing a Class "C"' pavement (Type 1 to 4). After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the premises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same havin' been found sufficient, the Board decides that the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement are equal to the estimated cost of the same as reported by the City Civil Engineer, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Iml provement Resolution No. 2836, 1956, duly passed by this Board on May 21, 1956, for the above improvement,1 be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed. First Confirmation June 12, 1956 and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made. j Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith FINAL CONFIRMATION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2836 For the improvement of Sibley Avenue from the West property line of College Street to the East pro erty line of Brookfield Street by constructing a Class "C" pavement (types 1 to 4) under Improvement Reso lution No. 2836, 1956, adopted May 21, 1956 and first confirmed on June 12, 1956. No written remonstrances against said improvement bearing the signatures of fifty-one (51%) per ce or more of the resident property owners on said street to be improved, having been filed withing the ten (10) day period following the date and time of the hearing on said improvement, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Improvement Resolution no. 2836, 1956, duly adopted by this Board on May 21, 1956, and first confirmed on June 12, 1956, be and the same is in all things finally confirmed and the improvement is hereby ordered made. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk • 0 • • 0 • 433 • 0 • • 0 CJ IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2836 PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, THAT the I Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and estimates approved by this Board on the 21st day of May, 1956, for the improvement of Sibley Avenue from the lest property line of College Street to the East property line of Brookfield Street by constructing a Class "C" pavement (type 1 to 4) by and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of the Department of Public Works & Safety. July 9, 1956, at the hour of 9:00 A.M. (CST) is hereby fixed as the time and the Office of the Board' of Public Works & Safety in the City Hall of this City, as the Place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open and consider bids for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the j construction of said work shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Board before 10:00 A.M.'(DST) 1 of said day. Each bidder for said work shall enclose with his bid a certified check, cashier's check in the sum of five (5%) per cent of the amount of his bid, to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to him. The Clerk of this Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two (2) weekly publications of the timel and place, when and where bids will be received, opened and considered for the constructionof said work. 11 Said Clerk shall state in said notices, that each bidder shall enclose with his bid a certified check, cad- ier's check or for above named amount, to insure the execution of this contract. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2838 Entry of Petition Presented The Board of Public Works and Safety hereby received and placed on file the Petition of George W. Vercolio and 2 others for the improvement of Huron Street from Arnold Street to Webster Street by con- structing a local combined sewer. PETITION REFERRED TO ENGINEER The Petition of George W. Vercolio and 2 others for the improvement of Huron Street from Arnold St. to Webster Street by constructing a local combined sewer is referred to the City Engineer for investigatic and recommendation at the next regular meeting of this Board. Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith CITY CIVIL ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION Referring to the Petition of George W. Vercolio and 2 others for the improvement of Huron Street from Arnold Street to Webster Street by constructing a local combined sewer, the City Civil Engineer recommends that the Petition be granted. R. S. Andrysiak City Civil Engineer ORDER TO ENGINEER FOR PRELIMINARY PLANS According to the recommendation of the City Civil Engineer concerning the petition of George W. Ver colio and 2 others for the improvement of Huron Street from Arnold Street to Webster Street, Chas. W. Cole & Son is hereby directed to prepare Plans, Drawings, Profiles, General Details, Specifications, Estimates and the Preliminary Improvement Resolution for improving such part of said streets by constructing a local combined sewer. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith The final estimate for payment to Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc. the total amount of S38,4. was submitted to the Board. The bids for the Street Department were now opened and examined. Proof of publication in the Sout Bend Tribune with an affidavit signed by C. G. Livengood and in the Record with an affidavit signed W. De Canio on the 15th and 22nd days of June, 1956 was submitted to the Board. The bids read as follows: .53 ROMY HAMMES CORPORATION 227 North Lafayette Street South Bend, Indiana A non -collusion affidavit and a certified check in the amount of %520.00 accompanie the bid. 1 1956 Ford Model F100 2 Ton Pickup Total .......................... $1535.84 2 1956 Ford Model F350, 8 Cylinder 1 Ton Trucks Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3647.22 NET TOTAL FOR 3 . . . . . . $4482.06 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY 1319 South Lafayette Street South Bend, Indiana A non -collusion affidavit and a certified check in the amount of $450.00 accompanie the bid. 1 1956 International 2 Ton truck Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1291.68 Alternate bid - 1 1956 International z Ton truck Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1340.36 2 1956 International one ton trucks Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3015.40 NET TOTAL FOR 3 . . . . . . .$3607.08 or Alternate bid $3655.76 SCHERMAN SCHAUS FREEMAN COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and a certified 520 South Lafayette St. check in the amount of $437.00 Accompanie South Bend, Indiana the bid. 1 1956 Studebaker 2E5 one Half Ton Pickup Truck Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1276.54 2 1956 Studebaker 2E13 One ton Pickup Trucks Total . . . . . . . . . . . . $3086.88 NET TOTAL FOR 3 . . . . . $4363.42 BEN MEDOW, INC. 222 North Lafayette Blvd. South Bend, Indiana A non -collusion affidavit and a certified check in the amount of $456.00 accompani the bid. 1 1956 Dodge 2 Ton Pickup Truck Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1786.20 2 1956 Dodge 1 Ton Pickup Truck Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4383.72 NET TOTAL FOR 3 . . . . . $4555.52 The bids will be taken under advisement until next Monday, July 2, 1956. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:35 A.M. Attest: Anthony J. o Clerk 1] r1 U 0 • 0