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Home My WebLink About09/10/1956 Board of Public Works Minutes519 September0*119 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Tuesdpy, September 4, 1956 at 10:00 A.M.(DST! All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the total amount of $20,860.35 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: Dean J. Armstead 34.80 Benko & Sons Company, Inc. 1�0.00 Frank Biebuyck 41.12 City Water Works 53.01 • ,City Water Works +Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. 14.37 191793.48 Indiana & Michigan Electric Company Nick Lonetti 499.43 12.50 Phebus Refrigeration Service 4.00 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 13.00 Dale E. Shelly 98.56 Walter Stickley 22.48 Frank S. Vukovits 54.48 SEWER FUND H. W. Hunter 1�447.10 National Brake Service, Inc. 98.90 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 61.73 SANITATION FUND Sinclair Refining Company 11964.60 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND iAlby Asphalt & Refining Corp. Elgin Sweeper Company 650.17 Alby Asphalt & Refining 615.57 173.89 The Continental Oil Company 245.02 • Ind. & Michigan Elec. Company 163.20 MacAllister Machinery Company 883.24 Mishawaka Rubber & Woolern Co. 93.17 National Brake Service, Inc. 83.84 INational Brake.,. Service 147.36 National Mill Supply Inc. 5.55 INational Mill Supply, Inc. 49.28 Premier Autoware Company 153.98 'Premier Autoware Company 126.56 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Company 61.75 !Seneca Petroleum Company 477.25 Seneca Petroleum Company 490.02 ;Seneca Petroleum Company 502.14 Seneca Petroleum Company 464.43 !Sinclair Refining Company 130.54 Sinclair Refining Company 194.70 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 386.52 Stroup's Welding & Spring Shop 47.60 C. D. Smelser Company, Inc. 256.98 Weisberger Brothers, Inc. 28.85 !Weisberger Brothers, Inc. 28.85 • 1954 Street Improvement Fund The Record 15.34 South Bend Tribune 14.69 Plans for the Meade Street Local Sewer Improvement, under Resolution No. 2834, 1956 were approved by th Board this 4th day of September, 1956. Excavation Bonds were approved for Cecil E. Dale d/b/a Osceola Crane Service and Coheen Plumbing & Heat ing Company, Inc. Maintenance Bonds were approved for Cecil E. Dale d/b/a Osceola Crane Service. I Contractor's bonds were approved for Ernest L. Longway, Belleville Lumber & Supply Company, Andrew E. 'Molnar, and Paul Keith Richard. • I VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2845 Irving Hurwich appeared before the Board with reference to the above named Resolution and requests per- Iimission to have the hearing continued for 2 weeks until September 249 1956. Permission granted. i� �! A petition was submitted to the Board by Emil A. Horvath and others not to improve SouthThirty-Fourth �lStreet from East Washington Street -.to East Jefferson Boulevard try the construction of Concrete pavement of Isaid street, curbs, and/or sidewalks - but, the hot -asphalt oiling process as done by the City Street Depar, anent. Petition referred to the City Engineering Department. • ! Mr. Sabo requests permission to attend the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing Conference in 1Chicago on October 14, 152 16, and 17, 1956. Permission granted. No Parking This Side signs installed on north side of Wall Street between Twyckenham and Greenlawn. Ham The Wrecker requests"'crmission to occupy W. Jefferson Street along the front of 115-129 on West Jefferson Street from January 11 1957'during the wrecking of buildings for Michiana Realty which will be 10 feet out from buildings -and 4 feet left 'for pedestrians. Permission granted. Peter A. Beczkiewicz appeared before the Board on behalf of the committee of the Toll Road Dedication requesting that permission be .granted to park truck platform stands on the Main Street side of the Court House between the sidewalk and curb. Permission granted. •!� The Estimate of Cost for the improvement of South Lake Street from North line of Jefferson Blvd. to 1South line of Washington Street by constructing a Class "C" pavement under Resolution No. 2846, 1956 was (`accepted and approved by the Board. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 8243 i FINAL CONFIRMATION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION For the improvement of Oakcrest Drive and Sylvan Glen from 35th Street and Oakcrest Drive to Sylvan G1 land McKinley Avenue by constructing a local combined sewer under Improvement Resolution No. 2843, 19569 a- dopted August 6, 1956 and first confirmed on August 27, 1956. No written remonstrance or remonstrances against said improvement bearing the signatures of fifty-one • fi e :) per cent or mome of the resident property owners on said street to be improved, having been filed within the ten (10) day period following the date and time of the hearing on said improvement, therefore, 520 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Im- provement Resolution No. 28439 1956, duly adopted by this Board on August 61 19569 and first confirmed on August 27, 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 PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA$ that the j Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and Estimates approved by this Board on the 6th day of August, 1956, for the improvement of Oakcrest Drive from 35th Street to Sylvan Glen and Sylvan Glen from Oakcrest Drive to McKinley Avenue by constructing a local combined sewer be and the same are hereby ordered paced on file in the office of the Department of Public Works and Safety. September 24, 1956, at the hour of 9:00 A.M. (CST) is hereby fixed as the time and the office of the1 Board of Public Works and Safety._in the City Hall of this City, as the Place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open,rto consider the bids for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the construction of said work shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Board before 9:00 A.M • of said day. Each bidder for said works shall enclose with his bid a certified check, cashier's check in the sum of five 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 df the time and place, when and where bids will be received, opened and considered for the construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notices, that each bidder shall enclose with his bid a certifed check, cashier's check 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. 2836 CONTRACTOR'S COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT IN THE MATTER relating to the Pavement Improvement of Sibley Avenue from the West line of College Street to the East line of Brookfield Street made under Improvement Resolution No. 2836, 19569 and the plans and specifications, therefore, comes now Kenneth A. McIntyre who being duly sworn upon oath deposes and says he is acquainted with the McIntyre & Jones Construction Company, 1121 South Main Street, South Bend, Indian?a the party to whom was awarded the contract and who performed the work under Improvement Reoslution No. 2836,E • 1956. That he is familiar with and personally knows that the said McIntyre & Jones Construction Company, 1121 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana, in the permormance of said work complied with all the terms and conditions of said contract, plans and specifications in every particular, and that the material used was of the character, kind, quantity and quality required therein and according to an under the direction of the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana. ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION We hereby certify that the contract that between the City of South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Me 11 Intyre & Jones Construction Company, South Bend, Indiana Contractor, for the construction of the pavement ? . improvement in Sibley Avenue from the West line of College Street to the East line of Brookfield Street j under Improvement Reoolution No. 2836, 1956, has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifics-! tions for this project. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of City. of South Bend, Indiana, that the Final Estimate and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this loth day of September, 19569 on the improvement known as the Sibley Avenue pavement as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2836, 1956, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on May 21, 1956, and confirmed by said Board on June 25, 1956, 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 i • Improvement, as required by Section N. 111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corpora- tions" approved March 69 1905. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT Notice is hereby given that the following pavement Improvment has been completed and the general • character of the improvement, the street, alley or public place on which it has been made, and the terminal'; 521 ---------------- ------------- - points thereof, are as follows: Class "C" Type 1 6" Concrete line of College Street to the East line of Brookfield Street. pavement on Sibley Avenue from the West 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 the said City Controller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the Office of the Board in said City, will on 11 the 24th day of September, 19569 at 9:00 A.M. (CST) receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assess- ed against their property respectively, on said roll and will determine the question as to whether such to s • 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. 11 • • • • Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith 1P=Vk,Ct1w Ci- 1!, 17JU :30 A.M.(DST). A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, September 17, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the total amount of $1335.82 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: E. J. Barany Business Systems, Inc. Indiana Bell Telephone Company Slatile Roofing Company South Bend Hardware Weisberger Brothers, Inc. Granville P. Ziegler, Postmaster PARKING METER FUND Norwalk Truck Line Company STREET & TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS American Distributing Company Hoffman Bros. Auto Elec. Sheehan Tire Ser*xce Ind. Bell Telephone Company Sinclair Refining Company West Side Hardware 5.00 Business Systems, Inc. 7.78 3.74 Fred Hotop 5.00 9.41 Indiana Bell Telephone 12.92 132.00 Slutsky Plumbing & Heating 130.24 25.14 Taylor Brothers 78.00 20.00 Weisberger Brothers, Inc. 10.04 15.00 DOG POUND FUND 3.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 57.35 1.75 The Continental Oil Co. 312.12 168.72 Schuell Supply Inc. 14.16 .93 Hoffman Bros. Auto Elec. 76.62 47.42 Sinclair Refining Company 11.87 11.40 Simon Bros. 6.90 169.31 Contractor's bonds were approved for Brown Brothers Comapny and Tri-Way Builders, Inc. Excavation bonds were approved for Tri-Way Builders, Inc. Plans for the Oakcrest-Sylvan Glen Sewer are hereby approved and accepted by the Board this 17th day of September, 1956. Assessment Roll No. 2773, 1956 on Sibley Avenue from the West line of College Street to East Line of Brookfield Street under Improvement Resolution No. 2836, 1956 adopted on the 25th day of June, 1956 is approved by the Board. Mr. J. K. Sheehan, Green Arrow Parking, Inc., requests permission to operate a parking lot at 129 West Jefferson Street. Said applicant is hereby requested to make an application as set out in Chapter 19, Section 19 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO..1831 After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of Public Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Primary or Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the 4th day of September, 1956, for the im- provement of 29th Street from the North line of Northside Blvd. to the South line of Pleasant Street be an the same is in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith