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Home My WebLink About09/09/57 Board of Public Works Minutes (2)two September 9, 1957 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety and Works was held on Monday, September 9, 1957 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 $80,872.52 were approved j I and ordered paid to the following suppliers: ' Dean J. Armstead 57.28 Alva D. Bates 44.32 Frank Biebuyck 47.63 Business Systems 2.88 j Business Systems, Inc. 6.53 Economy Furniture Company 169.65 i John A. Grabarz, Jr. 30.64 Indiana Bell Telephone 13.91 Indiana Bell Telephone 16.37 Indiana & Michigan Electric 12,702.83 Indiana Hardware 1.43 Remington Rand 6.40 Indiana & Michigan Electric 531.63 Dale E. Shelly 97.28 Remington Rand . 5.40 West Side Hardware 180.00 Slutsky Plumbing & Heating 20.80 DOG POUND A. & K. Food Distributing Company 78.20 SANITATION FUND Continental Oil Company 34.65 Huntington Laboratories, Inc. 237.96 SEWER DEPARTMENT i City Sales Company 252.00 City Sales Company 15.84 Hurwich Iron Company 58.80 Hurwich Iron Company 11.40 National Mill Supply Company 20.88 Rose Fuel & Materials 16.64 Rose Fuel & Materials 29.12 1956 GENERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND Chas. W. Cole & Son 493.70 Chas. W. Cole & Son 44.25 Chas. W. Cole & Son 29196.87 Chas. W. Cole & Son 499.59 Chas. W. Cole & Son 647.36 Memorial Hospital 3.00 The Record 15.98 Reed Construction Company 41,148.38 South Bend Tribune 15.12 Yoder's Garage 4.00 CONTRACTOR'S IMPROVEMENT FUND Chas. W. Cole & Son 11227.20 Chas._ W. Cole & Son 764.27 Chas. W. Cole & Son 648.30 Reed Construction Company 19527.98 Reed Construction Company 3,732.27 Reed Construction Company 11,676.14 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND i Bearings Service Company 5.51 Bearings Service Company i 5.77 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 18.15 Bros. Inc. 19.06 Chicago Brush Company 189.00 Edwards Iron Works 2.60 Elgin Sweeper Company 144.63 Ben Feferman Motor Sales 17.45 !� Martin E. Feferman M. D. 20.00 Breeman Spicer Company 10.02 Hoffman Bros. 23.66 Hummer Equipment Company 22.87 Indiana & Michigan Electric 129.60 Indiana & Michigan Electric 81.60 j Anthony C. Kapsa 42.36 H. J. Kollar 4.50 C. E. Lee Company 2.51 McClave Printing Company 55.00 The O'Brien Corporation 25.60 The Ridge Company 10.89 The Ridge Company 76.35 Schilling's 4.25 Schilling's 4.30 Schilling's 17.77 Seneca Petroleum Company 537.83 Stanley Body & Equipment Company 8.50 Streeter Amet Company 15.07 Voorhees Jontz Lumber Company 18.00 Weisberger Bros. 13.50 West Side Hardware Company 3.65 Yoder's Garage 7.40 The monthly report of the Building Department for the month of August, 1957 as submitted 3 to the Board by.` Building Commissioner, Verner L. Lane, is hereby accepted and placed on file. Supplemental Agreement #1 of Jefferson Boulevard Pavement Improvements is hereby submitted to the Board by Virgil H. Reed of the Reed Construction Company. Approved and signed by the Board this 9th day of September, 1957. Contractor's bonds were approved for Northern Indiana Public Service Company and Frank Orisich. i Permission is granted to various merchants in town to use search lights on Monday, September 9, 1957 in observance of their program of opening the "Fall Season". This being the date set, hearing was held on the matter of the condemnation order previously issued to Isom Townsend, 1021 S. Lake Street which was not complied with as set out in letter from Building Commis sioner. Upon recommendation by the Building Commissioner and upon evidence as submitted by the various inspectors the Board now authorizes property owner to demolish said building and remove from permises within 30 days from this date. Also, the property owner at 139 S. Dundee Street is hereby notified to appear at a hearing before the Board on the 16th day of September, 1957 with reference to a condemnation order of the Building Commissioner. • • .7 J 0 • .7 E The Contracts & Documents and Specifications for the Sewer Improvements for Duey Street and Oliver, Ar- nold, & Webster Streets is hereby approved and signed by the Board this 9th day of September, 1957. ' This being the date set, hearing was held on the matter of the Petition of the Bowman Cemetery Associa- tion of St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, for the City of South Bend to Accept the transfer of said Cemetery. Appearing before the Board at this time are Jack Hildebrand, President of the Bowman Ceme- tery Association of St. Joseph County, South Bend, Indiana, and Cecil D. Walz, Secretary theregf, Mr. John Suasum, Sexton of said cemeter, Mrs. John Sausman, and a Mrs. Eva Suddarth. There are no remonstra- tors in regards to said petition. Submitted to the Board by Jack Hildebrand at this time are a Quit - Claim Deed, Affidavit, and an Assignment of all its right and interest. The Board will now hold these instruments and will make its decision by Monday, September 16, 1957 as to the acceptance or rejection of the Bowman Cemetery, to the City of South Bend. U 9 VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2863 1957 This being the date set, hearing was held on the Resoltuion heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Works' and Safety for the vacation of ARTHUR STREET from the North line of Chalfant Street to the South line of Campeau Street subject to the right and easement of Northern Indiana Public Service Company to operate maintain, repair and replace its pipe lines and mains now located under said Arthur Street and further subject to the easement and right of Indiana & Michigan Electric Company to maintain, repair, replace and use its poles and wires across Arthur Street and therefore these rights must be preserved, under Vacation Resolution No. 2863, 1957. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved,:; seconded and unanimously carried that the said Resolution be finally adopted and the said Street be va- cated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and the assess ments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of ARTHUR STREET from the north line of Chalfant Street to the South line of Dampeau Street subject to the right and easement of Northern Indiana Public Service Company to operate, maintain, repair and replace its pipe lines and mains now located under said Arthur Street and further subject to the easement and right of Indiana & Michigan Electric Company to maintain repair, replace and use its poles and wires across Arthur Street and therefore these rights fppst be pre- served, under Vacation Resolution No. 2863, 1957. In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in the City at 10:00 A.M. (DST) on the 7th day of October, 1957 for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation and the Board further orders that notice of said hear- ing toghether with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property own- ers by publishing same on the 13th day of September, 20th day of September, and on the 27th day of Sep- tember, 1957 in the South Bend Tribune, and The Record. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: PERLEY SCHOOL owned by the School City of South Bend, Indiana and COQUILLARD PARK owned by the Department of Public Parks of the City of South Bend, Indiana Total net benefits ---------- 00.00 Total net damages ---------- 00.00 Respectfully submitted this 9th day of September, 1957. R. S. Andrysiak City Civil Engineer IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2854, 1957 REFERRING BIDS TO ENGINEER The bids for the improvement of Vassar Avenue from Brookfield Street to College Street by constructing a permanent type class "C" pavement received on September 3, 1957, in accordance with Improvement Reso- lution No. 2854, 1957 passed by this Board on July 15, 1957, and confirmed by this Board on August 19, 1957, are hereby referred to you for examination and tabulation and to report to this Board with recommen- dations. R. S. ANDRYSIAK IRVING J. SMITH FRANK J. BRUGGNER ENGINEER'S REPORT In the matter of the bids for the improvement of Vassar Avenue from Brookfield Street to College Street by constructing a permanent type Class "C" pavement in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2854 and confirmed by this Board on August 19, 1957 we hereby report that we have examined the several bids submitted to the Board on September 3, 1957 and find that the Reed Construction Company has the lowest and best bid for a Class "C" Type 1 Cement Concrete Pavement and that the Reed Construction Company has the lowest and best bid for a Class "C" Type 3 Bituminous Concrete Pavement. Clyde E. Williams & Associates By: Clyde Wilton • • �BROOKFIELD STREET SEWER IMPROVEMENT i JIMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2860, 1957 !'Niles Excavating Company A non -collusion affidavit and a bidder's bond 11228 N. Swanson Circle in an amount of 212% of the bid accompanied the !'South Bend, Indiana bid. Items No. 1 through 5, inclusive Total bid price ---------------------$79992.20 ;NORTH SOUTH ALLEY BETWEEN MAIN STREET & MICHIGAN STREET PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT-RESeLUTION NO. 2859, 1957 'Rieth Riley Construction Company A non -collusion affidavit ''P. 0. Box 775 in an amount of 21'N of the South Bend, Indiana the bid. Items No. 1 through 39 inclusive Total bid price----------------$3053.50 !ReedConstruction Company '2022 N. Main Street ?Mishawaka, Indiana and a bidder's bond bid accompanied A non -collusion affidavit and a bidder's bond in an amount of 2-2/0 of the bid accompanied the bid. Items No. 1 thnouth 3, inclusive Total bid price-------------------$2,718.65 `'B & G CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ':1025 W. llth Street .'Mishawaka, Indiana A non -collusion affidavit and a bidder's bond in an amount of * of the bid accompanied the bid. Items No. 1 through 31, inclusive Total bid price-----------------$2,735.60 !;McIntyre & Jones, Inc. ::P. 0. Box 2541 'South Bend, Indiana A non -collusion affidavit and a bidder's bond in an amount of 2-�'� of the bid accompanied the bid. Items No. 1 through 31 inclusive Total bid price------------------$2,492.95 After due consideration by the members of the Board the Contracts for Capping and Double Sealing Certain StreetE Ito begin immediately on the following streets: :,CAPPING Rieth Riley Construction Company is awarded the in the City of South Bend, Indiana. Work is Sunnymede Avenue from Eddy Street to Greenlawn Avenue Gertrude Street from Ewing Avenue south to City Limits • Sample Street from Prairie Avenue to Lafayette Street Ironwood Drive from Bader Street to Corby Street ;DOUBLE SEALING Ironwood Drive from Jefferson Street to Bader Street IThe contract reads as follows: • • IRieth Riley Construction Company P. 0. Box 775 ';South Bend, Indiana Item No. 1 - .38 per sq. yd. Item No. 2 - .40 per sq. yd Item No. 3 - .40 per sq. yd. Item No. 4 -- .33 per sq. yd Item No. 5 - 22.00 per ton Item N. 6 - 1.50 per gal. A non -collusion affidavit and a bidder's bond in the amount of 5% of the bid accompanied the bid. e being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 A.M. (DST)'. ,..I-.,- - y_L_#1L1 TTEST: ANTHONY B0, PRELIMINARY ORDER Whereas, the Board of Public Works and Safety pursuant to its notice to do so, met on the 3rd day of September, 1957, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. (DST) and publicly opened and considered all bids for the improvement of Vassar Avenue from Brookfield Street to College Street by constructing a Class "C" Per- manent type pavement in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2854, 1957, passed by this Board on July 15, 1957, and confirmed by this Board on August 19, 1957, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED; that the roadway of said street be improved by paving with Class "C" type 3 Bitumonous Concrete (7"). R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2856. 1957 .REFERRING BIDS TO ENGINEER The bids for the improvement of Oliver, Arnold & Webster Street - Donald Street from approximately 200 feet north of Ewing Street to Donald Street and Donald Street from Webster Street to Douglas Street by constructing a local and trunk sewer received on September 3, 1957, in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2856, 1957, passed by this Board on July 15, 1957, and confirmed by this Board on Aug- ust 19, 1957, are hereby referred to you for examination and tabulation and to report to this Board with recommendations. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith ENGINEER'S REPORT In the matter of the bids for the improvement of Oliver, Arnold & Webster Streets- Donald Street from approximately 200 feet north of Ewing Street to Donald Street and Donald Street from Webster Street to Douglas Street by constructing a local and trunk sewer in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2856, 1957 passed by the Board of PublicWorks and Safety on July 15, 19572 and confirmed by said Board on August 19, 1957, we hereby report that we have tabulated and examined the several bids submitted to the Board on September 3, 1957 and find that the Cecil E. Dale d/b/a Osceola Crane Service has the low- est and best bid. We recommend that the bid of the Cecil E. Dale d/b/a Osceola Crane Service be accepted. Clyde E. Williams & Associates By: C. L. Wilton IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2857, 1957 REFERRING BIDS TO ENGINEER The bids for the improvement ofDuey Street from 217 feet north of Howard Street south to Howard Street by constructing a local sewer received on September 3, 19579 in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2857, 1957 passed by this Board on July 15, 1957 and confirmed by this Board on August 19, 1957 are hereby referred to you for examination and tabulation and to report to this Board with recommendations. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith ENGINEER'S REPORT In the matter of the bids for the improvement of Duey Street from 217 feet north of Howard Street south to Howard Street by constructing a local sewer in accordance with Improvement Resolition No. 2857, 1957 passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on July 15, 1957 and confirmed by said Board on August 199 1957 we hereby report that we have tabulated and examined the several bids submitted to the Board on September 3, 1957 and find that the Cecil E. Dale d/b/a Osceola Crane Service has the lowest and best bid. We recommend that the bid of the Cecil E. Dale d/b/a Osceola Crane Service be accepted. Clyde E. Williams & Associates By: D. L. Wilton r: 0 • • 0 0