HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/03/1933 Board of Public Works MinutesYondey , July 3 rd . , 1933
board met in reFalar session at 3 F. ]`. T:-r. T'icI Johnson and T r. Ralph F.
puss present. :mutes of meeting; help I':on<<?.-�= Tune Peth.. , ^nc- a:_d Mourned meet in of
Tues da�r, Tune 2 1;h. , 1933, re,-C. anti approved.
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'.e. 'onor^ble
T_avor
requires
that our c]emnrtr,e-r,t, the ?oaic of=e,71th, i�
be roved from its present
qu2rters
in the
. _-,ter or!t.s e1Jort ent Builcing to t'f?_e main
boilrin.g, secon( floor, for-n.erly
occupied
by the Builcin(T- 4 epartnent. Tt V;aS unG'.erSt00cT
a.nc agreed. beti.11feen the ;°=97Tor
tan
1,}1E, T-ecith '_o 1 thc,t the t-s%o rooms to be occupied j
s_oulE' be cicanec rf ,'ne
7;fc11_s p=inted.
Un to the present time nothing has been done I
toward, cleMinF the Walls.
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]:"urtb�(--�xmore, a.ftc r =our decision in the case rTe must call .your attent ion
to the moving of our equip nt. There are two heev7T fire -proof safes anC ti ree rie to 1
• cabinet(l -vr,-ich deco.?nd expert hrnClinE. in aCd_ition, T: e !,eve Several C_esl�s Thi_ch are
not Iipht ?nC require strong men to move.
e are calling =our etter_tion to this e tteT so that j7OU r_n.y be prepared
to secure the ?roper people to do the �.-ork. Please inf orr us 1,:vhen the transfer gill
be made so tt_ t �,-P can sys'Llei-,,7-atic ff-) 117 T 7ove our r ecor.Cs an(, cocv_ments vrith the least
poss-ible inconvenicnc e.
Yours tru-17,T,
• rr
o�.r. o-L Fes lth
%r. � . B. Berteli nr, �eey.4t
mhe fo ll_o 3n 00,n .nic ^t ion from the 1-,,y or w i s read. ^nC. �--..ven cons icy er-ation
r
my arc+_ . , �(i %
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`%oar(" of Pul,li-c orks
of t e ;;it7r o otii r n�,,
l
i! CPr_tierlen:
1 h T%o :o : i f od. ti,e rvia t o norr,; ssi on pursuant to r: -T economy program
rated � l,ne 1st. , t_� at the Secrctcr7r of t e "viati on Boa r: "e co nab _nog . rTith the s ecretary
of the Board of Public ;orks, 77it'r no f?6c;iti_onc_1 sal^r7T. Pl—,se mske necessary erranpe-
raents Frith the Aviation Boar, to re'-'e tlrins proCi m effective at ,Tour convenience.
i h^.ve received. P. letter from the T-ealtl
I'soerc
rel-ative to
the rehovatinc
j an% clean inF- of
Che Too= farmerl-- oceupied 7T
ti_e Euil inp
Department,
if funCs are
a,va:il-ble -:ave
the xeor^s 3le^ned. ille se notify
tho = e�It
.=epartmt
7. en reaCy and
ma.'7:e the nece ss.� r r provisions for r ovi_n, their
furni tune.
This sh. ou lC
be taken care of
i=edi ,.tely e s
T unCerstand t':e cit-- is c ,^r{eC
at ti.e ir to
of ,=100 a r-,,-)nth for th C. spac
' l z Q
occuni ed T �'.
Trees ' r
It n ?ep^ram �n t.
vrer .T -`rLlI 'rOU � ,
In t 'e natter of T:iss 'a7el = Turner, Secretarl- of the Loard,-cti_nE' as
ecr^t2rT of the .'`.via tion oru fission, the Bonrd instructeC i_ss Turner to advise the
• I l'reslgent of t'_e viation norm:ission, :-r. Ceor e Bevies, that the dtties_as Secretary
of the -``vi tion rc rtrr�nt Fill be taken over r r her ss soon as said. i�viation Com: fission
j so desires ^nd a letter ar dressed to the Presic_ent � as or(-er2d sent by this Board_.
in tti_c of nr eparinE- the formr built i n�- c_epa rtrient offices for the
r-oard of reelth, the -Foard renorteC th^t a i nF-enent s haC_ Ceen r: ad-e Trt- itl the uperinten--
d_c-nt of the rater De-_crrtment to mint -nC renov^te the halls of said offices. The Board.
instructed_ the Clerk to pet ?)rices from sev-r^l moving comnenies on the moving of all
of the enu ipment, incluCing vrult�, des's, etc., from the present office of the Board
of 7 ealth to the secon- _'loor of the 'it-- ?'all, ^s outlined in the T:- �Tor's letter above
the -fn llovTip communication we s ordered read Pand placed on file and the
• Clerk of the Eoarc? instructed. to advise Thomas R. Luce that th:e City is not interested
in the proposition:
4 Monday, July 3r,171. , 19 33.
`youth Bend., Ind-ianna
July 3rd . , 1933.
Dick Johnson,
President of Board of Public
South =end , Tnd i ana
Den- r Sir:
1 wish to sumit to your ilonore.ble Body, for your consideration and possibly
your approval, the purchase of appromirnately lO acres, knm,.Tn as t'-.e Duey Sand anc Grave
Pit, situ,=ted South and East of South Bend Avenue, near the ecFre. of the City limits,
hoi�!ever, this property lies within the City of South 13pnd.
I z�oulr' accept in n^ rt�ont of th7s property,-, `112,000.00 in Jlnion '''rust 0or7pany
Savings accounts, market value of these bein- about 20� on the c olle-r today.
The reason f'or my being eble to accept Union Trust accounts is that they have
a. piece of nro-perty, that interests me anc that be bought with their accounts. i'ow-
ever, it =Tou_l' be necessary to have e eecision from -Tour iTonorable Body at your ear-
liest convenience Inc, If -the property, that T am interested it Inc be:'_onps -to the
Union Trust Company, bhouY, Oe sold or is not av�j_1a:ble for rLe to purch^se with Union
Trust accounts, T 1,T7ould -he forced to :,- _thdraw tl-.;s offer.
liespectfully
`i'home s 1.. Luce."
The Loa rd app rove e tI e exco v- ti on and in fc- vor of Dolber t <<ci' bb in the sum
of 1_,000.00 si. ned The Bmplo,,Tars T,iC,b11_it 7- r ssurane e Corporet ion, I -invited.
The -Lo and app roved the excavation bone in favor of t _._e South Bend ever age
and Ice Associ.^tion in t!-_e surn of >1,000.00 si,-new by Tniter. ::Mates 1''icelity and Guar-
anty Company.
'',he ?oarc call r i,-r. ^_. T-. T:onF^, foreman of the Street )en_^rtnent anc ?sked
him to n-ttend the r:eetinr-. The nrtter of coin{• somethinc to relieve the conclit,ion
of AnF4ela. Avenue, outliner' in i.:r. D. Pyle's letter of June 3rd., and also r-,rtlett
Street from I'=ichiFan street east to niversice Drive, �;n-s ciscussecl. he Loard instruct
ed I'-r. I:ong to arrange to put oil on both of these streets n(. to maple 7.,h?tever- prepar-
ations t.,ere necessarTr to put the streets in cone ti on before annlTTinF the oil.
At tt-e 1,-st neeti.n, of the 'oa.rd, it was ceciced to pay F`,-.Fh Fubberd, firmer
Assistant .Duill.inF Commissioner, end Joseph '�entz, former, Euilcinr- Departrrent Clerk
one help months salary on the hesis of their forrfrr salaries of 146.66 and 105.00
respectively. `owever, in the Ordinance enact.ec by tl e Common Council Pnd effective
June 16t. , the salaries of both of the a' ove were fixed et '.'108.33 and. 83.33 per month
respectively so the Board hereby orders that =:uph Fubbard, former Assistant Building
Commissioner, and Joseph '�-?entz, former Clerl- in the Luilc ing Depzertnent, be paid
one half of the month of June , 1933, on the ba sis of the salary schedule ordered by
the Corsaon Council. The Doard app ova the claim for said salaries in the total. s-um
of `95.52 a.nc hereby orcers City Controller to �?= sane.
The '-30ard approved c1�-�ir� for v^ri.ous departrlents in tt e sure c' ? 275.94
and hereby or,-e^s Ci -.T Controller to najr same.
T:=eetinv a.e jourmd_ at 4 p.Y�.
Attest:
All L(r,�
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