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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/18/1953 Special Mtg Board of Public Safety MinutesSPECIAL MEETING August 18, 1953 A special meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held at 8 :30 a.m. Tuesday, August -18, 1953• Board member, R. S. Andrysiak was absent. At this time, appeared before the Board, Chief of Police, Richard J. Gillen, Captain -M. J. Voelkel, and Lieutenant Richard Stickley, and upon the recommendation of Mayor John A. Scott, the Board took the following action: .Lieutenant Richard Stickley is hereby demoted from the rank of lieutenant to patrolman'a.nd is, accordingly, relieved of his duties as commander of the lst Detail of the Patrol Division. Captain M. J. Voelkel, head of the uniformed division, is assigned the additional duty of commander of the lst Detail of the Patrol Division until further notice. It was the consensus of opinion that this action was necessary in the interests of public safety. Attest: Clerk n CUhai r an August 24, 1953 A regular meeting of the Board'of'Public Safety was held Monday, August 24, 1953, at 10 :00 A. M. Mr. R. S. Andrysiak was absent. Minutes of the previous regular and also special meeting were read and approved. Payroll claims in the amount of $74,739.55 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $1760.99 were approved and ordered paid: Northern Indiana Public Service Bernard J. Reiter The Gibson Co. V. Graves Auto Glass Kagelts Directory Service Singer General Tire Co. Nire & Disc Wheel Sales Edw. M. Hanyzewski V. Graves Auto Glass South Bend Awning Co. Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric Memorial Hospital I-ecil G: Fields Weyerts Hdwe. Co. CE DEPARTMENT: $1.00 South Bend Electric Co. $47.07 72.00 Singer General Tire, Inc. 252.96 226.0 The Gibson Co. 26.18 24.80 V. Graves Auto Glass 13.50 30.00 Singer General Tire Co. 71.90 1.50 Singer General Tire Co. 3.50 9.86 The Gibson Co. 64.00 72. `00 J. C. Lauber Co. 19.05 10.80 Indiana StatedIndustries 63.43 339.00 Memorial hospital 3.00 16.95 Radio Distributing Co. 7.54 13.00 Memorial Hospital 5.00 6.50 W. J. Stogdill, M.D. 17.00 300.00 Gerber Mfg. Co. 34.20 .98 Office Engineers, Inc. 7.79 Chief of Police, Richard J. Gillen, was present and reported no new velopments to present to the Board at this time. DEPARTMENT: Fire Chief, Richard J. Duck, being present, brought to the attention the Board an improved and much more efficient type of nozzle now avail - .e, and the urgent need for the replacement of ten obsolete nozzles with new nozzle to be obtained from the Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co. In view of attractive offer made by these people on the initial ten nozzles re- ,red, the Board approved the purchase and directed the Clerk to proceed ordingly.