HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/25/1954 Board of Public Safety Minutes72
January 25,
1954
A regular meeting of the Board of
Public Safety was held Monday,
January.25, 1954, at 10 :00 A.
M. Mr.
J. A,. Bickel was.absent. Minutes of
the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount
of $80,165.27 were approved.
Claims of the following suppliers, in
the
amount of $2485.65, were approved and
ordered paid:
American Auto Parts, Inc.
$44.25
American LaFrance Foamite Co.
13.44
Anderson Service Station
100.44
Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co.
2 3.8
Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co.
43.05
John Beyrer & Sons
16.50
Federal Enterprises, Inc.
62.07
Paul Flary
10.00
Gerber Mfg. Co.
358.20
The Gibson Co.
10.00
The Gibson Co.
120.00
The Hibberd Printing Co.
85.00
Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric
.65
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
45.30
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
144.71
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
15.04
Indiana Lbr. & Mfg. Co.
11.26
Memorial Hospital
6.40
Memorial Hospital
4.40
Mittler Supply Co.
55.20
Motorola Comm. & Electronics,
21.62
Office Engineers, Inc.
247.00
Office Engineers, Inc.
37.16
Office Engineers, Inc.
7.92
Office Supply & Equip. Co.
19.00
Office Supply & Equip. Co.
6.75
Office Supply & Equip. Co.
176.18
Simon Brothers, Inc.
32.50
Sinclair Refining Co.
301.58
South Bend Glass Works
2.82
South Bend Supply Co.
11.76
South Bend Electric Co.
60.19
K. J. Tubbs
10.75
Weisberger Bros., Inc.
13.50
Wilson Bros.
117.18
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
The Board first considered
letter
received from Louis Kaufman, chairman
1954 Show Committee, F. 0. P.,
St. Joseph
Valley Lodge, No.. 36, under date
of January 21, 1954, asking permission
to hold their regular annual
Police
Show. The Board approved and
granted
permission for this event, directing
the Clerk to so advise Chairman Kaufman.
Chief of Police, Richard J. Gillen, being present, recommended the
appointment of Larry James Beldon, employee of Carson Secret Service, Inc.,
to be special police officer in and for the City.of South Bend, and this
appointment was, thereupon, signed and sealed by the Board.
The Police Department applications of Harry J. Doyle, Paul M. Hill,
Dean E. Munger, and Robert P. Zakrzewski were examined and ordered filed.
The Board next took occasion to thank the Police Department through
Chief Gillen, for the assistance rendered in aiding the Board with
mimeographing work in connection with Sewage Disposal Plant bidderst
lists and forms for the handling of plans and specifications in an
expeditious and systematic manner.
The Board next examined quotations submitted by three decorating firms
for proposed interior painting of the Fire Alarm and Signal Station. The
bid of the Modern Decorating Company, in the total sum of $565.00, was
recommended by Superintendent Hunsberger, and was accepted by the Board.
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Fire Department applications of George F. Culbertson, Jr., Harry J.
Doyle.. and John J. Peczkowski were examined and ordered placed on file:..
Fire Chief, Richard J. Duck, being present, called attention to the
need of an overhaul of Engine No. 21, involving new parts, the cost of
which is estimated to be approximately $500.00. The Board granted
approval and authorized purchase of replacement of parts needed.
Fire Chief Duck then brought to the Boardts attention the addition
to Fire Station No. 4 for which therequired appropriation was made and
funds are now available. The employing of an architect was discussed
and decision made that the City Engineer will contact Architect Forrest
West in the matter of securing plans for the required addition.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting
adjourned at 11 :00 A. M.
Attest; D 4?
Clerk
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