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-MEETING February 10, 1936
Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday,
February 10, 1936'at 9:15 A. M. All members were present.
Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.
Requisitions numbers 08872 to 08878, inclusive, were approved,
also claims in the amount of
01400.01 from the following suppliers.
Payr for the first half
.of February for the various departments,
amounting to $16,940.39, were approved.
T.Ost,e'rn 'Vnion,�'..TelegrapiI C0 4
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:1.68 'South Bend Supply Co.
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$3.08
rman"s.,Spor Store
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186.54 Dr. M. Thornton
4.00
Slick!s Laundering Co.
3,55 Homelite Corporation
450.00
Business Systems, Inc.
35.82 Edwards Iron Works Inc.
.62
Gafill Bookbinding Co.
4.25 'C. E. Knapp Seed & Feed
Co. 8.50
The Office Engineers, Inc.
6.60 South Bend Supply Co.
7.37
Ault Camera Shop
173.98 Radio Distributing Co.
2.45
Gafill Oil Company
26.64 South Bend Electric Co.
16.10
Gafill Oil Company
87.00. City Water Works
21.59
G. E.. Meyer & Son, Inc.
9.53 City Water Works
349.89
G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc.
.82
FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Freeh present:
Matters pertaining to the Fire Department were discus,aed.'with
the Chief in general.
It was regularly moved by Mr. Anderson, seconded by Mr. Woodward
and carried that Russell J. Hoffman be put on the Fire Department as
of February 16th, subject to assignment of ' �the Chief of the Fire
Department and to -examination by Poli.e.e,Dootor and also subject
to his being accep . ted by the Pension Board of the Fire Department.
His salary to be the same as allowed probation firemen for the first
six months.
Application for position on the Fire Department was received from
Henry Gustave Backgren and ordered placed on file.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr Qualls present:
Matters pertaining to the Electrical Department were discussed
in general.
The matter of Frank Roytek was brought up in reference to an
obligation to Miss Nelson for rent. The Board instructed Mr. Qualls
to have Roytek see the Clerk and arrange for disposition of the account
and arrangements have been made for liquidating the account on a
satisfactory basis.
POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief Lane present:
The Chief of Police reported tentatively in regard to the trip
made by Assistant Chief Diedrich and Officer Berner on the Studebaker
Safety Trip and stated that a detailed report would be in the hands of
the Board at its next meeting.
The matter of enforcement o
and also the question of tickets
ordereda ticket to be purchased
without making any change in-the
The Chief and the Secretary were
to be used.
P parking was discussed with the Chief
used in this connection. The Board
along the same lines as that now used
policy at the present time followed.
instructed to decide on the ticket
In regard to the placing of telephones in the Police Department
and the arrangement for operation after five o'clock in the evening
was referred to the Chief and to the Telephone-Company.
The Chief of Police submitted report of the Radio Department for
the month of January which was ordered placed on file.
The South Bend Automotive Trade Association, in a letter addressed
to the Board signed by Earl E. Reeder, outlined that the various
members of the As:sociatiori were in accord with the arrangement of the
Board for the month of February with the understanding that the Gill -
Vorn Company, who will do the towing, will distribute the car to the
dealers who handle.that particular make of automobile. The Board
decided to;take no further action until March 1st.
The matter of ,present arrangement of William Ortman was brought
up and the Board instructed the Secretary to have Ortman appear before
the Board next Monday. This was brought out by a letter from William A.
Bertsch, attorney for Mrs. Ortman, requesting a signed statement as to
payments ordered by the Court'.
The question of Police Physician'.s duties in connection with the
elaim.presented by Dr.'Pauszek for extra services at the time of the
Green fire on December 26th was discussed and Dr. Pauszek presented a
monthly report for January showing services rendered free to Police
Officers - twenty -one cases on which the charges would have been $140.00.
The Physician's reports are.on file in the Board of Public Safety.
Application for position on the Police Department of Elmer Sokol
was received and ordered placed on file.
Application for special police officer at the Bendix Products
Corporation in favor of Earl.Scherer was approved by the Board subject
to being sworn in by the Chief of Police and also to the posting of a'
$1,000.00 bond by the Bendix Corporation or a letter from them that the
Officer is now under bond in their favor.
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 A. M.
ATTEST: Clerk
Chairman
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