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Home My WebLink About01/02/1940 Board of Public Safety Minutes r �� Citg of South Bend, Indiana. In case the successful bidder fails to e:�ecute a contract �vith the Cit;�, then such checl� or bidders bond snall be forfeit- �d to the City as liquidated dar:iages. � The Cler� has been instructed to advertise for bida in tne South Bend Tribune on the 2nd and 9th days of January. Bids to be received by the Board at 10;00 A. P�,1. on January 13th, 1940, at which time the bids t�ill be publicl�r= �pened .and .r.ead. , There being no further business to cor�e be ore the 3oai�d, the meeting tivas adjourned at 11 :50 A. T�4. - nairr,l of the Board of �ai etST. AT _.�a �i�x.� O �. , � lerk. ��i � � I P;iE�TIi�tG -- J1�TZLT�RY 2,. 19 40 '� A regular rneetin� of the Board of Safet�T sras held o� Tuesc�.ay, J��- Ll2:C'�r 2, 1940 at 2 :00 P. ?:i. AIl meinbers ��rere present. T.inutes of the previous meetin� tivere read and approved. Claims of the folloti�ring supnl- iers, in �he �nount of ��100.00 �rere approvzd and ordered paid. Daniel J. I�eo�an 5�100.00 J P4LICE DEPARTTr1E�TT: Ernest :Tiller, Cit�r Traffic Engineer, r.eported on tlhe reques� of Sollitt & Co. , to cut the curb bacli to the sidez•ralk in front of �heir pl�.ce of business at l,.�518-522 E. Sa?:�ple St. T;ir. _�,iiller reco�nend- ed that this requQSt be rejected. Th� Clerl� is ordered to send a copy of P,-Ir. T;Zilleris report to I,Zr. T�Zillia��1 Fett of Sollitt P� Co. , J Chief In�7�ar� reported that the Federal Bureau of Invssti�ation, ai�ter investi�ation, nas accepted Sergeant D2niel J. Yeo�an for the thirteenth trainin� scn.00l ior police Of'I1C8�s, ��hich tiT:il.l begin J�n- uar�r 8th, asid run for a period of three ::�on�ns. 1he Eoard authorized Ser�eant 'r�seog2sl to attend this school and authorized the pa;rnent of �`50.00 additional cor.mpensatien for traveling e:�penses and <'>50.00 addition- al compensa�ion eacll month durin� the �ime he is at-tendin� �tlis train- in�, s chool. '� On recomr�endation of Chiei Ingrar_7, on motion duly r:iade, seconded and unanimously carried, Richard Gillen is pror:loted to the rank of Ser�eant, to be assigned to the desk, efiective January 1, 1.940. � Chief In�ram �^ras author�zed to purchase six ( 6) additional ��ro-r�ay radio transmitters from 3assett Radio Corp. , at the price of ?�178.7� �er unit. ✓ Francis J. Bocl�, Chief Radio Operator, ��ho has been in charge of the radic station since it yras installed in 1933, and tir'_zo has been eln- �- ployed, up until January 1, 1940, �hru the Elec�ric Department of the C.ity, nas noti� been transferred to �the Police Depart�ent and vrill be , - paid out of t;he Police Department Budget. Upon motion dul�r made, second- ed and unanimously carried, �;1'r. Bock is noT�r made a member of the Police Depar�Lment and assi�ned as Chief Radio Operator �vith ser�eant �s pa�, ,rrnich is the satne pa� he has been receivin� in tne capacit�,� of Chief ' Radio Operator. This sppointrlent is made subject to T;:r. Bocl�� s passinb a ph�rsic�l e�a��. inGtion b� the Police �� Pirer�ens � physician,a.nd the Police Pension physician. ' � ,Any requirement that applicunts procure the signature of five or niore citizens before appl;�in� for merlbersn.ip in the Police De�oartment, is hereby tvaived 'Qy -�he Board, in the case of t;ir: Becl:. �Special Police Cor.�2iissions of Evelyn i�IcCauslin and i;iarl•. i�u�h izave been cancelled, and �their bad�es returned to the Board o° Safe�y. Chie:� In�r� reported that �ifice� Ada;� Rozansl:i tendered 'nis resi�;n- a�ion frori the South Bend Police Departmen�, e�fec�ive J�nuar�r 1, 1940, � � -� - '71 1 ✓ at �-r'riich �ir:1e he has tal�en advanta�e of nis pension. Tnis re�i;na- ' �ion tvas ,�.ccepted by the Board. I ✓ � �°TEIGH^1S �. ::I�:ASII��: I"r. Charles J. Burns ti•ras present and business pre�ainin,; to '�is departrient ��vas discussed. 1,?r. Burns presented his repor `; for the ��eel> endin� Januar�T 2, 1940. � I '� rI�E DEP�1�TiTEiiT: Chief DeVlescho�rer y�ras �resent and matters pretain- in�/ to hi�� departraent tiJere discussed. ; J I ELECl'RIC :�EPr�l.iEl�l: T�ir. �`�Iilliam �ualls vras present and business pre�aininb*, o is epartment ti�rere discussed. I,Ir. �ualls sub:nitted ' an annual report to �he Bo�rd. Discussion �Jas held relative to mai:in; a survey ��f street li�htin� in the City, tiRrith the �,urpose of increas- ing the e.�fectiveness of street lighting. iher: being no itu�ther business to come before the Board, �he r�eeting tv�s �djour_ned at 4:30 P. ?.Z. !� ; � r� �;- . , � ,, , ,,, '�-iyli:�:� �l+ 'i�H�; �t�k�D Ur' rUBLIG S�.�iElY ATTLST` ,c.r,.u.o � � G L" 1 . �TE�TIIdG -- JAi��UARY 8, 1940 �;' A reguLar meeting of the Boara oi Safety ti^ras held on r:Ton�ay; January 8, 1940, at 1 :45 P. P.�I. AlJ_ r�ember� �o�rere pi�esent. ��4inutes� of.' the previous meeting zrre�e read and approved. Salary claims in the amaunt of 5213?�.'79 z��ere appro ved and ordered paid. Clai�s of the follot^ring suppliers in the amount of `;130.58 tiJere approved and ordered paia. J. ✓I. Holc�mb i�Ifg. Co. , � �,333.80 The Reli.ance P�armac�,� .50 Indiana �c :�,��cni�an Elec . Co. 46.14 lhe South Bend Supply Co. , 4.85 �r _ cr tt tr �r d J�2� L POLIC��, DEPART�Y:E�TT: The Eoard authorized the purcha�e of th�.»ee ( 3) C:�?�pion C�aches, color black, in accordance �aith the iollotving proposal. "1940 Studeba��er Cnampion Coach �'710.Q0 ' Less Federal Excise Ta�� 20.00 ' :;� 90.00 i Extra Sun Visor 2•�p ' Extra i'Jindshield �,`diper 5.00 i Special Door Loe��s and ��e�rs 1.50 'I �698 0 '� Less 10� Discount 69.85 ' ��6�8� � Less allo��ance for your car ;�2 125.00 ' �;�'��5 , This car t� be ea,uipped �rith bur,lper �uards front and rear, spare t�rheel 2:iid tire and tube. ✓ � The proposal subrnitted for the purcnase o� cars replacing Tt5 and �11 ' 2.re identical to the above. " ; J� I and authorized the trade in of cars --,��2, �5 and 7-�11, at ;125.00 apiece, '� to applj,� on the purchase of the nerJ cars as per proposal. � `'Albert Ho�,rard of the Cafeteria Ceurt filed his annual report for the � �ear;1939, of disposal of for:�as of notice of traffic lavJ violation, for � theLperiod beoinning i,�arch T2, 1939 and endind December 31, 1939. FIRE DEPArc�TETd^1 : Chief DeVleesclzower has been authorized to bu�::"seventeen hundred feet of fire hose, as follo:�as : Pive hundreci ( 500) feet of 2-1/2" Arro�v iire hose frar� t�ie rabric Fire nose Company at �„��'1.20 per foot. i � — --�- . - -- -- —.