HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/17/1941 Board of Public Safety Minutes 133
Pv.EETIIIG -- FEBRUARY 17, 1941
A regular meeting of the Board of Fublic Safety �^ras held on �rlonday, ,I
I "- Februar� 1'7, 1941, at 1:30 P. l�T. All members rrere present. P�linutes of
� the last �eeting ti��ere read and approved. Salury claims in the amount of
�21,240.r4 tvere approved and ordered paid. Claims of tl�e following
; supplier: in the �,-nount of �771.06 ti^�ere approvect and ordered paid. �
! Frank S. �?r_dre�vs � 3.6� ��Zedical Specialties Co. ��13.93
Business Systems 3.35 Northern Ind. Pub. Serv. 1.48
�os. De'r';��.lde Hd��r. .14 River Park Lbr. Co. 31.39
�lectro `�oice Tr1f�. Co. 2.00 Schilling t s 3.60
" �� 10.80
�lkhart F>rass �"��If�. Co. 4•�� 57.37
�he Gibscn Co. 50.32 South Bend SupplSr Co. ,
Hof fman ?�ro s. 304.5E South Bend '�Jhls . Drug.Co. �1.40
J.I. Iiolc.omb I,iig. Co. 90.88 J. �'. �'Talz Gara�e, Inc. 180.00
The T;IcCa1'fery Co. . 11.31 _
PaLIC�' D�;P1'1.RTi��EPdT: Chief In�rari presented his report for the month of
,anuary, t^rhic report tras ordered filed. _
i.7r. H„ A. :�dhitrier, Sec 'y o�' the Police Pension fund reported that i
the foll<��ving officers had been ad��itted to the Police Pension Fund �
as of Fe1>ruary 3rd, 1941. Officers Frank Pinterics, �Lrthur Langel, j
Carl F. ',Jaechter, Edward A. i�o`•rak and Louis R. Hunt. �
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An ap��lication_'for appointm.ent to the Police Depart�ent Tr�as received ,
from Harc�ld Pn.illip Stroup, 1654 rd. Huey St. , aged 27 yrs. This I
applicat::on ���as ordered filed.
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On Fe��ruary 3rd, 1941, H. Ray ?'1all:er and Herbert R. Bertch appe�.red
before tlle .Board to discuss the traffic situation on T�qishatitiTal:a Ave . , ,
as �rrell �s the �roblem of school children crossing lF2ishai�raka Ave. , in
� going to and from school in River Par�. They presented a letter to the
Loard, signed by various �roups. The Chief of Police was called into ,
the meeting and the letter turned over to hir�.. After discussing the
matter, it �;,ras decided to hold another meeting of the various grcups ,
in River �ark, at vrhich the Chief or a meriber of the Po'lice Department ,
tivould be present. I,Ir. `;dal?�er or I�,Zr. Bertch vJere asked to make a report
of this �neeting at the meeting of tYfe Board cn February lOth, 1941.
Thru � misunderstanding, no representative of the River Parl� groups
appeared at the Board meeting, but a �lezter z�ras received on Februar�
13ht, 1941 fro� Post 3, Veterans Leagus, signed by i�+ir. E. E. Strocr:,
Ad�t. , asking that a representative of the Board of Public �Jorl�s 2sid
Saiety be present at a meetin� to be held on Februar�T 13, 1941 at the
Veterans ' Lea�ue Hall. I�,Zr. Dri��;s replied to this letter, advising
him that inasr.luch as ��e haci heard nothing further from them, it would
be impos sible for a riember of the Board to be present to give theri a ,
decision, as tn.e�� tnought the matter vras still bein� discussed. !
On rebruary 17th, 1941, a com��ittee, consisting of H. Ray l�'Jalk°r, '�,
Lo s son � . Hunt, '�Jalt er �ishop, T�,trs . Ray J. Burgh and T,�rs. Chas. Parker
appeared before the Boa'rd and bave a resume of the facts that car,ie out ,
at the meetin� of the various clubs on February 13th, 1941. After � �
discussin�, the ma�ter, it �^aas the consensus oz" opinion thAt the only I
solutior. vrould be an educational progr�, ti��ich should originate �.
� �rithin the schools, and the Chief of Police, advised the River P�rk I
delegation that he would be �lad to send an Officer to speak on Safet;� �
anytime it �.°Tas requested by the schools. The Board advised the group
theST ��rot.ld �et in touch ivith them t�ahen they had reAChed a decision as
to the c�est ti�ray to handlethe assignment of Police , to the River 'rark
� District .
t FTRE DL�'AR'Ti:�ENT: Chief DeVleeschotiler �vas rresent and r:�atters pertainin�
to his c.epartment ��Jere discussed. . .
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.'�';tEIGHTS & Tr�ASU�ES: t�Ir. Chas. J. Burns, Seuler, filed his report for
. the tireel: ending February 15, 1941. . �I
_ TherE; being no further �usiness to co::1e before the Board, the meet-
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