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T:TEETITdG - FEBRUARY 2.1, 1944
A regular meeting of the �oard of Public Safety was held on i,2onday, �
February 21, 1944 at 10:00 A.r�i. All me.nbers tiJere present. r.iinutos of the
last meetin� were read and approved. Claims of the folloyTing suppliers
in the amourLt of ?1,480.38 vTere approved and ordered paid:
Dr. Robert Braunsdorf � 30.00 Indiana Ins�itutional Ind. �� 19 .70
Bro adti^ray Pharmacy 8..72 I. rd. I,ot-rer Co. 22.35
Business S�stems 9 .93 Nor. Ind. Pub. Ser. �o. 1.00
Business Systems 10.68 Ohio 4il Co. 24.00
Business S�ste�s 4.41 Ohio Qil Co. 114.67
3usiness Systems 3.53 Peltz-Kaufer Co. 5.25
Cit y ��'1at er �lor�s .47 Ra.dio Di st. Co. � 1.65
City �Jater w'�orks 15.33 Radio Dist. Co. .51
Continental �il Co. 166 .03 Radio Dist. Co. 6.57
. Continental Oil Co . 535.05 Radio Dist. �o. 1.44
Edwar�s Iron �'dorks 4.26 River Park �umber Co. 4.12
The Gibson Company . 15.27 Schilling's Inc. 59 .90
General Sheet Itletal Go. 17.00 Elmer Sokol 9 .05
Goodyear Service 20.11 South, Bend Glass �'�orks 8.30
Goodyear Service . 49.35 South Bend Supply Co. 15.85
V. E. Harmon, I�,4.D. 15.00 South Bend :�holesale Gro c. 1.36
V. E. Harmon, Iri.D. 3.00 Standard Automotive Suppl� 14,96
J., I. Holcomb Co. 84.90 Sti�ranson Service Co . 31.34
Indian I�Iotorcycle Sale s 60.29 '�1eis'�erger Bro s. . 76.80
Tndiana �ssoc.Chiefs Police 5.00 :Testern Union Telegraph �o . 3.23
PQLICE DEPAit'1'L�i�1T: Chief Everett ��ras present and matters pertaining to
his depart�ent �rrere discussed. , .
The Chief �r�as authorized to attend a meeting at Purdue University
on t�ie proble�n of Juvenile Delinquenc�r, on February 24, 1944.
The �oard received a cor:�unication fro� Officer Levi Nulf tivhich in-
dicated that he vrould complete 20 �ears of service in the Department , and
in ;°rhich he asks that h� be alloti•red to yrithdrarr from the Department to dra�;�
his pension. Upon motion dul� made and seconded, the follo�ving resolution
ti�as adopted: RESQLVED: that Officer iTu1f be required to continue as a
meMber of the Police Depart�ent for the duration of the �^rar and that no
certificate of availability be sxecuted in his benalf by the City of South
Bend.
. The folloi�Jing cottununication �•ras directed to afficer Nulf :
Dear �fficer ilulf:
The Board of �ublic ��lorks and Safety today received your
lett er dat ed r ebruary 15, 1944, '�'de realize as �^�ell as you do that you have
completed 20 years of service as a m�nber of the Police Department, and v�e
�Tish that ��e •rJere in a position to be able to agree �vith you .and permit you
to tivithdra�r from active service and obtain your pension.
Ho�°rever, these are not norrlal times, and our Departr.�ent
is at present seriously under�-�ianned. Your co-operation in continuing in
service is earnestl� desired b� the Board and needed by the City. Z�e do not
feel that it rrould be a proper dischar�e of our duties if tive vlere to approve
the execution of a certificate oi. availabili-ty in �our behalf.
The Board e:�tends its congratulations to you upon the
co�pletion of so many years of service, and as��s that you postpone the date
of your retirment until the rrar nas been y�on.
Very trulv yours,
B4A��D (}T_�' PUBLIC �i'�ORKS Ai�tD S�+'L1^Y
( s) Jame s P. Conboy, Cler��
FIRE DEPARl�Ei�TT: Chief DeVleescho:7er i�ae present and matters pertaining
to his depar ment vrere discussed.
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ZVEIGHTS & Td4EASURES TIIr. Charles Burns, City Sealer, filed his report
for the vreek endin� February 19, 1944 .
ELECTRICAL DEPARTi�IENT: P,Zr. y'Jilliam �ualls, Superintendent, tiras present
and raat�ers pertainin� to his department were discussed.
, , There being no further business to come before the Board, the
. meeting was adjourned at 11 :30 A.�T.-
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. - l�2EETING - F�BRUARY 28� 19�4
. A regular meeting of the Board. of Public Saf ety was held on
. I,�ondag, February 28, 1944 at, 10:00 A.?��I. All members were prese�t .
• �Zinutea of the last meeting were read and appx�oned. Salary claims
. in the anlount of �25,368.04 were ap�roved and ordered paid. �Claim:s
- of the fo�.lowing suppliers in the amount of �;382.73 tivere a�}�roved
. and ordered paid: . � . ,
- Electro-Voice r�sf�. Co. � 1.'75 I��ulti�lex Display Co . � 81.50
. Paul E. Haley, , P��.D. 83.00 Q f Brien Varnish Co. 88.79
, Ind�ana Bell Tele. Co. 11.1� St. Joseph' s Hospital 2.50
Intntl Ass �n. Chiefs Police 10.00 South Bend X-ray Lab. 10.00
Linde Air Products Co. 1.44 Studebaker Corp. 4.26
Linde Air Product s Go . 1.24 - Andrevl Troeger Co. 3.75
I. VJ. T�oyrer Co. .45 J. E. �1alz Garage 82.90
Pf}LICE DEPARTl�TENT: Chief Everett �Jas present and matters pertaining
to his departr,lent 1^aere discussed.
Bonds for special Policenien ylere approved for Charles T.Zay�
Ivar Strombecl�, George 1�. Bro�°m and EdvJard T. I�oti�als��i. These tivere
ordered filed. �
FIRE DEPARTP;qENT: Chief DeVleeschovrer was present and matters pertain-
in� to his department ��ere discussed.
The Board approved the contract for fire service to Centre To�vn-
ship, signed by the advisory Committee and H. C. i+�atthe�qs, Trustee.
This was ordered filed.
Joseph Zalas, a member of the Fire Department, having been sus-
pended by the Chief for insubordination, is hereby ordered back to
work and fined one-fourth o� a months. pay.
�yJEIGHTS & T.�IIEASURES: Charles J. Burns, City Sealer, f iled his repor�
for the week, ending February 26, 1944.
ELECTRICAL DEP.AR1i�TLNT: T1Ir. ���illiam Qualls, Superintendent, was present
and matters pertaining to his department :�vere discussed.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the
meetin� tivas adjourned at 11:30 A.T_,�7.
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