HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/06/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes �10 �
�ETII��G npril 6 , 1936 �
Regular r:leeting oi the ?3oard of Fublic �afety ti��as held i�onday, �'
�pril G, 1936, �t 9: 00 x. i:��. hll me;nbers ti=�ere present.
i.iinutes of previous �aeetin� s�ere read and approved.
Reouisitions in tlie rolice L'epartment nurnbers 0°037 to 090�t7
vlere aoproved and oruered paia, also requisitions iri the Pire ,
Department nuz�bers 0�346 to 0�35�, inclusive.
Claims iz1 �ne ai;iount o�' �741.�7 , z'ro:n tne follot��irl� suppliers ,
��ere approved and oruered paid, also payroll of tne various depart-
�ents f'or tne r'irst half' of ��pril amountin� to �16 ,9�8.7�.
Berman' s �?�ort Goocis �tore :�14.40 Indiana & ilich. �lectric Co. :�45.20
I'unk �, dTa�;nalls Co. 3.14 Indiana �:� i�,Iich. -�lectric Co. 22.14
I�rauss� s Jey�elry Store .75 Ito. Inu. Public Service Co. 30.96
Gafill Oil Compan�% 491.69 Scherrsan-Schaus-Freeman Co. 2. 68
Gafill Oi1 Com�any 3.12 The Gibson Conipany 43.59
Gafill Oil Cornpany 9.36 Boyer rire kpparatus Co. 12.75
Gafill Oil Conpany �1.06 So. Bend Clean Toz�el S�rvice 1.00
Slick Ideal Laundries �.60 Sou�th �end Electric Co. 8.65
G. L. i,Teyer �. Son, Ir_c. 5.78 aouth Bena Llectric Co. 3.60
Ault Camera :�hop 15•'��
G. E. i:�ieyer �, Son, Inc. �.37 •
FIR� DEPARTI.T�ivT - Chief I'reeh present:
Tne Chief again brought up the :�atter o� respondin,� to i ire al.arrns
in Roseland and l�rctnore and discussed ti-�ith the Board the advisi�ility
of removin� fire eauipment fro� the Citiy of. South Bena and reducin�
the �,�rotection to the City itself' on such calls . The Board aecided
to rea�uest tile vresiclenl;s o� �;he to�an boaras and tne to�lnship trustees
to discuss this matter r�ith the.s at the next rieetin� of the Board on
.;ior�da;�, ii,�ril 1.3t�i, and the :ecretary v�as instruc i,ed to notii y such
ozficials .
�p��lication for position on tlle Fire Depart�:lent r,�as received f'roi�1
ateve �riery and ordered placed on �'ile.
uZEC iRICAL DEP�Ti�ii�T1^1 - T:ir. ��,ualls present:
i�Ir. �ualls re�orted the fire alar�.s handlea duxin� the :nontlis of
rebruary and T�,Tarch in cor:��arison oi tile sa:tie montiis in the previous ten
years. Tne report is oi1 iile in the 3oara of Fublic Safe�;y.
In re�ard to repairing liorns f or police ca11s , i,ir. ��zualls �n.aae
the su�;�es��on that he could substi�t;ute bells i or the horns and 'nas
the bells on hand. The Board instructed hi� to see ir it Urere
possible to �,�ake this chan�;e satisfactorily and report further.
POLICE DEPART�.�NT - Chief Lane present:
The re�ort oi ttle Cnief o�' 1'olice of the ac�ivities oi the
de�oart�ent for the nontih oi i,iarch ti�as -�resented anu discussed and
ordered placed on rile.
�� co�n��unication from tne ivTational 3ody Shop , Inc• ,
requesting
consideration in assi��ning tlie to���ino contract to ther.l �,as presented
to the Board and a�ter discussion it ti�as decided to continue the
�resent arran�emen� �•�ith tne Gill-Vorn Cnevrolet Co:��pany for another
month �o i�;_ay lst, rihicu �ives no opportiunity ior consideration ot tue
request of tne T�ational Body Shop , Inc .
� cornrnunication frol� the LaSalle iurnituxe Comp�ny, ��`i I�OOnle
i�,iichi�an Street, reoluestin� per��ission to establish a loadin{�
at tiieir sicle door on LaSa11e Street ti��as �resented �o the 3oard.
�f��r discussion .r!itil the Ciziei oz i olice , it i��as decideci that tliis
request be not �ranted. ille Secretury ti'was ins�ruc-ted to coT�uTiunicate
tirith tht above co��1pany.
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Due to request and ;rantin� oi le��;e or absence of Captain I�osinski ,
it �ras regularly i:ioved 'oy i,�r. Anderson, seconcled by ?:ir. ��Jood1�iarcl an�z
carried Zilat Cantain �iosins:;i be reauceci �o patrolman as of �'pril 4,
1936. Du� to �iie vacancy of a captaincy created in this manner, under
the sarie rflotion the Bo�rd pro�uoted Ser�eanl: Tiarold ,�dhitz�er to Cap�air�
of Detectives , efiective hpril �'=th, and pro::�oted Sergeant 3ert Clmstead
, to xetin�; Capt�in to serve at �erge�n�' s pay un�til other arran�e�sents
can oe made. The assiUr�r�lents to be uuder. the direction oi tne Cnief
oi' rolice.
x elaim ti,as ?�resented by Dr. Robert �. Acker for services in
corinection �rith �he accident to i�illia�n i�:��illion in 1934 amountin� to
4�275.00. The Secretary havin� requested Dr. ��cker to sub��it a
detailed statement , the Board instructed him� to have Dr. xcker �resent
at t'r_�e ne:it Board I;Ieetin� to discuss the condition of �fficer ='.Iillion
d�d possibility of per�ranent help to him.
Co��unication ti�as received frarn Sergeant Harry iverett callino
at,tention to injur� he received on Sanuary 27 , 1�3o ti�rnen he and ari
employee o�' the Indiana w I�:Tichi�an :�lectric Com�any rnaae an effort
to cran�� a truck that tizey e:��ected �o use in �ullin� out the auto-
mobile that cirove into the race at that tit�e ���ith tne resul�L tnat a
sli�;ht rupture i-aas ex�erienced. 1'he Board, in discussing this �riatter,
_ instructed tlie Secretary to have Serge�nt Lverett iiave this taken care
of at once, at the e�:uense of the City.
lhe meetin� adjourned at 10: �0 A. I:T.
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Cna irl;�an
�i1LST: ���r�✓ Clerk