HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/29/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes 27
MEETING June 29 , 1936
Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on
Tidonday, Tune 29 , 1.936, at 9:15 A. I'�i. All members were present.
I�iinutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Requisitions in the Police Department numbers 20 to 31,
inclusive, and in the Fire Department numbers 03424 to 03433 vrere
approved. Claims, from the following suppliers against various
departments, in the amount of �100.59 , also payroll for street
painting amounting to �174.24, were approved and ordered paid.
Berman' s Sport Goods Store �5.85 Duley Printing Co. ;�40.00
G. 0. Thurn for .Simon Brothers, Inc. 20.50
Radio Distributing Co. .50 So. Bend VVholesale Drug Co. 5.10
So. Bend Spark Arrestor Co. 3.OQ Gen. Sheet P�etal ��Torks 2.50
Elkhart Brass �fg. Co. 9.32 Shatford' s Leather Store � 6.00
' Moore Parts, Inc. 7•82
FIRE DEPARTMEAIT - Chief Freeh present:
The Chief reported that Raymond ��IcCallum, vJho was placed on the
Fire Department probation January 1, 1936, had been recommended by
his Captain as fully qualified as a city fireman. It ��as regularly
mo�ed, seconded and carried that Raymond McCallum be placed on
regular fire department on full pay from July l, 1936.
A eommunication from �.lfred E. rdartin, Attorney, was read in
connection with fire Pighting apparatus for use in tovmship outside
of city limits, suggesting that a meeting of the Trustees of the
various tovmships be called to discuss the matter. The communication
was referred to the City Attorney for consideration and attention.
The Chief submitted his budget for the year 1937 for consider-
ation of the Board.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTNII�IT - IV'ir. �,ualls present:
E�r. Qualls reported activities of his department for the past
week and informed the Boarci that he had removed the overhead traffic
signal at Angella and Leeper Avenue.
h1r. Qualls submitted his budget for 1937 for consideration of
the Board.
�7EIGHTS & MEASURES DEPARTP�NT - T'Ir. Burns present:
2yir. Burns submitted detailed repor� of the activities of his
department for the past week, sho�ing total number of inspections
� amounting to 396.
bir. Burns submitted his budget f or 1937 for consideration of
the Board. •
POLICE DEPART�NT - Chief Lane present:
The Chief submitted his budget for the year 1937 for consider-
ation of the Board.
A petition signed by nineteen residents in the 700 block on
East j�enger Street, requesting that parking of automobiles on both
sides of this thoroughfare be discontinued, was referred to the
police department for investigation and report.
The Chief submitted report of the Bureau of �ccident Prevention
for the first fifteen days of June. This report also includes
aotivities of the engineering section of this department, showing
studies made of various intersections and traffic improvements.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 g. to2.
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Chairman
AT�EST• Clerk .