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Home My WebLink About10/29/1945 Board of Public Safety Minutes �� Gcto'per 29, 1945 A regular meetin� of the ?o�_rd of Pu'alic Safety �^1as held on i�rionday, Qctober 29 � 1945 at 10 :00 A.i�,I. All members �rere present. i�,�inutes of the last meetin� tivere read and approved. Salar�r claims in the amount of �28,585.34 :�Jere approved and ordered paid. Claims of the folloyring suppliers ir.the amount of y�324.77 zvere approved and ordered paid: Sam Berman y� 89.62 Hur�vi ch Iron Co. � 2 .10 V. E. Harmon 41.00 0. J. Shoemaker 192.05 FIRE DEPARTI.LETdT: Chief DeVleescho�ver ��vas present and matters pertaining to his department vrere discussed. Three men Cle:nent ?�i. i�.Iarosz, George J. Tezich and �u�ust G. I•1ae�sens, havin�; �assed the physical examinations �iven b;� the City Doctar and the � Doctor appointed b y the Board of Pension Fund Trustees , and h�.vin� been accep�ed b; the .Pension r^und Trustees are n,o�v placed on probation for a period of a ix months at a salary of �;�186.20 per month. Urban Patnaude , hn.vin� been temporarily rejected 'pJ the Pension �Loard becau�se of bein� overweight , is to continue as a temporary fireman and is �iven. tyro :nonth� in tiv':iich to reduce his �,rei:�h� . l,ielvin Hic��e;�,, havin.�* �een tempora-rily re jected by the Pension Board is �iven 90 days in �rhich to meet the requirements oi vreight and blood pressure 1~ienry Backgren, havin� �een released frori the Armed Forces of the United Sta�es reported for active dut�. He �ras directed to have a �eneral physical e�_amination b5r the City Doctor and to report for dut 1 on ITovember 1, 1945. • - ,An anplication for the Fire dePartm�ent �;ras received from Clem Thomas BorkovJSl�i and, ��Gs ordere� f�led. . FOLICE DEPAR'I'IviENT: Chief Everett �^ras present and matters pertaining to his department ��ere discussed. Bonds for special policeraen zvere approved for Robert �,'lyborn rienry and George �.verett yrp. These vrere ordered i iled. ' Applications for the Police Department ��rer� received from Joseph J. Iiorva�h� Alex Leo Clzodzinski, Daniel L. -;Jis'_-�oi�oni, Donald E. Bro�vn, Thor,mus C�rl Concion, and rtichard 1'_rtnur Grant. Tnese -�rere ordered filed except one for, �'�lex Chodzinski :�:�ich ;�;as rejected aecuuse of lack of educational reauirernent s. • ELLCTRIC��L D:��.�'ZTi'.!�.TuT : Lir. ','Jillia�-n �ualls , Suberintendent, .v�.s present and �natters pertainin� to his departl:�ent ��rere discussed. A petition �:rith 44 na:nes ��as received asl>in� for tne installation of a street li�ht at the intersection of Rocl�ne i�rive and C�~ri��eau Stre.,t . Tnis �.°�as referred t;o T:.r. �,ualls for investi;;ation and repori� . A betition �rith 20 names v�as receivecz asl:in� for tYie installation of a street li�ht a� the dead end oi Ctto��a Cour� and rrintz Court. This was re�erred to i�.ir. �'�ualls for investi7ation and report . ;�:r. �,ualls sub�itted a. report of the d�nages to a traffic si�nal at the intersection of Coliax and T,�ain Streats �•�hicn vras hit by a truck o�med by '�Vood Brothsrs of i�rlington, i:iassachusetts . '�he Clerk of the �oard tivas directed to �rrite to the ;'Jood Brothers informing tnem oz tne amount of dama�o. POLICE DEPARl.,iETvT: The Chief presented the follo��ing letter addressec� to him: Gctober 23, 1945 Dear Chief: , � Re : Carl S:�affer, S�t . on �olice �rorce I have exar:tined �.:r. Sizaifer and iind tha� he had a cl�.ronic osteomyelitis (de«d �one ) of the left tibia. I have vie��ed the x-ray at St. Joseph i7ospit�:1 also, and I believe that tne �1ire si�0uld '�e rer�oved from the bone ana also dead bone ��l�ich is present, and that the man then be �iven an extended treatment �.rith �enicillin. This mi�ht require hospitalization from tti•ao to three ��reel�s . Yours very truly, ( s ) Robert �. kcker, T�i.D. �-i' l �r � � � � T_ie chief vaas authorized to release Officer Shaffer from a ctive du�y for the recuirea period oi time for the above treatment. � There being no further business to come beiore the Board, the meeting vras adjourned at 12 ;2� P.I�1. : Ai1E . . OC airman C er November 5, 19a5 A regular r.leeting of the Board of Fublic �Ya.fety ti°Ta� held on It:onda�r i�TOVember 5, 1945 at 10:00 A.i�i. All members �,rere present. ?�,�inutes of the l�st r.ieetin�; ti��ere r.ead and approved. Claims of �.ze folloz�ing suppliers in the amount of 5�1,038.40 �°rere approved and orclered paid: �lex Andrze j e�°rsl�i �� 20.50 Ind. �c T��ich. Elec. Co . �� 32.2II Joseph Barany 31.50 Indiana Bell Telephone 37.98 Breht�er E1ec. Co. 4.51 I. �'l. Lo��rer Cor:lpany 3��5 �susiness Systems 3.97 The i�rlcCuf�'ery Co. �.56 �usiness S;ster.�s 3.62 T;icClave Printin� Co 52.50 Bus ine s s Stirsterns 50.65 Ts�.cClave rrintin� Co . 7.C�0 Cleis �; Brennan 7.00 I?or. Ind. Pub. Ser . Co. 32.72 Davies Laundry �: Cleanin� 9.97 i�lorth�restern Traffie Ser. 50.00 Chas . De` �ileescho�^�er 14.00 Royal Type:^rriter Co . 1.75 riarry T. Everett 6.�5 St. Joseph's �Iospital � 2 .00 Gerb�r I�.ifg. Co. 30.20 Schillint, 's Inc. 8.00 Hargrave P�int �. Varnish 3.30 Van Camp ��dtive. 102.40 J. A. �iolem 412. 00 `�°�es�ner's Harle;r David. 75.59 Ind. & :�"ich. Elec . Co . 25.£'.0 FIRE DEP�R1:rTEiIT : The folloti°rin� rnen �vere appointed as members of the Fa'ire Department subject to their abilit; to pass e��minations given b;� the City rhysician and the Physician of �he Fension Fund Trustees and also subjec� to beir� accep�ed by the Pension Boara: ��.loysius Louis i,tA1r_o�•TSki, Stanley Casimer Laskosl:i , 1ed �d�^rard tianc2uzevaski and Ec7r:lund S�;anley Dobski. The Chief t�ras authorized to send these raen to the Doctors for the required e.ar:linations . The follo��ring letter vvas drai ted b� the Bo�rd ana sent to Dr. V. E. Harrion: P�ovember 6, 1`�45 Ur. V. E. Iiarmon, 302 Sherland 3uildin�, . South Bend, Indiana Dear Dr. iiarr:lon: , The members of the �oara of Public '��+or�ss and Safety �.re required to iniorm you that effective December l, �.945, llr. i-iarry Slominsl�i Vrill again be acting as City Physician. 5`�e feel cer�ain that �Tou understand the reason for termin- atin� your em;�loyment in this position ar.d reinstatin� Dr. Slomins��i since • it is the polic;� of the City in lieeping with the decfsion of the Federal Governmen� to reins�ate persons to the position they held at the time they le�t to join the Armed Forces of the United States. Ver;; truly �ours , �C�riRD CF PUi3LIC ?,"IOKKS AIV'D S� �TY �Y: James P. Conbo;�, Clerk The F'ire Chief `•ras authorized to attend a meetin� of the Indiana I'ire Chi�f's Association in Indianapolis on� November 14 to 16 inclusive.