01/14/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING Regular meeting -of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, ,Tan. 149,'1935 at 8:30 A. M. All members present. The.Mayor and his Secretary also attended. Minutes of meeting of January 7 were read and approved. It was moved seconded and carried that the Board being informed by the Chief of Police that, subsequent to its meeting on January 7th, a vacancy occurred in the South Bend Police Department by reason of the resignation of Patrolman Ellis Diver, indicating a moot question as to whether the action of January 7th in removing Casimir Kubiak can be sustained, this Board finds that the action of January 7th should be countermanded and that said Casimir Kubiak is now placed on the roll of the South Bend Police Department to take the place of Patrolman Ellis Diver which vacancy did not exist as of January 7th and the Chief of Police is ordered to assign Casimir Kubiak to such a place on the department as he may see f'it, and is to read to return to the Department as of December 31, 1934. Bills bearing the following requisition numbers were approved: 08025 08046 08010 08034 08047 08044 07936 08045 07996 08036 08020 02932 also the claims of Dr. Stanley Clark $15.00 and $23.00 and Western Union $6.89,. a total of all claims of $258.10. Mr. Henry Lewis, organizer, appeared before the Board to remonstrate against the removal of Dan Kelly, W. L. Kazmirski and J. H. McKnight. After fully discussing the matter no further action was taken and the Board sustained the Mayor in his action in removing them. FIRE DEPARTMENT: -Chief Wm. Freeh present. It was moved, seconded and carried that Lieutenants Hubert Rozewicz, Homer Perkins and Anthony Sroda be demoted from Lieutenant to Fireman and that Henry Tesehke, Edward Wilkewitz and Paul Wagner be promoted to lieutenants. It was moved seconded and carried that the Board of Safety accept the donation of 25.00 from St. Mary's College and that Chief Freeh be instructed to allocate it to the-Pension Fund and the Secretary was instructed to write a letter of apprec- '-ation to St. Mary's College. It was moved, seconded.and carried that the Secretary be instructed to get bids on 1000 feet of fire hose. It was moved, seconded and carried that the case of the 0. M. Swihart accident be referred to the City Attorney for disposition. The following applications were approved and ordered placed on file: Theodore S. Paczesny, Earl R. Parker and Vance Rzepka. Harry R. Farnham appeared before the Beard to remonstrate against the parking privilege.given to the Union Bus Lines at 214 N. PJiichigan St. by the previous Board of Safety. He stated it was violating a former decision of the Board not to give such privilege to Bus Lines east of Lafayette St. or on a car line. It was moved, seconded and carried that the matter be referred to the .Chief of Police. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT: Mr..Qualls present. Matters pertaining to-this department were discussed. POLICE' DEPARTMENT: C iof Lane present. Matters pertaining to the department were fully discussed. Applications for positions as police officers as follows were approved and placed on file: Frank Garab, John H. Stineburg, Chas. Wickens, Gilmore Nifong, Edward Smith, Ralph H. Palmer, Glenn W. Frickel, John Lee Williams, Lewis L. Rourke and Emmet C. Churchill. 11 1