01/28/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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Regular meting. A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on 1,11onday January 28th, 1935 at 8 :30 A. TI. All members were present.The Mayor's Secretary also attended. Minutes of the meeting of January 21st were read and approved. Bills, bearing the following the Secretary was instructed together with all other bill year for immediate payment. 08097 08080 08095 08092 08197 08183 08084 08085 08081 08180 08079 08087 requisition numbers were approved; and to turn diem over tolthe Comptroller s contracted since the first of the 08176 08088 08099 08100 08179 08091 08182 08089 08093 08181 08096 08184 Also claims Of the following, amounting to�808.00. Wyman & Co. $483,32 Simon Bros 19.97 B. & M. Siren 11fg. Co. 19.20 G. E. Meyer & Son 29.82 So. Bend Elec. Co. 5.23 Holycross & Nye 49.22.:, Business Systems 10.99 Office Engineers 3.90 Thomas Rubber Co. 13.80 Schuyler Rose 77.50 National Brake Service 3.00 Fredericks Plg & Htg. Co 17.25 Greek, American Sponge Co $157.43 Prominent Spec. Co. 15.00 Duley Ptk Co. 33.45 Goodyear Service 21.45 Taylor Tire Service 19.36 Seherman, Schaus Freeman 14.75 Standard Oil Co. 69.08 Indiana State Prison 45.00 Abso Clean Cloth Co. 5.50 Robertson Bros. Co. 11.96 Lont$ Bros 116.82 Also pay rolls for the last half og Januaryq A communnication from the h1ayor was read and discussed, reference to the consolidation of repair work on automobiles and trucks. The Board fully concurred, and it was decided to call a spdeial meeting in the next few days, calling in the heads of all departments, so as to fully duscus the matter and core to some conclusion. Frank Coughlin, representing the Union Bus Lines appeared before the Board in response to a request of tie Board to discus the practic- ability of rescinding the parking privilege granted.them by the for- mer Board of Public Safety. It was decided to withhold further action until the next regular meeting of the Board. The suggestion was made that it might be well to allow the Union Bus Lines to con- tinue their parking privilege until other and competitive lines sought a location on 1,liciligan St., when definite action. toward removal would be taken up. Fire Department, Chief Freeh present. Matters pertaining to his department were nothing of importance had transpired that .Applications for the Fire Department wer Glenn A. Hess Stanley M. Brown Walter J. Wojcieehowski discudsed and it was found required Board action. a placed on file as fo__lcws- Anthony rreczmes Donald F. Clements Electrical Department, Wm. Qualls present Matters pertaining to this department were discussed. It was moved, seconded and carried that the recorffaendation of the _,Mayor be approv ea in the removal from the roll of thenElectrical Dept of Frank Roytek and that to take his place J. H. 1.1cKnight be reinstated, to take effect Feb. 1st, 1935. Police Department, Chief Lane present. A letter was read from Frank S. Andrews,_ suggesting that the motor- cycle efficiency in the department could be improved by the instal - lation of motorcycle radios, and that such an improvement could be financed through the disposition of old and obsolete motorcycles we have in storage. The_Board decided to take no action. The situation with reference to the motorcycles now on hand and not in use was discussed withnthe Chief and the Board instructed him to make a survey of the motorcycles on hand, their condition and the probable expense of putting them in good shape and to report at the next regular meeting.