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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-15-1968 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE / CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session in the City Hall, Thursday, February 15, 1968, at the hour of 9:00 o'clock A.M. (EST). Mr. Hoskins presiding with the following member being present: Mr. Cook. The following business was had to-wit: City Engineer Don Cook made a motion that the Minutes of February 8, 1968 in regard to Keyser Lane should have read Mr. Cecere stated that Keyser Lane would be accepted with stipulation that the developer put in gutters, curbs, sidewalks and do the necessary grading for the street. Mr. Cook made a motion that the Minutes stand as corrected and read, seconded by Mr. III Hoskins and carried by unanimous voice vote. Mr. Harry Kepler, Sr. , 135 South 5th Street, appeared before the Board and requested that a trash problem at 507 South "B" Street be taken care of. Mr. Kepler stated that not only large amounts of trash was in this area, but also large trucks from the furni- ture store are parking on the sidewalk. Mr. Frank Robinson of the Sanitary Department stated that he had investigated this, and it did exist. Iu1r. Robinson stated that as of this morning his crews are taking care of the situation and will continue to do -so. Mr. Hoskins told Mr. Idler that the illegal truck parking would be turned over to the Traffic Division for investigation. Fire Chief Malvern Price recommended to the Board that Mr. Eugene Ward be advanced from probationary fireman to regular fireman effective February 7, 1968. Mr. Cook moved that Eugene Ward be accepted as a regular fireman, seconded by Mr. Hoskins and on voice vote was carried unanimously. Chief Price presented to the Board a letter of resignation by Captain Syl Sticco as follows: Malvern Price —Chief Richmond Fire Department City of Richmond, Indiana IIII hereby submit my resignation to the Richmond Fire Department, effective March 11, 1968. Sincerely, /s/ Syl Sticco Fire Chief Price asked permission from the Board to attend the Firemen's Instructors Conference March 19 through March 22. Mr. Hoskins moved this be taken under advisement as Mr. Cecere was not present at the time. Chief Price suggested that the two buildings west of the old hotel site at 4th and East Main be boarded up to discourage any unauthorized persons erring these buildings as Mr. Price stated these two buildings are a fire hazard. Ron Maze of R. W. Clinton Associates appeared before the Board to show and explain a few minor changes pertaining to the Police Department and Controller' s Office on the new City Building. Mr. Hoskins moved these changes be accepted, seconded by Mr. Cook and on voice vote was carried unanimously. Mr. Hoskins informed Mr. Maze that they have had complaints from S.P.U.R. that large slabs of concrete and other dumping is being made along the Whitewater Blvd. coming from excavation site at new City Building, and would like for Mr. Maze to check this out and see if the situation could be remedied. IIIMr. Cook stated that the DeBolt Construction Company will commence work on the Berry Field storm sewer March 4, 1968. Mr. Cook stated that the Richmond Water Works would like permssion to suspend an 8-inch water main under the 24th Street Bridge for the purpose of completing a circulating system in the Water Company Service to the Pleasant View neighborhood. Mr. Cook moved this permission be granted, seconded by Mr. Hoskins and on voice vote was carried, unanimously. Mr. Cook stated he had contacted Penn Central R.R. officials in regard to the defects in the North 19th Street over pass bridge. Mr. Cook stated that the railroad had repaired the floor in this bridge and also informed him that they were in the process of laying plans for the replacement of this bridge. Bd. of Public Works and Safety Minutes 2/15/1968 • Mr. Cook stated that he attended the last Park Board meeting and that the Park Board took under advisement the construction of a sidewalk from North 36th Street to the new school. The Board wanted a survey on this to determine how many children would • use the new sidewalk before they made their decision. Mr. Hoskins suggested that the six large plate glass windows in the Gilcrest Building on North 3rd Street be insured as one of them has already been broken out. The insurance on these windows would be $90.00 per year or $240.00 for three years. Mr. Hoskins moved that this insurance be taken out on the windows, seconded by Mr. Cook and on voice vote was carried unanimously. Mr. Claude E. Goins, Commissioner of Bureau of Buildings, presented the following letter to the Board: Gentlemen: On September 25, 1967, Mr. August H. Calvelage, Building Commissioner .Ci_ty of Richmond, Indiana, issued an order condemning a certain building or structure on real estate owned by Mr. Gurley Fox at 1104 and 1106 Perry Street, Perry M.Addition Lot 8 and 9 in the City of Richmond, Indiana, fixing October 25, 1967 as the date which the building there on should be wrecked and removed. That in my opinion no action has been taken to comply with the order and I hereby request: that you cause notice to issue to the owner to show cause why the order of condemnation should not be complied with. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Claude E. Goins A photograph showing condition of structure of Gurley Fox residence at 1104-06 Perry Street was shown to the Board. Mr. Hoskins ordered the City Clerk to notify Mr. Gurley Fox to appear before the Board at their meeting of February 22, 1968 to show cause why he has not complied with the order of condemnation. There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned. /X j Joseph Hoskins, President Harold W. Ryan, Cy Clerk *********************** **4E******** ******x X x*********X x k******X x X******X X x X X*-x BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 22, 1968 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session in the City Hall, Thursday, February 22, 1968, at the hour of 9:00 o'clock A.M. (EST) . Mr. Hoskins presiding with the following members being present: Mr. Cook and Mr. Cecere. The following business was had to-wit: Mr. Cecere made a motion that the Minutes stand as read, seconded by Mr. Cook and carried by unanimous voice vote. Fire Chief Donovan Johnson presented the following for action: 1. Recommend that Robert Demps be promoted from Captain to Battalion Chief. Effective February 18, 1968. 2. Recommend that Fred Klotz be promoted from Captain in Fire Prevention • to Chief of Fire Prevention. Effective February 18, 1968. 3. Recommend that Richard Huffman be promoted from Fireman to the rank of Captain. Effective February 18, 1968. 4. Robert N. Bowen, 1115 South H. Street, Richmond, has passed all require- ments to become a probationary fireman. I recommend that Mr. Bowen be appointed as a probationary fireman, effective February 26, 1968. 5. A letter from Malvern Price submitting his retirement from the Richmond Fire Department effective February 17, 1968. I recommend that this retire- ment be accepted with regret and Chief Price be placed on Firemen's Pension effective Feburay 17, 1968.