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THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
DECEMBER IO, 1959
THE. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL
WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. MINUTES
DISPENSED WITH. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS HAD TO WITS
ROBERT R. RHOADS OF GATEWAY BUILDERS INC. APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD
AND EXPLAINED THE NEED FOR STREET LIGHTING AT SW 17TH AND SW 18TH STS. ON G ST.
THE BOARD APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED THE CLERK TO WRITE A LETTER
TO THE MEL & PP AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS AT THESE
LOCATIONS, SO MOVED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE AND SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER
DEUKER . • _
' THE BOARD ASK PRESIDENT WILSON TO ADVISE THE GAS CO . NOT TO DIG HOLES
IN MAIN ST.• TO REPAIR LINES UNTIL AFTER THE XMAS RUSH , EXCEPT IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY.
LT . STOUT , TRAFFIC , WAS ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING
THE BUS STOP FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE AT I6TH & MAIN ST.
RAY CORMAN , MANAGER OF THE RICHMOND FEED AND GRAIN CO. 700 No. 8TH ST.
APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD AS DIRECTED , TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING A
SMOKE AND DUST PROBLEM , CAUSED FROM BURING CORN COBS. MR. CORMAN SAID
THAT ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE GRAIN CO. MUTUAL INS. CO. AT INDIANAPOLIS
HE INSTALLED A FINE SCREEN COVERING FOR THE INCINERATOR WHICH HAS REDUCED
THE SMOKE AND DUST TO A MINIMUM.
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CITY ENGINEER WAS ASKED BY THE BOARD TO TAKE STEPS TO STOP THE FIRE AT
DEBOLTS DUMP AND TO ALSO , CHECK ON THE CLOSING OF THE DUMP.
MAYOR ROLAND H. CUTTER PRESENTED A LETTER OF RESIGNATION AS CITY CLERK
FROM DAVID 0. KEYSER EFFECTIVE CECEMBER 9, 1959. MAYOR CUTTER NAMED
GLENN J. L'HAPMAN TO FILL THE VACANCY OF KEYSERS UNEXPIRED TERM.
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A ' REPORT WAS READ FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL RECOMMEND—
ING THAT AFTER AN INSPECTION OF THE PREMISES OF THE FIRE HOUSE No. 4
So. 9TH ST. AT E Si, , THAT THE SECOND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING CAN NO
., LONGER BE USED FOR PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES , IT DOES NOT HAVE A SECOND MEANS OF
EGRESS , THE RECOMMENDATION MUST BE COMPLIED WITH , WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THAT THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS 1023-1959 AND
1024-1959 BE APPROVED, SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON.
BILL ADLER , PARKING METER , PRESENTED TWO AMENDMENTS TO PARKIN METER
ORDINANCE NO. 1351- 1948 SECTION #9. CHANGING THE TIME OF OPERATION TO
COINCIDE WITH STORE . HOURS, AND THE REVISION OF THE TIME LIMITS ON METERS.
THE AMENDMENTS WERE REFERRED TO CITY ATTORNEY CECERE FOR STUDY.
THE BOARD MET WITH THREE MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGBWAY DEPT. P. T. VERMILLION ,
JAMES COX AND STANLEY GEHR . MR. COX GAVE A' DETAILED REVIEW OF THE PRO
POSED ONE WAY TRAFFIC ON 8TH AND 9TH STREET FOR US #27 MOTORISTS. MR, COX
ALSO , GAVE A REPORT ON THEIR SURVEY OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT' 10TH & No. J
STREETS, AND AT NOSY 5TH AND RICHMOND AVE. TEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO RETIME
SIGNALS AT BOTH LOCATIONS , AND AT NO. WEST 5TH AT MAIN ST. AND AT NATIONAL
ROAD LEAVE SIGNS AND SIGNALS AS IS FOR THE TIME BEING . THEY RECOMMENDED
A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT PEARL STREET. .
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED FOR THE CONCURRENCE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPT.
RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED , SECONDED BY BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON. CITY
ATT. CECERE IS TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE REVISING THE CITYS TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
TO THE CITY COMMON COUNCIL DEC. 21 , 1959, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE
HIGHWAY DEPT .
THE BOARD SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WAYNE COUNTY
INDIANA , FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THREE YEARS AT 52000.00 PER YR.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING ADJOURNE
AM . r I LSON
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PRESIDENT
ATTESTS GLENN J. CHAPMAN
CLERK