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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-24-1959 PAGE 37 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY RICHMOND , INDIANA SEPTEMBER 24., 1959 THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT . THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS HAD , TO—WIT; THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET TO RECEIVE BIDS ON IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO . 1032- 1959 (CURBS & GUTTERS , SOUTH "D" FROM I3TH TO 14TH ) THE PROOFS WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED . ONE BID , FROM ROBINSON BROTHERS, WAS RECEIVED . SAID BID BEING FOR 81834. 50. CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THIS BID BE AWARDED . SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE . COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS RE— GARDING THE ROUGH CONDITION OF S. "E" STREET BETWEEN GARDEN AVENUE & 6TH ST. HE SAID TRUCKS GOING OVER THE BUMPS WERE JOLTING HOUSES. THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER . THE CITY ENGINEER REPORTED THAT THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION WAS PRE— PARING AN ORDINANCE FOR "SUB—DIVISION CONTROL" AND THE QUESTION OF WATER FACILITIES AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR SUB—DIVISIONS HAD ARISEN. HE WAS ASKED TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH THE RICHMOND WATER 'WORKS CORP. SO THE BOARD COULD DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH THEM. A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE STREET AT S. 8TH AND "I' " WAS RECEIVED . ' _THE CITY ENGINEER REPORTED HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY ON THIS MATTER AND THEY HAD ADVISED HIM THIS WOULD BE CORRECTED SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE . MAYOR CUTTER , REPORTING ON THE QUESTION OF "FAST" OR "SLOW" TIME , REMARKED THAT THE STATE LAW WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY MAYOR , COUNCIL , OR BOARD OF WORKS TO SET THE OFFICIAL TIME FOR THEIR COMMUNITY; HOWEVER , THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE LAW ABOUT REGULATING WORKING HOURS. HE SAID CITY OFFICIALS HAD A DUTY TO AVOID LOCAL CONFUSION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE , AND AS IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT MOST OF THE COMMUNITY DESIRED "FAST" TIME , AND IN ORDER TO PREVENT LOCAL CONFUSION , HE WAS REG— OMMENDING THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY ADJUST THE WORKING HOURS OF CIVIL CITY EMPLOYEES TO 7: 30 AM TO 3:30 PM, CST. CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT THE WORKING HOURS OF CITY EMPLOYEES IN CITY HALL , RICHMOND , INDIANA , SHALL BE 7: 30 AM TO 3: 30 PM, CST, FROM AND AFTER SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 27, 1959, AND THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT ADJUST THEIR WORKING SCHEDULE TO CONFORM TO THE WORKING HOURS AS HEREIN SET FORTH FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY BUILDING . SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON . UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE. THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET TO RECEIVE BIDS ON IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION No . 1029- 1959 (CONCRETE ALLEY EAST OF NW I5TH ST . FROM W.MAIN TO NW "B" ) THE PROOFS WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED . ONE BID OF 84045 . 50, FROM ROBINSON BROTHERS , WAS RECEIVED . THE CITY ATTORNEY MOVED THIS BID BE AWARDED . SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER. THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET TO RECEIVE BIDS ON IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO . 1030- 1959 (CONCRETE ALLEY NORTH OF PEARL , FROM NW 6TH EAST TO FIRST NORTH— SOUTH ALLEY ) ONE BID OF 81395 .00, FROM ROBINSON BROTHERS , WAS RECEIVED . CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THIS BID BE AWARDED . SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON. THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO ANSWER THE REQUEST FOR INSTALLING A BEAM ANTENNA ON TOP OF CITY HALL BY THE WAYNE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE BY ASKING IF THE ANTENNA COULD BE PLACED ON THE OLD RADIO TOWER IN— STEAD OF THE ROOF. PAGE 38 THE CLERK READ A LETTER WRITTEN BY THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS TO MRS . MARY I . JOHNSON , REGARDING THE REPAIRS NEEDED TO KEEP THE PRO- PERTY AT 71-71 2 NW "E" FROM BEING CONDEMNED . THE BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF LT . STOUT , TRAFFIC DEPT . : INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD SIGNS AT 3RD & MAIN AND 16TH & MAIN INDICATING THE CAR BY-PASS ROUTE & INSTALLATION OF A LARGE "ST0P. TURN RIGHT ON RED AT OWN RISK" SIGN AT 3RD & MAIN . THE TRAFFIC DEPT . REPORTED THE STUDY OF POSSIBLE ONE WAY STREETS FOR SW 1ST AND 2ND SHOWED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC FOR THE CHANGE AND RECOMMENDED SW IST AND "D" BE MADE A 4-WAY STOP . THE BOARD APPROVED THIS RECOMMENDATION . THE TRAFFIC DEPT . REPORTED THE STUDY OF POSSIBLE 3 WAY STOPS FOR S. 6TH AND "B" AND S. 6TH & "C" SHOWED THESE STOPS WERE NOT NEEDED AT THIS TIME . THE CITY ATTORNEY MOVED THAT SOUTH 6TH FROM "A" TO "D" AND SOUTH 5TH FROM "A" TO "D" BE MADE 20 MPH ZONES AND BE SO SIGNED . SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON . THE BOARD APPROVED THE INSTALLATION OF THE FOLLOWING SIGNS AT THE EX- PENSE OF JOHNS MANVILLE : ON INDIANA AVENUE - "CAUTION , TRUCK EXIT 200" , AND ON RICHMOND AVENUE , "CAUTION , FACTORY ENTRANCE . " LT . STOUT REPORTED HE HAD TALKED TO MR . COX OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DE- PARTMENT AND HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT A REPORT FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPT . WOULD BE FORTHCOMING ON THEIR STUDY OF N. IOTH AND "J" , NW 5TH & PEACOCK ROAD AND OF MAKING 8TH AND 9TH ONE WAY STREETS . THIS REPORT BEING EX- PECTED BY OCTOBER I , 1959. IN ANTICIPATION OF MAKING 8TH AND 9TH ONE WAY STREETS , THE CITY ENGINEER WAS INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE PLANS FOR CUTTINGS"THE RADIUS OF THE NW CORNER OF N. 9TH AND "C" AND THE SE CORNER OF N. 8TH AND "C" . THE STREET DEPT. WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS WORK AS SOON AS THE PLANS ARE PREPARED BY THE CITY ENGINEER. COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED OF THE DISPLAY OF SIGNS AND MERCHANDISE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MILLERS DAIRY STORE AT I33TH AND E. MAIN AND THE RAINBOW MARKET AT I33TH AND E . MAIN . THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THE OWNERS OF THESE BUSINESS PLACES AND HAVE THEM - REMOVE SAID SIGNS AND MERCHANDISE . THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO SWEEP SOUTH 8TH STREET BETWEEN S. "M" AND "N" STREETS. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETI G ADJOURN- D . 17 PRESIDENT ATTEST: Le : CLERK