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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.
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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
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CLERK