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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
RICHMOND, INDIANA
SEPTEMBER 10, 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:
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THAT THE BID OF ROBINSON BROTHERS FOR
$2,282.50 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CURBS AND GUTTERS ON NORTH 28TH 6/it- -
STREET FROM MAIN TO GLEN MILLER BE ACCEPTED . SECONDED BY CITY
ATTORNEY CECERE.
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THAT THE BID OF ROBINSON BROTHERS FOR 'n21D3.7'
$ 11 ,281 .00 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CURBS , GUTTERS & SIDEWALKS ON d
BOTH SIDES OF PARRY STREET FROM 9TH TO 13TH BE ACCEPTED . SECONDED
BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON .
THE CLERK PRESENTED A PETITION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANITARY
SEWER IN THE SOUTH RICHMOND ADDITION AND VICINITY (NEEDMORE ) . THIS
WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR CHECKING OWNERSHIP.
THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS OF COMMON COUNCIL WERE REFERRED TO THE
STREET DEPT . : PETITION. FOR REMOVAL OF WEEDS & BRUSH FROM THE ALLEY
BETWEEN NW I8TH & 19TH FROM MAIN TO NW A; BAD CONDITION OF SIDEWALKS
& CURBS AT THE NE CORNER OF SOUTH 8TH & "B" AND AT THE SE CORNER OF
SOUTH 9TH AND "H" STREET.
THE REQUEST FOR 4 WAY STOPS AT SOUTH 6TH AND "B" AND "C" WAS RE—
FERRED TO THE TRAFFIC DIVISION .
LT. STOUT , TRAFFIC DIVISION , RECOMMENDED THAT SOUTH "A" STREET BE—
TWEEN 2ND AND 3RD STREET BE MADE A TWO—WAY STREET AND THAT A CENTER—
L INE BE PAINTED ON THIS SECTION OF THE STREET . CITY CONTROLLER
WILSON MOVED THIS BE DONE. SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER .
THE BOARD APPROVED LIGHT PLANT ESTIMATE No. 1684, FOR E980.39 FOR
THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTS ON U.S. 27 NORTH
FROM BERRY FIELD NORTH TO THE CITY LIMITS. THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED
. TO INFORM THE LIGHT PLANT TO PROCEED WITH THIS INSTALLATION .
THE BOARD READ A LETTER FROM MILDRED STOUT IN WHICH SHE COMPLAINED
OF A STOPPED UP SEWER AT 508 MAIN STREET . THE CITY ENGINEER RE—
PORTED THAT THIS, WAS A PRIVATE SEWER AND THE CITY HAD HELPED HER
W ITH IT BY CLEANING IT OUT SEVERAL TIMES. THE CITY ENGINEER WAS
ASKED TO WRITE MRS. STOUT A LETTER REGARDING THIS SEWER AND TO HAVE
IT CLEANED OUT ONCE MORE .
REFERRING TO A COMPLAINT. COUNCIL HAD RECEIVED REGARDING SOUTH I5TH
AND "M" STREET , THE CITY ENGINEER WAS ASKED TO MAKE A COMPLETE STUDY
OF THE AREA AND TO ADVISE. THE BOARD WHAT RELIEF THE CITY COULD PRO—
✓ IDE •AS WELL AS THE COST THEREOF.
THE BOARD APPROVED THE ABSENCE OF THE FIRE CHIEF ON SEPTEMBER 15 , 16 ,
I7,' & 18, TO 'ATTEND A CONVENTION OF FIRE CHIEFS AT MICHIGAN CITY , IND .
THE FIRE CHIEF REPORTED THAT SMOKE AND FUMES FROM THE PEERLESS—WILSON
• DRY CLEANING PLANT AT SW 9TH AND "A" HAD CAUSED MANY COMPLAINTS AND
SOME RELIEF MUST BE GIVEN THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA . HE SUGGESTED .
A 35 ' ADDITION TO THEIR SMOKE STACK MIGHT HELP DISSIAPATE THE SMOKE .
AND MAKE IT LESS OBJECTIONABLE . THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE
A LETTER TO THIS EFFECT. '
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THE FIRE CHIEF RECOMMENDED THE BURNING OF TRASH IN THE INCINERATOR AT. THE
REAR OF KUTTER ' S SUPERMARKET ON EAST MAIN BE DISCONTINUED AS THE -INCINERATOR
WAS .FAULTY AND CREATED A HAZARD . THE BOARD CONCURRED WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT OFFICERS HOWARD CRIST AND DONALD ROOSA BE
SENT .TO THE BASIC POLICE SCHOOL AT INDIANA ' UNIVERSITY FROM SEPTEMBER 27 TO
OCTOBER 9, 1959. SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON .
THE TRAFFIC DEPT . RECOMMENDED NO CHANGE IN PARKING ON SOUTH "E" STREET
11 FROM 9TH TO I6TH , BUT SUGGESTED A CENTERLINE .FROM 5TH TO ISTH WOULD HELP
TRAFFIC .
DOUGLAS WARFIELD AND JOHN TIFFANY , REPRESENTING THE RICHMOND JUNIOR '
. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE , PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH A LETTER TELLING OF PLANS
FOR A GET-OUT-AND-VOTE PARADE TO PROMOTED BY THE JAYCEES AND HELD ON
OCTOBER 24, 1959. THEY ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO HAVE THE PARADE AND TO
PLACE A BANNER ACROSS MAIN STREET , AT 5TH STREET , ADVERTISING THE PARADE.
THE BOARD GAVE PERMISSION FOR THE PARADE , BUT TOOK UNDER ADVISEMENT THE
REQUEST FOR A BANNER.
THE CITY ENGINEER WAS ASKED TO CHECK A COMPLAINT OF SMOKE FROM THE DUMP
AT THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT .
THE BOARD APPROVED A CURB CUT AT 1201 SOUTH "A" STREET .
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETING ADJOURNED .
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