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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY -
RICHMODN, INDIANA
JUNE . 1 1 ,.. 1959.
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THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL
WITH CITY CONTROLLER . WILSON PR"ESID.ING. ALL. MEMBERS PRE.SENT. .THE .FOLLO-WING
BUSINESS WAS HAD,TO-WITS -
THE READING OF. THE PREVIOUS .MINUTES .WERE DISPENSED. WITH: . ..
• THE CLERK . PRESENTED . PROOFS. OF PUBLICATION THAT THIS" DATE HAD BEEN SET TO
RECEIVE-: BIDS FOR THE . CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER IN BERRY FIELD. THE_ PROOFS
WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED. THE FOLLOWING B I DS: WERE OPENED; .
MIKE RE LUCIO ,AND SONS 40,019.00.
""RALPH. REED & SON,ANDERSON, IND. . • 39,753.45 _
DEROLT CONCRETE CO. _ 41 ,548.75
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THE BIDS BE TAKEN UNDER AD.VISEMENT.SECONDED BY t,
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON.
THE TRAFFIC DIVISION WAS ASKED TO CHECK A REQUEST OF-.MRS. TOM REDDINGTON FOR
A ' CHILDREDN PLAYING' .SIGN IN.- THE ALLEY NORTH OF W.MAIN " BETWEEN NW 17TH
AND NW 18TH STREET. .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC- DIVISION . _- .
. "STOP" SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE JOE HILL ROAD & SALISBURY ROAD,
MAKING THE ,JOE HILL ROAD THE STOP ROAD."YIELD- RIGHT OF WAYf" AT SO. 27TH AND "D", MAKING "D" YIELD. -
"CURVE" SIGNS ON SOUTH 13TH STREET IN THE NEEDMORE ADDITION. , -
THE- BOARD ORDERED THE UNDER PASS ON SOUTH 13TH STREET PAINTED WITH RE-
FLECTORIZED PAINT.
• MR.DEUKER REPORTED THAT ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY SURVEYOR-,COMMONS ROAD FROM
NW 18TH TO THE SALISBURY ROAD, IS OFFICIALLY CALLED THE JOE HILL ROAD.
BILL ADLER REPORTED THAT HE HAD REMOVED FOUR PARKING METERS ON SOUTH 7TH
STREET IN FRONT OF THE NEW BEST END BUILDING AND LOAN BUILDING AND THAT .
ONE WOULD BE REPLACED WHEN THE DRIVES ARE COMPLETED.
MR. WI LBUR._ FULLE ,47 NO. 5TH STREET,APPEARED AND TOLD THE BOARD HE HAD RE-
CEIVED THEIR LETTER REGARDING THE RESTRICTED PARKING SIGN HE HAD USED NORTH .
OF HIS GROCERY. HE.,T,OLD THE BOARD THIS SIGN HAD BEEN REMOVED AND HE WOULD
NOT DI SPLAY, IN 'THE `FUTURE.
THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS;
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1025-1959 (CURBS,GUTTERS & SIDEWALKS ON NW 6TH FROM
MAIN TO THE FIRST ALLEY NORTH )* JUNE 18, 1959
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION IO26-1959(CURBS & GUTTERS ON `HARRIS ST.FROM "Jn TO
"K"),JUNE 25, 1959.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION I027-1959(SANITARY SEWER ,NORTH 2O-TH.-FROM „HAWKINS ROAD .
TO NORTH "J" STREET) ,JULY 2, 1959 _
BILL
BILL ADLER WAS ASKED TO GET ESTIMATES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF PARKING
METERS ON NORTH "Bf0 BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH, ON NORTH 6TH AND 7TH STREET, AND
FOR THE REMOVAL OF PARKING METER POSTS ON NORTH "A" STREET BETWEEN 5TH
AND 7TH STREET, AND TO BRING THE FIGURES TO THE BOARD.
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON REPORTED THAT BULBS IN CITY OWNED TRAFFIC LIGHTS
. WERE. BEING REPLACED WITH GUARANTEED BULBS. THIS WORK HAVING BEEN DONE ON
NORTH AND SOUTH "A" , WITH THE OVER-HEAD LIGHTS YET TO DO. HE ALSO REPORTED
THAT THE LENSES IN THESE LIGHTS HAD BEEN CLEANED. THE FIRE CHIEF WAS ASKED
TO LOAN HIS 'RUCK TO THE PARKING METER DEPARTMENT SO THE BULBS COULD BE
- REPLACED IN THE OVER-HEAD LIGHTS*
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CITY CONTROLLER WILSON REPORTED HE HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GO-
CARTS CREATING SUCH LOUD NOISE AT THE MIDGET STADIUM. HE WAS ASKED TO HAVE
THE OWNER OF THE MIDGET STADIUM APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD.
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CITY ENGINEER DEUKER WAS ASKED TO CHECK A REPORT THAT THE DEVELOPER OF THE
AREA ON SOUTH "H" STREET BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH WAS NARROWING THE STREETS.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF 5.038 ACRES AT THE INTER-
'SECTION OF THE ' TEST ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD,OWNED BY SAMUEL J .AND MARTHA '
JANE SHECKLES, FOR $3,400.00. THIS PROPERTY. TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE INTERCONNECTION SUB-STATION.
THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT PARK COMMISSIONER,DON MCBRIDE, HAD__A.S_KED--- ___
IF HE COULD DEVELOPS THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTH 12TH STREET PARKING LOT
FOR USE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND . THE BOARD TOOK UNDER ADVISEMENT .
•' ` PARK COMMISSIONER MCBRIDE REPORTED THAT 263 TREES(DEAD) HAD BEEN REMOVED
AND THAT MORE ELM TREES WERE DYING THAN COULD BE-' CUT UNDER THE - PRESENT
CONTRACT.
THE BOARD APPROVED A REQUEST FROM THE WAYNE COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIA-
TION TO PARK A MOBILE X-RAY UNIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH 8TH STREET
, FROM JUNE 19TH TO THE 23R0.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STREET
p DEPARTMENT TO REMOVE AND CLEAN UP ANY TREES OR TREE LIMBS THAT FALL ON
CITY STREETS OR SIDEWALKS .
COUNCILWOMAN' HOSKINS MADE THE FOLLOWING REQUEST;
STREET LIGHT AT GARDNER & HARRIS-REFERRED TO LIGHT PLANT FOR ESTIMATE.
STORM SEWER OUTLETS ON HARRIS AT LARID ,RUSSELL,RELLER & GARDNER-CITY ENGR.
BLOCKING OF R.R. CROSSING AT 627-CLERK WRITE TO PENN.R.R.
° THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET AN ESTIMATE FOR A STREET LIGHT ON SOUTH
• "G" STREET BETWEEN SOUTH 17TH AND 18THSTREET. .
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER REPORTED 2 ORNAMENTAL LIGHTS WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED
ON SOUTH 7TH AT THE DRIVES TO THE NEW WEST END BUILDING AND LOAN BUILDING .
THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE COST OF THEIR REMOVAL SHOULD BE BORNE BY THE
BUILDER.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ESTIMATES 1577 AND 1614 FOR STREET LIGHTS
ON SOUTH 20TH SOUTH OF "G" AND • ON NORTH "J" BETWEEN IITH AND 12TH. THE
CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THE LIGHT PLANT PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION.
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THAT IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1.028-1959 B`E. ADOPTED.
(ALLEY NORTH OF PEARL STREET FROM N.W. 6TH STREET TO' THE ' FIRST ALLEY EAST)
SECONDED BY CITY •ATTORNEY• CECERE. -
THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO FIX THE STREET AT THE INTERSECTION
OF SOUTH 5TH AND "O".SAID STREETS BEING USED AS A DETOUR FOR US 27.
THE OLD„ FOLDLNG_CHA_IR-S WERE UNANIMOUSLY DECLARED AS JUNK BY THE BOARD
' AND WERE GIVEN AT NO CHARGE, TO THE V.F.W. IF THEY WILL REMOVE FRO-ICI THE
- PREMISES-.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
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