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. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY
RICHMOND , INDIANA
MAY 21 , 1959
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THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY MET EN REGULAR SESSION IN" CITY HALL
THURSDAY , MAY 21 , 1959 WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESID'JNG. ALL MEMBERS
• PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING, BUSINESS WAS HAD, TO—WIT ; -
THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING WERE _,D I-SPENSED WITH.
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THE. CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION THAT THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET TO
IHEAR PERSONS INTERESTED IN , OR AFFECTED BY , IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO.
1024-1-959 (SAN-ITARY SEWER IN BERRY FIELD .. - NO REMONSTRANCE BEING _PRESENT,ED ,
CITY ATTORNEY _CECERE MOVED THIS RESOLU,TIO.N BE CONF IRMED ., , SECONDED BY CITY
CONTROLLER WILSON. THE CLERK WRS INSTRUCTED TO A9,VERTISE , FOR BIDS , FOR THIS ,
IMPROVEMENT TO BE RECEIVED JUNE II , 1959.
MR . CHARLES RONAN AND OTHERS , RESIDENTS OF THE DOUGLAS ADDITION , COMPLAINED
TO THE BOARD THAT ARLIE HARBIN , CONTRACTOR , -HAD AGREED TO CONSTRUCT A STORM
SEWER , BUT HAD FAILED TO DO SO . THEY SAID HARBIN HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH - THE
CITY FOR - THIS SEWER. THE AGREEMENT WAS READ - AND IT SAID THAT HARBI.,N AGREED
TO CONSTRUCT A STORM SEWER SYSTEM , BUT_THE - AGREEMENT WAS NOT WITH THE CITY. - -
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAVE MR . HARBIN APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD ON 5-28.
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POLICE CHIEF MITRIONE ASKED PERMISSION TO SEND A FOUR MAN- PISTOL , TEAM TO- -,
SHOOT IN THE POLICE COMBAT PISTOL MATCH AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY ON MAY 23 ,
_ 1959. THIS 'REQUEST WAS GIVEN BOARD APPROVAL. _ _
. THE POLICE CHIEF READ A LETTER TO THE BOARD IN WH,CH HE REPORTED AN ACCIDENT _
TO UNIT #106 ON MAY 5 , 1959, AT 3:30 PM IN THE 1ST BLOCK OF SOUTH 20TH ST. ;
SAID ACCIDENT CAUSING DAMAGE IN THE ABUNT OF 348.00 AND BEING CAUSED BY
NEGLITANCE ON -THE PART OF OFFICER NORMAN SEIKELe CITY CONTROLLER WILSON
MOVED THAT OFFICER SEIKEL , BEGINNING WITH HIS TOUR. OF DUTY ON THE 2IST• OF
MAY , - 1959, BE SUSPENDED TWO (2) DAYS WITHOUT PAY FOR NEGLIANCE IN THE •
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HANDLING OF CITY OWNED EQUIPMENT . SECONDED -BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE.
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FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS RECOMMENDED THAT CLAUDE 'L•OUDY • AN B- PAUL. MULLi NS , AS OF . 7.
MAY •20, 1959, . BE PROMOTED - FROM PROBATIONARY- FIREMAN-,-TO REGULAR FIREMAN AS T
THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIOD. CITY ATTORNEY CECERE SO -
MOVED . SECONDED BY• C ITY CONTROLLER WI LSON,. , -.
THE FIRE ' CHIEF REPORTED THAT THEo ,FIRE TRUCKS IN CENTERVILLE WERE OUT OF
ORDER- AND THE RICHMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS OFFERING STAND—BY SERVICE UNTIL
THE TRUCKS ARE REAPIRED . T . -
THE STREET DEPARTMENT, WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE HOLES IN, CHECKERBOARD
LANE.
PARK SUPERINTENDENT MCBRIDE REPORTED THAT AS OF MAY 20TH , 128 DEAD ELM TREES
HAD BEEN REMOVED . HE ALSO REPORTED HE HAD CHECKED THE REPORT OF LOW=HANGING
TREE LIMBS ON NW 7TH STREET JUST NORTH OF MAIN AND HAD FOUND THEY WERE OF
SUFFICIENT HEIGHT FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK UNDERNEATH. .
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A PETITION FOR STREET LIGHTS ON SOUTH 18TH STREET- BETWEEN SOUTH " I " AND nJi$
STREET WAS RECEIVED AND THE CLERK -WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET AN ESTIMATE FROM
;THE LIGHT PLANT FOR THEIR INSTALLATION. ALSO A PETITION WAS PRESENTED FOR
A STREET LIGHT ON NORTH "J" BETWEEN IITH AND 12TH STREET.
-CITY CONTROLLER WILSON REPORTED HE HAD CONTACTED THE STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS
AND HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT $80e00 FOR A BOOTH AT THE LIONS 'H'OM-E SHOW COULD
' BE TAKEN FROM ADVERTISING IN THE BOARD OF WORKS BUDGET. CITY ATTORNEY
CECERE MOVED THIS BE DONE . SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
' REPORTING ON NORTH 10TH AND " I " STREET , CITY ENGI NEER DEUKER SAID HE HAD
BEEN INFORMED BY A STATE ENGINEER THAT THE STATE WOULD CORRECT THE GRADE
- AT THIS INTERSECTION .
- MAY CUTTER REPORTED HE HAD BEEN ASKED TO GO TO COMMONS LUMBER COMPANY TO
- - - OBSERVE THE TRAFFIC USING THE DRIVE THRU THEIR PROPERTY FROM SHERIDAN TO THE
- °W-HITEWATER BLVD . HE SAID HE WAS TOLD THAT OVER 500 CARS USE THIS DRIVE DAILY.
"_,4 - HE. SAID THAT A PROBLEM OF MAINTENANCE OF THIS DRIVE - WOULD ARISE BEFORE LONG
A-ND ASKED THE BOARD TO GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT .
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CITY ENGINEER DEUKE'R -REPORTED HE WAS ACCUMMULATING DATE REGARDING THE BRIDGE
ON BRIDGE AVENUE AND ITS APPROACHES , AND WOULD TRY TO HAVE A TENTATIVE RE
PORT -READY IN TWO WEEKS ON T-'HE COST AND PROBLEM INVOLVED. '
THE CITY ENGINEER TOLD THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD OF SANITARY _COMMISSIONERS
HAD BEEN CONSIDERING SEVERAL SITES FOR A POSSIBLE CITY DUMP, BUT HAD RUN
INTO VARIOUS DIFFICULITIES. THE BOARD REQUESTED A LETTER FROM THE COM-
MISSIONERS REGARDING POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR A NEW DUMP AND THE ABANDONMENT
OF THE PRESENT SITE.
MR . LEO WEILLS, DAYTON , WHO IS REGISTERED WITH CENTRAL - REGISTRY , SAID HE111
PLANNED TO OPEN AN OFFICE IN RICHMOND FROM WHICH MAGAZINES WOULD BE SOLD. -
HE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE , COMMUNITY READING CLUB. ' _
THE BOARD APPROVED A CURB CUT AT 422 PARK TERRACE DRIVE.
THE CITY ENGINEER REPORTING ON NO. . 14TH , AND THE POSSIBLE VACATION OF THE
STREET FROM THE RR TO "F" STREET, SAID THE' LIGHT PLANT WAS PLANNING TO MOVE
THEIR TRANSFORMERS. TO A NEW LOCATION ,BUT THE CITY SHOULD ,RETAIN ACCESS TO .
THE SEWER THAT RUNS BENEATH THE STREET. - •
THE BOARD GAVE TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF ONE 20' CURB CUT ON EAST MAIN STREET ,
FORTY-SIX FEET WEST OF 18TH STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET ,
THE CLERK READ A LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS REGARDING COM-
PLAINTS HE HAD INVESTIGATED IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF NORTH "J" STREET . HIS
LETTER WAS REFERRED TO THE FIRE MARSHALL AND THE SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR
ACTION. -- •
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THE BOARD- GAVE• FINAL D I SAPPROV P L- OF A REQUEST FOR A STREET LIGHT ON_ SOUT H
"F'nSTREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH STREET AND ASKED_ THEJPARK DEPARTMENT TO
TRIM THE TREES- ON "F" SO THE STREET LIGHT AT 8TH AND. "F" WOULD LIGHT THE
AREA ON THAT STREET . THE EG .RD FECE J
THE 'BOARD . RECEIVED-'A PETITION FO'RCURBS, GUTTERS 'AND SIDE_ WALKS ' ON NORTHWEST
6TH STREET FRQ+1 MAIN STREET NORTH . TO THE FIRST ALLEY . THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE .
ENGINEERS DEPT. FOR C-H-ECKING .
REPORTING ON MR . FAY WOOD WHO WAS HIRED BY THE BOARD AT THE MEETING OF
THE 14TH , THE BOARD ANNOUNCED HE WOULD WORK EXCLUSIVELY IN THE TRAFFIC
LIGHTS , SIGNS AND GU-IDES- SECTION FROM 7: OQ B. M. UNTIL 4:00 PM BEGINNING
MA4 ' 22 , 1959. ALSO ,- MR. WOOD WOULD BE PAID $1 .60 PER HOUR AND WOULD CLOCK
IN AND OUT AT THE STREET DEPARTMENT . - - -_ -
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS', THE MEETING ADJOURNED. -
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