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Home My Public Portal About04-02-1959 • 195 OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY, RICHMOND , IND. THURSDAY , APRIL 2 , 1959 _ -- - _ JJ - CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . CITY ENGINEER DEUKER -ABSENT. THE READ— ING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING .DISPENSED WITH. THE FOLLOWING BUSI-NESS -WAS HAD, TO—'WIT; I/ THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION THAT THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET TO RECEIVED BIDS ON IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1021-1958 (CURBS ,GUTTERS & SIDE— WALKS ON SOUTH 10TH FROM "M" TO 1B0" ) THE PROOFS WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED.THE FOLLOWING BIDS WERE OPENED; • ROBINSON BROTHERS, CENTERVILLE $ 10,773..90 L JAMES ANDERSON , SHELBYVI LLE 10,273.90 CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THESE BIDS BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT . SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE. THE FIRE CHIEF REPORTED THAT THE ESTIMATE COST FOR WORK ON N0 .3 F IRE STATION TO MAKE IT READY FOR THE AERIAL TRUCK WAS APPROXIMATELY $610,.00 COUNCIL PRESIDENT SMITHMEYER SAID HE HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT WATER RUNNING FROM SO . 14TH ST. SOUTH OF "M" STREET ACROSS PROPERTY TOJWARD SOo I5TH STREET . THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR STUDY. THE CITY ENGINEER WAS ASKED TO PREPARE AN ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF BLACK— TOPPING OR OTHERWISE IMPROVING THE SO . 12TH STREET PARKING LOT . THE .CITY CONTROLLER RECOMMENDED A NEW TYPE OF- BULB TO TRIED IN CITY—OWNED TRAFFIC LIGHTS. HE SAID THE PRESENT BULBS DO NOT LAST TOO MANY HOURS AND THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF REPLACING THEM IS HIGH . HE WAS TOLD TO INVES- TIGATE AND SECURE COSTS ON OTHER TYPE BULBS. IIDON MC$RIDE, PARK SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED THAT HIGH RATER HAD WASHED AWAY PART OF THE BANK AT THE BRIDGE OVER CLEAR CREEK ON WEST MAIN. TIE CITY ENGINEER WAS ASKED TO CHECK THIS . DON MC BRIDE SAID HE HAD BEEN RECEIVING CALLS ABOUT TREES AND LIMBS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN DOWN BY THE WIND AND ASKED IF HIS DEPARTMENT SHOULD CLEAN . THEM UP. THE BOARD TOLD HIM THIS WORK CAME UNDER THE STREET DEPT. AND FOR HIM TO REFER SUCH CALLS TO THEM. - - THE CLERK MS INSTRUCTED TO ADVERTISE TOR BIDS TO BE RECEIVED FOR THE RE— MOVAL OF APPROXIMATELY 300 TREES, MORE OR LESS, ON THE 16TH OF APRIL, I959• THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETINGADJOURNED. • / f /f I; • PRESIDENT ATTEST; G��t�L/ g .� ,� G CLERK , • s.