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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS 8: SAFETY, RICHMOND, IND.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1959
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING AT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY ,
WHICH MET .IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. THE READNG
OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DISPENSED WITH. THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS WAS HAD , TO-WIT ;
THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING BIDS WERE TO BE RECEIVED
ON MARCH 12 , 1959, FOR AN AUTOMOBILE FOR THE PARKING METER DEPARTMENT AND
AN AUTOMOBILE FOR THE SANITARY INSPECTOR. THE PROOFS WERE ACCEPTED AND
ORDERED FILED. THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WERE FOUR BIDS ON EACH CAR
AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN RECEIVED IN TIME TO COMPLY WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT ,
THE FOLLOWING BIDS WERE OPENED AND READ;
PARKING METER DEPARTMENT AUTO
E.W. PARRISH & SON(RAMBLER ) 1750.00
KURD.Y ' S CHEVROLET 1900.00
RIDENOUR (STUDEBAKER LARK) 1770.00
' RAPER SALES(PLYMOUTH) 1810.00
SANITARY INSPECTOR
E. W. PARRiSH & SON(RAMBLER) 1450.00
KURDYS CHEVROLET 1550.00
RI-DENOUR (STUDEBAKER LARK) 1400.00
RAPER SALES(PLYMOUTH 1506.50
CITY ATTORNEY MOVED THE SIDS BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. SECONDED BY CITY
CONTROLLER WILSON.
FIRE CHIEF .WILLIAMS INTRODUCED MR,EDGAR R.OLSON,NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE
UNDERWRITERS, WHO HAD COME TO SURVEY POSSIBLE SITES FOR RELOCATION OF THE
FIRE STATION AT SOUTH 9TH & "E" STREET.
THE FIRE CHIEF RECOMMENDED, AS OF MARCH 11 , 1959, ROBERT . DEMPS. BE PROMOTED
TO A FIRST. CLASS FIREMAN , AS HIS YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD HAD BEEN SERVED.
II -CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THIS PROMOTION BE APPROVED. SECO ND ED BY CITY
ATTORNEY CECERE .
THE FIRE CHIEF ANNOUNCED THAT ONE OF THEPROBATIONARY FIREMAN , LOUIS E .
KOVACH , WHO WAS APPOINTED MARCH 10, 1959, FAILED TO PASS HIS PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION. CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THAT THEAPPOINTMENT OF LOUIS
E.KOVACH AS A PROBATIONARY FIREMAN BE REVOKED DUE TO FAILURE TO FASS
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE .
THE BOARD ANNOUNCED IT WOULD MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RICHMOND
WATER WORKS CORPORATION ON MARCH 25, 1959 AT 4:30 PM, TO DISCUSS WATER
MAIN EXTENSION AND HYDRANT INSTALLATION IN THE NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS.
MAYOR CUTTER TOLD THE BOARD HE HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL LETTERS ABOUT THE
MARKER AT SOUTH 9TH & "E" STREET THAT MARKS THE SITE OF OLD CAMP WAYNE .
THE _ BOARD ANNOUNCED THIS MARKER WOULD BE PRESERVED AND RELOCATED WHEN
THE FIRE STATION AT THAT LOCATION WAS MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION.
THE MAYOR REPORTED THAT AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REQUIRED THAT FIRE-
MAN WORK NO MORE THAN 63 HOURS A WEEK AS COMPARED TO THE 72 HOURS NOW
WORKED , EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 , 1960. HE SAID THIS WOULD REQUIRE MORE MONEY
IN THE 1960 BUDGET AND THAT HE HAD ASKED THE FIRE CHIEF TO STUDY THIS
LAW AND TO REPORT WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH THIS LAW.
LEMMING ADAMS, FOREMAN OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT, TOLD THE BOARD THAT HE
HAD BEEN RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES AS FOREMAN AND THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN TREATED
UNFAIRLY. HE SAID HE HAS TRIED TO C®PERATE WITH THE STREET COMMISSIONER
AND HIW WORK HAS NOT BEEN APPRECIATED. THE BOARD TOOK UNDER CONSIDERATSON
HIS COMPLAINTS.
COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER REPORTED HE HAD RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS REGARDING
THE CULVERT IN SOUTH "L" STREET AS 16TH. THE CITY ENGINEER SAID THAT
DEBOLT CONCRETE CO . WAS AGREED TO INSTALL THE PIPE UNDER THIS STREET AND
HE WOULD TRY TO GET THEM TO DO THE WORK IMMEDIATELY.
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CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THAT DPNIEL E . WEST , PGE 26, 411 S.W. 5TH STREET,
BE APPOINTED PROBATIONARY PATROLMAN AS OF MARCH 25, 1959.SECONDED BY CITY
ATTORNEY CECERE.
LT. STOUT REPORTED THAT THE INSPECTION OF TAXI CABS HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND •
THAT ALL COMPANIES HAD COOPERATED AND CORRECTED THE DEFICIENCIES IN THERE
CABS.
THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION WERE APPROVED BY THE
BOARD;
(A) INSTALL STOP SIGNS AT SO. 5TH & O,MAKING 0 THE STOP STREET.
(B) INSTALL NO PARKING SIGNS ON E . SIDE OF NW 2ND FROM RICHMOND ' AVEENUE TO
PdW "E" STREET.
(C) INSTALL NO PARKING SIGNS ON E SIDE OF SO. 9TH FROM 200' NORTH FROM SO .
"Lt1 STREET, FOR AS LONG AS THE DETOUR IS IN EFFECT IN THAT AREA. •
(D) REMOVAL OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT NORTH I6TH AND "E" STREET.
THE CITY ENGINEER WAS INSTRUCTED TO FURNISH THE TRAFFIC DIVISION_WITH MAPS
OF THE NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS FOR THE TRAFFIC DIVISION TO - CHECK AND 'REPO '(ON
THE NUMBER OF STREET MARKER SIGNS NEEDED IN THESE AREAS.
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT AS OF MARCH 23, 1959, ALL SIGNS DISPLAYED ON
CITY PROPERTY (BETWEEN CURB AND SIDEWALK) WOULD BE REMOVED BY THE CITY .
SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON.
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LT. STOUT REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED REQUEST FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
PARKING METERS IN THE 1500 AND 1600 BLOCKS OF EAST MAIN STREET. THE CLERK
WAS ASKED TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE PARKING METER ZONES AS
FOLLOWS; ON BOTH SIDES OF SOUTH 5TH , 6TH AND 7TH STREET, FROM SOUTH "A"
STREET - TO SOUTH SOUTH 14BP1 STREET; ON BOTH SIDES OF EAST MAIN STREET FROM
15TH TO I6TH STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST MAIN STREET FROM 16 TO 17TH
STREET AND ON BOTH SIDES OF NO. I6TH STREET FRO MAIN TO NORTH "A" STREET.
THE BOARD ORDERED THE FLASHER LIGHTS TO BE PURCHASED FOR INiALLATION IN THE
1300 AND 1600 BLOCK OF PEACOCK ROAD.
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE FOR THE TRANSFER OF 32000.00
IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT BUDGET FROM STREET AND ALLEY MATERIAL TO REPAIR
OF EQUIPMENT. -
THE BOARD APPROVED CURB CUTS ON NATIONAL ROAD WEST JUST EAST OF THE NW 5TH
STREET INTERSECTION AND ON NW 5TH STREET JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION
WITH NATIONAL ROAD WEST. THESE CUTS HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT.
THE CLERK BRESENTED A PETITION FOR A SANITARY SEWER FOR BARRY FIELD AND FOR
A SANITARY SEWER IN THE VICINITY OF NW 5TH AND "L" STREET. THESE WERE RE-
FERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER. .
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEND A MEMO TO ALL DEPARTMENTS REQUSTING COM-
P 'LIANCE TO A PREVIOUS BOND ORDER FOR ALL CITYOWNED CARS, EXCEPT THOSE OF
THE POLICE DEPT. , TO BELETTERED.
THE - CITY ENGINEER REPORTED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT ' HAS PREPARED ALL MAPS NEC-
ESSARY FOR THE SPECIAL CENSUS.
THE BOARD APPROVED IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1023--1959 ( SIDEWALK ON SOUTH
SIDE OF EAST MAIN STREET FROM SO . 23RD TO BROWN DRIVE ) AND INSTRUCTED
THE CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING .
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR COAL, FUEL OIL AND
GASOLINE FOR THE COMING YEAR.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
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