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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY , RICHMOND , INDIANA
THURSDAY , JANUARY 29 , 1 959
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL WITH
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT . THE READING OF THE
PREV I OUS MEETING WERE DISPENSED WITH .
MRS. ROBERT HUFF AND MRS. RSERT SCHUSSLER APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD RE-
' PRESENTING -THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN REGARD .TO THE PARKING SITUATION
AT THEIR NEW QUARTERS ON NORTH 10TH ST. . PARKING PRIVILEGES HAD RECENTLY
BEEN TURNED DOWN BY THE BOARD , HOWEVER , A DISCUSSION WAS HELD AND THE
BOARD EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN GRANTING SPECIAL PARKING .
THIS WAS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT FOR FURTHER STUDY .
MR. MC ADAMS AND MR. SMITHMEYER APPEARED REGARDING THE ' NO PARKING ' SIGNS
ON ONE SIDE OF SOUTH F BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH STREETS. ME MC ADAMS STATED
THE SIGNS CAUSED A LOSS TO HIS BUSINESS AND REQUESTED THAT THEY BE RE-
MOVED . THIS WAS ALSO TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.
MR. ROBERT ALLEN EXPLAINED $0 THE BOARD SOME PROBLEMS REGARDING THE EX-
TENT I ON OF WATER LINES FOR FIRE PROTECTION . CITY CONTROLLER WILSON SUGGES-
TED THAT A MEETING BE ARRANGED WITH THE WATER WORKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO
STUDY THIS CONDITI ONL
ASS ' T . CHIEF CONYERS RECOMMENDED THAT SGT. DAN HARPER BE APPOINTED ACTING
CAPTAIN FROM 2-6-59 TO 6-20-59 AND PATROLMAN PAUL MARTIN BE ACTING SGT .
FOR SAME PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO CAPT . JOS . WHITES ABSENCE. CITY CONTROLLER
W ILSON APPROVED . SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE REQUESTED THAT FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS STUDY AND RECOMMEND
SOME AREA FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE t 4 FIRE STATION .
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER ADVISED THAT WORK WILL BE STARTED NEXT WEEK ON THE
P IPE AT SOUTH I6TH & "L" STREET.
MAYOR CUTTER DISCUSSED THE CONDITION OF SOUTH 4TH & "N " STREET STATING
THAT DEBRIS COMES WIEITH WATEfi FROM THE ALLEY ACROSS PRIVATE PROPERTY .
MAYOR CUTTER ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD , THE CENSUS OF THE CITY AND
SUPPLIED NAMES OF PERSONS TO CONTACT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CENSUS AND THE
PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED . THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD AGREED THAT ACTION SHOULD
BE TAKEN TO INITIATE THE PRELIMINARY STEPS. THE BOARD ESTIMATED THAT THIS
CENSUS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 45 ,000.
MAYOR CUTTER PRESENTED A LETTER FROM A CITIZEN WHO HAD RECEIVED TWO PARKING
TICKETS AND STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A STATEMENT FOR THESE AFTER SHE HAD
PAID THEM . CITY ATTORNEY CECERE SUGGESTED SOME SYSTEM BE ESTABLISHED TO
COLLECT THESE PAYMENTS-FROM THE DEPOSIT BOXES WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE
METERS. HE FURTHER SUGGESTED THE COLLECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE AT THE SAME
TIME AS METER COLLECTIONS" AND THAT RECORDS BE KEPT . THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY
AGREED THAT THIS ACTI ON SHOULD BE TAKEN .
- THE MAYOR DISCUSSED FIRE PROTECTION TO CITIZENS OUTSIDE OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP
AND THE BOARD AGREED THAT IT IS THE OBLIGATDNS OF THE VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS
TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION FOR SAME AND FURTHER THAT THE RICHMOND DEPT.
W ILL ANSWER CALLY ONLY TO WANYE TOWNSHIP , SPRING GROVE AND THE CITY .
A LETTER FROM THE RETAIL MERCHANTS STATED THAT A DOLLAR DAY WILL BE HELD
ON 2-11-59 FROM 9:00 A. M . TO 5:00 P. M. AND ASKED THAT TRAFFIC BE KEPT OFF
OF MAIN STREET AS BEFORE . THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MADE A MOTION THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING_ OF THE BOARD ,
THEY CONSIDER THE PARKING PROBLEM ON MAIN STREET. THE BOARD AGREED .
THE BOARD AGREED TO CHANGE THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTH 6TH & 7TH PARKING
LOTS TO TEND& HOUR METERS.
THE BOARD ORDERED LT . STOUT , TRAFFIC DIVISION , TOMAKE A STUDY OF THE CITY
J LIMITS ' SIGNS TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THESE SIGNS SHOULD BE LOCATED.
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LT. STOUT SUGGESTED THAT ' NO PARKING ' BE ORDERED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH
WEST 18TH ST IN FRONT OF STEELES SERVICE STATION. THE BOARD CONCURRED.
LT . STOUT ALSO SUGGESTED THAT PARKING BE TAKEN OFF OF THE WEST- SIDE OF SOUTH
9TH ST . FROM THE ALLEY BEHIND THE FIRE STATION AT SOUTH "E" TO SOUTH "F"
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IN FRONT OF THE NEW STANDARD MARKET . ALSO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH "Frf
FROM SOUTH 8TH TO SOUTH 9TH ST. THE BOARD APPROVED .
A PETITION FOR STREET LIGHT FROM MR. GRAY , 824 NO . 20TH WAS REFERRED TO THE
ENGINEERS DEPT .
THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE LOW BID FOR 'A CAR TO BE PURCHASED FOR THE HEALTH
AND SANITATION DEPT, LOW BIDDER WAS E . W. PARRISH FOR A NASH STATION WAGON 111
FOR 1959.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETING ADJOURNED .
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