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OFFICE OF THE. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY,RICHMOND , INDIANA
FRI DAY , DECEMBER 12, 1958
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET, IN REGULAR SESSION I_N CITY HALL
WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . _ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. THE READING
O.F THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DISPENSED WITH . THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS WAS HAD , TO-WIT; .
THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION THAT THIS DATE HAD_ BEEN SET TO .
HEAR PERSONS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT. RESOLUTION NO . :3 -1958(CURBs�
GUTTERS, & SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF SOUTH 10TH ST BETWEEN "M'� & "0n
THE PROOFS WERE ORDERED RECEIVED AND FILED . AO REM-ONSTRANCES WERE RECEIVED ,
111 BUT SEVERAL SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE IMPROVEMENT. CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED
THIS BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON.
MAYOR„ CUT-,TER GAVE TO THE BOARD _A LETTER HE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN WHICH THEY OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSED RE-ROUTING OF
TRUCKS ON SOUTH "A" STREET.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED THEIR PREVIOUS ACTION IN WHICH THEY ORDERED
THE -STOPPING OF FIRE RUNS OUTSIDE OF THE RICHMOND CORPORATION AS OF JAN.
I , 195[9. REFERRING TO THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED- BY THE COMMON COUNCIL ON FEB .
3, 1958, THE BOARD NOTED THAT FIRE PROTECTION IN THE TOWNSHIP WOULD CON-
TINUE FOR HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS . FIRE CHIEF
WILLIAMS W_AS REMINDED, OF THIS ACTION BY THE BOARD AND COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR_ ANNOUNCED THAT THE METHOD PJREVI OUSLY ADOPTED FOR SELECTING FIRE-
MEN TO FILL VACANCIES OR OPENINGS HAD PROVED TO BE SOUND AND AROUND 30 MEN
HAD APPLIED FOR APPOINTMENT SINCE THE LAST EXAMINATIONS HAD BEEN GIVEN. HE
ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD , ON DECMEBER 15 , 10 & 17, HOLD
INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMS FOR THE NEW APPLICANTS AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THREE NEW FIREMAN. .
THE POLICE CHIEF RECOMMENDED THOMAS ROWLAND BE PROMOTED TO REGULAR PATROL-
MAN AS HIS__ ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD WAS OVER ON DECEMBER 10, 195.8. CITY
CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THIS PROMOTION BE APPROVED, SECOND_ED BY CITY ATTOR-
NEW CECERE.
JOHN TIFFANY , DAIRY INSPECTOR PRESENTED SPECIFICATIONS FOR A NEW CAR. THE
CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK FOR APPRAISAL OF
THE 1953 FORD TO BE TRADED IN AND THE NECESSARY PUBLICATIONS FOR BIDS.
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY AUTHORIZE
THE PURCHASE OF 2.4 ACRES, MORE OR LESS , IN THE NAME OF THE CITY OF RI CH-
MOND . THIS PROPERTY BEING LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE JOHNSTON STREET STATION
AND OWNED BY THE STARR PIANO COMPANY. SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOARD OF WORKS HAD SIGNED A CON-
TRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STATE-OWNED TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THAT IT HAD
BEEN SENT TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL.
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
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