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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY, RICHMOND , INDIANA
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21 , 1958
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THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION/CITY HALL WITH
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING * AO,. MEMBERS PRESENT. THE READING OF THE
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DISPENSED. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS HAD,
TO-WIT;
J. B-RANDEN GRIFFIS PRESENTED A PETITION , FOR FLASHER SCHOOL-CROSSING LINTS _
FOR THE INTERSECTION OF NW 16TH & PE.A000K. ROAD. THIS PETITION WAS REFERRED
TO THE ,TRAFFIC DIVISION FOR STUDY AND RECOMMENDATION.
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MR. LESTER TAMPLIN, WEST MANCHESTER , OHIO , TALKED TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE
REMOVAL OF TREES IN THE CITY. HE WAS TOLD HE WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN , AM
IF, THE CITY DECIDED TO HIRE THE WORK DONE .
MR. ROBERT HULLER, SUPERIOR AUTO , DAYTON ,OHIO , PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH A
FIGURE FOR A BOWY FOR THE DOG WARDEN' S TRUCK. HE SAID AN 8 COMPARTMENT ,
ALUMINUM BODY WOULD COST $ 1249.00 AND AN 6 COMPARTMENT BOYD , $1189.00.
JAMES YOUNT , TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE , MD RICHARD KLEINKHNECHT , TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY ,
APPEARED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT FIRE
PROTECTION EpR THE TOWNSHIP. THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE CITY THOUGHT A$.30
ASSESSMENT ON EACH $100.00 OF ASSESSED VALUATION WOULD BE A FAI_(T FIGURE
AND THAT A CONTRACT SHOULD BE SIGNED TO COVER A 3 YEAR PERDD. IT WAS NOTED
THIIT THE TOWNSHIP AS YET; HAS MADE NO. CONCRETE OFFER FOR FIRE PROTECTION
AND NEGOTIATIONS COULD NOT BE HELD UNTIL A PROPOSAL IS MADE. THE QUESTION
AROSE AS TO WHETHER A CONTRACT WOULD BE IN ORDER THAT WOULD BIND A FUTURE
CITY ADMINISTRATION. THE TRUSTEE AND HIS ATTORNEY WERE REQUESTED TO STUDY
THE CITY ' S PROPOSAL AND TO ADVISE THE BOARD OF THEIR FINDING .
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THE STREET COMMISSIONER REPORTED THAT THE OFFER BY SAM GIBSON TOCUT TREES
FOR $ 15 .00- WAS A GOOD ONE AS IT WAS CHEAPER THAN HIS DEPARTMENT, COULD DO
IT. HE RECOMMENDED THE CITY HAVE HIM DO THE WORK .
THE STREET COMMISSIONER TOLD THE BOARD THAT HIS BUDGET INCLUDED, AN ITEM,
FOR TRAFFIC SIGNS & GUIDES AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY LABOR FOR ' INSTALLATION
OF SAME AND HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD
POLICE CHIEF MITRIONE READ A LETTER FROM DQN MANLOVE AT HIGH SCHOOL RE-
PORTING THAT DURING THE SECOND SEMESTER, APPROXIMATELY 300 PUPILS FROM
HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE USING CLASSROOMS IN JOSEPH MOORE, HE ASKED IF SW
1ST STREET COULD BE BLOCKED FROM SW - "D" TO SW "E" DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
THE BOARD TOOK THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL LT. STOUT COULD I NEST I GATE
AND RECOMMEND.
THE POLICE CHIEF READ A LETTER FROM THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY ABOUT THE TROUBLE
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HAVING WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS*
THE LETTER STATED THAT THE TROUBLE WAS IN THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLES
AND NOT MECHANICAL. -
THE TRAFFIC DIVISION WAS ASKED TO STUDY. THE POSSIBILITY OF REROUTING TRUCKS
- ON NORTH AND SOUTH "A" AND THE ELIMINATION OF LEFT TURNS OFF OF MAIN STREET
FROM 5TH TO 12TH .
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT BEGINNING JANUARY 8, 1959, THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY WOULD MEET ON THURSDAY MORNING AND ON EACH SUCCEED-
ING THURSADY THEREAFTER. SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WI LSON.
THE MOTHER ' S OF WW II VETERANS WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO SELL POINSETTAS IN
UP-TOWN RICHMOND ON NOVEMBER 28TH AND 29TH.
THE CLERK REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT COMPLAINTS FROM COUNCILMEN HAD BEEN
RECEIVED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE FOLLOWING ALLEYS; FROM NORTH "B" TO "C"
BETWEEN 8TH AND 7TH ST. , AND FROM SOUTH "E" TO "G" STREET BETWEEN 6TH TO
7TH STREET. THESE WERE REFERRED TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN AT NORTH 24TH AND GLEN
COURT MAKING NORTH 24TH THE STOP STREET.
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CITY ENGINEER DEUKER REPORTED THAT MARSH FOOD LINERS HAD ASKED PERMISS-
ION TO INSTALL A GUARD RAIL ALONG THE STEEP BANK OF SW "A", WEST OF SW
18TH STREET AND ALSO AT THE END OF SW "A11. HE SAID THIS RAIL WOULD BE
A GOOD SAFETY DEVICE AND MOVED IT BE ALLOWED. SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY
CECERE.
THE BOARD GAVE APPROVAL FOR THE PARKING OF THE MOBILE S-RAY UNIT ON
SOUTH 8TH STREET BY THE KNOLLENBERG ANNEX FROM DEC. 10TH TO I6TH.
THE CLERK READ A LETTER FROM KATHERINE ORR, PRINCIPAL OF CHARLES SOHOOL,
THANKING THE BOARD FOR PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE MATTER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
CROSSING SOUTH 23RD STREET AT REEVESTON ROAD.
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THAT . IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1022-1958 BE
ADOPTED. (CURB,GUTTER & SIDEWALK , PARRY ST. FROM 9TH TO 13TH ). SECONDED
BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE.
THE BOARD APPROVED THE INSTALLATION OF A STREET LIGHT ON SW 3RD , MIDWAY
BETWEEN SW "0"- AND "En-. THIS APPROVED BECAUSE THE BLOCK BETWEEN SW "0"
AND "E WAS APPROXIMATELY 650' LONG . --
THERE BEING NO FURMHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
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