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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS & SAFETY,. RICHMOND, IND.
• FR I DAY , APRIL 25, 1958
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION QN CITY HALL WITH
CITY CONTROLLER °WILSON PRESIDING • •ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. READING OF THE MI•N-
UTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DISPENSED WITH . THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS
HAD, TO-W1T3
THE CLERK PRESENTED PROFS OF PUBLICATION STATING. THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET
TO RECEIVE BIDS ON GASOLINE- FOR USE OF VARIOUS CI-TY DEPARTMENTS* THE
PROOFS WERE ORDERED FILED, THE FOLLOWING ' BIDS -WERE RECEIVED;
VI-C- CALBECK(SINCLAIR - 19.9 19.9 PER GAL,
WARF•IELD OIL CO. • 19.9 PER GAL 'FOR ST & POLICE DEPT• 111
20.9 PER GAL FOR PARK&FIRE DEPT.'
FARM BUREAU 20.3 PER GAL
SHELL OIL COMPANY 20.45 PER- GAL, •
OHIO OIL COMPANY 20.5 PER GAL.
MUFF COAL & OIL 20.6 PER GAL*
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED- THE -BADS BADS BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT *. SECONDED
BY CI Ti ENGINEER DEUKER, •
THE FOLLOWING BIDS WERE AWARDED FOR COAL & FUEL OIL FOR THE COMING HEAT •
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ING SEASON
COAL-75 TONS 1-'� X 28' MESH,OIL TREATED STOKER' MUFF COAL & OIL $9.49
30 TONS POCAHONTAS MINE RUN MUFF. COAL & AIL 12..99
137 TONS POCAHONTAS EGG KENDALL COAL C. 14.20
25 TONS KENTUCKY LUMP KENDALL COAL, CO. 12..80
MOTION-BY "-CITY ATTORNEY CECERE-AND -SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER•
OIL - #1 AND #2' FUEL OIL TO WARFIELD OIL CO. 44. 1198 FOR #2 & $. 1298
FOR #I • MOTION - BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE AND SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER
DEUKER.
MR. HE-RROD CARR, GREENSDURG, INDIANA, CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, REQUESTED
PERMISSION TO DRIVE THROUGH RICHMOND WITH A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM AND .
ADVERTISE. PERMISSION REFUSED.
•
MR. CARL TI NCHER, HOLTHOUSE NORTH 8TH STREET STORE,"PSK'ED PERMISSION TO
_ PARK A "SEMI-TRAILER ON NORTH 8TH STREET TO DISPLAY MERCHANDISE. .PERMISS-
ION REFUSED.
MR* GEORGE BORTON, COMMONS LUMBER COMPANY, :ASKED FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAT -
OF THE ARTHUR M. CHARLES FIRST ADDITION (S• 27TH ST. ,BTN REEVEST:ON, RO.AD
& SOUTH "B"). CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THIS PLAT BE APPROVED. SECONDED .
BY CITY CONTROLLER WI LSON•
MR. VERNON JOHNSON, OWNER Or PROPERTIES AT 1204 GREEN STREET, APPEARED
AND EXPLAINED HE INTENDED TOIEPAIR •THE CEMENT BLOCK BUILDINGS, THE BUILD-
ING INSPECTOR . TOLD THE BOARD THAT THESE BUILDING'S COULD BE REPAIRED, BUT
THE FRAME BUILDING WOULD HAVE TREE TORN DOWN. CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED
THAT UNLESS SOME PROGRESS IS MADE IN 30 DAYS TOWARD SAID REPAIR , CONDEMNA-
TION PROCEEDINGS WOULD BE INITIATED, SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER•
FIRE ,CHIEF_ WILLIAMS RECOMMENDED 1ST CLASS FIREMAN, PAUL CUSSINS, BE PRO-
NOTED TO LIEUTENANT AS OF APRIL 22, 1958. CITY A TTORNEY ' CECERE MOVED THIS
RECOMMENDATION BE APPROVED, SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WI LSON•
THE BOARD READ THE REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR IN REGARD TO THE CON-
DITION OF THE BUILDINGS AT 604-6-8-10 SOUTH "E" STREET. THE REPORT STATED •
THESE BUILDINGS WERE IN FAIR CONDITION EXCEPT FOR UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE
AND THAT THE BARN AT 604-6 SOUTH 6TH WAS BEING TORN DOWN• THIS REPORT
ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED• •
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THE RICHMOND WATERWORKS BE INSTRUCTED TO IN-
STALL A FIRE HYDRANT AT SW 3RD AND ."H" AND THAT AN 8" WATER MAIN BE RUN
TO THIS LOCATION FROM THE PRESENT MAIN IN ABINGTON PIKE, SECONDED BY CITY
ENGI N®ER DEUKER.
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LT.STOUT, -, TRAFFIC DIVISION REPORTED HE HAW MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE
POSTMASTER TO HAVE THE TWO MAIL DROP BOXES LOCATED' AT THE FOULKE SUB-
STATI ON, 18TH & EAST` MAIN, MOVED TO NORTH` I7TH STREET SO TRAFFIC WOULD
NOT BE BLOCKED BY POSTAL PAt'RONS WHO USE THE DROP BOXES. HE ASKED PER-
MISSION TO LOCATE THESE TWO BOXES IN THE FIRST TWO PARKING SPACES ON
NORTH 17TH AND TO PAINT A YELLOW- CURB FOR THIS -A'REA. THE BOARD UNANI.-
MOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION FOR THIS WORK TO 'BE DONE.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE` THE INSTALLATION OF STREET SIGNS AT -NW
18TH AND COMMONS ROAD WHEN ADVISED BY THE TRAFFIC DIVISION THAT THERE
WERE NONE -AT THIS LOCATION.
THE TRAFFIC DIVISION WAS INSTRUCTED TO STUDY THE PARKING PROBLEMS.
CREATED BY THE CHURCH AT 17TH AND SOUTH "A" STREET.
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO ADVERTISE FORBIDS FOR THE C6NSTRUCTION OF
CURB, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS - ON NORTH 15TH STREET FROM "H" TO "J" AFTER
HEARING WERE' HELD ON THE PRESENT IMPROVEMENT ' REOLUTIONS ' NOW UNDER STUDY.
' THE CITY ENGINEER REPORTED HE HAD CONTACTED THE PERSGNS....RESeONSIBLE FOR
- THE MA I NTANANCE OF ` THE RAILROAD CROSSING ON W ASH I NG TO N AVENUE AND THEY
• PROMISED IT WOULD BE FIXED.
SANITARY INSPECTOR, ANIREW HUTTON, REPORTED HE 'HAD =I-NS.PECTED- THE BANKS
ALONG THE WHITEWATER BLVD*, AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF- TRASH BEING THROWN
THERE.. HE SAID THERE WAS OLD ' TRASH IN THE AREAS BUT NOTFIING --HAD BEEN
- - THROWN OVER RECENTLY. HE ALSO REPORTED' THAT --HER.CU_LE_S- AND SON HAD AD-
VISED HIM THEY WOULD COVER THEIR DUMPED ROOFING MATERIAL WITH DIRT.
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED. .
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