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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS & SAFETY , RICHMOND , IND .
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, L958
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION' IN CITY HALL WHIM
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING. CITY ATTORNEY CECERE ABSENT. MINUTES DIS—
PENSED WITH. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS' HAD, TO—WIT;
MR. BILL JONES, NORTH 18TH ST. , COMPLAINED OF RESIDENTS. OF THE 800. BLOCK
USING VILE LANGUAGE ' AND THROWING TRASH IN THE YARD.
BILL ADLER SUGGESTED TO THE BOARD THAT CONCRETE OR SOME OTHER MATERIAL BE
PUT AROUND THE PARKING METERS LOCATED ' BETWEEN CURBS AND SIDEWALKS TO ELI—
MINATE MUDDLY CONDITIONS. 111 .
THE :MAYOR TOLD THE B OARD SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD .•ASKED THE- CITY TO REMOVE THE .
STUMPS LEFT WHEN THE CITY .REMOVED: TREES. . THE BOARD SUGGESTED' T-H'AT. IF POS—
SIBLE � ' PROPERTY OWNERS' SHOULD REMOVE THE STUMPS, AS THE CITY HAS NO MONEY
AVAILABLE FOR STUMP- REMOVAL. THE BOARD FELT THAT ANY ; AVAILABLE MONEY SHOURD
DE USED TO REPAIR OF CURBS AND SIDEWALKS.
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THE BOARD RECEIVED A PETITION FOR CURBS, GUTTERS '& SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES
OF- SW 17TH ST. FROM NATIONAL ROAD NORTH TO SW "B" STREET. THIS WAS RE—
FERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR STUDY.
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A LETTER WAS PRESENTED ' TO ' THE- BOARD FROM 'CHARLES V.LI V I NGOOD, `ATTORNEY FOR
KENNETH YOUNG, DISCHARGED RADIO OPERATOR 'OF THE POLICE RADIO , DEMANDING
MR. YOUNG BE PAID IN FULL FOR ALL :TI ME 'SINCE 12--31-56, DATE —OF -DISCHARGE.
THIS WAS REFERRED 'TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
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COMPLA I NTS WERE RECEI V-ED ABOUT- PEOPLE- LIVING ON THE EAST SIDE ..OF, -,SHER I D AN
STREET DUMPING- TRASH OVER THE BANK ONTO THE WHITEWATER BLVD. THE BOARD
WARNED THAT PERSONS DOING ' THIS FACE POSSIBLE PROSECUTION.
MR. FRED J-ONES, STATE' HIGHWAY DEPT:, PRESENTED AN OFFER FOR 'STATE PUR—
CHASE OF RIGHT—OF—WAY ACROSS LIGHT PLANT PROPERTY FOR U.S. 27, THE BOARD
DECIDED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE LIGHT PLANT COMMITTEE AS SOON AS POS—
SIBLE TO DECIDE IF THE OFFER WAS - ADEQUATE.
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER PRESENTED- A LETTER- ROW THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL IN • -
REGARD TO RELOCATING SULK OIL STORAGE TANKS AT SOUTH 8TH & "0" STS. AT
THE SOUTH END' OF 'C', TY OWNED PROPERTY. THE LETTERS WERE NEGATIVE AND PER—
MISSION DENIED.
MR. PAUL SMITH , DEPUTY-DIRECTOR OF WAYNE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE, ' AS A MEM—
BER OF A COMMITTEE FOR -STUDYING -EMER'GEN'CY AMBULANCE AND FIRST AID SERVICE
FOR WAYNE COUNTY , PRESENTED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. I T WAS RECOM-
MENDED A UNIT-STM I LAR TO— THE: ONES -USED- I N HENRY AND FAYETTE COUNTIES BE—
PURCHASED BY PUBLIC SU-B-SCR I PT I ON- AND MANNED BB MEMBERS OF THE RICHMOND
POLICE DEPT. FURTHER ' MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS TO BE SHARED 50/50
BY CITY OF RICHMOND AND WAYNE COUNTY. UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR
AND THE BOARD, THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED; BUT THE FEELING WAS THAT ALTHOUGH
THE UNIT WOULD POSSIBLY . SUPPLIMENT THE BRUSIER—AMBULANCE. SERVICE NOW FUR-
NISHED BY THE CITY TAXPAYERS, AN ADDITIONAL UNIT WOULD ADD A TAX BURDEN
TO THE CITY AND WOULD RESULT IN THE CITY PAYING 3/4 OF THE COST FOR A
UNIT THE BOARD FELT WAS MORE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY. . •
THE BID FOR THE TRUCK , CAB AND CHASSIS FOR" -THE STREET- DEPARTMENT WAS
AWARDED TO DEA MEADOW'S FORD SALES FOR THEIR BID PRICE OF t��326L.54. MOVED
BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON, SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKERe
THERE B'EI NG • NO FURTHER 'BUSINESS, THE MEE'TI NG' ADJOURNED.
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