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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY, RICHMOND, INDIANA.
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1956
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular
session in its office in the City Hall in said City, Friday, July 2, 1956, at the hour
of 8:00 o'clock A.M. (CST). Mr. Wilson presiding with the following members being
present: Mr. Deuker and Mr. Cecere. The following business was had, to-wits
On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the previous meeting were
dispensed with.
Mr. R.G. Craft, 1807 South "G" Street appeared before the Board asking that something
be done about the flooding of the area South of "E" and east of 16th. City Engineer
Deuker said that the ditch would be dredged and opened for the flow of water. The
Mayor instructed the City Engineer and Mr. Ed Ross to make a survey of the City and re-
port the areas that need sewers.
Mr. Ed Ross reported that the new pack-unit was in operation and by its use the pickup
of trash was bing speeded up. He said there were 2023 trash bins in the City that re-
quired shoveling to empty. Mr. Ross said that, for some reason, bins have been un-
commonly full of tree and shrub cuttings and this made the collecting of trash very
difficult, .
Bill Adler, Parking Meter Maintenance man, reported that the 16 new meters for the
Market House lot had arrived and would be ready for installation when the lot was
completed. He was instructed by the Board to .install two (2) 15 minute meters on
South 8th Street by the side of Hooks Drug Store. -
City Attorney Cecere moved and City Engineer Deuker seconded a motion to lease for
$1.00 to the Sesquicentennial Committee the Garfield School lot for use during the
Sesquicentennial in August.
City Engineer Deuker moved that a letter be written to the Ish Brewer Pure Oil Station
at 25 Richmond Avenue instructing them to clean the dirt off of Randolph Street and to
remove the cars parked on City property. City Attorney Cecere seconded. City Attorney
Cecere to write the letter.
III City Engineer Deuker reported plans were complete to install a storm sewer from South "E"
Street to the ditch South of South "G" Street, but that additional easements would have
to be secured before work could be started.
The letter from Councilwoman Hoskins was turned over to Police Chief Mitrione for in-
vestigation and action.
There being no further business presented on motion duly made, seconded and carried,
the meeting adjourned.
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