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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF WORKS
CITY OF RICHLOND, INDIANA,
FRIDAY T ANU°uRY 10,19 41
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City
of Richmond Indiana, met in the ofrice of said Board
Friday January 10, 1941, at 9 :00 A. M. Messrs . Simeon
W. Hodgin and Earl Keisker being present the following
proceedings were had to-wit ;
`1he minutes of the preceeding meeting were read
and approved.
,=r. Irvin Stegall was present in the interest of
the installation of a Sewer at South 6 and r1 Streets .
A petition was presented signed by seventeen
citizens and property owners requesting Ornamental
Lights be installed on 1orthwest A Street in Peacock
Terrace Addition from Northwest 8th to Northwest 10th
Streets.
The Board approved Fi preliminary Resolution app-
roving the installation of the lights as rec?uested,
a hearing to be held January 3:l,th 1941.
:he Board ordered that a .street Light be installed
at 23 and Reevston Road near the Bus Stop.
The Board ordered light installed in the island to
bu located at North Seventh 'btreet and Fort Wayne Avenue.
City Clerk Lester E. Meadows was appointed as Clerk
of the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, by Mayor Kohn R. Britten as required
by law in Cities of the Second Class , which has been
declared as such, by the following i'roclamation ;
PROCLAMATION
TO WHOM IT 1.'_1Y CONCERN, GREETINGS ; By- virtue of the
power vested in me by law as the Mayor of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, and being in possession of the official
1940 census figures for the said City of Richmond , Indiana,
35,147 as announced by the United States Census Bureau
located in Washington D. C. , I do hereby proclaim the said
City of Richmond, Ind. , heretofore a City of the Third
Class, to become a City of the Second Class , as such en-
titled to all the rights, privileges and restrictions
pertaining thereto , in accordance with the laws of the
State of Indiana.
I further order and proclaim that this change in
classification shall be retroactive as of January 1st ,
1941.
Dated , sinned and sealed at th u..ty of z d a, apolis
Indiana, this 10th day of January.
1
Stella _"aslowicz i.ayor o.L i
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The following resolution was presented and adopted
by the Board in regard to the salaries of members of
the various Departments of the City.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHBOND, INDIANA, that
WHE?{EAS, the City of Richmond, Indiana, has been off= "
icially notified by the United States Government this
day and date that said City has an official population
as of =pril 1st , 1940, of 35,147 by the official Gov-
ernment Census,and
rEREA�S, such official population automatically
advances the classification of said City of Richmond,
" Indiana, from that of a third class City to a second
Class City,and
r,;E r b
. _ �_,�,iS, certain salary increases are available
for certain Departmental heads as allowed by law and
' provided for in the Budget for 1941 for said City-of
Richmond, Indiana,
Now therefore be it Resolved by the Board of Public
Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that
salary increases b"e 'a- lowed as and of January 1st , 1941
as follows ;
Lire Chief, Police Chief, and Firemen, and "olicemen,
all Police Radio "perators at Police Radio Station be
raised Tien Dollars per month, Street Commissioner salary
raised to ,;2, l.O0 . per year. Superintendent Sewage Disposal
Plant salary raised to )2 ,100. per year. Park Superintendent
salary raised to 81,800 per annum. Dairy Inspector salary
raised to 21, 500. Per annum.
The Board ordered that the Proper publication of notice
be had for the hearing on the installation of lights on
Northwest A Street between 8th and 10th Streets, said
hearing to held in office of the Board of Public Works
Tanuar 31 , 1941.
After allowing claims in the amount of $21,473.41
on proper, motion they adjourned.
President Pro-Tem /
Attest ; aCc(
Clerk of t e Board