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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-11-1936 2/7 Office Of the Board of Works City of Richmond, Indiana, Friday September 11, 1936. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of said Board , Frdiay September 11, 1936, at 9 :00 o ' clock A.M. Messrs. Joseph M. Waltermann, Simeon Hodgin and William Kelley, Try' being present, the following proceedings were had, to-wit : The minutes of the preceeding meeting were approved as read in Council. Lyman Lybolt of the Richond High School was before the Board seeeking permission for the High School teams to play football at the Municipal Baseball Park, Mr. Hodgin recommended that insomuch as the School City was realy a part of the City, that they be allowed the use of this park free of charge, a discussion then arose as to how v we could charge one group for the use of the park (where admission was charged) and not charge the other and it was finally decided that the orginal ruling should stand and that the High School would have to pay $10. 00 per day for the use of the park. The Ladies Auxilarreof the Knights of St .John were granted permission to have a ,parade on Sunday September 27 , 1936, also permission to rope off North A Street during a part of the afternoon on said date for the purpose of holding the their drill teams contest.. The Richmond Community Orchestra was granted the use of the stage on Roosevelt Hill for the date of Sunday October 4, 1936, but their request for the use of the sound equipment was denied, account of the fact that the fund which was used for recreation on Roosevelt Hill —was exhausted, and the Clerk was instructed to notify them that they would have to arrange to take care of the expense of installing the sound equipment if they desired to ude the same. Superintendent of Streets Burkhardt was instructed to cooperate with Superintendent of Schools Bate in / regards to the painting of the necessary yellow lines on the streets near all schools so that our children might be better protected. A petition for a water main extension on South 0 Street from 6th to 2nd Streets was received and referred r- to the City Engineer and the Water Works to determine if the required income could be received. Permission to cut the curb on South L Street on lots 7399 & 342 was granted Sam Jaffe. The Mayor stated that there was to be a meeting of Mayors from all over the United States, held in Cleveland 278 Ohio , sometime during the month of October for the purpose of considering the gas rates charge in the various communities , and he stated that it was his intention to attend this meeting in the interest of the City of Richmond. The Board authorized the payment of the contract 4„- price of i500. 00 for band concerts for the year 1936, I/ to Yr. Fred Deiderich of the American Legion Band. The following Resolution was received and adopted on the recommendation of Mr. Hodgin: Resolution No . 9 - 1936. •1HERZAS, the City of Richmond on the ist day of April 1935, entered into a contract with Max Irinsch.er & Sons, Inc. Ft . Wayne, Indiana, for the construction of Division I of the Sewage Treatment Works for the City of Richmond ; and WHEREAS, the contract provided for liquidated damages to be deducted from the contract price for the services of the Consulting Engineer for inspection of the work in excess of the contract Aeriod; and WHEREAS, the contract for engineering services between Charles Ti. Hurd, and the City of Richmond, dated ,August 28, 1934, Provide that the city of Richmond shall pay the Consulting Engineer at the rate of 15. 00 per day for each inspector and assistant engineer on the work in excess of said contract period ; and WHEREA.2, said Charles F. Hurd, as evidenced by a letter addressed to the Board of Public Works and Safety under date of August 26, 1936, has waived payment by the City to the Consulting Engineer of any amount which may have accrued on account of any such overtime inspection ; and WHEREAS, said Contractor has prosecuted said work diligently and has complied with the requests of this Board as to the use and occupancy of the main treatment units of the Sewage Treatment Plant before its final completion and acceptance by this Board; and WHEREAS, the Contractor has suffered on account of delays due to weather conditions and other conditions beyond his control and has been further delayed in the completion of the work due to Change Orders issued by this Board ; . 279 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: Section 1. That this Board hereby waives any and all liquidated damages from said Max Irmscher & Sons. Inc. Contractor for Division I of the Sewage Treatment Works for the City of Richmond, as Provided under Section 11 of said contract, on account of any additional time in excess of the contract period required for the completion of the work to and including September 5, 1936. Section 2. That the Board having received the approval of State Director PWA, hereby extends the time for the completion of thw ork under said contract with Max Irmscher & Sons . Inc. to and including September 5, 1936. The Clerk was instructed to have liability insurance for the Municipal Baseball Park furnished by the Peltz Agency. He was also instructed to write to some of the other ball teams and determine what protection they had V for property damage. Mr. Will Reller, representing the Wayne Works was before the Board relative to the vacating of certian streets ✓ and alleys adjacent to the said Wayne Works, and agreed that the Wayne Works would furnish bond to protect the City against all damages due to said vacation proceedings, should the proposed resolution be adopted. The Board acting on this assurance then unanimously ,/adopted Declaratory Resolution No . 252 - 1936, and instructed the Clerk to prepare the proper advertisement and the hearing date was set as October 9 , 1936. Superintendent of Streets Burkhardt renrted that one the horses used at the park had died and wanted permission to hire one horse, when needed for the balance of the year, since it was his intention to do away with the use of all horses next year. The Board granted this permission. Ross Harrington was before the Board with a release to be signed between the City of Richmond and the Indemnity Insurance Co . of Philadelphie, Pa. The Board did not sign this release since it was made out for the payment of � 2 . 525. 00 payable to the City, while the actual payment to the glt,35r00a.f0t0e.r143.-11-1=Tw:esd=uTtleirtIola;:ell= d would have. been but ucted to prepare the release so as to show the proper amount which the City would actualy receive, with the assurance that this would clean LID all claims connected with the firework case in glen . iller Park. The Clerk received and opened the following bids for weatherstripping the windows in the City Building : Chamberlin Weatherstrip Co . $179 .00 American Metal Weatherstrip Co . 119 .00 single groove '' " " 178.00 double groove Miller Kemper Co . 187. 50 280 All these bide were referred to the City Engineer Building Inspector and City Purchasing Agent for decision. Claims to the amount of 22,881.00 were allowed after which the 73oard adjourned. ,.ayor. Attest : 2,71ai-e-//(119. City Clerk.