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Office of the Board of Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Friday June 26, 1936.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City •
of Richmond, Indiana,met in the office of said Board,
Friday June 26, 1936, at 9 :00 o ' clock A.M. Messrs.
Joseph M. Walterman, Simeon Hodgin and William
Kelley, Jr. being present, the following proceedings
were had, to-wit :
The minutes of the preceeding meeting were approved
as read.
The committee to tabulate and recommend on the
purchase of coal for the various city buildings,
reported and recommended as follows :
Item 1 - 150 tons stoker coal to the Hatfield Campbell
• Creek Coal Co. at a price of 3.38 per ton.
Item 2 - 110 tons Pocahonas mine run to Sam Jaffe
' Company at a price of $4. 66 per ton.
Item 3 - 50 tons Pocahontas Nut to Muff Grain and
Coal Compan at a price of $4.66 per ton.— __
Item 4 - 15 tons Century West Virginia Coal delivered
to Muff Grain and Coal Co. at $5.20 per ton.
The Board approved this recommendation and instructed
the City Purchasing Agent to order this coal.
A petition. for the construction of a sewer on
South8th Street between N & L signed by Donal Rankin
was received by the Board and was tabled until it
could be determined if said sewer could not be
contsructed under WPA.
To meet the objection of the P.W.A. Resolution No.
• 5 was resinded and the following adopted:
RESOLUTION No . 6
HEREAS,the City of Richmond, Indiana, by and
through its Board of Public Works and Safety, under
date of April 1, 1935, entered into a contract with
Max Irmscher & Sons, Inc, of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
for the construction of Division I of the Sewage
Treatment Works for the City of Richmond ; and
WHEREAS, said contract is subject to the provisions
of a contract, dated August 16, 1934, entered into
between the City of Richmond and the United States of
America, by and through the Federal Emergency
Administrator of Public Works, whereby the Goverment
agrees by grant to aid the Citr of Richmond in financing
said project, under the condition that said work shall
be carried on under the regulations of the Federal
Emergency Administration of Public Works , and
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WHEREAS, the work under said contract , which is
now more than 97% complete, has been prosecuted
by said Contractor in a manner satisfactory to the
City of Richmond, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Board that the
retained percentage under said contract or Forty
One Thousand Six Hundred Ten Dollars and Sixty-
Fice Cents (341,610. 65) is in excess of the amount
required to give protection intended to the City
of Richmond; and
WHEREAS, it is furt_.-'er the opinion of this Board
that Fifty per cent ( 50%) of the total anticipated
retained percentage is sufficient protection to the
City of Richmond under the present status of the
work under said contract :
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1. That this Board approves payment to said
Contractor of Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Seven
Dollars and Twenty Four Cents (: 20, 23 7 .24) of said
retained percentage, subject to the consent of the
Contractor's Surety under his bond, which is attached
to said contract and made a part thereof and to the
approval of the State Director, P.W.A. ; it being
understood and agreed, as witnessed by the endorsement
upon the voucher for such payment that such payment
will in no way change or nullify any other provisions
of said contract between said Max Irmscher & Sons,Inc .
and the City of Richmond.
Section 2. That the City Controller of the City of
Richmond be and is hereby authorized and instructed,
upon receipt otconsent of the surety company and
the approval of the State Director, P.W.A. as set out
in Section 1 of this Resolution, to make payment to
said Contractor in the amount of Twenty Thousand Two
Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars and Twenty Four Cents
($20,237.24) , with the endorsement on the payment
voucher as provided in Section 1 above.
Permission was granted Charles Johanning to cut
the curb at North 10th & H Streets.
A communication was read in relation to the damage
claim against the Bituminous Casualty Co. by the Light
Plant and the City Attorney was instructed to arrange
a meeting of all of the interested Parties and try to
affect a settlement .
A communication was read from PWA regarding the
t. Civic Auditorium and was tabled until after the
meeting between the School Board and the Council.
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Mr. Parish of the Employees Liability Insurance
Company was before the Board and presented figures
on machinery insurance for the Sewage Disposal Plant.
Bob Reid of the Palladium Publishing Company was
c-before the Board with several recommendations for
the stage at Roosevelt Hill, the Board turned these
recommendations over to Mr. Burkhardt.
George Brehm was before the Board in an effort to
have the Clear Creek Ball Park turned over to Harry
Patti for the dates of July 4-5, some discussion was
had as to whether it would be good policy to allow
any one to use this park until it was completed, and
it was decided to leave the question up to Mr. Hodgin.
Clarence Brown was before the Board seeking to
have the KWH allowed Reid Memorial Hospital free,
increased and stated that since the enlargement of
said hospital that they were running over the amount
of current donated to them, and that the amount should
be around ?, 650.00, Mr. Brown also asked for the
installation of lights on the parking grounds of the
hospital, these questions were all referred to the
Common Council who were in charge of the operation
of the Light Plant.
Claims to the amount of $10,360.15 were allowed
after which the Board adjourned.
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P` yor..
Attest :
' City Clerk.