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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-26-1936 253 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 254 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. 255 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. J/,‘ P` yor.. Attest : ' City Clerk.