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Office of the Board of Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Friday September 27,1935.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of said Board,
Friday September 27, 1935, at 9 :00 o' clock A.M. Messrs.
I/ Joseph M. Walterman, Simeon Hodgin and William Kelley, Jr.
being present, the following proceedings were had, to-wit :
Minutes of the prec.eeding meeting wer approved as read.
Street Commissioner Burkhardt reported that arrangements
had been made to have the "One Way Signs" painted for the
alleys:
Earl Hernavius was ganted permission to cut the curb
on South G Street.
On the recommendation of City Engineer Hodgin the
amount of 32.50, which was 5% of the contract price
on Improvement Resolution No .923 - 1934 was ordered
paid to Lee M. Ridgeway.
A communication was read from Forest M. Logan, PWA
engineer asking for the approval of this Board for the
payment by check of the employees of the John Dehner Co.
The. Board approved this method of payment.
Another communication was read from Donald Graham
of the PWA, in regards to violations of the labor
provisions of the PWA on the Sewage Disposal job, wherein
he cautioned the City that these violations jeopardized
the grant from. the goverment. City Engineer Hodgin stated
that some of these violations had been corrected and that
he would take the question of violations up with the
Inspectors on the job and see that they ceased also that
in any case where an individual had been under paid, he
would see that the proper pay was recieved.
City Engineer Hodgin reported on the investigation
which he and Mr. Burkhardt had made of the different
graders and that they recommended to the Board that the
Weir Model A Grader be purchased at a cost of $1,975.00
said machine being a factory demonstartor, and that said
purchase be made with the understanding that final acceptance
will be made upon delivery in Richmond and a satisfactory
demonstration to our own operator. The Board adopted this
recommendation.
The Board decided that since the former Board had gone
to the expense of purchasing a large ouanity of hand tools
for FERA workers and now there were no tools for the use
of men on the WPA Projects, that it should be the policy
of the Street Department to charge all tools to the men
and if same were not returned at the close of the job,
said tolls should be deducted from their pay, however
this shall not apply to any tools which may be worn out .
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Mr. William eller of the Police Radio Department was
before the Board and stated that the speech controlstthat
he had asked for permission to buy,had been purchased and
found to be entirely unsatisfactory, and that the next
type cost some $6.00 more than the ones originally bought
and asked permission of the Board to make this additional
expenditure. The Board gave their approval to this.
Claims to the amount of $1,380.32 were allowed, after
which the Board adjourned.
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harman of the Board.
Attest :
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City Clerk.