Warsaw Board Of Works Opens Bids For Pavilion, Awards Bid For Lift Station
Warsaw Board Of Works Opens Bids For Pavilion, Awards Bid For Lift Station
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David L. Slone-
Warsaw Board Of Works Opens Bids For Pavilion, Awards Bid For Lift StationBoth of the bids that came in Friday for the Center Lake Pavilion renovation were under $2.5 million.
The bids were opened during the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.
The first bid was from R. Yoder Construction, Nappanee, for $2,239,417.93. The second base bid was for $2,468,000 from CME Corp., Fort Wayne.
City engineer Aaron Ott asked for the bids to be taken under advisement so the city’s architect can review the documents and make sure the bids are solid and responsive.
The Board approved taking the bids under advisement. Mayor Joe Thallemer said the bid most likely will be awarded at the Board’s Aug. 5 meeting.
At the April Warsaw Parks and Recreation Board meeting, Thallemer announced a donor pledged $2.5 million toward the renovation. The name of the donor is not expected to be released until the Park Board approves a memorandum of understanding with the donor, which hasn’t happened yet. The last public estimate of the remodel was $3.1 million
Next, the Board of Works was presented a request from Warsaw Community Economic and Development Director Jeremy Skinner to award the bid for the Airport Road lift station and force main to HRP Construction Inc. for a total of $1,727,803, including the base and alternate bids, which the Board of Works did.
The other bid was from G & G Hauling & Excavating totaling $2,109,166, including the base and alternate bids.
Bids were opened on Tuesday, Skinner said. It will go to the Redevelopment Commission for contracts in August.
A “repeat” from the last Board meeting was Warsaw Police Department Chief Scott Whitaker’s request to pursue sealed quotes for a contractual purchase agreement for 80,000 gallons of fuel in 2023.
Thallemer said, “We ran into some timing issues with our advertising, so we’re going to have to move the bids to Aug. 5. We certainly were trying to time this to be able to obtain favorable quotes and we ran short a couple of days on the advertising requirements. So rather than do that, we decided to redo it.”
The Board approved for the WPD to pursue the quotes.
Street Superintendent Dustin Dillon requested permission to seek quotes for neighborhood sidewalk and curbing removal and replacement cost estimates for the remainer of the 2022 construction season.
“We’ve got different segments of the city that we’re wanting to get some neighborhood sidewalks replaced, as well as some curbing, so just making sure we’re getting the best cost associated that we can,” Dillon said.
The Board approved the request.
Thallemer brought up the memorandum of understanding between the city and the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Foundation. LaunchPad is a childcare coalition formed under the Chamber and funded by the Foundation.
The MOU is to provide LaunchPad with a $250,000 grant from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds over the next four years. It will allow them to create an opportunity for matching grants to businesses who invest in childcare seats in the city of Warsaw, Thallemer said.
He said the city tried to facilitate this with changes in zoning rules and the Common Council approved the ARPA funding for this specific program.
“They’re going to provide matching grants of up to 25% of startup costs for construction and renovation. It will not be used for programming or operational costs,” Thallemer said.
The physical location of the building needs to be within the city limits and the business does need to provide at least 12 childcare seats. It all will be administered through LaunchPad.
The city will provide $62,500 in October toward the grant program, and then $62,500 per year in 2023-25.
“These funds meet all the requirements of ARPA and this is a simple way to administer this from the city’s standpoint as far as spending the ARPA money, and also giving LaunchPad the ability to administer the program and follow up and make sure these projects are meeting the requirements,” Thallemer stated.
The Board approved the MOU.
In other business:
• City Planner Justin Taylor requested the Board approve a real estate agreement between the city and Trinity United Methodist Church of Warsaw for the acquisition of parcels to the east of Richardson Dubois Park and Fribley Field for $46,250, which the Board did.
The parcels will be used to improve the parking situation in the area for visitors to the parks and field.
• The Board approved an owner-contractor agreement between the city and G & G Hauling & Excavating for the reconstruction of Hodges Addition, phase 2 Lindberg Drive, to be completed in 2022-23, as requested by Dillon.
The bid was awarded July 1 to G & G for $1,008,964. A state Community Crossings grant will pay for $443,658 of the cost.
• Utilities Superintendent Brian Davison requested the approval of a quote for the purchase of a 2023 Mack HVC truck and accessories for $448,200. It will be purchased in 2023, but due to long wait times to get equipment, Davison said the city needs to move forward on it now to get it in 2023. He said they replace their trucks every 10 years and this one will replace the Warsaw Sewer Department’s oldest truck. The Board approved the request.
• The Board approved a change order for a deduction of $11,641.05 from Insight Pipe Contracting LLC for the sanitary sewer rehabilitation project, as requested by Davison.
The final pay application for the project from Insight Pipe Contracting LLC for $37,627.43 also was approved.
• The Board approved an agreement with Norfolk Southern for work that will occur on Anchorage Road in 2023-24. Skinner said that since a railroad runs through the Anchorage Road project, they need to coordinate the road reconstruction and paving with Norfolk Southern. An invoice of $9,837 will be paid to the Indiana Department of Transportation/Norfolk Southern to administer the services within the agreement.
• A $20,000 grant from the K21 Health Foundation was accepted by the Board. The funds will go toward the purchase of vests, cameras, an AED and stair chair for use in the CARES program, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory EMS Chief Chris Fancil said.
• The Board approved to pay blues band Treated and Released $1,000 for performing an extended amount of time at the July 9 Lakes Festival, as requested by Parks Superintendent Larry Plummer, after musician Cari Ray backed out due to a family emergency in Colorado.
• The Board approved an additional road closure for the Aug. 5 First Friday, as requested by Main Street Warsaw. Main Street, between Buffalo and Lake streets but not including the intersection, will be closed from 3:30 to 9 p.m., in addition to the already-approved road closures of Center Street, between Lake and Indiana streets, and Buffalo Street between Main and Market streets.
• Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer gave the oath of office to Fellowship Missions Director and Founder Eric Lane, who will be serving on the Warsaw Housing Authority Board of Directors.
