Board Of Works Approves Funding For KEDCo Loan Program
May 2, 2020 at 1:15 a.m.
Board Of Works Approves Funding For KEDCo Loan Program
By Teresa [email protected]
The funds were approved for this use by the city council April 20.
The money can be used as small business loans to help Warsaw business owners recover and retain jobs during the state’s COVID-19 mandatory, emergency shut down. The loans are up to $10,000. The businesses have six months before they must begin to pay the loans back and then 24 months to pay them back in full. KEDCo is administering the loans, and the funds will be paid back to the city.
Thallemer also said KEDCo received news Thursday that it was awarded a $245,000 grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs for its Small Business Relief Fund.
The Board of Works also approved a trademark contract to use Clearly Kosciusko in city promotions. This is a countywide brand, with logo, created in partnership with several other organizations, designed to craft a sense of place and a tourism draw. Mayor Assistant Staci Young said it will be especially used on social media.
Grace College is the owner of the new trademark and it may only be used with the school’s written consent.
City planner Jeremy Skinner presented the following:
• Change orders No. 10 and 11 for the Market Street project. The first order adds $4,042.98 for street signs to be remade by the contractor. The second change is for $107,087.82 for material overruns for a total project increase of $111,129.90.
Clemens asked who made the mistake. “Was it the engineer?”
Skinner said it was and the signs were 4 feet long and 2 feet high, like on a highway, too large for residential street signs on Market Street.
• A study outlining redevelopment opportunities along Argonne Road in collaboration with Winona Lake. The study will be conducted by Anderson - Bohlander, Indianapolis. Costs are projected to be about $28,640 with $15,000 being the city’s share, coming from the Argonne area tax increment financing district.
Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler submitted the following contracts:
• With USI Consultants for engineering design services for traffic signal modernization at Center and Lake streets and Center and Indiana Streets for $60,000.
Beeler has been meeting with Indiana Department of Transportation and the railroad engineers to design Center and Detroit street signals to keep traffic flowing during and after a train crossing.
Beeler said the updated signals will change timings so traffic won’t be so backed up in the future.
• With INDOT for the 2020 Community Crossing matching funds for $497,822. Lincoln Drive will be improved, complete with sidewalks, from North Lincoln Street to the dead end. The city is responsible for half the costs.
Beeler said bids will be let soon and the work should be complete by Nov. 1.
Thallemer said there are plans to meet with the residents when a start date is announced as driveways in the right-of-ways will be rebuilt, too.
“The disruptions will be articulated,” Beeler said. “There will be temporary delays. The construction company is required to make sure everyone has access to their homes.”
City Human Resources Director Jennifer Whitaker requested that Waggoner-Irwin-Scheele review the city’s personnel policy handbooks for $15,000, which was approved.
She also received permission to hire Paige Wood and Mason Metzinger as new patrol officers. Woods and Matzinger’s pay is $1,782.69 biweekly each. A third individual will be hired at $2,000.58, pending background check results.
The board approved claims of $1,471,593.40 and a special claim to purchase the 802 E. Center St. property.
The next Board of Works meeting is May 15 at 10:30 a.m.
The funds were approved for this use by the city council April 20.
The money can be used as small business loans to help Warsaw business owners recover and retain jobs during the state’s COVID-19 mandatory, emergency shut down. The loans are up to $10,000. The businesses have six months before they must begin to pay the loans back and then 24 months to pay them back in full. KEDCo is administering the loans, and the funds will be paid back to the city.
Thallemer also said KEDCo received news Thursday that it was awarded a $245,000 grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs for its Small Business Relief Fund.
The Board of Works also approved a trademark contract to use Clearly Kosciusko in city promotions. This is a countywide brand, with logo, created in partnership with several other organizations, designed to craft a sense of place and a tourism draw. Mayor Assistant Staci Young said it will be especially used on social media.
Grace College is the owner of the new trademark and it may only be used with the school’s written consent.
City planner Jeremy Skinner presented the following:
• Change orders No. 10 and 11 for the Market Street project. The first order adds $4,042.98 for street signs to be remade by the contractor. The second change is for $107,087.82 for material overruns for a total project increase of $111,129.90.
Clemens asked who made the mistake. “Was it the engineer?”
Skinner said it was and the signs were 4 feet long and 2 feet high, like on a highway, too large for residential street signs on Market Street.
• A study outlining redevelopment opportunities along Argonne Road in collaboration with Winona Lake. The study will be conducted by Anderson - Bohlander, Indianapolis. Costs are projected to be about $28,640 with $15,000 being the city’s share, coming from the Argonne area tax increment financing district.
Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler submitted the following contracts:
• With USI Consultants for engineering design services for traffic signal modernization at Center and Lake streets and Center and Indiana Streets for $60,000.
Beeler has been meeting with Indiana Department of Transportation and the railroad engineers to design Center and Detroit street signals to keep traffic flowing during and after a train crossing.
Beeler said the updated signals will change timings so traffic won’t be so backed up in the future.
• With INDOT for the 2020 Community Crossing matching funds for $497,822. Lincoln Drive will be improved, complete with sidewalks, from North Lincoln Street to the dead end. The city is responsible for half the costs.
Beeler said bids will be let soon and the work should be complete by Nov. 1.
Thallemer said there are plans to meet with the residents when a start date is announced as driveways in the right-of-ways will be rebuilt, too.
“The disruptions will be articulated,” Beeler said. “There will be temporary delays. The construction company is required to make sure everyone has access to their homes.”
City Human Resources Director Jennifer Whitaker requested that Waggoner-Irwin-Scheele review the city’s personnel policy handbooks for $15,000, which was approved.
She also received permission to hire Paige Wood and Mason Metzinger as new patrol officers. Woods and Matzinger’s pay is $1,782.69 biweekly each. A third individual will be hired at $2,000.58, pending background check results.
The board approved claims of $1,471,593.40 and a special claim to purchase the 802 E. Center St. property.
The next Board of Works meeting is May 15 at 10:30 a.m.
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