BOW Approves Agreement For Signs
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday approved a $35,000 contract with Graycraft Signs to provide welcome and wayfinding (directional) signs in the city limits.
The city has worked with the sign business on the design and Indiana Department of Transportation on permitting and sign placements.
Tim Dombrosky, assistant city planner, made a Power Point presentation on the signs during Friday’s meeting.
Dombrosky said the idea for the directional signs came from a study conducted by the Land Plan Group that identified locations in the city that could benefit from the signs. The group found signs could be used to identify downtown Warsaw, Winona Lake, parks and hotel locations.
Dombrosky said Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer approached the building and planning department a year and a half ago to look at some improved signs.
“We wanted to update those for city limit demarkation and beautification and that idea turned into a welcome and wayfinding sign idea,” Dombrosky said.
The signs will be installed and completed next year by Warsaw Street Department, Dombrosky said.
“Wayfinding signage is something you see in just about every community. Indianapolis uses it in its downtown to guide their cultural trails, parking, shopping, museums and stadiums,” Thallemer said.
The signs in Warsaw will be near streetlights or intersections so they will be visible at night, Dombrosky said.
There will be four large and four small welcome signs, and 14 directional signs.
The welcome signs will be based on the city seal and will read “City of Lakes Welcome To Warsaw The Orthopedic Capital.”
They will follow a black, blue, white and grey color scheme consistent to what the city has been following on its letterhead. The signs will be reflective with white lettering so it will be visible at night.
The welcome signs will be on the east and west sides of U.S. 30 and north and south sides of Ind. 15.
“These are the highest traffic areas where people are coming into the city,” Dombrosky said.
The directional signs will be at Parker, Argonne and Center Streets, and at Center Street and Ind. 15.
There will be signs that direct visitors to parking, Central Park, Wagon Wheel Theatre, Winona Lake, Kosciusko County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, downtown, city hall, medical and hotel districts and Krebs Trailhead Park.
The board also approved a $1,000 contract with Bobcat of Warsaw for an annual skid loader exchange.
The board approved a $275 contract between the wastewater utility department and Keystone Software Systems for a 2014 disaster recovery plan.
A $24,800 contract was approved between the wastewater department and Wessler Engineering for a northwest area sanitary sewer master plan and technology park sewer service study.
An agreement for 2014 between the city and Warsaw Housing Authority was approved for the city to pay WHA $30,000 for services provided to the city.
A contract between Indiana Department of Transportation and the city was approved for road rehabilitation on Husky Trail from Mariner Drive to the Warsaw city limits. Project construction will begin in August 2015, according to Jeremy Skinner, city planner.
A $101,323.80 payment was approved to Harold McComb & Son for work on the third floor of the city hall for offices for OrthoWorx. Work is scheduled to be completed Monday, and OrthoWorx will move in Tuesday and Wednesday.
An agreement between the city and Umbaugh & Associates was approved for $1.4 million in redevelopment district tax increment revenue bonds from 2012 and $5.7 million for sewage works refunding revenue bonds from 2013.
The board approved an agreement for 2014 for employee take-home vehicles. Cemetery, park and recreation, public works and wastewater department heads will be charged $1.50 each one way for commuting purposes only.
The board approved a biweekly salary for a Warsaw Police Department new hire patrol officer at $1,481.37. The officer to fill the position is still to be announced.
Biweekly wages were approved for 2014 for department heads including airport manager, $1,644.23; city planner, $2,234.83; cemetery sexton, $1,886.56; parks superintendent, $2,165.27; clerk-treasurer, $2,109.10; fire chief, $2,415.57; human resources director, $1,968.40; and mayor, $2,474.14.
In other business, Mike Brubaker, Warsaw fire chief, informed the council the city may need to re-test the tornado siren at Fire Station 1 on Main Street as the horn sounds, but does not rotate.
The community will be made aware of when the sirens will be tested.
“We are trying to make sure when it is needed the siren functions correctly,” Brubaker said.
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Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday approved a $35,000 contract with Graycraft Signs to provide welcome and wayfinding (directional) signs in the city limits.
The city has worked with the sign business on the design and Indiana Department of Transportation on permitting and sign placements.
Tim Dombrosky, assistant city planner, made a Power Point presentation on the signs during Friday’s meeting.
Dombrosky said the idea for the directional signs came from a study conducted by the Land Plan Group that identified locations in the city that could benefit from the signs. The group found signs could be used to identify downtown Warsaw, Winona Lake, parks and hotel locations.
Dombrosky said Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer approached the building and planning department a year and a half ago to look at some improved signs.
“We wanted to update those for city limit demarkation and beautification and that idea turned into a welcome and wayfinding sign idea,” Dombrosky said.
The signs will be installed and completed next year by Warsaw Street Department, Dombrosky said.
“Wayfinding signage is something you see in just about every community. Indianapolis uses it in its downtown to guide their cultural trails, parking, shopping, museums and stadiums,” Thallemer said.
The signs in Warsaw will be near streetlights or intersections so they will be visible at night, Dombrosky said.
There will be four large and four small welcome signs, and 14 directional signs.
The welcome signs will be based on the city seal and will read “City of Lakes Welcome To Warsaw The Orthopedic Capital.”
They will follow a black, blue, white and grey color scheme consistent to what the city has been following on its letterhead. The signs will be reflective with white lettering so it will be visible at night.
The welcome signs will be on the east and west sides of U.S. 30 and north and south sides of Ind. 15.
“These are the highest traffic areas where people are coming into the city,” Dombrosky said.
The directional signs will be at Parker, Argonne and Center Streets, and at Center Street and Ind. 15.
There will be signs that direct visitors to parking, Central Park, Wagon Wheel Theatre, Winona Lake, Kosciusko County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, downtown, city hall, medical and hotel districts and Krebs Trailhead Park.
The board also approved a $1,000 contract with Bobcat of Warsaw for an annual skid loader exchange.
The board approved a $275 contract between the wastewater utility department and Keystone Software Systems for a 2014 disaster recovery plan.
A $24,800 contract was approved between the wastewater department and Wessler Engineering for a northwest area sanitary sewer master plan and technology park sewer service study.
An agreement for 2014 between the city and Warsaw Housing Authority was approved for the city to pay WHA $30,000 for services provided to the city.
A contract between Indiana Department of Transportation and the city was approved for road rehabilitation on Husky Trail from Mariner Drive to the Warsaw city limits. Project construction will begin in August 2015, according to Jeremy Skinner, city planner.
A $101,323.80 payment was approved to Harold McComb & Son for work on the third floor of the city hall for offices for OrthoWorx. Work is scheduled to be completed Monday, and OrthoWorx will move in Tuesday and Wednesday.
An agreement between the city and Umbaugh & Associates was approved for $1.4 million in redevelopment district tax increment revenue bonds from 2012 and $5.7 million for sewage works refunding revenue bonds from 2013.
The board approved an agreement for 2014 for employee take-home vehicles. Cemetery, park and recreation, public works and wastewater department heads will be charged $1.50 each one way for commuting purposes only.
The board approved a biweekly salary for a Warsaw Police Department new hire patrol officer at $1,481.37. The officer to fill the position is still to be announced.
Biweekly wages were approved for 2014 for department heads including airport manager, $1,644.23; city planner, $2,234.83; cemetery sexton, $1,886.56; parks superintendent, $2,165.27; clerk-treasurer, $2,109.10; fire chief, $2,415.57; human resources director, $1,968.40; and mayor, $2,474.14.
In other business, Mike Brubaker, Warsaw fire chief, informed the council the city may need to re-test the tornado siren at Fire Station 1 on Main Street as the horn sounds, but does not rotate.
The community will be made aware of when the sirens will be tested.
“We are trying to make sure when it is needed the siren functions correctly,” Brubaker said.
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