BOW Approves Citywide Cell Phone Plan
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
City employees will be able to page one another at a discounted rate now that a citywide cell phone plan has been approved.
The Warsaw Board of Works approved the plan that will consolidate the city's telephone accounts and save $893.90 on pager services per year.
Those who will use the new cell phone plan will include the building and planning department with three phones, Warsaw Street Department with three phones, aviation department with five phones, Warsaw Police Department with 35 phones and Warsaw Parks Department with three phones.
The Warsaw Fire Department, Wastewater employees, Mayor Ernie Wiggins and Police Chief Steve Foster will have the option of joining the plan once their current contracts expire.
USA Mobility and Sprint Nextel will assist the city by reimbursing the city the cost of 66 telephones.
In an effort to consolidate the city's cellular telephone accounts, WPD Lt. Bret Richardson asked carriers USA Mobility and Verizon Wireless to propose a program.
"Approving the contract will benefit the city by having it under one plan and not worrying about contracts running out," Richardson said.
USA Mobility, a partner with Sprint Nextel, proposed a pool of 12,400 minutes a month to share between 53 phones at a cost of $26.27 per phone per month.
The plan includes Direct Connect, which enables employees to speak walkie talkie-style to each other. It also has unlimited minutes and is provided at no extra cost to the plan.
Richardson said the system is secure through encryption.
"This would be an asset to the police department, as well as other departments who need to communicate sensitive information without the public being able to intercept the conversation," Richardson said.
USA Mobility currently is the provider of the police department's pagers. By signing with them for cellular service, they will provide a discount on the pager plan, reducing the individual pager cost of $1.55 per pager per month.
Verizon also was considered, but the company could not offer a discount on the monthly cost of pagers.
The board also approved a supplemental agreement for U.S. Infrastructure to complete engineering services for the Argonne Road/Parker Street corridor.
The original supplement agreement was revised to only include the geotechnical work.
The supplemental agreement includes right of way engineering and acquisitions services as well as street light design.
The consultant will design and prepare all plans and specifications for the submission of approximately 2,900 feet of new lights along Parker Street.
The design must meet the following specifications: a design of street lighting per Indiana Department of Transportation standards using a combination of ornamental and "lease" lights; lighting and voltage drop calculations; lighting specifications; review of completed documents; attending a review meeting with INDOT; and answering technical questions during bidding.
The consultant will not receive fees exceeding $407,695 unless a modification of the agreement is approved in writing by the board.
The board also:
• Approved a release of mortgage for the homeowner at 731 W. Market St. The owner has complied for 10 years with the terms of the mortgage portion and the payable portion has been paid off for 5 years.
• Approved changes to a contract document, price and completion date for the Fairlane Drive Sanitary Sewer Improvements by Everest Excavating LLC.
The changes made to the document include removing the existing pumping station well and installing a new wet well. Additional equipment and labor provided to the owner is needed for exploratory excavation and delays due to unforeseen underground conditions encountered.
The contract price will be $8,120. The contract time will be extended by 84 calendar days and the final completion date is Nov. 10.
• Approved a NIPSCO job order pay request for the Fairlane Sewer Project. It was decided Aug. 24 by the project contractor that a person crossing the street at the previously agreed location would be in the way of the sewer construction and requested NIPSCO bore the lawn and driveway of 30 Fairline Drive to provide underground electric service to the two houses and the lift station. NIPSCO is billing Warsaw $1,771 to cover the cost of installing the required secondary electric feed using directional boring technology.
• Approved a recision of encroachment agreement and an encroachment agreement stating that J & J Thallemer LLC is the owner of 1810 E. Center St. The city is in control of public right of way adjacent to the real estate owned by J & J Thallemer LLC. The agreement states that the sign which encroaches into the public-right of way shall be allowed to encroach into the public right of way.
• Approved six event contracts for entertainment for Celebracion Latina Sept. 16 at Central Park and a storyteller for Fall Family Fun Oct. 6.
• Approved two new hires and two changes in payroll. New hires include Glenda Moser, accounts payable clerk who will start Sept. 10, and Richard Pierson, shift operator for WWTU, who will start Tuesday, and increase Pierson's salary from $11.61 an hour to $14.52. The other pay raise is for WWTU shift operator 1 from $13.95 to $15.50 for obtaining an IDEM class I operator license.
• Approved seven travel requests for employees of WWTU, police, street and aviation departments.
Board of Works members are Wiggins, Jerry Patterson and Charlie Smith. [[In-content Ad]]
City employees will be able to page one another at a discounted rate now that a citywide cell phone plan has been approved.
The Warsaw Board of Works approved the plan that will consolidate the city's telephone accounts and save $893.90 on pager services per year.
Those who will use the new cell phone plan will include the building and planning department with three phones, Warsaw Street Department with three phones, aviation department with five phones, Warsaw Police Department with 35 phones and Warsaw Parks Department with three phones.
The Warsaw Fire Department, Wastewater employees, Mayor Ernie Wiggins and Police Chief Steve Foster will have the option of joining the plan once their current contracts expire.
USA Mobility and Sprint Nextel will assist the city by reimbursing the city the cost of 66 telephones.
In an effort to consolidate the city's cellular telephone accounts, WPD Lt. Bret Richardson asked carriers USA Mobility and Verizon Wireless to propose a program.
"Approving the contract will benefit the city by having it under one plan and not worrying about contracts running out," Richardson said.
USA Mobility, a partner with Sprint Nextel, proposed a pool of 12,400 minutes a month to share between 53 phones at a cost of $26.27 per phone per month.
The plan includes Direct Connect, which enables employees to speak walkie talkie-style to each other. It also has unlimited minutes and is provided at no extra cost to the plan.
Richardson said the system is secure through encryption.
"This would be an asset to the police department, as well as other departments who need to communicate sensitive information without the public being able to intercept the conversation," Richardson said.
USA Mobility currently is the provider of the police department's pagers. By signing with them for cellular service, they will provide a discount on the pager plan, reducing the individual pager cost of $1.55 per pager per month.
Verizon also was considered, but the company could not offer a discount on the monthly cost of pagers.
The board also approved a supplemental agreement for U.S. Infrastructure to complete engineering services for the Argonne Road/Parker Street corridor.
The original supplement agreement was revised to only include the geotechnical work.
The supplemental agreement includes right of way engineering and acquisitions services as well as street light design.
The consultant will design and prepare all plans and specifications for the submission of approximately 2,900 feet of new lights along Parker Street.
The design must meet the following specifications: a design of street lighting per Indiana Department of Transportation standards using a combination of ornamental and "lease" lights; lighting and voltage drop calculations; lighting specifications; review of completed documents; attending a review meeting with INDOT; and answering technical questions during bidding.
The consultant will not receive fees exceeding $407,695 unless a modification of the agreement is approved in writing by the board.
The board also:
• Approved a release of mortgage for the homeowner at 731 W. Market St. The owner has complied for 10 years with the terms of the mortgage portion and the payable portion has been paid off for 5 years.
• Approved changes to a contract document, price and completion date for the Fairlane Drive Sanitary Sewer Improvements by Everest Excavating LLC.
The changes made to the document include removing the existing pumping station well and installing a new wet well. Additional equipment and labor provided to the owner is needed for exploratory excavation and delays due to unforeseen underground conditions encountered.
The contract price will be $8,120. The contract time will be extended by 84 calendar days and the final completion date is Nov. 10.
• Approved a NIPSCO job order pay request for the Fairlane Sewer Project. It was decided Aug. 24 by the project contractor that a person crossing the street at the previously agreed location would be in the way of the sewer construction and requested NIPSCO bore the lawn and driveway of 30 Fairline Drive to provide underground electric service to the two houses and the lift station. NIPSCO is billing Warsaw $1,771 to cover the cost of installing the required secondary electric feed using directional boring technology.
• Approved a recision of encroachment agreement and an encroachment agreement stating that J & J Thallemer LLC is the owner of 1810 E. Center St. The city is in control of public right of way adjacent to the real estate owned by J & J Thallemer LLC. The agreement states that the sign which encroaches into the public-right of way shall be allowed to encroach into the public right of way.
• Approved six event contracts for entertainment for Celebracion Latina Sept. 16 at Central Park and a storyteller for Fall Family Fun Oct. 6.
• Approved two new hires and two changes in payroll. New hires include Glenda Moser, accounts payable clerk who will start Sept. 10, and Richard Pierson, shift operator for WWTU, who will start Tuesday, and increase Pierson's salary from $11.61 an hour to $14.52. The other pay raise is for WWTU shift operator 1 from $13.95 to $15.50 for obtaining an IDEM class I operator license.
• Approved seven travel requests for employees of WWTU, police, street and aviation departments.
Board of Works members are Wiggins, Jerry Patterson and Charlie Smith. [[In-content Ad]]