City Studies Bids For Curbside Recycling

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

By TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer-

Curbside recycling bids from Ameri-Waste, Stafford's Solid Waste Management and Waste Management were opened at the Friday Warsaw Board of Works meeting.

The contract starts April 6 and ends Dec. 31, 2004, with the city providing storage "bins" for recyclable materials.

Ameri-Waste presented the lowest bid with services costing $7,420 per month or $148,400 for the 20-month contract.

Stafford's bid was $265,072.50 for the same period, with single-sort pickup, including glass. Waste Management's bid totaled $307,680.

The submissions were taken under consideration. The contract award will be decided at the March 7 board of works meeting.

The board also approved a payment of $830,015.50 to Indiana Construction Corp./Corporate Construction Inc. for work at the second wastewater treatment plant. With this payment, $6.3 million of the $10.4 million contract has been paid.

Also approved was an escrow account payment of $92,228.

A contract with Jones & Henry Operating Services for an additional Class II or Class III operator was approved for employment at the Boggs Industrial Park wastewater treatment plant.

In other business the board:

• Approved Resolution 2003-02-03 to incorporate Lakewood Hills Drive, 0.14 miles; Channelview Drive, .05 miles; and Baythorne Drive, .06 miles, into the city.

• Tabled for the second meeting, an operating permit for Fast Cabs Inc. At the Feb. 6 meeting. city attorney Mike Valentine expressed concern about the liability insurance policy certificate amount - $100,000 - saying it should be considerably higher. Valentine did not attend Friday's meeting. His associate, Bill Fawley, had no information regarding the item.

• Approved Merrell Bros. of Kokomo to haul and dispose of bio-solids at a rate of .0815 cents per gallon.

• Approved a 20-foot easement agreement between Leisa M. Green, 2127 Brookview Drive, and the city in the amount of $2,000. The agreement is part of an ongoing process to secure easements for the interceptor project, part of the second wastewater treatment plant project.

• Approved a deposit for an appearance by Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad in the amount of $6,250. Farner is the headline act for the city's Classic Rock Concert June 20. The remaining balance for the 75-minute concert is $6,250.

Also approved was a 10 percent commission check to Kevin Roberts Entertainment in the amount of $1,250 for GFR's booking.

The Summertime Blues Band, June 6, $500 concert contract also was approved.

• Heard from Laura Kaufman of Housing Opportunities of Warsaw that the organization has been awarded another owner-occupied rehabilitation grant in the amount of $300,000.

• Approved the travel requests of Linda Beall and Craig Warren and appointment of Robert Sanders to the aviation board.

Board of works members are Mayor Ernie Wiggins and Charlie Smith. Jerry Patterson was absent. [[In-content Ad]]

Curbside recycling bids from Ameri-Waste, Stafford's Solid Waste Management and Waste Management were opened at the Friday Warsaw Board of Works meeting.

The contract starts April 6 and ends Dec. 31, 2004, with the city providing storage "bins" for recyclable materials.

Ameri-Waste presented the lowest bid with services costing $7,420 per month or $148,400 for the 20-month contract.

Stafford's bid was $265,072.50 for the same period, with single-sort pickup, including glass. Waste Management's bid totaled $307,680.

The submissions were taken under consideration. The contract award will be decided at the March 7 board of works meeting.

The board also approved a payment of $830,015.50 to Indiana Construction Corp./Corporate Construction Inc. for work at the second wastewater treatment plant. With this payment, $6.3 million of the $10.4 million contract has been paid.

Also approved was an escrow account payment of $92,228.

A contract with Jones & Henry Operating Services for an additional Class II or Class III operator was approved for employment at the Boggs Industrial Park wastewater treatment plant.

In other business the board:

• Approved Resolution 2003-02-03 to incorporate Lakewood Hills Drive, 0.14 miles; Channelview Drive, .05 miles; and Baythorne Drive, .06 miles, into the city.

• Tabled for the second meeting, an operating permit for Fast Cabs Inc. At the Feb. 6 meeting. city attorney Mike Valentine expressed concern about the liability insurance policy certificate amount - $100,000 - saying it should be considerably higher. Valentine did not attend Friday's meeting. His associate, Bill Fawley, had no information regarding the item.

• Approved Merrell Bros. of Kokomo to haul and dispose of bio-solids at a rate of .0815 cents per gallon.

• Approved a 20-foot easement agreement between Leisa M. Green, 2127 Brookview Drive, and the city in the amount of $2,000. The agreement is part of an ongoing process to secure easements for the interceptor project, part of the second wastewater treatment plant project.

• Approved a deposit for an appearance by Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad in the amount of $6,250. Farner is the headline act for the city's Classic Rock Concert June 20. The remaining balance for the 75-minute concert is $6,250.

Also approved was a 10 percent commission check to Kevin Roberts Entertainment in the amount of $1,250 for GFR's booking.

The Summertime Blues Band, June 6, $500 concert contract also was approved.

• Heard from Laura Kaufman of Housing Opportunities of Warsaw that the organization has been awarded another owner-occupied rehabilitation grant in the amount of $300,000.

• Approved the travel requests of Linda Beall and Craig Warren and appointment of Robert Sanders to the aviation board.

Board of works members are Mayor Ernie Wiggins and Charlie Smith. Jerry Patterson was absent. [[In-content Ad]]

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