Works Board Opens Bids For Sewer Line
December 2, 2017 at 3:26 a.m.
By David [email protected]
The Chesterfield, Mo., company had the lowest bid at $525,354.50. The bids involve replacing small diameter (under 15 inches) pipe lines and adding about 10,000 lineal feet to the project that was already bid out and awarded.
The city is planning a $41 million sewer project, including $10.1 million in improvements to sewer lines and manholes in phase I. Bids for phase 1 came in about $3 million less than estimated, allowing the city to use more of the $10 million bond to fix additional sewer lines in 2018.
Phase II will involve a $30 million expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant, mandated by the state.
Only one bid was received for signs at the Warsaw Technology Park. Graycraft Signs Plus bid $356,390 for the six signs.
While the Board of Works opened the bid, the Redevelopment Commission will take action on it at its meeting Monday.
City Planner Jeremy Skinner said there will be two gateway signs along U.S. 30; a third smaller gateway sign at CR 300N and Silveus Crossing; 10-panel signs on either side of Polk Drive; and in phase II, which will begin by early next year, there will be another 10-panel sign.
“Any industry that locates within that park would have a panel on that 10-panel sign,” he said.
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Chief Mike Wilson requested the board approve a $176,589 pay application from Mosaic Building Solutions for work conducted for the future fire station near the intersection of Fox Farm Road and CR 200S. However, the fire territory board had not seen the payment request as it doesn’t meet until Tuesday and normally it meets before the Board of Works. This month, the Board of Works met before the fire territory.
Wilson explained that he will present a letter to the fire territory board on Tuesday asking for the Board of Works to approve the pay applications to prevent a delay as they’re “not hitting at the right time.” The fire territory will still get copies of everything at their monthly meeting for their records.
Mayor Joe Thallemer said he was OK with that, but he wanted to make sure the fire territory had their part in the process.
A construction meeting on the fire station is held every two weeks, Wilson said.
The Board of Works approved the pay application, but Thallemer asked Wilson to see if it was possible to align the timing on the process without delaying the payments.
“I think the bigger issue is, with (the fire territory board) being involved in these construction meetings, I think they need to have a pass at it. If there’s some concerns, I would rather know that before we approve it than after,” Thallemer said.
He said by the Board of Works approving it first, it bypasses the recommendation of the fire territory and he didn’t want to do that. Thallemer said they can discuss it further at the next fire territory board meeting.
In a related matter, Wilson said that subcontractors for the new fire station will begin concrete work at about 6:30 a.m. Monday. Anyone with questions can contact him at 574-372-9502.
In other business, the Board of Works approved:
• A pay application for $35,421.11 to A&Z Engineering for construction engineering services for the Husky Trail project. The Indiana Department of Transportation will reimburse 80 percent of the cost. Though Skinner didn’t have the final dollar amount, he said it appears the project will be under the contract bid amount.
• A change order totaling $250,880.45 to G & G Hauling & Excavating for the CR 300N project, increasing the total contract price to $1,148,652.37. The project is completed.
Skinner said the project exceeded the 20 percent allowable threshold for change orders by about 2 percent. The reason, he said, was because 29 street lights were added for safety along Polk Drive and Silveus Crossing and wiring had to be replaced for those lights.
The board also approved pay applications for $227,731.46 and $114,865.27 to G & G Hauling & Excavating for the CR 300N project. They are the final payments for the project.
The change order and pay applications will be presented to the Redevelopment Commission on Monday for its approval.
The boundaries of the CR 300N project start just shy of where the county is replacing the bridge on CR 300N and runs west to Silveus Crossing. The bulk of the project is a side path. When the county finishes the bridge, there will be a pedestrian path on the south side of the bridge, running all the way to Sheldon Street. The second phase of the project, once the county starts working on the bridge, will run up to Sheldon Street and include the same improvements as those done to CR 300N – side paths, street lighting, curb and gutter, storm improvements and lane markings.
Skinner said they are looking at constructing a roundabout at the intersection of Sheldon Street and CR 300N.
• The 2018 not-for-profit agreements as approved previously by the City Council.
• The 2018 agreement with Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation. The agreement appropriates $55,000 from the board to KEDCo and an additional $5,000 for use toward membership in the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership.
• A contract with Thomas Earhart as the code enforcement hearing officer for 2018 for $8,100. Skinner said the contract and dollar amount have not changed, and code hearings will be once a month from February through November.
Earhart replaces Larry Clifford, who the city used for a number of years. “We decided to look at other options,” Skinner said.
• The 2018 agreement with Kosciusko County Farmers Market LLC for the Farmers Market to use Center Street between Lake and Buffalo streets and the new city hall parking lot from May 5 to Oct. 27, 2018.
• The 2018 agreement with Paula Bowman for her services as the special events coordinator for $8,000.04. Bowman organizes First Friday and other downtown events.
• New hires and payroll changes, including Daniel Clemens as a probationary patrol officer for the police department. Clemens will be paid $1,828.04 biweekly. Board of Works member George Clemens abstained since they are related.
• The 2018 take-home vehicle requests, with Thallemer abstaining since he has one.
• The 2018 city wages by department.
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The Chesterfield, Mo., company had the lowest bid at $525,354.50. The bids involve replacing small diameter (under 15 inches) pipe lines and adding about 10,000 lineal feet to the project that was already bid out and awarded.
The city is planning a $41 million sewer project, including $10.1 million in improvements to sewer lines and manholes in phase I. Bids for phase 1 came in about $3 million less than estimated, allowing the city to use more of the $10 million bond to fix additional sewer lines in 2018.
Phase II will involve a $30 million expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant, mandated by the state.
Only one bid was received for signs at the Warsaw Technology Park. Graycraft Signs Plus bid $356,390 for the six signs.
While the Board of Works opened the bid, the Redevelopment Commission will take action on it at its meeting Monday.
City Planner Jeremy Skinner said there will be two gateway signs along U.S. 30; a third smaller gateway sign at CR 300N and Silveus Crossing; 10-panel signs on either side of Polk Drive; and in phase II, which will begin by early next year, there will be another 10-panel sign.
“Any industry that locates within that park would have a panel on that 10-panel sign,” he said.
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Chief Mike Wilson requested the board approve a $176,589 pay application from Mosaic Building Solutions for work conducted for the future fire station near the intersection of Fox Farm Road and CR 200S. However, the fire territory board had not seen the payment request as it doesn’t meet until Tuesday and normally it meets before the Board of Works. This month, the Board of Works met before the fire territory.
Wilson explained that he will present a letter to the fire territory board on Tuesday asking for the Board of Works to approve the pay applications to prevent a delay as they’re “not hitting at the right time.” The fire territory will still get copies of everything at their monthly meeting for their records.
Mayor Joe Thallemer said he was OK with that, but he wanted to make sure the fire territory had their part in the process.
A construction meeting on the fire station is held every two weeks, Wilson said.
The Board of Works approved the pay application, but Thallemer asked Wilson to see if it was possible to align the timing on the process without delaying the payments.
“I think the bigger issue is, with (the fire territory board) being involved in these construction meetings, I think they need to have a pass at it. If there’s some concerns, I would rather know that before we approve it than after,” Thallemer said.
He said by the Board of Works approving it first, it bypasses the recommendation of the fire territory and he didn’t want to do that. Thallemer said they can discuss it further at the next fire territory board meeting.
In a related matter, Wilson said that subcontractors for the new fire station will begin concrete work at about 6:30 a.m. Monday. Anyone with questions can contact him at 574-372-9502.
In other business, the Board of Works approved:
• A pay application for $35,421.11 to A&Z Engineering for construction engineering services for the Husky Trail project. The Indiana Department of Transportation will reimburse 80 percent of the cost. Though Skinner didn’t have the final dollar amount, he said it appears the project will be under the contract bid amount.
• A change order totaling $250,880.45 to G & G Hauling & Excavating for the CR 300N project, increasing the total contract price to $1,148,652.37. The project is completed.
Skinner said the project exceeded the 20 percent allowable threshold for change orders by about 2 percent. The reason, he said, was because 29 street lights were added for safety along Polk Drive and Silveus Crossing and wiring had to be replaced for those lights.
The board also approved pay applications for $227,731.46 and $114,865.27 to G & G Hauling & Excavating for the CR 300N project. They are the final payments for the project.
The change order and pay applications will be presented to the Redevelopment Commission on Monday for its approval.
The boundaries of the CR 300N project start just shy of where the county is replacing the bridge on CR 300N and runs west to Silveus Crossing. The bulk of the project is a side path. When the county finishes the bridge, there will be a pedestrian path on the south side of the bridge, running all the way to Sheldon Street. The second phase of the project, once the county starts working on the bridge, will run up to Sheldon Street and include the same improvements as those done to CR 300N – side paths, street lighting, curb and gutter, storm improvements and lane markings.
Skinner said they are looking at constructing a roundabout at the intersection of Sheldon Street and CR 300N.
• The 2018 not-for-profit agreements as approved previously by the City Council.
• The 2018 agreement with Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation. The agreement appropriates $55,000 from the board to KEDCo and an additional $5,000 for use toward membership in the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership.
• A contract with Thomas Earhart as the code enforcement hearing officer for 2018 for $8,100. Skinner said the contract and dollar amount have not changed, and code hearings will be once a month from February through November.
Earhart replaces Larry Clifford, who the city used for a number of years. “We decided to look at other options,” Skinner said.
• The 2018 agreement with Kosciusko County Farmers Market LLC for the Farmers Market to use Center Street between Lake and Buffalo streets and the new city hall parking lot from May 5 to Oct. 27, 2018.
• The 2018 agreement with Paula Bowman for her services as the special events coordinator for $8,000.04. Bowman organizes First Friday and other downtown events.
• New hires and payroll changes, including Daniel Clemens as a probationary patrol officer for the police department. Clemens will be paid $1,828.04 biweekly. Board of Works member George Clemens abstained since they are related.
• The 2018 take-home vehicle requests, with Thallemer abstaining since he has one.
• The 2018 city wages by department.
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