St. Paddy’s street party planned again this year
March 4, 2017 at 5:56 a.m.
By David [email protected]
Friday, the Warsaw Board of Works approved closing Buffalo Street from Center to Main streets from 9 a.m. March 17 to 2 a.m. March 18 for the celebration. The event will be from 5 p.m. to midnight March 17.
Jason Brown, owner of One Ten Craft Meatery, which hosts the party, said he did get approval for the closure from the businesses along the part of the street to be closed.
“Last year we prepared for about 150 people to show up, and we had about 385 in total show up. So I really feel like it was a huge success for the downtown district and the downtown region,” Brown said. “We had people there from about 5 p.m. on to right around midnight, so we’re keeping the hours very, very similar. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half for the tent breakdown, so we should be able to have the street cleaned up in full by 2 o’clock in the morning.”
He said he had a clean-up crew of his staff and himself last year to make sure the street was up to standard after the event was over.
Mayor Joe Thallemer asked if everyone behaved themselves last year.
“We had zero issues, which was actually a wonderful thing,” Brown responded.
Thallemer said the city appreciated Brown taking the lead on the event and was glad it went well last year.
Brown said One Ten partnered with a few more businesses for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day party, including Mad Anthony’s Lake City Taphouse, B’Macs, Warsaw Party Rental, Blue Note Design and Allegra Printing. “And we’re trying to keep all the business in the downtown area,” he said.
The KC Recycling Depot also will help promote recycling at the event. Brown said a majority, probably 80 percent, of the trash the event creates is recyclable.
Thallemer asked Brown to explain about the alcohol sales and permit. Brown said all alcohol consumption will be under the tent parameters and the party will have two tents this year, with an open air space between them. An entrance and exit both will be controlled by staff. Everyone will be carded, and that will be signified by a wrist band. No alcohol consumption will be allowed outside of the tent area.
For those who do not want to go into the tent and/or consume alcohol, the Parks and Recreation Department is providing picnic tables outside. “We definitely will have an area that’s not all about drinking, if you will,” Brown said.
Thallemer advised him that he should notify county administrator Marsha McSherry of what’s going on and to make sure there’s extra trash cans at the event.
Parks Superintendent Larry Plummer said if Brown needed extra picnic tables that Brown should let him know.
In other business, the Board of Works approved:
• The Perry’s to perform gospel music Aug. 25 as part of the Central Park Concert Series. The group will be paid $1,800.
• For Sweetcakes Entertainment to provide two face painters for Light Up the Night Dec. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The contract is for $436.
• A contract for $1,020 with Chicago Dog House to provide catering for the 2017 city employee picnic from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at Lucerne Park.
• An interlocal agreement between Kosciusko County and the Warsaw Police Department for a records management server for $30,000. The WPD is paying an annual fee for maintenance fees as well as access to the county’s records management server.
• Public Works Superintendent Jeff Beeler’s request to enter a maintenance and support services agreement with GIS Workshop LLC, which offers technical support and software maintenance for the street department’s sign software and sign mapping software. Cost is $400.
• Beeler’s request to purchase a new utility vehicle from More Farm Stores. It will replace his department’s 1996 John Deere Gator. The cost for the Kubota utility vehicle is $14,205. By trading in the Gator, the cost will be lowered to $12,205.
• Beeler’s request to start the sealed bid process for a grapple truck. He defined a grapple truck as a “self-loading dump truck.” The truck would be able to pick up brush piles utilizing only one employee and one truck. Currently, the street department uses a loader and three or four trucks to pick up brush.
Beeler’s request to start the sealed quote process for three pickup trucks was withdrawn. Due to funding, Beeler will just replace a 2003 GMC pickup at this time. Since the cost is under $50,000, the board doesn’t need to take action.
Beeler will look to replace a 1997 Chevrolet pickup and a 2002 Chevrolet pickup in June.
• The Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory to enter into an agreement with Pac-Van Inc. for $46,500 for the construction of a live fire search and rescue training prop. The new prop will replace a well-used and worn 1979 mobile home donated to the department in 2009.
Fire Chief Mike Wilson said all costs will be reimbursed through an Indiana Department of Homeland Security grant. Other departments from District 2 will use the single-story building.
Friday, the Warsaw Board of Works approved closing Buffalo Street from Center to Main streets from 9 a.m. March 17 to 2 a.m. March 18 for the celebration. The event will be from 5 p.m. to midnight March 17.
Jason Brown, owner of One Ten Craft Meatery, which hosts the party, said he did get approval for the closure from the businesses along the part of the street to be closed.
“Last year we prepared for about 150 people to show up, and we had about 385 in total show up. So I really feel like it was a huge success for the downtown district and the downtown region,” Brown said. “We had people there from about 5 p.m. on to right around midnight, so we’re keeping the hours very, very similar. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half for the tent breakdown, so we should be able to have the street cleaned up in full by 2 o’clock in the morning.”
He said he had a clean-up crew of his staff and himself last year to make sure the street was up to standard after the event was over.
Mayor Joe Thallemer asked if everyone behaved themselves last year.
“We had zero issues, which was actually a wonderful thing,” Brown responded.
Thallemer said the city appreciated Brown taking the lead on the event and was glad it went well last year.
Brown said One Ten partnered with a few more businesses for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day party, including Mad Anthony’s Lake City Taphouse, B’Macs, Warsaw Party Rental, Blue Note Design and Allegra Printing. “And we’re trying to keep all the business in the downtown area,” he said.
The KC Recycling Depot also will help promote recycling at the event. Brown said a majority, probably 80 percent, of the trash the event creates is recyclable.
Thallemer asked Brown to explain about the alcohol sales and permit. Brown said all alcohol consumption will be under the tent parameters and the party will have two tents this year, with an open air space between them. An entrance and exit both will be controlled by staff. Everyone will be carded, and that will be signified by a wrist band. No alcohol consumption will be allowed outside of the tent area.
For those who do not want to go into the tent and/or consume alcohol, the Parks and Recreation Department is providing picnic tables outside. “We definitely will have an area that’s not all about drinking, if you will,” Brown said.
Thallemer advised him that he should notify county administrator Marsha McSherry of what’s going on and to make sure there’s extra trash cans at the event.
Parks Superintendent Larry Plummer said if Brown needed extra picnic tables that Brown should let him know.
In other business, the Board of Works approved:
• The Perry’s to perform gospel music Aug. 25 as part of the Central Park Concert Series. The group will be paid $1,800.
• For Sweetcakes Entertainment to provide two face painters for Light Up the Night Dec. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The contract is for $436.
• A contract for $1,020 with Chicago Dog House to provide catering for the 2017 city employee picnic from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at Lucerne Park.
• An interlocal agreement between Kosciusko County and the Warsaw Police Department for a records management server for $30,000. The WPD is paying an annual fee for maintenance fees as well as access to the county’s records management server.
• Public Works Superintendent Jeff Beeler’s request to enter a maintenance and support services agreement with GIS Workshop LLC, which offers technical support and software maintenance for the street department’s sign software and sign mapping software. Cost is $400.
• Beeler’s request to purchase a new utility vehicle from More Farm Stores. It will replace his department’s 1996 John Deere Gator. The cost for the Kubota utility vehicle is $14,205. By trading in the Gator, the cost will be lowered to $12,205.
• Beeler’s request to start the sealed bid process for a grapple truck. He defined a grapple truck as a “self-loading dump truck.” The truck would be able to pick up brush piles utilizing only one employee and one truck. Currently, the street department uses a loader and three or four trucks to pick up brush.
Beeler’s request to start the sealed quote process for three pickup trucks was withdrawn. Due to funding, Beeler will just replace a 2003 GMC pickup at this time. Since the cost is under $50,000, the board doesn’t need to take action.
Beeler will look to replace a 1997 Chevrolet pickup and a 2002 Chevrolet pickup in June.
• The Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory to enter into an agreement with Pac-Van Inc. for $46,500 for the construction of a live fire search and rescue training prop. The new prop will replace a well-used and worn 1979 mobile home donated to the department in 2009.
Fire Chief Mike Wilson said all costs will be reimbursed through an Indiana Department of Homeland Security grant. Other departments from District 2 will use the single-story building.
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