Warsaw Board Of Works Hears About $1M IDHS Grant
January 18, 2020 at 3:44 a.m.
Warsaw Board Of Works Hears About $1M IDHS Grant
By Teresa Carrano-
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Chief Mike Wilson asked that the city of Warsaw be the hosting unit for a $1 million Indiana Department of Homeland Security grant application to upgrade emergency communications.
The county would provide a 10% match for the funds.
That’s where Thallemer wanted more specifics because the memorandum of understanding doesn’t have exact figures.
Clerk-treasurer Lynne Christiansen wanted to be sure the county was paying matching funds.
The board favored the spirit of the grant, and Thallemer noted this is just the start of the process and more details will come before final approval.
EMS Coordinator Chris Fancil was granted permission to apply for a K-21 Foundation grant to supply each Kosciusko County fire station with a cardio pulmonary device, which was also approved. The value of the 17 units is estimated at $225,000 and it is hoped by having them in the county fire stations they’ll be rapidly deployed to scenes with unresponsive patients. WWFT would keep three of the units, North Webster would have two and the other stations would receive one.
Fancil said Luthern and Parkview EMS are supportive of the AutoPulse Advantage distribution. He said humans tire after about a minute of CPR. The machines don’t quit.
Parks Department Superintendent Larry Plummer submitted a Design Collaboratives contract to begin maintenance garage design work, which was approved. The garage, now near Central Park, will be torn down and relocated to 123 E. Fort Wayne St., a property the board also approved purchasing for $77,973.50.
Parks Recreation Director Sheila Wieringa announced the Kosciusko County REMC Operation Round-Up committee awarded the parks department $1,500, which will be used to pay for 2020 Family Carnival attractions. She received approval of several contracts for upcoming spring and summer events, including:
• A $2,100 contract with Our Father’s House to cater the Daddy Daughter Dance on Feb. 7 and 8.
• A contract of $250 for Derek Tenney to DJ the Daddy Daughter Dance. Wieringa said the event is already sold out.
• A $400 contract with Incredible Bats to provide bats and other nocturnal animals during the Oct. 9 Fall Family Fun event.
• A $1,000 contract with Monster Message Board to provide the screen apparatus and licensing to show a movie in Lucerne Park during Fall Family Fun.
• Six stage hand contracts for $150 per concert event with Carrie Heflick, Brett Leach and Tad Heflick for the rock and country concerts and Paul Lafferty, Brian Neher and Tim Smith for the rock, blues and country concerts.
The following planning department requests were approved:
• A $4,800 contract with Shive Hattery for an engineering study and design of a pavilion – ice rink and activities building in Central Park, south and adjacent to East Canal Street, as presented by senior city planner Justin Taylor.
Taylor also presented a contract with Site Works to clear 443 N. Detroit St., where the old Mobile gas station stood. The project will cost $9,930, which was approved.
Taylor’s third request was a pay application for the Lincoln neighborhood sidewalk project for preliminary engineering services in the amount of $15,272 for the Troyer Group.
• Plan director Jeremy Skinner presented pay applications 2 and 3 from Phend and Brown in the amount of $367,393.50 and $657,8910.45 for CR 300N phase 2. The road has reopened to traffic and work will resume in the spring.
Skinner also presented a preliminary engineering design pay application 6 from Structure Point for the Anchorage Road project in the amount of $6,313.42. This project is funded with an 80% INDOT grant and the city will pay 20% of the costs for each phase over the next four years.
The final pay application (number 4) was submitted in the amount of $93.979,87 for work on North Point Drive. Costs for this street rehabilitation were paid with INDOT money – 50%, $150,000 in street department funds and $244,363 from eastern TIF funds.
In other business:
• Chief of Police Scott Whitaker received permission to enter into a lease agreement with Grace College for the Manahan Orthopaedic Center to use the facility for a DARE graduation May 5. Grace College will donate the use of the building for this event.
• Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler submitted pay application No. 2 from Michiana Contracting for $13,635.11 for traffic signal modernization at Center and Buffalo streets, which was approved.
• The board approved a state revolving fund disbursement of $1,170 to NV Grant Services, a monthly payment for the company through December 2020 for the wastewater plant expansion project, as well as a $4,591 payment to Wessler Engineering for services rendered during November 2019. Both pay applications were requested by wastewater superintendent Brian Davison.
• The board also approved several travel requests for the fire department, wastewater treatment plant employees training and police officers.
• Dugan Julian’s request to close Canal Street from Detroit to Indiana Street for the May 23 Northern Indiana Lakes Festival was approved.
• Warsaw Housing Authority’s Pam Kennedy advised the board the debt on Judy M. Weidner’s property at 1603 Maye St., Warsaw, has been paid in full and the release of the mortgage was recommended, which was approved.
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory Chief Mike Wilson asked that the city of Warsaw be the hosting unit for a $1 million Indiana Department of Homeland Security grant application to upgrade emergency communications.
The county would provide a 10% match for the funds.
That’s where Thallemer wanted more specifics because the memorandum of understanding doesn’t have exact figures.
Clerk-treasurer Lynne Christiansen wanted to be sure the county was paying matching funds.
The board favored the spirit of the grant, and Thallemer noted this is just the start of the process and more details will come before final approval.
EMS Coordinator Chris Fancil was granted permission to apply for a K-21 Foundation grant to supply each Kosciusko County fire station with a cardio pulmonary device, which was also approved. The value of the 17 units is estimated at $225,000 and it is hoped by having them in the county fire stations they’ll be rapidly deployed to scenes with unresponsive patients. WWFT would keep three of the units, North Webster would have two and the other stations would receive one.
Fancil said Luthern and Parkview EMS are supportive of the AutoPulse Advantage distribution. He said humans tire after about a minute of CPR. The machines don’t quit.
Parks Department Superintendent Larry Plummer submitted a Design Collaboratives contract to begin maintenance garage design work, which was approved. The garage, now near Central Park, will be torn down and relocated to 123 E. Fort Wayne St., a property the board also approved purchasing for $77,973.50.
Parks Recreation Director Sheila Wieringa announced the Kosciusko County REMC Operation Round-Up committee awarded the parks department $1,500, which will be used to pay for 2020 Family Carnival attractions. She received approval of several contracts for upcoming spring and summer events, including:
• A $2,100 contract with Our Father’s House to cater the Daddy Daughter Dance on Feb. 7 and 8.
• A contract of $250 for Derek Tenney to DJ the Daddy Daughter Dance. Wieringa said the event is already sold out.
• A $400 contract with Incredible Bats to provide bats and other nocturnal animals during the Oct. 9 Fall Family Fun event.
• A $1,000 contract with Monster Message Board to provide the screen apparatus and licensing to show a movie in Lucerne Park during Fall Family Fun.
• Six stage hand contracts for $150 per concert event with Carrie Heflick, Brett Leach and Tad Heflick for the rock and country concerts and Paul Lafferty, Brian Neher and Tim Smith for the rock, blues and country concerts.
The following planning department requests were approved:
• A $4,800 contract with Shive Hattery for an engineering study and design of a pavilion – ice rink and activities building in Central Park, south and adjacent to East Canal Street, as presented by senior city planner Justin Taylor.
Taylor also presented a contract with Site Works to clear 443 N. Detroit St., where the old Mobile gas station stood. The project will cost $9,930, which was approved.
Taylor’s third request was a pay application for the Lincoln neighborhood sidewalk project for preliminary engineering services in the amount of $15,272 for the Troyer Group.
• Plan director Jeremy Skinner presented pay applications 2 and 3 from Phend and Brown in the amount of $367,393.50 and $657,8910.45 for CR 300N phase 2. The road has reopened to traffic and work will resume in the spring.
Skinner also presented a preliminary engineering design pay application 6 from Structure Point for the Anchorage Road project in the amount of $6,313.42. This project is funded with an 80% INDOT grant and the city will pay 20% of the costs for each phase over the next four years.
The final pay application (number 4) was submitted in the amount of $93.979,87 for work on North Point Drive. Costs for this street rehabilitation were paid with INDOT money – 50%, $150,000 in street department funds and $244,363 from eastern TIF funds.
In other business:
• Chief of Police Scott Whitaker received permission to enter into a lease agreement with Grace College for the Manahan Orthopaedic Center to use the facility for a DARE graduation May 5. Grace College will donate the use of the building for this event.
• Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler submitted pay application No. 2 from Michiana Contracting for $13,635.11 for traffic signal modernization at Center and Buffalo streets, which was approved.
• The board approved a state revolving fund disbursement of $1,170 to NV Grant Services, a monthly payment for the company through December 2020 for the wastewater plant expansion project, as well as a $4,591 payment to Wessler Engineering for services rendered during November 2019. Both pay applications were requested by wastewater superintendent Brian Davison.
• The board also approved several travel requests for the fire department, wastewater treatment plant employees training and police officers.
• Dugan Julian’s request to close Canal Street from Detroit to Indiana Street for the May 23 Northern Indiana Lakes Festival was approved.
• Warsaw Housing Authority’s Pam Kennedy advised the board the debt on Judy M. Weidner’s property at 1603 Maye St., Warsaw, has been paid in full and the release of the mortgage was recommended, which was approved.
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