At its meeting late Friday morning, the City of Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety approved closing two roads for separate events. Canal Street, between Indiana and Detroit streets, will be closed from 7 a.m. June 11 to 5 p.m. June 12 for the Lakes Festival. Heather James, event coordinator for the Center for Lakes & Streams, said the route is the same as was closed for the event in 2015. Mayor Joe Thallemer said he didn’t have a problem with it, and the road closure was approved. The other roads to be closed is Lincoln Street between Main and Clark streets and Fort Wayne Street from Lincoln Street to Lindberg Street from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. May 27 for Lincoln Elementary School’s field day. Teacher Scott Sterk said because of the new school construction and lack of green space, they were requesting the road closure and had a plan in place to notify neighbors and parents. Most of the activity will be along Lincoln Street. The Board approved the street closure request. In other business, the Board approved: • New hires: Keith Jones, street department, foreman, $18.24 hourly, new position, effective April 24; Raymond Behling, building and planning department, building commissioner, $26.39 hourly, new position, effective Sunday; Andrew Meads, street department, equipment operator, $16 hourly, replacement hire, effective Sunday; and Brandon Cordell, wastewater treatment utility department, stormwater technician, $16.40 hourly, new hire, effective Sunday. • The 2016 agreement update with the Warsaw Community Development Corp. for the facade and alleyway improvement matching grant program, with $25,000 budgeted for the facade matching grant and $10,000 for the alleyway matching grant. • A payment application for American Structurepoint Inc. for $13,911 for engineering on the Buffalo Street Redevelopment Project. • A pay voucher for A&Z Engineering LLC for $2,425 for right-of-way acquistion services by A&Z Engineering LLC. This is an 80/20 grant where the city will pay for 100 percent of the costs upfront but be reimbursed 80 percent by the Indiana Department of Transportation. • A pay voucher for $28,475 to purchase two more right-of-way parcels for the Husky Trail Project. City Planner Jeremy Skinner said the city has purchased about 15 so far with about eight more to buy. The $28,475 will be used to buy property from Ernie E. and Patricia A. Morrison, 1553 N. Husky Trail, for $12,025, and from Henry G. and Susan Anne Black, 30 EMS Lane C-28A, for $16,450. • A pay voucher for $7,267.60 for engineering services by A&Z Engineering LLC for the Husky Trail Project. • A pay voucher in the amount of $14,711.68 for VS Engineering Inc. for design services for Phase 2 of the East Market Street project. INDOT will reimburse 80 percent of the costs. “We are in the beginning stages of the Market Street project,” Skinner said. • A Warsaw Police Department 2018 service agreement with Lassus Brothers Oil for purchase of 75,000 gallons unleaded and diesel gasoline. The cost of the gas will be locked in at $1.82 per gallon of 87 octane unleaded for 2018. Diesel fuel will be purchased as needed at pump price. The fixed fuel price for 2017 is $1.96 for unleaded, and is $2.10 for 2016. If the WPD uses more than 75,000 gallons, the cost is the price at the pump minus a 5-cent-per-gallon discount. • The Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory yearly maintenance agreement with Cummins Crosspoint LLC for preventative maintenance service on generators at stations one and two. There was no increase in the agreement compared to the previous year, and the cost is $1,076.14. • Oakwood Cemetery to pay NIPSCO $16,537.43 to run a gas line from the cemetery back gate on Arthur Street to the Pike Lake campground, fireman’s building, Parks Department shop and Cemetery shop. This will allow the departments to get rid of the propane tanks. • A Parks Department agreement with Charles Frisinger for $150 for him to lead and supervise a 15-week walking program held Wednesdays, June 1 to Aug. 31, from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. • A Parks Department agreement with Abigail Apeland for $300 to provide waterfront training to four lifeguards May 21 at 10:15 a.m. • A Wastewater Treatment Utility agreement with Lawson-Fisher Associates P.C. for engineering design services for the Osborn stormwater pumping station improvements for $36,257. • A Clerk’s Office agreement with Boyce Systems/Keystone for Key Payroll software licenses and maintenance agreement for $8,800. Half will be payable upon acceptance, half payable following first training June 1. The license and agreement is for new payroll software the city will soon switch to. Currently, it uses Automatic Data Processing at an average cost of $14,588 per year. • Heard a request from out-of-county food vendor Mike Saner to reduce his cost for a permit to sell food to workers at the Lincoln Elementary School building project as well as anyone else who wanted to buy from him. Thallemer said the Board would take his request under advisement.
