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Eleven bids were opened Friday by the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety for the Walnut Creek Interceptor project.
The bids ranged from $626,818, including alternates, to more than $1.2 million. The bids will be reviewed by the board and then awarded Jan. 21.
Todd Samuelson, H.J. Umbaugh & Associates, presented the board with a draft of the preliminary official statement in preparation for the sale of the city's general obligation bonds of 2000 for $1.5 million. The statement will be distributed to potential bidders on the bond by Jan. 12. Samuelson said he anticipates the sale of the bonds to be on Jan. 20, if market conditions are appropriate.
The bonds will help pay for the Walnut Creek Interceptor and Logan Street Interceptor projects. The financing for the bonds is for a maximum of 10 years, with annual payments of $220,000.
Warsaw Police Department Capt. Craig J. Allebach recommended the board approve ordering four 2000 Ford Crown Victoria police cars from Rice Ford at a base price of $20,195 each. With options, the total price will be $22,003 per vehicle, for a total of $88,012 for all four vehicles. The purchase was approved.
In other business, the board:
• Approved a request by Warsaw Parks and Recreation Superintendent Jon Garber that a snowplow be removed from the city's list of fixed assets. The 11-year-old plow recently was sold.
• Accepted a $1,000 grant from the Kosciusko County Foundation for the Warsaw Parks and Recreation department.
• Approved a request from Oakwood Cemetery Sexton David E. Shaw for cemetery employee Bill Nine to receive 40 hours of personal time this year and Raymond Long to receive two personal days. Nine is on disability and did not receive five days of holiday pay in November and December. Long was on disability during Thanksgiving and did not receive two days of holiday pay.
• Approved an agreement between Warsaw and Kosciusko Area Bus Service. Warsaw will pay KABS $13,381 in quarterly payments.
• Approved appropriating $1,500 to Kosciusko Development Inc.
• Appointed Kenneth B. Ledgerwood to serve as the Warsaw/Kosciusko County Hazardous Materials Response Team coordinator. Ledgerwood will receive $1,500.
• Approved Mike Valentine for legal services for the board for 2000 at approximately $125 per hour.
• Gave approval for William Hepburn, a city wastewater treatment plant employee, to take a class at Ivy Tech State College. The 14-week course will cost $300 and will enable him to work towards his state certification for plant operations.
• Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins told the board the $10,000 for the Animal Welfare League is still in the 2000 budget. An agreement between the city and the AWL is being written. AWL will receive $833.33 per month.
Board members include Wiggins, Jerry Patterson and Paul Siebenmorgen.
