BOW Approves Contracts For Summer Country And Blues Concerts
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday approved contracts for the Blues & Barbecue opening act and headliner for Warsaw Parks Department’s summer concert series in Central Park. The board approved Duke Tumatoe to be the headliner for the June 26 concert at 8 p.m. in Central Park. Elwood Splinters Blues Band is the opener and will perform at 6 p.m. The board also approved a contract with No Kin To Bob II Inc. for country artists Wade Hayes, Bryan White and Mark Wills to perform July 24 at 8 p.m. at Central Park as the country music concert headliner. In other business, the board approved Warsaw Police Department purchasing software that will assist the department with obtaining information off of cell phones and iPads during criminal investigations. The Cellebrite software is $11,084 and the Lantern Software is $745. “This puts us head and shoulder above other communities to keep up with technology and use this software as an investigative tool,” said Joe Thallemer, Warsaw mayor. Jordan Foreman, WPD detective, attended Friday’s meeting and spoke about the need for the software. “The software will allow us to take a mobile device like a cell phone, iPad or iPod that would be generally carried on an individual or who is a victim of a crime, and go into the device and extract data,” Foreman said. Foreman will attend training on the software. The board also approved: • A $6,534.60 payment to A & Z Engineering for Husky Trail engineering services. • A $850 contract between with the city and A & Z Engineering for Market Street improvements. • A $30,000 agreement between the city and CWC Latitudes. A letter will be submitted for the city to apply to be a part of the Indiana Stellar Communities Program. The program is a multi-agency funding award program that emphasizes the importance of overall community planning. Thallemer said the program was started by Former Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and is the fifth year for the program. • A release of mortgage for 1716 S. West Point Drive. • A $1,942.20 annual agreement with Cardinal Tracking and Warsaw Police Department for software license and customer support for parking control’s computer terminal. • A $620 agreement between WPD and Quine Freeman Heating & Air Conditioning for heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit at the police department. • A three-year motorcycle lease for WPD to lease a 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle from Harley-Davidson Leasing. • Hourly rates for John Kimpel & Associates for surveying work as needed by the city at $60 an hour for technician general office work. • Salaries for Dale Walters, Warsaw Wastewater Treatment Utility facility, at $20.24 an hour; Zackery Swope, Warsaw Street Department laborer, at $14.58 an hour; Robert Ferguson, street department mechanic, at $17.44 an hour; and Aaron Bakian, street department equipment operator, at $16.05 an hour. • Warsaw Parks Department applying for a $5,000 grant from Indiana Arts Commission to support the department’s Friday evening concert series. • Beginning hiring for summer help positions including parks and recreation supervisor, recreation leader, aquatics guards and supervisors, parks and recreation laborer and campground manager. • Beginning hiring for a street department laborer; Warsaw Wastewater Treatment Utility facility maintenance tech administrative position; cemetery groundskeeper; and WPD bike patrol.
