BOW Gives OK For Utility Dept. To Seek $200K Grant
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday gave approval for Warsaw Stormwater Utility department to apply for a $200,000 water quality grant. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management grant will be used to pay for a comprehensive watershed plan of the Walnut Creek Watershed in Warsaw. This is a collaborative grant for which Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation will be the lead agency. Kosciusko County Soil and Water Conservation District and Grace College Center for Water have already given their support. “What a planning grant would do is identify everything in our water shed that are contributors to creating impaired waterways,” said Teresa Sailor, Warsaw stormwater coordinator. “The plan will identify different projects that we could do with preliminary engineering to look at projects, for example, if we had eroding banks.” The board also approved Warsaw-Wayne Township Fire Territory implementing co-op and internship programs with Warsaw Area Career Center. Mike Brubaker, Warsaw-Wayne Township fire chief, made the request during Friday’s meeting. The co-op program will allow the students to come to the fire station for three hours a day, and the second program is an internship program with the fire department. “I think this will be a very positive thing,” Brubaker said. “I’m excited about it.” In other business, the board approved a $9,475 contract between the parks department and K&M Asphalt Sealing Maintenance Inc. The contract will be for the sealing and striping of the basketball courts at Boggs Parks. There are several cracks that need to be sealed and the color of the courts is faded, according to Larry Plummer, Warsaw Parks Department superintendent. The contractor will clean and fill cracks, level courts where needed and stripe the courts. The board approved the city applying for a $1,000 Kosciusko REMC Operation Round Up Grant for Play It Safe Family Safety Day, which is Sept. 13 at Central Park and Center Lake Pavilion. The board also: • Approved Lake City Bank serving as a checking account vendor for the city. Charlie Smith, board member, abstained from the vote as he is a former bank employee. • Approved a $6,900 contract with Monoform LLC for repair and rehabilitation for emergency repair for a manhole structure at Lake Street and Winona Avenue. • Approved closing Center Street between Buffalo and Lake streets June 5 from 4 to 9 p.m. for the Walk-n-Wander bronze sculptures exhibit that will be on display June 6 to Sept. 28 in downtown Warsaw. • Approved a $8,500 contract between Concrete Polishing Plus and the city for treatment of the garage and shop floor at the street department. The cleaning and coating is for the safety of employees and for the protection of existing floors due to salt, oil and gasoline corrosion, according to Jeff Beeler, street superintendent. • Approved a $29,812 contract with B.L. Anderson Co. for digester control interfaces for the Wastewater Utility Department. The system will maximize energy savings for a blower system that breaks down solids at the wastewater treatment plant. • Approved a $7,035.39 contract with Everest Excavating Inc. for repairing the Brubaker & Simmons lift station by Pike Lake. • Approved a $2,700 contract with Keystone Software Systems for billing software for stormwater fees. Billing for stormwater will be in effect the end of June for residential accounts, and the end of July for commercial accounts. • Approved hourly salaries for Michael Howard, six-month evaluation as Oakwood Cemetery groundskeeper at $14.28 hourly; Skyler Holsclaw, summer help for a janitor laborer for the human resources department at $8.75 hourly; and $14.57 hourly salary for a new hire groundskeeper at the cemetery.
