Works Board OKs Street Deptartment Truck Purchases
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety approved requests Friday from the Warsaw Street Department to purchase trucks.
The street department will purchase a three-fourths-ton pickup truck with a snow plow and a 1-ton cab-chassis with a dump body and snow plow.
The equipment will be purchased through motor vehicle highway and the street department budgets from Rice Ford.
The board also:
n Approved a request from Warsaw Community Development Corp. to close North Buffalo Street Aug. 25 for the Warsaw Downtown Days event to allow a beer tent to be on the street from 7 to 10 p.m.
n Approved an agreement between Warsaw Community Schools and Warsaw to jointly purchase ice melting materials.
n Approved a request from the Warsaw Parks Department to purchase a $5,162 riding mower from Hoffman Outdoor Power Equipment Inc.
n Approved an event contract for the Warsaw Parks Department for the Celebracion Latina event Sept. 15.
n Tabled an in lieu of annexation agreement between Warsaw and Roland Arnell, doing business as Graceland Village.
n Approved a $3,002.23 payment to Everest Excavating LLC, Warsaw, for the Lake Shore Life Station repair.
n Approved a request from the Waste Water Treatment Utility facility for a deed of dedication for sewers and lift station at Northwest Woods at the Crossing. The approximate cost of the lift station on Poplar Drive is $40,000.
n Approved a contract between the city and Municipal Code Corp. for an annual code on Internet fee for $116.67 for the clerk's office and $350 for the Waste Water Treatment Utility facility.
n Approved a request from the Oakwood Cemetery to allow sexton Hal Heagy to have a 2003 GMC take-home vehicle.
n Approved a six-month review for Warsaw sewage collection manager Mary Lou Plummer.
n Approved travel requests for the Warsaw fire and police departments.
Board members are Charlie Smith, Jerry Patterson and Mayor Ernie Wiggins.
