Bonds for the Warsaw-Wayne Township Fire Territory fire station No. 3 were sold Thursday.
“We got an interest rate of 3.119,” Clerk-Treasurer Lynne Christiansen told the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety at its Friday morning meeting.
Mayor Joe Thallemer stated the total amount of bonds was $2.95 million, keeping it under the $3 million not-to-exceed amount the city council had set at its meeting Dec. 5.
“I’d like to think we could have gotten a little better rate if we had done it a little earlier. The Fed raised the rate a quarter the day before we did it, but we’re still very pleased with the rate we got, and I know Umbaugh (& Associates) was pleased as well,” Thallemer said. “But, obviously, the direction of those rates is headed back up.”
Department of Public Works Superintendent Jeff Beeler presented bids for the city’s landfill dumping fees. Based on actual cost savings, he recommended, and the board approved, the contract to Waste Management, 2352 N. Boeing Road, Warsaw, at $32 per ton. The other two bids were from Advanced Disposal, Claypool, and Republic Service of Indiana, Wabash.
City Planner Jeremy Skinner said bids were opened Wednesday for the CR 300N trail project.
The two companies that submitted bids were G&G Hauling and Phend & Brown Excavating. He recommended, and the board accepted, the base bid from G&G of $816,034. There were two options — one for an asphalt trail and one for a concrete trail. Skinner said the asphalt trail was cheaper for somewhere around $50,000, so he got permission from the Redevelopment Commission to award the bid to G&G for the base bid and the asphalt option, and he asked the Board of Works to do the same.
In other business, the board approved:
• 2017 Stormwater Budget Guidelines, which also were discussed at the board’s Dec. 2 meeting.
• The Husky Trail project pay application for $1,318 to A&Z Engineering LLC for the final preliminary engineering services. Indiana Department of Transportation will reimburse 80 percent of the costs.
• A deed of dedication of public way for the CR 300N project.
Skinner said the deed was part of the Tippy Downs development and its right of way along 300N. He said the city, knowing it was doing its technology park and there was growth in that general area, requested 40 feet of right of way from the center line.
• An agreement between the Parks & Recreation Department and Wildman Business Group for uniforms for employees, shop towels, roll towels and rugs for rental facilities. It is a two-year agreement between the Parks and Wildman.
• An agreement with Turner Valentine LLP for $42,000 for legal services, paid in 12 monthly installments of $3,500 each.
• The 2017 agreement with Kosciusko Farmers Market for the market to use the concrete road area of Center Street between Lake and Buffalo streets and/or adjacent to the new city hall parking lot. The term is for every Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., from May 6 to Oct. 28, 2017.
• The 2017 agreement with KEDCo. for $55,000 for KEDCo. to provide economic services to the city.
• The 2017 not-for-profit agreements as previously approved by the city council Dec. 5. The agreements are for: Animal Welfare League, $19,000; City County Athletic Complex, $31,000; Center for Lakes and Streams, $15,000; Housing Opportunities of Warsaw, $25,000; Kosciusko Area Bus Service, $18,500; KABS 2017 capital improvement match, $10,000 toward the purchase of a new vehicle; Kosciusko Community Senior Services, $15,000; Kosciusko County Historical Society, $1,000; Warsaw Housing Authority, $30,000; Warsaw Community Development Corp., $17,500; and WCDC 2017 Facade Grant Agreement, $25,000.
• The 2017 Warsaw Volunteer Fire Agreement between the Warsaw-Wayne Township Fire Protection Territory, City of Warsaw through its Board of Public Works and the Warsaw Volunteer Fire Department.
The agreement is for a fixed term of six months from Jan. 1 to June 30, along with the option renewal of the agreement for an additional six-month term to begin July 1.
The fire territory will pay $15,000 to the Warsaw Volunteer Fire Department. In the event the territory exercises its option to renew, the territory shall pay an additional $15,000 to the Warsaw Volunteer Fire Department. The sums are to support a roster of 14 firefighters.
• The memorandum of understanding between the city and Wayne Township for fire station 3, with a change made by the township as requested by the city council. The city council approved it at its Dec. 5 meeting pending the change.
• An agreement with American Fidelity for help with its pre-tax benefits to city employees.
• A Stanley Security quote of $9,877 for changes made to the city’s video surveillance, intrusion alarms and preventive maintenance at City Hall.
• An agreement with Stanley Security for electronic security and software (door security) at City Hall, totaling $13,277.
• An agreement with Broadvoice for phone service at City Hall totaling $1,134. The agreement includes 24 phone extensions, five fax adapters, 17 phone numbers and one virtual fax.
• The 2017 take-home vehicle requests for Mayor Joe Thallemer, airport manager Nick King, cemetery sexton Hal Heagy, Parks Superintendent Larry Plummer, Parks Maintenance Director Shaun Gardner, Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler, Street Department Assistant Superintendent Warren Gruenwald, Street Department supervisor Roger Sarber, Wastewater utility manager Brian Davison and Wastewater assistant utility manager Larry Hyden.
• The 2017 city employee salaries and wages as previously approved by the city council.
