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~'~UARMEL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1997 -- 10 A.M.
COUNCIL CItAMBERS / CITY ItALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Approval of Minutes
a. December 3, 1997, regular meeting
Bid Opening
a. Hazel Dell Parkway Landscaping; Kate Boyle, Engineering
b. Old Town Infrastructure Improvements for First Avenue SE/NE and First Street
NE/NW; Kate Boyle, Engineering
Bond Releases
a. Resolution BPW-12-12-97-01; Delaware Trace, Section 1; Signs, Monuments
and Markers
Contracts
a. Agreement for Professional Services; David M. Ghffith & Associates, Ltd.;
Barbara Lamb, Human Resources
b. Agreement for Provision of Serviees; Vertical Integrated Applications, Inc.;
ChiefMfchael Fogarty, Police Department
c. Agreement for Provision of Services; M&R Enterprises, Inc.; Chief Michael
Fogarty, Police Department
d. Agreement for Provision of Services; The Overhead Door Company of
Indianapolis, Inc. (CFD, CPD, Street, Wastewater Plant); Joe Staehler,
Department of Adm'mistration
e. Agreement for Provision of Services; The Overhead Door Company of
Indianapolis, Inc. (CFD); Joe Staehler, Department of Administration
f. Mutual Aid Agreement; Zionsville Volunteer Fire Department; Chief Douglas
Callahan, Carmel Fire Department
g. First Lease Amendment; The Peak Group, Inc.; City of Carmel
h. Agreement for Professional Services; Rundell Emstberger Associates, Inc.;
Mike Hollibaugh, Department of Community Services
i. Agreement for Professional Services; Susan A. Armstrong; Clerk-Treasurer
Diana Cordray
j. Agreement for Professional Services; Solutions Group; Clerk-Treasurer Diana
Cordray
k. Purchase Agreement; Hamilton Western Utilities, Inc. and the City of Carmel;
John Duffy, Utihfies
1. Agreement for Professional Services; The Polished Pen; Terry Crockett,
Information Services
ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571-2400
Agreement for Professional Services; O.W. Krohn & Associates; Clerk-
Treasurer Diana Cordray
Agreement for Professional Services; Judy Johnson Design; Terry Crockett,
Information Services
Agreement for Professional Services; FG Consulting Engineers, Kate Boyle,
Engineering
Insurance Renewal; ITT Hartford; Fred Ellis, Ellis & Ellis Insurance Agency,
Inc.
Claims
a. $60,327.99 11/25/97
Request to Use City Property/Close Street
a. Request to Use Caucus Room; Jeannine Strong, Carmel Newcomers Club;
Various Dates in 1998; 9:30 a.m. to noon
Other
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Sewer and Water Availability; Sycamore Farms Pool and Bathhouse; Mark
Boyce, C.P. Morgan
Secondary Plat Approval; Autumn Lake; D. Craig Sharpe, Autumn Lake
Secondary Plat Approval; Foster Estates, Section 6A; Replat of Lots 46 and 47;
Richard Henderson, Schneider Engineering
Commercial Curb Cut; Sycamore Farms Pool and Bathhouse; Regency
Lane/Sycamore Farms; Mark Boyce, C.P. Morgan
Street Light Acceptance; New City Parking Lot behind Carmel Lions Club; Kate
Boyle, Engineering
Hazel Dell Easement(s); Joe Staehler, Department of Administration
Hazel Dell Closings; Joe Staehler, Department of Administration
Request for Promotions; Chief Michael Fogarty, Police Department
Write Off's for Uncollectable Utility Bills; John Duffy, Utilities
Authorization to Bill CHAMPUS for Ambulance Runs; Chief Douglas
Callahan, Fire Department
Eighth Amendment to City of Carmel Employee Health Benefit Plan; Barbara
Lamb, Human Resources
8. Adjournment
CARMEL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETING MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1997 - 10 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor James Brainard; Board Members Mary Ann Burke and Billy
Walker. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray and Deputy Clerk Rebecca Wolf also attended.
Mayor Brainard called the meeting to order at 10 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Board Member Burke moved to approve the minutes as listed on
the agenda. Board Member Walker seconded. The minutes were approved 3-0.
BID OPENING: Mayor Brainard moved the bid openings until later in the meeting to comply
with the time specified in the public notice.
BOND RELEASES:
Mayor Brainard moved to approve Resolution BPW-12-12-97-01 :. Delaware Trace. Section 1.
Signs Monuments & Markers. Board Member Walker seconded. The resolution was approved 3-
0.
CONTRACTS:
Agreement £or professional Services with David M. Griffith & Assoc.: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3~0.
Agreement for Provision of Services with Vertical Integrated Applications. Inc.: Mayor Brainard
moved to approve the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Provision of Services with M&R Enterprises. Inc.: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Provision of Services with The Overhead Door Company of Indianapolis. Inc.
(City): Mayor Brainard moved to approve the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The
contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Provision of Services with The Overhead Door Company of Indianapolis. Inc.
(CFD): Mayor Brainard moved to approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The
contract was approved 3-0.
Mutual Aid Agreement with Zionsville Volunteer Fire Department: Mayor Brainard moved to
strike the words Clay Township from Section 10.2 of the document because the city could not be
responsible for indemnifying the township. Mayor Brainard moved to approve the contract as
amended. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
First Lease Amendment with the Peak Group, Inc.: Mayor Brainard moved to approve the
contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
A~eement for Professional Services with Rundell Ernstberger As$ociate~, hac,: Mayor Brainard
moved to approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Professional Services with Susan A. Armstrong: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Professional Services with Solutions Group: Mayor Brainard moved to approve
the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Purchase Agreement with Hamilton Western Utilities. Inc.: Mayor Brainard moved to approve
the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Professional Services with the Polished Pen: City Attorney Doug Haney
explained the city was waiting to receive a faxed signature page because the vendor had asked for
last-minute changes to the contract. Mr. Haney asked the board to table the contract until later in
the meeting. Mayor Brainard explained that the changes involved waiving some insurance
requirements and that waiting for the signature page wasn't necessary. Mr. Haney explained the
city was still indemnified even with the suggested changes. Mayor Brainard moved to approve
the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Professional Services with O.W. Krohn & Associates: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreeraent for Professional Services with Judy Johnson Desi_ma: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Professional Services with Farrar. Garvev & Associates. LLC: Mayor Brainard
moved to approve the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Insurance Renewal with ITT Hartford: Mr. Haney explained that the city was still looking at
several proposals and suggested the board not act on this item. He stated that the city's insurance
representative, Fred Ellis, had talked with ITT Hartford and the company had agreed to extend
the contract for one month at the same rates. Board Member Walker asked what day the contract
would end if extended for one month. Mr. Haney stated he would verify the end date, but
believed it was January 31, 1998. No action was taken.
BID OPENING: Mayor Brainard opened the following bids for the Hazel Dell Landscaping
Pro.iect and gave them to City Engineer Kate Boyle under advisement:
Sundown Gardens, Inc. $801,150.00
Reinhart's Landscaping, Inc. $1,039,395.40
Engledow, Inc. $989,080.75
Yardberry Landscape $818,389.72
The Davey Tree Expert Co. $706,992.00
Maschmeyer's Nursery, Inc. $886,867.00
Slusser's Green Thumb, Inc. $1,199,228.05
Mayor Brainard opened the following bids for the Old Town Infrastructure Improvements for
First Avenue SE/NE and First Street NE/NW and gave them to City Engineer Kate Boyle under
advisement:
CC&T Construction Inc.
Trotter Construction Co., Inc.
Norris Brothers Co., Inc.
F.E. Harding Paving Co., Inc.
$1,497,048.87
$1,754,532.50
$1,627,754.60
$1,888,461.00
CLAIMS:
Board Member Walker moved to approve the claims as listed on the agenda. Board Member
Burke seconded. Claims were approved 3-0.
REQUEST TO USE CITY PROPERTY/CLOSE STREET:
Request to Use Caucus Room: Jeannine Strong. Cannel Newcomers Club: Various Dates in
1998:9:30 a.m. to noon: Mayor Brainard moved to approve the request. Board Member Walker
seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
OTHER:
Sewer and Water Availabili _ty: Sycamore Farms Pool and Bathhouse: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the request. Board Member Walker seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
Secondary_ Plat Approval: Autumn Lake: Mayor Brainard moved to approve the request. Board
Member Walker seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
Seconda~_ Plat Approval: Foster Estates. Section 6A: Mayor Brainard moved to approve the
request conditional on the developers not changing the underground storage pipe. Board Member
Walker seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
Commercial Curb Cut: Sycamore Farms Pool and Bathhouse: Regency Lane/Sycamore Farms:
Mayor Brainard moved to approve the request. Board Member Walker seconded. The request
was approved 3-0.
Street Light Acceptance: New City Parking Lot behind the Carmel Lions Club: Kate Boyle.
Engineering: Mayor Brainard moved to approve the request to accept three lights in the lot and
one on the street. Board Member Burke seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
Hazel Dell Easement(s): This item was not introduced at the request of Joe Staehler, the director
of the Department of Administration.
Hazel Dell Closings: Mr. Staehler presented two closings to the board: the Fonte property and
the Speck property. Mr. Staehler explained that the Specks had requested that their driveway be
repaved. Mayor Brainard moved to approve the closing on the Fonte property. Board Member
Burke seconded. The closing was approved 3-0. Mayor Brainard moved to approve the closing
on the Speck property. Board Member Walker seconded. The closing was approved 3-0.
Request for Promotions: Chief Michael Fo_earty, Police Department: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the request. Board Member Walker seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
Write Offs for Uncollectable Utility Bills: John Duff.v, Utilities: Mr. Duffy explained that most
of the write offs were from people who had moved. Mayor Brainard stated these bills were
reasonable mounts to write off. Mayor Brainard moved to approve the uncollectable bills. Board
Member Walker seconded. The motion was approved 3-0. Mr. Haney stated he had reviewed the
bills and believed that they were not reasonably collectable.
Authorization to Bill CHAMPUS for Ambulance Runs: Chief Douglas Callahan. Fire
Department: Chief Callahan explained that CHAMPUS was just one of many companies the Fire
Department billed. Mayor Brainard moved to approve the request. Board Member Walker
seconded. The request was approved 3-0.
Eighth Amendment to the City of Carmel Employee Health Benefit Plan: Mayor Brainard moved
to approve the amendment. Board Member Walker seconded. Board Member Walker
commended Barbara Lamb, director of Human Resources, on her efforts. The amendment was
approved 3-0.
ADD-ON ITEMS:
Agreement for Professional Services with Michael C. Lady Appraisal Co.. Inc.: Mayor Brainard
explained this contract was for appraisals for the 126th Street extension project. Mayor Brainard
moved to approve the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Provision of Services with Inweld Corp.: Mayor Brainard moved to approve the
contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Agreement for Provision of Services with Braden Business Systems. Inc.: Mayor Brainard
moved to approve the contract. Board Member Walker seconded. The contract was approved 3-0.
Service Agreement with the Hamilton County Humane Society: Mayor Brainard moved to
approve the contract. Board Member Burke seconded. Board Member Walker asked what the
city used to pay the humane society. Police Chief Fogarty stated that neither the city's records
nor the humane society's records went back far enough to determine if the city ever paid a flat
rate. The contract was approved 3-0.
Board Member Walker moved to adjourn. Mayor Brainard seconded. The meeting was adjourned
3-0 at 10:29 a.m.
Respe~:tf~lly submitted,
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