Board of Public Works

City of Anderson Minutes of the Regular Meeting: March 10, 2015 Board of Public Works PRESENT: Pete Heuer, Chairman Erich Ewald Roger Clark, Member Linda Wiley Charlie Jones, Member Dawnita Steans Charlee Turner, Recording Secretary Nara Manor Ashley Hopper, City Attorney Michael Farmer Diana J. Jackson Kevin Cummings Brooke Parker Brad Land Stu Hirsch Andi Helm Kunal Sidhpura Poatik Makim Tonya Turnley Yasser Abouaish Greg Winkler Darla Couch Chet Green APPROVAL OF MINUTES Meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. The minutes of March 3, 2015 were approved as presented. Member Clark made the motion and Member Jones seconded. The motion passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS AWARD THE 29TH STREET PROJECT Mike Farmer, Director of Engineering, recommended the Board award the 29th Street Project to M K Betts in the amount of $24,260.00 as they were the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. Member Jones moved to approve the award. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously. APPROVE RESOLUTION #05-15, ESTABLISHING SALARIES FOR EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2015 Human Resource Director Erich Ewald requested the Board approve a resolution fixing the salaries and benefits for employees of the Parks, CATS, Traffic Engineering, Sewer, and Street Department of the city of Anderson. Representatives of the Local 1913 were present. Member Clark moved to approve Resolution #05-15. Member Jones seconded. Motion passed unanimously. APPROVE A PROGRAM PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MADISON COUNTY Tonya Turnley, Community Development/Blight Elimination Program Administrator, requested the Board recommend a program partner agreement with Habitat for Humanity of Madison County. The purpose of the agreement is to enable IHCDA to award BEP, Round Two funding to acquire and demolish blighted residential structures and facilitate an end use of the newly vacant residential lots. Member Jones moved to approve the program partner agreement. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. APPROVE A PROGRAM PARNTER AGREEMENT WITH PATHSTONE, INCORPORATED Tonya Turnley, Community Development/Blight Elimination Program Administrator, requested the Board recommend a program partner agreement with Pathstone, Incorporated. The purpose of the agreement is to enable IHCDA to award BEP, Round Two funding to acquire and demolish blighted residential structures and facilitate an end use of the newly vacant residential lots. Member Clark moved to approve the program partner agreement. Member Jones seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. APPROVE A PROGRAM PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH ANDERSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Tonya Turnley, Community Development/Blight Elimination Program Administrator, requested the Board recommend a program partner agreement with Anderson Community Development Corporation. The purpose of the agreement is to enable IHCDA to award BEP, Round Two funding to acquire and demolish blighted residential structures and facilitate an end use of the newly vacant residential lots. Member Clark moved to approve the program partner agreement. Member Jones seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. APPROVE A PROGRAM PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH BETHESDA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Tonya Turnley, Community Development/Blight Elimination Program Administrator, requested the Board recommend a program partner agreement with Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. A conflict of interest disclosure statement is already on file for Floyd Edwards, Pastor of Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. The purpose of the agreement is to enable IHCDA to award BEP, Round Two funding to acquire and demolish blighted residential structures and facilitate an end use of the newly vacant residential lots. Member Clark moved to approve the program partner agreement. Member Jones moved to approve the program partner agreement. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. APPROVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT Greg Winkler, Director of Economic Development, recommended the Board approve project development agreement between Royal Interpack North America, Inc. and the City of Anderson for an Economic Development Grant. The grant would reduce the lease rate for the Accelerator 2 Building. Food and Beverage funds will be used. Member Clark moved to approve the agreement. Member Jones seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. MISCELLANEOUS APPROVE A SALT PURCHASE Street Commissioner Brad Land requested the Board approve the purchase of an additional 250 tons of salt from EA Outdoors. Pricing did not change: $105.00 a ton, totaling $26,250.00. The salt will be delivered by 3g Commodities Express LLC at $27.00 a ton, totaling $6,750.00. Member Jones moved to approve the request. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously. OLD BUSINESS APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND CITY OF ANDERSON Member Clark moved to remove this item from the table. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Deputy Director for Economic Development, Michael Frischkorn, recommended the Board approve a Memorandum of Agreement between East Central Indiana Small Business Development Center and the City of Anderson. THE MOA establishes a program providing comprehensive business counseling services to small business owners and prospective small business owners in the City of Anderson. The requested amount is for $13,400 per year for a period of two years. Food and Beverage funds will be used. Member Clark moved to approve the request. Member Jones seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO ANDERSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION This item remained tabled. APPROVE THE INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AGREEMENT Member Jones moved to remove this item from the table. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Deputy Director for Economic Development, Michael Frischkorn, recommended the Board approve an Indiana Economic Development Corporation Industrial Development Grant Fund Grant Agreement. The matching grant agreement request is for $600,000 and will fund an infrastructure project consisting of installing a rail spur to serve the Sirmax North America, Inc. facility. TIF Levy funds will be used. Member Jones moved to approve the Grant Agreement. Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously and awaits the signature of the Mayor. CLAIMS With no further business coming before the Board it was unanimously passed to pay the claims in the amount of $2,756,287.26. Member Jones made the motion to pay the bills and Member Clark seconded. Motion passed unanimously. ADJOURNMENT With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 3:22 pm. _________________________________ ____________________________________ Pete Heuer, Chairman- Charlee Turner, Recording Secretary Board of Public Works Board of Public Works