Board of Public Works & Safety

AGENDA BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Monday, March 20, 2023 Meeting to be held at 8:30 a.m., local time in the Common Council Chambers, City Hall Building 100 East Michigan Boulevard, Michigan City, Indiana and hosted by “Hybrid/ZOOM” and streaming live on “My Michigan City” Facebook page TO CONNECT TO ZOOM PLEASE SEE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS APPROVAL OF MINUTES . . . . . . Regular “HYBRID/ZOOM” meeting March 6, 2023 NO PARKING Joyce Dalton 602 East Barker Avenue, is requesting a “No Parking” SINGAGE sign in front of fire hydrant on the corner of Maple and Barker REQUEST Avenue due to people parking on the yellow line. RETIREMENT Chief Doug Legault, Michigan City Fire Department is announcing the retirement of Captain David Nespo with 34 years of service with the department; effective Thursday, March 23, 2023. NOTE: This is for informational purposes only . Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 1 Posted March 16, 2023 AWARDING OF BIDS Jeff Wright, Haas & Associates, LLC. awarding of bids for the Community Crossing Matching Grant 2022-2 Paving Cycle. INSURANCE Charlie Keene, General Insurance Services, is requesting the RENEWAL approval of the Special Events Insurance Policy to be in effect 5/1/23-10/31/23 to cover General Liability for the City’s 2023 Farmer’s Market. . CORRESPONDENCE The Clerk’s Office received correspondence on March 14, 2023, from William McFerson Sr, Union Representative, Transit Union Local 517 requesting to open negotiations for their up-coming contract with this board. (NOTE: For informational purposes only) Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 2 Posted March 16, 2023 SPECIAL Shong Smith, Street Department, is requesting the approval of PURCHASE a Special Purchase method I.C. 5-22-10-5 to purchase a REQUEST payloader and to trade -in one (1) 1995 Case 621 B Payloader. POLICIES & PROCEDURES Terry Greetham Director Special Events, is requesting APPROVAL the approval of the updated Farmers Market Polices and REQUEST Procedures and the Farmers Market Application. REQUEST FOR Tracy Leavy, Skwiat American Legion #451, is requesting to STREET CLOSURE close Washington Street from May Avenue to Skwiat Legion Avenue to Franklin Street on May 26, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. thru May 29, at 12:00 p.m. to display “Gold Star Wall” event. Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 3 Posted March 16, 2023 INSTALLATION OF Becky Pressel, Family Advocate is requesting to place BLUE BOWS blue bows/on every other pedestrian streetlight on Franklin Street in the Art District to promote “Child Abuse Awareness Month” from April 1st ,2023 and remove them by April 30th, 2023. STREET CLOSURE Sean Rathbun, Notre Dame Catholic School is requesting a street REQUEST closure on Moore Road to Lake Shore Drive for their Annual Notre Dame Catholic School St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run from 7:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on March 25, 2023. STREET CLOSURE Kevin Kegebein, Walsh-Herzog, is requesting a street REQUEST closure of Green Street and Chicago Street Intersection starting on April 3rd, 2023 for six (6) weeks as part of the NICTD Double Track Project. Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 4 Posted March 16, 2023 AGREEMENT FOR An Agreement between the Michigan City Board of Public PROFESSIONAL Works and Safety and Clarke Environmental Mosquito SERVICES Management, Inc. for services starting May 1, 2023 thru October 31, 2023 (not to exceed $28,067.72). ORDER TO DEMOLISH Herald Dispatch Advertised March 9, 2023 Public Hearing will be Held March 20, 2023  912 Martin Luther King Drive – Owner - Bonnie C Bennett  207 Hendricks Street – Owner- Ahmed Realtor LLC  425 N Woodland Avenue – Owner - Consuelo Tolson  925 W 7th Street – Owner - City of Michigan City . Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 5 Posted March 16, 2023 REQUEST TO Brad Minnick, Primera Engineering, is requesting to solicit SOLICIT BIDS the following bids  Two way crossing project – Art District  City sidewalk improvements  Transit (Bus Shelters) PEDESTRAIN SAFETY Don Przybylinski Councilman, is requesting two (2) telephone REQUEST poles to be inspected that are located on the east side of the intersection of Buffalo & Harrison Street and are leaning over the public right of way. PAYROLL DOCKET March 10, 2023 City Payroll $ Not Received CLAIMS DOCKET March 20, 2023 Municipal $ 2,021,167.56 Health & Life Ins. Fund $ 367,849.20 CDBG $ 13,792.64 Workers Comp Trust $ 0.00 Total Claims: $ 2,402,809.40 Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 6 Posted March 16, 2023 UNFINISHED BUSINESS – Pending Items PUBLIC COMMENT NOTE: Public Comment is limited to three (3) minutes. All comments are to be addressed to the Board President not to the individual Board members. “All comments must be germane to and within the mandate and authority of this Board.” BOARD COMMENT ADJOURNMENT _________________________ Gale A. Neulieb, City Clerk How to connect to “Hybrid Zoom” You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: March 20, 2023, 8:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: Board of Works Meeting Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 7 Posted March 16, 2023 Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83986774000?pwd=eG1aSytwYWtheDRtNFlDcDRYTlN5UT09 Passcode: 904817 Or One tap mobile: US: +16465588656,8 3986774000#,,,,*904817# or +13017158592,,83986774000#,,,,*904817# Or Telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 Webinar ID: 839 8677 4000 Passcode: 904817 International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdGqDK8Ojv Agenda March 20, 2023 Page 8 Posted March 16, 2023