The Greensburg Board of Works met on Tuesday.
Clerk Treasurer Amy Borns presented the Civic Systems hosted contract. The hosting system has been used multiple times by employees within the office. The program was not a part of the original contract but is a necessity. This was approved. The Civic Systems ACA self-insured reporting system contract was approved. This was a minimal cost and saves many hours of employee time.
Director of the Decatur County Bicentennial John Pratt came to the board requesting approval of the parade route. The parade will be on Saturday, June 11 at 10 am. The route will follow the same route as the fall festival parade, however will end at Franklin Street instead of Porter Oliger Pearson Funeral Home. The Police Chief has looked at it and sees no problems with it. This was approved.
Fire Chief Nate Stoermer presented the award of build operate transfer agreement. The developer will be GM Development and the construction manager will be Meyer Najem Construction for the new fire station build. This was approved by the board and is just the next step in the process. Stoermer requested to destroy several VHF radios that have no support or financial worth. This was approved. The Fire Department Recognition Ceremony will be at 6 pm at City Hall on Wednesday.
Street Commissioner Mark Klosterkemper presented the award of build operate transfer agreement. This is for the possible new street department which will be on the same property as the fire station if both projects get fully approved. The developer will be GM Development and the construction manager will be Runnebohm Construction. This was approved and is the next step in the process. The Hire owners representative was approved.
Wastewater Superintendent Zeke Smith presented task order 22-01. This is to update the UV disinfecting system. This was approved. The MS4 services contract with Burke Engineering was presented. This is for Burke Engineering to help them navigate the new mandates for the MS4 program through IDEM. There are a lot of tricky milestones that need to be hit within the year and this would be an extension of the current contract to help navigate these. This was approved.
Mayor Josh Marsh presented the Eastside Trail extension engineering contract with USI. This is to work on the conceptual design for the Rebecca Park portion of the trail and to better understand the dead end of the trail near Carousel. This was approved. The board approved a sewer water adjustment.
Utility Manager Donna Lecher discussed the utility bill reprints. There was a glitch in the system which caused the reconnect fee to be labeled as a penalty fee. Everyone effected has now been sent a new, adjusted bill.
Morgan Schofield
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