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Evansville Board of Public Safety Meeting - May 27, 2026

City Council — Wednesday, May 27, 2026
BodyEvansville, Indiana
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, May 27, 2026
StatusFILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
0:06

Okay, I'd like to welcome everybody to the uh City of Evansville Board of Public Safety meeting.

0:11

It is our tenth scheduled meeting.

0:13

We do have a little situation in that we will not have a quorum today, so we won't be able to vote on anything, but I believe we would we'll be able to open some bids and conduct maybe any information uh business that maybe information to us or something.

0:31

Um before we start, would we all stand for the pledge allegiance?

0:38

Pledge allegiance.

0:39

We do the flag, the United States, the Republic for which it stands.

0:45

One nation under God, individual with liberty, is for all.

0:58

Is uh Mr.

0:59

McNeil here by chance?

1:01

Mr.

1:02

McNeil, if you want to come forward, we won't be able to approve or not approve your permit, but we can hear a little bit about what's what you have going on.

1:11

Okay, um last time I got a permit from you guys was back in 21.

1:18

When I was uh would you please state your name?

1:20

Uh yes, I'm sorry, and address for the record.

1:23

Tydale McNeil, 1418 Adams Avenue.

1:26

Thank you.

1:30

Oh okay.

1:32

As I was saying back in 21, uh you guys gave me a permit that I was working on the trailer at the time, um, before the uh health department to come out and inspect it to issue my uh excuse me, issue my permit, full permit.

1:48

Um however um I completely finish the uh trailer.

1:53

I still have a few more things to do.

1:56

Um I submit the application, and I'm just waiting to hear back from the health department on the day they want to come out and do the inspection.

2:05

Okay.

2:06

Once the inspection is done, then I want to have the trailer move to uh uh it's beyond the corner of Washington and Lodge.

2:14

Okay.

2:14

There's an empty lot there.

2:15

So right now the trailer is still sitting in front of my house and just has to do some touching up and then uh like I say, see to come out and inspect it.

2:25

Okay, so it won't be there permanently.

2:27

You're you're just asking for a short period of time until it gets inspected.

2:30

Yes.

2:32

Okay, Mr.

2:33

McNeil, we can't approve or or not approve it today, but we can take the information and as soon as we can get together with another board member or all board members, we can uh probably do a vote and uh Curtis will let you know.

2:50

Okay.

2:50

Now I I missed the last meeting because I submitted this on uh May 4th.

2:57

Do I need to go down and fill out another one or no?

3:01

Okay, okay.

3:03

Uh do you know how much longer you think the trader will be there?

3:06

Um couple weeks.

3:08

It can yeah, probably.

3:10

Yeah, I'd say a couple of weeks.

3:12

And it's all depends on the like I said, the health department they call me and say you'll come and do an inspection.

3:17

Okay, yeah.

3:18

That's it.

3:19

So I say yeah, two weeks.

3:20

That's all right.

3:21

I'll let the EPD know that you're still working with us.

3:24

Okay.

3:25

Well, you know, come and try to tell it right now.

3:28

Okay.

3:29

Thank you.

3:30

Thank you.

3:30

Thank you for coming.

3:31

We can probably do a consensus vote on that.

3:34

Yeah, yeah.

3:37

Is Mr.

3:37

Boyle here?

3:41

Okay, then we will uh move from there to items.

3:46

Nope, we can't do that.

3:47

Departmental reports.

3:49

Can we do departmental reports?

3:54

Yeah, I think you can go ahead and provide a report.

3:58

Well, we're for the report, we were asking uh the board permission of surplus.

4:03

So we probably cannot do that.

4:06

Yeah, that's correct, you cannot.

4:09

Alright, so then we go down to uh police department has nothing that we can do because we cannot vote on it, fire department.

4:20

Uh Deputy Chief Kim Garrett, is there any business we can?

4:24

Uh yes, I believe we should be able to open the bids for the station renovations.

4:28

Okay.

4:39

This could be lengthy.

4:41

I don't know if there's anything else we can move on to.

5:20

Okay.

5:21

Go ahead and do that.

5:29

I know she's pretty consistent.

5:49

So we have uh two bids for eight fire station repairs and a couple of alternate bids.

6:07

And so I'll read read the first one which I opened, which is from CH Garmong and Sun Inc.

6:16

And we have the following bids.

6:19

First for station one hundred fifty eight thousand five hundred dollars, station three, fifty-one thousand one hundred dollars.

6:36

Station five, one hundred forty-nine thousand six hundred dollars, station six, eighty-eight thousand five hundred dollars, station eight, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars, station nine is a hundred and ten thousand five hundred dollars with an alternate bid of six thousand seven hundred dollars.

7:09

That's alternate bid F-1.

7:15

Station fifteen is eighty thousand dollars, and station seventeen is ninety thousand dollars with an alternate bid, uh, alternate bid one of two percent.

7:34

That concludes the bid numbers from CH Garmog and Sun Inc.

7:38

Does anybody need me to repeat any of those?

7:41

What was station number three?

7:43

State station number three was fifty-one thousand one hundred dollars.

7:48

You're welcome.

7:50

You mentioned an alternative station fifteen, station fifteen was eighty thousand dollars.

7:57

I'm sorry, station nine.

7:59

Station nine was one hundred ten thousand five hundred dollars, with alternate bid F dash one in the amount of six thousand seven hundred dollars.

8:16

Any other clarifications or questions on the Garmon bid?

8:25

Do you have any questions?

8:29

If not, uh we also have a bid from Midwest Contracting and Maintenance Inc.

8:37

That's Midwest Contracting and Maintenance Inc.

8:42

Station One is one hundred and forty-one thousand seven hundred dollars.

8:50

Station three is forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars.

8:58

Station five is one hundred fifty-five thousand two hundred dollars.

9:08

Station six is one hundred three thousand three hundred dollars.

9:19

Station eight is ninety thousand four hundred dollars.

9:32

Station nine is one hundred eighteen thousand dollars with an alternate F one alternate bid F one in the amount of four thousand twenty-five dollars.

9:52

Station fifteen is ninety seven thousand six hundred dollars.

10:00

And station seventeen is one hundred thousand seven hundred dollars.

10:09

With alternate bid one being zero percent.

10:18

Station fifteen is ninety-seven thousand six hundred dollars.

10:26

Station nine, which is item F on the bid form, it was a hundred and eighteen thousand even, one hundred and eighteen thousand dollars.

10:36

The alternate four thousand and twenty-five.

10:43

Any other questions?

10:45

That concludes the bids that we've received.

10:49

You're welcome.

10:54

Yeah, we can't take any items on those, so effectively they're taken under advisement.

10:59

Probably report back in the next meeting or two.

11:01

Thank you.

11:02

Thank you.

11:24

Okay, at this point, we really can't conduct any business as a board, so uh this time unless somebody has something out in the gallery that they want to bring up, or I'm going to um adjourn the meeting.

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Summary of Proceedings

Evansville Board of Public Safety Meeting - May 27, 2026

The Board of Public Safety met on May 27, 2026, at 1:06 PM. Due to a lack of a quorum (only two board members present), no votes could be taken on any agenda items. The meeting proceeded informally to hear a presentation from a permit applicant and to open sealed bids for fire station renovations. No other business could be conducted.

Consent Calendar

  • No items were approved due to lack of quorum.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No public comments were made.

Discussion Items

  • Parking Permit Request – Tydell McNeil (1418 Adams Avenue): Mr. McNeil appeared before the board to request approval of a parking permit for a food trailer in front of his residence. He explained that the trailer was nearly completed and awaiting health department inspection. He estimated the trailer would remain for approximately two weeks. The board acknowledged the request but could not vote; they informed Mr. McNeil they would follow up once a quorum could be assembled.
  • Fire Station Renovation Bids: Deputy Chief Kim Garrett presented sealed bids for repairs to multiple fire stations. Two bids were received:
    • From CH Garmong & Son Inc.: Station 1 – $158,500; Station 3 – $51,100; Station 5 – $149,600; Station 6 – $88,500; Station 8 – $83,500; Station 9 – $110,500 (with alternate bid F-1 of $6,700); Station 15 – $80,000; Station 17 – $90,000 (with alternate bid 1 of 2%).
    • From Midwest Contracting & Maintenance Inc.: Station 1 – $141,700; Station 3 – $47,600; Station 5 – $155,200; Station 6 – $103,300; Station 8 – $90,400; Station 9 – $118,000 (with alternate F-1 of $4,025); Station 15 – $97,600; Station 17 – $100,700 (with alternate bid 1 of 0%).
    • The board could not take action on the bids; they were taken under advisement for a future meeting.

Key Outcomes

  • No votes were taken on any agenda item due to the absence of a quorum.
  • The parking permit request from Tydell McNeil was deferred.
  • The fire station renovation bids were opened and recorded but not awarded.
  • The meeting was adjourned without any formal decisions.

Meeting Transcript

Okay, I'd like to welcome everybody to the uh City of Evansville Board of Public Safety meeting. It is our tenth scheduled meeting. We do have a little situation in that we will not have a quorum today, so we won't be able to vote on anything, but I believe we would we'll be able to open some bids and conduct maybe any information uh business that maybe information to us or something. Um before we start, would we all stand for the pledge allegiance? Pledge allegiance. We do the flag, the United States, the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, individual with liberty, is for all. Is uh Mr. McNeil here by chance? Mr. McNeil, if you want to come forward, we won't be able to approve or not approve your permit, but we can hear a little bit about what's what you have going on. Okay, um last time I got a permit from you guys was back in 21. When I was uh would you please state your name? Uh yes, I'm sorry, and address for the record. Tydale McNeil, 1418 Adams Avenue. Thank you. Oh okay. As I was saying back in 21, uh you guys gave me a permit that I was working on the trailer at the time, um, before the uh health department to come out and inspect it to issue my uh excuse me, issue my permit, full permit. Um however um I completely finish the uh trailer. I still have a few more things to do. Um I submit the application, and I'm just waiting to hear back from the health department on the day they want to come out and do the inspection. Okay. Once the inspection is done, then I want to have the trailer move to uh uh it's beyond the corner of Washington and Lodge. Okay. There's an empty lot there. So right now the trailer is still sitting in front of my house and just has to do some touching up and then uh like I say, see to come out and inspect it. Okay, so it won't be there permanently. You're you're just asking for a short period of time until it gets inspected. Yes. Okay, Mr. McNeil, we can't approve or or not approve it today, but we can take the information and as soon as we can get together with another board member or all board members, we can uh probably do a vote and uh Curtis will let you know. Okay. Now I I missed the last meeting because I submitted this on uh May 4th. Do I need to go down and fill out another one or no? Okay, okay. Uh do you know how much longer you think the trader will be there? Um couple weeks. It can yeah, probably. Yeah, I'd say a couple of weeks. And it's all depends on the like I said, the health department they call me and say you'll come and do an inspection. Okay, yeah. That's it. So I say yeah, two weeks. That's all right. I'll let the EPD know that you're still working with us. Okay. Well, you know, come and try to tell it right now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

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