Good afternoon.

I'd like to call to order the October 8th Board of Public Works Meeting.

I'm Todd Wilson, director and chair of the board.

Uh like board members to please introduce themselves starting to left.

Sabako Jawanza.

Bob Byron.

Idrish Redman.

Thanks, guys.

Uh also like to introduce our board counsel behind me, Ben Moracle, and our board coordinator, Jennifer Dominguez.

And board member Daniel Haik joining us.

Uh first item on the agenda is adopted October 8th, uh 2025 agenda.

Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda?

So moved.

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Sebeka Jawanza.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Ain't opposed.

That motion carries.

Next item on the agenda is to approval of the amendment.

Do I have a motion to approve the September 24th minutes?

So moved by Aegis Redman.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Sebeka Jawanza.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Uh next item on the agenda are street acceptances.

Cameron Giles, please.

Good afternoon.

Um for the first request and the Bureau of Infrastructure and Storm Order at the Department of Business and Navid Services at the confirmation of the receipt of the subject development as bills and inspecting engineers certificate of completion and compliance.

Request the acceptance of streets point three miles associated with the reserve subdivision.

Thank you.

Thank you, Cairman.

Do we have any questions?

See and none.

Do I have a motion to approve the street acceptance?

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Second by Edis Redman.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none, that motion carries.

Thank you.

Cameron.

Thank you.

Next item on the agenda are bid awards.

Jason Watt, please.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Mr.

Chair, members of the board.

My name is Jason Mott, the administrator of construction for DPW engineering.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorized the director of awards CW5-008 on call sidewalk vertical displacement mitigation at Calumet Civil Contractors Inc.

and the total not take seat amount of $570,000 and zero cents on the basis that they are the lowest uh responsive and responsible bidder.

Project CW5-008 on call sidewalk vertical displacement mitigation consists of removal of sidewalk vertical displacements county wide.

And they're not to exceed amount of $570,000, which was 16% lower than the engineers estimate, the opposite of minority and women business development review, call you met civil contractor inks middle and found they put forth a good faith effort.

With that, I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have this time.

Thank you.

Are there any questions?

Yeah, just one.

Um how do we pick the sidewalks?

Just out of curiosity.

So it's largely I lost the thing on that.

I hope it doesn't matter.

Um it's largely based on um requests that come through to the mayor's action center as well as things we've logged through operations on in for we go out and verify those.

We keep a master needs inventory of them and then um ones that are eligible for this displacement, which is not full-on replacement.

Um, we put in the list and work our way down the list as funds are available.

Sounds good.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Uh seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the bid award?

So moved by Dan Haig.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Seconded by Sid Baker Jawanta.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none that motion carries.

I'd like to welcome Leslie Schultz.

Next item uh on the agenda are change orders.

Jason Watt, please.

Thank you.

The engineering division staff recommends the board public works approved and authorized director to execute change order number one to SD-22-101D 2022 thoroughfare drainage improvements, Area 2 with EMB paving inc with no change total not to exceed contract amount of 5 million 99,303 and 46 cents with 160 days added substantial final completion dates.

Uh change order number one provide compensation quantity adjustments for the COD and WDC's uh one, two, and three, and then COD 1.1.

Um essentially, this is uh a time extension.

There were some delays due to utilities that pushed us into the winter uh season.

Um, and that's the reason for the lengthy um amount of days being added.

Uh with that, I'd be happy to try to answer any questions you have this time.

Thanks, Jason.

Do we have any questions on the change order?

Do I have a motion to approve the change order?

So moved by Ejus Redman.

Do I have a second?

Second, seconded by Dan Hay call in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Next item on the agenda are final change orders, uh, Jason.

Thank you.

The engineering division staff recommends the board of public works approved and authorized director to execute change order number one final and final acceptance for stuff three-081 street reconstruction, uh, street construction and reconstruction project, uh, BOT with Avenue Roads Inc.

for a final contract amount of six million dollars.

Uh this board action is for final change order number one and final acceptance of the project.

Uh without be happy to answer the question by this time.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions?

Uh Jason, one question.

So six million dollars is was that the original contract value.

Yes, so I believe the one moment.

Um yes, that is correct.

Okay, so the change orders is zero.

Yes, sir.

Okay, thanks.

This was the original BOT that we did, right?

The original like pilots.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir, that is correct.

So, what did we like?

I know we've done several of these since then.

Like what has been the uh positive and the negatives that come out of that new delivery method?

And just in broad brush strokes, I'm not sure.

Yeah, I think the the main value in this is the quality of the work.

Uh is a little bit better in these instances where it's not a low bid environment.

Um, it's more of a partnership with uh the contractor.

Um, and things can be delivered a little bit more quickly, where we don't go through a full design process.

Yep.

So um time is money, yep.

Right.

And um a lot of these are you know things that have urgent needs, and it's just another way that we can get things done quickly, similar similar to the alt delivery method of our job order contracts, for example.

Yep.

So big fan of it.

Thank you.

And I'd like to add uh and on on those points as well, but you know, we have the opportunity to uh develop a greatest maximum price on those uh contracts as well.

Uh so that helps us with budgeting as well.

Yeah, any other questions?

Mr.

Flair, you part of the agreement that the other agreement was there's maintenance here on the yes, there is a maintenance period, I believe it's uh similar to our normal three-year maintenance period.

I'm not sure exactly what the duration is on this particular contract, but they did add in some preventative maintenance items to this work to help uh ensure that we're getting the the service life out of this element that we we had requested initially.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the final change order?

So moved by Dan Haig.

Do I have a second?

Second, seconded by Bob Perrin.

All favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Next item on the agenda are professional services agreements.

And Jason, you're still up.

Thank you.

The engineering division staff recommends the board public works approve and authorized the director to execute ENG ⁇ 25 005 on call transportation inspection services.

A new professional service agreement for inspection with Hansen Professional Services Inc.

and then not to exceed total agreement amount of half a million dollars with an agreement expiration date of December 31st, 2028.

ENG 25 005 is an on call transportation inspection services agreement.

Uh Hanson Professional Services participation will include 8% to 7 and T 8% to JQOL, 5% to North Point Engineering and Surveying, 5% DBE engineering, and 3% to Vets, and 3% to redemption engineering.

Uh Hansen Professional Services was selected through RFQ 2025-1.

With that, I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have this time.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions on the on-call transportation inspection services?

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

So moved by Sebeka Jawanza.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Ejus Redman.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Uh next one, Jason, please.

Thank you.

The engineering division staff recommends the board of public works approved and authorized the director to execute ST 29-020 girls school road.

Uh phase number one from Rockville Road to 21st.

A new professional service agreement for inspection with DLZ Indiana LLC and then not to exceed total agreement amount of $900,000 with an agreement expiration date of December 31st, 2027.

Project ST-29-020 provides uh one rehabilitated lane of traffic in each direction with two-way left support lanes, a multiple multi-purpose path on one side, and landscape setbacks with tree lawns and tree lawns that uh could support improved stormwater drainage.

DLZ Indiana LLC's uh XBE participation will include 15% to JQOL, 8% to DB Engineering, 3% to vets, and 1% to redemption engineering.

DLZ uh Indiana LC was selected through RFQ 2025-1.

Be happy to answer any questions you might have at this time.

Thank you, Jess.

Jason, there are any questions.

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the agreement?

So moved by Dan Haig.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second it by Bob Perrin.

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Uh moving on to the next item on the agenda, professional services amendments.

And Jason, you're still up.

Thanks.

Thank you.

The engineer division staff recommends the board of public works approved and authorized director to execute amendment number two to GT 06-001 to complete trail professional service agreement with Hanum Waggle and Klein Engineering and the increased amount of 109,490 and zero cents for a new total not to exceed agreement amount of one million two hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents and provide and uh updated rate schedule.

Uh this amendment will also extend the agreement expiration date uh December 31st, 2026.

Amendment number two provides additional funding to complete additional respected requested inspection work.

This will uh include inspection of uh stormwater drainage installation, not initially included with the project scope.

Amendment number two will provide uh funding for additional remaining inspection.

The original contract amount was for one million dollars and three cents.

The amendment number one was one hundred and ninety thousand twenty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, and amendment number two is one hundred and nine thousand four hundred and ninety dollars and zero cents plus time and rates for a total uh agreement amount of one million two hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents.

Uh, with that I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have this time.

Thank you, Jason.

Do we have any questions?

Do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved by Leslie Schulte.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Sebeka Jawanza.

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none that motion carries.

I'd ask the audience to silence their uh devices, please.

Uh next amendment, uh Jason.

Thank you.

The engineering division staff recommends board of public works approved and authorized director to execute amendment number three to ENG-20-011 on called transportation inspection services, professional service agreement with CHA Consulting Inc.

and the increased amount of 180,000 dollars and zero cents for a new total not to exceed agreement amount of 700,000 dollars with no change to scope of services or rate schedules.

Uh this amendment will also extend the agreement expiration date to December 31st, 2027.

Uh amendment number three provides funding and time to complete additionally requested inspection work.

Um this contract, this is the third amendment of this contract.

The original contract amount was $500,000.

Number one was for time only.

Amendment number two was $20,000 plus time, and then amendment number three is $180,000 plus time for a total agreement amount of $700,000.

We will have several of these PSAs that will need amended throughout the uh end of this year to extend the expiration date from December 31st, 2025, likely to 26 or 27.

So you'll see that more often this last uh these last couple wards.

With that, I'd be happy to answer your questions, you may have this time.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions?

Do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved by Aegis Redman.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Seconded by Sebeka Juwanza.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none that motion carries.

Thank you, Jason.

Uh Mark St.

John.

Thank you.

Uh the first item I have before you today is amendment number one to BR-06-066, nickel plate trail over 82nd Street with United Consulting Engineers Incorporated.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment one to BR-06-066, nickel plate trail over 82nd Street, a professional services agreement with United Consulting Engineers Incorporated, and the increased amount of $7,090 for a new total not to exceed agreement amount of $75797,000 ninety.

Additional scope of services and updated rate schedules.

The amendment will also extend the agreement expiration date to December 31st, 2029.

Amendment one provides additional funding time and updated rates to complete additionally requested design work through project final tracings, including but not limited to plan development, survey work, geotechnical investigations, permit development, and public involvement.

Happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Mark.

Do we have any questions?

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved.

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Seconded by Aegis Redman.

All in favor, signified by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Mark, next one, please.

Second item I have is amendment number one to ENG-23-008 on call design services with Shrewsbury and Associates LLC.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment one to ENG-23-008 on call design services, a professional services agreement with Shrewsbury and Associates LLC an increased amount of $500,000 for a new total not to exceed agreement amount of $1 million and updated rate schedules.

This amendment will also extend the agreement expiration date to December 31st, 2028.

Amendment one provides funding time and updated rates to complete additionally requested design work.

This will include the design of multiple Indianapolis neighborhood infrastructure partnership projects.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions?

Yeah, so are these the Indianapolis neighborhood infrastructure partnership program from this year or previous years?

Yes.

This year?

Both.

I think largely 2024, though.

Okay.

And then when do we expect construction to start on those projects?

So there's a bunch of them, and they're kind of scattered all over the city county.

Um, I believe construction on some of them will start uh this fall yet, but I think the bulk of them will be in the next construction season.

Okay.

So summer 2026.

Correct.

Thank you.

Do we have any other questions?

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So move.

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Sebekkawanza.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Thank you, Mark.

Next amendment, Natalie Stevens.

Thank you, and good afternoon.

Uh the first item I have is amendment number one to ENG 22011 on call forestry consulting with metric environmental.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number one to ENG 22011 on call urban forestry consulting with metric environmental LLC with no change to the total agreement amount of $500,000 and zero cents.

The amendment will provide updated rates and extend the agreement expiration date to December 31 of 2027.

This amendment provides assistance to our urban forestry team for tree mitigation and planting plans for our fire capital projects.

Happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Natalie.

Do we have any questions?

Do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved by Eugenis Revman.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Bob Perrin.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Next amendment, Natalie.

Thank you.

Um I have amendment number one to CH2201 regulated drain classification with Hanum Waggle and Klein Engineering.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment one to CH 2201 regulated drain classifications, a professional services agreement with Hanum Waggle and Klein engineering with no change to the total agreement amount of 200,000, no change to scope of services, and updated rate schedules, classifications, and key staff.

This amendment will also extend the agreement expiration date to December 31st, 2027.

Amendment one provides time, updated rate schedules, classifications, and key staff to complete additionally requested activities for the regulated drain study.

This will include additional desktop analysis of 40 regulated drains throughout Marion County and field investigation on two regulated drains within Franklin Township to establish a baseline level of effort for other legal drains that are recommended for investigation.

Happy to answer any questions.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions?

Do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved by Leslie Schulte.

Do I have a second?

Second by Sebeka Jawans.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Thank you, Natalie.

Next item on the agenda are other amendments.

And this is Sam Barris, please.

Hi, thank you, members of the board.

Um DPW staff recommends that the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number one to the city county contract two one five nine three, an agreement for the provision of solid waste collection services with Lakeshore Recycling Systems.

This amendment provides for increased compensation for LRS for additional costs associated with cart removal and the servicing of newly deployed carts during October, November, and December of 2025.

So back in March of this year, this board approved new solid waste uh collection contracts that were awarded to LRS for about 155,000 households in the current uh vendor collected districts throughout the county.

That contract contemplated the delivery of new trash carts for all of those households.

Um those are currently actually being deployed as we speak.

So more and more residents are seeing those carts hit their um hit their residences throughout the month.

Those carts are DPW branded, they're to be owned by the city at the end of the 10-year period.

So in the event this happened again, they would just be our carts and we could just use the same ones.

Um and LRS is part of that contract is responsible for all those costs, the delivery costs, the cost of um purchasing the carts.

Um the existing carts, which are serviced by WM and Republic, are not owned by the city.

Those are branded for those vendors, they're not our property, they're the property of those companies.

And the contractual responsibility for removing them falls on those existing incumbent haulers.

Um as we work through how this cart transition, and it's a big 155,000 carts is a substantial transition for any market.

And as we work through the details of how that would work, it became apparent that Republic's plan for removing carts in their areas of the county was not going to be in the best interest of us and our residents for how this transition would look.

Um throughout throughout the discussions, it became apparent that the best way to do this is to deliver the carts and very quickly thereafter have that same vendor pick up the existing carts so that residents aren't left with multiple carts for a period of however long, up to three months.

Um and so to facilitate that on the city's preferred schedule.

Um, we worked with both parties and essentially agreed to split these costs between all three parties essentially equally.

So this amendment is authorizing a $300,000 one-time payment to LRS to help defray costs they would incur in basically picking up existing carts that are at these addresses.

They're also going to be taking over as soon as the new carts are deployed.

If one of those carts is damaged or stolen, um LRS will be the company that will facilitate the repair or replacement of that cart.

So they're going to incur some costs associated with that this quarter that weren't contemplated in the original contract.

So this is um this is us contributing to that effort in the name of making this go as smoothly as possible.

We knew at the time when we adopted the original contract that there could be logistical issues we'd have to work through.

This was one.

And so this is our proposed solution.

Thank you.

Happy to answer questions.

Thank you, Sam.

Do we have any questions?

Sam of a question.

So will there be a like reduction in the contract uh value of Republican waste management to offset this?

So that's a that's a good question.

No, there is no reduction in the contract value to and I will say this particular issue is being handled differently by each of the two vendors without going into all these details.

This amendment mostly pertains to the Republic districts, which is a sizable majority of what's out there.

So Republic is financially contributing to the this proposed cost of picking up their carts.

That's between LRS and them, but they are contributing financially to this.

So no, there's no adjustment to those contracts, but they are contributing financially to LRS to help facilitate this.

Okay, and just one other question.

Um with Republic at least.

Uh if uh a resident purchased uh an additional uh cart from Republic, do they keep that one or and it'll be serviced?

Correct.

That's a that's a good question.

That's a question that lots of residents have had as we've rolled out this transition and all of the the communication surrounding it.

Yeah, if you bought a trash can, whoever you got that trash can through, that's that's your property.

Um and so the the mass transition that's happening as we speak is is a one-for-one swap.

The initial cart that was provided by your vendor is being removed and it's being replaced by a new cart with the city branding that LRS will begin servicing immediately.

Okay, so that the uh the republic cart that the resident owns will be serviced by um by Lakeshore.

Yeah, sorry.

I I did say that in a confusing way.

So since we're we're talking about the transition more generally, once you have a new cart and your old cart was picked up, your current vendor, so for the last few months of the year, Republic would be picking up your new cart until the end of the year.

Umce the new year starts and LRS is the provider, they will pick up the cart they provided plus your any trash in your own cart, even if it's branded with another company.

Um that will be a little bit confusing at first, but you know, over time these carts break down, they go missing, stuff happens to them.

As you look through the horizon of this contract, over time you'll see inevitably those carts will become rarer and rarer to see uh around the city.

Any other questions?

One quick follow-up question.

So I I did notice in the um I think announcement that it'll be a their act we're asking residents to leave their old cart out for two to three weeks.

What was the difference in the time frame for the amount of money we're paying?

What's the difference in the time frame of the two and three weeks and then what republic or waste management was proposing?

Yeah, so it that the time by which it will take to pick up every cart will will vary a little bit.

But in general, what we were trying to avoid is having new carts deployed by LRS's vendor in October, and then having people have to keep their old cart through the end of the existing contract.

So the worst case scenario that we were trying to avoid is somebody having multiple carts for three months, which would have been a mess, not just for them and having to store those carts, but also inevitably they'd throw trash in both carts and it would be chaotic for for all of the vendors involved.

I guess my my bigger concern is if we're asking residents to leave out carts on the edge of the row for two or three weeks, that's gonna those are gonna be sitting out there that could become an issue, and so I hope they could expedite to get those picked up as quickly as possible, because that's a bigger concern.

Under understood and and and totally agreed, we want to minimize the amount of confusion and the amount of time that people have both carts deployed at their house.

Um in many cases that the time will be less than that.

Um unfortunately, there's no there's no perfectly smooth way to do a transition on this scale.

So uh while we're doing everything we can to make this go as as simply and as smoothly as possible, there is there is some degree of people needing to bear with the changes as we work through them with both parties, but um you know we're we're carefully monitoring you know all the all the service requests that we get related to the solid waste transition.

Um of course if you have you know any concerns from from folks that you're aware of, please feel free to relay those to us.

That goes for that goes for anybody.

Um we are we're gonna work to make sure this goes as cleanly as possible.

So want to give you kudos for figuring this out, and this is a big effort enterprise, so just uh thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you very much, Sam.

Uh you explained it very well.

Um do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved.

So moved by Ejus Redman.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Leggy Schulte.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Uh with consent, it um Brian, are we able to take B and C together?

Uh excuse me.

Yeah, so they're kind of three buckets here.

There's two environmental services contracts, uh, four um uh tree maintenance service contracts, and then one CDL training contract.

So if you do want to, if you want to kind of do it in those with consent, I'd like to uh take items 9A and B together, and with consent, I'd like to take item C, D, E, and F together.

B and C I'm sorry, with consent, I like to say B and C together and D E F and G.

Do you have consent?

Yes, sir.

Brian, uh items uh B and C, please.

Uh thank you, Brian Kavanaugh, General Counsel for the Department of Public Works.

Uh I have for you amendment number one uh to contract one nine four eight six environmental assessment services with Karamita uh Environmental Incorporated uh as well as uh amendment number one to contract one nine four eight nine environmental services for patriot engineering and environmental uh incorporated DPW staff recommends that the board of public works ratify approve and authorize the dire excuse me authorize the director to execute these two amendments uh to these two contracts uh agreements for the provision of environmental services uh with patriot engineering environmental incorporated uh and uh carameda environmental incorporated.

Uh these amendments will extend the agreements for an additional three-year term with an updated expiration date of September 30th, uh 2029.

Uh DPW contracts with several vendors for the provision of environmental assessment services with regard to potential project sites.

Uh these services include surface and subsurface site investigations, delineation and remediation in accordance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations.

Uh these two contractors are both such vendors.

Uh DPW and both contractors are desirous of extending the term of their agreement for additional three years at the same price as terms and conditions.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions?

Just to confirm 2028.

Correct.

Thank you.

Any additional questions?

Do I have a motion to approve amendment number one for environment environmental assessment services with Karamita?

So move.

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Second by Sebeka Juwanza.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Do I have a motion to approve amendment number one for environmental assessment services for patriot engineering?

So moved.

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Second by Eegis Redman.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Brian?

Thank you.

I also have uh four amendments for tree maintenance services.

Uh DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute these four amendments.

Uh these are agreements for the provision of tree maintenance services with ACE ACE Tree Services Incorporated, Green Arbor Tree Services Incorporated, Indiana Tree Service Incorporated, and Save a Tree LLC.

These amendments will extend the agreement for an additional three-year term with an updated expiration date of December 31st, 2028.

DPW's urban forestry division contracts with several vendors for the provision of tree maintenance services for the trees in the city's urban forest, which require careful maintenance.

Thank you, Brian.

Do we have any questions?

When was this agreement originally entered?

I might have to point to Mr.

Moracle on that one.

Margaret Wilson, assistant CFO.

Um, this is the first renewal of the term, so it was three years ago that they were executed for that three-year term, and now amendment one for another three-year term.

Thank you, Margaret.

Any other questions?

Seeing none, I'd like to have a motion to approve amendment number two for the tree maintenance services with ACE Tree Service Inc.

So moved by Sebeka Jawanza.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Dan Hake.

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Do I have a motion to approve amendment number one for tree maintenance services with Green Arbor Tree Services Inc.

So move.

So moved by Bob Perrin.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Dan Hake.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Do I have a motion to approve amendment number one for tree maintenance services with Indiana Tree Service Inc.?

So moved by Edis Redman.

Do I have a second?

Second by Leslie Schulte.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

And finally, do I have a motion to approve amendment number one for tree maintenance services?

Save a tree LLC.

Do I have a motion?

So moved by Sebeka Jawanza.

Any second?

Seconded by Dan Hake.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Brian, next one.

Uh thank you.

Finally, I have uh for the board's consideration amendment number three to contract one nine six one seven for CDL training services and C1 truck for C1 truck driver training LLC.

Staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number three to city county contract number one nine six one seven, an agreement for the provision of commercial uh driver's license uh CDL uh training services with C1 truck drive driver training LLC.

This amendment, excuse me.

This amendment will provide for additional requested services to be added to the scope of the agreement and will extend the agreement expiration date to November 7th, uh 2026.

Uh DPW contracts with C1 truck driver training LLC for the provision of CDL training services for DPW employees as necessary.

Both DPW and C1 truck driver training are desirous of continuing the relationship by extending the term of the agreement for an additional year through and including November 7th, uh 2026.

The parties have also agreed to increase the scope of the agreement to allow C1 to provide training necessary for certain DPW employees to obtain full unrestricted class A CDLs.

Thank you, Brian.

Do we have any questions?

Yeah, Brian, I didn't know this existed, but so the city um the city pays this company to uh uh allow for its some of its employees to obtain a CDL.

But yeah, that's my understanding.

Is there any sort of agreement with that employee that once he does he stays with the city for a period of time?

Uh you know, I I don't know the answer to that off the top of my head.

That I I you know I know that is exercised in other um uh in other circles.

Um if not, it sounds like Sam might have a yeah.

I don't have uh fresh numbers in front of me.

Um there's there's not a an agreement specifically like that.

We've had very few people go through the program and leave within a short window of time.

Um this has been a pretty successful incentive for us over time, especially during the period for a couple years there was it was very difficult to hire people into these positions, and you know, we found that a lot of a lot of our competition has similar incentive programs, so um no is the answer to your question, but we just we just have not experienced a lot of um a lot of that.

And Sam, I appreciate that that response.

Kyle, can you come up and maybe explain the uh the process?

How y'all doing?

Yeah, so C one um state your name and who you're who you're with.

Kyle Hendricks, uh asked me local 725 vice president.

lot of um a lot of that and sam i appreciate that that response kyle can you come up and maybe explain the uh the process how y'all doing yeah so c one um state your name and who you're who you're with kyle hendricks uh ask me local 725 vice president so c one we um we have about a hundred people as went through the course and we have retained right around 96 percent of them give or take you know a few percentages um people like working for the city so we don't have a we don't really have a turnover rate um that most people do have any questions thank you um the class a um cdl what's the difference between that and getting a traditional cdl sorry say that one more time the class a cdl uh i said is it says here that we agreed to increase the scope by having the unrestricted class a cdl just some you know what what is that so a regular they're gonna offer three different things so they're gonna offer class B C class A penal and then class A the reason why we added a class A because there's certain divisions that we use semi trucks to haul certain material and we have to get those uh those particular employees into compliance with DOT so we had to up the to a unrestricted other than um automatic that would be the only restriction so you're saying that this um this is something that's an addition to so someone would have already had to have had that certification in order to do that type of work or we just haven't had our city employees doing that type of work we've had people that and we've been handcuffed so now we're gonna add more people to the thing so people can take off and we still have people to drive those vehicles thank you thank you Kyle do we have any other questions seeing none do I have a motion to approve the amendment so move so moved by Bob Perrin do I have a second second second by Sebekah Jawanza all in favor please signify by saying aye aye any opposed seeing none that motion carries we have no other business on the agenda so um I like to ask for a motion to adjourn so moved so moved by egis redmond do I have a second second by Leslie Schulte thank you all this meeting is adjourned