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Indianapolis Board of Public Works Meeting - January 28, 2026

Other Meetings (A-H)Wednesday, January 28, 2026
BodyIndianapolis, Indiana
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DateWednesday, January 28, 2026
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1:13

Because like we did that.

1:28

Yeah.

1:41

Well, anyone might be able to do that.

1:53

I thought we might want to actually last.

2:22

Okay.

2:30

Good afternoon.

2:31

I'd like to call the January twenty-eighth Board of Public Works meeting to order.

2:34

I am Todd Wilson, Director and Chair of the Board.

2:37

I'd like to ask for our board members to introduce themselves, starting to my left.

2:42

Sabako Chamanzo.

2:45

Bob Perrin.

2:47

Dan Hake.

2:50

Thank you very much.

2:51

And I also like to introduce our board counsel behind me, Benjamin Morco and our board coordinator, Jennifer Dominguez and other DPW staff.

2:59

First order of business on the agenda is to adopt the January twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six agenda.

3:05

With consent of the board, I'd like to take items number five F, five G and five H together.

3:22

So moved.

3:23

So moved by Bob Perrin.

3:24

Do I have a second?

3:26

Seconded by Dan Hake.

3:27

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

3:29

Aye.

3:30

Any opposed?

3:31

That motion carries.

3:32

Next item on the agenda are approval of minutes.

3:35

Uh do I have a motion to approve the amendments for the January 14th meeting?

3:39

So moved.

3:40

So moved by Idris Rutman.

3:42

Do I have a second?

3:42

Second.

3:43

Seconded by Sebeka Jawans.

3:44

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

3:46

Aye.

3:47

Any opposed?

3:48

Seeing none that motion carries.

3:50

Next item on the agenda are resolutions.

3:54

Uh up to present.

3:55

Joe Glass, please.

4:04

Thank you, Director Wilson and members of the board.

4:06

Uh my name is Joe Glass.

4:07

I'm the executive director and general counsel of the Indianapolis Bond Bank.

4:11

Uh resolution number five is a declaratory resolution.

4:14

It's the first step in approving a fifty million dollar uh note or bond issuance uh for projects included in the uh DPW five year uh stormwater capital plan.

4:23

Um this was introduced before the council um in uh the at a January meeting and was recently approved by uh the board of um uh the public works committee of the council uh unanimously um it'll go before the full council um at uh the February meeting.

4:39

Uh we'll be back before this committee uh for a public hearing and for the confirmatory resolution.

4:44

Um but this uh is the first step um uh authorizing uh fifty million dollar notes for um for these capital projects.

4:52

Um we have issued uh the bond bank is issued an RFP uh to work with the bank um for a draw facility um for these projects and then we plan on um taking out the debt with a long-term body bond issuance um in about two years.

5:00

uh the board of um uh the public works committee of the council uh unanimously um it'll go before the full council um at uh the february meeting uh we'll be back before this committee uh for a public hearing and for the confirmatory resolution um but this uh is the first step um uh authorizing uh 50 million dollar notes for um for these capital projects um we have issued uh the bomb is issued an RFP uh to work with the bank um for a draw facility um for these projects and then we plan on um taking out the debt with a long-term body bond issuance um in about two years so happy to answer any questions from the committee thank you Joe do we have any questions regarding this uh resolution CNM do I have a motion to approve the resolution so moved by Dan Hake do I have a second second seconded by Bob Perrin all in favor signify by saying I any opposed seeing none that motion carries thank you Joe next item on the agenda are street acceptances uh jasmine dillard please good afternoon I'm Jasmine Dillard Nikolich project compliance analyst uh the Bureau of Infrastructure and Stormwater at Department of Business and Neighborhood Services after confirmation of receipt of the subject development as built in specting engineers certificate of completion and compliance request that the acceptance of the streets 0.50 miles associated with the Cardinal Growth Section 2A subdivisions thank you thank you jasmine do we have any questions on the street acceptance CNN do I have a motion to approve the acceptance so moved by Aegis Redman do I have a second second seconded by Bob Perrin all in favor signified by saying aye aye any opposed seeing none that motion carries thank you Jasmine thank you the next street acceptance uh is going to be presented by Eric Servan good afternoon uh street acceptance for the village at New Bethel Section 3 the Bureau of Infrastructure and Stormwater at the Department of Business and Burst Services after confirmation of their see of the subject development as builds and inspecting engineer certificates of completion and compliance request the acceptance of the streets point five miles associated with the village and new Bethel subdivision thank you Eric do we have any questions regarding the street acceptance I I just want to make sure I'm clear is it if I'm right looking at the right one is it section three or section four and is it point five or point oh nine it is section three and it's point five okay thank you thank you thank you any other questions seeing none do I have a motion to approve the street acceptance so moved by Sebeka Jawanza do I have a second second seconded by Bob Perrin all in favor signify by saying I any opposed seeing none that motion carries thank you Eric thank you I have a comment here on the on the paper here I think some things just need to be changed for this to be official like you say is that section three this is section four and I think say 0.5 said 0.9.

8:05

Thank you for pointing that out we'll get that uh corrected okay next item on the agenda are bid awards uh brian cavanall you're first on up thank you good afternoon Brian Kavanaugh General Counsel for the Department of Public Works DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award me to award an agreement to Indiana spray booth LLC for the supply and installation of a new spray paint booth and the removal of the old booth on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on RFB 14 DPW 1750 DPW maintain maintains a spray paint booth at the Fleet Services garage at 1651 West 30th Street for painting of vehicles in the city's fleet this this spray booth was installed in 1988 and is in a state of disrepair uh the city's purchasing division published requests for for bid 14 DPW 1750 to procure a vendor for the supply and installation of a new spray paint booth as well as the removal and disposal of the existing booth Indiana spray booth LLC was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder at a price of 2830 dollars and forty one cents thank you Brian do we have any questions regarding this uh bid award seeing none do I have a motion to approve the bid award so moved so moved by Bob Perrin do I have a second second by Aegis Redman all in favor signify by saying aye aye any opposed seeing none that motion carries next one Brian thank you DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award a two-year term agreement to Hahn Automotive Warehouse Incorporated for the supply of motor oil and lubricants on the on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder under RFB 14 DPW 1702 DPW through fleet services maintains an agreement for the supply of motor oil and lubricants to be used in the maintenance of the vehicles in the city fleet the cities the city's purchasing division published request for bid 14 DPW 1702 to procure a vendor for the supply of

10:00

DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award a two-year term agreement to Hawn Automotive Warehouse Incorporated for the supply of motor oil and lubricants on the on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder under RFB 14 DPW 1702.

10:13

DPW through fleet services maintains an agreement for the supply of motor oil and lubricants to be used in the maintenance of the vehicles in the city fleet.

10:22

The city's purchasing division published request for bid 14 DPW 1702 to procure a vendor for the supply of said goods in Han Automotive Warehouse was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder expenditures under this agreement over the course of the two year term are estimated to be approximately $500,000.

10:43

Thank you, Brian.

10:44

Do we have uh any questions regarding this bid award?

10:49

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

10:53

So moved by Dan Haig.

10:54

Do I have a second?

10:55

Second.

10:55

Seconded by Sebeka Juanza.

10:57

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

11:00

Aye.

11:00

Any opposed?

11:02

Seeing none that motion carries.

11:04

I'd like to welcome any board member.

11:09

Brian, next uh bid award, please.

11:13

Thank you.

11:13

DPW staff recommends the board of public works approve and authorize the director to award a three-year term agreement for the provision of tire repair and replacement services to Gem City Tires Incorporated on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on RFB 14 DPW 1731.

11:32

DPW through its fleet services maintains an agreement with a vendor for the provision of tire repair and replacement services for the vehicles in the city's fleet, including approximately 2500 cars and pickups, uh 600 medium and heavy duty and 500 off-road pieces of motorized equipment.

11:52

The city's purchasing division published request for bid 14 DPW 1731 for the procurement of these services and Gem City tires was the lowest responsible and responsive bidder.

12:04

Expenditures for those services over the three-year term of the agreement are estimated to be 1.4 million dollars.

12:12

Thank you, Brian.

12:13

Do we have any questions regarding this bid award?

12:17

Do I have a motion to approve the bid award?

12:20

So moved by Aegis Redman.

12:22

Do I have a second?

12:23

Second.

12:24

Seconded by Sebeka Jawanza.

12:25

All in favor signify by saying aye.

12:27

Aye.

12:28

Any opposed?

12:29

Seeing none that motion carries.

12:31

Uh one more, Brian.

12:33

Thank you.

12:34

DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award each of Mandel Metals Incorporated and Osborne Associates Incorporated a two-year term agreement for the supply of traffic signed blanks on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible uh bidders under RFB 14 DPW 1732.

12:55

DPW maintains agreements with vendors for the supply of aluminum traffic sign blanks to be used for installations and replacements across the city.

13:04

The city's purchasing division uh published request for bid 14 DPW 1732 to procure vendors for the supply of said traffic signed blanks.

13:13

Only Mandel Medals and Osborne Associates uh submitted bids.

13:18

Mandel Medals was the uh low bidder for line items one through 25, 17 through 52, and 56 through 62.

13:26

Osborne Associates was the low bidder for line items 25, 53 through 55, and 63 through 73.

13:35

Uh my understanding is each of these items is you know, one item is stop signed, one item is uh traffic signs, etc.

13:44

Uh upon approval from the board, each bidder shall be awarded a supply agreement uh for the items on which they were the low bidder among the various types of traffic signed blank used by the city.

13:56

Thank you, Brian.

13:57

Do we have any questions regarding the traffic signing blanks?

14:02

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

14:05

Absolutely.

14:05

So moved by Bob Perrin.

14:07

Do I have a second?

14:09

Seconded by Dan Hake.

14:10

All in favor signify by saying aye.

14:13

Aye.

14:13

Any opposed?

14:14

CNN motion carries.

14:16

Thank you, Brian.

14:18

Uh next up, Mark St.

14:19

John.

14:20

Thank you.

14:21

Mark St.

14:22

John, Chief Engineer for the Department.

14:23

Uh up first I have a bid award for BM-32-071 Shelby Street over Pleasant Run and BM-32-072, Raymond Street over Pleasant Run.

14:34

Uh, due to the similarity in project scope and proximity of project locations, these were bid as a single project.

14:40

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award BM-32-071, Shelby Street over Pleasant Run, and BM 32-072, Raymond Street over Pleasant Run to Pontam contractors incorporated in the total not to exceed amount of uh 4,278 and 66 cents on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsive bidder.

15:04

Projects BM-32-071 and BM-32-072 consist of rehabilitation of the Shelby Street Bridge and Raymond Street Bridge.

15:13

The Shelby Street rehabilitation will consist of reconstructing a portion of the arch ring along with replacing the spandrel walls, both sidewalks, and bridge railings.

15:22

The Raymond Street Bridge project consists of bridge deck overlay, replacement of a portion of the bridge deck, replacement of the approach slabs, and patch substructure.

15:31

Replacement of the portion of the trail under the bridge is also included in this project.

15:36

Substantial completion is scheduled for October 15, 2027, with final completion scheduled for November 30th, 2027.

15:42

The engineers' estimate for construction of this project was 5,439,301 dollars and seventy cents.

15:49

On December 18th, 2025, five bids were received.

15:52

The low bidder was Pontum Contractors Incorporated, and the not to exceed amount of 4,278 and 66 cents, which was 26% lower than the engineers' estimate.

16:02

Their part six MBEWBE VBE DOBE participation indicates they made a good faith effort to meet the owner's goals with 4.1% MBE, 2.7% WBE, 2% VBE, and 0.5% DOBE.

16:18

Their post-bid submittal subcontractor supplier participation shows how these goals will be met.

16:22

The Office of Minority and Women Business Development reviewed pantum contractors submittal and have found they put in a good faith effort.

16:28

Happy to answer any questions about these projects.

16:32

Thank you, Mark.

16:33

Any questions?

16:35

CNN, do I have a motion to approve bid award?

16:40

So moved by Aegis Redman.

16:42

Do I have a second?

16:42

Second.

16:43

Second by Bob Perrin.

16:44

All in favor signified by saying I.

16:46

Aye.

16:47

Any opposed?

16:48

C and none that motion carries.

16:50

Uh Mark, uh items five, F, G and H, please.

16:55

Yes, sir.

16:56

Um the engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award 2026 strip patching SP-26-001 Area 1, SP-26-002 Area 2, and SP-26004 Area 3, Tree Riley Construction Company Incorporated, Milestone Contractors LP and EMB paving LLC, and the total not to exceed amount of six million dollars per contract on the basis that they are that they are all qualified vendors for both the supply of hot mix asphalt as well as for the provision of paving and strip patching services with incidental striping and traffic signal items.

17:33

These projects will consist of supply of hot mix asphalt, strip patching and paving and incidental items.

17:38

The initial contract term is one year, and work locations will be assigned by the Department of Public Works.

17:44

On December 5th, 2025, four proposals were received in response to RFP-14 DPW-1752, supply of hot mix asphalt and strip patching services.

17:54

These contractors were selected because of their ability to comply with the requested scope of services, their cost proposal, their overall experience, history, capacity, financial stability, and their XBE participation goal.

18:06

Happy to answer any questions you may have.

18:08

Thank you, Mark.

18:09

Do we have any questions?

18:11

Yeah, Mark, do these three uh areas do they encompass all of the city streets?

18:17

Yes, it is the entire uh city county that DPW maintains.

18:21

Okay, and are those defined on the uh DPW website?

18:25

Um so the locations for strip patching have not yet fully been defined.

18:29

Some of that is weather dependent.

18:30

We have to get through more of the winter to see where the potholing and roadway conditions wind up.

18:34

We do have a preliminary list, and we're um selecting roads based on their traffic volume, uh, their pavement condition rating and um pothole requests and work orders completed by ops.

18:50

So we're trying to minimize the amount of potholes operations will have to fill in the spring and summer uh as well as really address those locations that have just been patched over and over again, and it's it needs to be paved at that point.

19:09

How do we decide on six million each?

19:12

Like we've got three contracts covering the whole city, each of them for the state amount.

19:17

I think I could take that that answer for you.

19:20

Um so the uh 18 million dollars for strip patching was dictated by the city county council.

19:26

Um they uh wanted us to use that money uh for strip patching in 2026 and the the six million dollars apiece, these are total not to exceed contracts amounts.

19:38

So if a contractor is willing or able to do work earlier or they complete work faster or they have better uh unit prices, we can shift work between those contractors from that master need strip patching list.

19:54

Any other questions regarding these bid awards?

20:00

CNN, do I have a motion to approve uh bid award for items five, F, G, and H.

20:06

So moved by the Sebeka Jawanza.

20:08

Do I have a second?

20:10

Seconded by Edis Redman.

20:11

All in favor signify by saying I.

20:13

Aye.

20:14

Any opposed?

20:15

Seeing none that motion carries.

20:17

Thank you, Mark.

20:18

Next item on the agenda are professional services agreements.

20:21

Mark St.

20:22

John.

20:24

Thank you.

20:24

The next item I have is a professional service agreement for design.

20:28

Uh ENG-25-007 on-call traffic planning services with Coradino LLC.

20:33

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute ENG-25-007 on-call traffic planning services, a new professional services agreement for design with Corridino LLC and the not-to-exceed total agreement amount of $500,000 with an agreement expiration date of December 31st, 2028.

20:54

This project is for on-call traffic planning services.

20:57

Let's provide a little more context to that.

20:59

My intention with this contract is to use Corendino to fully scope projects as they enter our capital program.

21:06

So we have detailed scopes and cost estimates to base our our projects off of and help to minimize changes during design and construction.

21:15

Corridino LLC's MBE WBE VBE DOBE participation will include 15% to DLZ of Indiana, LLC and MBE firm, 15% to DB Engineering LLC, WBE firm, 3% to Gidon Design Incorporated, a VBE firm, and 1% to redemption engineering, a DOBE firm.

21:36

Corridino LLC was selected through RFQ 2025-3.

21:40

Happy to answer any questions I can.

21:43

Thanks, Mark.

21:44

Any questions?

21:46

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the agreement?

21:51

So moved by Bob Perrin.

21:52

Do I have a second?

21:54

Seconded by Sebeka Jawanza.

21:56

All in favor signify by saying aye.

21:58

Aye.

21:59

Any opposed?

22:00

Seeing none that motion carries.

22:02

Next item on our agenda are professional services amendments.

22:06

And Mark, you're still up.

22:08

The next item I have is amendment number five, BM-17-058, 30th Street over White River, with Butler, Fairman, and Sufer Incorporated.

22:17

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to ratify and execute amendment number five to BM-17-058 30th Street over White River, a professional services agreement with Butland Butler, Fairman, and Sufer Incorporated, and the increased amount of $10,000 for a new total not to exceed agreement amount of $739,540.

22:39

This amendment will provide updated rates and extend the agreement expiration date to December 31st, 2026.

22:45

Amendment 5 provides funding, time and updated rates to complete additionally requested design work.

22:51

This will also include post-bid services associated with bank erosion and addressing construction questions.

23:16

Can you uh go over the completion schedule for this project?

23:20

Yeah, I reached out to our construction team today because I thought that question was probably coming.

23:25

Um I was told we are been weeks away now for weeks on opening it to pedestrian traffic.

23:32

That's been heavily dependent upon weather.

23:34

We just can't get a good catch in in the weather to finish installing the railing necessary to open it up to pedestrian traffic.

23:40

Uh full opening of the bridge is anticipated later this spring, uh early summer.

23:49

Thank you, Mark.

23:50

Any questions?

23:52

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

23:55

So moved by Dan Haig, do I have a second?

23:58

Second by Sebeka Jawanza.

24:00

All in favor signify by saying I.

24:02

Aye.

24:03

Any opposed?

24:04

C and then that motion carries.

24:06

One more, Mark.

24:08

Um the last item I have is amendment number one to GT-31-002.

24:14

Indianapolis Cultural Trail White River Extension with Crawford Murphy and Tilly Incorporated.

24:19

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve approve and authorize the director to execute amendment one to GT-31-002, Indianapolis Cultural Trail, White River Extension, a professional service agreement services agreement with Crawford Murphy and Murphy and Tilly Incorporated in the increased amount of 414 140 dollars for a new total not to exceed amount of 1,852,718 dollars.

24:46

Additional scope of services and updated rate schedules.

24:49

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

24:54

Amendment one provides additional fee, time, scope of services, and updated rates to complete additionally requested design work.

25:00

This will include additional stormwater design survey, utility coordination, signal design, and stakeholder engagement.

25:07

Um to expand on that a little bit.

25:09

Uh the bulk of this amendment covers utility coordination and subsurface utility engineering.

25:14

Uh so utilities are very heavy in that corridor, particularly fiber.

25:19

Um and so we are going to go out and pothole utility locations to confirm where they're at to minimize issues during construction.

25:27

Um the other part of this amendment uh covers some additional stormwater design.

25:32

Um the cultural trail will be removing a lane along Kentucky Avenue, and so we need to ensure that there is um appropriate capacity and and spread on the uh east side of Kentucky for the reduced uh number of lanes on the roadway.

25:47

Uh, we're also removing a portion of combined sewer, uh, and so we're adding additional storm sewer on Missouri as part of this project.

25:54

Uh happy to answer any other questions you may have.

25:57

Thank you, Mark.

25:58

Do we have any questions?

26:01

Do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

26:04

So moved by Aegis Redman.

26:06

Do I have a second?

26:08

Second.

26:08

Seconded by Dan Hake.

26:10

All in favor signify by saying I.

26:12

Aye.

26:12

Any opposed?

26:13

Seeing none of that motion carries.

26:15

Thank you, Mark.

26:16

Nathan Sheets, next.

26:18

Good afternoon, Nathan Sheets, uh, Deputy Director of the Engineering Division for DPW.

26:23

Got a handful of amendments before you uh this afternoon.

26:27

Um, beginning with amendment number two to JOC 24001 on call construction services with Wreath Riley Construction Company Inc.

26:36

The Engineering Division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute number amendment number two to JOC 24001.

26:46

On call construction services, a professional service agreement with Wreath Riley Construction Company Inc.

26:52

This amendment will renew the contract for an additional year given the adjustment factors are increased per the attached document.

26:59

The contract includes general construction for roadway, sidewalk, guardrails, stormwater, traffic signals, and related items of an indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery for construction services.

27:10

This project consists of primarily of replacement of existing roadway, sidewalk, guard rail, stormwater traffic signals, and related items within Marion County.

27:19

The scope of work will be determined with each assignment.

27:22

The job order contract is a three-year contract with bilateral option to withdraw from the contract at each anniversary of the notice of award.

27:31

Um as you can see uh in the summary, this is basically the the way this contract works, there is uh a menu of items um that we can ask contractors to perform work.

27:45

And so they previously had bid a multiplier, and these multipliers are listed in in a summary here.

27:53

Since we are asking for an amendment, um there is a slight adjustment uh as you can see here, it's a roughly a three percent increase in in uh total costs, um, anticipated costs with each one of those assignments.

28:07

And if you have uh questions or concerns about that particular item, I'd be happy to try to answer them.

28:13

You have any questions regarding this amendment.

28:16

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

28:21

So moved by Sebeka Jawaza, do I have a second?

28:25

Seconded by Aegis Redman.

28:26

All in favor signify by saying aye.

28:28

Aye.

28:29

Any opposed?

28:30

Seeing none that motion carries.

28:32

Uh Nathan Sheets, next one.

28:34

Yep.

28:34

This is uh amendment number two to JOC 2400 two on call construction services, Wraith Riley Construction Company Inc.

28:43

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number two to JOC 2400 two on call construction services, a professional service agreement with Wreath Riley Construction Company Inc.

28:57

This amendment will renew the contract for an additional year given the adjustment factors are increased for the attached document.

29:05

This contract includes HMA and PCC pavement rehab and related items of an indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery for construction services.

29:14

This project consists primarily of replacement of existing HMA and PCC pavement rehab with related items within Marion County.

29:22

The scope of work will be determined with each assignment, the job order contract is a three-year contract with bilateral options to withdrawal from the contract at each anniversary of the notice to award.

29:33

So again, similar to the uh the amendment that you just um approved, uh we've got basically two types of contracts.

29:42

One is a general contract, so uh the one that you just had approved, um, again, those are like guardrails, uh, traffic signals, things like that.

29:52

This particular contract is really geared more towards pavement, and so uh that's the reason those those two have been split out.

30:01

Thank you.

30:01

Do we have any questions regarding this amendment?

30:04

Yeah, just one, Nathan.

30:05

How does this dovetail with the strip patching that we just approved?

30:10

Yep, good question.

30:11

So um I think the the the way I would kind of characterize um the the job order contract.

30:18

Um we we really have and and I'll kind of tie in the strip patching question.

30:23

Um we've got really three ways to to get things done uh here at DPW.

30:28

Um which tends to be the the most uh I guess quick way to get things done is to utilize our operations folks.

30:36

And so um you know they they are well-skilled individuals, there's a lot of things that they can do, they can react very quickly, assuming that they have the materials on hand, and so if we run into a situation where we need something repaired, we reach out to operations and say, hey, can you guys help here?

30:52

Um there may be situations where they might not have the materials, um, and and then really that's where we kind of lean towards the the jock contract.

31:02

And so while it may not be as quick as a reaction, it is a lot quicker than say the bid award process that that we typically go through for construction related activities.

31:16

Um with the jock, we aren't we don't usually have a design, you know, we we may have a sketch, and so uh it allows us to react a lot quicker than just bidding a typical project.

31:29

Um and as far as the the strip patching, I think those are gonna uh really go hand in hand.

31:35

I think what we will most likely run into is um strip patching, you know, we're gonna try to get done here first part of the season.

31:42

Um I anticipate, and then that will kind of tend to sunset.

31:47

Um, and this particular contract would allow us um this is extended through, assuming it gets passed, it extend through March of 2027.

31:57

And so in the summer and fall, if there's activities that uh we need done, we would be able to utilize the the jock in lieu of the the strip patching.

32:09

Good question.

32:10

Do we have any other questions?

32:12

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

32:15

So moved.

32:16

So moved by Leslie Schulte.

32:17

Do I have a second?

32:18

Second.

32:19

Seconded by Bob Perrin.

32:20

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

32:22

Aye.

32:22

Any opposed?

32:23

Seeing none the motion carries.

32:25

Next one, Nathan.

32:26

Uh this is uh amendment number two as well.

32:29

This is for uh JOC 2403, on call construction services with FH Passion, SN Nielsen and Associates LLC.

32:39

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number two to JOC 2400 three.

32:47

On call construction services, a professional service agreement with FH Passion, SN Nielsen and Associates LLC.

32:54

This amendment will renew the contract for an additional year given the adjustment factors are increased per the attached documents.

33:00

The contracts include general construction for roadways, sidewalk, guard rail, stormwater, traffic signals, and related items of an indefinite quantity indefinite delivery for construction services.

33:12

Again, similar to uh the very first one that I presented.

33:16

This is the general version.

33:18

Um this basically extends the expiration date and uh has a slight adjustment to the uh the factor that is the multiplier that's that's used.

33:33

Thank you.

33:33

Any questions regarding this amendment?

33:37

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

33:41

So moved by E.

33:42

Just Redman.

33:43

Do I have a second?

33:44

Second.

33:45

Seconded by Sebeka Jawanza.

33:47

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

33:49

Aye.

33:49

Any opposed?

33:51

Seeing none that motion carries.

33:52

Next one, Nathan.

33:54

Amendment number two to JOC 2400 four on call construction services, FH Passion, SN Nielsen and Associates L C.

34:03

The Engineering Division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number two to JOC 2400 four on call construction services, a professional service agreement with FH Passion, SN Nielsen and Associates LLC.

34:18

This amendment will renew the contract for an additional year, given the adjustment factors or increase per the attached document.

34:24

This contract includes HMA and PCC pavement rehab and related items of an indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery for construction services.

34:33

Again, hate to sound like a broken record here, but this is uh similar to what you just approved, but again, this is geared more towards uh uh pavement.

34:45

Thank you.

34:45

Any questions?

34:48

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

34:51

So moved.

34:52

So moved by Bob Perrin.

34:53

Do I have a second?

34:55

Seconded by Dan Hake.

34:56

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

34:58

Aye.

34:59

Any opposed?

35:00

Seeing none that motion carries.

35:02

Last one, Nathan.

35:04

Last one.

35:04

Uh amendment number two to JOC 24005.

35:08

This is on call construction services with FA Wilhelm Construction Company Inc.

35:13

The Engineering Division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment number two to JOC 24005 on call construction services, a professional services agreement with FA Wilhelm Construction Company Inc.

35:29

This amendment will renew the contract for an additional year given the adjustment factors are increased per the attached documents.

35:36

The contract includes general construction for roadway, sidewalk, guard rail, stormwater traffic signals with related items of an indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery for construction services.

35:46

So should you approve to uh uh uh pass this particular one um we will have at our disposal uh basically three uh general jock contracts and two uh uh pavement um jock contracts.

36:04

Questions?

36:05

Any questions?

36:06

You read my mind that was gonna be my question of is it for the purposes of overlap to have um five different or these vendors so just to kind of expand on that a little bit, um you know it it it is always helpful in having the option of of utilizing a number of contractors just from uh you know we may there there may be uh an emergency that we need a contractor to take care of, and depending upon their existing workload, they may not be able to react as quickly, so it does give us some flexibility to reach out to to both companies to find out um what the turnaround time would be.

36:43

Any other questions?

36:46

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

36:48

So moved so moved by Eegis Redman.

36:50

Do I have a second?

36:51

Seconded by Dan Hay, call in favor, signify by saying aye.

36:54

Aye.

36:55

Any opposed?

36:56

Seeing none that motion carries thank you, Nathan.

36:59

Uh I don't think there's any other business that come before the board.

37:03

Thanks.

37:03

If you don't mind.

37:04

I just want to um just make a statement of thank you to all the DPW workers and staff for all the hard work that was put in through this storm.

37:14

Snow McGedon, I've I've been calling it.

37:16

Um I I know it's not easy, um, it's always not fun, but thank you to everybody that put in the effort, the work, and the time to to clear the streets and continue to work to do that.

37:25

So thank you for that.

37:27

Appreciate those comments.

37:28

Thank you.

37:31

Well, I'll uh ask for a motion to adjourn.

37:34

So moved.

37:35

So moved by Bob Perrin.

37:36

Do I have a second?

37:37

Second.

37:38

Seconded by Sebekka Jawanza.

37:40

Thank you all.

37:40

This meeting is adjourned.

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Summary of Proceedings

Indianapolis Board of Public Works Meeting - January 28, 2026

The Indianapolis Board of Public Works met on January 28, 2026, chaired by Director Todd Wilson. The meeting covered a declaratory resolution for a $50 million stormwater bond issuance, street acceptances, multiple bid awards, professional services agreements, and amendments to existing contracts. All items were approved unanimously.

Consent Calendar

  • Agenda adopted: Items 5F, 5G, and 5H were taken together.
  • Minutes from the January 14, 2026 meeting approved.
  • Resolution No. 5 (declaratory resolution for stormwater bond): Approved.
  • Street acceptance: Cardinal Growth Section 2A (0.50 miles).
  • Street acceptance: Village at New Bethel Section 3 (0.5 miles); a correction noted the agenda listed Section 4 and 0.09 miles — staff will correct.
  • Bid award: Indiana Spray Booth LLC ($2,830.41) for supply and installation of a new spray paint booth at Fleet Services.
  • Bid award: Hahn Automotive Warehouse Inc. (2-year term, ~$500,000 estimated expenditures) for motor oil and lubricants.
  • Bid award: Gem City Tires Inc. (3-year term, $1.4 million estimated) for tire repair and replacement services for the city fleet.
  • Bid award: Mandel Metals Inc. and Osborne Associates Inc. (2-year terms) for traffic sign blanks.
  • Bid award: Pontum Contractors Inc. ($4,278,000.66) for rehabilitation of Shelby Street over Pleasant Run and Raymond Street over Pleasant Run bridges.
  • Bid awards: 2026 strip patching contracts ($6 million each) to Tree Riley Construction (Area 1), Milestone Contractors (Area 2), and EMB Paving (Area 3).
  • Professional services agreement: Coradino LLC ($500,000, through 12/31/2028) for on-call traffic planning services.
  • Amendment No. 5: 30th Street over White River bridge ($10,000 increase, new total $739,540, extended to 12/31/2026) with Butler, Fairman & Seufert Inc.
  • Amendment No. 1: Indianapolis Cultural Trail White River Extension ($414,140 increase, new total $1,852,718, extended to 12/31/2029) with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc.
  • Amendment No. 2: JOC 24001 (on-call construction) with Wreath Riley Construction.
  • Amendment No. 2: JOC 24002 (pavement) with Wreath Riley Construction.
  • Amendment No. 2: JOC 24003 (general construction) with FH Paschen / SN Nielsen.
  • Amendment No. 2: JOC 24004 (pavement) with FH Paschen / SN Nielsen.
  • Amendment No. 2: JOC 24005 (general construction) with F.A. Wilhelm Construction.

Discussion Items

  • Stormwater Bond Resolution: Joe Glass (Executive Director, Indianapolis Bond Bank) presented Resolution No. 5, a declaratory resolution approving a $50 million note or bond issuance for projects in DPW's five-year stormwater capital plan. The resolution was unanimously approved by the City-County Council's public works committee and will go before the full council in February. A public hearing and confirmatory resolution will follow. The Bond Bank issued an RFP for a draw facility; long-term debt issuance is planned in about two years.
  • 30th Street Bridge Update: Mark St. John (Chief Engineer) reported that the bridge is weeks away from opening to pedestrian traffic, delayed due to weather-dependent railing installation. Full opening is anticipated in late spring or early summer 2026.
  • Cultural Trail White River Extension: The amendment covers additional stormwater design, survey, utility coordination (especially fiber), signal design, and stakeholder engagement. The project will remove a lane on Kentucky Avenue and remove a portion of combined sewer on Missouri Street.
  • Job Order Contract Renewals: Nathan Sheets (Deputy Director, Engineering) explained that five JOC contracts were renewed for an additional year with approximately 3% adjustment factors. These provide flexible, rapid-response construction capabilities (three general, two pavement-focused), complementing operations and traditional bid processes.

Key Outcomes

  • All motions passed unanimously (all ayes, no opposed).
  • Resolution No. 5 approved as first step; future public hearing and confirmatory resolution required.
  • Street acceptance documentation will be corrected for Village at New Bethel.
  • 30th Street bridge timeline remains weather-dependent.
  • Board member expressed gratitude to DPW staff for snow removal during the recent winter storm.
  • Meeting adjourned.

Meeting Transcript

Because like we did that. Yeah. Well, anyone might be able to do that. I thought we might want to actually last. Okay. Good afternoon. I'd like to call the January twenty-eighth Board of Public Works meeting to order. I am Todd Wilson, Director and Chair of the Board. I'd like to ask for our board members to introduce themselves, starting to my left. Sabako Chamanzo. Bob Perrin. Dan Hake. Thank you very much. And I also like to introduce our board counsel behind me, Benjamin Morco and our board coordinator, Jennifer Dominguez and other DPW staff. First order of business on the agenda is to adopt the January twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six agenda. With consent of the board, I'd like to take items number five F, five G and five H together. So moved. 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. Next item on the agenda are approval of minutes. Uh do I have a motion to approve the amendments for the January 14th meeting? So moved. So moved by Idris Rutman. Do I have a second? Second. Seconded by Sebeka Jawans. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none that motion carries. Next item on the agenda are resolutions. Uh up to present. Joe Glass, please. Thank you, Director Wilson and members of the board. Uh my name is Joe Glass. I'm the executive director and general counsel of the Indianapolis Bond Bank. Uh resolution number five is a declaratory resolution. It's the first step in approving a fifty million dollar uh note or bond issuance uh for projects included in the uh DPW five year uh stormwater capital plan. Um this was introduced before the council um in uh the at a January meeting and was recently approved by uh the board of um uh the public works committee of the council uh unanimously um it'll go before the full council um at uh the February meeting. Uh we'll be back before this committee uh for a public hearing and for the confirmatory resolution. Um but this uh is the first step um uh authorizing uh fifty million dollar notes for um for these capital projects. Um we have issued uh the bond bank is issued an RFP uh to work with the bank um for a draw facility um for these projects and then we plan on um taking out the debt with a long-term body bond issuance um in about two years. uh the board of um uh the public works committee of the council uh unanimously um it'll go before the full council um at uh the february meeting uh we'll be back before this committee uh for a public hearing and for the confirmatory resolution um but this uh is the first step um uh authorizing uh 50 million dollar notes for um for these capital projects um we have issued uh the bomb is issued an RFP uh to work with the bank um for a draw facility um for these projects and then we plan on um taking out the debt with a long-term body bond issuance um in about two years so happy to answer any questions from the committee thank you Joe do we have any questions regarding this uh resolution CNM do I have a motion to approve the resolution so moved by Dan Hake do I have a second second seconded by Bob Perrin all in favor signify by saying I any opposed seeing none that motion carries thank you Joe next item on the agenda are street acceptances uh jasmine dillard please good afternoon I'm Jasmine Dillard Nikolich project compliance analyst uh the Bureau of Infrastructure and Stormwater at Department of Business and Neighborhood Services after confirmation of receipt of the subject development as built in specting engineers certificate of completion and compliance request that the acceptance of the streets 0.50 miles associated with the Cardinal Growth Section 2A subdivisions thank you thank you jasmine do we have any questions on the street acceptance CNN do I have a motion to approve the acceptance so moved by Aegis Redman do I have a second second seconded by Bob Perrin all in favor signified by saying aye aye any opposed seeing none that motion carries thank you Jasmine thank you the next street acceptance uh is going to be presented by Eric Servan good afternoon uh street acceptance for the village at New Bethel Section 3 the Bureau of Infrastructure and Stormwater at the Department of Business and Burst Services after confirmation of their see of the subject development as builds and inspecting engineer certificates of completion and compliance request the acceptance of the streets point five miles associated with the village and new Bethel subdivision thank you Eric do we have any questions regarding the street acceptance I I just want to make sure I'm clear is it if I'm right looking at the right one is it section three or section four and is it point five or point oh nine it is section three and it's point five okay thank you thank you thank you any other questions seeing none do I have a motion to approve the street acceptance so moved by Sebeka Jawanza do I have a second second seconded by Bob Perrin all in favor signify by saying I any opposed seeing none that motion carries thank you Eric thank you I have a comment here on the on the paper here I think some things just need to be changed for this to be official like you say is that section three this is section four and I think say 0.5 said 0.9. Thank you for pointing that out we'll get that uh corrected okay next item on the agenda are bid awards uh brian cavanall you're first on up thank you good afternoon Brian Kavanaugh General Counsel for the Department of Public Works DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award me to award an agreement to Indiana spray booth LLC for the supply and installation of a new spray paint booth and the removal of the old booth on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on RFB 14 DPW 1750 DPW maintain maintains a spray paint booth at the Fleet Services garage at 1651 West 30th Street for painting of vehicles in the city's fleet this this spray booth was installed in 1988 and is in a state of disrepair uh the city's purchasing division published requests for for bid 14 DPW 1750 to procure a vendor for the supply and installation of a new spray paint booth as well as the removal and disposal of the existing booth Indiana spray booth LLC was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder at a price of 2830 dollars and forty one cents thank you Brian do we have any questions regarding this uh bid award seeing none do I have a motion to approve the bid award so moved so moved by Bob Perrin do I have a second second by Aegis Redman all in favor signify by saying aye aye any opposed seeing none that motion carries next one Brian thank you DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award a two-year term agreement to Hahn Automotive Warehouse Incorporated for the supply of motor oil and lubricants on the on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder under RFB 14 DPW 1702 DPW through fleet services maintains an agreement for the supply of motor oil and lubricants to be used in the maintenance of the vehicles in the city fleet the cities the city's purchasing division published request for bid 14 DPW 1702 to procure a vendor for the supply of DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award a two-year term agreement to Hawn Automotive Warehouse Incorporated for the supply of motor oil and lubricants on the on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder under RFB 14 DPW 1702.

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