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Indianapolis Board of Public Works Meeting - January 28, 2026

Other Meetings (A-H)Wednesday, January 28, 2026
BodyIndianapolis, Indiana
SessionOther Meetings (A-H)
DateWednesday, January 28, 2026
StatusFILED
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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.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
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Engineering And Infrastructure███████████████████████████████31%
Procedural██████████████████████22%
Budget Equity Analysis████4%
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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