Well, good morning, everybody.

Um it is 9 31, so I will hereby call to order the February 18th, 2026 meeting of the Board of Public Health and Safety.

Uh I'm Andrew Merkley, the director of the Office of Public Health and Safety.

Abby, can you please confirm that we have take attendance and confirm we have quorum?

All right, Lee.

Present, I could hear that.

Williams?

Present.

All right.

Ingram.

Present.

Webster.

Present.

Great.

Thanks, Abby.

Um, has everyone had an opportunity to review the minutes from that from our last meeting?

Any edits or discussion?

Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion to adopt the minutes.

So moved.

The motion has been moved and seconded.

All in favor?

All right.

Any opposed?

Hearing none, the motion passes.

Okay, we will begin with item number 021826A.

I believe we're hearing from Chief Wating.

Morning, Chief.

Good morning, members of the board.

Uh I am Kevin Wedhington.

I'm the deputy chief for administration for IMPD here today requesting permission to uh move forward with the purchase of capital items uh to wit 40 uh Chevy tracks uh vehicles.

Uh these are uh going to be used for administrative uh positions within the police department, uh civilians and/or uh detectives who don't need a pursuit-rated police car.

Um this uh came to fruition at the end of last year when we had some money left over in our budget.

Uh we found a purchasing cooperative through uh City of Fort Wayne uh who had competed uh a uh wide-scale vehicle uh contract uh statewide um and it was awarded to Kelly Automotive Group for some of the vehicles, and we we found these vehicles uh would meet our need uh very um aggressive pricing, uh pricing at 23,785 uh per vehicle.

Uh so we we are nearly half the cost of a pursuit rated vehicle uh by the time a pursuit rated vehicle is marked up with light bar and emergency equipment.

Uh so this allows us to buy roughly two for one vehicles.

Uh it's been competed uh per state law and and local ordinance, and uh we would request permission to move forward with the spend.

Okay, thank you.

Questions?

Um I had one question.

I think it kind of in informally resolved it.

I was just curious in this process, and I I kind of maybe didn't fully understand what you were saying.

In this instance, the city of Indianapolis acquires vehicles for like a out like an outlying jurisdiction.

Is that what's going on?

So we're buying the vehicles for Fort Wayne, or is there an inter meaning of like no?

So it's actually the inverse.

So a lot of times when City of Indianapolis or other large city municipalities put out requests for proposals or bids, um, the the verbiage in the agreement is that other governmental entities are allowed to buy off of the other entities contract.

So we are using Fort Wayne's contract to buy for vehicles from the dealership through the Fort Wayne contract that was competed in compliance with all competition rules.

So these vehicles will actually remain in Indianapolis.

Yes, these are these are our cars.

We're buying them from a Fort Wayne dealership.

Through their contract, okay.

Yes.

Okay.

Just a clarification, and I noticed that on the agenda that it's it's via the Fort Wayne competition who did the conference to suit state law.

It's not for Fort Wayne.

Okay.

I think that's the biggest confusion the way it reads because it says we're purchasing vehicles for the city of Fort Wayne.

It's just it was competed by the city of Fort Wayne pursuant to law, and we're piggybacking on that.

So technically they're purchasing the vehicles for us, and then no, not even that.

Pursuant to law.

But then other jurisdictions can use that competition and not have to recompete it to get that price.

The state of Indiana does it all the time on what's called a state QPA to let all the cities and counties and the state piggyback off of what the state gets as a price.

So Fort Wayne got this price, and we said we want the same price.

Yes.

So the city of Fort Wayne uh back in September of 25 put out an invitation to bid.

That's what this document is.

And in it, it it's a nine-page uh document saying that they want all of these different vehicles, they want vendors to bid on all of these different types of vehicles.

So once that was done, there was an award letter provided to Kelly Automotive Group that they got this portion of the vehicles.

They didn't get them all, they were the low bidder on these vehicles in particular.

We found a vehicle on that list, sorry, that was uh that met our needs, and then we will get that same pricing, but we issue the check directly.

We've already issued a PO to Kelly Automotive Group.

We just haven't placed the order until we get board approval.

Okay.

Is it at all feasible to I mean obviously we're Indianapolis, we're all residents.

Is it at all feasible to take that contract to uh an Indianapolis dealership to see if they can match it?

Is that legal or so it's not legal, however, uh next we can do it.

No, sir.

Um no.

However, pause.

Um next month, uh the city of Indianapolis is releasing a citywide vehicle bid that will have not only these vehicles, pursuit vehicles, fire vehicles.

Uh the the latest version I saw last week, I think it's got 15 or 20 vehicles, and that will all be public and and anyone is is welcome to bid on that.

Uh traditionally, um, I I can tell you the last 15 years I've been doing this.

Um none of the local dealerships are low bidders.

Uh they have not been in the past.

Uh so just to to prep you all uh moving forward, we typically end up with um dealerships that are not Indianapolis dealerships, but we give them all the opportunity.

I was gonna say this is all public record, they'll know what what these previous cars were bought for and kind of a target correct.

And and then another thing that you kind of mentioned um because you come before about retrofitting vehicles, so these are just base, you still have to go back through it and then put in the police parts.

Not these, these are administrative vehicles, these are these are uh victims assistants, chaplains, uh folks who are in administrative roles that don't need police vehicles, so these are turnkey, put a plate on it and drive it.

Well, so there's no additional you don't give them a MDC or uh anything.

Not not for these 40.

These are um our focus has been on pursuit vehicles uh for the last several years, and and we've been trying to get the fleet up to date.

Uh so our last several purchases have been Dodge Chargers, and now we have to buy Durango's because they quit making the charger.

Um, but but we have not bought administrative vehicles now for the last five years.

So this is a purchase to try to get some of those vehicles swapped out that are very old and mechanically in trouble.

Just a logistics question.

Normally, let's say we complete the contract, it's voted on today.

What's the timing of actual delivery of the vehicles to you upon purchasing?

Like, do they bring them down here?

Do you have to go pick them up?

Or so these because it's 40.

Um, as soon as we execute the contract in the portal, uh, we'll issue the PO to them, they'll place the order.

They told us that it's about an eight-week turnaround time.

These are uh ordered directly from the manufacturer, they're not sitting on a lot.

So it's around eight weeks of production time, and then Fort Wayne delivers them to our fleet services out at Riverside.

When we purchase through this dealership, will it come obviously, vehicles come with standard warranties, right?

Because they're brand new, so you're getting them straight off the sending line.

Are there any additional warranties that come with the vehicle or are they just standard?

No, and in all of ours, we we get the standard manufacturer warranty three year 36,000 miles.

Any additional questions or discussion?

Hearing none, I'll uh entertain a motion to adopt item number 021826A.

So moved.

Motion has been moved and seconded.

All in favor?

Any opposed?

Hearing none, the motion passes.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh next item 021826B, Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation.

And I believe we're hearing from Joe Brinkman.

Good morning, members of the board.

Um is Joe Brinkman and I'm legal counsel for the Office of Public Health and Safety.

I'm pretty presenting this on behalf of kind of the city and all the uh agencies that report to this board.

Uh so before you have a resolution for the city of Indianapolis to grant uh uh to to make a land transfer to Indigo for a build out of the blue line, the rapid bus transit um system that will be going along Washington Street.

So um the just to give a little background on like why this is before this board.

This land is currently being used by Mesa and IFD, and it was owned by the Department of Public Safety.

Mesa is uh the Metropolitan Emergency Services Agency, thanks.

Um so this land is being used by the Metropolitan Emergency Services Agency and the Indianapolis uh Fire Department.

It was owned by the uh Department of Public Safety.

That agency was dissolved.

That agency and its board was dissolved by ordinance in 2016.

This board, along with the Office of Public Health and Safety, IMPD, IFD became the successors and interests to any real property or assets owned by the previous Department of Public Health and Safety.

Um, so this board now has the authority to dispose of this property.

Um city is recommending that we grant the land transfer to Indigo for per at no cost for purposes of build out of the blue line.

As you can see in the attached diagrams, they're two very small parcels here.

And this will allow Indigo to have just full title to the property uh for purposes of that build out.

I want to note one thing, one um misconception that kind of made its way into the resolution.

So we should adopt this resolution with an amendment here.

It says that uh the city is to issue two permanent right-of-way easements.

That should be a deed of full title to the property.

That was a mis misunderstanding that got inserted into the drafting.

Wanted to clarify that for the board here.

Um we have here the general counsel for indigo, Bob Fry, you can help kind of explain any of the details and help answer any questions you might have.

Uh also happy to answer any questions you have.

Thanks, Joe.

Questions.

Uh yes.

Um you said the expansion of the blue line, which I know the red line's the one who already, I guess, runs, I'm guessing what north and south of Meridian.

College meridian.

So this is gonna be east and west.

Is that what we're doing with the blue?

Yeah, yeah, from Cumberland to the airport.

Okay.

Is it gonna be this a simple I guess the planes are irrelevant?

That was the first one.

Then the second one is um you're referring to this photograph.

Yeah, you can see those two little kind of parcels highlighted there.

The purple and the yellow box is moving.

Is that the is that where Mesa sits behind there, like just below the picture?

This is the record.

There's the fire department that you see.

This is on Washington and State Street, if you're familiar.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, so that's a firehouse, right?

There's a parking lot, and then that building is on fire station.

And both of those agencies have been consulted about how they want the curbs cut for so they continually have access to questions.

So is that what it's going to look like when it's finalized?

Like this type of carving out.

Is that well that's a depiction prior to to it?

I don't know.

I think she's talking about the second.

Where it shows the rapid bus transit lanes.

I believe Mr.

Fry, you want to address the this photo?

Yeah, if I may, Mr.

Chair, thank you.

Member of the board.

My name is Bob Prime and he goes general counsel.

I'm also here with Matt Duffy, our director of Capital Project.

We're here to try to answer your questions.

I do want to clarify one thing, and Joe, I apologize.

I I confused the issue.

We are asking for one small scrap of property that's permanent right away.

And at the end of the project, that will be transferred to the Department of Public Works of the City because DPW is the one's own stock right away, not indigo.

The other parcel we are asking for is a temporary construction agent.

So Joe, I'm sorry.

I confuse the issue.

Two parcels of property.

One's temporary just for construction purposes.

Is that the yellow box?

And I'm sorry, I can't see that.

Can I approach?

Yes, please.

Yeah.

And the Easter apologize.

I'm not sure which is which.

Sure.

I think that yeah, well, I don't want to sneak out of it from school.

Which is the permanent, which is the temp.

Yeah, the temp is the purple.

Yeah.

And the permanent is the yellow.

So the permanent.

So if you'll the paper for emergency business.

Oh we have to rebuild where anybody's driveway, whether it's the city or private, where it meets the road, right?

We're gonna tear it up.

So we're we'll rebuild it.

So we need that temporary easement just for our contractors.

Yeah, step onto the property and rebuild it.

As Rich uh out in the field with IFD crew and I believe the uh public safety communications from me side so there as well.

And we have a full-time person whose job it is to coordinate the property on this construction comes, so we you know we're set up with him.

So that's during construction, you know, we will do everything humanly possible to avoid any interference with fire the fire because I was gonna ask.

So by using this easement, um, because it looks like is that where also where the fire trucks would exit it in enter on this property?

Yeah, that's correct.

Okay.

Yeah, and there's there's two driveways there, and so we've coordinated on during construction.

They need to have at least one driveway to access at all times, and we'll be sure to communicate that in advance.

We'll do one driveway at a time and then work on the other one once the previous one is complete.

I I probably also I think it's worth the board knowing, and I'm not sure camera Joe said this, but department uh indigo has an interlocal cooperation agreement with DPW to for the implementation of all three of the VRT lines.

Um so this is a process we've gone through with the red line and and the purple line, which are already open and operational, where any right-of-way we needed to acquire um to you know, sort of fit the facilities in, so to speak, will be needed over to DPW.

Uh so just just so you're awareness.

This land you're giving us will end up being back with the city, just a different agency.

Can you I think I'm I'm confused the purple rectangular box is a temporary is the temporary temporary easement for construction purposes.

So we can rebuild the fire department's driveway where it meets the road.

Is theory because that's their exit and enter.

Yes, and that's where we coordinate with them.

We will only have one of those closed at a time, so the fire trucks can get in and out.

It's temporary because we only need to access it during construction.

Right.

Okay, so once construction is complete, then it returns to the property owner.

Yeah.

The easement expires when the project's over and go rehearance.

And then it goes back to DCW.

Yeah.

And then the yellow is the is the staging area.

Well, the yellow will be permanent.

The permanent easement.

You know, we'll be part of the city's street system then for now on, right?

So it'll go to DPW eventually.

So right away includes sidewalks, road, bus stops.

It just so happens that I get it.

The successor entities hold title to those properties.

I get it now.

You said the bus stops, streets, sidewalks.

Yeah.

Yeah, typically the public right away.

Explains the shape of it and the location.

Depending on where you live, right?

Because it encompasses utility facilities.

You know, if you see a water meter in your front yard, that's probably right up to just about that point.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Any other questions?

Comments.

Joe, do we need to amend this today?

Um well again, I don't I did not have the opportunity to review your resolution.

Uh sorry, apologize.

I don't that's what we were.

We can it needs to be corrected this month or next month?

Um tomorrow.

You want everybody to sign up?

Yeah, I yeah, I think everyone aside.

Everyone who votes yeah, yeah.

Yeah, would you any wording change would just be clarified?

The one parcel is temporary, which will kind of revert back, the other permanent uh permanent deed transfer.

That's again I apologize.

I think that's two permanents today.

Indigo's board adopted a similar resolution and work, so which I've shared with Rich.

Here's what I can do.

If you want um, we can hand write the corrections if you all want to sign it.

Um before you leave, if if I have a clean copy uh from somebody, um would it would the as written, would it allow you to do the work you want to start right away?

And could we just have a a final version amended next month?

We we still have some time, so if if if you I mean if there's over-sign this, you can do anything you need to do.

You could it's really just the ownership that's getting straightened out with the with the uh change, right?

I think it's just clarifying.

I think with signing.

I think with Richard signing a handwritten one I don't I don't I'm not crazy about it.

I'll do it, but uh I'm not crazy.

We we can wait to amend it and approve it at the next meeting.

We have instruction.

I think we'll have to say with the construction candidate, we have enough time.

We don't need these parcels right away.

Yeah, and just to do the first organization to come in front of us that doesn't need it yesterday.

We knew that we need to maybe something.

It's only two weeks, right?

I'm just gonna say to be clear.

Well, okay.

Well, the next meeting is in a couple weeks, like literally two weeks from the day.

So I think we'll be fine.

How about could it just be easier if you just make the language match the indigo resolution that they've already approved?

We have as best we can, but the resolution it's different because it was a lot more.

Fair, different, it does a different thing.

Let me show you.

The lawyer will take care of the right language.

If you guys approve it today, you'll you'll sign it next week.

How's that?

Or we approve as amended, sign the official corrected document next next meeting.

Yeah, exactly.

Everybody within that's and I'll and I'll work with Rich over these next week, make sure the language is right.

Yeah, if you're gonna stream about this gonna take more than a week.

I've worked with Rick for years, so it might take a while.

Okay.

So we are we need a motion to amend and adopt a motion to approve as amended.

Okay.

Um I will entertain a motion to approve and amend as amended.

As amended.

Approve as amended.

So moved.

Second.

Motion has been moved and seconded.

All in favor?

All right.

Any opposed?

Hearing none, the motion passes.

Thank you very much.

Thanks, everybody.

I will say uh because we're on code um channel 16.

That certainly helps clarify the record a lot more than if it wasn't televised.

So all this is in context.

No, yeah.

People watch these two.

Yeah, they do.

And then they email me.

Seriously.

All right, next on the agenda, item number 021826C.

Uh this is uh we should we'll be hearing from Dustin Jones and Aaron Schottz.

We'll do C and D together.

Um, we can.

Would you guys like to um do C and D jointly?

Same project same project, same funds, different money.

Yeah, people.

Sounds good.

Yeah, talk about it as one thing.

Huh?

Yeah.

Good morning.

Good morning, everybody.

So I am Aaron Channel, senior policy advisor to Mayor Hogsett.

I work very closely with Director Murphy on the housing hub project.

And then I'm joined here by Dustin Jones, um, who is our uh owner's rep uh from Shrewsbury for the Housing Hub Project.

And I will let him handle the finer technical details.

But if you guys have any questions for me, um I'm available.

Great.

Uh the first resolution that we are bringing today is the second amendment uh to the construction management agreement with Shield Sexton uh that was approved last year.

Uh if you will recall, we came uh to the board for the demolition approval uh in the fall, which was completed uh roughly between uh October and the end of November.

That was uh fortunately uh ahead of the amount of time that was given in the contract and that the general conditions were based on.

Uh, we also were fortunate enough not to run into any unforeseen conditions that caused us to use contingency.

Uh so this first amendment is to approve uh DDAC change order uh to that first bid package, uh crediting back 69, uh 415.91 cents.

Uh so that is to reduce the contract amount as it was uh coming in today.

And then if you'd like me to go ahead and introduce the second.

So then uh we're also proposing a third amendment uh to the construction management agreement, uh, which is approval of the uh GMP guaranteed max price uh bid package number two, which went out uh to bid in January.

Uh bids were received on February 3rd.

The low bidder was GTEC.

And uh we are uh asking for approval of that package.

Uh GTEX bid was the lowest bid of 721,000.

Uh we had a range of uh about one point two million was the highest, so significantly uh lowest by a wide margin.

SHEL uh did their post-bid due diligence met with uh GTEC, uh worked with them on their XBE participation, which we have at 19% and certified by OM WBD, and uh with the uh general conditions and administrative costs added to that amount, the uh total which one do I have in front of me here?

The total approved uh amount for the GMP package number two is one million fifty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars.

Um and then that will update our total contract, including uh construction management services um or pre-construction services, demolition, site civil work uh to one million three twenty-four six seventy-three, and uh that will approval today would put us on track to begin uh for SHIEL to let the subcontracts give notice to proceed uh with the goal of starting work uh on March 2nd.

Uh and then we will come back to you in May uh for the next building bid package uh that we expect to uh release for bid in April.

Any questions?

Yes.

So with this 785,000 dollar contract, are we on budget ahead of ahead of ahead of budget where we at budget wise with that number?

It is within two thousand dollars of our DD estimate from SHIELL Sexton.

Um so that was I thought an exceptional uh mark from their team.

Uh so and I I'll I'll say this only represents uh you know this is what we're expecting to be roughly a 28 million dollar uh you know hard cost, so it's a it's only a fraction of that, but sure.

Uh but so far we are we are on budget.

Okay, so I just want to make sure that I acknowledge the fact that SHILE sexton has come to this body with a resolution that gives us money back instead of asked for more money.

So that's why we led with that.

I appreciate that because last the last meeting was a little bit more rocky because you were asking for more money and you were pushing us timing-wise, and we know likey.

Sorry, it was we didn't like that.

So uh thank you.

I appreciate your work on this uh Duxton, and then coming in two thousand dollars under budget for this bid package.

I definitely appreciate that as well.

Uh what's the timing for the you said work to begin March 2nd?

When will it conclude and when will the next phase begin?

So uh Eric Hooten is our uh project manager from Shield Sexton.

He can correct me, but I believe our uh substantial completion date for this scope of work is July 31st.

Yes, that's correct.

Uh we expect that the building package, it will be led in time that I think we could start we could start foundations before that, so we don't expect a gap, but depending on when steel is going to be available, foundations may be delayed just so we're not leaving it sitting until steel.

So that timing will be a little better understood.

Okay.

And then when the project was presented, I could I could be missing this mentally.

Yes, it should be an 18-month timeline.

18-month timeline.

How many different approvals will we have over the next 18 over the 18 month lifetime of the project?

Tuston.

Uh we will come to you with the building bid package, and then but for that uh it would be for change order events.

So we hope to be here very few times.

Okay.

Um and maybe at the end again for a change order credit.

So we'd like to do that.

We would be going before this body since it goes out for bid in April, we would likely be coming in May.

In May for approval of those contracts, the next phase.

Yes.

Thank you.

May 6th.

And we have given ourselves an ample cushion in our bid timeline to not ask you to adjust your schedule.

So I I will thank you for again adjusting your schedule this month.

Um but thank you.

So even though this is two weeks, it gives us the chance to be moving dirt as soon as the ground is dry enough.

And obviously there's some weather dependency there.

Sure.

But we we would like to keep this project moving as quickly as possible.

You can start today at 65.

Don't say that.

Moving the project or moving the meeting two weeks, we say almost $70,000.

If we move it a month, what could we say?

Eric knows that.

All right.

Thanks, Susan.

Um any additional questions or comments?

Discussion?

Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion to adopt item items 021826 C and D.

So moved.

Second.

Motions have been moved and seconded.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Hearing none, the motions are adopted.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

And we are adjourned.

Thank you for good.

Thank you for humoring my development hat.