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New Albany Board of Public Works & Safety Meeting - August 11, 2026

City Council & Boards — Tuesday, August 11, 2026
BodyNew Albany, Indiana
SessionCity Council & Boards
DateTuesday, August 11, 2026
StatusFILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
1:44

Good morning.

2:13

Sheet.

2:13

Oh, you can sign in or call and delay it to week.

2:29

Um, Mr.

2:30

Winlock contacted me, said that he wasn't gonna be able to make it after all.

2:36

Um he wanted to place a twenty-yard dumpster on the street at nineteen Robin Road for no more than a week to haul off concrete from an old slab in his backyard.

2:52

He's going to use ICA, and he would like to have the dumpster delivered on August fourteenth.

3:43

So we've got a great day tall and also Vicky did he say.

3:54

That it would crack the driveway.

3:57

So it damaged the street.

4:21

Oh, is he?

4:22

Yeah, so I yeah, his driveway wouldn't work.

4:33

Yep.

4:39

Second.

4:43

All those in favor, signify by saying aye.

4:45

Aye.

4:45

Aye.

4:46

Aye.

4:46

Don't oppose multi carriers.

4:51

Jeremy Shumay.

5:04

Jeremy, how are you saying?

5:17

Good morning, board.

5:18

I am Jeremy Schumate.

5:19

This is uh Ted Newton tomorrow.

5:22

Uh what we're asking for is a uh approval of a maintenance of traffic plan for the uh traffic signal modernization project at Charlestown Road and Slate Run.

5:33

We'd like to uh us in Mac Construction would like to begin work uh this next Monday, which I believe is the 14th 17th, sorry.

5:46

Uh working from uh begin at 7 a.m.

5:53

I think along in your your packet theory, um there's different phases and different MOT plans as prepared by um uh uh United Consulting, the consultant for the project uh for different phases of the project, and also a uh pedestrian detour uh plan as well.

6:18

And the reason for that detour is there's gonna be a concrete median or I guess you could call it that concrete median added to uh to slate run as part of this project.

6:46

So now it just calls for any closure, it's just it'll all be open the whole time and they'll closure slate run over Charlestown Road.

6:54

Correct.

6:55

We did a closure flagging just all the wires or the signals across the road and be five, ten minutes by emergency services beforehand, but yeah, it was I went over the uh maintenance of traffic with uh United during the design process, and uh they had a few things that I had them modified to make it more uh workable for the the residents and the the folks that are used uh slate run road.

7:56

Um but overall uh with it with it, I think only has a lane shift at uh there uh at the intersection or one of those lanes is um closed for a short time, but I I don't believe that the um it will impede the traffic on a regular basis, so it should be able to continue to move.

8:18

Are you all able to work outside of with the school there on slate run road, like kind of avoid the high traffic times at the beginning of the day and during the afternoon during dismissal, so to not add to the congestion?

8:32

Yeah, a lot of those, uh a lot of the traffic opposite direction, but yes.

8:40

We should be working behind the closure should be interfering in traffic a little bit.

9:00

What hours are you guys can work?

9:02

What's your hours?

9:03

Uh seven five, Monday and Friday.

9:16

So the signal work, you're saying it's not going to impact traffic.

9:23

So that won't bother school morning when they start school and the evening when they let out, that's not going to be impacted by this.

9:32

But what about the construction of that media?

9:34

You're putting a median in, right?

9:36

Also in the middle.

9:37

Yeah, so we're the MVP's design that we work on the inside of the closure without traffic.

9:50

Probably need to make it.

9:52

So when will that typical for what we normally do for when school is now when that's nine and three?

10:00

When will that start and how many did how many days will the road be closed?

10:03

We're looking at an overall project duration of two months.

10:08

For all three days, it's how long will the road be closed though?

10:12

Uh it would be for the lane.

10:15

Yeah, lane closure remains throughout the project all three days.

10:22

That's in Charlestown, the lane shift.

10:27

So for that matter, it won't start to matter, yes, it's clear.

10:33

It's not gonna impact school.

10:35

What they have set up is not gonna be a problem for slate run or any of the other buses that go through there, which will it I mean there I mean there will be uh a certain level of impact, but it was designed to be able to keep at least the traffic moving at all times uh through there.

10:54

So I mean the with going down to or closing one lane and having that lane shift, there will be an impact.

11:03

Um but it was supposed to be designed to mitigate the impact and uh by always keeping those uh lanes open just by the shifting of it, um except for during those brief windows when they have to go across the actual lane with pulling the wires and everything.

11:23

We were able to identify with redevelopment that the majority of slate runs boundary for the kiddos are to the southeast of this area, uh the majority of that boundary for the school.

11:36

So if that's gonna be in place the whole time, but it's just a matter of whether it's we think it's gonna be enough of an impact and make them wait until nine after the buses go through, but it's not gonna be open other times or don't think whether we start earlier it's gonna help.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
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Procedural█████████████████████████25%
Parks and Recreation████████████████████████24%
Public Safety█████████9%
Transportation Safety████4%
Technology and Innovation███3%
Waste Management██2%
Fiscal Sustainability██2%
Summary of Proceedings

New Albany Board of Public Works & Safety Meeting - August 11, 2026

The Board of Public Works & Safety of the City of New Albany, Indiana, met at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, in Room 100 at New Albany City Hall. The board approved street and right-of-way permits, a maintenance of traffic plan, special event permits, claims, and minutes. It also heard utility requests and received a paving update. All recorded votes were unanimous.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • David McGowan, a resident who said he lives by Slate Run Road, expressed concern that the Slate Run/Charlestown Road signal project could become a 'cluster' and asked why it was not planned for summer school recess. He also reported large potholes in the Take 5 Car Wash parking lot at State and Daisy Lane, saying Take Five says the landlord is responsible. Board members responded that it is a private lot and directed him to the Planning and Zoning office on the second floor (Room 200) to ask about maintenance requirements.

Discussion Items

Dumpster Permit - 19 Robin Road

  • Trent Winlock was unable to attend; his request was for a 20-yard dumpster on the street at 19 Robin Road for no more than one week to haul concrete from an old backyard slab, with delivery on August 14. Approved.

Maintenance of Traffic Plan - Slate Run Road/Charlestown Road

  • Jeremy Shumate of Delta Services and Ted Newton of MAC Construction requested approval of a maintenance of traffic plan for the traffic signal modernization project at Slate Run Road and Charlestown Road. The plan was prepared by United Consulting and includes phased lane shifts, a pedestrian detour, and a concrete median on Slate Run. Work is planned to start Monday, August 17, with a two-month project duration through mid-October; work hours are 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Board members asked about impacts on nearby school traffic; Mr. Shumate said the plan was designed to keep traffic moving and that the majority of the school bus boundary is to the southeast of the area. Approved.

Second Baptist Church No-Parking Request

  • Second Baptist Church requested no-parking areas on E. Third Street and E. Main Street on August 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for clock maintenance requiring a lift. The lift may extend beyond the parking lane and require flagging. The agenda listed August 2; the board corrected it to August 21. Approved.

Unfinished Business - Indiana American Water Closure

  • The board reviewed a map, requested the previous week, for the Thomas and Shelley Street closure proposed by Indiana American Water. The closure is planned for either Wednesday or Thursday night that week, after checking with the school for after-hours functions. Approved.

Communications from City Officials

  • Residential parking permit: Vicki Glotzbach, for Dino Mercer, requested a one-year residential parking permit for 417 East Main Street; the street commissioner recommended approval. Approved.
  • Purdue Polytechnic banner: Request to display a Pumpkin Chunking banner on Charlestown Road from September 29 through October 13. Approved.
  • Duke Energy: Request to install new equipment on an existing pole at 106 Edgemont Dr. (Spickert Knob side). Approved.
  • CenterPoint Energy: Request to replace gas service at 1011 Silver Street, covering retirement of the existing service and installation of the new service. The transcript does not record a vote on this item.

Paving Update

  • City official Larry Summers reported that Mac Construction is finishing Eakin Avenue and moving to Bentbrook Drive and Drawbrook Circle for milling and paving; striping crews are following; fence panels and paver activity continue between Main and Market; curb and gutter work on the Oak Street project is anticipated this week. Board members asked about a cracked apron on East Ridge Drive and a Miller Avenue seal-coating issue; Mr. Summers said he would follow up. The dip on Eakin Avenue is for drainage and will be monitored.

Special Event Permits

  • Parade (Saturday, October 3): Harvest Homecoming parade; setup areas closed 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; parade route closed 1-5 p.m.; parade 3-4:30 p.m.; portable restrooms delivered Oct. 3 at 8 a.m. and picked up Oct. 5 at 8 a.m.; handouts must be handed, not thrown. Approved.
  • Pumpkin Decorating Contest (Sunday, October 4): Event 2-4:30 p.m.; City Square and City Restroom use 1-5 p.m.; rain location on the first floor of the parking garage with portable restroom and hand-washing station; 24-hour notice required for changes. Approved.
  • Kids Dog Show (Tuesday, October 6): Amphitheater event 6-8 p.m.; amphitheater restrooms 5-8:30 p.m. Approved.
  • Kids Day in the Park (Saturday, October 10): Centennial Park use 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; event 1-3 p.m.; no rain date; Farmer Steve on site noon-3 p.m.; fountains turned off. Approved.
  • Booths (Wednesday, October 7 - Monday, October 12): Harvest Homecoming booth permit with the same footprint as in the past; Friday/Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-noon inclusion time, noon-5 p.m. open, 5 p.m.-midnight teardown; portable restrooms removed by Monday 8 a.m.; downtown road closures from Oct. 7 at 5 p.m. to Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.; parking spaces reserved near the Harvest Homecoming office from Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. through Oct. 11. Organizers discussed trash-monitoring improvements, peak-time portable restroom servicing, a vendor communication app, and NAPD coordination. Approved.

Claims & Approvals

  • Board of Works claims (July 21 - August 10, 2026): $4,580,817.17. Approved.
  • Transfers (same date range): $1,552,000. Approved.
  • Additional claims (same date range): $10,497.49. Approved.
  • Minutes of the August 4, 2026 regular meeting approved.

Key Outcomes

  • Approved all motions listed above by unanimous voice vote, except the CenterPoint Energy request, for which no vote was recorded in the transcript.
  • Directed David McGowan to Planning and Zoning for private parking lot concerns.
  • Next steps: Slate Run/Charlestown Road work begins Aug. 17; Second Baptist Church clock work scheduled Aug. 21; Harvest Homecoming events scheduled Oct. 3-12; meeting adjourned after the minutes were approved.

Meeting Transcript

Good morning. Sheet. Oh, you can sign in or call and delay it to week. Um, Mr. Winlock contacted me, said that he wasn't gonna be able to make it after all. Um he wanted to place a twenty-yard dumpster on the street at nineteen Robin Road for no more than a week to haul off concrete from an old slab in his backyard. He's going to use ICA, and he would like to have the dumpster delivered on August fourteenth. So we've got a great day tall and also Vicky did he say. That it would crack the driveway. So it damaged the street. Oh, is he? Yeah, so I yeah, his driveway wouldn't work. Yep. Second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Don't oppose multi carriers. Jeremy Shumay. Jeremy, how are you saying? Good morning, board. I am Jeremy Schumate. This is uh Ted Newton tomorrow. Uh what we're asking for is a uh approval of a maintenance of traffic plan for the uh traffic signal modernization project at Charlestown Road and Slate Run. We'd like to uh us in Mac Construction would like to begin work uh this next Monday, which I believe is the 14th 17th, sorry. Uh working from uh begin at 7 a.m. I think along in your your packet theory, um there's different phases and different MOT plans as prepared by um uh uh United Consulting, the consultant for the project uh for different phases of the project, and also a uh pedestrian detour uh plan as well. And the reason for that detour is there's gonna be a concrete median or I guess you could call it that concrete median added to uh to slate run as part of this project. So now it just calls for any closure, it's just it'll all be open the whole time and they'll closure slate run over Charlestown Road. Correct. We did a closure flagging just all the wires or the signals across the road and be five, ten minutes by emergency services beforehand, but yeah, it was I went over the uh maintenance of traffic with uh United during the design process, and uh they had a few things that I had them modified to make it more uh workable for the the residents and the the folks that are used uh slate run road. Um but overall uh with it with it, I think only has a lane shift at uh there uh at the intersection or one of those lanes is um closed for a short time, but I I don't believe that the um it will impede the traffic on a regular basis, so it should be able to continue to move. Are you all able to work outside of with the school there on slate run road, like kind of avoid the high traffic times at the beginning of the day and during the afternoon during dismissal, so to not add to the congestion? Yeah, a lot of those, uh a lot of the traffic opposite direction, but yes. We should be working behind the closure should be interfering in traffic a little bit. What hours are you guys can work? What's your hours? Uh seven five, Monday and Friday. So the signal work, you're saying it's not going to impact traffic. So that won't bother school morning when they start school and the evening when they let out, that's not going to be impacted by this. But what about the construction of that media? You're putting a median in, right? Also in the middle. Yeah, so we're the MVP's design that we work on the inside of the closure without traffic. Probably need to make it. So when will that typical for what we normally do for when school is now when that's nine and three? When will that start and how many did how many days will the road be closed? We're looking at an overall project duration of two months. For all three days, it's how long will the road be closed though?

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