At the Board of Public Safety meeting, members approved a slate of routine consent and special-event items, accepted department donations, approved transfers of retired police canines to their handlers and took municipal demolition bids under advisement.

City staff recommended approval of a road-closure permit for 1277 North Saint Joseph Avenue (Overland Group) for water- and storm‑sewer connections; the board approved that request after staff confirmed a right‑of‑way permit from city engineering. By contrast, the request for 805 South Green River Road (Ankit and Dave Patel) was denied because the applicants had not responded and did not possess the required right‑of‑way permit.

The board accepted donations to the Evansville Police Department from the Evansville Police Foundation — including a microchip reader, six dog-control sticks and a replacement TV for training — and approved transfer of two retired police canines to their handlers (K9 Arlo to Sgt. Drew Murray and K9 Hiki to Officer Casey Ross), both of which have served more than seven years.

The building commission (Kim Josie) presented demolition bids for seven properties; the board opened the bids and then took them under advisement. Lowest bidders were announced for each parcel and staff will evaluate the bids before a final award.

Special-event approvals included the University of Evansville homecoming street closures (November 8) and Annunciation Parish’s annual Eucharistic procession (November 23). The police department also received approval for lane restrictions and street closures for emergency-vehicle operations training and a Thunderbolts education‑day event (expected to host thousands of students and dozens of buses).

Several dumpster permits, parking and secondhand-merchant license renewals were approved under the consent calendar. The board noted it will check on long-standing downtown dumpster permits that may have expired and asked staff to add clarifying permit fields (for example, vehicle type/weight) to future permit applications.

Votes on consent items were taken by voice and were recorded as approved where noted in the minutes; the denial at 805 South Green River Road followed staff recommendation that the right‑of‑way permit was a prerequisite for approval.