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Richmond Board of Public Works and Safety approves claims, contracts, street closure and 2026 holiday schedule
Summary
The Board approved claims and payroll items, renewed two handicap parking signs, moved a planned street closure to Nov. 1, approved several fire-protection contracts and a school-fire program contract, accepted a change order and signed off on the 2026 holiday schedule.
The Board of Public Works and Safety for Richmond City on Sept. 25 approved routine claims and payroll items, multiple contracts and a 2026 holiday schedule and granted a street closure request for an October event moved to Nov. 1.
The board approved claims for payment dated Sept. 26 in the amount of $152,429.31 and payroll pension claims dated Sept. 26 in the amount of $240,490.82. The board also approved renewal of handicap parking signs at 1020 Perry Street and 922 Boyer Street.
The board approved a street closure request for the event listed on the agenda as “Give Blood If You Dare,” amending the printed Oct. 25 date to Nov. 1. The closure is scheduled for North 13th Street from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., as requested by the event author, Makayla Brown; the request was presented to the board during the meeting.
On contracts, the board approved contract 143-2025 listed for Wayne Township for fire department services; the contract was presented by Tracy McGinnis, city controller. The transcript of the meeting contains inconsistent figures for the total amount of contract 143-2025, and the amount could not be determined from the record provided. The board also approved contract 144-2025 with the town of Spring Grove for fire protection in the amount of $78,589, to be paid in two equal installments of $39,294.50; the board corrected a discrepancy between the printed agenda (which listed four payments) and the contract (two payments).
The board approved contract 147-2025 with Richmond Community Schools to maintain a youth partnership program for the 2025–26 school year providing eligible students instruction in Fire and Rescue 1 and 2 and EMS program classes. The program may include Richmond Area Career Center students and probationary Richmond Fire Department members.
The board approved change order number 1 to contract 95-2025 for Richmond Fire related to unforeseen changes in paint used on a training building. Finally, the finance department’s proposed 2026 holiday schedule, signed by the mayor and described in the meeting as maintaining the same holidays as prior years, was approved. There was a brief exchange during the meeting about whether the schedule contained 14 or 15 holidays; the schedule approved by the board is 14 holidays per the payroll and benefits administrator’s presentation.
Most motions were made and seconded on the record and carried; individual roll-call votes by name were not recorded in the transcript provided.
