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Board of Works approves multiple routine items including cafeteria plan tweak, retroactive road closure and employee handbook contract
Summary
The Valparaiso City Board of Works approved a slate of routine administrative and permitting items by voice vote during Monday’s meeting, including a cafeteria-plan change clarifying HSA tax treatment, a retroactive Lincoln Way closure for NIPSCO work, and a $5,500 employee-handbook contract.
The Valparaiso City Board of Works approved a slate of routine administrative and permitting items by voice vote during Monday’s meeting.
Highlights of board actions recorded in the meeting transcript include:
- Cafeteria plan amendment: The board approved an amendment to the city’s Section 125 cafeteria plan to confirm that the city's Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions will be treated as fully tax-exempt for payroll going forward. Staff said the change will be effective Jan. 1, 2026. The motion passed by voice vote.
- Lincoln Way overnight closure (retroactive): The board approved a retroactive closure request for Lincoln Way to allow NIPSCO to repair a circuit and reframe a large steel utility pole downtown; staff said the work occurred the night of Sept. 22 and the closure request is…
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