The Village of Beach Park board voted to approve several public-works payments and engineering contracts, including an emergency storm-drain repair invoice, a Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) street maintenance payment and engineering design agreements for resurfacing projects.
The board approved payment of $15,645.97 to Camp (Caponella) Miller and Sons Inc. for emergency repairs to a failed 36-inch storm drain on Andrew Wood Road that had created sinkholes, as presented by public works committee members. “This is a 36 inch emergency repair to storm drain that had failed and was...creating sinkholes,” a committee member said during the meeting.
The board also approved application/payment No. 1 for the 2025 MFT street maintenance project, in the amount of $855,112.20 to Painting Dolan (Painting Dolan Incorporated). The item was reviewed by the public works committee and the village engineer, who approved the work as accurate.
Separately, the board adopted an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Village of Wadsworth to participate in a resurfacing project on Adams and Major avenues that will use Lake County Council of Mayors (LCCOM) Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding. The board authorized Baxter & Woodman to perform phase 1 and phase 2 engineering for the Adams–Major resurfacing effort and approved a separate Baxter & Woodman contract for engineering design and bidding services for the 2026 MFT street maintenance project in an amount not to exceed $52,000.
Finance committee matters: The finance committee presented and the board accepted the treasurer’s report for fiscal year ending April 30, 2025, and approved budget amendments for the 2024–25 fiscal year to cover a multiyear water-system reconnect project that exceeded grant funding and a small TIF-related payment tied to Speedway gas station property tax increment financing funds. A board member described the water-system reconnect as “a multiyear project” with an excess above the grant recorded in the current budget.
All motions on these items were approved by roll call. The public works committee noted that the Adams–Major resurfacing project is one of two village roads meeting STP qualifications (the other is North Avenue), and that the joint project with Wadsworth will reimburse about 42% of costs per the STP model. The board also noted it is advancing engineering to have the 2026 MFT program ready for bidding.
No motions to delay or table these items were recorded; each presented item was approved on voice or roll-call votes as reflected in the meeting record.