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Votes at a glance: Key approvals by Elkhart Redevelopment Commission on Jan. 14, 2025
Summary
A roundup of motions approved at the Jan. 14 meeting of the Elkhart Redevelopment Commission, including minutes, officers, property agreements, contracts, counsel engagement, grant paperwork and invoices.
The Elkhart Redevelopment Commission took a number of procedural and substantive votes on Jan. 14. Below are the primary actions recorded by the commission during the meeting. Individual items were approved by voice vote unless otherwise noted.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes for Dec. 10, 2024: approved by voice vote.
- Election of officers: re-elected Sandy Schreiber as president, Wes Steffen as vice president, and Harris as secretary. Approved by voice vote.
- 515 Hook Street use and access agreement: approved use of the commission-owned parcel at 515 Hugg Street for parking, job trailer and staging for the Real America development project. Approved by voice vote.
- Tax-sale parcel transfers: approved the form of joint resolution with the county to accept transfer of parcels listed in Exhibit A from the county to the redevelopment commission. Approved by voice vote.
- Roundhouse fence contract: awarded to Milestone Fence LLC and appropriated $30,000 from the Downtown Allocation Number 1 special fund for the contract. Approved by voice vote.
- Ice Miller LLP engagement: approved employment of Ice Miller LLP as bond counsel for Zone 2 work (engagement letter as submitted). The transcript records one abstention by board member WVK; the motion otherwise carried.
- Contract amendment with WBK Engineering Inc.: (See Woodland Crossing article for full details.) Approved by voice vote; amendment NTE $100,000 to be appropriated from consolidated TIF.
- 142 State Street renovation: approved an extension of time to complete renovations to June 30, 2025, for the owner/contractor under the existing development agreement. Approved by voice vote.
- CDBG subrecipient agreement amendment (Council on Aging): approved amended subrecipient agreement language to align documentation with HUD requirements for reimbursement and payroll accounting. Approved by voice vote.
- Acceptance of bid for property maintenance: accepted single bid from Frankenberger Lawn Care in the amount of $5,860 and authorized execution of the standard contract; costs to be allocated across relevant TIF funds. Approved by voice vote.
- Invoice approval (other business): approved payment of $17,466.92 as presented.
Formal vote records: The meeting transcript records voice approvals for most items without roll-call tallies. The only recorded roll-note in the transcript was an abstention by WVK on the Ice Miller engagement; other items are recorded as "aye" with no member-by-member tally in the transcript.
Ending: Staff and commissioners closed the meeting with standard reports and adjournment.
