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Hammond board approves permits, contracts and personnel pay; Milestone awarded Community Crossings contract
Summary
Hammond City Board of Public Works members on Feb. 5 approved multiple permits, contracts and personnel pay items, including a $1.49 million Community Crossings contract and a five-year service agreement for taser equipment.
Hammond City Board of Public Works members on Feb. 5 approved multiple permits, contracts and personnel pay items, including a $1.49 million contract award for a Community Crossings road project and a five-year service contract for the department’s tasers.
United Consulting presented the Community Crossings 2024-2 bid review and recommended awarding the project to Milestone Contractors LP, the apparent low bidder, for $1,494,585. The board voted to approve the award; staff said the award must be made prior to March 7 to qualify for matching funds.
Among other approvals the board took unanimous voice votes to:
- Grant a right-of-way permit for concrete work on the 4200 block to support the Kennedy Avenue road diet project and bridge work; staff said certain phases will begin March 1 and that traffic will be shifted so one lane remains open in each direction during parts of the work. - Approve a request from local police to grant Sergeant Paul specialty CBO pay retroactive to Jan. 31, 2025 (correspondence from William Shore was read into the record). - Approve a Purdue University Northwest permit to hold a concert April 25, 2025, in a campus parking lot with Hammond and PNW police present for event security. - Approve a communications agreement submitted from the mayor’s office (described in the agenda as a branding/communications agreement). - Approve a technology management system procurement requested by the director of technology (agenda language: new management system for Hammond [unclear transcript reference]). - Approve an invoice/lien action for 30 Conkey Street after proof of demolition was submitted; the invoice amount shown to the board was $14,225 and the board approved releasing the lien as presented. - Approve a five-year service agreement for taser equipment (listed amount: $103,992 to be spread over five years; staff said the multi-year term saved approximately $27,000). - Approve an agreement with Sawyer Plumbing for police department work and a service agreement noted from the controller (agenda items) and set a rental registration hearing date for Feb. 27, 2025.
Board members also set status dates and scheduling: the board set a status hearing for 1330 Stanton for March 20, 2025, to allow the property owner additional time to hire licensed electricians and provide a completion schedule. For one property that had a near-complete rehab, staff said they will prepare an order to rescind the demolition order for next week's agenda conditioned on payment of costs and final inspections.
All routine motions were seconded and approved by voice vote with the board answering “aye.” No recorded roll-call tallies with member names were given on the record for these agenda approvals.
The board moved through correspondence and new business items with little extended debate; staff provided project schedules, bid timelines and explanations of financial implications when asked by board members.
