Carmel Board of Public Works approves contracts for school-zone signs, fleet vehicles, trail inspection and multiple easements; events permits cleared

The Board of Public Works and Safety on Sept. 17 approved a series of contracts, purchase orders, permits and easements covering school-zone signage, fleet vehicles, trail inspection services, a roundabout change order, software integration and several property encroachments and event permits.

The approvals included awards and purchase orders for the Carmel school-zone signage installation, a fleet vehicle purchase for utilities, a professional-services amendment for trail inspection work, a final balancing change order for a roundabout project, technology integration for fleet maintenance data and a clinical affiliation agreement with Carmel Clay Schools for emergency medical services training.

Jared Huff of the City of Carmel Department of Engineering requested award of the school-zone signage quote to Murphy Construction in the amount of $103,000, saying, “They are the lowest and most responsive bidder.” The board later approved a corresponding purchase order for the same vendor and amount.

Terry Krusekamp, GIS coordinator for the Department of Technology, described a $55,000 contract with Cultivate Geospatial Solutions LLC to integrate Geotab fleet telematics data into the city’s GIS and CitiWorks system to automate mileage and maintenance information. “We’re hoping to get that data, like mileage and those kinds of things automatically into CitiWorks,” Krusekamp said.

Lane Young, director of utilities, described a $624,945 purchase order with Tom Wood Ford for fleet replacements that includes 15 Ford…