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Richmond City Board of Public Works and Safety approves claims, street closures, contract and change orders
Summary
At its Aug. 21 meeting the Richmond City Board of Public Works and Safety approved routine claims and payroll, authorized two street closures for seasonal events, renewed a handicap parking sign, awarded a small repair contract and approved three change orders to the Clark Dietz Complete Streets Loop project.
The Richmond City Board of Public Works and Safety on Aug. 21 unanimously approved multiple claims and payroll payments, authorized two event-related street closures, renewed a handicap parking sign, awarded a small repair contract and approved three change orders to the Clark Dietz Complete Streets Loop project.
The approvals included minutes from the Aug. 14 meeting and claims for payment dated Aug. 1 ($191,700.96), Aug. 8 ($369,403.72), Aug. 15 ($477,304.88) and Aug. 21 ($147,909.68). The board also approved payroll claims for Aug. 21 totaling $841,006.36 and a special payroll adjustment of $1,075.50 for Aug. 8. All votes were taken by voice and recorded as "motion carries"; the meeting transcript did not record roll-call vote counts.
Why it matters: these routine approvals clear city bills and payroll and authorize short-term public-safety and traffic measures for community events.
On public events and street use, Aaron Stevens, administrative resource officer with the Richmond Police Department, presented two street-closure requests. Stevens said the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce requested a closure on South 10th Street from East Main Street to the alley behind 8 to the Bar on Oct. 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; the board approved the request. For Paint the Town, scheduled Sept. 17 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Stevens said the closure would cover North Eighth Street between North D Street and Fort Wayne Avenue and that the area should also include the small triangle bounded by North A Street, North E Street and Fort Wayne Avenue; the board approved that closure as presented.
The board approved a handicap sign renewal at 408 Southwest Second Street after Stevens said he had visited the site and “personally witnessed the fact that no changes have been made,” and that on-street parking remained the only option at that location.
On contracts, Mac Keller, director of public operations and engineering, told the board the city would retain a contractor to repair the western portion of a retaining wall adjacent to a city-owned parking lot on South Ninth Street at a cost not to exceed $17,250; the board approved the contract as presented. The meeting transcript contains inconsistent contract numbering for that item: it is initially announced as “Contract number 120Four-twenty25 to Reinhardt Lawn Care and Landscaping” and later referenced in the motion as “contract number 124-2025.” That discrepancy was not resolved on the record.
The board also approved three change orders to contract 1382023 for the Clark Dietz Complete Streets Loop project. Change Order No. 16 extends the completion date by 121 days to account for unworkable days from Dec. 1 through March 31; Keller and staff stated there is no cost impact. Change Order No. 17 adds 13 days to an intermediate completion date because of a Main Street closure; a staff member noted an apparent typo on an internal memo that listed "election conflict" and clarified the intended term was "elevation conflict." Change Order No. 18 adds wiring and internal items for traffic-signal repairs at Fort Wayne Avenue and Seventh Street at North D; the board approved that work as presented.
All motions reported in the meeting were approved by voice vote with the recorded outcome "motion carries." The transcript did not include named roll-call votes or numeric tallies.
