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Votes at a glance: Aug. 19 La Porte Board of Public Works and Safety — payrolls, claims, grants, contracts and change orders
Summary
The Board approved payrolls and claims, an opioid settlement opt-in, multiple departmental purchases and grant awards, a sidewalk ADA contract, a right-of-way dedication for a townhome project, and closeout payments and change orders for Truesdale construction.
At the Aug. 19 meeting the City of La Porte Board of Public Works and Safety approved a series of routine and project-related motions. The board used voice votes for most items; the meeting transcript records approvals by general assent ("Aye") rather than roll-call tallies for individual members.
Key approvals and actions (motion language summarized from the meeting record):
- Veil City payroll: Approved payroll in the amount of $575,325.50.
- Veil City claims: Approved claims in the amount of $1,192,120.79.
- Sewage claims: Approved claims in the amount of $705,402.91.
- Water claims: Approved claims in the amount of $305,053.63.
- National opioid settlement participation: Board approved opting into the national opioid settlement with Purdue and the Sackler family; amount the city may receive is not yet determined. Staff said opting in places the city in the pool to learn its eventual allocation.
- Parking ticket appeal: Board voted to void two restricted-parking tickets issued Aug. 5 and Aug. 7 after police recommended the sign could not be read; staff said the sign will be replaced.
- Wastewater basement protection grant: Approved a grant for 1407 Michigan Avenue with a total grant amount of $4,580 and a city share of $3,685 (the city has a $5,000 per-property cap and $20,000 annual appropriation; no funds from 2025 had been used at the time of the meeting).
- Purchase of used mower: Approved purchase of a used mower from Heinhold and Feller for $5,500 so the water department could transfer its current mower to code enforcement.
- Sidewalk ADA repairs: Awarded the ADA sidewalk repair contract to Pavey Excavating for $56,775 (lowest of four bids received) for complaint-driven ADA deficiency corrections.
- Dedication of right of way (East Shore Townhome development): Approved the right-of-way dedication plat for the East Shore Townhome development by Jerry Fedorcek's firm to provide access and utilities to the project area.
- Truesdale/Macomb Road construction change order #4 and final pay application: Approved change order #4 increasing the contract by $92,072.37, taking the contract to $8,504,927.29 (about a 10% increase) and approved a final pay application totaling $991,387.24 to remove retainage and pay change-order items; funding will be drawn from a mix of redevelopment commission funds, grant funds and other accounts and staff will coordinate final accounting with the clerk treasurer.
Other non-vote items: The board acknowledged the Deserving Children roof sit event scheduled for Sept. 5, and set the employee appreciation picnic for Sept. 12 at Cummings Lodge.
Where available, dollar amounts and caps reported at the meeting are included above; several approvals were voice votes with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.
