Kokomo board sets Nov. 12 bid date for bus maintenance facility, approves $65,474 PMTF fee and $2.56 million in claims
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Summary
The Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety approved a 2026 PMTF administrative fee of $65,474, accepted specifications and set a Nov. 12, 2025 bid deadline for a new bus maintenance facility at 919 Millbrook Lane, and approved $2,558,789.66 in claims.
The Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety on Oct. 26, 2025, approved several routine items including a $65,474 PMTF administrative fee, set Nov. 12, 2025, at 10 a.m. Eastern as the time to receive construction bids for a new bus maintenance facility and approved $2,558,789.66 in claims.
The board voted to approve minutes from the Oct. 8 meeting at the start of the session. A board member moved to approve the minutes and the presiding officer seconded; the motion carried.
Tammy Corn, identified in board materials as executive director of the KHC GCC, submitted a request that the board approve the PMTF administrative fees for calendar year 2026 in the amount of $65,474. A board member moved to approve the fee, the motion was seconded, and the board approved the fee.
John Piker, director of engineering, presented plans and specifications for a new bus maintenance facility to be built on the Central Garage property at 919 Millbrook Lane. Piker’s memo described the project as encompassing “all labor, material, and equipment required to build a new bus maintenance facility” and recommended the board approve the specifications, plans and bid documents. The board approved the specifications and set Nov. 12, 2025, at 10 a.m. Eastern as the time to receive construction bids for project number C2507-1B. (Piker’s presentation text included a recommended bid-receipt date of Nov. 17, 2025; the board’s motion set Nov. 12, 2025.)
The board also approved claims totaling $2,558,789.66 after a motion and second. There were no public comments recorded in the segment of the meeting covering these items, and the board adjourned after the claims vote.
Votes at a glance: minutes from Oct. 8 — approved (motion, second); PMTF administrative fee for calendar year 2026, $65,474 — approved (motion, second); specifications/plans and bid documents for bus maintenance facility (project C2507-1B) and bid receipt time set for Nov. 12, 2025, 10 a.m. Eastern — approved (motion, second); claims totaling $2,558,789.66 — approved (motion, second).
