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Votes at a glance: Evansville Board of Public Works, June 12, 2025
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Summary
A roundup of approvals and formal actions taken by the City of Evansville Board of Public Works at its June 12 meeting, including equipment purchases, contracts for housing repairs and shelter upgrades, vehicle purchases, change orders and permits.
The City of Evansville Board of Public Works took the following formal actions on June 12, 2025. All items below were approved by voice vote unless otherwise noted. Individual roll‑call votes were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
- Approval of minutes: Approved minutes from the April 5, 2025 BPW meeting.
- Purchase of paratransit vehicles: Approved purchase of two paratransit vehicles for METS Mobility at $132,987.36 each, total $265,974.72, off an existing contract with Coach and Equipment.
- United Caring Shelters (UCS) facilities contract: Approved a contract for UCS for HVAC and radon mitigation work. Contract items included rooftop unit replacements, furnace and evaporator/condensing unit work ($166,840) and radon mitigation ($17,009.85) for a total contract amount of $184,665.
- Affordable Housing Trust Fund contracts: Approved multiple home‑repair contracts under the Affordable Housing Trust Fund: ACE Construction, Inc. for work at 1113 South Fairlawn Avenue ($16,735); Rhinelander Construction for work at 3405 Wagoner Avenue ($10,465); ACE Construction, Inc. for work at 1100 South Benninghoff Avenue ($19,030). City staff said these projects were competitively quoted.
- Walker Avenue drainage improvements change order: Approved Change Order No. 3 with Blankenberger Brothers for Walker Avenue drainage improvements (project 24‑004); the change order increases the contract by $19,346.70 and extends the completion date to May 20, 2025; new total contract amount reported as $308,191.95.
- Walnut Street project change order: Approved Change Order No. 12 for the Walnut Street project (project 4100599) that increases the contract by $20,917.38; total contract amount cited in the meeting was $21,675,799.32.
- Event and barricade approvals: Approved use of barricades, signage and street closures for listed events, including a community worship event closing Jefferson Avenue on June 21, 2025 (Otter's Wheel workshop on the block).
- Bills and payrolls: Approved bills and payrolls as presented.
Each of the items above was presented in the meeting packet and approved by the board. The transcript records motion, second and a voice vote of "Aye" for each approval; individual board member votes were not itemized in the record.
