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Vanderburgh County commissioners approve range of contracts, change orders and extensions
Summary
At its Aug. 26 meeting the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners approved a package of contracts, change orders, time extensions and routine agreements, including maintenance and service contracts, grant acceptance and multiple construction change orders; all votes recorded as approved by the three commissioners present.
Vanderburgh County commissioners approved a series of contracts, change orders, grant agreements and time extensions during their Aug. 26 meeting, voting unanimously on routine and project-specific items.
The items approved included: the public facilities maintenance agreement for Old National Events Plaza (effective Sept. 1, 2025) with a maintenance fee capped at $145,500 pending final accounting; a right-of-way encroachment agreement for a force main at the Dollar General at 5900 N. Saint Joe Avenue; change orders increasing the Franklin Street drainage and concrete street repair contracts by $36,646.59 and $67,417.33 respectively; time extensions for the Nisbett Road small-structure replacement and county road milling/resurfacing contracts; a master services agreement with Pictometry International Corp. (EagleView) for orthoimagery; a copier/printer lease for Burdette Park; a three-year extension with Astound Business Solutions for EMA services (monthly cost reduced); an IT operations study engagement with Crowe LLP (estimated $40,000); and acceptance of a $65,450 grant from the Solid Waste Management District to the therapeutic work-release program for a passenger van.
Several construction and procurement items were placed on the record: bids for concrete street repairs were opened and taken under advisement (Blankenberger Brothers $455,224; JBI Construction $423,334.65; Rivertowne Construction LLC $412,421). The board also approved multiple consent items and adjourned after public comment concluded.
Votes on listed motions were recorded as “Yes” from Commissioner Gable, Commissioner Canterbury and the presiding board president (name not specified in the record). No opposed votes were recorded on the motions listed during the meeting.
