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Burns Harbor council approves treated-salt purchase, park ADA ramp repair and multiple payments; schedules budget hearing
Summary
The Burns Harbor Town Council approved a series of operational purchases and payments, including a treated-salt purchase capped at $35,700, a $2,000 park ADA ramp repair contract and a $30,200 final payment on the town's salt-dome project.
The Burns Harbor Town Council approved a series of operational purchases, contract payments and administrative actions during its meeting, including a treated-salt purchase to cover the winter season, payment of retainage on the salt-dome project and a $2,000 park ADA ramp repair.
Council members moved and approved a purchase of treated salt and delivery for the upcoming season in a motion that capped the total at $35,700. The motion as presented combined material and freight lines: $31,500 for treated salt (300 tons at $105 per ton) and freight not to exceed $4,200. A roll call recorded affirmatives from council members present and the measure passed.
The council approved payment of a $30,200 final invoice tied to the Gearyak salt-dome project, described on the agenda as the release of retainage. The council also approved an invoice of $2,000 to Royko Concrete to remove and replace a damaged ramp and sidewalk segment near the park; the work is to be paid from the town's building-repairs/ADA line (fund referenced on the record as 3.061).
Councilmembers authorized filing two liens that were included in the SharePoint liens folder and approved payment of three engineering/consulting invoices related to town projects (items described as CCMG work and related field surveying/video). Staff noted that a transfer would be made to cover a CCD miscellaneous-services account shortfall created by those payments.
Other approved items included assembly permits for community gatherings scheduled for Oct. 29, with the organizers to pay for two officers required to staff two locations during trick-or-treat hours, and a motion authorizing Town Clerk Jen to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Westchester Township trustee. The MOU governs distribution of funds from the Westchester Township roads and infrastructure fund and the council's packet cites Indiana Code 36-6-10-4 as the statutory basis for the township fund-to-municipality transfers. The MOU states the township fund will be divided equally among six municipalities within the township.
Council members also approved several routine finance motions: Resolution 2025-18 transferring line items in the police budget, approval of vouchers and purchase orders with multiple signatures, and authority to encumber a previously approved purchase order for a third desk for town office staff. A motion to purchase gutter guards for the new town-hall gutters, not to exceed $500 from the CCD other-equipment line, also passed.
During discussion the council noted a public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m., with adoption scheduled for Oct. 27.
A few agenda items were discussed but not decided: a cell-tower placement map was circulated to staff for review; a Cleveland Cliffs tax appeal remains pending and council members deferred a decision on potential legal cost reimbursement pending additional information.
Roll-call votes recorded in the transcript show the motions passed by affirmative votes from council members present; no recorded "no" votes appear in the meeting excerpt on these items.
