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Board approves two-year fire-inspection contracts after discussion on shared funding

Public Health and Safety Board · November 5, 2025
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Summary

The board approved two inspection contracts (Antonio Simeone and a Marion-County vendor) that will share a funding pool to allow flexibility in assigning low-risk occupancy inspections; staff said each contract has memo NTEs of $765,000 and historical billing has been well under that figure.

The Public Health and Safety Board voted to approve two two-year contracts that expand private-sector fire inspections for low-risk occupancies across Indianapolis.

Kennedy, the fire department contract manager, told the board the city has about 31,000 inspectable occupancies and the department uses a risk matrix (high, medium, low) to triage inspections. "We have 10 deputy fire…

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