Board approves opioid grants, traffic controls, transfer-station renewal and other consent items

At its meeting, the Valparaiso Board of Works approved several routine consent items: opioid grant agreements, traffic-control changes including a stop sign, multiple street-closure permits for utility work and neighborhood events, renewal of a transfer-station utilization agreement and several public-works capital purchases with one item (a cold-storage building) removed from the request.

Holly (Speaker 2) said the board had three opioid grant agreements approved earlier by City Council and presented them for board approval: Moraine House — $30,000 for continued repairs; an additional agreement listed in the transcript with an unclear amount recorded as '28 for 58' (not specified); and Valparaiso Community Schools — $5,500 for drug screening and opioid-education components. The board approved the three agreements by vote.

Daniella (Speaker 7, engineering staff) reported a study at Tuckahoe Park Drive and McCord Road recommending installation of a stop sign on Tuckahoe Park Drive due to insufficient sight distance; the board approved the sign. City engineering staff also described street-closure requests from NIPSCO for West Street (pole replacement, shifted to Nov. 12 for three daytime days, local access to be maintained) and a one-day closure on Garfield for a gas-valve work; the board approved the closures after staff said telecoms (Frontier, Comcast) will be coordinated for pole work.

Public-works staff removed the cold-storage building from capital requests and presented four equipment purchases (transcript contains unclear totals); Speaker 1 moved to approve remaining purchases and the board approved. Speaker 5 presented a five‑year renewal for transfer-station utilization at set pricing; the board approved the renewal. The meeting recorded no public comments on these items.