Board approves engineering pay application and year-end payments; retroactive street closure for Jackson Street noted

Columbia City — At its Dec. 30 meeting the Board of Works and Safety approved a pay application for engineering work on project number 5251 and authorized routine year-end payments and payroll disbursements.

A motion to approve engineer project number 5251 — pay application No. 6 — in the amount of $97,628.51 was made, seconded and approved unanimously, according to the transcript. The board also handled routine accounts payable and payroll motions: accounts payable vouchers dated Dec. 30, 2025 totaling $658,912.47 were presented and approved; the transcript also records payroll and overtime totals and an accounts-payable batch of $307,523.90 for a pay period ending Dec. 26, 2025. The meeting record indicates motions were seconded and the board voted unanimously on these items; specific individual vote counts are not recorded in the transcript.

Members noted a retroactive street closure for Jackson Street for a sewer-line repair that took place on Dec. 23; board members asked staff (identified in discussion as "Charlie") to confirm details. No formal permit or closure documentation appears in the recorded remarks; the board acknowledged the work and moved on to other agenda items.

The meeting also included brief administrative items to balance accounts payable and a mention of a volunteer firefighter run on Dec. 30. The transcript closes with the chair noting recent conversations with Representative Judy about road improvements and upcoming interviews; staff confirmed they had received tax-revenue information for the coming year.

Next steps in the record were staff follow-up regarding the Jackson Street closure details and routine administrative processing of approved payments.