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Kokomo Board approves conference center payouts, $2.9M bus-facility contract and other routine items
Summary
The Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety on Jan. 28 approved multiple procurement and payment items, including $829,279.81 to Hagerman Inc. for the Kokomo Conference Center, a $2,902,000 contract for a bus maintenance facility, a $48,906.25 vehicle purchase for the fire department, a small street pay estimate, and revised recycling center hours retroactive to Jan. 1.
The Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety voted on a series of procurement and payment items during its Jan. 28 meeting, approving conference-center pay applications totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars and awarding a $2,902,000 construction contract for a bus maintenance facility.
The board approved a payment recommendation from the Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) that included a recommended payment of $829,279.81 to Hagerman Inc. for work on the Kokomo Conference Center, with $43,646.31 to be placed into retainage under the construction contract. The CVB recommendation also accepted payments of $137,834.28 to Envelope IQ and $8,979 to a firm identified in the transcript as Verdis Group (the transcript later also uses the spelling "Veritas Group"). Unidentified Speaker 1 summarized the CVB review; Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to approve the listed pay applications and Unidentified Speaker 3 seconded. The motion passed.
Also on the agenda, the board awarded the bus fund maintenance facility construction contract to Brown and Brown General Contracting Inc., the lowest responsive bidder at $2,902,000. Unidentified Speaker 1 presented the six received bids and recommended Brown and Brown; Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to award the contract for project C2507-1B and Unidentified Speaker 3 seconded. The board approved the award.
Other items approved included a request from the fire department (presented as coming from Chief Edwards) to purchase a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 from Eric's Chevrolet for $48,906.25. The board recorded that competing bids included Kelly Chevrolet (with a July 2026 delivery date) and Brad Howford (10-week delivery); the board approved awarding the purchase to Eric's Chevrolet, which could deliver in about 10 days.
The board approved pay estimate number 2 for the Elizabeth Street reconstruction project with contractor E and B Paving LLC. The pay estimate covers work completed in April 2025 and requests $5,116.75 (including $158.25 in retainage) on an original contract amount of $460,930.25. Unidentified Speaker 1 noted the quantities were agreed by the contractor and the engineering department; Unidentified Speaker 2 moved approval and Unidentified Speaker 3 seconded.
The board also approved an amendment to the city's contract with Recycle Works LLC to change recycling drop-off facility hours to 6 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday and 8 a.m.–noon on Saturdays; the amendment is retroactive to Jan. 1. Unidentified Speaker 1 presented the amendment on behalf of the attorney's office; Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to approve and Unidentified Speaker 3 seconded.
Finally, the board approved claims totaling $4,212,506.27 and then adjourned. For most motions the meeting record shows a mover (Unidentified Speaker 2), a seconder (Unidentified Speaker 3) and a vote recorded as "Aye" or "Motion carries." The meeting record includes little debate on these items.
The board did not receive correspondence and there were no public comments during the meeting. The meeting record indicates the above approvals were final at the Jan. 28 meeting.
