Kokomo Board approves KPD promotion, several construction contracts and $2.52 million in claims

The Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety on May 6 approved a series of personnel actions, contracts and payments, including the promotion of a Kokomo Police Department officer and the award of a city-funded road construction consultant and resurfacing contract.

Chair of the Board (Speaker 1) read a recommendation from Chief Stout to promote Officer Mason Fisher (badge 425) to sergeant and requested the promotion be effective May 3; the board approved the promotion and set a 180-day probationary training period. The record contains an unresolved discrepancy on the effective date: the Chair read an effective date of 05/03/2025 while the motion filed on the record specified 05/03/2026; the discrepancy was not corrected on the record.

The board approved an LPA consultant contract with American StructurePoint for construction engineering on the Gore Road reconstruction project, a contract the Chair said is being funded 100% by the city because…