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Hammond board approves multiple CIB allocations for parks, streets and lighting
Summary
The Board of Public Works and Safety approved several Community Improvement Bond (CIB) allocations on May 7, funding park staking, street construction and pavement preservation projects, along with repairs to Summer Street lighting and a no-cost time extension for Hammond Avenue Phase 2.
The Hammond City Board of Public Works and Safety on May 7 approved a string of Community Improvement Bond (CIB) funding requests that city staff said are needed to keep several park and street projects on track.
Dean Button, the city engineer, told the board that the Memorial Park lot-staking work was not originally in the American StructurePoint contract and asked for $7,900 in CIB funding to cover lot staking and a related professional-services agreement. "This work was not originally contemplated in the original contract with American Structure Point," Button said, adding that the CIB had met Monday and approved the allocation. The board voted to approve the $7,900 allocation.
The board also approved $141,100 in CIB funds for the 165th Street reconstruction (Kennedy Avenue to Grand Avenue) and the associated services agreement with First Group Engineering, which Button described as the city’s community-crossings match and engineering-observation contract.
On construction timing, Button requested and the board approved change order number 2 for the Hammond Avenue Phase 2 reconstruction: a 14-day, no-cost time extension tied to a NIPSCO gas-main relocation that delayed work. "It took them about two weeks to do that," Button said of the utility work, calling the extension reasonable and noting state requirements for the state-funded project.
In larger infrastructure allocations, the board approved $300,000 in CIB funding for the 2026 roadway maintenance, pavement preservation and crack sealing program and $11,279.27 to repair Summer Street lighting equipment damaged in a January weather event (work outside warranty). Button described the Summer Street expense as replacement of the lighting cabinet equipment destroyed by the weather event.
Actions recorded at the meeting show the board approved each of these funding allocations and the no-cost time extension. The approvals move the projects forward to contract execution and construction oversight steps.
Next steps: staff will process the professional-services agreements and the change order paperwork; the work on the listed projects will proceed under the terms described at the meeting.
