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Hammond City board approves police promotions, engineering contract and rejects Dan Raven Plaza reroof quotes
Summary
The Hammond City board approved a string of personnel and contracting items, including promotions recommended by Police Chief Jeffrey Long and a $16,425 construction-observation contract for the Londell Street lighting project, and voted to reject and requote bids for the Dan Raven Plaza reroof.
Jeffrey Long, Hammond City chief of police, recommended promotions and personnel changes for the police department, and the board approved the personnel moves.
Long asked that Captain Christopher God be promoted to assistant chief and that Corporal Lindseay Fritz and Corporal Crystal Taylor be transferred into the detective bureau and receive detective specialty pay. The board moved, seconded and approved the recommendations.
Dean Button asked the board to reject all quotes for the Dan Raven Plaza reroof, saying the submissions lacked a consistent scope of work. The board approved Button’s recommendation to reject the current quotes and requote the project to secure comparable bids.
Separately, NE Engineering requested approval of a $16,425 contract to provide construction observation services on the 2026 Hammond lighting project on Londell Street. Staff said the contract will be funded from the fourth-district gaming allocation that has already been approved. The board approved the observation contract.
All votes on these items were taken by motion and voice; the record shows motions were moved, seconded and carried without roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript. The board also discussed how specialty pay and prior pay categories would be adjusted for the employees moving into detective assignments.
The board did not take additional formal action on other procurement items during this portion of the meeting.
