Board approves bus-facility pay estimate, Kokomo Conference Center payments and $1.66M in claims

The Board of Public Works and Safety on May 27 approved several payment items and claims relating to city construction projects.

Pay estimate number 3 for the bus maintenance facility — documented by John Pike and covering construction quantities completed through April–May 20, 2026 — lists a gross amount of $453,263.89 with $13,507.92 in retainage, yielding a net request of $439,666.97. The chair recommended approval, a committee member moved to approve, the chair seconded and the board voted in favor.

Separately, the Howard County Convention and Visitors Commission (CVB) presented pay applications and invoices for the Kokomo Conference Center project. Materials included an application certificate #23 dated May 2026 and a gross invoice issued by Hagerman Incorporated for $792,809.13. The owner’s representative, Veritas Group, reviewed supporting materials and recommended payment. The CVB accepted Veritas’s payment recommendation of $753,168.67, with $39,640 and $46.06 placed into a retainage account and a recommended retainage release to the contractor of $70,790. The board approved the CVB/Veritas payment recommendations as presented.

The board also reviewed potential change orders (PCO requests 79–87) for the Kokomo Conference Center. Veritas recommended approval and the CVB had reviewed the change order materials; the PCOs were presented as scope adjustments carried through existing allowance amounts and recorded as a $0 net change to the guaranteed maximum price. The board moved to accept PCOs 79–87 and approved the recommendation.

Finally, the board approved claims totaling $1,658,622.52 after a motion from a committee member and a second from the chair.

All financial approvals were recorded by the clerk and approved by voice vote at the meeting; no recorded roll-call vote with individual tallies was included in the meeting record provided.