Decatur City Board of Works approves cleanup order, Main Street office and multiple contracts

The Decatur City Board of Works voted at its meeting to approve a final cleanup order for a property with ongoing rubbish and established a three-week compliance window or the imposition of fines at $100 per day.

The board also approved a memorandum of agreement to provide Decatur Main Street a physical office in City Hall with permissive access to meeting spaces when those spaces are not in municipal use. City staff said Decatur Main Street is pursuing Indiana Main Street designation, which would open access to new grant opportunities and requires a full‑time administrator; the board authorized the mayor to sign the MOA.

In procurement actions, the board accepted the lower bid from American Pump Repair Service to replace a control panel at the Deer Run lift station and authorized the work at the amount stated in the bid. The board also authorized two contracts with Innovative Concepts: one to complete wiring on a second‑floor office to ready it for occupancy and one to upgrade CCTV at Legion Park so camera feeds are available to the network. The transcript records a small CCTV contract amount of $270 and a lift‑station panel bid of $12,416; the wiring contract amount in the record is garbled and not clearly specified.

The board recorded certificate-of-appointment entries for two staff title changes. The board made Josh Zimmerman’s forthcoming title change to infrastructure superintendent a matter of record and recorded that Matt Schultz will hold the title of street sanitation superintendent; Matt Schultz will also carry park superintendent duties on an interim basis until the city hires a permanent park superintendent early next year.

All motions and contract authorizations were approved by voice vote during the meeting. The board accepted the previous meeting’s minutes at the start of the session and then adjourned. The meeting included routine procedural items and no contested roll‑call votes were recorded in the transcript.

Actions at a glance: the board accepted the prior minutes; authorized a final cleanup letter with a three‑week compliance window or $100/day fines for the code enforcement case; approved the Decatur Main Street MOA and authorized the mayor to sign it; awarded the Deer Run lift station control panel bid to American Pump Repair Service; authorized Innovative Concepts agreements for building wiring and Legion Park CCTV; recorded title changes for Josh Zimmerman and Matt Schultz; and adjourned.