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North Vernon Board approves CDBG draw, deck repair, festival stage rental and equipment donation
Summary
The Board of Public Works on June 25 approved an ARA CDBG draw for owner‑occupied rehab, authorized a $5,250.57 deck repair for a leased office, granted a stage rental for the Mississinewa Fall Festival, donated a retired Charger to the Burnet Volunteer Fire Department and approved a contractor pay application and claims.
The North Vernon City Board of Public Works approved several routine funding and equipment actions at its June 25 meeting, including a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) draw for an ARA owner‑occupied rehabilitation program, a deck repair for a leased office, a festival stage rental and the donation of a retired vehicle to a volunteer fire department.
City staff (Charlie) asked the board to authorize a draw request from ARA to cover remaining invoices for an owner‑occupied rehab program and to authorize payment of supporting invoices when the grant funds arrive. "I would like to see approve the draw request and authorization to pay the supporting invoices behind it so that when we actually receive the grant money...we can disperse the checks," Charlie said. Staff described the program as wrapping up and indicated the draw amount in the record; according to the discussion roughly $121,000 would be reimbursed to CDBG funds and $11,745 would be charged to previously matched city funds. The board approved the draw request by voice vote, 3‑0.
The board also reviewed a contractor estimate for deck repair at 505 Ann Abbes, a property associated with a city office lease. The quoted cost discussed in the record was $5,250.57. Board members questioned payment terms—several said they preferred not to pay half up front for services not yet completed—but approved the repair motion, 3‑0.
A request to rent the city stage to the Mississinewa Indiana Fall Festival for Sept. 18–20 was presented and approved; staff confirmed the group has used city facilities in the past and discussed basic site logistics.
On a separate item, the board approved donating a retired Dodge Charger to the Burnet Volunteer Fire Department after staff said the fire department would repair known mechanical problems and had requested the vehicle.
On capital project business, staff presented pay application No. 1 from the electrical contractor (PC Systems) for material stored at the quarry site. The pay application is to be paid from bond proceeds; staff said photographs accompanied the pay app and that they had no reason to deny it. The board approved the pay application, 3‑0.
Finally, the board approved claims totaling $288,971.33 and adjourned the meeting to 11:30 a.m.
All motions recorded in the transcript carried by unanimous or 3‑0 voice votes; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Next steps noted in the meeting record: staff will place the airport leasing/study item on the next council agenda for possible council approval of study funds, and staff will prepare an ordinance draft for requested four‑way stops at two town intersections for future council consideration.
