Munster Park Board approves consent agenda, clears beer garden and rejects lone clubhouse electrical bid

The Munster Park Board approved its consent agenda, passed a permit for a one-day beer garden at the Humane Indiana event, and voted to reject the lone electrical bid for the Centennial Clubhouse project and authorize staff to rebid the work.

Board members approved the consent agenda — covering last month’s park-board minutes and vouchers — following a motion by a committee member and a second; the roll-call vote was recorded as affirmative and the motion carried.

On an event request, staff described Humane Indiana’s plan for its 33rd annual event at Community Park and asked for permission to host a beer garden from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 19. "They would run the beer garden from 11 to 3," a staff member said. A committee member moved to approve the request and the board approved it on roll call.

The board also considered the Centennial Clubhouse electrical-redistribution project after staff reported that only one bid was received and it came in significantly higher than the engineer’s estimate. "We had one bid received. It came in higher than the SEH engineer’s estimate," the staff member said, and recommended rejecting the bid and rebidding with unit-cost line items and a longer completion window to better reflect site challenges. The board voted to reject the bid and reauthorize staff to rebid the project.

What happens next: staff said it will reissue the solicitation in an itemized format and aim for a bid opening before the July park-board meeting. The board’s next regular meeting is July 21.