[0:12] Oh,

[0:21] heat. Hey. Hey.

[0:38] Heat. Heat.

[1:08] N.

[1:26] Heat. Heat.

[2:29] N.

[3:24] public

[3:31] to the flag of the unit states of

[3:33] America and to the republic for it

[3:36] stands one nation

[3:39] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[3:41] all

[3:44] the mayor and chairman of this board is

[3:47] out of town today so you guys

[3:53] run a quick

[3:59] » Mayor Bont

[4:01] member new

[4:02] >> here member Member Lewis

[4:03] >> here.

[4:04] >> Member Farcus

[4:05] >> here.

[4:05] >> Member Mleta

[4:06] >> here.

[4:08] >> First up, we've got the approval of the

[4:10] minutes from the May 26 meeting.

[4:12] >> I'll make a motion we approve the

[4:13] minutes from the May 26th meeting.

[4:15] >> I'll second.

[4:16] >> We have a motion to second. Any

[4:17] discussion? Call roll, please.

[4:22] » Member Newell

[4:24] >> here.

[4:24] >> Yes.

[4:25] >> Member Lewis.

[4:26] >> Yes.

[4:27] >> Member Farcus.

[4:27] >> Yes.

[4:28] >> Member Mleta.

[4:29] >> Yes.

[4:34] We don't have any unfinished business.

[4:35] Under new business, we have the IT

[4:37] independent contractor agreement with

[4:40] Bill Moran.

[4:42] >> Bill here.

[4:44] >> No, he's not here.

[4:46] >> I can speak about it if you guys want.

[4:48] >> Yeah, if you just come on up to the just

[4:50] give him a quick overviewation

[4:51] explanation of what we're

[4:54] >> do.

[4:58] Um, so Bill Moran, oh well,

[5:02] sorry, I don't do this all the time. Uh,

[5:04] so Bill worked with us last year, uh,

[5:07] kind of helping us get away from our

[5:08] managed service provider for IT. So now

[5:10] we do all of our own IT inhouse. Uh, so

[5:13] he's coming back this year in a reduced

[5:15] capacity. Um, and he's just kind of

[5:17] going to help us out with a bunch of

[5:19] different projects about cutting costs

[5:21] for our frontier bills, telecom lines

[5:23] that are old, kind of getting rid of

[5:24] those. So, we have a few bills that we

[5:26] pay about $400, $500 a month on

[5:28] currently, and he's going to help us cut

[5:30] those costs. So, it's going to pay for

[5:32] itself. Um, as we go on, we've got a few

[5:35] other different projects we want him to

[5:37] work with us on. So, it's a reduced

[5:39] capacity it kind of helping us with

[5:41] elevators, alarms,

[5:43] things of that nature.

[5:44] >> So, it looks like he's just working four

[5:46] days a month.

[5:47] >> Four days a month. Yeah.

[5:48] >> The hours.

[5:48] >> Yep.

[5:50] >> Great. I I've I've done you reviewed the

[5:52] contract.

[5:52] >> Yep. I have reviewed this. In fact, one

[5:54] thing I want to point out is that um one

[5:56] of the things that has been um updated

[5:59] for this contract is that we're defining

[6:01] what a work day is. And so like we've

[6:04] kind of tightened that up a little bit.

[6:05] So he can't come in and spend four hours

[6:08] working with Trevor and say, "Whoa, that

[6:10] was a tough day." Then walk away. No,

[6:12] it's it's like a full seven hour, you

[6:14] know, no less than seven hour day.

[6:16] >> Great. Thank you. Do you have a motion

[6:18] to approve the IT independent contractor

[6:20] agreement with Bill Moran? I'll make a

[6:23] motion to approve the independent

[6:25] contractor agreement with

[6:27] >> that.

[6:28] Motion a second. All in favor say I.

[6:31] >> I opposed.

[6:35] » We got the fire department CPR machine

[6:38] quotes.

[6:40] Chief.

[6:50] » Yeah, we got a couple. This must be

[6:51] expensive.

[6:55] » No, it's not terrible. Um, good morning.

[6:58] I am uh coming to ask for permission for

[7:02] a to pursue a soul source purchase for

[7:06] our Lucas CPR machines.

[7:08] um the CPR machines that we are asking

[7:11] for, the reason that we're asking for

[7:12] the sole source purpose of them is they

[7:15] integrate well with our they're the only

[7:17] integrating U CPR machine with our

[7:20] current cardiac monitors. Any other uh

[7:23] manufacturer there would be a disruption

[7:25] in that uh communication between the

[7:28] two. um

[7:31] they they also um

[7:35] don't they don't work with the same

[7:37] battery platform that we currently have.

[7:39] And so uh going with the same platform

[7:41] that we've had for a long time as the

[7:43] purpose for uh requesting the

[7:45] information for the Soul Source um

[7:48] purchase.

[7:49] >> And uh I'll just step in for one second.

[7:51] Um I've already done a full legal review

[7:53] of this. I mean this is what what the

[7:55] chief has outlined as to why we need to

[7:58] go with this particular machine for the

[8:01] ambulances and other infrastructure that

[8:03] we have both software hardware is

[8:05] literally right out of Indiana code

[8:06] exactly how so what I will end up doing

[8:09] is assisting the fire department with

[8:11] writing up a sole source justification

[8:14] um but you know we do need to seek the

[8:17] fire department does need to seek the

[8:18] permission of the board of works to move

[8:20] forward exploring this option

[8:23] I'll make a motion we allow the fire

[8:25] department to move forward with a single

[8:27] source a sole source uh supply the CPR

[8:31] machines due to the interactive nature

[8:33] with current equipment and

[8:34] recommendation of our attorney.

[8:36] >> I'll second that.

[8:37] >> We have a motion to second. Any other

[8:39] questions or discussion

[8:41] hearing? None. All in favor say I.

[8:44] >> Opposed.

[8:45] Before

[8:47] we get into the Fourth of July festival,

[8:49] could I bring up now uh the upfitting

[8:52] for our vehicles while I'm up here? So,

[8:55] we would like to piggyback was it a

[8:57] month and a half ago maybe the police

[8:59] department was up here um when the

[9:01] approval for the vehicles um was the

[9:05] administrative vehicles was done. Also,

[9:07] the approval for the upfitting of the

[9:08] vehicles. Um, we would like to get

[9:12] permission to just piggy back on to what

[9:14] the police department is already doing

[9:16] in place with federal signal uh for the

[9:20] upfitting of our two administrative

[9:21] vehicles that have already been

[9:22] approved.

[9:29] » These the vehicles we did in that same

[9:32] purchase.

[9:32] >> Yes, sir.

[9:33] >> But they don't have the upgrades for the

[9:35] >> Right. Mike was Mike was forthinking and

[9:38] he came and asked for the upfitting at

[9:40] the same time that we did the approvals

[9:42] for the vehicles. Uh we were lagging

[9:45] behind a little bit. We were still

[9:46] waiting for some information and we have

[9:49] received that information and opted our

[9:51] best or chose our best option as to

[9:53] piggy back with the police department.

[9:57] » Any other questions?

[9:58] >> Uh I just want to clarify with attorney

[10:01] Barniki. Well, I thought we approved

[10:04] that all as a group though. I I was

[10:06] under the assumption we already approved

[10:08] this.

[10:08] >> I mean, I can go back and look at that.

[10:10] I mean, I don't recall off the top of my

[10:11] head and I don't have the minutes from

[10:13] that meeting. We can double check if the

[10:14] board already approved it, but

[10:16] >> I'll be more than happy to approve it

[10:18] again. But

[10:18] >> yeah, I mean, like we one could make a

[10:22] motion to in the event that it's not

[10:25] already being been approved to approve

[10:28] this request.

[10:31] So we we brought to you guys the car

[10:33] purchases. We did them as two separate

[10:36] things. We did the Durango

[10:39] as one as like patrol vehicles and then

[10:40] we did the trucks as administrative

[10:42] vehicles which they were also getting.

[10:44] So we did two different we brought two

[10:45] different bids for those. You guys

[10:47] accepted the patrol vehicles and the

[10:49] administrative vehicles which included

[10:51] police and fire. We then came back in

[10:54] and because

[10:56] you know our upfitting is we do a lot

[10:58] more of it if we're being honest. Um we

[11:00] came back in and got our all of our

[11:02] vehicles the upfitting approved to go to

[11:04] Federal Signal. So that would have been

[11:05] our trucks and our Durango. Um they have

[11:10] the requirements in the vehicles are a

[11:11] little different for them than what ours

[11:13] are. Obviously light colors, different,

[11:15] you know, different things, the

[11:16] computers, different things. So they

[11:18] hadn't done theirs yet. So, I'm 99%

[11:22] positive that you guys approved the car

[11:23] purchase as a whole, approved the police

[11:25] department's upfitting, and now they're

[11:27] coming back to just get theirs up.

[11:30] >> No, that's great background. So, for the

[11:31] record, the police chief just clarified

[11:33] that his recollection was that the

[11:36] upfitting request was exclusively for

[11:39] police upfitting. The fire upfitting is

[11:41] a little bit different. So, again, I

[11:44] think the suggested motion would cover

[11:46] both contingencies.

[11:52] One could say so moved.

[11:56] >> So moved.

[11:59] » So seconded.

[12:02] >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. So

[12:04] moved. All in favor say I.

[12:08] >> I.

[12:08] >> Opposed.

[12:10] >> Yeah, for the record, the motion was

[12:12] articulated. It's just if you agree with

[12:13] what I said then you can as a member you

[12:16] can suggest that motion by saying so

[12:18] moved adopting my language. So we'll

[12:20] >> long long as Carrie wrote it down.

[12:22] >> Yeah. Oh Carrie and I know we she's got

[12:24] it.

[12:24] >> All right. Thank you all very much.

[12:26] Appreciate it.

[12:27] >> Okay. Next up we've got the Fourth of

[12:29] July prayed and festival special event.

[12:33] Welcome Norma.

[12:37] » Good morning. I am here again. It's that

[12:40] around that time again the year. We're

[12:42] going to do the um parade and festival.

[12:44] Everything is pretty much the same um

[12:46] outline as last year. We'll the route is

[12:48] the same. We'll start at um Vivian and

[12:52] uh Central uh go down Central to Willow

[12:56] Creek, go south on Willow Creek, and end

[12:58] at U right after Gilbert Park on Sunset.

[13:02] The festival starts at 5. Um we've had

[13:06] um an initial meeting with um all the

[13:10] groups to decide on the safety the you

[13:14] know uh lineup worked with um all the

[13:17] city departments involved and got that

[13:19] all taken care of. So we just need um

[13:22] permission to block the roads and have

[13:25] our parade.

[13:28] >> Thank you. Anybody have any questions?

[13:31] >> I'll make a motion we have the 4th of

[13:32] July on the 4th of July.

[13:34] I'll second.

[13:36] >> We have a motion and a second. All in

[13:38] favor say I.

[13:39] >> I.

[13:40] >> Thank you.

[13:42] >> Wouldn't want to be the group that

[13:43] turned down the Fourth of July. That's

[13:44] the wrong.

[13:48] » Next we have a solicitor permit

[13:50] application for the Ascent Group

[13:52] Incorporated.

[14:05] Good afternoon.

[14:07] Um, my name is Manurva. I'm the owner of

[14:09] Ascendant Group Incorporated. Now, I'm

[14:11] just here uh above you guys to request a

[14:13] peddler's tournament from you guys.

[14:15] We're an ICD company distributing

[14:17] services for Verizon. They just invested

[14:20] $20 billion in buying out the fiber

[14:22] optic lines from Frontier. So, we're

[14:24] just looking to be able to service their

[14:26] folks area here. We've been able to gain

[14:28] permits already from Hobber area. We did

[14:30] gain temporary permits from Burns Harbor

[14:32] as well. So, we're just trying to do

[14:33] things accordingly to make sure that

[14:35] we're able to service your folks area as

[14:36] well.

[14:37] >> So, your request is to be to go door

[14:40] todoor.

[14:40] >> Yep. Yeah. We would only be going from

[14:42] noon maybe down just to sunset time. We

[14:45] don't push in the dark out here. Just

[14:46] want to make sure everyone's doing it

[14:48] comfortably, safely. And we do of course

[14:50] authorize background checks through a

[14:52] third party company that also does get

[14:54] double ver uh uh double verification

[14:56] process through our company called

[14:58] creditico as well. So that way the

[15:00] safety of our reps and the people that

[15:02] were knocking on is done accordingly. I

[15:05] will say in the last couple of years,

[15:07] this board um has pretty much made um an

[15:12] unofficial decision to uh turn down

[15:15] solicitors permits. Um unless it's like

[15:18] the Girl Scouts selling their cookies or

[15:21] a school um you know, selling a a card

[15:24] or something like that. Um, I'll leave

[15:26] that up to the board to um additional

[15:29] information, but um that's just is

[15:31] something that we've gotten away from in

[15:33] the city of Portage and we've been

[15:34] consistent on denying these requests,

[15:38] especially for larger companies that

[15:39] have many multiple other ways of

[15:42] advertising their services to the

[15:44] community.

[15:44] >> Right. And we're not taking payments at

[15:47] the door either. You know, there's the

[15:49] technicians. We just set up the

[15:50] appointments for technic technicians to

[15:52] come service people's homes. So, we're

[15:53] not taking any form of payment at the

[15:54] door. nothing nothing right away even

[15:56] with technicians get there. We push

[15:58] people's payments out two, three weeks

[16:00] after people get installed. But the

[16:01] overall objective with fiber, it's not

[16:03] just to get people, you know, cheaper,

[16:04] faster internet. It's really just a

[16:06] matter of that fiber is becoming the

[16:08] more secure way nationwide to receive

[16:10] internet in people's homes. Just to get

[16:11] people on a private dedicated line is a

[16:13] becoming a pretty urgent matter

[16:14] nationwide, which is part of the reason

[16:16] why Verizon invested $20 billion in

[16:18] buying out the fiber from Frontier. So,

[16:20] it's really just a matter of just trying

[16:22] to help people get something that's

[16:23] going to be a lot more secure for

[16:24] people's neighborhoods.

[16:26] >> Yeah. The the issue what we've heard

[16:27] from the communities, they just don't

[16:29] like random people coming knocking at

[16:30] their doors.

[16:32] >> So, that's where we've made that

[16:33] decision. So, I'll leave that up to the

[16:34] board to uh any further discussion or

[16:38] >> as far as random people, we would only

[16:40] send about it we would only send a

[16:42] designated five people that like I said,

[16:44] we would have a designated time and it

[16:45] would only be for a short period of

[16:46] time. We wouldn't be there like every

[16:47] day for the next year or so. We only

[16:50] really need at the very least a month to

[16:51] come help service the area and get

[16:53] people something that's going to be a

[16:54] lot more secure for people's homes.

[16:57] >> I'll make a motion in uh lie of what

[17:00] we've done since the beginning and we'll

[17:02] deny this solicitor's permit.

[17:05] >> A second.

[17:07] >> We have a motion and a second to deny.

[17:09] All in favor say I.

[17:11] >> I post.

[17:12] >> Sorry.

[17:13] >> Thank you.

[17:19] got a solicitor permit application for

[17:22] five guy fries.

[17:29] » That guy,

[17:31] >> I just don't want to say that.

[17:38] » Thanks for having us.

[17:39] >> Yes. Hopefully you enjoyed the bread.

[17:43] >> There'll be more to come.

[17:45] Um, so we're just looking for at

[17:47] Pedaller's license to park at the new

[17:50] location which we plan to

[17:52] um have a breakfast lunch spot at the

[17:56] former Deep Blue Seafood on Route Six.

[17:59] Um I think I believe the next seg

[18:01] segment is JT's. That's going to be the

[18:04] name of our restaurant. Um we have a

[18:07] food truck called Fat Guys Fries. We

[18:09] serve fries, tater tots, burgers, like

[18:12] everything that you could probably think

[18:13] of that's American. Um, and we just

[18:16] wanted to park in the parking lot of the

[18:18] Deep Blue Seafood to promote that we are

[18:20] going to be opening. Um, we're shooting

[18:22] for September 1st.

[18:24] >> Um,

[18:26] and yeah, that's

[18:27] >> so your request is really you got your

[18:31] approval for a location to park your

[18:33] food truck

[18:34] >> pretty much. Yeah.

[18:34] >> Dan, why would this be a solicitor's

[18:36] permit? So uh actually it's not um is

[18:39] this the same? So you are

[18:43] >> Yeah, you are you are JTs.

[18:45] >> Yes, that's correct.

[18:46] >> Okay. So it's really E and F are kind of

[18:48] combined on the agenda.

[18:51] >> I know I know at one point we were at

[18:53] Ace Hardware um and code enforcement

[18:55] came and told us that we had to get a

[18:57] solicitor's permit. We had to go in

[18:58] front of the board and we had to get it

[19:00] approved.

[19:00] >> Well that Yeah.

[19:01] >> So that's why I kind of took the same

[19:03] route and

[19:04] >> totally get it.

[19:05] >> Right. We don't want to make any any

[19:06] mistakes.

[19:06] >> Oh, yeah. No, actually, I mean, so this really isn't what you're proposing

[19:10] now has changed. Um, you're going to

[19:12] park where um

[19:14] >> we're going to be opening

[19:15] >> where you're going to be opening. So,

[19:16] this is really just like a uh I think

[19:18] like a

[19:19] >> Yeah, this is just a temporary

[19:22] operators. So, like we Yeah, it's not

[19:24] really a solicitor's permit. So, we'll

[19:26] So,

[19:27] >> that's really not the duty of the board

[19:28] of works to approve, right? That'd be

[19:30] the planning department. Well, planning approved the for the actual

[19:34] restaurant already um for the JTs, so I

[19:38] don't know if that made it faster.

[19:41] >> Yeah. Um

[19:42] >> they have to

[19:42] >> Yeah. Tom, why don't you come up because

[19:44] Yeah, this is kind of like a hybrid

[19:45] request really. Let's

[19:47] >> let's talk this one out.

[19:49] >> So, are you looking

[19:49] >> First off, the solicitor permit is

[19:52] really not valid for is that something

[19:53] we should just we can ignore that on the

[19:55] agenda?

[19:56] >> I I would say just ignore it. Yeah,

[19:57] there's really I mean it's all the same.

[19:58] Yeah, it's all the same requirements.

[19:59] We're not going door todo to try to get

[20:02] business.

[20:03] >> Um, are you going to be

[20:04] >> I thought I thought maybe your truck was

[20:05] going to pull up in front of my house

[20:06] and

[20:08] >> we'll be here next Wednesday. We'll be

[20:10] here next Wednesday.

[20:10] >> Oh, yes. On the 17th, we'll be here.

[20:13] >> So, are you looking to serve food out of

[20:14] this, too?

[20:15] >> Yeah.

[20:15] >> Temporarily.

[20:16] >> Yes.

[20:16] >> For the food truck. Yes.

[20:17] >> Right.

[20:18] >> So, this this would go under typically

[20:21] >> for food trucks. It's uh more of a

[20:23] dayby-day type thing. It's it's a day

[20:26] only. So I I believe this would be a

[20:28] board of work action to allow them to to

[20:31] do this until the business is opened

[20:33] >> on a temporary basis.

[20:35] >> We're shooting for other food trucks

[20:37] that park anywhere.

[20:39] >> Right. But again, like I

[20:41] >> Right. But they're they're asking for

[20:42] basically a a it sounds to me like

[20:44] they're asking for a series of days.

[20:47] >> Well, mo majority during the week

[20:49] because pretty much every Friday,

[20:50] Saturday, Sunday were booked with

[20:52] events, right? Um, so it'd be like

[20:54] probably Monday through Wednesday or or

[20:56] even Tuesday through Thursday. That's

[20:58] pretty much majority of when

[21:00] >> it kind of gives us a chance for

[21:01] awareness to our followers that we're

[21:03] going to open um this uh breakfast lunch

[21:07] uh kind of deli bakery mix and then it

[21:11] also helps us with funding because

[21:12] there's a lot going on.

[21:14] >> No, I I understand that. So I think

[21:15] we're looking for a time frame. Maybe

[21:17] not a per se, you know, this date, this

[21:20] date. It's probably just the time frame

[21:22] between now and

[21:24] >> target September 1st target opening

[21:26] date. Um I do know that the um Porter

[21:29] County Board of Health will be

[21:31] inspecting this

[21:32] >> as part of the food truck.

[21:34] >> Antonio Antonio came to inspect the

[21:36] restaurant yesterday or give us a

[21:38] consultation, tell us what we need. Um

[21:40] but he's inspected our food truck. So is

[21:42] um John. Both of them are from Porter

[21:44] County. Yes.

[21:44] >> Yeah. So so I guess this would be

[21:47] >> and I have my yearly permit as well. So,

[21:49] what what are we asked to approve here

[21:52] or do we

[21:54] >> I'm figuring that out. I'm trying to

[21:55] write this down. Yeah, because this is different.

[21:58] >> Okay. Everything's different,

[22:00] >> right? I I second that.

[22:07] » June 10th September.

[22:10] >> Yeah.

[22:10] >> Yes.

[22:15] » There's no fruit. It's just

[22:18] Well, apparent code enforcement told me

[22:21] you needed a pedaller's license. And

[22:23] then other food trucks have told me like

[22:25] the ace um the advanced auto parts, they

[22:28] had to get a a pedaller's license.

[22:30] >> Do we have a pedaller's license?

[22:32] >> For food trucks?

[22:33] >> Yeah, we have one, but I don't I'm not

[22:36] sure if it's specifically for food

[22:39] trucks or not. Do you want me to go grab

[22:41] one? A blank one?

[22:42] >> I've never heard of one, so yeah.

[22:45] They haven't even

[22:47] >> as an incentive.

[22:48] >> I mean, is that a park? It can't be a

[22:50] park function. I mean,

[22:52] >> not off premises of a park.

[22:54] >> It's private property. It feels to me

[22:56] more it's a

[22:58] >> occupancy permit type of thing.

[22:59] >> It would almost be more of a Porter

[23:01] County as long as they are aware of it

[23:03] and are inspecting it.

[23:05] >> Yeah. Well, we have the yearly already,

[23:07] the 2026.

[23:08] >> I understand that.

[23:11] >> We're just trying to see what the

[23:12] function of our approval would be.

[23:13] >> I get it.

[23:15] an approval that maybe is not valid,

[23:17] >> right?

[23:17] >> Or not needed.

[23:27] » What was the question?

[23:29] >> Oh,

[23:29] >> I mean, I would view it almost falling

[23:31] under the u

[23:34] like a temporary construction vehicle,

[23:36] but they're s serving food out of there.

[23:38] So,

[23:38] >> yes, it feels like that's a board of

[23:40] hell. I mean, they they have the

[23:41] business. They're parking the truck on

[23:42] their own property with their business.

[23:44] They're using it to serve food out of

[23:46] that's a board of health

[23:47] >> hybrid

[23:47] >> because our contract started in June. We

[23:49] signed the contract. So, we're it's

[23:51] already contracted in our name.

[23:53] >> I I would agree with that. But

[23:55] >> we've had bars who didn't have kitchens

[23:57] who were using a food truck for a period

[24:00] of time. That was a board of health.

[24:02] >> Carrie is when food trucks go to other

[24:05] areas, not parks or not city hall, um do

[24:09] they apply for anything? I don't. That

[24:11] would be Diane. I asked her to come in

[24:13] here, but she might be uh out to lunch.

[24:16] Let me go grab her.

[24:16] >> Yeah, I was told I had to leave um when

[24:19] we were parked at Ace Hardware because

[24:20] they said we needed a some type of

[24:23] license, a teddy license or that was I

[24:26] don't know a couple years ago.

[24:27] >> I mean, I see one that's over in

[24:29] Advanced Auto Parts all the time. I

[24:30] don't think we've ever approved that.

[24:32] >> She She said that was a couple years

[24:34] ago, though. So, maybe there was

[24:36] something else in place at that point.

[24:39] That might have been different then. I

[24:40] mean, they were enforcing something that

[24:42] would

[24:43] >> Well, do you want to um I

[24:45] >> mean, I guess we can give an approval,

[24:47] right? But it might not be valid. There

[24:49] might be somewhere else they've got to

[24:50] go get that approval.

[24:51] >> You want to gather some of this info or

[24:52] let them do that and skip on to

[24:56] >> claims and bulk appeals.

[24:57] >> Let's go through claims and bulk

[24:58] appeals. Let me keep looking because

[25:00] again, I'm just trying to figure out

[25:01] what is the right thing to tell you to

[25:03] vote on because this is something new to

[25:06] me, too. I I I'm just not familiar with

[25:08] this.

[25:08] >> Yeah. So, if you don't mind just being

[25:09] patient, we'll just go through the rest

[25:10] of our agenda until they can figure that

[25:12] out.

[25:12] >> Thank you.

[25:15] >> Okay. We'll move on to the board of

[25:16] works claims for June the 9th.

[25:42] Yeah.

[25:43] >> Yeah. And the updated I left both of

[25:46] them, but they're both listed in the

[25:48] Dropbox and everything.

[25:51] >> The final one. Yeah. the um APV number

[25:55] 85356

[25:58] was made for like 12114,

[26:02] but when we printed it, it was 12144.

[26:07] » I'll make a motion we approve the claims

[26:10] the June 6 claims in the amount of

[26:12] $983,579.91.

[26:16] » I'll second.

[26:18] We

[26:18] >> have a motion in a second. All in favor

[26:19] say I. I.

[26:21] >> I. I.

[26:23] Okay, next we have bulk appeals 6527

[26:26] Jason Court.

[26:29] >> Good afternoon members. I just have one

[26:30] before you. It's a $40 dispute. Um the

[26:33] owner lives on a culde-sac and uh when

[26:36] you have a culde-sac in various homes on

[26:38] that culde-sac, the front linage is

[26:41] difficult and smaller. So I'm asking the

[26:45] board to consider reversing this in this

[26:48] type of situation.

[26:50] >> I'll make a motion we reverse the

[26:51] charge. the bulk appeal charge for 6527

[26:54] Jason Court and recommendation of staff.

[26:57] >> I'll second that.

[26:58] >> We have a motion and a second. Any

[27:00] discussion?

[27:01] If not, all in favor say I.

[27:03] >> I. I.

[27:04] >> Opposed? Motion carried. Thank you.

[27:08] Are there is there any other business

[27:09] that's not on the agenda? Go ahead. Fire

[27:12] chief was up here. You I mean you got to

[27:14] come up now, too. It's

[27:15] >> your turn.

[27:18] >> This is like becoming a weird meeting.

[27:21] Um, this one's weird, too. So, um,

[27:26] I don't know exactly where to go with

[27:29] this, but, um, I was told I needed to be

[27:32] here. So, uh, a couple months ago, we

[27:35] were told that there was still money

[27:36] left in a bond, um, that needed to be

[27:39] used by certain point this year. We had

[27:41] inquired about getting new SWAT vests

[27:43] for our SWAT team because they're about

[27:45] to expire. Um, a couple weeks ago I

[27:48] reached out to city hall uh and inquired

[27:50] about the money. They said there was still some money. Um, so we

[27:55] had gotten quotes for those vests. So

[27:58] then the other day I was told to come in

[27:59] here and uh I guess seek approval from

[28:02] you guys to to purchase it. Um, where

[28:04] the money's coming from, somebody from

[28:06] the clerk chargers office probably have

[28:07] to explain that a little better. I just

[28:09] am under the impression that there is

[28:11] money. Um, so just

[28:13] >> maybe we can approve it contingent upon

[28:16] the availability of the funds.

[28:18] >> There you go. So I just give just so you

[28:19] guys know what you're what you're

[28:20] looking at. Um, so we've got our SWAT

[28:23] team. We have uh 14 police officers and

[28:27] when we're fully staffed, six medics, so

[28:29] a 20 person team. Um, their vests expire

[28:34] five every five years and they are a

[28:37] enhanced level of protection from what

[28:39] the regular officers wear. be great if

[28:41] we had the money for all of that, but um

[28:44] unfortunately the vest grant that we

[28:46] apply for only, you know, covers a

[28:48] certain certain kind. So um regardless,

[28:50] we like to get these every five years.

[28:52] Um we update the SWAT team. The last

[28:56] couple years, our SWAT callouts are

[28:58] definitely on the rise. Um, you know,

[29:00] we're not only using them for, you know,

[29:03] hostage negotiating type things, but

[29:05] high level warrants, things that we can

[29:08] slow down, take a little bit more time

[29:10] on and execute in a more safe manner. We

[29:12] use our SWAT team. There's two SWAT

[29:13] teams in the county. There's Porter

[29:15] County SWAT team and there's our team.

[29:16] Um, Porter County team is awesome.

[29:19] Having our own team though, you know,

[29:21] the response time, our officers are on

[29:23] scene. We have complete control over

[29:24] that team. Um, so, you know, we don't we

[29:27] don't want to lose that. We also uh we

[29:29] have worked with Ogden Dunes. We've been

[29:31] called out to Burns Harbor um Porter. So

[29:34] we do you know kind of the northern end

[29:37] of the county kind of our little end. We

[29:38] we're the SWAT team that generally they

[29:40] call. So So all that being said um

[29:43] that's why we need them. Um if you guys

[29:45] approve this this will be the first time

[29:48] that I can remember in the last you know

[29:52] x number of years going back that we

[29:53] actually got vests before they expired.

[29:56] um we've had a tr a problem funding them

[29:58] because it's not really in a budget.

[30:00] There is no budget for our SWAT team.

[30:02] It's kind of like our K9. We just got to

[30:03] raise money unless we come across some

[30:05] funds like this. So, so all that

[30:07] long-winded uh talk there. Um we got

[30:10] three quotes. One was for nearly 65,000.

[30:13] One was for just under 57,000

[30:17] and then we got another one um which is

[30:20] what we would like to go with which is

[30:22] uh 43,750.

[30:25] So, here's the here's the caveat and I'm

[30:27] not sure how to do this. Um,

[30:29] so because this kind of went so fast and

[30:31] we were got the approval to go, we had

[30:33] the the gentleman come in yesterday. So,

[30:35] that's the quote, but he came in

[30:37] yesterday and did fitting. If we have

[30:39] some larger officers and the vest sizes

[30:42] are a little bigger, it could fluctuate

[30:43] by a couple hundred dollars here and

[30:45] there. So, I if it's prudent, I don't

[30:49] know how to ask for. The quote was 43750

[30:51] with them saying that there might be

[30:53] some, you know, higher or lower if it's

[30:55] possible. And I don't know, Mr.

[30:57] Attorney, to prove,

[30:59] >> do you think it'll exceed 45,000?

[31:02] >> I I was told that it could go up $3,000

[31:06] at the most. So,

[31:08] >> not to exceed 47,000.

[31:10] >> That would be outstanding if you guys

[31:11] could do that. And then I I will have an

[31:13] invoice. I asked them for an invoice,

[31:14] you know, in the next couple of days.

[31:16] But we kind of put this we fasttracked

[31:18] this whole thing and we were up against

[31:19] the time of the bond.

[31:21] >> This is the lowest responsive bidder,

[31:24] >> right?

[31:24] >> By by far 65,000ish

[31:28] 57,000ish and then mid40s. So it's not even close.

[31:31] >> Yeah. So to the members of the board, um

[31:33] a motion to to uh approve this purchase

[31:36] not to exceed 47,000 keeps it well below

[31:40] anything else. So it's still the lowest

[31:41] responsive bid. So,

[31:44] >> would someone like to make the motion to

[31:45] approve the purchase of the uh SWAT team

[31:49] vest uh not to exceed $47,000 contingent

[31:53] upon the availability of funds? I like

[31:55] it.

[31:56] >> I'll make that motion.

[31:59] >> I'll second.

[32:00] >> Have a motion. Second. Any other

[32:01] discussion?

[32:03] >> All in favor say I.

[32:04] >> I. I.

[32:05] >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Attorney, for

[32:06] your uh help there.

[32:09] >> It's what I do. Okay.

[32:10] >> Okay. Are we back to JTs?

[32:12] >> Yeah. Circling, you can stay. Yeah. So,

[32:13] circling back to JT's, um,

[32:16] after talking with staff, um, a motion

[32:19] that could be made is someone could move

[32:21] to approve Fat Guys Fries doing business

[32:25] as JTs to operate their food truck at

[32:29] their own property from June 9th through

[32:32] September 1st from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00

[32:35] p.m. using the license deemed necessary

[32:39] by staff and legal review.

[32:44] We have a so moved.

[32:47] >> So moved.

[32:48] >> Second.

[32:51] >> Have a motion in a second. Any other

[32:52] questions or discussion? All in favor

[32:54] say I.

[32:56] >> I. Opposed.

[32:58] >> Any other business to be brought before

[33:00] the board.

[33:06] » Okay. If not, entertain a motion to

[33:08] adjurnn.

[33:08] >> Motion to adjurnn.

[33:10] >> Second.

[33:11] All in favor say I.

[33:12] >> I.

[33:13] Thank you.

COP Board of Works Mtg 06-09-26

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