[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.