[0:00] We'll
[0:21] take action.
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[0:33] Friday.
[0:36] » Oh, I can't go Friday.
>> I got a visitor.
[0:41] » How about tomorrow?
>> Good morning.
[0:43] » I'm good. How are you doing?
[0:55] » It's going to be rough.
[1:03] Oh, can't do Wednesday.
[1:11] » Yeah, that's for a day.
[1:22] » Permission from
[1:32] Oh, okay.
>> Yeah.
[2:06] got matching
dobby
[2:13] for the parade.
>> Good evening.
[2:16] » Good morning, buddy.
The girls like Last year we had like
[2:28] » used to what
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[2:33] » right on time
[2:49] » one. Okay.
[3:23] I did. I remembered even though we don't
really need it.
[3:54] Those
[4:08] guys with the hat and glasses look like
twins.
[4:20] » Okay.
[4:23] All right. So, you guys are ready. On
your end, you're ready to start.
[4:28] » All right. Order. Please rise for the
pledge.
[4:32] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[4:36] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[4:43] justice for all.
[4:52] Morning everyone. This is the regular
scheduled board of public works and
[4:55] safety meeting for Wednesday, March 5th.
I get a roll call of members, please.
[4:59] » Mayor Land
>> here.
[5:01] » Betsy Barnes
>> here.
[5:03] » Bob Clemens
>> here.
[5:05] » Jim Crook,
Billy Gomez. Three present. Mayor.
[5:10] » Okay. So, we do have a quorum today.
First on the agenda is the approval of
[5:14] minutes of the prior meeting which was
held on Wednesday, February 19th. So
[5:18] move a motion to approve. Do we have a
second?
[5:21] » A second
>> and a second. Any further discussion on
[5:24] the motion?
>> Hearing none. All in favor signify with
[5:27] an I.
>> I.
[5:28] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion passes.
[5:33] Addition to new items. We do not have
any to add on today.
[5:38] Uh up next is our employee of the month.
So as uh we all know and the community
[5:44] may not not every city employee is
eligible to be our employee of the
[5:49] month. Uh yes, that's why you have never
received a story. Um but this year or
[5:57] this month, our selected employee was
kind of nominated by I'd say all of us,
[6:03] the department heads collectively. Um
this year now he has become eligible.
[6:09] So, we thought it fitting after 17 years
of service to our community that uh he
[6:15] has deserved employee of the month and
he does not know he's a selected
[6:20] employee of the month. So, we're going
to get him up here. If we can get David
[6:24] Nichols
get up here.
[6:37] » Thank you very much.
This is
[6:42] it is a
community and they see David
[7:02] like I said 17 years. Does it seem like
17 years?
[7:07] like that, right?
>> Oh, yes.
[7:09] » So, we did something a little bit
different this month. So, uh this is
[7:15] David's little recognition for employee
of the month for March 2025.
[7:21] And then David also uh loves his diet
cokes. He puts his diet cokes in.
[7:29] » Fantastic. Thank you
very much.
[7:34] Alex, anything?
[7:38] » No, no. I mean, just
thankful for Dave and all the years of
[7:44] service and guidance to me and
can't thank
[7:48] » enough.
>> Now, being a lawyer, you've never had a
[7:52] loss for words. You want to say
anything?
[7:54] » Well, you
[8:01] appreciate your efforts. cooperation
with me in my office.
[8:08] Joy working
[8:42] Got it.
[Applause]
[8:51] » And the city would like to March is
uh disabilities awareness month. So the
[8:58] city uh would like again to recognize
that um issue proclamation also
[9:04] recognition of that. We actually have a
few people in the audience today that
[9:08] are going to come up and join me. We
have Debbie, Noah, and Trenton. First of
[9:11] all, thank you so much for helping the
city recognize us.
[9:17] Um
[9:21] the city mayor's office has issued this
proclamation that will be displayed at
[9:27] city hall and at the point library as
well. So like give this present to you
[9:34] if I could just read in part the
proclamation.
[9:38] Whereas the month of March 2025 has been
designated as disability awareness month
[9:45] to celebrate and recognize people with
disabilities by the governor of the
[9:50] state of Indiana.
The goals of this city and state
[9:54] properly include providing individuals
with disabilities the opportunities and
[9:59] support to make informed choices and
decisions. Live in homes and communities
[10:04] where such individuals can exercise
their full rights and responsibilities
[10:09] as citizens.
Pursuit meaningful and productive lives,
[10:14] contribute to their family, community,
state and nation.
[10:20] independent interdependent friendships
and relationships with others and
[10:24] achieve full inclusion.
Now therefore, I Peter D. Lane, mayor of
[10:29] the city of Crown Point, do hereby
proclaim the month of March 2025 as
[10:35] disability awareness month.
[10:46] If any of you want to
[10:52] » I just like to thank you again for
support.
[11:00] Yeah, crowd point told about a million
times we got a great community in this
[11:04] city full of great fantastic
[11:08] » you okay with group a p get a picture
>> all right
[11:14] mirror right there
[11:19] » thank you
>> so
[11:38] Your honor,
can I say something?
[11:41] » Oh, yes. Robert,
>> how come I didn't get to say a little
[11:44] something to Dave? Because Dave came out
when I did in 2008 when I came back. he
[11:50] come back, but he was here. He said,
"Right, Dave,
[11:54] » it's been an honor to work with you from
2008, and I've known you before that."
[11:59] » And you know what? I'm going to miss
you.
[12:04] » I know he's not going nowhere. I know
he's not, but I always look at him like
[12:09] this. Dave, how we doing tonight? Oh,
he's looking at Dave, it's been an
[12:14] honor, and I tell you what, I wouldn't
have missed it for the world.
[12:17] » Thank you.
>> Byebye.
[12:19] Thank you, Bob.
>> Thank you, your honor.
[12:24] » Okay. Uh, moving on. Number one under
old and deferred business, utility
[12:27] updates. Al, good morning.
[12:32] » Should have a memorandum in your
packets.
[12:35] Fairly uneventful.
Our phase four project where we are
[12:41] negotiating with the state revolving
loan fund to provide use of remaining
[12:45] funds for outstanding items. We're still
getting that revised. There were some
[12:49] items today identified as maintenance
that weren't eligible. So, they're being
[12:53] taken out of the change order, but we
get that completed process and get the
[12:58] remaining
on your 24-in water supply line that
[13:03] that has uh two parallel tracks. One is
design, the other is the preliminary
[13:08] engineering report. The preliminary
engineering report will be completed and
[13:12] submitted prior to April 1st so that we
can solicit subsidized finance on that
[13:18] project
for your lead service line replacement
[13:22] project. Uh that project and our
downtown interceptor project have been
[13:26] let for bid. We have uh two
advertisements that have passed and we
[13:30] also had pre-bid meeting on Monday and
uh we have a lot of contractors show up
[13:37] for both projects. So things are are
looking uh looking good to receive
[13:42] competitive bids on both those projects.
We anticipate receiving bids on the lead
[13:47] service line replacement project March
31st
[13:51] and we anticipate receiving bids on our
downtown interceptor project
[13:56] April 14th.
14 the maximum duration allowed by law
[14:02] for the project to be observed
the lead service line per um not for the
[14:09] project that's occurring this year but
to solicit additional funds for the
[14:13] following year is being finalized and
we'll have that turned in as well by the
[14:17] April 1 deadline to see if we can
qualify for additional grant subsidiz
[14:24] our existing wastewater treatment plant
project again that project essentially
[14:28] complete. There are items that were
discovered um through the course of
[14:33] construction on the existing facilities
that needed repair. One of those items
[14:38] was the return activated sledge pumps
which this body had acted on in previous
[14:44] meetings. Another item is the skylights.
So with the skylights, you have a change
[14:50] order number 11 in front of you today.
There's a credit associated with
[14:56] structural engineering analysis that was
required on the project that the
[15:00] contractor had to pay for to make sure
his installation was not deficient.
[15:05] And then there's a cost for the
skylights. So the net cost change to the
[15:10] contract for the skylight cost and the
credit for the uh structural inspections
[15:16] is $17,326.
[15:21] have those funds remaining within our
construction contingency and I'd make
[15:25] recommendation that the board allow the
mayor to execute that change order.
[15:31] » Okay. Thank you, Al. So, we'll bring it
to the board for any action on change
[15:35] order number 11.
>> So, move mayor.
[15:39] » Motion to approve
>> as presented.
[15:42] » A second
>> and a second. Any further discussion on
[15:44] the motion?
Hearing none. All in favor signify with
[15:47] an I. I
>> opposed. Motion passes.
[15:52] » Okay.
>> Our Western County lift station is uh
[15:56] fully complete. They do uh they were
troubleshooting something within the
[16:00] control panel. They found out that it
was actually a a card, not just a little
[16:04] component. I think it's called an HMI.
So, they ordered a replacement card and
[16:09] slide that in. But our station is
functional. That has to do with the
[16:14] ozone treat.
No issues there.
[16:20] We already talked about the downtown
interceptor project as far as it being
[16:24] out the bid and then award is
anticipated.
[16:28] We do have a southeast wastewater
treatment plant design that u
[16:34] essentially is complete from a
preliminary design standpoint. Uh need
[16:38] to put final touches on it so that we
can review that with your staff, make
[16:43] sure it meets their expectations and
then we can move on to final design.
[16:47] That project is anticipated to bid and
be awarded in October.
[16:55] Finally, our collection system
improvements design. That's the three
[16:58] lift stations at Green View Place,
Delaware, and 129th. That project is
[17:04] under design but doesn't have as strict
of a deadline with that project out to
[17:09] bid
[17:13] with the uh downtown interceptor project
out for uh bid. There is a new bond
[17:19] issuance that will be provided that
would pay for the construction but also
[17:24] for the engineering cost associated with
bidding construction engineering
[17:27] inspection. I do have uh substantial
funds remaining within the old contract
[17:34] that are on an hourly asc basis. So my
intent is to go through clean that up
[17:40] and uh propose reallocation of those
funds so we can push the cost down in
[17:44] that space.
>> Any questions?
[17:48] » How much is in the funds?
>> Excuse me.
[17:51] » The funds
>> that are remaining.
[17:53] » Yeah.
>> Hundreds of thousands of dollars in
[17:55] engineering fees that have not been
spent.
[18:01] Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[18:02] » Thanks. Appreciate it.
[18:07] » Number two, honorable business award bid
for the CDBG project. Greg
[18:21] Contractor
Ree Riley H3
[18:25] milestone.
Community development block grants the
[18:30] funding account for 88 from the city
after review the engineering department
[18:35] of the quantity based bids
$158,7
[18:52] » okay Alex department
>> yeah we work with engineering closely on
[18:55] that review all the bids and milestone
was the uh lowest most responsible
[19:01] bidder
that bid to dollar amount stated.
[19:08] » All right. Bring it to the board then.
>> So move. We have a motion to approve and
[19:12] accept the bid at the amount stated. We
have a second.
[19:15] » Second.
>> A second. Any further discussion on the
[19:18] motion?
>> Hearing none. All in favor signify with
[19:21] an I. I
>> opposed. Motion passes. This again Greg.
[19:26] uh great job on getting this grant. So
for the benefit of CP and its entirety
[19:31] for ADA.
[19:36] » Okay. Number one on new business,
electrical and gas utility easement for
[19:40] T-Mobile water tower location. Alex.
>> Uh thank you, mayor. We'll ask for a
[19:45] deferral on this one. We got some title
work back recently and it appears
[19:48] regarding some easements on the
property. We want to make sure they're
[19:51] not overlapping with what's being asked
here.
[19:56] further.
>> All right. Uh so based on legal's
[20:00] recommendation and look for approval to
defer this to the next meeting.
[20:05] » So move
a motion to approve the deferral. Do we
[20:09] have a second?
>> Second.
[20:10] » And a second. Any further discussion on
the motion?
[20:13] » Will that come back up again?
>> Yeah. At our next uh meeting which is
[20:18] March 28th.
>> March 28th.
[20:21] » Thank you.
>> March 28th.
[20:24] » I'm sorry. 28. My bad. Bad. I
>> Any further discussion on the motion?
[20:30] » No.
>> Hearing none. All in favor signify by I.
[20:33] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion passes.
[20:39] Number two, request approval of
temporary outdoor merchandise sales.
[20:43] Josh,
>> thank you. Uh, I'm here speaking on
[20:46] behalf of Ashley Napier. She is looking
to do outdoor merchandise sales this
[20:51] weekend during the pub crawl on the
square. right in front of 136 South Main
[20:56] Street, which is Tavern on Maine. She
has received approval from the property
[21:01] owner to do it. Uh she's just looking to
be out there for the day. She's going to
[21:04] be selling St. Patrick's Day themed
merchandise, necklaces, light up wands,
[21:10] headbands. Uh the board has approved
things like this in the past, but she
[21:14] reached out to us just to make sure she
was going through the process correctly.
[21:18] » Okay. What's the hours? You know,
>> uh actually, I do have your
[21:21] » Oh, Ashley. Hi. Good morning. Ashley, if
you could just state your name and
[21:24] address for the record, please.
>> Hi, I'm Ashley Lismore. Actually, Napier
[21:28] is my maiden name. Um, but
>> what's your address, Ashley?
[21:32] » My address? Yes. 416 West Anderson
Court.
[21:35] » Okay, thank you. Okay, sorry. Go ahead.
>> Um, it's 12 to 6 on Saturday the 9th.
[21:41] Um, and it'll be outside of Tavern on
Maine and I would stay close to the
[21:46] building with a small table
>> and some light up items and novelty
[21:51] items for the bar crawl. Okay. Uh, yeah,
as long as there room along the sidewalk
[21:56] for pedestrian and ADA flow.
>> 100%.
[21:59] » Okay. Um, we'll bring it to the board
for any questions of Josh or Ashley or
[22:03] action. So move, mayor.
>> A motion to approve the request. We have
[22:08] a second.
>> Second.
[22:09] » And a second. Any further discussion on
the motion?
[22:12] » Hearing none. All in favor signify with
an I. I.
[22:15] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion passes. You're all set.
[22:18] Thanks, Ashley.
>> Thank you.
[22:19] » Thanks, Josh. Number three, request
approval to renew Event Link software.
[22:27] Paul,
>> thank you, mayor. Thank you, board. Um,
[22:31] in your packet, you should have the
invoice for the Event Link platform.
[22:35] This is the platform that we use to
assign all our umpires for our girls
[22:40] softball and adult baseball programs
over at Sports Plus. And this is the
[22:44] platform we also use to pay our umpires
for the very next day after they expire
[22:48] the night before. Renewal cost is the
same as day one. They've held the price
[22:52] with us for this will be our third year
using this platform
[22:57] approval. See if we can move forward
with the platform.
[23:01] » Heard a lot from the umpires. Very
grateful for as I'm sure you have.
[23:05] » Yes. Very grateful to get paid the next
day.
[23:10] » Okay. Okay. Uh we'll bring this to the
board for Paul's request.
[23:14] » So move a motion to approve the
software. We have a second.
[23:19] » Second.
>> A second. Any further discussion on the
[23:23] motion? And just to confirm, Paul, this
is only $300. Correct. Right. Okay.
[23:29] » Any further discussion? Hearing none.
All in favor signify with an I.
[23:32] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion passes.
[23:36] » Thank you very much.
>> Thanks, Paul.
[23:40] » Number four, requests approval for
concrete work at Bulldog Park. Adam.
[23:44] » Yes, mayor and board. Uh before you is a
request for some concrete work uh
[23:49] expansion at Bulldog Park. Uh hoping to
have the additional proposals in today.
[23:55] Uh since they are not in, I'm ask that
this board to defer that.
[24:02] » Okay. Um so then we need a motion based
on Adam's request to defer this to the
[24:08] next meeting.
>> So we have a motion to defer. Do we have
[24:11] a second?
>> Second.
[24:12] » And a second. Any further discussion on
the motion
[24:16] » uh when when it's going to be coming
back up
[24:20] » I would uh with the goal of getting this
in before the start of a busy season
[24:25] that events I'd like to have this in the
next meeting. I think that should be
[24:28] enough time to get
>> Yeah.
[24:32] » Thank you.
>> Okay.
[24:34] Any further discussion on the motion?
Hearing none. All in favor signify I
[24:40] » opposed. Motion passes. Okay. March
28th.
[24:44] » Okay.
>> Number five, request approval for DJ
[24:49] services. So for St. Patrick's Day,
>> yes, Mayor Board, again, uh for you is a
[24:55] agreement with Sensational Sounds to be
a DJ for St. Patrick's Day festivities
[24:59] on the 17th. I'm asking the board to
approve the dollar amount of $300.
[25:06] Okay.
>> Uh so bring it to the board for
[25:10] questions or action for the re or
contract for the DJ for $300.
[25:15] » So move
>> motion to approve. Second,
[25:19] » a second
>> and a second.
[25:21] » Any further discussion on the motion?
Hearing none. All in favor signify with
[25:25] an I.
>> I.
[25:27] » Opposed. Motion passes.
>> Yeah, we've had the DJ every year.
[25:34] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, they've done they've done all
[25:36] those.
>> Yeah.
[25:39] Thank you.
>> Number six, request approval for a venue
[25:43] service agreement for ready to
live entertainment for Bulldog Park. Uh
[25:49] yes, mayor and board. Before you is an
agreement uh or uh Bulldog Park usage
[25:55] for a large ticketed concert. Um we had
mirrored this very similar what uh
[26:01] Hometown Janice had brought
entertainment had brought uh to you a
[26:05] couple months ago. uh very all the terms
remain the same similar to how they did
[26:10] it. We're just asking the board approved
the same same terms as presented to you
[26:15] to allow this other group to come in. So
the bulk of everything remains the same.
[26:20] There were some stuff that uh didn't
apply u but for the most part it will be
[26:25] they're taking a large risk on it uh
bringing in a uh right now a single show
[26:30] in August. Um but in the past we've been
consistent by doing a one-year contract.
[26:35] Uh look at doing the same for this.
>> Okay. Um Alex, legal department.
[26:42] » Yeah, we reviewed this with Adam and
like Adam said, we based it off of the
[26:45] prior agreement board and voted on.
No concerns with this recommend.
[26:54] » We'll bring this request to the board
for action or questions of Adam.
[26:58] » So move as presented uh as
as
[27:03] as
presented by Adam.
[27:08] » We have a motion to approve the
agreement. We have a second,
[27:10] » a second
>> and a second. Any further discussion on
[27:13] the motion?
>> Hearing none. All in favor signify with
[27:16] an I.
>> I. I.
[27:18] » Opposed.
Passes.
[27:23] All right. Request approval for
fireworks agreement for Fourth of July
[27:27] festivities. Adam.
>> Yes, sir. looking at an agreement before
[27:31] you uh with Mad Bomber for fireworks
services for Fourth of July festivities
[27:36] at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Uh
again, he's been a fantastic vendor with
[27:40] ours. This is very similar what we've
done last year. The board approved last
[27:44] year. Uh the amount is is exactly the
same. I'm asking the board to approve
[27:48] the contract not to exceed the 30,000
position.
[27:51] » Okay.
>> Alex legal okay with this?
[27:55] » The same as last year.
>> Yeah.
[27:57] » Yeah.
[Music]
[28:00] Yeah,
>> he said he was
[28:02] » does a great job for the city.
>> Oh,
[28:04] » great job.
>> A lot of things he does for us. You want
[28:07] a motion on that?
>> Yes.
[28:09] » So move, mayor.
>> So motion to approve the fireworks
[28:13] agreement. We have a second.
>> Second.
[28:16] » And a second. Any further discussion on
the motion?
[28:19] Hearing none. All in favor signify with
an I.
[28:22] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion passes.
[28:27] Number eight, requests approval for DJ
service contract for 2025 New Year's Eve
[28:33] ball drop.
>> Yes, we already planning for New Year's
[28:37] Eve. Thanks, success that we had this
last year. I think it's a go that we we
[28:41] proceed. Uh the the uh DJ service
contact we brought in through hype
[28:46] productions was phenomenal.
Fantastic feedback
[28:52] again for uh this upcoming New Year's
Eve and 10 months here asking the board
[28:57] to approve the agreement for $5,540
for their services.
[29:02] » Adam.
>> Yeah. And as Adam said, um they did a
[29:05] fantastic job with the crowd on New
Year's Eve. So we wanted to lock them in
[29:11] for again for this year. So
>> I heard it was tremendous.
[29:15] » I expect you to be there next year. I
was standing on a corner on the other
[29:19] side. I was waiting for the vote.
>> So we'll bring this to the board for
[29:25] action or questions of Adam.
>> So move as presented.
[29:30] » Motion to approve. We have a second.
>> Second.
[29:32] » We have a second. Any further discussion
on the motion? And I should have legal
[29:37] okay with this.
>> Yes.
[29:38] » Okay.
Hearing none. All in favor signify with
[29:41] an I.
>> I.
[29:43] » Opposed. Motion passes.
Number nine, request approval for
[29:48] fireworks agreement for 2025 New Year's
Eve ball drop.
[29:52] » Same capacity. Um, we've been working
with Matt Bomber and there there is a a
[29:56] much truncated display that'll be up for
New Year's Eve. Um, I'm asking the board
[30:02] to approve Matt Bomber services New
Year's Eve in the amount of $5,000 for
[30:07] the small firework show New Year's Eve.
>> Okay. Thanks, Adam. Alex, good.
[30:13] » Yes.
>> Okay. Legos. Good. uh bring us to the
[30:16] board then.
>> So move is presented. Mayor is what's
[30:20] the time limit on that? Is that about 15
minutes?
[30:24] » That one was a little bit less somewhere
around you. The big show goes about a
[30:28] half hour, 40 minutes, somewhere in
there. And that one's probably about
[30:32] it's not as big of the you know the the
boomers that go out there, but it is a
[30:36] nice you know lit up display. It's seven
to 10 minutes. I know the inshill was
[30:42] quite spectac spe spe spe spe spe spe
[30:44] spe spe spe spe spe spe spe spe spe spe
spe spe spe spect spectacular.
[30:45] » We got a lot of compliments on the
fireworks.
[30:48] » A lot of people
>> there's a lot of people square.
[30:50] » Yeah. And that's something we don't want
to you know we don't want to mess up the
[30:53] fireworks dangerous thing. So we have
confidence with public safety and us
[30:57] that they're going to do this right.
>> Very well
[31:02] done.
>> Yep.
[31:03] » And the people love it. I talked to a
lot of people about
[31:06] » I agree. Compliments to the staff too.
daunting task getting it down, but they
[31:11] did it.
>> Okay. Um, do we have a motion?
[31:16] » Oh, okay. We have a motion. I'm sorry.
We got a second.
[31:19] » Second.
>> Any further discussion on the motion?
[31:22] Hearing none. All in favor signify with
an I.
[31:25] » I.
>> I. Opposed.
[31:28] Passes.
>> Thank you, Adam.
[31:31] Um, I do have something under
miscellaneous.
[31:35] So we got is uh recently we had the
Brent Sul Foundation at Bulldog Park. If
[31:40] you don't know Brent Sopel, a member of
the St Blackhawks Stanley Cup
[31:45] Championship 2010
um through Paul, he himself sent the
[31:51] city a very nice uh email. Uh just
wanted to say thank you for the event
[31:59] and the facility. Um you said the
facility is amazing and your staff was
[32:04] awesome.
from start to finish and he looks
[32:07] forward to doing more things together in
Crown Point um with his foundation and
[32:11] the city. So well done Paul by the staff
and pace and everybody over there. So
[32:16] it's a great great family event but told
I would bring that up at the board.
[32:23] Um next scheduled meeting is we got a
change. This is going to be on a
[32:28] Thursday March 20th instead of
Wednesday. So, next meeting will be
[32:31] Thursday, March 20th, same time, 11:00
a.m. And we need a motion to adjurnn.
[32:36] » So, move
>> a motion to adjurnn. Second.
[32:38] » Second.
>> And a second. Any further discussion?
[32:42] Hearing none. All in favor signify as I.
I opposed. We journal.