Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety approves consent items, pay estimates and auction plan

The Board of Public Works and Safety in Kokomo City approved a set of consent and new-business items during its Oct. 8 meeting, including minutes approval, pay estimates to contractors, a convention-center engineering payment, a city auction plan and the payment of claims totaling $2,332,473.53.

The board first approved the minutes from the Oct. 1 meeting by voice vote. It then approved pay estimate No. 1 for the 2025 CCMG resurfacing project submitted by Earthcare Engineering and the contractor E and B Paving LLC. John Piker of Earthcare Engineering presented the pay estimate and recommended approval of pay estimate No. 1 in the amount of $211,963.39, with $11,155.97 withheld as retainage; the original contract amount was not clearly stated in the transcript.

The board also approved envelope IQ pay application No. 2 for $15,993.70 for engineering work on the convention center project, following a recommendation from the owner's representative, Veridis Group Inc., and acknowledgment by the CVB. Darren Metz, traffic systems manager, presented pay estimate No. 1 for the Greystone Court construction project and recommended payment to E and B Paving LLC of $190,527.40, with $5,892.60 in retainage; the original Greystone contract amount was stated as $468,469 in the record.

Jensen Pickett, director of the Central Garage, recommended that the city use GovDeals to host a fall auction of retired and inoperable city equipment and vehicles; the board approved the auction to run in November 2025. Finally, the board approved claims in the amount of $2,332,473.53. Each approval was made by motion, second and a unanimous voice vote noted as "Aye. Motion carries." The meeting record does not include roll-call vote counts.