Board signs $800 agreement to pursue National Register nomination; staff says designation could unlock preservation grants

The Logansport City Board of Public Works and Safety approved an $800 agreement to prepare a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places during its Feb. 11 meeting.

Dave Morris introduced the item and said the nomination process would begin this year and likely continue into the next. "This is, we talked about this at the last council meeting...Basically, what this does is, will prepare a nomination for us to become a national [register] preservation roster," Morris said, adding that the designation could "open us up to historic grant funding" and would "help Bob out quite a bit out there at the cemetery." The board voted to authorize immediate signature on the agreement.

City staff described the agreement amount as $800 and characterized the nomination as a preparatory step that could increase eligibility for preservation grants. The board’s action authorizes staff to proceed with the nomination process; no timeline or next-step deliverables were detailed in the meeting record.

The transcript contains variant spellings and phrasing around the consultant’s name and the agreement title (examples in the record include "Kurt West Garner," "Kurt Westgar" and references to "International" vs. "National" register). The article uses "National Register of Historic Places" as the intended program because staff discussion referenced a national preservation roster and grant eligibility. Any consultant or agreement name shown differently in the meeting record is reported here as recorded in the transcript.