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GREENCASTLE BOARD OF WORKS
Regular Session
July 20, 1995
The Greencastle Board of Works met in regular session on Thursday, July 20, 1995 at 4:03 p.m. at the Street
Department Facility. On call of the roll the following members were shown to be present: Mayor Mike Harmless and
Mrs. Dorothy Crawley. Mr. John Lanie had not yet arrived.. Also present were Fire Chief Mike O'Hair, City Attorney John
Zeiner, Street Commissioner Jim Wright and City Engineer Chris Barnes as well as the Greencastle Township Trustee,
Mrs. Thelma Bumgardner and two members of the Greencastle Township Advisory Board: Mr. Bobby G. Albright and
Mr. Paul Gould.
There were no public petitions or comments.
The minutes of the June 20th regular session had been distributed to the Board. Mrs. Crawley moved for
approval. Mayor Harmless seconded the motion and it was carried on an aye unanimous vote of members present.
Mayor Harmless proceeded to open the fire truck bids that had been received. The only bid received was from
Pierce Manufacturing, Inc., Appleton. Wisconsin, represented by Midwest Fire and Safety Equipment Company,
Indianapolis.
At this point (4:06 pm) Board of Works member John Lanie arrived.
The Pierce bid offers a Pierce Dash pumper for$249,295, deliverable within 195 to 225 days. A discount of
$3,426 is available if payment for the chassis ($117,623) is made 90 days prior to the scheduled completion date.
At this point(4:08 pm) Greencastle Township Advisory Board member Austin Kircher arrived.
Discussion of the proposal ensued. City Attorney Zeiner, City Engineer Barnes, Fire Chief O'Hair and Township
Trustee Bumgardner will each review it in more detail. Mr. Lanie moved that the Board of Works accept the bid for
review. Mrs. Crawley seconded the motion and it was passed on an aye unanimous vote.
Presented to the Board was Resolution 1995-2, A Resolution Approving a New Schedule of Water Rates
and Charges. Mayor Harmless read the resolution in its entirety. City Engineer Zeiner commented that these rates
represent a 51.45%increase, as approved just yesterday by the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission (IURC). Mrs.
Crawley moved to approve the resolution. Mr. Lanie seconded the motion and it was carried by an aye unanimous vote.
Street Commissioner Wright presented to the Board a plan to replace the CMI pagers with cellular phones.
The pagers have had many problems -busy signal, beep but no number to call, just plain don't work. Through House
of Phones(HOP)a Cellular One Major Account plan is available to the city. With a minimum of ten phones, the monthly
access cost is less than pager rental. On a one year contract, HOP will refund the city half the activation fee. Mayor
Harmless noted that use of these phones must be brief, urgent, and non-confidential. For effective use, we will need
12-16 units. Mr. Lanie moved to accept the HOP proposal and to authorize activation of a minimum of ten and maximum
of sixteen phones to replace the CMI pagers. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Crawley and passed on an aye
unanimous vote.
City Engineer Barnes presented to the Board some proposed changes to the Sewage Utility Improvements
Project-Division"3", Lift Station Rehabilitation. The IBM lift station will be made 8 feet deeper than originally planned
and will no longer need to connect to Mallary. This increases cost by $37,409. Some items are now possible to cut out
off the Swampy Lift Station project. This reduces cost by $22,206. The net change is an increase of$15,202.78. Mrs.
Crawley moved he approval of Change Order 11, Sewage Utility Improvements, Division "S", which will add