10/08/26 - Hammond Board of Works

The City of Hammond Board of Works meeting on October 8, 2026 included several Capital Improvement Board (CIB) funding and project actions. The board recommended approval of a $33,500 CIB allocation and standard INDOT local-agency consultant agreement for Marquette Greenway trail construction engineering; a deductive change order with Hawk Enterprises for the Lawnell Lighting Project (credit amount not stated); and an $18,040 CIB allocation for median trees on the Home(n) Avenue Phase 2 project. It also recommended approval of CIB funding for repairs to the Civic Center’s east stairs—the amount is garbled in the transcript—and funding and an $18,300 agreement for a pedestrian study at 173rd and Wicker. For a drainage project in the alley south of 173rd at Lyman, the board recommended approval of an award to Grimmer Construction, based on an engineering recommendation; the project amount was not stated. No bid openings were reported at this meeting.

Other actions included approval of a request for traffic control assistance for the annual Christmas parade, a one-time waiver of Auto Value Hammond’s $200 business-license late fee, and residential parking signs. The board referred a request for additional dead-end signs to engineering. It also handled property rehabilitation and compliance status matters; no related purchasing decisions were identified.