Board of Works - October 14, 2026

The October 14, 2026 meeting of the Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety included several purchasing and project actions. The board approved purchasing a new Dodge Durango police-package vehicle from John Jones Auto Group. It also received two recycling RFP bids, from Waste Management and Recycling Works, and voted to take them under consideration; the transcript reports a Waste Management net cost of $761 per ton and Recycling Works rates of $95 per ton for year one and $99.75 per ton for year two, though the bid figures are somewhat garbled in the transcript.

The board approved contract modification No. 1 and payment estimate No. 3 for the Cooper Street reconstruction project (E2602-1C), including a payment of $156,922.83 and release of $21,641.80 in retainage. It also approved a continuation contract with Security Pros for installation and maintenance of security cameras on the Citywide Trail, at $100,718.80, with 80% of the cost to be paid from federal funds. Separately, the board approved changing Officer Jeff Bournes’s status to unpaid administrative leave effective October 18, 2026; this was not a procurement action.