Board of Works - October 28, 2026

The October 28, 2026 meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety in Kokomo, Indiana, approved the two-year recycling-materials collection, transfer, and disposal contract with Waste Management, identified as the lowest and most responsive bidder. The Board also approved a one-year extension of the ice rink rental contract with Ice Rinks to Go for $120,833.33. It approved advertising a request for proposals and qualifications for demolition and redevelopment of 1105 South Home Avenue, with notices scheduled for November 6 and 13 and proposals due November 23, 2026. Material bids were received for asphalt, chemicals, traffic-control materials, fuel, and tires and were voted into consideration; no awards for those bids were made at this meeting.

The Board approved project payment applications, including $127,477.29 for the Terrace Drive sanitary sewer extension (Dykeman Excavating, Inc., project E2504-1A) and $224,573.61 for project C2504-1A (Atlas Excavating, Inc.), with retainage also recorded. It approved the meeting’s claims totaling $2,627,639.13. Other actions included approving nuisance cleanups and subdivision plats. The transcript also describes another project payment with federal and local funding, but its payment figures are garbled.