# Board Of Works 9-30-26


**Body:** City of Gary
**Date:** September 29, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The City of Gary Board of Public Works and Safety meeting on September 30, 2026, approved claims totaling $846,847.27 for payment and ratified claims of $9,565.27. The board approved a Thermal Flows maintenance agreement for the City Hall generator and transfer equipment totaling $7,394, and a security-services contract of $45,576 for the Monroe Smith Warming Center. It also approved a first amendment to a grant-funding agreement with Metro Treatment; discussion referenced $20,000 for the current year and $20,000 for the following year. The security vendor’s name and some details of the treatment agreement were unclear in the transcript.

The board approved Regional Data Service (RDS) software support at $197,634.60, with a vote of 4–1; discussion described the agreement as locking in the rate, with a term extending to 2030. An RDS HR-module software support agreement was also approved 4–1, but its amount was not captured. A change order for Midwestern Electric’s City Hall chandelier project was approved 5–0 to extend completion to December 31, 2026, with no increase to the contract amount. The transcript indicates the project amount was $16,250. No other clearly identifiable procurement actions were established from the garbled portions of the transcript.

**Source:** City of Gary