Commissioner's Meeting - 10/5/26 - Howard County Government, IN

The Howard County, Indiana Board of Commissioners meeting was held October 5, 2026. The commissioners approved the maintenance department’s bid to replace a cooling tower and chilled-water pump and rearrange related piping. Quality Plumbing and Heating (QPH) was selected as the lowest responsive bidder at $77,613.29, ahead of bids from Benchmark Mechanical ($79,500) and North Mechanical ($80,862). The motion to accept QPH’s bid passed unanimously. The board also approved the previous meeting’s minutes and an appointment to the Howard County Plan Commission; a Convention and Visitors Bureau appointment was presented, but the transcript does not capture its disposition clearly.

The commissioners received an intersection study from ANF Engineering concerning 750 West and 00 North/South (Old Sycamore), where reported crashes have prompted a request for a safety review. They took the study under advisement and said they planned to review it with all three commissioners at the next meeting before deciding on a fix; no project award or spending decision was recorded. Payroll of $1,158,022.01 was approved. Operating claims of $271,463.80 were reported, but the transcript does not capture a vote on them.