August 16, 2017 at 4:51 p.m.
Firm hired to design improvements
Efforts target flooding in area of courthouse
Firm hired to design improvements
An engineering firm has been hired to design improvements to help alleviate flooding in the area surrounding Jay County Courthouse.
Portland Board of Works on Tuesday hired Choice One Engineering, Portland, to design the improvements at a cost of $24,200.
The board also opened bids for professional services for a new county-wide bicycle and pedestrian master plan.
Ryan Lefeld of Choice One discussed two proposed design contracts to research solutions to alleviate flooding around Haynes Park and Jay County Courthouse. In addition to the design for the area surrounding the courthouse, he also offered a contract for plans to alleviate flooding in the area around Haynes Park on Portland’s west side at a cost of $36,800.
Board members Bill Gibson, Jerry Leonhard and Mayor Randy Geesaman decided to fund the plan for the area surrounding the county courthouse, but did not take any action on the plan for the Haynes Park area.
“If we get that and the Harrison Street project then we can eliminate a lot of flooding downtown,” said Gibson.
The Harrison Street project is a plan to add new sanitary sewer lines that will alleviate flow on the Millers Branch sewer line.
The board also opened bids for the development of a county-wide bicycle and pedestrian master plan. It would identify ways to connect the county’s communities with pathways and trails, and 50 percent of the funds for the project would be covered by the Indiana Department of Health through a $20,000 grant already awarded to the city. Jay County Commissioners in May agreed to spend $10,000 in economic development income tax funds for the plan. They had provided a letter of support for the grant application in January.
Flatland Resources of Muncie, Butler, Fairman and Seufert of Indianapolis, Fleis and Vandenbrink of Fort Wayne, DLZ Engineering of Fort Wayne and Green 3 of Indianapolis all submitted bids that did not include specific total costs. Instead, they provided hourly rates.
Remenschneider & Associates of Indianapolis submitted a bid with a combined fee of $56,500.
Board members discussed whether the request for bids had specific requirements on a total combined bid fee.
They accepted the bids and forwarded them to a yet-to-be-formed advisory committee composed of community members. They asked that recommendations from the committee include specific costs for each bid.
Portland Board of Works on Tuesday hired Choice One Engineering, Portland, to design the improvements at a cost of $24,200.
The board also opened bids for professional services for a new county-wide bicycle and pedestrian master plan.
Ryan Lefeld of Choice One discussed two proposed design contracts to research solutions to alleviate flooding around Haynes Park and Jay County Courthouse. In addition to the design for the area surrounding the courthouse, he also offered a contract for plans to alleviate flooding in the area around Haynes Park on Portland’s west side at a cost of $36,800.
Board members Bill Gibson, Jerry Leonhard and Mayor Randy Geesaman decided to fund the plan for the area surrounding the county courthouse, but did not take any action on the plan for the Haynes Park area.
“If we get that and the Harrison Street project then we can eliminate a lot of flooding downtown,” said Gibson.
The Harrison Street project is a plan to add new sanitary sewer lines that will alleviate flow on the Millers Branch sewer line.
The board also opened bids for the development of a county-wide bicycle and pedestrian master plan. It would identify ways to connect the county’s communities with pathways and trails, and 50 percent of the funds for the project would be covered by the Indiana Department of Health through a $20,000 grant already awarded to the city. Jay County Commissioners in May agreed to spend $10,000 in economic development income tax funds for the plan. They had provided a letter of support for the grant application in January.
Flatland Resources of Muncie, Butler, Fairman and Seufert of Indianapolis, Fleis and Vandenbrink of Fort Wayne, DLZ Engineering of Fort Wayne and Green 3 of Indianapolis all submitted bids that did not include specific total costs. Instead, they provided hourly rates.
Remenschneider & Associates of Indianapolis submitted a bid with a combined fee of $56,500.
Board members discussed whether the request for bids had specific requirements on a total combined bid fee.
They accepted the bids and forwarded them to a yet-to-be-formed advisory committee composed of community members. They asked that recommendations from the committee include specific costs for each bid.
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