October 9, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.
Dunkirk will get a new police vehicle
Dunkirk Board of Works
Dunkirk will get a new police vehicle
DUNKIRK — The city will get a new police vehicle.
Dunkirk Board of Works on Thursday approved the purchase of a new Dodge Durango for the police department.
The board also approved work related to a clogged sewer line and discussed the need for traffic signals near the former West Jay Middle School.
Mayor Jack Robbins, who also sits on the board of works, explained that the city’s oldest police vehicle — a 2013 Ford Explorer — recently had some work done and that its transmission is going out. It had a new engine put in four years ago 2016.
“They’re still using the car … but it’s slipping,” he said.
Robbins presented three quotes for a new vehicle, the lowest of which was $30,525, plus trade-in of the Explorer, from Fuqua Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM of Dunkirk for a 2021 Dodge Durango. Board members Dan Watson, Lisa Street and Robbins approved the purchase, the money for which will come out of the city’s local option income tax (LOIT) fund. Robbins said delivery of the new vehicle is expected to take at least eight weeks.
The board also OK’d a $4,400 contract with Culy Contracting of Winchester to clean out a sewer line on High Street that the city has had to clear because of back-ups twice in the last six months. After the line is cleaned, Culy will use cameras to check the line between Indiana and Hoover streets to try to determine what is causing the problem.
Wastewater plant superintendent Larry Wright told the board that his department is continuing to work in the issue of high levels of chloride being discharged.
Changes have been made at the plant in an effort to bring the levels below the Indiana Department of Environmental Management threshold, and Wright said the city is also working with Ardagh to try to determine if wastewater coming from the glass manufacturing facility is contributing to the problem.
Wright noted that he feels the city and the company have been working well together to try to determine the cause of the issue.
Robbins brought the board a preliminary quote for solar-powered blinking school zone and stop signs to install near the former West Jay Middle School. The facility, which is not being used this year, will be the home of Westlawn Elementary School starting in the 2021-22 school year. The board plans to purchase signs for Highland Avenue and work with Indiana Department of Transportation for new signs on Indiana 167 (Main Street) but tabled the discussion in order to check into their options and get additional quotes.
In other business, the board
•Heard from Robbins that Dunkirk’s small animal control building just outside the city on Blackford County road 825 East will be rebuilt after it was damaged by fire. The $85,250 cost of the construction will be mostly covered by insurance, with the city responsible for its $1,000 deductible.
•Learned from Robbins that leaf pick-up in the city will be Nov. 12, 13, 19 and 20 and Dec. 3 and 4.
•Approved a claim of $1,043.68 for new “Welcome to Dunkirk” signs.
Dunkirk Board of Works on Thursday approved the purchase of a new Dodge Durango for the police department.
The board also approved work related to a clogged sewer line and discussed the need for traffic signals near the former West Jay Middle School.
Mayor Jack Robbins, who also sits on the board of works, explained that the city’s oldest police vehicle — a 2013 Ford Explorer — recently had some work done and that its transmission is going out. It had a new engine put in four years ago 2016.
“They’re still using the car … but it’s slipping,” he said.
Robbins presented three quotes for a new vehicle, the lowest of which was $30,525, plus trade-in of the Explorer, from Fuqua Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM of Dunkirk for a 2021 Dodge Durango. Board members Dan Watson, Lisa Street and Robbins approved the purchase, the money for which will come out of the city’s local option income tax (LOIT) fund. Robbins said delivery of the new vehicle is expected to take at least eight weeks.
The board also OK’d a $4,400 contract with Culy Contracting of Winchester to clean out a sewer line on High Street that the city has had to clear because of back-ups twice in the last six months. After the line is cleaned, Culy will use cameras to check the line between Indiana and Hoover streets to try to determine what is causing the problem.
Wastewater plant superintendent Larry Wright told the board that his department is continuing to work in the issue of high levels of chloride being discharged.
Changes have been made at the plant in an effort to bring the levels below the Indiana Department of Environmental Management threshold, and Wright said the city is also working with Ardagh to try to determine if wastewater coming from the glass manufacturing facility is contributing to the problem.
Wright noted that he feels the city and the company have been working well together to try to determine the cause of the issue.
Robbins brought the board a preliminary quote for solar-powered blinking school zone and stop signs to install near the former West Jay Middle School. The facility, which is not being used this year, will be the home of Westlawn Elementary School starting in the 2021-22 school year. The board plans to purchase signs for Highland Avenue and work with Indiana Department of Transportation for new signs on Indiana 167 (Main Street) but tabled the discussion in order to check into their options and get additional quotes.
In other business, the board
•Heard from Robbins that Dunkirk’s small animal control building just outside the city on Blackford County road 825 East will be rebuilt after it was damaged by fire. The $85,250 cost of the construction will be mostly covered by insurance, with the city responsible for its $1,000 deductible.
•Learned from Robbins that leaf pick-up in the city will be Nov. 12, 13, 19 and 20 and Dec. 3 and 4.
•Approved a claim of $1,043.68 for new “Welcome to Dunkirk” signs.
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