Plymouth BOW Ratifies Designation of Underground or Buried Utilities Area

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter signed an executive order at the end of April that restricts the placement of small wireless devices and the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety took further action on that document.

City Attorney Sean Surrisi said a state law passed in the final days of the General Assembly broadens access to government-owned right-of-way for the placement of cell phone antennae on poles of 50 feet or less. There was a provision in the law that the city wouldn’t have any review process over the location of those poles unless it is in a designated area for underground utilities.

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Plymouth BOW/Council to Meet Tonight

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety members will award bids and ratify an executive order when they meet tonight.

Bids were opened for microsurfacing projects and the street and sidewalk projects at the last meeting. City Engineer Rick Gaul asked to take those bids under advisement until tonight’s meeting to make sure all of the paperwork is in line with specifications.

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Bids Opened and Quotes Submitted for Projects during Plymouth BOW Meeting

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

A quote will be considered for the microsurface project this spring in the City of Plymouth.

One bid was received for the project which was opened by City Attorney Sean Surrisi during the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety meeting last week. The single quote of $415,972.78 was submitted by Pavement Solutions, Inc in Middletown, Indiana. City Engineer Rick Gaul explained that there aren’t too many companies close around that can complete the project. He found 11 companies and contacted four of them that were within 200 miles. Two companies attended the pre-bid meeting.

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Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety Approves Police Department Requests

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

A retiring police officer will leave the Plymouth Police Department with his service weapon.

The Plymouth Board of Public Works this week approved a resolution to deem the officer’s handgun as surplus property to the police department. With that unanimous approval, the weapon can be released from the department’s inventory to the officer when he is prepared to leave office.

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Bid Awarded for Traffic Signal project

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety members approved a bid to get a traffic signal project started.

City Engineer Rick Gaul asked for the approval of a contract submitted by Michiana Contracting as they produced the low bid for the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Oakhill, Soice and Michigan Streets near Webster Elementary School. He reminded the board that another bid received from another company did not provide all of the required information needed in the bid packet.

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Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety Approves Sewer Equipment Purchase

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

The purchase of a combination sewer cleaner was discussed by the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety this week.

Utility Superintendent Donnie Davidson told the board that the department has held off on purchasing the equipment for about five years to collect the funds for the expenditure. Davidson said $400,000 is budgeted for the purchase this year.

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Plymouth BOW and City Council to Meet Tonight

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety members will award a bid for the Oakhill/Soice at Michigan Street intersection signalization improvements when they meet tonight. The board also expects to open quotes for the Ledyard Plant roof replacement project.

City Attorney Sean Surrisi will present a resolution designating a handgun as surplus property of the Plymouth Police Department and authorize its transfer to a retiring police officer.

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Plymouth City Council Approves Firefighter/Paramedics Salary Increase

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

Plymouth Fire Chief Rod Miller and council member Don Ecker, Jr. presented information to the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety and the Plymouth City Council members Monday night about the need for more full-time firefighters and paramedics.

Chief Miller said he’s having trouble maintaining staff members. Pay for full-time firefighters is not competitive with surrounding communities to entice personnel to stay. Information given to the board showed Plymouth as one of the lowest paying fire departments in the area.

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Plymouth BOW, City Council to Meet Tonight

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety members will open bids for the signalization improvements at the Oakhill/Soice intersection when they meet tonight. Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt will present 2017 sidewalk projects for the ADA transition plan and discuss a sidewalk request at 801 S. Michigan Street. City Attorney Sean Surrisi will present a memo for the Schuh Ditch hydrologic and hydraulic study proposal for engineering services.

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Plymouth Board of Works and City Council to Meet Tonight

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

Members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety will meet tonight to award a quote for a new truck chassis with a dump bed. They will also consider two sidewalk requests. Officials with the P-town Cruz’n Car Show have submitted a request for parking restrictions during the event and that will be reviewed by the board members.  They will meet at 6 p.m. ET tonight.

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