Warsaw Public Works Superintendent Dustin Dillon speaks briefly to the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission about the Public Works new facility building project. Photo by David Slone, Times-Union.
WARSAW — A maximum price for the Warsaw Public Works new facility was established Monday, June 2, with the Redevelopment Commission approving an addendum to the build-operate-transfer agreement with Robinson Construction.
The commission approved the BOT at their May 19 meeting. Warsaw Community and Economic Development Director Jeremy Skinner told the commission Monday the addendum sets the maximum guaranteed price at $13,298,020.33. The substantial completion date is set for July 31, 2027. Including the construction schedule and the final project budget, “we’d basically be approving the addendum to add those three or four sections to the original” agreement, he stated.
According to a copy of the BOT, the total project cost includes $11,259,876 for the main building (base bid); $125,000 for contingency allowance for base bid; $667,928.54 for land; $38,293.79 for carrying costs on land through June 30, 2025; $1,181,922 for alternate 1 (brine building); and $25,000 for contingency allowance for alternate 1. Total square feet of the main building floor area, including mezzanines, is 50,125.
Commission member Joe Thallemer asked if the $667,928.54 was for the land Robinson Construction acquired on West Center Street, and Skinner said it was. “So there were three properties that were acquired,” Skinner said, which allows for two things. “It made the site more useable as we progress in the future, but it also allowed us to shift the building to most likely better soil. It had a two-prong advantage to what we’re doing.”
Selling of the bonds for the project is aimed for June 12, with closing tentatively set for June 26.
Councilman Mike Klondaris asked Public Works Superintendent Dustin Dillon if he had anything to add.
“No, just echo what Jeremy was saying. With the topography with the three properties to the east, it just gave us the ability to shift, still work outside. You see the timeline there, it’s almost a two-year construction period, so it gave us a timeline to work out of our existing while still transferring and eliminating the future maintenance costs and areas with the retaining wall, and the topography challenges, plus it gives us the next 30 years to expand back toward the creek. It’s just a strategic move, and something Robinson presented to us early on that seemed to work well with us,” Dillon said.
Commission member Bill Curl made the motion to approve the addendum, Klondaris seconded it and the motion passed unanimously.
The commission also approved:
• A letter notifying tax units that the commission has determined that there is no “excess assessed value” that may be allocated to the overlaping taxing units.
• Claims of $402.36 for Indiana American Water; $47,961.01, Barnes & Thornburg LLP; $24,828.73, Barnes & Thornburg LLP; $120, Skinner; $1,600, Dawson Appraisal; $60,948.45, G & G Hauling & Excavating; $74,070, DLZ; $10,642.85, Warsaw Community Development Corporation; $300, Kosciusko Development Inc.; $42,000, Westhill Development; $300,000, Bank of New York; $75,898.50, Huntington National Bank; $139,615, Huntington National Bank; $52,506.25, Huntington National Bank; $28,275, Huntington National Bank; $83,500, Huntington National Bank; $195,000, Huntington National Bank; and $62,112.50 for Regions Corp. Trust.
The next Warsaw Redevelopment Commission is 4 p.m. June 16 in the council chambers at City Hall.
