If you have visited Fishers City Hall lately, you know the area in the front of the building has been under construction. There has been an added component to this project….a change order has been approved allowing for the demolition and rebuilding of the front steps at City Hall. The action includes electrical lighting. This will increase the cost by just over $137,000, and the extra money will come from the city’s cash reserves. The change order was approved at the May 23rd meeting of the Fishers Board of Public Works and Safety. The work is scheduled to be complete in mid-July. You may access the change order at this link.
The board also approved an agreement between the city and the Geist Lake Coalition (GLC) over the July 4th Blast on the Bridge (BOTB). In 2015, the City and GLC jointly worked together to plan and execute BOTB. For the 2016-18 events, the City will plan and manage BOTB. The city is moving in that direction for the July 4, 2016 event. The final draft agreement proposes a three-year partnership such that the City will plan and run BOTB and absorb all costs related to these responsibilities….Geist Lake Coalition will take on the cost of the fireworks; and the City will provide a grant to GLC each year of the agreement at $15,000/year pending budget appropriation by City Council. You can read the agreement at this link.
It is rather sad that the city denied requests to add a bump out (passing area) outside of my neighborhood off of Allisonville road because there was no money in the budget for it. To be clear, when this was last requested a few months ago, there had been 4 accidents at the location in the past 12 months, one of which I was told lead to a death a few weeks later.
It is really sad that the city can find $137,000 in spare cash to make their building have fancy stairs above and beyond what was budgeted, but the safety of those driving on Allisonville is deemed not important enough. It is kind of sad to see some of the decisions coming out of the city.