Fishers accepted a $2.2 million bid for street resurfacing this year. Areas to be repaved include: Eller Road, Eller Run, Eller Trails, Eller Commons, Waterford Gardens, Charleston Crossing, Sunblest, Fishers Pointe, Lantern Overlook, Delaware Pointe, and Overlook at Beaver Ridge. City officials note that most of the work will be in neighborhoods west of Cumberland Road. The city engineering department told the Board of Public Works & Safety Tuesday morning the work will begin as soon as possible.
In other items before the board:
–$75,000 in Neighborhood Vibrancy Grants were approved for 27 neighborhoods. Not all applications were approved. Had all been fully funded, it would have a price tag of nearly $105,000. Mayor Scott Fadness asked his staff to look for funds to pay for all requested grants, if at all possible.
–The city approved an amended project agreement with Rebar’s Techway project, allowing the city an 18-month lease for space in the new building along the Nickel Plate Trail on Technology Drive. The city plans to wind down operations at the mass vaccination center on 116th Street just east of Brooks School Road and move the operation to the Rebar facility. The city currently has a month-to-month lease on the current 116th Street location for the vaccination center.
–Fishers had opted out of the opioid lawsuit with the state due to a previous change in state law, but City Attorney Chris Greisl told the board the General Assembly made another law change in this year’s session that incentives the city to opt back into the state’s settlement agreement. After attorney fees, the city should expect about $350,000 as its part of the settlement, with the first payment coming as early as May, 2022.
–The board put its stamp of approval on nearly $50,000 in grants from the Fishers Arts & Culture Commission for 10 local arts projects, each ranging from $1.000 to $5,000 each.
–Controller Lisa Bradford told the board of a rate increase of $108,000 for workers compensation insurance premiums over the previous year. The board approved the renewal, but the mayor asked Ms. Bradford to explore the possibility of self-funding the program in the future.