On the agenda: Crown Point Board of Commissioners - Apr 16, 2025 — Datacenter (Apr 16)

LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AGENDA
COMMISSIONERS' COURTROOM
2293 N. MAIN ST.
CROWN POINT, IN 46307

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025
WEBEX ID: 26316777877
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1.

OPENING OF MEETING
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Moment of Silence
Convention Center Update

2.

ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS

3.

PUBLIC OPENING OF VENDOR RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR BIDS AND
QUOTES
3.1 Solar Panel Installation at the Crown Point Campus
3.2 Paint for 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles
3.3 Upfitting marked 2025 or newer Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles
3.4 Upfitting unmarked 2025 or newer Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles

4.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PRIOR MEETINGS
4.1 Regular Meeting March 12, 2025

5.

APPROVE SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIDS

6.

MODIFICATION OF SPECIFICATIONS PRIOR TO PUBLIC OPENING OF BIDS,
QUOTES, OR OTHER PROPOSALS
6.1 Addendum's #1 and #2 for the Solar Array Project

7.

PUBLIC SELECTION OF AT LEAST THREE VENDORS FROM WHOM TO SEEK
QUOTES: APPROVAL OF SPECIFICATION FOR SEEKING PROPOSALS, SELECT
THE VENDORS, AND SET THE RETURN DATE
7.1 COMMISSIONERS: Proposals for Professional Services for the Calumet Township Septic
Tank Elimination Project, Construction Project No. 1, Lift Station and Collection System

Operation and Maintenance to be returned on June 18, 2025 by 9:30a.m. in the Lake County
Auditor's Office.
8.

ACTION TO FORM CONTRACTS
8.1 RECORDERS: Fidlar Technologies Software/Service Addendum for microfilm records in
the amount of $165,174.26 that will be paid in six monthly installments of $27,529.03.
8.2 ASSESSOR: Trepp, Inc Service Contract January 31, 2025 to January 30, 2028 with the
following payment breakdown:
$4,166.00 per month during the first Contract year of the Amendment Period;
$4,583.00 per month during the the second Contract Year of Amendment Period
$5,000.00 per month during the third and final Contract Year of the Amendment Period
8.3 SHERIFF: Contract with Susan Campos MHNP in the amount of $13,820.83/month from
May 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
8.4 SHERIFF: Fusion Capital Management, LLC d/b/a Fusion Health - Software Licensing
Subscription Agreement for Lake County Jail inmate medical and mental health electronic
medical records ($57,511.58 annual fee).
8.5 SHERIFF: Renewal with NEC Corporation of America maintenance agreement for NEC
SmartScan equipment for the Jail. Contract date is from March 13, 2025 through March 12,
2026 with an annual fee of $3,914.00.
8.6 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS: Service Agreement with TEK84 for Intercept Whole
Body Scanner in the amount of $11,225.00 for May 2025 thru May 22, 2026.
8.7 HIGHWAY: Utility NIPSCO; Work Order # 4000061176
8.8 HIGHWAY: Utility NIPSCO; Work Order # 53251-912
8.9 HIGHWAY: Utility American Cable and Telephone Company; 1800 East Main St. Griffith,
IN
8.10 HIGHWAY: Utility Surf Internet; Project # 3356-0169
8.11 HIGHWAY: Road Cut Permit with Surf Internet; Project # 3356-0169; Location: Dyer, IN
in the vicinity of 77th Avenue, Jay St., Ruth St., Joyce St., and Larry St.; Request to place
buried fiber optics in road row
8.12 HIGHWAY: Utility Graycor Industrial Constructors, Inc.; Project # M110886144
8.13 HIGHWAY: Utility NIPSCO; WO # 52981-912
8.14 HIGHWAY: Road Cut Permit with Graycor Industrial Constructors, Inc.; Project #

M10886144
8.15 HIGHWAY: Utility Surf Broadband; Location: Dyer, IN (Hart Street (Sheffield Avenue)
and 82nd Avenue)
8.16 HIGHWAY: Request to advertise for bid, Sanitary Sewer Collection and Conveyance
Project for Greenhill Ranches Annex No. 2 Subdivision
8.17 HIGHWAY: Road Cut with Surf Broadband; Location: Dyer, IN in the vicinity of Hart
Street (Sheffield Avenue) and 82nd Avenue; Request to place buried fiber optics in road row
8.18 HIGHWAY: Road Cut Permit with American Cable and Telephone Company; Location
1809 East Main Street to 1800 East Main Street; request to install 148 feet of underground
CATV cable at a minimum depth of 36"by directional bore
8.19 HIGHWAY: Counter Offer Parcel 2, Lake County Bridge 97; Project No 2101129
8.20 HIGHWAY: NIPSCO Extension of Electrical Service for Calumet Township Lift Station,
2501 W. 42nd Court
8.21 HIGHWAY: Task Order #8 General Service Agreement for on-call meetings and as needed
on-site visits in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.
8.22 HIGHWAY: Task Order #7 General Service Agreement with DLZ for Project at County
Woods Estates Stormwater Management System Repairs/Maintenance in an amount not to
exceed $4,000.00.
8.23 HIGHWAY: Joint Local Cooperation agreement for Wisconsin Street Road Reconstruction
and Lake County Bridge 254, Wisconsin Street Bridge over Lake George
8.24 HIGHWAY: Request permission to advertise for the replacement of Lake County Bridge
268, Joliet Street over St. John Ditch, St. John, Indiana
8.25 CORONER: Clear Government Investigations Advance for 36 months at the rate of $275.00
per month in year one, $288.75 per month in year two, and $303.19 per month in year three.
8.26 FAIRGROUNDS: Request to purchase a new Exmark 0-Turn Mower with McCullough
Implement in the amount of $15,497.00.
8.27 E-911: Abode Acrobat Pro renewal from CDWG for 2025 in the amount of $1,637.10.
8.28 E-911: Yearly licensing renewal for our secondary Palo Alto Firewall in the amount of
$2,436.97.
8.29 E-911: Semi-annual system testing for our Datacenter Fire Suppression System directly
from Phoenix Fire Systems in the amount of $1,715.

8.30 E-911: Generator preventative maintenance performed by Altorfer for 2025 in the amount of
$38,863.88.
8.31 E-911: UPS preventative maintenance for 2025 from Vertiv through Qubit Networks in the
amount of $42,867.51.
8.32 DATA PROCESSING: Legal Services Agreement between William Longer and the Board
of Commissioners of the County of Lake on behalf of Lake County Data Processing for legal
services for the Lake County Data Board for the year 2025 in an amount not to exceed
$12,000.00 payable at the rate of $90.00 per hour.
8.33 COMMISSIONERS: Joint Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Cedar Creek
Township, Indiana and Lake County, Indiana for roof repairs in Cedar Creek Township in the
amount of $54,800.00.
8.34 COMMISSIONERS: Change Order #1 with The Pangere Corporation in the amount of
$4,342.00 to relocate existing toilet exhaust discharge to roof.
8.35 COMMISSIONERS: Contract with Sargent Electric Co. in the amount of $25,450.00 to
replace existing light fixtures in the jail pods at the Lake County Jail facility. Two other
quotes were received from Continental Electric in the amount of $35,600.00 and Sweney
Electric in the amount of $31,610.00.
8.36 COMMISSIONERS: Contract for Professional Economic Development Services by and
between Lake County, Indiana and the Lake County IN Economic Alliance. Compensation
for services rendered, Lake County shall pay LCEA the sum of $55,000.00 for 2025,
$60,000.00 for 2026 and $65,000.00 for 2027.
8.37 COMMISIONERS: Recommend and approve Contract with PerMar Security Service
(lowest bidder) for Westwind Fire Control Panel in the amount of $15,501.59
8.38 COMMISSIONERS: Recommend and approve Change Order #1 with CSK Architects for
Probation Office flooring project in the amount of $6,976.00
8.39 COMMISSIONERS: Recommend and Approve Contract with DLZ for Lake County
Fairgrounds Meeker Hall Roof Stabilization Project in the amount of $178,928.00.
8.40 COMMISSIONERS: Recommend and approve proposal from Midwestern Electric for DeEnergizing Substations, cleaning and repairs and energizing substations during NIPSCO
Power Outage Project in the amount of $10,051.75.
8.41 COMMISSIONERS: Interlocal Cooperation Agreement on Ethics FY 2025 Annual
Membership in the amount of $2,250.00.
9.

ACTION AND/OR REPORTS ON COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY

9.1 DATA: Disposal of Property Request
9.2 CORONER: Coroner's Request for Property Disposal
10. ACTION ON COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS
10.1 TREASURER: Proclamation for Rev. Father Theodore Poteres.
10.2 COMMISSIONERS: Donation to the Lake County Fair in the amount of $8,000.00.
10.3 Health Board Appointment: Michael Foreit, MD
11. COUNCIL ITEMS
11.1 COUNCIL: Ordinance 1500F-2 Amending The Lake County 2025 Salary Ordinance,
Ordinance No. 1500F, reorganizing positions in The Lake County Coroner’s office, (Fund
1001-1007)
11.2 COUNCIL: Ordinance 1506A Creating The Lake County Superior Court, County Division
3, Veteran Treatment Court All Rise Mentor Court Network Fund, A Non-Reverting Fund
12. STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS ITEMS
12.1 AUDITOR: Accounts Payable Voucher Register for County Payroll - Pay Date 2-24-2025
12.2 AUDITOR: LC 130 3/13/25 To 4/16/25 Hand Cuts 3/13/25 to 4/16/25 LC130 4/16/25
12.3 AUDITOR: Accounts Payable Voucher Register for County Payroll - Pay Date 3-10-2025
12.4 AUDITOR: LC 265 Reports 3-13-25 To 4-16-25 Handcuts 3-13-25 To 4-16-25 LC 130
Reports 4-16-25
12.5 AUDITOR: Accounts Payable Voucher Register for County Payroll - Pay Date 3-24-2025
12.6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Accounts Payable Voucher Register
13. ACTION ON BONDS/INSURANCE
13.1 HIGHWAY: Certificates of Insurance updates
14. APPROVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER APPLICATIONS
15. STAFF REPORTS
15.1 Treasurer's Monthly Report
15.2 Treasurer's Monthly Report

15.3 Weights & Measures: Monthly Report 2/16/2025-3/15/2025
16. OTHER/MATTERS OF PUBLIC RECORD
16.1 Sheriff- Gruszka John retired officer service weapon request.
16.2 Amendment to Master Agreement for licensed software, hardware and services between
Manatron, Inc. and Lake County
16.3 Sheriff- James Weller retired officer service weapon request.
16.4 COMMISSIONERS: Pre-bid Sign-In Sheet for the Solar Array Equipment Procurement
and Installation Project.
16.5 CALUMET TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE: April 3, 2025 Poor Relief hearing decisions.
17. COMMENTS

Members of the Public
Elected Officials
Commissioners
18. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be on Wednesday, May
21, 2025 at 10:00a.m. Deadline for placement on that agenda is Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at
2:00p.m.