The first meeting of 2015 for the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety was short and to the point Monday morning.

The three member board: Charles Smith, Jeff Grose and Mayor Joe Thallemer approved:

• Release of a mortgage with Warsaw Housing Authority executed by Susan and Jerry Holloway.
• Agreements with Pike Lake, Center Lake and Winona Lake preservation associations. Warsaw Parks & Recreation gives $2,500 to each association to be used to enhance the “well-being” of the lake through preservation, conservation and maintenance, such as weed control, fish stocking of the lake and lake studies.
• The 2015 Wayne Township contract: receiving $72,500 from the township to offset costs of the facilities, programs and parks.
• A maintenance agreement with Anderson Property Management for installation and maintenance of 18 satellite beds and 21 urns in Central Park. The cost is $16,999.92. Larry Plummer, superintendent of parks and recreation, reported this is less expensive than hiring and pay an individual to do the work.
• Event contracts with Our Father’s House for Daddy’s Little Sweetheart Dance and Girls’ Night Out! catering services and J & S VanLue DJ Services for Daddy’s Little Sweetheart Dance.
• A contract with Weaver Boos Consultants, Granger, for preliminary geotechnical exploration proposal for North Buffalo Development. The contract is for four soil borings on the former American Waterworks property. The contract is for $5,399.
• A correction in the contract amount and approval for Niblock Excavating Inc., payment on contract for Alley Drainage Improvements. The corrected amount approved is $3,832.

Final action of the 10-minute meeting was approval for travel requests by two members of the Warsaw/Wayne Fire Territory to a fire instructors annual conference meeting and for four police officers to attend a conference and a supervising and managing field training officer event.