Hammond City board approves minutes, promotion, Memorial Park construction agreement, sidewalk contract and schedules rental hearing

The Hammond City Board of Public Works and Safety on Jan. 2 approved routine items including the minutes from the Dec. 26, 2024 meeting, the promotion of probationary correctional officer Alyssa Jasso, execution of a construction agreement for the Memorial Park redevelopment project with Dyer Construction and renewal of the 2025 sidewalk contract with J and J Newell Concrete Contractors. The board also set a rental-registration hearing for Jan. 16, 2025.

Those actions were handled by voice vote with motions and seconds recorded on the meeting transcript. Correspondence from William Short, identified as chief of police in the submitted materials, requested approval that Alyssa Jasso be promoted to correctional officer effective Jan. 1, 2025; the board approved that request. Dean Button submitted the construction-agreement item on behalf of the Memorial Park project; the board moved and approved execution of the agreement awarded to Dyer Construction. A representative of J and J Newell Concrete Contractors told the board the company would “like to honor their price” and asked that the contract be renewed; the board approved renewal for the 2025 sidewalk program.

The board also voted to set a rental-registration hearing for Jan. 16, 2025. No further details about the rental-registration docket were provided in the meeting record.

The items were presented as routine correspondence and consent-type business; the transcript records brief discussion and unanimous voice approval for each motion.