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PropertyVigo County Commissioners · Aug 18, 2026 · This meeting · Full transcript

County commissions design for a bigger south highway garage after years of cramped, outdoor repairs

A connected-dot comparison shows the south highway garage increasing from two current vehicle bays to five after the proposed addition adds three. The 60-by-80-foot design also adds a separate wash bay. The 45,000-dollar Walbeeser design contract includes about 16,000 dollars for drainage site design; construction money is not identified.
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Commissioners approved a $45,000 engineering contract with Walbeeser Engineering to design an addition to the county highway department's south garage, after the county engineer said moving operations to a different property wasn't cost-effective. 0:15:30 — open the recording, cued to 15 minutes 30 seconds

The addition would be a 60-by-80-foot building adding three vehicle bays plus a wash bay; a commissioner said the south garage currently has only two bays that vehicles pull into but can't pull through, so crews have had to repair broken-down trucks and equipment outdoors, including in winter weather. (16:09, 0:17:05 — open the recording, cued to 17 minutes 5 seconds

The contract also includes a roughly $16,000 site-design subcontract to address drainage on the property, and the county engineer said the added bays would let crews pre-load materials for a faster response to winter storms. (16:10, 0:18:41 — open the recording, cued to 18 minutes 41 seconds

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Outcome

Approved on a voice vote; construction funding not yet identified

Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded. The $45,000 pays only for design work — the county engineer said no construction funding has been budgeted yet, and it will likely need a bond or another outside funding source, since state road-maintenance funds can't be used here without cutting other road work. (16:34, 19:00, 19:40, 21:55)

Contract and rationale — cued to 0:15:30 (15 minutes 30 seconds)

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