Mayor Scott Fadness remarked that going to a music concert is different these days, because rather than looking at the stage, the audience seems tied to their cell phones.  Realizing this, the city approved a contract Tuesday morning with Airwavz Solution.  The firm will provide cell service for those in attendance at the new Fishers Events Center, scheduled to open in November of this year.  This is a 10-year pact that can  be extended.  The pact will be cover physical equipment, network design, installation, and licensee maintenance, resulting in an operational expense of $16,665/month.

In other actions taken at the Tuesday morning Board of Works session:

–Contracts are now in place for the development of art on the Nickel Plate Trail.

–The Health Department has a new contract for marketing and communication services.

–The city has a new contract with Key Bank for lockbox services, processing paper check payments.

–The city has a $707,617.50 contract with Miller Pipeline to rehabilitate approximately 2,000 feet of sanitary interceptor sewer using cured-in-place pipe. This also includes manhole rehabilitation. This rehabilitation project focuses on large diameter concrete pipe in the collection system in two locations: Sunblest Blvd/ Allisonville Road and parallel to Lantern Road north of 106th Street.

–The city agreed to continue upgrades to its Internet service and cloud computing capabilities.