It was all politeness Tuesday evening as the Porter County Council addressed two controversial topics of late: the new highway garage bids and a new appointment to replace the beleaguered former president of the Indiana Dunes Tourism Board Mitch Peters.
She said Skillman has been asked to look at multiple systems in the buildings, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and the building envelope, and send its analysis off to the estimator. “We should have an answer back in a couple of weeks,” she said. Hours later at the tale end of the meeting Councilman Andy Bozak, R-At-Large, nominated fellow Councilman Andy Vasquez, R-4th, for the spot on the Tourism Board that has been open since Peters quit in April following scrutiny of his role in the $225,000 buy-out of former IDT CEO Lorelei Weimer, who left abruptly in January.