Here's the outrage of the day. On the County Commissioners agenda tomorrow I find this item:
8.3 Approval to adopt a resolution authorizing the Chair to sign Amendment #1 to the contract with Engineering Services Associates (ESA) to provide additional technical assistance and comprehensive mapping services for the construction of side sewers for the Belfair wastewater conveyance system. The amendment cost is $193,420 bringing the total contract amount to $296,285.
What an increase this will make to the contract and with no effort to see if there is another firm who could do this for less? ESA is "in like Flynn" on this contract. Starts out with a contract at $103 thousand and with tomorrow's approval of the Board of County Commissioners will get a $193 thousand increase with no competition.
And here's the best part. This is part of the county's justification for ESA's expanded contract, "Most property owners lack the technical skills to make the conversion from their on-site systems to the sewer collection lines we are developing."
Belfair Property Owners, I have great faith in your reading comprehension. I'm thinking the county officials are using this justification to throw more money at ESA. That's what the real deal is.
After all it's grant money - not really Mason County money. Wrong answer - this is exactly how we got in this predicament that our federal and state budgets are out of control.
Monday, May 3, 2010
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Brenda, thanks for this blog. I will be visiting frequently and have joined as a follower.
ReplyDeleteVern Rutter
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You're welcome. Thanks so much for following my blog. I welcome your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI recently heard that change in America will start at the zip code level. I sense that change is happening in Mason County and that "real folks" like you who are following what's happening can make this county a better place for all of us to live.