I said that I would go through the statements made by myself and Pomeroy in 2001. Brad Smith said I circulated false information. If anyone besides myself had bothered to check they would find my statements true.
1. I said, ''I really started my campaign against the mayor for meself, then I saw that I was not the only one getting shafted. When the mayor started trying to get council to ok using money from Phase V, Powell Ave.,to fix Westfall's property I knew this couldn't be done. Westfall's property should be fixed. It had been misplanned from Phase IV in 1994. This is how the mayor tries to correct Pomeroy mistakes. He slips them in later contracts. These jobs are being paid for twice.''
Brad Smith said, ''This summer the Village completed construction of Phase V that involved the construction of storm sewers to relieve flooding west of Hague Ave. The project also had an alternate to construct a trench drain across the Westfall driveway should there be enough funding available depending on contractor bids. As it turned out, when the project was near cpmpletion, there was enough funding available to construct the alternate. The base sewer contract had a cost of $198,808 and the Westfall alternate had a cost of $3,650. This work was paid fore by 90% State OPWC funds and by 10% Village funds. During the August meeting, the Village Council voted to proceed with the storm sewer contract alternate and to construct a trench drain across the Westfall driveway.The Westfall's east drive has always been lower than the street so that rain water tended to flow down their drive. The trench drain was installed to improve a condition that has existed for many years and was not installed to correct any previous mistake as Irene White contends.''
If this is true why would the Village have to pay for a ''personal'' problem? After the August meeting I went to Bale Contractors and ask what the alternate was. They told me the location. I then called Mr. Bicking OPWC and told him. On August 10, 2000 a letter was sent to the Village that money from Phase V could not be used for anything but Phase V. In order to add anything there had to be an addendum submitted and approved by OPWC. There was not.
When the original plan was submitted to MORPC with the alternate it did not tell the location. They assummed it was in the scope of Powell Avenue. Pomeroy did not tell you that after their plan for Phase V in 1994 was done and it did not work someone else was called at a charge to the residents of around $1,000 to survey the problem and an asphalt curb installed that didn't work either. Russolillo did not tell you that Bale was told if they didn't do the work at Westfall's they would not get paid for Phase V.
You decide who is telling the truth. Brad Smith threatened to to keep my mouth shut.
1. I said, ''I really started my campaign against the mayor for meself, then I saw that I was not the only one getting shafted. When the mayor started trying to get council to ok using money from Phase V, Powell Ave.,to fix Westfall's property I knew this couldn't be done. Westfall's property should be fixed. It had been misplanned from Phase IV in 1994. This is how the mayor tries to correct Pomeroy mistakes. He slips them in later contracts. These jobs are being paid for twice.''
Brad Smith said, ''This summer the Village completed construction of Phase V that involved the construction of storm sewers to relieve flooding west of Hague Ave. The project also had an alternate to construct a trench drain across the Westfall driveway should there be enough funding available depending on contractor bids. As it turned out, when the project was near cpmpletion, there was enough funding available to construct the alternate. The base sewer contract had a cost of $198,808 and the Westfall alternate had a cost of $3,650. This work was paid fore by 90% State OPWC funds and by 10% Village funds. During the August meeting, the Village Council voted to proceed with the storm sewer contract alternate and to construct a trench drain across the Westfall driveway.The Westfall's east drive has always been lower than the street so that rain water tended to flow down their drive. The trench drain was installed to improve a condition that has existed for many years and was not installed to correct any previous mistake as Irene White contends.''
If this is true why would the Village have to pay for a ''personal'' problem? After the August meeting I went to Bale Contractors and ask what the alternate was. They told me the location. I then called Mr. Bicking OPWC and told him. On August 10, 2000 a letter was sent to the Village that money from Phase V could not be used for anything but Phase V. In order to add anything there had to be an addendum submitted and approved by OPWC. There was not.
When the original plan was submitted to MORPC with the alternate it did not tell the location. They assummed it was in the scope of Powell Avenue. Pomeroy did not tell you that after their plan for Phase V in 1994 was done and it did not work someone else was called at a charge to the residents of around $1,000 to survey the problem and an asphalt curb installed that didn't work either. Russolillo did not tell you that Bale was told if they didn't do the work at Westfall's they would not get paid for Phase V.
You decide who is telling the truth. Brad Smith threatened to to keep my mouth shut.