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Money Wasted

Lake Worth Utilities
Waste Meter
$50,000
... for an arc flash study that Mr. Reyes was qualified to do in house and at no cost to taxpayers.
$200,000
... the estimated engineering cost of the express feeder which could also be done in house at no cost to taxpayers.
$591,898
... wasted when insurance requirements were circumvented by the city manager and utility director.
$123,098
... wasted when plant manager Dave Mulvay’s first attempt at writing a scope of work contained a defect that cost taxpayers an extra $123,098 for tainting the bidding process and giving unfair advantage to one bidder over another. - April 2009
$64,000
... wasted when the Matrix organizational study to save taxpayers money was scrapped in favor of higher cost outsourcing by city manager Stanton.
$450,000
... wasted engineering design cost of water piping and tanks (original county water deal) that will never be built.
$59,975
... wasted when additional costs were incurred for not following insurance procedure on transformer repair.
$82,620
... wasted when the commission unanimously voted to order transformers when we had equivalent replacements already in stock since the upgrade. - 15 Sep. 2009
Total Taxpayer Dollars Wasted:
 $1,621,591
 
 

 
 
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  Take the water deal back now, void the contract

get same am't from WPB for no up front cost0 %0 %0 % 0.00% (0)
stay with county deal6 %6 %6 % 6.25% (1)
for now get WPB for nothing, look into cheaper RO87 %87 %87 % 87.50% (14)
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not sure what to do but I don't like county deal6 %6 %6 % 6.25% (1)

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Re: Take the water deal back now, void the contract (Score: 1)
by ILoveLW on Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 13:12:45 EST
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Now who in their right mind would want to stay with the PB County deal when it is costing us millions more and we will have NO equity? Are you NUTS?????????? Who is this? Clemens, Vespo, Lowe or Mock Roos? Or some other numbskull at City Hall? You can reply. We are waiting in baited breath.




  
 


 
 
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