$651,873 of waste the commission voted FOR on one item
Last nights unanimous vote for another $82,620 dollars of waste just shows
how dysfunctional they have become... failing in "due diligence" on
a monstrous scale. Concerning the pole mounted transformers they racked
up a whopping $82,620 dollars in taxpayer money waste... just on one item.
With the lead time for pole transformers averaging about 3 months lately, the
utility director's plea last night for transformers under the pretense of having
them for hurricane season was another example of a fabricated bogus situation...
especially when we have hundreds of equivalent spec transformers lying out in
the dirt rusting away since the days of the ill fated upgrade 3 years ago.
LWM radio will include more coverage and documentation later this week.
On another item on last night's agenda concering the substation transformer
that has grown into a $651,873 dollar scandal ...it became painfully clear that
utility director Rebecca Mattey and city manager Susan Stanton circumvented
insurance procedure by fabricating a future crisis situation saying the city
would be in danger if the transformer wasn't repaired immediately and brought
back "in time to meet summer load." Sound familiar? When
this item came up last July, she forgot that the 5 month repair time would put
the transformer return around Christmas, well beyond summer load of course.
But this is what happens when staff gets caught scrambling around to cover one
lie with another.
So LWM wanted to itemize just what you're paying for on this substation transformer
just so you know for sure it IS coming out of your pocket:
This is from the July 7 agenda:
1) PO #I55030 - NuCat Corp - $14,433.00 for evaluation and diagnostics. Commission
notification made April 21, 2009.
2) P.0 # 155241 - NuCat Corp for $27,333.00 for the dismantling and transport
preparation to the GE Energy facility. Commission Agenda approval April 21,
2009.
3) P.O # 155240 - Beyel Brothers, Inc for $31,300.00 for Crane and transport
services to and from the GE Energy facility Bradenton, Florida. Commission Agenda
approval April 21,2009.
4) P.O # 155239 - GE Energy for $38,832.00 for the de-tanking, disassembly
and diagnostics. Commission Agenda approval April 21, 2009.
The above four items total: $111,898
$35,000.00 (reassembling Nucat) + $180,000.00 (FMPA six month $30,000.00)
The above two items total: $215,000
Plus $565,000 to GE for rebuilding the transformer and last night's last minute
additional repair cost $59,975
The above two items total: $624,975
$111,898
$215,000
$624,975
GRAND TOTAL = $951,873
If insurance procedure had not been circumvented we would only pay the deductible
of $300,000. So the net difference we pay by NOT FOLLOWING INSURANCE PROCEDURE
is $951,873 minus the $300,000 deductible and that equals:
$651,873
net waste of taxpayer money-one item
Other costs will come including the rental of a huge tank that is now holding
the oil from the transformer plus possible additional crane costs.
Political advertisement paid for and approved by William Coakley for Mayor
