"ESTIMATED PROPHET" grateful dead
My times coming, voices saying they tell me where to go.
Skipped the agenda for this weeks council meeting? Doesn't seem to increase the number who show up.
So let's go straight to the recap.
Yes more and more on the size of driveways in Entitlement Hts. (Heisley Park)
Yes of course let the State of Ohio check our bridges.
What!
As most of you know by now for some reason we do a poor job on "Estimates" around here.
First electricity that is estimated to cost $46.10 MWH. somehow ends up costing $119 MWH.
another 'clean' Hydro project estimated at $68.00MWH. comes in at $143.00 MWH. and the reason for increased electric bills is the weather!
A new water line out into Lake Erie to cost 9 million ends up at 15 million, but still no finance charge!
Afraid to ask what the final bill for the parking garage was? Rest assured no one on council will ask.
The latest? Our new service garage to be built on city property at the Storr St. facility with a cost of $900,000. Well I guess we 'estimated' wrong we need another $600,000 to complete the building. (change orders) And while we are at it can we have another $89,000 to install an overhead crane inside? General fund as well as electric fund money .
Not even a whimper from council, why not it's a garage they have been building them forever! Yet no one questions anything around here. One thing you can never expect to hear is "Ahead of schedule and under budget". This is so sad. Why even have a council?
You didn't really elect a council you elected seven rubber stamps.
Yes and I asked for a public hearing on the " HOLA Building" I expect no estimate on that either!
These meetings would be funny if they just weren't so damn expensive.
Tip of the day:
Another news crew in town questioning the price of electricity around here!
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posted by terminator1 @ 9:58 AM
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11 Comments:
Thank You for speaking up, if only more Painesville residents would do the same!
From $900K to $1.5M???
Did someone forget that the inside has to be finished or something??
That strikes me as a bit odd.
I wonder what the "real" story is??
This is just now news to you? You can thank Carson and his sidekick Zovko (sp)
for the hefty service garage price tag.
12:33/12:54 Could be, but really air-conditioning? Lockie-Lee built a service garage larger than this one over 30 years ago. Think radiant heaters. no air. for starters. Overhead crane really but any job that big would be farmed out. No way a building that size and for that use should cost $1,500,000.00 sorry.
Well after reading this site for over three years one this has become very oblivious. Our council takes little responsibility for things they are responsible for. Along with a bunch of administrators that seems to just feed them Pablum. A good point why even have them around?
Being a council person in Painesville is becoming a joke!
That's a 67% increase over the original price. I've never heard of something coming in over budget that much.
What no carpeting or employee lounge?
Errors, Mistakes and inept by past administration Oh My. If council knew how much over budget Id hope they never would have given T.Carson his buyout. But now that he has it, be nice if they could go back after him for his blunders.
5:14 Now it's time to pass blame? O.K. how many administrator's, directors viewed this before it was put out for bid? So is it reasonable to assume more than one or two people who dropped the ball? Missing what $600,000 is quite a lot.
Not passing the blame now, this happened months ago yet you just found out? Where was your report before those 2 flew the coup?? We hire a CM. Their job is to run the city. City council has their jobs. Unfortunately CM Carson misrepresented himself in many different ways. The fact HE hired Zovko from his past speaks volumes. Not to mention the path of destruction he made with department heads and employees.
4:46 Be glad you work for a public entity. In the real world many of you would be on the unemployment line.
Council's job is to give direction to CM see that done very much around here?
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