>It has nothing to do with project managment or mismanaging YOUR tax dollars. It is entirely due to how flawed the system is and how out of control government has become. Government used to be something that individuals would get involved with for a time. It has now become a full time career path and a big business. In order to justify government as a full time job our elected officials have enacted regulations and mandates for almost everything they can think of with no idea of the costs or how anything will get paid for. And if you think I’m exaggerating consider the fact that The State of NJ a few weeks ago was contemplating banning bikini waxing!! That’s right they were going to forbid women from having hair removed. We don’t have any other problems to worry about, do we? It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad and we weren’t all paying for it.
The bathrooms at Vet’s are turning into a disaster because the State mandates that jobs like that get spec’d out to a degree that not even NASA would have thought of years ago. Most reputable large construction firms deem the job too small to jump through all the hoops and fill out all the paperwork and pass on it. The small local guys can’t deal with the paperwork and the bonding so they pass and we end up with a bunch of bidders from out of the area who are bidding the job because they can’t get other work. The kicker to the whole thing is the work ends up going to the low bidder, not the best builder! And when you go with the low bidder you usually get the lowest level of work. It’s pretty simple, sad, but true.
The same thing happened on the last RHS renovation, the same thing happened at Village Hall, the same thing is happening at The Band Shell and the same thing will happen at the schools should the referendum pass. Now the Village is between a rock and a hard place. They should fire the contractor, find him in default on his bond, take the bond money and hire another contractor to finish the job. Unfortunately we’re heading into colder weather and it might be difficult to finish the job and more importantly it might be next to impossible to get another contractor to take over a job at this point because then his reputation is on the line should the initial work be so substandard that the facility has problems down the line. Hopefully the Council learns that the low bidder is not necessarily the right bidder. BOE, are you listening?
