Village Of Valleyview

Never Seen The Plans

I am afraid that I do not have the information to know what was done or supposed to be done on the contracts for the different phases.

I know in my line of work that many times we complete a project and find that more work needs to be done where we were working. Every one of our contracts has assumptions listed as to what we believe we will find and what it will take to find it. If anything is found outside of those assumptions than my company is protected and we get approval from the client before additional work is done.

Contracts are written to protect both parties. If a contract says you will do X, then you are required to do X, but if Y is also needed to be done than you cannot do the work until Y is approved. If we were to do Y without approval than my company would run the risk of not getting paid for the work.

I would need more information before I can make any judgements. I agree completely that if work is stated to be done in a contract than it needs to be done to the satisfaction of the client.

It would still fall to OPWC to follow up on the matter to make sure that the funds were used correctly.

WHAT ???????????

Paul, are you being deliberately dense, or still just trying to make people think I don't know what I am talking about?

I didn't say you could not add to a plan. I said, on Public Projects you have to do what is in the plan for that specific ''AREA'' scope that had been submitted. If you want to add you MUST submit an ''addendum'' to MORPC and OPWC, in the ''scope'' of the project, to be approved.
Valleyview never did this. You cannot go back and redo something that was in a different phase and get paid again ! That is what Russolillo was doing by putting in alternates. MORPC OPWC didn't know that the alternates came from a previos phase until I told them. That is why the letter was sent to the Village and $10,000 was taken from Phase V.

Russolillo and Brad Smith put in alternates, disguised as being in the scope of the current Phase. In reality, the alternates were to go back and redo projects that had been done wrong. Council allowed them to get away with it. Does that make it legal that the residents had to pay twice for the same job?

I asked you before if you would pay twice for a job at your house, you didn't answer me.

You said, ''I know in my line of work that many times we complete a project and find more work needs to be done where we were working.''

''Where we were working'' is the correct phrase. The difference is, on public projects, when the job is complete and Russolillo signed off on it, that is it. And without an addendum, You can not add anything.

You said, ''I am afraid that I do not have the information to know what was done or supposed to de done on the contracts for the different phases.''

BINGO !!!!!!!!!

I did have the information. You and council wanted the people think I had a vendetta against corrupt Russolillo and Brad Smith. Why would Russolillo and Smith threaten me to keep my mouth shut? You and council allowed them to take thousands from the residents to cover for Russolillo.

Without any knowledge of what you are talking about, you said it yourself, you are still trying to make people think I am an idiot.

Who is the idiot?

I Know What I Know

Ms White wrote:
''I asked you before if you would pay twice for a job at your house, you didn't answer me.''

But I did answer you Ms. White.

''I agree completely that if work is stated to be done in a contract than it needs to be done to the satisfaction of the client. ''

If it is my home (the client) and I am paying someone to do work for me they get it right or I do not pay for the work. I would not pay again. I never would have paid for it the first time.

I have to ask what defines a PHASE? If work was being done to correct a mistake from a previous project than OPWC should not pay for that mistake, but let us supposed that the work that needed to be done was to correct an unforseen problem that the original phase did not address. It probably should have been addressed at the time the project was being completed, but what if the project did not become known until after the project was completed? You want to blame someone and say someone messed up, what if no one did, but it still has to be fixed?

I am not so quick to blame others as you seem to be. I have information from Pomeroy that was supplied to every residence in Valleyview about the different phases. I have never seen your information in detail.

Again, I do not dispute your facts, but I still question your interpretation of the facts or your need to say someone purposely was trying to deceive. When I have all the facts I would make a decision, not with only a small portion of the information.

You Can Read It For Yourself

If you have visited this site and read these postings you see that Ms. White has made some claims and I have attempted to answer those claims or provide information so that the reader may be better informed.

On the front page of the website under the Community Pages I have added two pdf's of letters sent by Pomeroy & Associates to all of the residents of Valleyview concerning the claims made by Ms. White. ''Pomeroy Letter 1'' also includes a copy of the letter sent by OPWC to the Village concerning funding for projects.

''Pomeroy Letter 2'' provides answers and additional information about other claims made by Ms. White concerning the projects.

Please read the letters for yourself and make your own judgement. This information is from public records and provides information as to where you can look for additional information.

In the past I have asked that Ms. White provide information so that it could be made available to everyone. She has not given me that information. I have provided to the reader the information that I have available to me.