15 - REQUEST TO HWHItem No. 15
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Council member making request:
❑ Aaron Jenkins
❑ Sue Lancaster
❑ Benny Plata
❑ Steve Clifford
❑ Matt Frierson
❑ Edwin Pickle
® A.J. Hashmi
Description of Item: Discuss and act on requesting HWH to not allow the former city
engineer to participate in the city bond project planning and engineering.
eering.
Are additional sheets or supporting materials attached? ® Yes ❑ No
I request that this item be placed on the agenda for the:
® City Council meeting on this date: October 12, 2015
❑ Sometime in the next 2 meetings
❑ No specific time in mind — just keep it on a list of pending issues
Signature: A.J. Hashmi
Date: 10 -1 -2015
City of Paris Revised 05/12/2015
Engineering services were provided by the City Engineer for a number of years
and his services were appreciated. However, recently a few projects that were
managed by the city's engineering department have raised some concerns.
These projects included the fiasco that we had with the Glicks (Recycling Depot);
the management, supervision and oversight of the Church street project by the
city's engineering department; and as recently as the last council meeting the
local government learned that the city lost money over that project and is likely to
have to pay more over the next few months. Finally, the bond project with a lack
of supervision and oversight of the work on the Houston street project and the
possibility that there may be requirement of doing corrections there, have raised
enough concerns that I feel that we need a fresh look from the engineering side
so that we do not end up wasting tax payer funds.
I do not have a problem with the former city engineer working or coordinating on
any project that HWH has with the City, other than the bond water and sewer
project.